VOK 887 – Soccercast 26 – Quarter Final Roundup
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What do Bina007 and Bing think about the overall quality of the World Cup quarter‑finals?
Hi everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Vassals of Kingsgrove Soccercast 26, featuring me, being a 007, asking questions and making comments on the wisdom that Bing drops. Hey Bing. Hello. How have you so today we're going to be reviewing the quarterfinal matches and maybe looking ahead to the semifinals? But overall, Bing, before we get into the match by match, just how do you feel the quarterfinals? Went, overall quality of clay. Do you feel that the final group of four is the right group of four?
Well, it's the most predictable minor group of four. It's literally one, two, four in the FIFA rankings or whatever, which again doesn't mean that much. But like I mean, I I think I've we even talked about like in our ver the first one we did at post group group stages, right? Which is the four most likely winners and we I think we just literally just listed these four.
Yeah.
So
Uh it is what it is.
It should say that tournament play has worked, right? Because you've had this huge group stage and you've winnowed people out and you've got to the The appropriate results. So in a sense, it's good, but not without its controversy. There have been moments of uh refereeing, there's been moments of alleged shenanigans. So maybe let's get into it. And as we do, we're gonna, as usual, go through on my World Cup War planner. So starting on the left hand side of the draw, so we have the match that kicked off on 9th of July, France versus Morocco. I think I had alleged that this might be closer than it in fact transpired to be. It finished France 2, Morocco zero with Mbappe scoring in the 60th minute, Dembele scoring in the 66th.
Oh, I was quite sad for Morocco, but what what are your thoughts on this match, Bing?
I guess one general thought for the quarterfinals in terms of I mean I think we pointed out in the run of sixteen, the teams that have obvious holes in their team that in their teams, they're gone. Once we get to the quarterfinals, now if you just look at the starting eleven of all eight of these teams, they're all good. There's no obvious holes anywhere.
nowhere left to hide. I mean I I might dispute that when we get to England, but carry on.
The thing is, what now is the the the the the difference between the teams that now have now made a semifinals and the ones that didn't death experience. These are much more intangible things or ones that it's not obvious when you just read off the first eleven at the start of the tournament. These are the things that now make a difference.
Like who's carrying an injury and who's playing for like not so much the names on the page, but actually what percentage of the names on the page are you actually getting?
Right. And that's the problem with Morocco. It's not that they're they don't have a good team. They have a very good team. They don't have enough death. Too many of their players are already coming into the tournament injured. Um and they lost Saibari with their main striker. They don't have another Saibari. Whereas France Kylian Mbappe went out of this game, right? It by the time I mean they're already too nail up. It didn't really matter at that much anymore, but they can replace Kylian Mbappe with Jean Philippe Mateta, who scored like what, twenty goals last last season for the in the Premier League for Crystal Palace.
Yeah, I mean that that's why I think everyone tipped France to win. Well come second, it's just because the the names they can bring off the bench, there's no fall off on quality. It is quite scary.
Right. Like Ryan Shirke has barely saw a match this whole inter this whole tournament. For good reason. He's in in France, he is very much a like fifth, sixth bench option. In a Premier League, that guy's one of the best players for Manchester City. Was number two that season. Right. After like halfway through the season after he moved.
Yeah, and Manchester City, let's not forget, basically nearly won the Premier League. They're an incredibly strong team.
And there's nothing wrong with Cherky, he's great. It's just that Michael Lisa is just straight up outplaying him.
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