₦airaland Forum

Cape Verde make history!!!!

On to the round of 32!

Thecassanova:
Oh Cape Verde qualifies as second if it finish like this

Yeah, and they will face Argentina in the round of 32

A40:
I no know why e no gree retire since

It's like these guys don't know what else to do after football. This one is not longevity matter. Nothing wrong with retiring when you're not completely washed

Gbam!

Dude is the only keeper from the 2010 class that is still playing pro football. Imagine!

TheSuperNerd:
A good introduction to the Knockout rounds. But what would you have them do? Concede against the Saudis to avoid it... and bow out of the competition? Lol

It’s better for them to make history by facing Argentina

As it stands, Cape Verde will face Argentina in the round of 32 😮‍💨

Safe to say Muslera has had a shocker of a tournament

We could actually see two teams trying to lose a World Cup match… 🤯

Thanks to FIFA’s new head-to-head tiebreaker, Austria vs Algeria has created a bizarre scenario where 2nd gets Spain, while 3rd likely gets Switzerland.

For the first time ever, losing could be the smarter result.

Beast mode

First time in WC history that 3 or more African teams are advancing to the knock rounds 👏💪🏽

TheSuperNerd:
France would have to finish 2nd for that to happen. And that means losing to Norway. Do you see France losing to the Norwegians?

I do

TheSuperNerd:
FT Ecuador 2-1 Germany

FT Curacao 0-2 CIV

CIV finishes 2nd and will face either Norway or France.

I want them to face France, for the opportunity to do the double over the French 😁

Theben:
Wrong!!! They defeated Spain 2 nil in 2010 world cup opener.

Are you sure? 😂😂

TheSuperNerd:
Damn... if anyone is foolish enough to put 1million on SA not advancing, then wow... good luck to that foolishness. 🤣🤣🤣

Betting should never done with sentiments. Never.

With that said...
Anyone hatewatching my Maroc dey try. They are brave comrades. Just accept wetin u see. Lol

As for hatewatching SA, a new battleline is drawn.... Canada will do the Lord's work.😁😁🤝🏿🤝🏿 (I hope😂)

Lmao

I can’t bet on Canada sha. The only team beat turned out to be a contender for worst team of the tournament, and they only beat that team 6-0 because it was 11 v 9 for half the match.

SA will equally match Canada in athleticism too. I mention athleticism because that was the main edge Canada had over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Qatar

TheSuperNerd:
😡😡

Oga, this World Cup is weird! Our hate-watch of South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Morocco, failed spectacularly 🤣😂

I just can’t imagine people, who staked bets on SA not advancing to the knockout rounds, are feeling right now😂 Person fit don lose 1 million for bet

South Africa will face Canada in the round of 32.

Interesting match-up as both teams will be playing a WC knockout match for the first time.

BTW, this was only SA’s second WC clean sheet. The last time they had a clean sheet was in their 1-0 win over Slovenia at the 2002 WC

South Africa 🇿🇦 did it!!!

First ever qualification to the WC knockout rounds!

Maseko surely scored the most important goal in South African football history. What a turn around from a team we all wrote off after their shambolic 2-0 loss to Mexico in the first match.

TheSuperNerd:
2002 under Jomo Sono, Owner of Jomo Cosmos. I was a little kid but I remember his celebrations for SA's 2-2 result vs Paraguay. Forever etched in my memory. Charismatic fat character 😂😂

🤣😂

TheSuperNerd:
It would be the first time they cross the first round if it stays like this. Would Tunisia behind in that group chat.

Correct.

On the balance of their prior WC appearances, SA deserves to advance to the knockout round, especially after 3rd place finishes in their prior World Cup groups; especially painfully narrowly missing knockout qualification in 2010, despite beating France, and suffering heartbreak in 2002, in spite of ending that tournament with 4 points.

Korea are about to suffer back to back WC losses to African teams. In 2022, they lost to Ghana in the group stage

TheSuperNerd:
Not football related, but this is Nigeria's squad invited ahead of the Commonwealth games.

Some world beater names on the list.

Yeah, I’m expecting a couple of gold medals from this team

Before today, the last time SA took the lead in a World Cup game was in their 2-1 win over France in their last group match of the 2010 World Cup.

Moreover, SA have never lost a WC match in which they took the lead

TheSuperNerd:
Tough one ahead for My Maroc Boys. But again, the Dutch are my boys too. Can this WC just stop pitting my teams against each other? Abeg.😅

Haha. I’ll still have Morocco as the favorites to go thru in either tie 🤣

SA could be heading to the knockout rounds after all 😂😂😂😂😂🥴🤣

Morocco will face either Netherlands or Japan in the round of 32. Either tie would be spicy!

BTW, Morocco have now gone 7 WC group games without the defeat. The run started from their 2-2 draw with Spain at the 2018 World Cup.

It’s shades of Japan v Spain at the last World Cup. The ball was barely on the touchline before the cross 😁

And it’s a goal

TheSuperNerd:
A whole back to back Champions of Asia. Smh.

IKR
It’s a big shame

Haiti from where?!!!!

[quote author=Goke7 post=139821349]Thank God we no go World Cup o wetin Maduka for cause 😂

Kasala go just burst for many marriages

See what Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is causing 😭💔✨ pic.twitter.com/BzuQDRIYi8

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) June 24, 2026

]🤣😂

Qatar are eliminated

Panama are eliminated

The last time Ghana earned 4 points from their first two WC matches (2010), they went on to reach the quarterfinals… Can they repeat the same trick this year?