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The commentator loved it.

The commentator loved it.

Unfortunately there probably won't be. There will, however, be terrible atmospheres with few "real fans" there.

Mo Elyonousi (or however you spell his name).

Overdue a draw. 1-1.

The defeatables?

FIFA has confirmed there will be three-minute hydration breaks in each half of every game at next year's World Cup regardless of whether there's hot weather or not, which I am sure is to do with player welfare and not US obsession with having 4 quarters and squeezing in a couple of extra ad breaks. Luckily we will have half time shows to look forward to though which makes up for it.

It's on YouTube too which I appreciate older demographics probably won't like.

Bet you a fiver that's not right.

Genuinely looking forward to the designated "Pride match" at the world cup. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce8q01d56v7o

No. No I can't.

Especially now Salah has basically started a civil war. YNWA.

Lots on social media about their fans lacking class and damaging the stadium too.

People are going to circle back to this thread if Damien Downs leaves 🥲

Cheer up. At least we've managed to survive 3 whole days this time.

And trail by 54. May as well be trailing by 54,321.

Australia are quite clearly better at cricket than England. That doesn't take away from the fact that Steve Smith has a thoroughly dislikeable face.

An Australian scorecard with all batsmen contributing something. Wonder if England can do the same now.

I really hope there are some terrible attendances for some of those group games. I assume they'll try to put the groups that have the lowest appeal (prob groups F, G and K) in Canada or Mexico to save face for the USA. No idea how the scheduling works mins.

They're just taking this piss now. Could you imagine Atkinson and Carse doing this for England?

Eugh, just woken up and not surprised in the slightest that the Aussies are still batting.

It's written in the stars (and stripes) 🇺🇸

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What a stellar cast for the draw. https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/final-draw-ferdinand-brady-oneal-gretzky-judge?fbclid=IwdGRzaAOftlZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6RCAy1QOYc0aUN4hRBQ4h-qzMrE8OH0qON2I1Nnp39EEGCOo3KlfNB9OlHlw_aem_cocJeScJCrrF22g-dQ-bFA

50-50. Probably 80-20 by the end of the day.