2018 FIFA WORLD CUP - CPU VS CPU

[GaloVingador]

Writing these reports was fun in the first few games, but it started to become a real chore now. The fact the thread doesn't have many visits and had no interaction from outsiders also made me feel like my time was being wasted. So I decided I'll just be like EA and do everything in the laziest possible way, haha.

I'm still playing the tournament and I'll still post the results, with some facts and stats here and there. At least one or two weirdos like me might be interested in what happens in this tournament, since those simulations the game run when we pick a single team are just a bunch of simple scripts that have nothing to do with the teams really using the engine to play the game against themselves.

[GaloVingador]

19/06/2018


15:00, Mordovia Arena, GROUP H
Colombia 2-1 Japan
Cardona 5', Cuadrado 68' (COL), Okazaki (P.) 29' (JPN)


18:00, Spartak Stadium, GROUP H
Poland 2-3 Senegal
Milik 17', Lewandowski 76' (POL), Keita Baldé 31', 90'+, Ndiaye 45' (SEN)


21:00, Saint Petersburg Stadium, GROUP A
Russia 1-1 Egypt
Hassan 22' (EGY), Smolov 27' (RUS)

[GaloVingador]

After the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup...


Top Scorers: Smolov (RUS), Ronaldo, André Silva (POR), Eriksen (DEN), Seferovic (SUI), Werner (GER), Baldé (SEN) - 2 goals each

Assist Leader: Müller (GER) - 2 assists


Best XI:

GK Stojkovic (Serbia)
RB Dani Alves (Brazil)
CB Fazio (Argentina)
CB Otamendi (Argentina)
LB Kolarov (Serbia)
CDM/CM Kroos (Germany)
CDM/CM Khedira (Germany)
CAM Eriksen (Denmark)
RM/RW Messi (Argentina)
LM/LW Chadli (Belgium)
ST/CF Griezmann (France)

Best Player: Federico Fazio (Argentina)


After the last game of the day, for the second round already, Egypt's Hassan also reaches the two goals mark, while Russia's Smolov isolates himself at the top of the table with three goals scored.

[GaloVingador]

Starting at the Russia-Egypt game, half lenght was reduced to 12 minutes for the remainder of the tournament.

[pfeifere1]

I plan on running something similar to this. I’ll be following from here on out. Keep it up!

[GaloVingador]

20/06/2018


15:00, Luzhniki Stadium, GROUP B
Portugal 2-0 Morocco
Ronaldo (P.) 5', André Silva 57'


18:00, Rostov Arena, GROUP A
Uruguay 0-0 Saudi Arabia


21:00, Kazan Arena, GROUP B
Iran 0-4 Spain
Goals: Isco 59', Iniesta (P.) 63', Thiago 71', Saúl 88' (ESP)
Red Card: Beiranvand 62' (IRN)

[GaloVingador]

Two curiosities about the Iran-Spain game:

1. As far as I remember, this is the first time I see a goalkeeper being sent off in my 29 years of soccer video games.

2. Shot count was Iran 11-7 Spain. Go figure...

[GaloVingador]

STANDINGS


GROUP A




GROUP B





Portugal are qualified to the Round of 16