Kickoff Legends: FIFA World Cup 2026 T2 (Jun28 + Note p33, Board p34) - Page 33

Originally posted by: liberiangirl

Austria - Algeria. What a crazy game that was!

Really sad for Iran. I'm gonna root hard for Spain and Switzerland in the knockouts.

Both teams were trying to avoid winning the match. Finishing as the runner up meant facing Spain in the next round. Algeria didn't celebrate their 3rd goal the way they should have. It was more like, ye kya kar diya hum ne

Originally posted by: -Sunshine

Both teams were trying to avoid winning the match. Finishing as the runner up meant facing Spain in the next round. Algeria didn't celebrate their 3rd goal the way they should have. It was more like, ye kya kar diya hum ne

The crowd started booing them when they kept passing the ball for so long. Phir thodi si acting kar li showing urgency. But yeah, Algeria had no intention of scoring that 3rd goal and winning the match. Which is no wonder why Austria was able to quickly score their 3rd as well.

And just for how they played the game (which is fair in its own way considering their chances of advancing to RO32 and facing different opponents but irked me to no end), I want these 2 teams to be kicked out. These are the very 2 teams because of who FIFA changed rules and said that all final group stage matches must be played simultaneously to prevent teams from manipulating results based on prior knowledge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrace_of_Gij%C3%B3n)

Todayi is the start of Round of 32 and there is 1 match:

June 28 3 PM EST

South Africa vs Canada

Originally posted by: -Sunshine

And who said, is overacting ke pachas paise kateinge, pachas

Originally posted by: liberiangirl

The crowd started booing them when they kept passing the ball for so long. Phir thodi si acting kar li showing urgency. But yeah, Algeria had no intention of scoring that 3rd goal and winning the match. Which is no wonder why Austria was able to quickly score their 3rd as well.

And just for how they played the game (which is fair in its own way considering their chances of advancing to RO32 and facing different opponents but irked me to no end), I want these 2 teams to be kicked out. These are the very 2 teams because of who FIFA changed rules and said that all final group stage matches must be played simultaneously to prevent teams from manipulating results based on prior knowledge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrace_of_Gij%C3%B3n)

But here, no third team was involved in any manipulation. The result of the Argentina-Jordan match had no impact on who would finish as the runner up in the group. I wouldn't have been surprised if Algeria had scored an OG and made the game end in a draw.

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Note from Shreya -

You don't need to predict penalty goals. Just predict the match score before penalty and which team will win.

For example, if you think Canada and SA will draw and go into penalty, you just predict 1-1 and which team will win.

So, finally.. 32 countries who qualified are known. First knock off match will be tonight.

For Netherlands or Morocco this is also an important one as one of them will face the winner.

With the combination of hot weather and sleep deprivation, I am thinking: Why do you do this to yourself?

I must get some joy out of this

I am off to double check to schedule no appointments for Tuesday morning!

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African Continent, well represented

Good and fast paced game

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