World Cup 3rd Group Phase Live Match Chat
Welcome to World Cup 3rd Group Phase Live Match Chat.
Forewarned is forearmed and all that….
We’ve posted this particular LMC a bit earlier than normal but that’s simply because of the points we are about to come onto really and their implications for your teams. This is where it starts to get a bit tricky as some teams have already qualified and others are still fighting tooth and nail to do so. Rest and rotation will occur naturally at this point for those who have but perhaps that may also depend on whether they are secure in 1st spot or wish to avoid a more tricky route by finishing there as opposed to 2nd. Either way it’s probably not the best round to be deploying that Bench Boost chip as getting 11 on the pitch may be hard enough, never mind 15!
For the record then here’s a quick reference guide to the situation in each group and who’s either ‘Qualified‘, have a ‘Squeaky bum time‘ ahead or are simply OUT! We won’t go into the exact scenarios in each group because quite simply they’re seemingly infinite and also mind numbing. All you need to know is whether they are through or not really. But even then it’s anybody’s guess as to what sort of team hits the field come kick off. It’ll be carnage, basically!
GROUP A
Russia – Qualified
Uruguay – Qualified
Egypt – OUT!
Saudi Arabia – OUT!
GROUP B
Spain – Squeaky bum time
Portugal – Squeaky bum time
Iran – Squeaky bum time
Morocco – OUT!
GROUP C
France – Qualified
Denmark – Squeaky bum time
Australia – Squeaky bum time
Peru – OUT!
GROUP D
Croatia – Qualified
Nigeria – Squeaky bum time
Iceland – Squeaky bum time
Argentina – Squeaky bum time
GROUP E
Brazil – Squeaky bum time
Switzerland – Squeaky bum time
Serbia – Squeaky bum time
Costa Rica – OUT!
GROUP F
Mexico – Squeaky bum time
Germany – Squeaky bum time
Sweden – Squeaky bum time
South Korea – Squeaky bum time
GROUP G
England – Qualified
Belgium – Qualified
Tunisia – OUT!
Panama – OUT!
GROUP H
Japan – Squeaky bum time
Senegal – Squeaky bum time
Colombia – Squeaky bum time
Poland – OUT!
You may need to be a touch more savvy with your planning in this round too as there are just 4 game days as opposed to the previous rounds being spread over 5 or 6 days. It means that the bench and captain switch options won’t be such a lose affair as they were previously. You can still plan out 4 viable captains and organise a decent enough bench of course. The fixtures themselves are as follows…
THE GAMES IN FULL
Monday June 25th
Saudi Arabia vs Egypt 3pm (Group A)
Uruguay vs Russia 3pm (Group A)
Spain vs Morocco 7pm (Group B)
Iran vs Portugal 7pm (Group B)
Tuesday June 26th
Australia vs Peru 3pm (Group C)
Denmark vs France 3pm (Group C)
Iceland vs Croatia 7pm (Group D)
Nigeria vs Argentina 7pm (Group D)
Wednesday June 27th
Mexico vs Sweden 3pm (Group F)
South Korea vs Germany 3pm (Group F)
Switzerland vs Costa Rica 7pm (Group E)
Serbia vs Brazil 7pm (Group E)
Thursday June 28th
Japan vs Poland 3pm (Group H)
Senegal vs Colombia 3pm (Group H)
Panama vs Tunisia 7pm (Group G)
England vs Belgium 7pm (Group G)
So that you have them to hand in one place here’s a reminder of the substitution rules, transfer allotment, wildcard and boosters. AKA the rules…
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 3rd phase of fantasy World Cup!
Spain vs Morroco
Iran vs Portugal
No CS for Spain 🙁
Happy about that! 😉
Just wasted 4 points to get Carvajal :poop:
Nearly did the exact move to be fair, went with Kimmich in the end, (C) Ronny is letting me down!
And Christina thought that can match Kane’s 5 goals :big-lol:
VAR … what a cluster f@ck! My god this World Cup will be remembered for all the wrong reasons at this rate!
Zabaleta in the studio is right. All players have turned into drama queens. All these unnecessary falls, crying and pretending, thinking that VAR might help them
What happened this time mate? Had Spain on but it was on mute as I was putting the kids to bed.
Ronaldo was given a yellow card when the correct decision was either no action or a red card.
