Uruguay v Portugal round of 16 match thread

[MC Prussian]

41 minutes ago, MattP said:

It's crazy they were 33-40/1 to win it when teams like Argentina were a quarter of the price. 

 

Godin, Jiminez, Beta, Cavani and Suarez are all World Class or thereabouts. 

 

What a nation as well, population smaller than Birmingham, punch above their weight to a ridiculous level.

Uruguay has 3.5 million inhabitants.

Montevideo, its capital, is as big as Birmingham.

[KingsX]

1 hour ago, MC Prussian said:

Uruguay has 3.5 million inhabitants.

Montevideo, its capital, is as big as Birmingham.

@HighPeakFox will banish you to the pedants corner for that.

 

Rather pedantic of him IMO.

[The Doctor]

2 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

Uruguay has 3.5 million inhabitants.

Montevideo, its capital, is as big as Birmingham.

The Birmingham Metropolitan Area has an estimated population of 3.737 million: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom.html

[MC Prussian]

1 hour ago, The Doctor said:

The Birmingham Metropolitan Area has an estimated population of 3.737 million: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom.html

Sorry for being pedantic, but the BMA is currently estimated at 4.2 million people.