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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…
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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…
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2022 World Cup Round of 16
Before we get to the results from the first stage of the knockout round, here’s a look at how close the replay results were to the actual 2022 World Cup. The Round of 16 was bonkers, although nearly all of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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2022 World Cup Group C
Argentina won the group, just as they did in real life. This time they easily avoided an upset by Saudi Arabia, but gave up a last-minute goal to Poland in the finale to miss out on a third victory. Mexico…
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