Throwback XI

🎥 Football's greatest stories, retold. The legends, the rise-and-falls & the World Cup nights that built the game. New film every week. ⚽

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The strike, the dive, the net, the roar, the scream of pure joy. 48 seconds of why we love football. ⚽🔥

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World Cup quarterfinals:

France v Morocco — Thu, Boston
Spain v Belgium — Fri, Los Angeles
Norway v England — Sat, Miami
Argentina v Switzerland — Sat, Kansas City

Eight teams. Four games. Three days. Nobody left is easy. #WorldCup2026

#WorldCup2026 #Haaland #Mbappe #Messi #Fo

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Monday: Ronaldo's last World Cup ends. 27 appearances, no trophy.

Tuesday: Messi drags Argentina back from 2-0 down and leads the Golden Boot on 8.

Twenty years of argument, settled in 24 hours. #Messi #Ronaldo #WorldCup2026

#Messi #Ronaldo #WorldCup2026 #GOAT #Football

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Brazil: out. Portugal: out. USA: out. Mexico: out.

In four days the World Cup ate its giants — and eight teams are left standing.

Everything that happened, in 90 seconds. #WorldCup2026 #Haaland #Ronaldo #Messi

#WorldCup2026 #Haaland #Ronaldo #Messi #Football

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The 2026 World Cup is wide open, so we simulated the rest 🏆 Messi's last dance, Mbappe, Germany's machine... but Spain & the Yamal generation lift it in our final. Who's YOUR pick? #WorldCup2026 #Spain #Football

#WorldCup2026 #Spain #Football #Yamal #Messi

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We seeded the 8 greatest World Cup winners and ran a knockout bracket 🏆 Pelé's Brazil '70 vs Messi's Argentina '22 in the final... and the eternal Seleção is crowned the GOAT. Agree? #WorldCup #Football #GOAT

#WorldCup #Football #GOAT #Brazil #Messi

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Carnage overnight 🌍 Canada 6-0 Qatar (Jonathan David hat-trick, first-ever WC win 🇨🇦). Mexico 1-0 South Korea — first team through. Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia, Xhaka bossing it. Today: USA, Scotland, Brazil & Turkey all in action. #WorldCup2026 #Canada #Brazil #USMNT

#WorldCup202

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Canada's first-ever World Cup win was historic — and brutal. 6-0, a David hat-trick, TWO Qatar reds, and a broken leg for Koné. 78% possession, 31 shots to 2, 0 on target. The full breakdown 🇨🇦 #WorldCup2026 #Canada #FootballAnalysis

#WorldCup2026 #Canada #Qatar #FootballAnaly

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Day 8 🌍 Czechia 1-1 South Africa — Mokoena ice cold from the spot at 83'. Switzerland v Bosnia a grind at SoFi. Tonight: Canada chase a first-ever WC win v Qatar, then Mexico v South Korea. #WorldCup2026 #SouthAfrica #Canada #Mexico

#WorldCup2026 #SouthAfrica #Canada #Mexico #F

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Day 4 was chaos — 19 goals 🤯

🇩🇪 Germany 7-1 Curaçao (now WC all-time top scorers)
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-1 Tunisia (1st 5-goal game since 1938)
🇳🇱 Netherlands 2-2 Japan (Kamada 88')
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador (Diallo 90')

#WorldCup2026

#WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup

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Matchday 5 = 4 draws, first time in 68 years 🤯

🧤 Vozinha (40) — 7 saves, shuts out Spain 🇪🇸 0-0 🇨🇻 on debut
⚽⚽ Elijah Just — brace, Iran 2-2 NZ
⚽ Al Amri holds Uruguay; Ashour holds Belgium

Minnows stood tall. #WorldCup2026

#WorldCup2026 #CapeVerde #FIFAWorldCup

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Day 4 was chaos — 19 goals 🤯

🇩🇪 Germany 7-1 Curaçao (now WC all-time top scorers)
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-1 Tunisia (1st 5-goal game since 1938)
🇳🇱 Netherlands 2-2 Japan (Kamada 88')
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador (Diallo 90')

#WorldCup2026

#WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup

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🇩🇪 Germany 7-1 Curaçao 🇨🇼

Curaçao — smallest nation ever at a WC — levelled 1-1 (Comenecia, 21') on their debut. Then Germany ran riot: Havertz ×2, Musiala, Schlotterbeck & co. The 7th goal made Germany the WC's all-time top scorers, past Brazil. #WorldCup2026 #GERCUW

#Worl

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McGinn's strike gave Scotland a 1-0 win over Haiti — their first World Cup win since 1990 — to top Group C. And Australia beat Türkiye 2-0 (Irankunda 27', Metcalfe 75'). Matchday 1 roundup. #WorldCup2026

#WorldCup2026

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Curaçao scored their first-ever World Cup goal to briefly make it 1-1. Then Germany ran riot: 7-1, a Havertz brace, and — with the 7th — they passed Brazil to become the all-time top scorers in World Cup history. #WorldCup2026 #GERvCUW

#WorldCup2026 #GERvCUW

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Saibari put Morocco ahead, Vinícius Júnior leveled it — and the African champions held Brazil to a 1-1 draw at MetLife. After knocking them out of contention before, 2022 was clearly no fluke. #WorldCup2026 #BRAvMAR

#WorldCup2026 #BRAvMAR

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🇶🇦 Qatar 1-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭

⚽ Embolo (P) 16'
⚽ Khoukhi 90+4'

Last-gasp header earns Qatar their FIRST-EVER World Cup point and breaks Swiss hearts at Levi's Stadium. Group B wide open. #WorldCup2026 #QATSUI

#WorldCup2026 #QATSUI #Qatar

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48 hours in and it's already chaos 🏆

🇲🇽 Mexico 2-0 RSA (3 red cards 🟥)
🇰🇷 Korea 2-1 Czechia
🇺🇸 USA 4-1 Paraguay (Balogun x2)
🇨🇦 Canada 1-1 Bosnia

Qatar v Switzerland next. Following every matchday. #WorldCup2026 #USMNT

#WorldCup2026 #USMNT #FIFAWorldCup

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Japan beat Germany AND Spain in 2022, and recently Brazil too. Now the Netherlands — 3 World Cup finals, never champions — open against the upset kings in Group F. #WorldCup2026 #NEDvJPN

#WorldCup2026 #NEDvJPN

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Curacao: 156,000 people, the smallest nation ever at a World Cup, qualified unbeaten under the oldest manager in WC history. Their first-ever World Cup match? Against 4-time champions Germany. #WorldCup2026 #GERvCUW

#WorldCup2026 #GERvCUW