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In case you didn’t watch the World Cup today (matchday 4) >Germany beat Curaçao 7-1… like they did to Brazil in 2014 >Netherlands drew Japan 2-2. Match of the tournament so far >Côte d’Ivoire beat Ecuador 1-0 on a 90 1’ winner from Diallo >Sweden pounded Tunisia 5-1. 2 golazos from Ayari >Curaçao’s equalizer vs Germany at 1-1 was absolute scenes. One of the best moments of the WC so far >Curaçao became the smallest nation to ever play in a World Cup match >Kai Havertz scored his 4th & 5th career World Cup goal. Truly a big-game player >Netherlands Japan was quite in the 1st half. Netherlands went up in the 64’ but never count out Japan. They equalized off a corner in the 89’ >Japan fans stayed late after their game to clean up garbage in the stadium >Japan’s coach went viral for communicating tactics to his team by writing numbers on giant whiteboards and holding them up on the touch line >Netherlands still haven’t lost a World Cup match in 90 minutes since 2006 after their 2-2 draw with Japan >Scotland fans marched to Fenway Park and the Tartan Army took over the Boston Red Sox baseball game >Spain’s coach announced Lamine Yamal is fit and ready to play in their first game >Dutch fans took over the streets of Dallas Texas today before their match vs Japan >Fans noticed players have found a loophole for FIFA’s new 5 second throw in rule: The time starts when you have the ball in your hand… players just wouldn’t pick the ball up until they were ready to throw > Portugal players received a Diogo Jota bracelet with the names of every player on the team >Somali referee Omar Artan will be paid for his World Cup match assignments by FIFA despite being denied entry to the US and the border >Zlatan Ibrahimovic took a night off from covering the World Cup with FOX to attend the UFC event at the White House while Sweden was playing >The Uruguayan national team's plane was not allowed to head to go to the due to administrative issues, even though they play tomorrow. The team eventually arrived in America late Sunday night less that 24 hours before kick off >The story of the Curaçao coach was trending online: He led them to the WC, left the team to be with his daughter in the Netherlands who was fighting cancer, she got better & his replacement coach quit so he could return to the team. Today he became the oldest World Cup coach in history. >Let me know if I missed anything I’ll post daily recaps all World Cup long, follow me pookie :)

Lo que acaba de pasar con la pausa de hidratación después del gol de Curazao es exactamente el motivo por el que estoy tan en contra. Alemania había quedado tocada, Curazao se le venía arriba a puro envión anímico y, de golpe, te frenan el partido, enfrían todo y lo reinician como si nada. El fútbol no se juega en cuatro cuartos. Esto no es la NBA, la NFL ni uno de esos deportes yankees armados alrededor de las interrupciones. Dejen de alterar el deporte más popular de la historia.

Japan way too respectful and cautious in its approach. They would've won if they had had a go at this Dutch side from the onset #nedjap

Have kids. Take them to the World Cup. Highly recommend.

Always crazy how Gerda Steyn basically discovered her talent by mistake because she was working in a foreign country and took up running for fun to only discover that she was made for this!

Dr Pitso Mosimane is a World Class coach and he is South African. Given that no foreign manager has ever been successful at the World Cup it makes no sense that we keep giving the job to foreign coaches. It's long overdue now, call Pitso and give him everything he needs/wants 🇿🇦

