Ukraine Vs Saudi Arabia

[junglewarfare]

Ukraine coming out of the gate well. Nothing like a 4th minute goal when you have the over.

[BigBlind]

WOW What a goal

[RUFFNECK]

Man he froze Zaid. Absolutely sick.

[Caldarooni]

How many times has a team lost their opening game by at least 3 goals and still advanced to the next round?

Both Ukraine and the US look like they could do it.

[THAY3R]

Last time it happened was in 1994, I think it's only happened like 3 times.

[mmbt0ne]

I think they just said no one's ever done it after losing by 4.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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How many times has a team lost their opening game by at least 3 goals and still advanced to the next round?

Both Ukraine and the US look like they could do it.

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probably never...or at least none since the field went to 32.

the US, though, probably only has a 10-20% chance of advancing (odds of Italy winning outright * odds of us winning outright)

edit: I guess I'm partly wrong

[kyro]

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the US, though, probably only has a 10-20% chance of advancing (odds of Italy winning outright * odds of us winning outright)


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This seems way off, though I haven't really paid attention as much as most people. What do you put the independent events at?

[talentdeficit]

i give the czechs a small edge over italy (52/48ish) and ghana a largish edge over the us (60/40ish). both the czechs and ghana will be highly motivated, and italy are always overconfident.

[KDawg]

Schevy scores. I'd love to see the Ukraine get a positive GD after this game