Why is no one else "+1" you?
ahah
Honestly I got tired of writing in the Italian forum since not many people interact.. hence I'll moved here to bring some life to yours instead
Jokes aside, the situation in Group B is very interesting
It’s as if the second phase started yesterday, since four teams are clearly the favourites to qualify (Belgium, Serbia, Israel and Hong Kong) and these three weeks are full of direct matches between one another
No predictions from you for this group?
Key matches next round:- Serbia vs Hong Kong.. HK should be favoured, both for roster and because Serbia used higher effort this week
- Belgium vs Israel.. probably close to a 50–50. Tactics and effort will decide it.
Key match in the final round:- Israel vs Serbia.. on paper Israel is favoured, but Serbia might save enthusiasm vs HK (preferring to go all-in with gdp? maybe...) Israel instead might use enthusiasm against Belgium. In that case Serbia could be slightly ahead.. but of course, forms, tactics and effort choices can flip everything
- Belgium and HK should win comfortably respectively against Philippines and Uruguay
Now....
Group A:
- I actually think Spain, despite their dominant position isn’t as “safe” as it looks
They now face two teams with their backs against the wall.. first USA and then Lithuania.. which won't be 2 easy games.
- France is 99% qualified
- Italy despite being 5th right now, should qualify as long as we don’t do anything stupid vs Morocco or Chile
- USA and Lithuania might need to win both games if they want to advance:
USA faces first Spain then France
Lithuania instead has China next week and Spain on the last day
China basically needs a 2–0 (Lithuania + Chile) and must hope USA and Lithuania don’t go better than 1–1... plus they need to make up some PD