2026 FIFA World Cup

[5thhorseman]

Why is the acronym for Morocco MAR when there's no "A" in Morocco?

[Per]

Why is the acronym for Morocco MAR when there's no "A" in Morocco?

But there is an A in Maroc, which is what they call themselves in French, AND in al-Maghrib, which is what they call themselves in Arabic.

Not everyone speaks English.

[Per]

Two major upsets last night, both Germany and the Netherlands eliminated!

Does anyone actually want to play Canada?

Sweden does!

Playing Canada would mean we have eliminated both France and Paraguay and have made it to the quarter finals, so yeah - that's the dream!

[Cookie La Rue]

Two major upsets last night, both Germany and the Netherlands eliminated!

One major upset, just Germany. Really amazing how bad a team can play with 75% ballpossession and creating so few chances. That's an art.
Maroc is a good team and the Netherlands were not the big favourite. They were lucky to reach the shootout. Just 30% bp and only 3 shots on goal. Maroc had much more chances to decide it before.
Good luck for Sweden, they'll need it. Also Canada.
Quarterfinal will be Maroc vs France pretty sure.

[Topper]

Could Germany/Paraguay be labelled civil war?

[Cookie La Rue]

Regarding rough play? No. I've seen dirtier.

[Per]

Now watching the ivory trade battle! During the Middle Ages the Norwegians, with their colonies on Iceland and Greenland had cornered the European ivory market. Not sure why Europeans could not access the African market at that time.

Then at some point in the 15th century African ivory reached Europe again and the walrus tusk market died.
So at that point in time the Ivory Coast clearly defeated Norway. Let’s see how it goes tonight!

[Per]

Fucking commeltcial break.

[5thhorseman]

One major upset, just Germany. Really amazing how bad a team can play with 75% ball possession and creating so few chances. That's an art.

I haven't followed their national team for a while, but it seems they didn't have any game breakers. No Jurgen Klinsmann, Lothar Matthaus, Mesut Ozil, or Miroslav Kloser. Not even a Schweinsteiger. Amazing how on a team of 11, just having one quality player can make such a difference. Germany was just ordinary this year

[Cookie La Rue]

"for a while" 12 to 30 years.
Germany is ordinary for 12 years now.
But don't misunderstand me, most playing "ordinary". Just watched Norway Ivorycoast. The same shit football. The greatest WC of all times is the baddest. No quality at all, just glimpses of excellence.

[Per]

I like that the crowd always boos the commercial breaks.

[Per]

Well, pretty much as expected. We would have needed a few lucky bounces to put up a fight. France is too good.

But I have high hopes for the future. Potter has made wonders with this team, but he wasn’t given enough time. I think we may have a pretty good team for the next Euro. Hopefully Kulusevski will be back then too.