Ghana Vs, Czech Republic

[CharlieDontSurf]

didn't guana lose last week?
if we beat them that is two losses..so as long as we take care of bizness we should be good to go right

[THEOSU]

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We are most certainly rooting for a ghana win, as that puts US's destiny in their own hands, and also gives them a chance to move through with a draw against Italy and a win against Ghana.

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good point. i still haven't had my coffee. i shall blame it on that.

[challenger84]

The reason a win is better is because we have no chance if we end up with the same amount of points as CZE due to goal differential. We have to get more points than CZE to advance.

[MikeNaked]

Damn, Ghana looks solid!

[Jack of Arcades]

Okay, currently, assuming for a moment that Ghana beats the Czechs:

Italy 3 points, +2 GD
Czech 3 points, +2 GD
Ghana 3 points, -1 GD
USA 0 points, -3 GD

A draw with Italy and a win over Ghana (1-1-1 - 4 points) would get through the group if Italy beats the Czechs.

If the Czechs and Ghana draw...

Czech 4 points, +3 GD
Italy 3 points, +2 GD
Ghana 1 point, -2 GD
USA 0 points, -3 GD

A win over Italy and a draw/win with Ghana would advance of the Czechs beat Italy.

It's a longshot either way, the first scenario is obviously more likely, but I'm not sure we can draw with Italy OR beat Ghana.

There are other ways of doing this with goal differential, but thse are the two best ways if I'm correct.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

both teams showing defensive holes right now. not covering spaces well. we're going to see some more goals

[THEOSU]

lets just win our next two games and worry about things afterwards!

[DoubleDown]

KBZ-

that in addition to the ghanian goalkeeper having no clue as to WTF he's doing out there ensure us seeing more goals in this match

[tomape]

Drawing to a one-outer.

[Colonel Kataffy]

Ok, some guy Czech just got injured so the ghana goalie threw the ball out of bounce and then the Czech inbounded the ball giving it right back to the goalie. Is this like an unwritten rule thing that the players artificially stop play when someone is hurt? A player wouldn't do this if he was by the opponents goal instead of his own, right?