World Cup 2018 Round 1 - Many Surprises And Unpredictable (ENG-INA)

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Greeting steemians.

The world cup which started on 14 June has completed round 1 and is now running into the 2nd round.

Many interesting notes are presented in the first round, the most steal the attention is the defeat of Germany as defending champion of world cup 2014 in the hands of Mexican black horse. Argentina's Latin American giants are held to a 1-1 draw by the Icelandic debutants, just as the Brazilian seeded team were held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland.

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Hirving Lozana (Mexico), celebrate his goal when defeat Germany

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Meanwhile, the team that is predicted to win in Group H are Colombia and Poland in fact must be bowed embarrassed over the opponents of Japan and Senegal with identical score 1-2.

Favorite teams in other groups who are predicted to win easily also have to struggle and have to wait until the last minute to clinch victory. Among them are Uruguay who won 1-0 over Egypt, France 2-1 ahead of Australia, and England 2-1 win over Tunisia, but all the winning goal is created in the last minute.

In the first round of the World Cup this time it is clear that countries that once considered trivial representing region Asia, Africa, and North America is very competitive and difficult for big countries that have a good tradition in the world cup. This makes the world cup this time more exciting and more difficult to predict.

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Like the previous edition world cup, we will both see which country will be the dark horse in this world cup. The teams that have strong tactics and strategies and strong mental that will hold long in the tournament.

Like the previous edition of the world cup, we will both see which country will be the dark horse in this world cup. The teams that have strong tactics and strategies and strong mental that will go far.

Which country do you think will be the dark horse in this world cup?

BAHASA

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Penyelamatan tendangan penalti Lionel Messi oleh kiper Islandia.

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Piala dunia yang dimulai pada 14 Juni lalu telah menyelesaikan putaran 1 dan sekarang sedang berjalan memasuki putaran ke 2.

Banyak catatan menarik yang tersaji di putaran pertama, yang paling mencuri perhatian adalah tumbangnya juara bertahan Jerman di tangan kuda hitam Meksiko. Raksasa Amerika latin Argentina yang ditahan imbang tim debutan Islandia 1-1, sama halnya dengan tim unggulan Brazil yang ditahan imbang 1-1 oleh Swiss.

Sementara itu tim yang diprediksi akan menang di grup H yaitu Colombia dan Polandia nyatanya harus tertunduk malu atas lawannya Jepang dan Senegal dengan skor identik 1-2.

Tim-tim unggulan di grup lainnya yang diprediksi akan menang mudah juga harus bersusah payah dan harus menunggu sampai menit-menit akhir untuk meraih kemenangan. Diantaranya adalah Uruguay yang berhasil menang 1-0 atas Mesir, Perancis unggul 2-1 atas Australia, dan Inggris yang unggul 2-1 atas Tunisia, namun semua gol kemenangan tersebut tercipta di menit-menit akhir.

Di putaran pertama piala dunia kali ini terlihat jelas negara-negara yang dulu sering dianggap remeh yang mewakili wilayah Asia, Afrika, dan Amerika Utara sudah sangat kompetitif dan menyulitkan negara-negara besar yang mempunyai tradisi bagus di piala dunia. Hal ini membuat piala dunia kali ini semakin seru dan semakin sulit diprediksi.

Seperti piala dunia edisi sebelumnya, kita akan sama-sama melihat negara mana yang akan menjadi kuda hitam di piala dunia kali ini. Tim-tim yang mempunyai taktik dan strategi yang jitu serta mental yang kuatlah yang akan melaju jauh.

Negara mana yang akan menjadi kuda hitam menurut anda di piala dunia kali ini?

Regards,

@Akar-rumput