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So far, it's been a successful start to the World Cup for African sides except when they shoot themselves in the foot by gifting easy goals early (South Africa, Tunisia)
Cape Verde killed the ranking myth.
Egypt currently killing the local players myth.
By the end of the tournament all myths will die and we will be only left with nothing but the truth…
I agree that expanding this World Cup to 48 teams was a mistake. Belgium, a nation that has never won the World Cup or Euros is playing against 7 time African Champions, Egypt.
0 - Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal is the first player on record since 1966 to play the first 30 minutes of a FIFA World Cup match without touching the ball once.
Peripheral.
I know this might sound harsh, but that was genuinely one of the biggest managerial disasterclasses I've ever seen.
This man called up 4 wingers and 3 strikers, only to bench all of them and start the opening World Cup game with a 5-3-2 that he hadn't used even once during the friendlies. He benched all of his forwards and lined up with 5 defenders and 5 midfielders against Sweden.
It gets worse. He played a defensive full-back who is basically a hybrid CB profile like Kounde for example and he played him as a wing-back, used our backup left-back, who arguably didn't even deserve a call-up, as a left centre-back, and after going 2-0 down by halftime, he didn't make a single substitution until the 72nd minute.
And when the changes finally came, they somehow made even less sense.
He brought on a central midfielder to play wing-back, and a left winger to play on the right, and then took off both of his defensive midfielders for an attacking midfielder and a striker. We literally finished the game with a double pivot made up of two number 10s.
I'm serious when I say this is the kind of squad management you wouldn't even see in FIFA Career Mode.
We've faced teams like England, Belgium, France, and Spain at World Cups before. We've always been underdogs. Yet somehow, our biggest defeat in World Cup history came against Sweden.
That alone should tell you everything you need to know about how badly this game was handled.
I know most of you probably don't care about Tunisia's tactical disasters, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
🚨🇹🇳 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | After the 5-1 loss to Sweden, Sabri Lamouchi has been SACKED by Tunisia, reports @Romain_Molina! 👋❌
It's the FIRST managerial sacking of the 2026 World Cup. 😳
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When our beloved Bafana gets grouped after the South Korea match and we lick our wounds and wonder "what next" Hugo Blues will just watch his beloved Belgium.
He doesn't know what it means, it's just a job for him not a single player is getting his life changed after this tournament. It's back to Pirates and Sundowns.
There was a chance to platform 2-3 for bigger things, I will never heal from this!