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Old 28-06-2014, 22:53
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I honestly think Costa Rica will continue their incredible form and defeat Greece and secure their place in the QFs. They have speed and strength on their side which will probably see them through the Greek defence.
Enjoy the match!
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Old 28-06-2014, 22:57
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It's a shame England couldn't have had a softer draw and topped Group D as Greece are probably the weakest team still in the competition.

I'm going for a 2-0 Costa Rica win and a likely quarter final with Holland next Saturday.
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Old 28-06-2014, 23:01
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Cant believe we're in the knockout stage and I'm still having to watch the dull as dishwater Greece in action.
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Old 29-06-2014, 00:17
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Don't be suprised if this goes to penalties.

Costa Rica ought to win this, they've only conceded one goal and have looked pretty assured going forward.

But if they misfire, getting bogged down by a cynical wiley old fox that is Greece who've been there and done it, they could find themeselves going out. Greece will be more than happy to take this to penalties if need be.
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Old 29-06-2014, 00:28
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Would love to see Greece do a EURO 2004 again, most neutrals probably disagree with me mind!
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Old 29-06-2014, 02:38
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Would love to see Greece do a EURO 2004 again, most neutrals probably disagree with me mind!
They would yeah.
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Old 29-06-2014, 11:18
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Would love to see Greece do a EURO 2004 again, most neutrals probably disagree with me mind!
I think the 2094 team were a bit more solid. Lost only one game and that was by one goal. This team's already been giving a good beating by Colombia. Hard to see them getting past the quarter finals.
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Old 29-06-2014, 11:20
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I honestly think Costa Rica will continue their incredible form and defeat Greece and secure their place in the QFs. They have speed and strength on their side which will probably see them through the Greek defence.
Enjoy the match!
This might turn out to be the better game tonight. Greece vs Ivory Coast was the best game in that group for drama.
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Old 29-06-2014, 12:06
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I don't mind the Greeks so much. They won me a nice sum of money in the office sweepstake back in 2004 . I do appreciate they are not the most eye catching of teams but they do have a system and it works for them for the most part. I thought they were good value in their win against the Ivory Coast. Hard one to call this as both teams are quite solid defensively but have a sneaky feeling the Greeks might prevail.
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Old 29-06-2014, 12:10
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Greece were fun to watch in their win, I'd hope to see that team more than the stereotype they've forced themselves to become. I can't wait for Peter_Lamy's red hot analysis throughout.
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Old 29-06-2014, 12:36
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I think Greece have been better than some have given credit for. They ran into what has proved to be a red hot Colombian side first up and held on with 10 men against Japan, and you couldn't claim they didn't deserve the win v Ivory Coast, they hit the woodwork three times before the penalty.

Been most impressed by their collective ability as a team. That Poppodopolopodous is a good player though. (?)
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Old 29-06-2014, 12:39
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I think the 2094 team were a bit more solid.
You've been to the future? How are England doing in 2094? Have we won a World Cup yet?
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Old 29-06-2014, 12:41
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What about 2090?
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Old 29-06-2014, 12:45
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Greece have more technical players than their reputation suggests too, Kone is a player I've liked a while. I was hoping Ninis would make it, is he injured or just gone off the boil?
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Old 29-06-2014, 18:46
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You've been to the future? How are England doing in 2094? Have we won a World Cup yet?
I doubt it!
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:03
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Hope Costa Rica win, I think they can, Greece will probably sit back again though.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:04
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Checks in to bump thread with inanity, classic Lamy.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:18
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For the sake of a vaguely open and entertaining game we must have an early Costa Rica goal.

If not, the usual Greek gameplan will apply and reduce the match to 120 stupefyingly dull minutes of inconclusive football followed by a penalty shoot out.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:20
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Very nervous. Big fan of Costa Rica!
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:21
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I think Greece will win 1-0, really hope I am wrong though. Tonight, we're all Costa Ricans.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:22
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Doesn't really feel like a R16 game. Even more bizarre that one of these two will end up in a World Cup QF. For the sake of interest I hope it's Costa Rica who win.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:25
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I think Greece will win 1-0, really hope I am wrong though. Tonight, we're all Costa Ricans.
Not me, I'm going for the unfairly maligned underdog.
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:35
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Trust me strange teams getting into the QF is not a biggie in the WC.

We've had Cameroon, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, South Korea, Turkey, Bulgaria and even Ireland make QF appearances.

It's the Semifinals you've gotta worry about.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:07
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Not me, I'm going for the unfairly maligned underdog.
I can see why you say that because, ultimately, the Greeks are not at the World Cup to entertain, they're at the World Cup to go as far as they can and if their best chance of doing that is to play to their defensive strengths then that's how they should play.

However, you can't deny that the reason everyone's raving about how brilliant this World Cup is is because most of the teams have played in an open, attacking way and the duller interludes we have witnessed have come from teams like Greece sitting back and just trying to eke out a winning goal on the counter attack.

If you want to imagine what a whole tournament like that would be like, think back to Italia '90 and the appallingly sparse quality of the football on display there - and I don't think too many people look back on Euro 2004 (which Greece won) with much fondness either.

The other point to make with Greece, though, is that they're capable of being effective in an attacking sense when they're forced to come out and indeed proved it against the Ivory Coast earlier this week - so on that basis it's a shame they're not inclined to do that until they really need to.
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:15
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I hope to be pleasantly surprised by a 7 goal thriller. My glass is half full today.
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