For a reason, they didn’t go through qualifying
by DakotaDomer (2018-06-20 10:06:54)
Edited on 2018-06-20 10:10:39

In reply to: Yes, but wasn’t Russia # 70? *  posted by ShermanOaksND

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It’s hard to accumulate the necessary points playing only friendlies

Prior to the start of Euro qualifying it looks like they were #38



That makes sense and partially explains their success
by ShermanOaksND  (2018-06-20 13:30:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I did hear some "experts" opine that Russia is really bad, but their WC performance does not match that assessment.

Well, there are rumors out there that FIFA wasn't
by steelhop  (2018-06-20 14:59:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

quite as diligent as the Olympics was in looking for performance enhancing products in the Russian sports program. Not, that the Olympics didn't try to look the other way as much as they could.
Well...it’s Russia...
by DakotaDomer  (2018-06-21 10:09:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

But every team should play a hell of a lot better at home than otherwise expected.
8-1 better so far? *
by steelhop  (2018-06-21 12:48:25)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post