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It’s literally not, beacaue you don’t have a 48 team tournament to compare with

Unless Argentina improve drastically i don't see how any other outcome tbh. I think the exact opposite tbh it’s all set up too well for Nigeria I totally expect Argentina to beat Nigeria, but Iceland to beat Croatia with the deciding goal coming secen minutes into added time - making Messi cry delicious tears.

Everyone has Instagram.

Norway (mostly Stavanger) > Denmark > Sweden. Finland isn't Scandinavia. Easily one if the worst parts of Norway though.

yep. Or any other time that isnt in a WC, didnt think it was that hard to understand For some reason I read it as «middle of the world cup», hence my confusion

Both of these teams have it all to play for, how is it a «friendly»? Those don’t happen until the third round, usually

Made them sexy.

Not £1700+, but a decent £800 profit tonight on top of £300 last night. Before that I was £300 down, though

Had the same bet on but anytime + win, not just first goalscorer.

Fucking love VAR. Made this WC so much more enjoyable. Even though it’s not 100% yet (Argentina v Iceland for instance).

Come on Costa!

To me this has been the most enjoyable tournament reffing wise. Been one or two gaffes (Brazil match not included as everything there was spot on), but far less than there usually are without VAR.

It wasn’t a penalty in a million years across all the multiverses

«Only» need a Costa goal anytime and Spain to win by 2 to net £1750-ish today. Watch Spain win by 10 and Costa score none/not start.

Also about the media narrative. As a foreigner, when they show stuff relating to England and the fan expectations, they 99% of the time show mentalists backing whatever story they're peddling. If I didn't get my input in the English mentality through here, but only through the news, I'd probably be nodding along to the "all England fans are singing "It's coming home" bullshit.

:lol:

Sexy.

Over 3.5 goals, Salah goalscorer / Russia win

8th best FORM team in the world apparently. Why are you saying this like it's not a fucking fact? That's literally what the FIFA Rankings do

Bit of a pet hate how people seem to misunderstand this aspec -, the FIFA rankings do not say who "the best teams" in the world are. They say which teams are in the best form.

Great anecdote about Koulibaly and Benitez. When Rafa was at Napoli, he called Koulibaly because he wanted to sign him. Koulibaly answered the phone, the guy on the other end said "It is Rafa Benitez", Koulibaly laughed and said "No it's not" and hung up. He did that three times until his agent called and told him to fucking answer Benitez when he called

Senegal have so many players that started out in Norway, I can't help but like them. Badou Ciss and Saliou Ciss arguing about which team is best in Northern Norway out of Tromsø and Bodø/Glimt had me sold, they're my team now Completely forgot that those were their first professional clubs and took a good minute until I realized why the fuck they were on about obscure Norwegian sides

:lol: Hurting my feelings now, nees. A 10-0 drubbing by Costa Rica will probably be worse, so I'm cheering for that.

I love the WC for things like seeing your FM legends live, come on Ferjani Sassi!

Sweden Think we all agree that Sweden is superior to Norway in every way I’m a big fan of Sweden. Not so much Denmark, though.