5 teams undefeated in this tournament

Not this again to be fair I think the call for foden was justified when you saw the performance.

What do we’re do now though is the question. As we have options.
He had a poor first half, a decent second half but not exactly undropable level of performance, he's in the mix with about 4 other players for 3 starting positions and you can make a good argument for all of them to play
 
I think there’s an issue of sporting integrity as well as the sides facing Brazil b of France reserves are not facing that same obstacle as those who played them first or second in the group so where’s the fairness in that for the others still needing to quality.
I don’t mind it. They earn the right to rest players by going guns blazing to win their first two games. If the other team involved feel hard done by, perhaps they should have won their first two games.

It’s a risky thing as well, because you lose momentum and rhythm - if I was a manager I wouldn’t play the reserves in a World Cup.
 
I don't think it is too early, brought this up the other day when people said that none of the top teams are exceptional anymore. I don't think it's that at all, it's that the minnows have caught up. They don't have the consistency, but they can put on a deccent performance, create chances, and be stubborn defensively, and if they take their chances they can beat anyone as a number of them have proven
Middlesbrough beat Man Utd and Tottenham last season and we are nowhere near either team in terms of quality but in one-off games anyone can beat anyone. We're not even far behind those teams compared to some other giant-killing performances in the past. It's nothing new. If the World Cup was a league then the best team would win it but it isn't so the best team might get unlucky and lose a match early on and go out.

I'd say most teams in the tournament are Premier League quality with the odd couple of championship quality teams. I don't think anyone has a squad as good as Man City but we know that even the worst PL or Championship teams have a chance against the best PL teams in a one-off, especially when the PL team think it is going to be comfortable, gets complacent and doesn't treat it like a game they could lose.
 
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