Group B - Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, FFS. KEEPER!

Talk about after the Lord Mayor's show.

 

[ripper868]

Some end to end stuff the last 5 mins...super stuff

 

[Ausage]

Meanwhile, comms here have just informed us Papadopoulos is an Aussie by birth. As if we needed another reason to hate Greece.

Yeah. How dare they steal our citizens for their football team

Nigerian keeper screwed over by the ball imo. Stupid ball.

 

[GIMH]

Nigeria pretty much out as things stand UIMM

I guess mathematically if they hammer Korea and Argies beat Greece they could still go through but they really need a goal here

Haven't spent long adding all that up btw so correct me if I'm wrong

 

[straw man]

Are Nigeria trying to lose this? Three moments of stupidity/ incompetence in a game that they were otherwise pretty much dominating.

 

[Ausage]

Nigeria pretty much out as things stand UIMM

I guess mathematically if they hammer Korea and Argies beat Greece they could still go through but they really need a goal here

Haven't spent long adding all that up btw so correct me if I'm wrong

If they beat Korea and Greece lose to Argentina they go through on GD irrespective of the scoreline.

Most important thing for them is to not concede from here.

 

[straw man]

If they beat Korea and Greece lose to Argentina they go through on GD irrespective of the scoreline.

Most important thing for them is to not concede from here.

Really, how does that work?

If so then the Greeks are out unless they somehow snatch a point off Argentina (fat chance, even in a dead rubber for the Argies).

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nigeria pretty much out as things stand UIMM

I guess mathematically if they hammer Korea and Argies beat Greece they could still go through but they really need a goal here

Haven't spent long adding all that up btw so correct me if I'm wrong

Not necessarily. Assuming score stays as it is they'll be on -2 for GD after today. Greece are on -1 and SK -1. Assuming Argies beat Greece a one goal win over the Koreans would do it for them.

 

[Ausage]

Really, how does that work?

If so then the Greeks are out unless they somehow snatch a point off Argentina (fat chance, even in a dead rubber for the Argies).

If this result stays the same and results go as mentioned with a 1-0 margin in both games the final table will be:

Argentina p - 9, gd - +5
Nigeria p - 3, gd -1
Greece p - 3, gd -2
Korea p - 3, gd -2

 

[The Sean]

Surely Korea would finish ahead of Greece, having beaten them?

Anyway, it's hard to see Nigeria beating the Koreans based on what they've shown us in their first two matches.

 

[GIMH]

Hmm. Wonder if the Argies will play a weakened side. Seems like the sort of things those scumbags would do.

 

[GIMH]

Surely Korea would finish ahead of Greece, having beaten them?

Anyway, it's hard to see Nigeria beating the Koreans based on what they've shown us in their first two matches.

Goal difference counts first these days

 

[Jarquis]

Korea and Greece are both on -2 in Ausage's table.

 

[The Sean]

Goal difference counts first these days

Goal difference would be the same, and Korea would have scored one more goal. Or am I missing something?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Surely Korea would finish ahead of Greece, having beaten them?

Anyway, it's hard to see Nigeria beating the Koreans based on what they've shown us in their first two matches.

Nah, because in the hypothetical three teams are on three points.

Anyway, if wiki's to be believed goal difference in all group matches is the first arbiter when teams are tied on points.

 

[The Sean]

See my reply to GIMH.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Nah.

Right now, Korea have a -1 GD, as do Greece, and Nigeria have -2.

If Nigeria beat Korea 1-0 and Argentina do the same to Greece, Nigeria move up to -1, and Korea and Greece go to -2, so Nigeria qualify.

Basically they just have to win and hope Argentina don't stuff up and they're through. Korea just need a point.

 

[GIMH]

Goal difference would be the same, and Korea would have scored one more goal. Or am I missing something?

If Korea lost by one and so did Greece then the GDs would be\;

Greece -2
Korea -2
Nigeria -1

edit, or what Fuller said

 

[Jarquis]

Surely Korea would finish ahead of Greece, having beaten them?

Nigeria = irrelevant bitches.

 

[The Sean]

If Korea lost by one and so did Greece then the GDs would be\;

Greece -2
Korea -2
Nigeria -1

edit, or what Fuller said

Yeah, I know all this - I don't care about Nigeria. My point was that Ausage's table had Greece in 3rd ahead of Korea in 4th, and I was simply saying that with their goal difference being the same, Korea having scored one more goal and having beaten Greece, that their order (3rd and 4th) would be reversed.

Edit - or what Marcuss said.