I know I already said good night, but this couldn’t wait. I had to share this.
When you’re done watching this, are your glands salivating? I can’t watch this video without it happening. Like 10x in a row!
Netherlands vs. Morocco is the World Cup Round of 32 match where the largest shipping port in Europe plays the largest shipping port in Africa.
The Port of Rotterdam handles 14.1 million containers annually, and Tanger Med in Morocco 11.1 million.
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* A very difficult fixture to find any geographical similarities!
Colombia v Portugal is the World Cup's only group-stage match where a country named after Columbus meets a country that turned him down.
Colombia is named after Christopher Columbus. Portugal rejected his plan to sail west across the Atlantic before Spain backed the voyage.
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