Turkey v USA is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries’ biggest city is divided by a saltwater strait.
Istanbul straddles the Bosporus. New York is split by the East River which, despite the name, is a tidal strait, not a river.
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Stephen Miller: Half of college graduates in New York City are either foreign born or come from immigrant households. We have completely changed New York City, New York is not the New York seen in movies or the one you visited as a kid, nor is Los Angeles.
Two of the most financially important capitals on the face of the Earth, their political future—their resources and dollars—are controlled in large measure by people that we just brought into this country who have no history or experience or faith or competence in any case in American democracy.
🇩🇿🇺🇸| Le métro new-yorkais aux couleurs de l’Algérie ! 🇩🇿🚇
Un train du métro de New York (ligne E) qui roule aux couleurs du drapeau algérien : vert, blanc et rouge avec des étoiles blanches bien visibles.
Certains diront que c’est juste une coïncidence ou une vieille peinture…
D’autres y verront un clin d’œil involontaire à l’Algérie.
Quoi qu’il en soit, l’image fait le tour des réseaux et amuse (et fait vibrer) la diaspora et les Algériens du monde entier.
Même à New York, l’Algérie laisse sa trace… ou c’est New York qui rend hommage sans le savoir ? 😏🤣
Jordan v Algeria is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where two desert countries are named after water.
Jordan takes its name from the Jordan River. Algeria comes from al-Jazā’ir, “the islands”, originally referring to small islands off Algiers.
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Argentine fans found a random Austrian dwarf, adopted him on the spot, instantly Argentinized him, and within 10 minutes had an entire crowd chanting:
"THE DWARF IS ARGENTINE! THE DWARF IS ARGENTINE!"
No country on Earth operates like this. 🇦🇷😭
¡NUEVA YORK PARECE UNA SUCURSAL DE NORUEGA! 🗽🇳🇴
🌊🔴 La Marea Roja sigue apoderándose de las calles de la Gran Manzana en la previa del duelo ante Senegal. 🔥🏟️
🎶 Banderas, cánticos y una afición que sueña con seguir haciendo historia en esta Copa del Mundo. ⚽🏆
🤔 ¿Podrán los vikingos darle una alegría más a su gente?
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USA v Australia is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries have a *single state* bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined.
Alaska is about 1.72m km². Western Australia is about 2.53m km². France, Germany and Spain together are about 1.41m km².
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Brazil v Haiti is the World Cup’s only group-stage match between the largest Portuguese-speaking country and the largest Creole-speaking country on Earth.
Brazil is the giant of the Lusophone world. Haiti is the world’s biggest Creole-speaking nation.
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