Urawa Red Diamonds (N) | CWC Semi-Final | Pre-Match Thread

[blueste41]

Can I confirm, we only play a maximum of 2 games?

Yes we enter at the semi final stage.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Yes we enter at the semi final stage.

Cheers. Like a Charity Shield to get into the Charity Shield, then ;-)

 

[blueste41]

Cheers. Like a Charity Shield to get into the Charity Shield, then ;-)

When you add in the teams that are in this competition it's completely pointless IMO but not many agree.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Copa Libatadores semi finals (first leg) start on Thursday with the winning team taking the final place in the WCC.

Watch out for Palmerias. They are the best team outside Europe and the only team on the other side of the draw that should beat Al Ittihad.

Not sure whether I want them to qualify or not as we are on the easier side of the draw and would only meet either team in the final.

I’d prefer to play Palmeiras in Final than Al Itihad

 

[MadchesterCity]

Would be good to play Boca Juniors

 

[ShorehamCitizen]

I’d prefer to play Palmeiras in Final than Al Itihad

English teams are a bogey to them it seems.

 

[cptaidan88]

They waived the entry requirements to people with a Hayya card (that was necessary to get into Qatar).
The Hayya card didn’t go with the World Cup ticket, but you could assume you got one one once you got a ticket (assuming you were not on in Interpol list). ( I went).


My assumption is that, if you have a ticket and you mention on the visa application you are going to the CWC, there will be no issue. They are not daft. They are not hosting a tournament for people from every continent with an intention of not letting them in.

No fear of being accepted for a VISA, it was more the VISA fee I wanted to avoid.

I think it's only £30 though for an Electronic VISA waiver (EVW) after some investigation, whereas I had previously thought it was about £140 so not as bad.

 

[cptaidan88]

Would be good to play Boca Juniors

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I'd like to see us against Fluminense. Their manager (who is also Brazil national team manager) plays a style which is a complete contrast to Pep. Still attacking but is against such strict positional/controlled play (i.e. Pep makes our players stay in certain grids on the pitch, whereas they kind of swarm irrationally). Think it would be interesting to see the styles against each other.

 

[simmo]

Have tonight requested the access code.

Will see how it all pans out once the code arrives at some point in October.

 

[cptaidan88]

I'd like to see us against Fluminense. Their manager (who is also Brazil national team manager) plays a style which is a complete contrast to Pep. Still attacking but is against such strict positional/controlled play (i.e. Pep makes our players stay in certain grids on the pitch, whereas they kind of swarm irrationally). Think it would be interesting to see the styles against each other.

If I'm not mistaken - at the behest of the Brazilian national federation, I think Deniz who already has two jobs is about to become Flamengo manager as well for the rest of the year. So he will simultaneously be the Brazil national team manager, the Fluminense manager, and the Flamengo manager. Do not understand this situation at all.

Sounds like he will have to toss a coin for the game where they are due to play each other to see who he manages.

Would be like Pep remaining as our manager but becoming caretaker England manager for a year and after the first leg of the Champions League semi final, the FA asking him to manage United for a few months too.

Bizarre.