** World Cup 2026 - USA, Canada, Mexico Thread **
Saw no thread was active yet while it starts tomorrow so I'd gave it a go
No real time for an extensive write-up but lets
I put 10 bucks on Germany to win after the 0-1 for Ivory Coast.. got 40 bucks return!
curacao keeper room rocking a 9.7 rating with 20 minutes to go here. 12 saves, 0 goals on 2.5 expected
Are Ecuador massive frauds?
Many are saying so.
I'm unsure if Ecuador are a giant bunch of scamming fraudsters or if the Curacao keeper is the greatest ever to play the game.
The record amount of saves in a World Cup game is 16 (Tim Howard https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens...)
Curacao keeper on 15 as I type.
Saves records are pretty much always going to be held by bus-parking teams that face a lot of shots.
The best keepers tend to play on good teams, who don't face a lot of shots.
think that means germany have clinched 1st in the group, no? if so that gives ecuador a 2nd chance there to win vs a team with nothing to play for
Germany have indeed clinched.
Ecuador need to go out and win vs Germany, but they suck at scoring.
I think Germany will smash them on the counter.
Also apparently the sharp money knew. Posted an hour or two before kick off. Fair play to them most definitely was not me.
15 - Curaçao's Eloy Room recorded 15 saves against Ecuador, the most on record (since 1966) by any goalkeeper in a FIFA World Cup match that did not feature extra-time.
Ecuador overtake Türkiye as the team with the highest registered xG yet to score a goal at the World Cup
goals, legendary goalkeeper performances, red cards ..... this tournament has had it all
Japan firmly on my list of "do not want to see this team in the knockouts"
yeah i was gonna call them a darkhorse but they're #11 in elo, so really a 2nd tier contender. maybe it depends on your definition of darkhorse. i guess they are in the sense that it'd be weird if they shipped
