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Is today's game the real final? :P

Most likely. Whoever wins the game will probably win the tournament as well. England or Croatia will be the underdog in the final.

That happens over here all the time.

Right now they are trying to figure out a way to realign the NBA because all of the good teams are in the same conference. The finals have become a joke.

Of course, there really is no solution here. Who knew we were going to see this many upsets?

Don't count out Boston! :) If they can stay healthy, they might surprise the Western Conference champion in the final.

From time to time strong teams dominate the league for a few years (remember Kobe and Shaq's unstoppable Lakers?), so I don't think there is any need to realign the NBA. Houston, Lakers or even OKC (if they can figure out to play collectively and not depend on Westbrook) might defeat the Warriors and win the conference. In the East, we have 76ers, Wizards, Toronto that just need 1 or 2 good players to play for the title and Boston will probably be the next Cavaliers that dominate the conference. And remember: Next season many teams will have cap space and a lot of free agents can change teams, so next season will be the key and we can see a shift in the balance of power.

No, any of the four teams which are playing could win it. None of them fluked or cheated their way there. France is probably favourite, though I would obviously want even Croatia to win other than them. The other three all much the same, some are better on paper than others, but as we have seen numerous times before that doesn't always work.
Cmon you rode duivels!

Bingo.

Disappointed. Not a great game, pretty average, and no real urgency by either team.

So France in the final, and England?

Let's ask Llioris and Courtois to see what they think about that. They were both amazing.

How many did they actually save, 1 maybe 2 each, great saves no doubt, but it was t a good game. Thankfully short on var unlike other games.

Llioris is probably the best goalkeeper in the world. Somehow, nobody talks about him. Probably because he's just a decent guy always doing his job well for both the national team and the club. Owner of 2 best saves on this World Cup, without a doubt.
Courtois was great in last two matches, too bad he doesn't do his job so well in Chelsea.

Misery loves Kompany. France looked strong and compact as a team. I fear Belgium lost a lot of strentgh in previous matches. Also France is the only team that didn't play extra time. Referee was ok for almost entire match only that foul over Hazard which he didn't see from 2 meters away... Overall tough match, both teams had some solid chances to score.

Well, thinking of leaving the missus. Just because Belgium is out she is all like "it doesn't matter" or "France are going to win". I mean come on, we can't allow this to happen, countries of the world unite behind either England or Croatia. If the worse happens tonight, then I will be all Croatia!