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Draw on Friday and all the pots more or less done. Teams from same confederation can't be put into the same group except for two UEFA side. Pot 1: Qatar, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain Pot 2: Mexico, USA, Uruguay, Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands Pot 3: Iran, Senegal, Morocco, Serbia, Tunisia, Poland, South Korea, Japan Pot 4: Canada, Ghana, Cameroon, Saudi, Ecuador, Australia/UAE/Peru, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, New Zealand/Costa Rica Potential to be some pretty fun groups and group A could potentially be the worst one ever at a World Cup. As a top seed, do you prefer to be in Group B for a potentially easier match in the knock-out stages or Group C so you get 1A v 2B potentially in the quarter-finals?

Wow what an ending to Algeria v Cameroon.

advantage of playing at home. Football has turned so sterile...

Wouldn't Gabriel Jesus be a realistic option? He really needs to play to get into the national side for the WC and 4 years ago he was the next big thing. Completely stagnated, even regressed, but there is clearly talent there. If a team like us can't revive him than no one will and at 25 this might be the change he needs.

In hindsight, shame that Italy ended up in the same bracket as Portugal.

Portugal need to be careful though, this North Macedonia side seems like a tricky fixture. Beat Germany as well in the qualifiers.

Still is. Best player in the world at the moment. Immense for Real.

People are absolutely deluded I mean Roberto Carlos is only overrated if you consider him the undoubtedly best left back of all time. But if you consider him a top 5 or even top 3 left back of all time then hebis right where he belongs. Cafu is the greatest to do it on the other side though, so unsure on how he can be overrated...

Fantastic for 88min. Didnt deserve that. Fantastic touch from Havertz though.

The real shocker was the VAR room. Whoever is sitting there needs a suspension.

Mbappe gets off easily because he scores goals. Guy runs less than Messi and almost 1.5km less than Neymar per game. Does nothing, no wonder they finished 2nd last year when Neymar was out.

As I stated when we signed him. He’s a great passer of the ball and very eager, but he lacks the physicality and while it still worked with Jonjo, we need a hard working defensive midfielder next to him to cover ground. I think Big Joe might be the perfect partner in the offensive sense, but neither him nor Bruno can play the sitting DM position imo.

Kraft and Murphy. Hell of a right flank in the PL.

He had a nightmare last night. Still Donnarummas fault that they lost like. Also Mbappe...overrated. Benzema showed last night who’s best french player in the world this season.

Harsh on Marquinhos. Consistently their best player with Verratti and Mbappe. Not his fault he plays with a donkey next to him. Was shocking tonight mind. Also, shame to see what Neymar and Messi have become. Past their best. Barely touched the ball in the second half. Also, Ancelotti tactical changes won this game for them. Fantastic to move to a more mobile central midfield. Unlike Pochettino he wasn’t afraid to sub out a star who was subpar tonight in Kroos.

eh. Alisson is a better shot stopper. No doubt about it.

Convinced his inability infront of goal is all confidence issues. Because for every game that goes he’s looking more and more like a player full of ability. His first games in midfield he was doing so well due to his workrate. But now he’s carrying the ball with confidence in midfield, playing it easy and always getting into positions to help his teammates. Get defensive midfielder next to him and give Bruno some freedom in midfield with Willock coming off the bench and our midfield is a top 8-10 in the league. We’ve gone from one of the worst midfields ever to a potentially top 8 due to this guy.

Feel bad for him That through ball to Wilson and its a goal. Shocking how slow and tired Wood was there.

eh what?

Thiago Silva what a signing for Chelsea he was.

What an upgrade on Lascelles. Wasn’t expecting this.

Been good today. Been critical of him lately, but our best player today.

We’ve won games because of our set pieces. We were a cm away from not getting the full points today. I’m happy we are winning, but I am not convinced by our play at all and that’s no one’s fault. Our squad is just extremely mediocre.

Chris Wood is obviously a decent goalscorer and has scored multiple goals in the PL for many seasons in a row. So in that regards, I do agree with you, that maybe it’s not entirely his fault.

You think his hold up play has been good? Which I guess is what you are suggesting is his role? Please tell me how much he has contributed to the way our team plays. I know we are winning but four out of our last five goals have come from set pieces and he’s not been involved in any of them has he? He won a lot of headers today, however, every single one of them ended up with a Villa player so unless the plan is for him to just run for 90 minutes and hope we win through set pieces he isn’t doing well no. Then again I wouldn’t drop him for anyone right now as we don’t have anyone elae, but unlike you I’m an idiot I guess or just uncapable of seeing that the team doesn’t improve since it’s winning games...