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CANALE SCORES!

• 🇩🇪 GERMANY: ❌✅✅❌✅❌
• 🇵🇾 PARAGUAY: ✅✅✅❌❌✅

PARAGUAY HAVE ELIMINATED GERMANY FROM THE WORLD CUP!

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🚨 Germany have been denied by one of the softest VAR decisions you'll ever see. 😳🇩🇪

Jonathan Tah powered home a header from a corner, only for the referee to head to the monitor and rule it out after deciding Waldemar Anton had illegally blocked the goalkeeper in the build-up.

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🇵🇾 PARAGUAY HAVE DONE IT! 🤯

Germany are OUT after a dramatic penalty shootout. One of the biggest upsets of the World Cup as Paraguay march into the Round of 16. 🔥🇩🇪❌ #WorldCup

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🚨Germany have NEVER lost a World Cup penalty shootout before until Arsenal & Newcastle’s forwards said otherwise.🤣🤣

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🚨🧤 Orlando Gill vs. Germany:

· 6 saves
· 4 saves from inside the box
· 1 punch
· 3 high claims
· 2 penalty shootout saves

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🇵🇾 GIANT KILLERS! Paraguay eliminate Germany on penalties to reach the Round of 16! 💥

🇩🇪 1-1 🇵🇾 (Pens: 3-4)

The underdogs march on. What a World Cup story! 🔥🏆 #WorldCup2026

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@FPLPricey Congrats 🥳

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@TrophyFpl Same going with kimmich now😅

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@TrophyFpl I said no😅🙌

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@TrophyFpl No

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🧢 Captain changed!

Joshua Kimmich gets the armband for Germany 🇩🇪 against Paraguay.

Set pieces, creativity, and clean sheet potential… I’m backing him for a big haul. 💪

Captain or differential? 🤔👇

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyFootball #Kimmich #Germany

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🇯🇵 Japan’s World Cup journey ends in the Round of 32. A team full of heart and pride. Respect, Samurai Blue. 👏💙 #WorldCup2026

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🇧🇷 Brazil are into the Quarter-Finals! Casemiro & Gabriel Martinelli get the job done. Seleção keep the dream alive. 🔥🏆 #WorldCupFantasy #worldcup #worldcupround32 #brazil #casemiro #martinelli

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🧢 CAPTAIN PICK LOCKED! 🇧🇷

Vinícius Júnior gets the armband for my World Cup Fantasy team against Japan. ⚡

Hoping for a haul when it matters most! 💚💛

Who’s your captain for Round 32? 👇

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyFootball #ViniJr #CaptainPick

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🚨 NEW ERA AT MAN CITY! 🔵

Enzo Maresca returns as City’s new head coach. 📋

Fresh tactics. New roles. Massive FPL implications. 👀

Who’s the biggest winner?
💙 Haaland
🎯 Foden
⚡ Marmoush
🪄 Reijnders

Drop your predictions 👇

#FPL #MCFC #PremierLeague

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Can someone recreate THAT Tony Kroos free-kick for Germany today? 🇩🇪🎯

Some moments become football history... but maybe we're about to witness another one.

Who takes the free-kick if Germany get one in that exact spot? 👀👇

#Germany #TonyKroos #WorldCup #Football

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@FPL__Lad 😭😭

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That yellow card sabotaged Saliba

He was 1 minute away from a possible 7 pointer

Ah well, he was my worst player in the 15 and enabled everyone else

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🇿🇦 ELIMINATED.

South Africa’s World Cup 2026 campaign ends at the group stage. They gave it everything, but the dream is over.

Respect for the fight. 💚💛

#WorldCup2026 #SouthAfrica #BafanaBafana #Football

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🍁 CANADA ARE INTO THE ROUND OF 16! 🇨🇦🏆

The dream is alive! A brilliant campaign sees Canada reach the knockout stage.

Can they keep making history? 👀

How far do you think they’ll go? 👇

#WorldCup2026 #Canada #CanMNT #WorldCup #Football