# World Cup 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615 "2018-06-07T18:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 74
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1462 "2018-07-07T12:56:16Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > England has no chance against Sweden, at least not in my eyes. > > Kuijpers won’t be as blatantly partial as Geiger. So there is no way England scores even 1 goal. I’m an England supporter and I’d put it at 50:50. It is nonsensical to say that such an evenly balanced game sees either team with “no chance”. The bookies just love people with your level of certainty. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1463 "2018-07-07T13:43:18Z")
Okay, stupid question I’ve had for years thanks mainly to BBC quiz shows. Why is it called a “cap”? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1464 "2018-07-07T13:50:26Z")
I see a 1-0 game either way. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1465 "2018-07-07T13:53:00Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Okay, stupid question I’ve had for years thanks mainly to BBC quiz shows. Why is it called a “cap”? I googled this a while ago. Apparently England literally gave out caps, or small hats, to each player who played a game for the national team. The term is used in cricket as well. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1466 "2018-07-07T13:56:24Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Okay, stupid question I’ve had for years thanks mainly to BBC quiz shows. Why is it called a “cap”? In Colombia its what they give you if you score an own goal. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1467 "2018-07-07T14:03:13Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I googled this a while ago. Apparently England literally gave out caps, or small hats, to each player who played a game for the national team. They still do I think. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1468 "2018-07-07T14:03:53Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > England has no chance against Sweden, at least not in my eyes. > > Kuijpers won’t be as blatantly partial as Geiger. So there is no way England scores even 1 goal. While Sweden has clean sheets in 5 of their last six competitive matches, that means nothing today. If its 0-0 at the half maybe it will end 1-0. If there is an early goal that changes everything and opens up play. ---
**Author:** ![Knight\_Of\_Few\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Knight\_Of\_Few\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knight_Of_Few_Words)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1469 "2018-07-07T14:04:00Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I’m an England supporter and I’d put it at 50:50. I see it the same way, with the next game being of similar difficulty. Which would give us about a 1-in-4 chance of making the final, and perhaps a 1-in-8 chance of winning the cup. That’s way better odds than I’d have given us pre-tournament. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1470 "2018-07-07T14:10:56Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I’m an England supporter and I’d put it at 50:50. It is nonsensical to say that such an evenly balanced game sees either team with “no chance”. The bookies just love people with your level of certainty. 538 has it at about 60:40 England:Sweden. So slight favorites. England slight underdogs against either France or Belgium to win it all if they can get to the finals. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1471 "2018-07-07T14:28:01Z")
Boring game so far… a goal is needed (pointing out the bloody obvious). ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1472 "2018-07-07T14:29:57Z")
If yesterday’s Brazil-Belgium game was like Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, this one is like Malaga vs. Las Palmas. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1473 "2018-07-07T14:30:29Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > Boring game so far… a goal is needed (pointing out the bloody obvious). Happy now? Nice header. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1474 "2018-07-07T14:30:44Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1475 "2018-07-07T14:30:45Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > England has no chance against Sweden, at least not in my eyes. > > Kuijpers won’t be as blatantly partial as Geiger. So there is no way England scores even 1 goal. You were saying… ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1476 "2018-07-07T14:31:02Z")
And as soon as write that, Big Head Harry scores! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1477 "2018-07-07T14:32:13Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > If yesterday’s Brazil-Belgium game was like Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, this one is like Malaga vs. Las Palmas. You don’t get tired of being wrong, do you? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1478 "2018-07-07T14:33:56Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > And as soon as write that, Big Head Harry scores! At this rate, all male children born in England the rest of this year are going to be named after Harry, Harry, or Harry. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1479 "2018-07-07T14:35:29Z")
For all your going on about Brazil, they never had even 1 dominating game. When is the last time they won any kind of trophy? Chile has won the last two Cops Americas. It will be 20 years between World Cups should they win in Qatar. Brazil is living on their way past glory. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1480 "2018-07-07T14:42:03Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > You don’t get tired of being wrong, do you? Ha! You’re funny. Besides my detailed game predictions, which we can all agree affected by random events in games (not to mention bad calls and bad luck), I haven’t been wrong yet. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1481 "2018-07-07T14:46:59Z")
Well, Sweden have to finally start playing in the second half if they want to have a chance… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615.md?page=75)