FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 - DISCUSSION AND WATCHALONG THREAD ⚽️. Part 5

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I slept badly last night because of the sleep and have had too many disturbed/late nights because of the football!

I was kind of hoping this one would look settled by half time so I could get an early night. It's not exactly been a corker but I don't want to go to bed in case I miss out on a great upset!

Exactly that. So you have to stay watching so you don’t miss the drama and the desperation!

Chou cherry beer. Bought to celebrate the Belgium win over the USA.

Here for the second half. Penalty saved by Bounou. Or Bono as he's known in casa placemats.

That is funny 😂

We once had Jeremy Hunt refereeing the U8 match on the next pitch, he came with an assistant referee and a photographer.

I really like Dash water! I'm on the Pentire tonight, I think if I had anything alcoholic I would conk out immediately.

This is even more tedious than Switzerland and Colombia 🥱

I somehow managed to stay awake through that first half. It’s an odd game, players on both teams obviously know one another very well & it looked at times like a friendly kick about between a bunch of mates. Let’s hope the managers wake them up a bit at half time.

I agree it felt a bit like a matey knock about game

That was a yawnfest and a half

And now it seems to be taking forever for the players to come out!

That is hilarious 🤣 what a twat 🤣

It does look like a kick about doesn’t it!

DH keeps breaking out into U2 songs whenever the goalkeeper Bounou’s name is mentioned 🙄

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Morocco look likely to score first.

When the Moroccan goalie saved the penalty , I was humming ‘ he still hasn’t found what his looking for ‘
I do like the odd U2 song and even saw them in concert once. The Joshua tree is a good album.

But not quite as dull as Spain v Portugal 🤣

Spain v Portugal was another strange game. Never seen such glum looking winners in my life.

It’s in! 😩

I LOVE the French footwork.

GOOOAAAL Mbappé

You jinxed it 😱🤣

Makes up for that dreadful penalty

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