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The “Russia is ranked 70th” narrative
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:59 pm
Is this number not grossly underinflated because they didn’t play competitive matches during qualifying? They were 38th when UEFA WC qualifying started. I haven’t seen anyone mention why it’s so low, seems like the media is trying to milk this as more of an underdog story than it actually is in reality.
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Posted on 7/1/18 at 9:04 pm to TheWalrus
Their Elo ranking is 42, right below Australia. The 70th ranking just feeds into the narrative people want.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 9:08 pm to TheWalrus
I will say it is a stretch in how big of an upset people are making it, but you have to remember that most people were predicting Russia to not make it out of the group.
They lost or drew like 10-11 matches before the World Cup started. They were not in form at all.
They lost or drew like 10-11 matches before the World Cup started. They were not in form at all.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 9:32 pm to McCaigBro69
They were utterly dominated by Uruguay.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 10:20 pm to CelticDog
They beat France and Germany but lost to the USA
Posted on 7/2/18 at 3:56 am to McCaigBro69
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I will say it is a stretch in how big of an upset people are making it, but you have to remember that most people were predicting Russia to not make it out of the group.
They did have a really shitty group. People were going all in on Salah.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 6:59 am to TheWalrus
Perhaps there has been collusion.
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