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Odunayaw:
The Japan that beat Spain today nko

There's no fear factor in the Spanish side

Ibime:
When Alex Jones disagrees with you, you know say water done pass garri

This nigga is dun out here

andrewbaba44:
And Morocco midfield bullied modric and co

minfelix:
Ned vs USA
Eng vs Sen
Arg vs Aus
Fra vs Pol
Mor vs Spa
Jap vs Cro
Por v Cmr/Ser/Sui
Bra v Gha/Uru
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It will be sweet to see 4 African countries in the Round 16 sha and if it happens like that, which African team do you fancy to advance to q/final with the highlited fixture

andrewbaba44:
As a Spanish football fan ,I would have prefer we face Croatia and I will tell you they will be sent Parking ,Morocco is a bad market for Spain

Kilishihunter:
Chief this one crossed the line but anything to knock out the Germans including playing nonsense

TheSuperNerd:
Japan.... an Enigma team.

Beats Germany.

Loses to the weakest team in the group.

Returns for the last game and beats Spain.

Habamana! The Conundrum game. Lol

Kilishihunter:
Shame dey catch me but that Japan 's second goal wasn't supposed to stand, the ball crossed the line before the cross came in
On the bright side the shameful display sent Germany (Bayern) home again plus we'll avoid Brazil on a quarter final path if we beat Morocco, Wait Portugal dey ooh

kingBolton:
Wondering why the men team agree to that deal when they are not generating the same amount of revenue. Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think the price money for the women world cup and men are thesame.

WhoDeyHause:
Why must fifa use a female first referee in this world cup? What if they fire hot shot on her breast will she not faint? Or somebody mistakenly tackles her in the match? All this womenisation is not necessary in everything. Maybe they will soon start allowing female players or transgender to play with men too.

kingBolton:
I just feel this is creating a new problem where there was none before. Players should get the money they earn from their tournament.

kingBolton:
How will they determine the players from the women team that will get the $. Is it the women that participated in the last women world cup or the squad that were invited for their last matches?

humberjade:
I don't know why some people are surprised by this news, afterall, crime has no colour, it is a global thing, just that some places are more notorious for it than the others. And in every country, no matter how safe it looks, there are dangerous spots you don't ever wanna lose guard.

And again, for some time now, London has been notorious for some serious high level social vices that even the government doesn't have answer to. No be the same England a whole Anthony Joshua's customised Range Rover was stolen over night, and till date, no one has an answer?

UK, and most, if not all Europe are economically in bad shape right now; unemployment rate is on a high. Basically due to CV19 and Ukraine/Russia crisis. For example, the country with the biggest economy in Europe, Germany, has over 2 million unemployed people.

Skimpledawg:
Morroco top a table of Belgium and Croatia.

Awesome.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol. Exactly.

Wonder how long that will last though as they head into the round of 16.

justicechichex:
So true, beating Italy, Uruguay and drawing England. I think they reached the quarterfinals that year. Fav player was Bryan Ruiz.

justicechichex:
Who would have thought that Morocco will be table toppers in a group that has 2nd best team in the world; Belgium and last world cup finalists Croatia? No one saw this comin when the groups were drawn. No one.

TheSuperNerd:
This is Walid Regragui's 6th game in charge as Morocco's boss and this is the first time his side concedes a goal.

And it was scored by a Moroccan.

MorataFC:
I don't get it, does mean all the balls used in Qatar are smart?

https://www.nairaland.com/7459634/adidas-smart-football-being-charged

Thortp:
Not necessary.
Our dear football is getting boring everyday with all these rules changes from FIFA.

Especially the introduction of this VAR. The referees are just using it anyhow to their advantage.

2005 Milan derby: AC milan vs Intermilan comes to mind. If you know, you know.

The 2026 edition, which for the first time will take place in three countries (Mexico, the USA and Canada), will also be the first in which 48 nations participate, 16 more than in Qatar and in the last seven World Cups in all. It is expected that teams will be split into 16 groups of three, with two of those three teams progressing to the round of 32, implying one extra knockout round in comparison to the current format.

Members of the FIFA council had originally voted unanimously for three-team groups but some are now thought to be backtracking. However, some critics believe that four-team groups with the addition of 16 supposed ‘weaker’ nations in the tournament would lead to many less competitive matches.

With only three teams in a group, another train of thought is that there are likely to be tighter matches and, as a result, tighter groups. In order to separate teams that finish on the same number of points, penalty shootouts could take place at the end of drawn games, with the winning side awarded a bonus point.

“Shootouts could indeed be an option for tournaments with groups of three in which you play against two opponents. It can get pretty tight. If one team for instance draws one match 0-0 and wins the other 1-0, there’s a high risk that all three teams are level on points and goals in the end,” said Marco van Basten, FIFA’s former chief officer for technical development, speaking to Bild back in 2017.

One fear with three-team groups is that the two teams involved in the final group match could know exactly what result is required for both to progress and conspire to ‘fix’ the outcome of the game. A 1-0 win for West Germany against Austria allowed both teams to qualify from their group at the expense of Algeria in the 1982 World Cup, while a 2-2 draw between Denmark and Sweden was the exact result that was needed for the two teams to knock Italy out of the European Championships in 2004.

The introduction of a penalty shootout and bonus points would considerably reduce the risk of such conspiracy, although The Athletic claim that the shootouts could even take place at the start of matches to further limit the possibility of any wrongdoing.