Ah ok, no wonder I missed it then! Which one should it have been?
I’d lean towards a red. However, my dislike of him could be clouding my decision!!
How can that be a ‘or’? No action can be that near of not being anything AND almost being the most serious fault as to be given a red. I think it’s the correct decision actualy. He was reckless and a bit lucky not to hit him outright. No action would be wrong; a red would be harsh. Correct call for me.
That call is however what led him to give the penalty to Iran, one of the most ridiculous calls in football. Ever.
DMC, if the ref felt he had used his elbow it should have been a red.
It was a red for me, use of the elbow is use of the elbow – straight red. Not sure where the controversy is to be honest.
Also for us it’s massive, for those who captained him wouldn’t be able to change captain….obviously the least of the ref’s concerns but it has a major impact on the fantasy game especially as he is owned by a third of all teams and would surely have been captained by a large number of them.
I’m not sure he did. You can see from his face and body movement that he wants to gain position and for that to happen he’d need to get his arm in front of the iranian bloke. The way he does it makes it seem he’s using his elbow which he his but not with the intention to hit him. The other guy almost died in that one and he barely touched him. Of course with the VAR looking at all this in slow motion all touches look like they are murder attempts when in fact they may not be.
The fact he’s my WC fantasy capo may or not be clouding my decision!
morning DMC, i think you may be slightly biased here mate 😉
he defo had a look at the defender and acted…..an elbow is an elbow and it was a niggly game to say the least. He lost his head momentarily. Yeah the defender went down theatrically to the slightest touch, but that doesn’t take away from Ronaldo’s actions.
Ronaldo captainers defo got lucky, whatever way you want to look at it. I’d go so far as to say that, in my view, anyone else that is a red card. And I’m a Ronaldo fan.
I’m never biased when it comes to Portugal, as you know, so I don’t even understand your comment!!
Seriously though, I’ll give you that once the VAR called him and he went to see it I thought he was gonna give him a red. There’s an elbow there (and you are right to say that he looked at the defender and acted) and that’s normally what then “need” to see to react accordingly – like in the second penalty (he just sees: “there’s a ball, there’s a hand -» penalty) but I honestly believe it would’ve have been harsh to red card someone in that situation. I can agree that Ronaldo may have been protected, given his status and that of the country. In other circunstances – like Rui Costa getting a second yellow when on his way to being subbed vs Germany ahead of USA94 qualification (which we missed as a result of that, for we were winning that game) – the referee would have sent him off. Not sure if I agreed with you in the end there bit that goes to show how unbiased I am!!
haha the voice of reason DMC
I think we can agree that it wasn’t a penalty at the end. That really peed me off as it cost me Cedric’s cs and led to a booking……
Happens every World Cup ‘cos refs come from piss pot leagues and just don’t have the experience. Last Euros we hardly mentioned the refs…
This is what you get for taking an 8 point hit 😉
I was upset with Carvajal earlier but at least he got an assist.
Nice work!
Can’t decide if I like that pens won rule or not as opposed to the FPL assist rule.
I like the 2pts for earning the penalty but I wouldn’t give them if the player that won it then takes AND scores the penalty.
Guess you have to for consistency.
Anyway, Uruguay for you next, confident? Feels like a proper World Cup tie that one. Tough to call.
Confident, yes. I see no reason for us not to beat them in a clearly dominated 0-0 + penalties!
Subs and Capo changes are open. Next stop is Erik for me.
Good luck :thumbup:
No fun for me tomorrow. Will see on Wednesday if I am going to try Coutinho or gamble with Mitro.
You’ll end up on Kane. I’ll be ending up on Khazri, which is not a phrase I thought I’d be uttering at any point
I don’t know anymore, the way this WC is going anything is possible.Many will say go for Coutinho on Wednesday but I might go for Mitro as a differential. Let’s hope this time they get a proper ref, not like that joke when they played against kosovo last Friday.
Init, its better than ending up on Son.
Against Kosovo
It may be Cookie, then again maybe it won’t be.
Or Sabaly…
Next cap is Higuain tomorrow for me! Bit of a gamble.
Just a bit! Have they said he’ll play?
I’ve read reports saying he would play, as well as Di Maria. Aguero on the bench.
But obvioulsy it’s unconfirmed. We’ll see!
Seeing the same now so it could be a good call.