2026 [alternative] WORLD CUP

[Danimal5981]

JUNE 4th, MATCH 001

GROUP A - MEXICO vs ALGERIA

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[Danimal5981]

JUNE 4th, MATCH 002

GROUP A - JORDAN vs ECUADOR

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[JustinCase]

Enner Valencia two goals, that would put him on 8 overall world cup goals, the same as Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane before the tournament. Crazy.

It's a bit ironic to see such a high scoring match with Ecuador. All I heard about them was how incredible their defence was with Pacho, Hincapié etc. And then they swoop the floor with such a brilliant attacking performance in a six goals game.

[Danimal5981]

Really wanted to give an authentic feel to the games, so I made them long and (similar to the real world cup) in a relatively slow, realistic pace of the game. HERE WE GO!

• Games are at Legendary level, 2x 15 minutes, creating a ca. 40 minute video on YouTube per match
• I'll play the highest seeded team: so whichever team was in the higher pot during the draw
  (meaning, I'll never play with pot 4 nations: no Jordan, Cape Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, Italy, Poland, Türkiye, Denmark, DR Congo, or Indonesia)
• The games will be broadcasted as game captures, not too many post-edits. Apologies if that isn't to your liking, but that's how I chose to do my chise

Enner Valencia two goals, that would put him on 8 overall world cup goals, the same as Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane before the tournament. Crazy.

It's a bit ironic to see such a high scoring match with Ecuador. All I heard about them was how incredible their defence was with Pacho, Hincapié etc. And then they swoop the floor with such a brilliant attacking performance in a six goals game.

You'll never get it right completely in terms of realism, but the goal is to make the team you play perform as well as you can and I think I got a lot out of Ecuador, something I did not manage with Mexico who felt very rigid and arduous.

Next up is Group D: Denmark v Senegal and USA v Qatar: what say you? (Highlighting the higher seeded team)

[JustinCase]

Well, Denmark were abysmal in their last world cup (2022) and didn't even qualify for this one. So I would be wise not to get my hopes up against Senegal. Perhaps a draw would suffice, equivalent of the result between them in the 2002 world cup.

Senegal will then be the 4th team to play Denmark twice in a group match in world cup. Denmark have only played at six world cups, mainly due to restrictions of only using amateur players until the 1970's. Since then they've played France in the group stage of 4 out of their 6 world cups. Incredible coincidence. Australia and Uruguay in two of them. And now Senegal twice as well...

[Danimal5981]

Well, Denmark were abysmal in their last world cup (2022) and didn't even qualify for this one. So I would be wise not to get my hopes up against Senegal. Perhaps a draw would suffice, equivalent of the result between them in the 2002 world cup.

Senegal will then be the 4th team to play Denmark twice in a group match in world cup. Denmark have only played at six world cups, mainly due to restrictions of only using amateur players until the 1970's. Since then they've played France in the group stage of 4 out of their 6 world cups. Incredible coincidence. Australia and Uruguay in two of them. And now Senegal twice as well...

JUNE 5th, MATCH 003

GROUP D - DENMARK vs SENEGAL

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[Danimal5981]

JUNE 5th, MATCH 004

GROUP B - CANADA vs PARAGUAY

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