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Think 17 out of the 23 Swiss players are either immigrants or children of immigrants, and thus could have played for other nations if they wanted. Such a weird situation just due to the sheer number. Have no issues with immigrants playing for their new nation, obviously. But also feels like the Swiss FA has been on the ball to essentially secure the best talent before their «original» nations grabbed them. They’ve been handing cameos to tons of these type of players in competitive fixtures just to lock them to Switzerland.

Think what someone mentioned earlier rings true, Messi surely feel more Spanish than Argentinian anyway, surely? Even his grandparents are Spanish, iirc. Should have opted to play for Spain.

Can’t believe how much Mitro alone has me cheering for Serbia, been hype for days

£50 on Serbia and Mitro anytime @ 5.50

So hype for Mitro

It’s literally not, beacaue you don’t have a 48 team tournament to compare with You have the quality in the World Cup qualifiers to compare it with, clever dick. Also not a great comparison, since as you can tell from the teams in this WC - actually being in the WC has them raising their game and the big teams struggling. Even if there’s more teams, teams being at the WC will in itself make matches clmpetitive because it’s the biggest stage on earth in football. Not saying the quality might not decline, as I’ve not seen it in action yet, but the Euro was significantly more entertaining with more teams, and people kept saying that expansion would ruin things too. Hell, even when the WC expanded to 32 people said it’d ruin the WC.

I love how there’s a shit bucket en route to the fridge

It’s been really annoying me. Been happening all the time in this WC for some reason.

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.

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Sexy.