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Message: [QUOTE="DeGrozz, post: 5745249, member: 205"] The good news is we played both games with incomplete lineups and experimented with a few borderline players. The better news is that we've now got 32 teams in the knockout rounds! The best news is that pre-world cup friendlies usually aren't closely correlated with World Cup success. The bad news, of course, is that we don't have central defenders at the top of their game right now... I am honestly not sure if we've had a collective group of players that has both developed less into their primes and been in worse club form heading into a major tournament than our current center-backs. Luckily Paraguay and Australia won't be playing to their strengths when trying to exploit our weaknesses. Turkiye will be a crapshoot though. Game could be one of the most fun matches to watch during the group stages. [/QUOTE]