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You more or less right about the general lack of support for England. Its disappointing but real But it depends where you are, I watched in a local sports bar and 70% of the people were supporting England and everyone I went with as well Its a pity people cant move on from outdated tropes and historical bias and get behind England for this stage At least @rjshae is supporting England now , that makes a difference

Absolutely fantastic outcome for England, I think both teams could have won but English defense made a huge difference in the second half Norway dominated the second half and I was expecting a goal. Also the Norwegian goal that was disallowed was correct, Anderson was pushed And Haaland going off for fatigue? What happened to that famous Viking stamina? Bellingham is the man !!! Norway can go home to a heroes welcome, they exceeded the predictions and expectations of everyone. No shame at this final loss Football has somehow created time control, how do the last few minutes of every game slowdown when your team is ahead and its this close Well done England !!! Now its Argentina and we can all get behind England in this game And I want France to win so its an England vs France final. There has never been an England vs France final and here are interesting stats about these teams facing each other in a WC "While both are major European footballing nations, their paths in the tournament have rarely crossed in the knockout stages. They have only met three times in World Cup history, all prior to the final 1966 Group Stage: England won 2-0 during their victorious home World Cup. 1982 Group Stage: England won 3-1 in Spain. 2022 Quarter-Final: France won 2-1 in Qatar on their way to the final

HUGE game tonight, England vs Norway It could go either way but Im confidant England's experience will win the day Go England !!!

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Brilliant performance by France, it should have been 3-0. I dont know how Mbappe missed that penalty, that long delay was clearly a factor? But the game stats speak for themselves as a demonstration of Frances dominance and skill 22 goal attempts vs 5 They made Morocco look amateurish but Morocco is a good team, France is just much better Well done France !!! Another epic game tonight, Spain vs Belgium Go Belgium !!!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/08/erratic-trump-dominates-final-hours-nato-summit The NATO summit is over with the expected Trump ranting about NATO members contributing more and NATO not helping in Iran and ending with Trump fully committing to NATO and its shared defense So key takeaways "It was a great meeting, there was a lot of love in that room, a lot of unity,” Trump said soon after at a bilateral meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which included a surprise offer to license the manufacturing of Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine. Nevertheless, the shift from angry critic to Nato supporter – “If there’s one word that comes out of today it’s unification,” Trump said at the end-of-day press conference – will be hailed as a victory for the alliance whose stability been called into question. The final summit declaration, signed off by Trump and 31 other alliance leaders, affirmed the countries’ “ironclad commitment” to article 5, which says that an attack on one Nato member is an attack on them all.

There seems to be almost no positive attention on Switzerland's progression The last time they got to the quarterfinals was 1954, it will be fantastic if they beat Argentina So well done Switzerland !!!

Before Trumps second presidency I would have believed this is fake news ...but now Im not so sure. It could be real

I didn't watch any of the games last night. I have loved this WC but timezone differences for certain games is not great But all games and the WC are broadcast 24/7 on dedicated DSTV channels in South Africa so I can always watch highlights and any full game if I miss the late night viewing ...its just not the same excitement as the live game Anyway Spain through and Belgium crushed the USA Well done Belgium !!!

Yeah, I never thought Brazil would be knocked out Norway really surprised everyone and many punters will be very unhappy

OMG....what a day of results. The last 24 hours has been the most exciting so far for me around results. This WC has also delivered on the unexpected wins Firstly Norway, I didn't think they would win but they have played so well I knew they would go home with pride and as local heroes. But they won !!! Yes Brazil should have got that early penalty but the Norwegian goalkeeper was unbelievable and then Haaland delivered late but he still delivered. But the entire Norwegian team plays well together as a cohesive and highly effective team Well done Norway, they must be the greatest surprise around any team so far? And then the England game. Firstly I set my alarm clock for 3:30 am because I have to work today and after the Norwegian game 3.5 hours sleep is better than nothing. But the 1 hour delay meant I got to watch the whole game from second half What an English performance and they won with an incredibility hostile Mexican crowd and 1 player short. This constant booing from the Mexican fans I noticed in the South Africa game, is that normal in the US or Canadian stadiums? I'm really happy Mexico lost After this win there should be no doubt England has the potential and skill to go all the way Well done England !!! The " worst " part of these 2 wins is now Norway and England have to play each other but it was inevitable and likely that favored EU teams would play each other in the next stage like Spain vs Portugal But Norway as I mentioned has had an incredible WC so if they lose to England they still go home as real winners ⚽

@rjshae So you playing Belgium on Tuesday, its a good team to play. You wouldnt want to be playing the likes of France, Spain or Argentina. Its always a good game when you realistically can win Spain was phenomenal last night, they must be favorites to win I see football is now the 3rd most popular sport in the USA, its become more supported than baseball. I never thought I would see that ⚽ Soccer reportedly overtakes baseball as America’s third-m...Soccer continues its steady rise in the United States. According to The Economist, the sport has now surpassed baseball in popularity, ranking third among Americans’ favorite sports, behind only Ameri

I watched the England game in a sports bar last night so Im very hangover but it was worth it Well done England !!! And I was very happy with all the other games, I even watched the end of the unexpected Belgium victory But first the England game, the first 70 minutes were subpar but the DRC goalkeeper was exceptional. How did he stop so many goals? Then the Kane goal must be one of the best goals of the whole WC, he scored without even really looking at the posts. Thats true skill...a real football savant But DRC should be proud of there effort And then Belgium, no one would have ever predicted they could come back from 2-0. But they did, that winning penalty was unfortunate but thats how this game goes. So well done Belgium !!! And then the US won which was predicted and the preferred outcome for me. I want the hosting countries to get this far and I support the US Bosnia got further than most expected so they can go home holding there heads high A great day of WC results ⚽

Its an important ruling for me more because its another example of how Trump doesn't have control of the SC despite it being majority Conservative They not predictable around how they make rulings despite some decisions and the fearmongering And an independent judiciary is the most important institution to ensure that the US doesn't become deeply influenced or controlled by either left or right political ideology The Constitution must always be the benchmark for laws and rulings and not the current presidents views or the extreme views of either party But yes there is abuse of this citizenship right but the solution is not to ban birthright citizenship because its complicated and not all about abuse

You not going to avoid anti-Americanism in this WC. Its unfortunate and Trump is a big part of it. But it would be nice if people could learn to separate politics from things like the WC But this is the world we live in, the good news its irrelevant to most fans and the success of this WC which is what I was predicting. This type of sentiment exists almost entirely on SM and the Internet and doesn't reflect RL views and RL outcomes around the support of this WC Great win for Norway, this is the furthest they have advanced in 28 years. I was reading up on iconic " Viking row " that Norway has adopted Fascinating history and such a quintessential Scandinavian development, I really appreciate it now https://africa.espn.com/football/story/_/id/49221882/norway-world-cup-viking-row-usa-fans-erling-haaland-martin-odegaard And then huge game tonight, England vs DRC Go England !!!!