World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat
Welcome to World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat. The long four year wait is over and so is the tinkering for the first set of matches. We hope that you are happy with the 15 players you ended up with, but even if you decided against playing the fantasy version we still encourage you to partake in the chat below. We are sure there will be plenty to discuss that doesn’t always involve whether you should get assist points for a shot that was blocked or your striker really did touch the ball a la Kane before it went in. Predictor games, brackets, bets on the golden boot are all welcomed here. And yeah, even old school footy chat for those that who are just watching the games for fun and just want to talk about the Joga Bonito.
So that you have them to hand, we will post a screenshot of the substitution rules, transfer allotment, wildcard, boosters and of course we will have times and dates for all matches in this, the first of three group phases/rounds/fixtures or whatever you want to call it.
THE GAMES IN FULL
Thursday June 14th
Russia vs Saudi Arabia 4pm (Group A)
Friday June 15th
Egypt vs Uruguay 1pm (Group A)
Morocco vs Iran 4pm (Group B)
Portugal vs Spain 7pm (Group B)
Saturday June 16th
France vs Australia 11am (Group C)
Argentina vs Iceland 2pm (Group D)
Peru vs Denmark 5pm (Group C)
Croatia vs Nigeria 8pm (Group D)
Sunday June 17th
Costa Rica vs Serbia 1pm (Group E)
Germany vs Mexico 4pm (Group F)
Brazil vs Switzerland 7pm (Group E)
Monday June 18th
Sweden vs South Korea 1pm (Group F)
Belgium vs Panama 4pm (Group G)
Tunisia vs England 7pm (Group G)
Tuesday June 19th
Colombia vs Japan 1pm (Group H)
Poland vs Senegal 4pm (Group H)
SUBSTITUTIONS
TRANSFERS
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to most of you, but not all of you for this 1st phase of fantasy World Cup!
J Rod missed a training session in Kazan on Friday due to muscle fatigue. His left calf has reportedly been troubling him….may miss the JAP match….lets see if he starts.
How does it work with subs and transfers with there being matches from round 1 and round 2 tomorrow?
The deadline is 7 PM for any transfers.
I have 70pts with 2 to play, how’s everyone else doing?
Only 52 with two to go, providing that Rodriguez stats after that news from GM. By the way, how did you get 70 :bandit:
8pts bench boost in there too.
Ah, I forgot that you like to jump first with the chips 🙂
Took 8pts for R2, Maximum Captain active
35 with a possible 3 to go and last ditch captain attempt Lewandowski big-lol
Lewa is capable of a hatty. If he is in a mood, could go for 4 or 5 even 😉
41 points 3 to go Cap spent
Did your cap score well .If not flip him. I have had 3 x2 and its now going on Mojica.
Bog-off.
53 so far with (possibly) 3 Colombians to go. No chips active. Nice work on Kolarov!
72 with 3 to play (will be losing 6 pts from the ones going out).
Discussion topic!
Before this game I thought VAR was very good and was having a great tournament but something that I want to know. Does the referee have to ask for VAR to get involved or do they have a word in his ear saying it was or wasn’t a penalty/foul/goal etc? Because if they need to be asked permission then there is no point them being there as it’s all referees opinion like it always has been. Thoughts??
They talk to him Matt. In theory they’ll say to him if something is suss and a review is required. I’m guessing the Kane incident may have sparked your enquiry? I can only assume they missed it at first and as play had restarted they couldn’t then go back to it. Fairly understandable that one as the box was packed and about 4 things all happened at once.
There’s a good and full explanation here –
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/0/var-rules-used-2018-world-cup/amp/
Cheers for that Init. Makes it very clear I wasn’t sure about it and the Kane incidents were what sparked it. Particularly the second one where I saw the ref suggest Kane dived to the floor himself so it made me think it’s the refs decision to go to the VAR. I actually really like VAR so far and it has worked pretty well. What do you think of it mate?
It’s a much needed step change. It’s still imperfect and the Kane pen incident possibly proved that. It was a clear pen but probably just wasn’t spotted immediately. There’s an obvious fix for that but I’m sure they’ll learn from that and others as they go along and have an improved system each time until it’s nailed. Or as near as.
Yeah like we saw it work in the Nigeria and Croatia game where Croatia got a penalty for Balogan doing something very similar to what happened to Kane tonight so if all refs start to watch and learn it should get more consistency. It’s something this sport has been calling out for so I’m liking it so far.
I am a big supporter of VAR. Last summer I went to a special MLS viewing (NYCFC vs NYRB) in one of my local London pubs with guests Frank Lampard and Howard Webb. We had a chat about that and they said this is the future of football. Howard promoted and introduced VAR to MLS last August and it has been a huge success since then.
Don’t see England doing much this WC they will be lucky to get out the group stage we need a bit of magic from Rashford
And I went 3-0 for England here :sick:
So did I
England are just so boring to watch! Completely one dimensional. They need someone with some creativity that will do something different and the only person I can think that will add that is Lallana but I don’t even think he’s in Russia.
Totally agree here might not sure England have any one maybe Wiltshire
Not in the squad or the standby list mate. I can’t think of a creative player in this squad.