My top 4 teams entering the tourney, who I'd expect to be in the final if they were in different quadrants, were Portugal, France, Germany and Belgium. 2 disappointments but the other 2 meet in the semis.
I have Croatia winning it all, but the CEO also has them. He picked France to advance and I went dark horse (Uruguay). I thought South America would be represented in the final and I didn't want to pick Brazil due to others (probably) going that way too. Once I found out I couldn't win the brackets, I wanted Russia to win it all (that would've been $500 in my pocket). Oh well. Now I can watch with no objective.
Belichick: I am Very Proud of my Croatian Ancestry - Total Croatia News Bill Belichick’s girlfriend wears ‘I love my Croatian boyfriend’ shirt Ivan and Mary Bilicic, departing Croatia at the turn of the 20th century and settling in the gritty steel town of Monessen, Pa., outside Pittsburgh. The Bilicics had five children — their daughter’s teacher Americanized their name to Belichick — before they moved to Struthers, Ohio, near Youngstown, where Ivan labored in a wire factory until he lost his job in the Great Depression As for the Bilicics, little is known about their lives before they arrived in the United States. In Ivan’s petition for US naturalization, he stated he was born in Croatia Hungary in 1878 and sailed from the port of Le Havre in France to New York in 1900. His wife followed soon after and joined him in Pennsylvania.
The remaining matches are going to be great. I’m curious to see the stadium turnouts due to the hosts getting KO’d.
there's a video of an english fan on top of a car celebrating in russia. 2 seconds later, the russian cops are beating him on the ground with billy clubs.
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/wo...o-magic-belgiums-comeback-and-pavards-golazo/ Top 5 goals in WC so far. where is the German free kick in extra time to win from the side of the box ?? that is better than all but Ronaldo's goal MHO!
