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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Checked my phone as I got in from work. Egypt 2-0 up. Thought "Oh well, guess Messi couldn't carry them any longer." Checked again ten minutes later. 2-2. "Better get the TV on and catch extra time." Check one more time to see which channel it's on. 3-2, game over. Now I'm impatiently refreshing while waiting for the highlights to be uploaded.

APOPHIS HAS RETURNED TO CURSE EGYPT ONCE MORE!!!

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Originally posted by Silky Johnson Lira please check this.

Back from the math lab!

Supplier distribution in World Cups has been... quite balanced. Among semi-finalists this century, Nike supplied 11 kits; Adidas, 10; Puma, 3.

For this year's round of 16, Nike supplied 6 kits, while Adidas and Puma tied with 5 kits each. Among the victors for this round, both Nike and Adidas supplied 3 kits each, and Puma took the remaining one. If Switzerland go through, the distribution for the next round will be 3, 3, and 2

I was kind of curious too

Edit: A Colombia victory will skew it to Adidas 4, Nike 3, and Puma 1. They have a slight edge according to my models and most predictions I've seen. But then, so did Brazil

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Last edited by Lira on Jul-07-2026 at 20:36

Brilliant, thank you!

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Originally posted by Lira Given these patterns, it would be pretty safe to pick the Netherlands, France, Brazil, England, Belgium, your Iberian country of choice [my model picked Spain], Argentina, and a wildcard as the ones going all the way to the quarterfinals.

As far as patterns go, this wasn't that much of a shocker after all. Sure, Brazil was the one odd out (it's the first time we don't reach the quarterfinals this century), but Netherlands versus Morocco wasn't as lopsided as it could have been either, so it was a close-ish call.

Shame about Egypt, they nearly clinched a spot in the next round, heh.

Edit: (Un)fun fact: From 1934 up until 2014, there were no semifinals without Germany, Italy, or Brazil. One of them was always present. Then, after the 7-1, neither Germany nor Brazil ever made it to the semifinals ever again, and Italy didn't even qualify. I've watched Dark enough times to know that this, and Ziko scoring for Egypt, has got to be some sort of Sic Mundus Creatus Est nonsense.

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Last edited by Lira on Jul-09-2026 at 05:04

Yeah well. Their kits are Puma.

It's such a shame that Ziko's disallowed goal wasn't allowed to stand for Egypt. That would have been the goal of the tournament for me.

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Last edited by SYSTEM-J on Jul-08-2026 at 10:57

Half time in the England game. What a goal by Bellingham. What a player. Ice in his veins. Aside from five wobbly minutes, we've dominated this.

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Tense game. Norway were better than us in the second half but we weathered it. The heat and humidity meant it wasn't the most fast paced game ever played, but we were lucky that our first really hot game was against another northern European team. We've got such a good chance now to get to the final.

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Good game on both sides. I'm warming to the idea of a France-England final, hehe.

I'm usually very understanding and seldom insult players, let alone foreign ones, but... JESUS CHRIST, EMBOLO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? What was that for!? If you're going to dive for Switzerland like that, wear a freaking swimsuit and go find a swimming pool at the Olympics

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Originally posted by Lira I'm usually very understanding and seldom insult players, let alone foreign ones, but... JESUS CHRIST, EMBOLO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? What was that for!? If you're going to dive for Switzerland like that, wear a freaking swimsuit and go find a swimming pool at the Olympics

What an idiot! They had just scored and were looking pretty good during that spell. Have to pray for penalties

Ah well, thought Switzerland might be able to pull it off. Up to the Englishmen to stop the Argentinian beast in its tracks now.