#worldup2026 Day 4 saw the highest single day goals in history:
**Germany 7-1 Curaçao
**Japan 2-2 Netherlands
**Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador
**Sweden 5-1 Tunisia
I wrote on FIFAabsolutely donging fans with its ticketing platform. Ticket usually ~10% of FIFA World Cup revenue and FIFA took over ticketing for first time:
> used dynamic pricing
> 2x base price vs. Qatar 2022
> 15% resell fee on buyer and seller
Now, tickets estimated at 27% of sales for 2026 (and the price gouging left over 180,000 tickets unsold before tournament began).
https://t.co/Ri1kvXdhSU
The Craziest Stats
Curaçao are the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for a World Cup — around 156,000 people. That’s fewer residents than a mid-size town, fielding a team at the world’s biggest tournament. Their coach, Dick Advocaat, is 78 — the oldest manager in World Cup history.