UEFA World Cup Qualifiers

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  1. BayouMafia

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    Watching Angola-Egypt but since we don't have a CAF thread, figured I'd put this here. Angola fans look like a lot of fun
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  4. snowfx2

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    An Italian skying a PK you say?
     
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  6. Jean-Ralphio

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    Im upset we now have the goalscore 31-1 :(
     
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  7. Jimmy the Saint

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    Do the Faroe Islanders hate the Danish? Or how exactly does that dynamic work?
     
  8. Jean-Ralphio

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    They are danish pretty much. they are under danish government. But they liked to not roll over against us.
     
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  9. Jimmy the Saint

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    Well you could've said they're violent separatists.

    I am not too shocked by this though. Fucking Danish and their niceness.
     
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  10. Pasta88

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    Awful draw for Norway home against Latvia.
     
  11. El_Pato

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    Combined with Turkey getting 6, ouch
     
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  12. Pasta88

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    Awful draw for the Netherlands who blew a 2-0 lead in the last 10 minutes. Now instead of being qualified they have to win to guarantee qualification, while a draw could mean 1st or 2nd, and a loss would mean 2nd or 3rd.
     
  13. BayouMafia

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    I’ll never understand why countries like Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, etc choose to be doormats in UEFA rather than have an actual shot in Asia
     
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    Money, prestige, possibly convenience (less so Kazakhstan, but that a lot of even more shitty travel from Georgia/Azerbaijan), indifference as to actual results since it’s not like they’re going to qualify from AFC, either

    probably could have stopped at money
     
  15. Jimmy the Saint

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    Champions League
     
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  16. Jimmy the Saint

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    Also, to some degree, signaling their geopolitical identity.
     
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    Croatia and Russia playing in a mud pit
     
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    Wow, Russian own goal. Croatia currently going through
     
  19. Pasta88

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    Spain Sweden and Portugal Serbia kicking off
     
  20. snowfx2

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    Ghana vs. South Africa going down to the wire to advance to the CAF playoffs
     
  21. El_Pato

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    Omg, Serbia in stoppage!!!!
     
  22. Andy Reocho

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  23. Pasta88

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    Playoffs seem much more open than in the old format. Have to win a one-legged semi-final and final rather than the old two-legged match-up. Less margin for error in one match.
     
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  24. SugarShaun

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    Going to be real fun. Was reading about it now.

    10 group runners-up and top 2 from Nations League that didn’t finish top 2 in WCQ.

    So Austria is getting 1 of those spots.
     
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  25. BayouMafia

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  26. Pasta88

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    So Italy in the playoffs as well :angrycorn:
     
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  29. El_Pato

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    Turkey down early to Montenegro
     
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    Amazing defending by Belgium
     
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  32. El_Pato

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    That should do it
     
  33. Jimmy the Saint

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    Qualified (10):
    Serbia
    Spain
    Switzerland
    France
    Belgium
    Denmark
    Netherlands
    Croatia
    England
    Germany

    Play-off (3):
    Portugal
    Sweden
    Italy
    Ukraine
    Wales
    Scotland
    Turkey
    Russia
    Poland
    North Macedonia
    Austria (UNL)
    Czech Republic (UNL)
     
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  34. BayouMafia

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    Russia-Ukraine is the matchup we need
     
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  35. El_Pato

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    Scotland being seeded is incredible
     
  36. bwi2

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    they can’t be drawn against each other, which on one hand is obvious but from 5000 miles away is a bummer
     
  37. El_Pato

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    Italy and Portugal in the same playoff group, one will not be going to Qatar
     
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  39. El_Pato

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    Winner of Wales-Austria, Russia-Poland, and Portugal-Turkey will host the final
     
  40. TheSkeeter

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    Scotland and wales being in the same group could be fun as well
     
  41. Paddy Murphy

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    Wow. Wonder if there’s ever been a Euro winner who has missed the WC on either side of it.
     
  42. StillwaterDawg

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    Scotland - Wales for a trip to the World Cup would be an amazing atmosphere
     
  43. SugarShaun

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    Greece won Euro 2004 and didn’t make either the 2002 or 2006 World Cups
     
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  44. Pasta88

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    One of Portugal and Italy missing out = Toronto/GTA in rooins
     
  45. bwi2

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    did Gareth Bale do the draw?
     
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  46. snowfx2

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    Hell, Turkey is no pushover either
     
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    About to kickoff
     
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  48. SugarShaun

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    Always a pleasure to watch the Azzurri belt out the national anthem at the top of their lungs
     
  49. Jimmy the Saint

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    Up the one true Macedonia
     
  50. Wicket

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    that transition halfway through their anthem is so weird