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So.. after the ridiculous peace prize trump is now even forcing FIFA to manipulate the game in their favour.

If Europe had any balls we would just go home and start a new organisation to replace the corrupt FIFA. We should have never even accepted to play in trumpistan

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I get and agree with what you're saying here but

The US barely topped their group

Is disingenuous. They won their first two games convincingly, winning the group in only two games. The third game therefore meant nothing, so they didn't play to win and still almost came away with a draw. They could have very likely won that game if the first string played, sweeping the group.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Thats extremely disengenous to the then 22nd ranked team, Turkiye. They were the 2nd best team in that group and legitimately beat the US.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago

Yes, they legitimately beat the US second/third stringers, I agree.

[–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

???? The US rested a bunch of players that game because they didn't need it.