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2022 World Cup Final
In this replay, France became the first repeat winner of the World Cup since Brazil in 1958 and 1962, while Netherlands suffered crushing disappointment again and fell to 0-4 in World Cup finals. It was a game for the history books, as the French prevailed 4-3 in overtime. Kylian Mbappe had a hat trick, which…
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2022 World Cup Semifinals
We’ll have an all-Europe final in the Qatar World Cup replay as the Netherlands and France both scored three goals and were victorious in the semifinals. The Dutch had a relatively easy time of it after allowing their first goal of the competition, while France rallied late in its contest thanks to Kylian Mbappe. 2022…
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2022 World Cup Quarterfinals
First, to set the stage, five of the eight actual quarterfinalists made it to this point in the replay. And, we ended up with two real-life quarterfinal matchups with Netherlands vs. Argentina and England vs. France. Brazil was the fifth team to also make it here. The quarterfinal results weren’t nearly as dramatic as the…
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2022 World Cup Round of 16
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2022 World Cup Group H
After quite a bit of chalk, chaos reigned in Group H. Uruguay and Ghana finished 1-2, knocking out the two actual teams that advanced, Portugal and South Korea. Uruguay and Ghana met in the finale, with Uruguay scoring a 92nd-minute goal to win 1-0 and claim the top spot. Uruguay had earlier salvaged a 3-3…
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2022 World Cup Group G
Brazil did exactly what it did in real life — won the first two to assure themselves of advancement, then suffered a shock loss to Cameroon. That allowed Cameroon to win the group here, since they had already beaten Switzerland and tied Serbia. This marks the first time that what might be considered a clear…
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2022 World Cup Group F
There will be no Cinderella run by Morocco here, as the 2022 semifinalists failed to make it out of the group stage. Fellow semifinalist Croatia and Belgium both didn’t surrender a single goal here. Belgium and Morocco played to a scoreless draw, but Belgium picked up a decisive point with a tie against Croatia. Hapless…
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2022 World Cup Group E
Like they did in real life, Japan managed to advance from a group that also contained heavyweights Germany and Spain. This time, however, it was the Germans that advanced (with a perfect record), while the Spaniards were sent home. Spain and Japan met in the group’s final match, with Spain needing a victory to move…
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2022 World Cup Group D
We matched the actual order of standings in the Group D replay, with France and Australia finishing 1-2 followed by Tunisia and Denmark. France avoided a loss to Tunisia in the finale like they did in real life, but settled for a tie here to get seven points and win the group outright. Australia’s six…
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