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JonnyBit t1_iy0bdvw wrote

Reply to comment by RtuDtu in Canada eliminated from men's World Cup contention despite Alphonso Davies' historic goal by Genevieves_bitch

Canada completely and totally outplayed Belgium. Yes they lost, but they utterly humiliated the number 1 team in the world with their play. Hardly nothing.

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KindArgument0 t1_iy0erib wrote

I think it's time for people to stop using that cursed fifa world rank. It's as reliable as NBA regular season ranking as a power rank. While it's still very impressive for canada to take on belgium toe to toe, belgium is not the best team in the world. De bruyne and curtois are one of the best of their role but the rest of the team are bunch of average players or players who have gone past their prime.

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JonnyBit t1_iy0geji wrote

Thankfully, your average fan of the sport has ignored rankings for about a decade now, they’ve always been meaningless. Notice how people only talk about rankings when the casuals come out of the woodwork at the World Cup? Also the ELO ranking scores were formulated to work with chess rankings, they don’t really translate to soccer. No rankings mean anything

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DrKnowsNothing_MD t1_iy0ksoy wrote

It was impressive but number 1 team in the world is a huge stretch. They’re not even favorites for this World Cup.

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JonnyBit t1_iy0mxz0 wrote

Yeah just meant technically speaking. Fifa rankings mean nothing anyway, and Belgium are clearly awful right now. But on paper they are a top team. Canada should be very proud of that regardless.

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fantasmoofrcc t1_iy10f7i wrote

And Morocco beats Belgium as well...Belgium (and Germany) may just get eliminated as well on Thursday. Shit's hard, yo!

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