Why do you people root for such an obviously fixed game

World Cup is all politics, and there is so much shady shit that alters the fairness of the tournament. Russia is the 31st team, and they open up against 32. Ok.

inb4 t&t posting

Hosts get an easy group no matter what because they're always given a top seed.

Who cares, they still not going to quit the group lmao.

Why don't Russian oligarchs fund their players, instead of buying foreign teams?

They already do, why do you think we barely get to see Russians playing in the leagues west of the Curtain? Because they get paid very well in Rossiya.

It's just that Russia is going through a massive drought of talent since the Kerzhakov/Pavlyuchenko/Arshavin era.

> Because they get paid very well in Rossiya.
This, low taxes too.
> It's just that Russia is going through a massive drought of talent since the Kerzhakov/Pavlyuchenko/Arshavin era.
Limit to foreign players is to blame, if russian clubs were filled with cheap serbians for russians to compete with, like Arshavin did for example. there would have been more good new players.

Host nation always gets top seed, retard. So they always get an easy group.
>Trumpydad and Tobongo

>opening game is Russia Vs. Literally who

Sure is some world cup you got there, lads

Russia will get raped by KANGZ and bitten by Suarez. They will never win this group except maybe against oil nigger.

Doesn't seem fixed. Solid pot 2 team, African champion and the Saudis as cannon fodder (though they are among best Asian teams not that it means anything).

You arent even in the world cup why do you care about fairness faggot

Karpin was the one really cool Russian player. Straight out of that great period of mid 90s-early 2000s.

I can't say I agree with you. Uruguay is probably one of the top 3 teams in Pot 2 along with Spain and Colombia. Egypt were Runners Up in the African Cup of Nations earlier this year and are probably one of the strongest teams in Pot 3 (although the teams in this pot are generally quite well matched). Saudi Arabia is the only team that's weak for their pot.

If any other Pot 1 team had drawn Uruguay and Egypt it would be considered a really tough group. Russia in all likelihood won't even get through

If Russia beats Uruguay then you know it's fixed.

*blocks your path*

>Underestimating Egypt
You're damn right I'm gonna post about Triceratops & Tobacco

Will Russia join South Africa as hosts that didn't pass through the group stages?

>>>/leftypol/
>>>r/politics
>>>r/esist

How is this a fixed group? Egypt and Uruguay are far from what you would call pushovers. The only convenience here for Russia is they drew the lowest ranked pot 4 team.