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osed125 said:
chocoloco said:

538 predictions updated. 76% chance USA of advancing.

 

Don't trust that thing. Costa Rica had like a 2% chance of advancing according to that site

I am not trying to convince you of anything. I like stats and data though, as this is vgc. I do not even know what country you are from sir?



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I think that after the humiliating draw with Ghana, Germany will only be thinking about a strong victory over the US. Still everything can happen in this group. Good to see that Ronaldo finally showed up and made the difference - almost like Messi did. If they step up against Ghana, they can still go through, though chances are slim considering how they play.



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chocoloco said:
osed125 said:

Don't trust that thing. Costa Rica had like a 2% chance of advancing according to that site

I am not trying to convince you of anything. I like stats and data though as this is vgc. I do not even know what country you are from sir?

I'm from Costa Rica. You don't need to convince me of anything, those sites are not really reliable, the info is taken from the teams preformance during the qualifiers and overall won matches in previous WC and friendly matches, and in futbol, relying on previous performances is not trustworthy at all. 



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osed125 said:
chocoloco said:
osed125 said:

USA still has a pretty big chance of being left out. If USA loses for a difference of more than 2 goals, or Ghana wins for a difference of more than 2 goals, USA is out. And based on Portugal performance this WC, Ghana can very well beat Portugal with more than 2 goals, and Germany is an extremely strong opponent, so losing to them can very well happen. 

I am not one to speculate so far. From what I have seen the odds are in the US's favor. Many claim the US and GErmany will purposely tie. So I am saying nothing more than the odds are most strongly in the US's favor against Port. and Ghana.

Yes, the odds are in favor of USA, but is not like Ghana has to do something ridiculous in order to advance; like I said, a difference of 2 goals will suffice Ghana (as long as USA loses their match). 

Portugal on the other hand is gone...unless they beat Ghana like 6-0  

All that needs to happen is USA loosing by 1 goal and Ghana wins by 2 or USA looses by 2 and Ghana wins by 1 USA is out. They shouldve secured the spot when they had the chance, Germany wont play bad again, odds are USA looses by 2 or more to Germany and Ghana beats Portugal.



osed125 said:

I'm from Costa Rica. You don't need to convince me of anything, those sites are not really reliable, the info is taken from the teams preformance during the qualifiers and overall won matches in previous WC and friendly matches, and in futbol, relying on previous performances is not trustworthy at all. 

The odds are updated beyond what you mentioned as the cup games go on.  I think I will trust them over some random dude on the internet that is trying to downplay the US's chances to advance over and over again.



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chocoloco said:
osed125 said:
 

I'm from Costa Rica. You don't need to convince me of anything, those sites are not really reliable, the info is taken from the teams preformance during the qualifiers and overall won matches in previous WC and friendly matches, and in futbol, relying on previous performances is not trustworthy at all. 

The odds are updated beyond what you mentioned as the cup games go on.  I think I will trust them over some random dude on the internet that is trying to downplay the US's chances to advance over and over again.

Lol I'm not downplaying them, I'm just being realistic. In any case, I really don't care if either Ghana or USA pass to the next round, I favor USA a little bit more for being in the CONCACAF, but that's it.



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Australia 2:0 Spain
Netherlands 3:1 Chile
Cameroon 0:3 Brasil
Croatia 2:1 Mexico



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My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

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I'm still sore from the 2 -2 . US got robbed they played a much better match than Portugal ( I do feel bad for hurting Ronaldo though)

Tomorrow will be fun:

Australia 2 -2 Spain
Chile 3 - 2 Netherlands
Cameroon 1 - 2 Brazil
Croatia 0 - 3 Mexico



I still can't get my head around the fact that Portugal, a country that used to have its capital city in Brasil, just can't find its groove over there ;) And it's a bloody good team after all. I guess it's time to set a new challenge to Mou.



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

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Australia 1 -1 Spain
Chile 1 - 2 Netherlands
Cameroon 0 - 2 Brazil
Croatia 2 - 1  Mexico



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