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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #30 on: July 06, 2026, 05:39:46 AM »
At the beginning of the tournament I was expecting -- with all things being equal -- that the quarter finals would include these teams...

Argentina and Brazil from South American and France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and England from Europe with one other out of the likes of Portugal, Morocco, Croatia, Egypt, Mexico or any of the other good second tier teams... I wasn't thinking of Norway!!

Well, of the main 7 we have already lost Brazil, Germany and Netherlands
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #31 on: July 06, 2026, 08:03:04 AM »
I caught the first part of England vs Mexico and those first two goals England made were awesome. Really set MX on their heels, but they put up a fight.
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #32 on: July 06, 2026, 04:06:48 PM »
One little mistake cost Portugal a lot tonight.

Great exciting match though...

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« Reply #33 on: July 06, 2026, 05:55:38 PM »
I thought in the second half it was a little cagey with few chances, but you could sense the tension. The goal was well worked and taken.
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #34 on: July 07, 2026, 04:30:45 AM »
Despite all of the red card drama, Belgium knocked USA out of the competition.
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #35 on: July 07, 2026, 08:12:44 AM »
Seems like Belgium is finally getting their act together...lets see if they can win the next one...


Argentina should walk all over Egypt BUT they have proven to be pretty good in tight spots now and Argentina can stumble a bit...I could imagine this going over 90 minutes.

Switzerland vs Columbia...ach...know knows...I have never liked the swiss (or basically albania considering like 90% of their players come from there I think) they play very dirty and are a bunch of whiny crybabies...So I'll be rooting for Columbia here!
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #36 on: July 07, 2026, 09:18:04 AM »
I think the debacle surrounding the re-instatement of the US player after his red card, just might have been the kick up the arse that Belgium needed to play at their best.

Today's game will probably be a win for Argentina but I would quite like to see Egypt win ;) ! It's a coin toss with the other game and I don't really have a preference.
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« Reply #37 on: July 07, 2026, 01:08:18 PM »
Well damn...my bet was so close...but that 3rd goal from Argentina...bugger!

But what a great match though!
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« Reply #38 on: July 07, 2026, 01:40:06 PM »
Yes, a good game, thought Egypt were going to do it. It was only about 15 minutes of normal time left before Argentina turned up!
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« Reply #39 on: July 07, 2026, 06:03:26 PM »
So the Swiss win on penalties. I wasn't really watching the game that closely but I got the impression that neither attack was getting the better of the the opposing defence. Not sure the Swiss will go any further.

There's a day off Wednesday and then on Thursday the Quarter finals start, 1 per day:

France vs Morocco
Spain vs Belgium
Norway vs England
Argentina vs Switzerland

I'd like to think the Semis will be France vs Spain and England vs Argentina but I wouldn't place money on it!!

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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #40 on: July 09, 2026, 08:38:18 AM »
France vs Morocco tonight, the first of the Quarter Finals.

Should be a win for France, but we must not forget that Morocco are a top 10 ranked team.
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #41 on: July 09, 2026, 09:30:54 AM »
And Morocco plays incredibly dirty disgusting footsy so that will be an issue...especially if the refs aren't up to the task.

If France loses it won't be because of talent, that's for sure.

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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #42 on: July 09, 2026, 11:56:13 AM »
I've heard that about the Moroccan's approach to futbol (see what I did there? ) A guy I was friends with in high school was BIG into soccer, and I recall him discussing how underhanded they were, even back then. Sounds like they are carrying on a fine tradition of, "win by any means, fuck sportsmanship." :)

Unrelatedly, but something I've always thought was pretty cool, and comes to mind given the recent 250th anniversary of the USA's proclamation of independence from those tyrannical British psychopaths: Morocco was the first country to officially recognize the USA as its own political entity, and they were the USA's first trading partner, and have enjoyed a special status with the USA to this day.
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #43 on: July 09, 2026, 12:02:33 PM »
Quote from: Vyn on July 09, 2026, 11:56:13 AM
Unrelatedly, but something I've always thought was pretty cool, and comes to mind given the recent 250th anniversary of the USA's proclamation of independence from those tyrannical British psychopaths: Morocco was the first country to officially recognize the USA as its own political entity, and they were the USA's first trading partner, and have enjoyed a special status with the USA to this day.

I did not know that! In fact I did not know that Morocco was even a country in 1776!
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Re: The World Cup 2026 Thread
« Reply #44 on: July 09, 2026, 05:35:29 PM »
France had a comfortable 2-0 win over Morocco. Not sure they got out of 2nd gear.
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