It's a German tradition dating back all the way to 2002.
Humiliated teams by Germany since then:
2002 - Saudi-Arabia
2006 - Costa Rica
2010 - Australia
2014 - Brazil
2018 - Germany
2022 - Germany
2026 - Curacao
When the tournament was 32, Germany won 8-0 against Saudi Arabia in 2002.
When the tournament was 24, Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982.
Opening it up is an opportunity for smaller footballing nations like Ghana, Curacao, Cape Verde, South Africa and their fans to experience the world cup. Nigeria even sacrificed their spot for DR Congo.
One day, after his retirement, Barça, PSG, Inter Miami, Argentina should all release training footages of Messi. Genuinely believe we'll all be gobsmacked seeing what his ruthless levels actually are.
With women, you are either a bad man, a nice man, or a great man.
Great men end up with Cleopatra.
Bad men with Kim Kardashian.
Nice men end up with nothing. This is the way of the world ✨
JUST IN: 🇳🇬 IMF has told the Nigerian government to impose fuel and telecom taxes on Nigerians, to increase government revenue.
Nigeria is currently the number 1 country with the lowest quality of life.
After 22 years of being mocked for not winning the league title, it’s now been 22 days since Arsenal won the premier league title.
To put that into perspective, it’s been 3 weeks and 1 day.
American: So there are terrorists causing problems in your country, right?
Nigerian: Yes.
American: That's terrible. Is the government at least doing something about it?
Nigerian: Well, our president addressed the issue.
American: Oh. What did he say?
Nigerian: He spoke about the law of lawf in the holy book
American: ...The law of love?
Nigerian: I guess
American: Okay. Did you send the military after them?
Nigerian: Hmm... at times.
American: What do you mean "at times"?
Nigerian: Sometimes we've heard the military went after them. In some cases, the terrorists ended up killing military personnel.
American: Wait. They killed your soldiers?
Nigerian: Yes.
American: Okay, so then your government retaliated and finished them off, right?
Nigerian: Mm... nah.
American: What do you mean "nah"?
Nigerian: Well, our president also gave an example from the Bible about the prodigal son on how we should accept them with love.
American: Hold on. The prodigal son?
Nigerian: Yes.
American: I'm confused. So you're telling me terrorists killed military personnel, and the response was a Bible lesson?
Nigerian: Something like that.
American: So you guys aren't doing anything?
Nigerian: No, no. We're doing something.
American: Okay. What are you doing?
Nigerian: We're rehabilitating the ones we catch.
American: You're... rehabilitating them?
Nigerian: Yes.
American: Not prosecuting them?
Nigerian: Not according to our president, no.
American: WTF WTF WTF
Nigerian: I never even tell you anything, you don dey cry
Relationship dey kîll privacy bro
You fit dey reason life as man, make dey plaster you video call by 11pm
If you no pick - "Oh so you're online and you don't want to talk to me
If you pick, off camera - "Let me see your face or you're not alone"
If you pick and you no flow with the talk - "If you're not in the mood to talk, you could have just said so and not pick up"
God please😭😭
Everything bad things they thought was going to happen at the last 4 world cups are happening in this alone. And it is happening in one out of the three hosting nation.
eu nasci em 92 e ainda não esqueci de quando me contaram que na copa do mundo de 94 sequestraram o pai do romário e o cara disse que se não achassem o pai dele, não ia jogar na copa
os traficantes se unindo pra acharem o pai dele e isso merecia um FILME
Four years ago, Qatar hosted the world.
They Qualified automatically as host nations
They played Three matches,
three heavy defeats,
just one single goal scored.
They walked away with the worst record of any host nation in tournament history.
Fast forward to 2026.
No host nation privileges.
They had to fight through a grueling, turbulent qualification process to earn their ticket to North America.
No one gave them a chance against a star-studded Switzerland squad boasting 70% possession and a relentless onslaught of 27 shots, Qatar was expected to crumble.
When Breel Embolo slotted home a 17th-minute penalty, it felt like the same old script.
In the 94th minute, Boualem smashed home a historic equalizer.
A 1-1 draw to give them their first-ever World Cup point.
This is why we watch football.
Thank you Julen Lopetegui 🇶🇦✨
I just got off on phone on an hour call with my friend who relocated to the UK with her family.
She tells me no that her 14 year old daughter no longer listen to her. She speaks to her rudely and refuses to help with chores.🥺
She has once called social worker /police on her father hence the Father is withdrawn from her matter after that incident.
My friend is almost crying on the phone. She said she is exhausted and doesn't know what to do.
Please what can she do to redeem this situation?