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Fantasy managers hope for more Kolarov magic against Switzerland

22 June 2018 472 comments
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Surprisingly, more World Cup Fantasy managers are backing Aleksandr Kolarov (£5.5m) and his Serbia team-mates than Switzerland in tonight’s evening kick-off.

Kolarov, scorer of Serbia’s only goal against Costa Rica in Gameround 1, will be on free-kicks again and has 7.8 percent of McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy players invested in him for Gameround 2.

But the most popular asset for the match is midfielder Nemanja Matic (£5.5m) with eight percent ownership. That’s despite the Manchester United being involved in just one goal during qualifying.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (£7.0m)’s performance will be of interest to 6.7 percent of managers after he impressed against Costa Rica. The three chances he created was the joint-most of any midfielder in the opening round of Group E matches.

Meanwhile, Switzerland’s penalty-taking defender Ricardo Rodriguez (£5.5m) sits in just 2.2 percent of squads. The AC Milan left-back netted three spot-kicks in qualifying and added another two assists. With VAR ensuring a higher number of penalties at this tournament, he is certainly one to watch this match.

The most popular asset in the Swiss squad is substitute goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo (£4.0m), whose 2.7 percent ownership is almost certainly based on his budget price.

Despite Xherdan Shaqiri (£8.5m) creating the same number of chances as Milinkovic-Savic in Gameround 1 and assisting Stephane Zuber’s (£6.5m) headed equaliser against Brazil, he sits in just 1.8 percent of squads.

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  1. HamezMace
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Just me or did it look funny how Xhaka hit that, with the inside of his boot rather than through the laces. Looked like it should have got much more swive than it did

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  2. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    omg shaquiri

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  3. _Make
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Shaquiri is a fiend. So close.

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    1. _Make
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Spelling fail...

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      1. Red Dagger ✪
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        He's your friend?

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        1. _Make
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          My fiend pal.

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          1. Red Dagger ✪
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            😉

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  4. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hips dont lie.

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  5. travis45
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    1 more please

    Put a bet on Swiss win at HT

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  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Sign him up, Klopper!

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Why not for 12 mil..?

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      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Uh-huh!

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  7. The Royal Robin
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    73 with Layun and Kane to go. Risk the captaincy or stick with Coutinho?

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Who Dares Wins.....

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      1. The Royal Robin
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Haha, yeah the devil in me is saying go for it. But you need to know when to walk away...

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        1. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          But Kane Panama looks very tasty....

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          1. The Royal Robin
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Perhaps.

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    2. EmreCan Hustle
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Kane last day. I would stick.

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  8. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Sommer with some skills.

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    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Sommer with skills
      Sommer without.

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  9. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    That should be a pen for Serbia.

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  10. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Takes two men to wrestle down Mitro - what a beast.

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  11. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    lol VAR loves defenders holding

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  12. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    That's a penalty. Ref is an idiot

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  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    What on earth? How is that not a pen?

    Where is VAR?

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    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      God knows.

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  14. The Mighty Hippo
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    It's fair to say that was a clear cut penalty

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  15. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    You’re having a varf 😀

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  16. OldBenKenobi
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    That looked like the Dudley Boys trying to do the 3D on Mitrovic 😆

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  17. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Only one player whose surname begins with an ‘X’ has ever scored at a World Cup finals.

    But can you name him?

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    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Xhaka?

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    2. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Malcolm X?

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    3. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Xavi

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    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Abel Xavier

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  18. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    FFS. Why isn't the ref getting told to review it in his ear? Is that not part of the VAR system...

    Notwithstanding how blatant it was with the naked eye.

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  19. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Most obvious pen ever! Joke ref, where is VAR?

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      joke

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  20. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Mitrovic should have had 5+ goals in the wc at this point. Really wasteful

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    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Unlucky too

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    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Goals are harder to score than people realise. It's almost like there's decades of data to show this.

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  21. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    It seems to me that the guys in the VAR TV room are more worried about not embarrassing the ref than making the right call at times.

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    1. tm245
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Announcer on Fox just wondered that as well.

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      1. Louis_Sans_Balls
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        because they're referees also and prob don't want to show each other up

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  22. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    This has been one of the better matches of the round. Nice to see teams go for it.

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  23. CaTriEm
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    This is my only gripe with VAR, Argentina and Serbia robbed of clear penalties and no review while other teams benefit when it's actually used properly.

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    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I think it is a good thing in the main but it still has a few kinks in the system.

      Consistency seems to be a bit of a problem but as time goes on i hope they can iron out that.

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  24. Louis_Sans_Balls
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    This match more open than was expected?

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    1. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I thought it would be played much tighter

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  25. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Are refs trying to intentionally make var fail so they can say it was trialed but failed and get rid of it and go back to varless times, also making corruption easier?

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  26. EmreCan Hustle
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Shaqiri should be playing on the right wing. He was amazing for Stoke.

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  27. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    In sports where video review works well, the referees are much more neutral and anonymous. For VAR to thrive, the people in the review office need to be all powerful and the ref needs to appreciate help from the machine.

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      True.

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    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I think the intercoms between the ref and the VAR panel should be broadcast live to bring the fans and TV viewers into the process and hear how they have come to their conclusion.

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      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        The big screen in tennis is a great example of this.

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        1. Ógie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          It is done very well in Rugby also.

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          1. tm245
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            MLB and NHL as well.

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      2. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Domestically yeah. Might get lost in translation at internationals.

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    3. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Yep, doesn't help that the VAR officials seem to change for every game. At least if they were the same, or came from a small pool and randomly selected for each match then they'd learn to be more consistent. Having a reset on it every time and learning on the fly is part of the problem.

      Ideally the lead official should include an actual referee that has reffed at least dozens of high profile matches so has first hand experience but logistically that may not be possible if the referee has to fly around Russia and ref games too.

      The Mitra and Kane incidents are what VAR is meant to be for, more so especially as grappling in the box is something refs cited before the tournament. For those incidents not to be given penalties is an absolute failure of the VAR system.

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  28. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Ivan goal threat

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  29. Red Dagger ✪
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Great game this.....

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  30. Louis_Sans_Balls
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    The Swiss Albanian Messi! Ivanovich resorting to his final Chelsea days

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