Last time we were discussing about The Netherlands winning the World Cup 2026, as for the prediction. Meanwhile, the last 32 divided in two, and the Dutch didn’t make it. This was a great shock on paper, but the one putting them out, Morocco, proved not only to deserve the qualification, but also to be…
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World Cup 2026: what if Norway will become champions?
Starting from this post, I am making an exercise on my own, with huge amount of subjectivism, to determine who can win World Cup 2026. As said, Joachim Klement, the guy who predicted corrected the last three winners (Germany, France and Argentina), shocked and mentioned Netherlands. It seems strange, but not impossible. It would be…
World Cup 2026: why we should not watch football anymore
World Cup 2026 draw its curtains over the first group stage at which a quarter of the worldwide nations participated. Since the competition increased from 32 to 48 teams, it was obvious that more goals will be scored, and countless unimportant records are shattered and enhanced at levels never expected even in 1998, the first…
Vozinha, Yamal… Hislop, Ibrahimovic…
It is clear that the man of the day, on 15th of June 2026, is Vozinha. And it will forever remain as such, at least for the FIFA World Cup. The 40 years old goalkeeper of Cape Verde Islands kept a clean sheet against ruling European champions, Spain. Of course, Spain are also on of…
Champions League final: Paris, “better” than London in Budapest
Only four times in history, and again after 55 years! This is the statics behind the clashes between two capital cities in Champions Cup / Champions League finals in European football. Paris Saint-Germain – Arsenal London came for the first time after Ajax Amsterdam beat, 2-0, Panathinaikos Athens in the 1971 final, on Wembley, London….
Daniel Pancu at Rapid Bucharest in 2026, a story that needs to have a happy end
I remember like it was yesterday. In September 2011, after a 1-1 game between Rapid and Brașov in Regie – don’t know why it wasn’t played in Giulești, to be honest – I asked Daniel Pancu and Mugurel Buga for some pictures. They were two of my favorite players, even though the latest was playing…
What’s up with football in 2026?! Aarhus, LASK Linz, Lens and, oh… Hearts
In 2026, not only we will have the first 48 teams World Cup hosted in North America, but we do have a lot of surprises in European football, at club level. I have already explained the astonishment raised by FC Thun in the Swiss league, team which, by the way, celebrated their first title in…
FC Thun, another page for football history
FC Thun didn’t win anything in their entire history. Many don’t even know from which country these guys are coming from. Luckily, I remember their runner up run in 2005, so I remembered them for more than two decades. When they played in the UEFA Champions League group stage! They are from Switzerland. When we…
World Cup stories: Lukas Podolski, two decades apart
How well I remember the day, how well I remember Lukas Podolski rising! On 4th of July 2006, the independence day of USA, one of the co-hosts of the World Cup 2026, but two decades back things looked different, but did have some links we might not even expect to find. Germany was back then…
FIFA World Cup 2026 clicked in – all 48 participants
As of end of March, beginning of April in some parts of the world, FIFA World Cup 2026 has all its 48 participants decided. The first of its kind, about to start in June. I did make some predictions in December 2025, so now I stick with the colorful part of the story, the multicultural stuff…