Doubt it

Italy definitely didn't in 1982 when they didn't win a single group game (drew all 3)
West Germany didn't in 1974 when they lost to East Germany in their group.
Doubt they're the only instances.

Posted By: mr carra on June 28th 2018 at 20:39:38

Message Thread

We've not threatened at all (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 20:12:18
- This line up has no balance. He played pretty much the same in (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 28, 20:16:12
  - World Cup starts for real next week (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 20:23:03
    - Isn’t there a stat that the winners have never not won their group? (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 28, 20:32:05
      - Doubt it (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 20:39:38
  - it's also a disappointment to have lost the game in the 60th minute (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 20:17:24
    - We haven’t lost it yet. We can obviously still get something here but (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 28, 20:21:30
      - i get you (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 20:26:32
        
        Yep. We're never going to play this team in a knockout game... (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 20:29:12
    - I missed where Jim said we had 'lost'! (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jun 28, 20:20:35
      - you'll get over it (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 20:22:02
- Did you think a midfield of Delph, Dier and Loftus Cheek would? (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 28, 20:14:08
  - Point taken ;) (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 20:19:33

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.