In case you didn’t watch the World Cup today (matchday 3) >Brazil & Morocco drew 1-1. Brazil was terrible. >Qatar drew Switzerland 1-1 on a 90 4’ equalizer >Scotland beat Haiti off a John McGinn goal >Australia shocked everyone & beat Türkiye 2-0 despite Türkiye attempting 28 shots >Vini Jr. was awarded MOTM in the Brazil-Morocco game but we all know 18 y/o Ayyoub Bouaddi should have won (what a performance) >Brazil’s midfield is slow & lacks class. Brazil’s fullbacks are slow & got cooked in 1v1s all day. Brazil’s attack could really use João Pedro >Qatar’s draw vs Switzerland was their first ever point at a World Cup. The entire team collapsed in happiness on the pitch at the final whistle. >Switzerland were awarded a controversial penalty due to potential offside in the buildup play. FIFA didn’t show the VAR review on TV. Garry Nevill called it a dictatorship the way FIFA pick and chose when to use VAR >Scottish fans TOOK OVER Boston Stadium >That John McGinn goal was football heritage >Nestory Irankunda did Tim Cahill's historic ‘punch the corner flag’ celebration after scoring vs. Turkey >England players were told to shelter indoors due to tornado warnings near their camp in Kansas City >FIFA covered brand logos on all condiments at World Cup stadiums with tape. >A report came out that 9,000 sex workers are expected to come to Toronto during the World Cup I’ll be posting daily recaps all World Cup long, follow me pookie :)

We often see Morocco apply dark arts during AFCON Since now they’re at the World Cup, You won’t see their players buying free kicks and penalties, faking injuries, charging at the match officials or stealing towels. They will behave well like a normal football team. #WorldCup

I love my oldest son and I’m proud of him, but he’s always had a touch of snobbery about him and I guess he was telling his sister recently about how embarrassed he is by our house, by the state of it, always in some disrepair or another. God has always given us just enough, never abundance, and aside from my anxieties from time to time, I’m okay with that. God is good and we are grateful for His Providence. This house itself we have only because it was left to us. We would not have it if it had not been a gift. So much in life is a gift, unearned, and life itself is a gift. Yet we always feel we deserve more, need more. I feel it, too, and I know I can reason there might be *a little* more I could make a case for. But it is shameful to be made to feel like an inadequate father, an inadequate provider, because we have *enough*. God help me. Just sharing some thoughts.

In 2000, a young Filipina girl named Joana Marchan received a Christmas shoebox through Operation Christmas Child. The gift had been packed by a 7-year-old boy from Idaho named Tyrel Wolfe, who included a photo of himself and his address inside the box. Joana later wrote a thank-you letter, but it never reached him. More than a decade passed before she decided to search for Tyrel online. After finding him on Facebook, the two began talking and quickly formed a close friendship despite living over 7,000 miles apart. Their connection grew stronger over time, leading Tyrel to travel to the Philippines to meet Joana in person. What started as a simple act of kindness eventually blossomed into love. On October 5, 2014, fourteen years after that Christmas gift was sent, Joana married the same boy who had packed the shoebox for her as a child. A small gift sent across the world became the beginning of an extraordinary love story, proving that even the simplest acts of kindness can change lives in ways no one could ever imagine.

We were too harsh on him💔

I hope he’s okay

I feel sorry for this boy. I hope he can rise again.

I wonder how Hugo Broos will help the boys regain their confidence because yesterday he sent a message that he doesn't have confidence in his team to beat an average Mexico team at the worlds biggest stage . The boys looked lost and it was his doing , they probably feel humiliated. SAFA may as well just fire him immediately , Mkhalele takes over and let the boys play the ball they know .

What hurts me the most about what Hugo Broos did last night is the fact that it takes us 10yrs back in terms of having any hope of exporting our best talent to Europe. It was supposed to be an invitation to international scouts to pay more attention for some potential talent 💔

Hugo Broos embarassed South Africa in front of the whole world,I will never forgive that,Even weaker South African teams don't play that 5-3-2 nonsense

It’s difficult for me to understand South Africa’s game plan under Hugo Broos with this 5-3-2. In preparation games they usually played 4-2-3-1, and at AFCON, in a back five, they used a 5-4-1. So it’s hard to understand this shift away from their usual structure and identity today. Mofokeng and Appolis are, for me, two of their most dangerous attacking players, but their role today was very limited. Mofokeng didn’t even play. Unless it’s a fitness issue, it’s difficult to understand.

COWARD. He has Zero Faith in South African Players unless they're playing in Europe. 🚮🚮🚮

None of our players are used to playing 3-5-2 then boom,they must adapt in a game like this? Madness 🤞🏾