Tried doing my own group position /knockout projections based on ELO rankings before the tournament. Group match stage ELO of 100+ is winner, under 100 is a draw. Simple, methodical, and no reasoning whatsoever, just for my own entertainment.
3 wins table toppers are gonna be .......
Group A: Mexico
Group B: Switzerland
Group C: Brazil
Group D: Turkey
Group G: Belgium
Group H: Spain
Group I: France
Group J: Argentina
Group L: England
Group E: Germany and Ecuador equal points, Germany on goal difference. Zee Germans are clinical at finishing people off
Group F: Netherlands or Japan, 1 bad game for either will turn the whole group. GROUP OF DEATH
Group K: Portugal and Columbia equal points, Group runner-up plays runner-up in Englands group (Croatia)
I didn't take goal difference into account so the best 3rd place of A,B,C,D,F, C,D,F,G,H, C,E,F,H,I, E,H,I,J,K, B,E,F,I,J, A,E,H,I,J, are all fucked and that's as far as my projection goes unfortunately. Will update at next round or just admit I was way wrong
Looking forward to the Norway v Senegal match and their key players, Mane and Haaland. The pair of them have enough forehead for 6 men, 5 of those men have never smiled in their lives.
