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2022 World Cup Pre-Play: Semifinals

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Less than a week away from the World Cup tournament starting, and I finally got around to playing my semifinal matches.

Final score from Al Bayt Stadium:

Alas, England couldn’t get anything going, and two quick second half goals allow the Netherlands to advance to the Finals.

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Final score from Lusail Iconic Stadium:

A hard fought match between the two squads as an injury time goal sends Portugal into the Finals.

Hat trick for Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Finals matchup:

Stay tuned!

2022 World Cup Pre-Play

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Using the Universal Instant Results Table for Soccer Blast, I came up the Round of 16, Quarter and Semi Finals, the latter of which I’ll try to play before the real World Cup begins.

Group winner in bold, runner up in bold italic. 

Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B: England, Iran, United States, Wales
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea

ROUND OF 16:
Winner in bold.
Netherlands vs. United States
Argentina vs. Denmark
France vs. Poland
England vs. Senegal
Germany vs. Belgium
Brazil vs. Portugal
Morocco vs. Japan
South Korea vs. Switzerland

Quarter Finals:
Winner in bold.
Netherlands vs. Argentina
Poland vs. England
Belgium vs. Portugal
Morocco vs. Switzerland

Semi Finals:
Netherlands vs. England
Portugal vs. Switzerland

Stay tuned!

2020: Ted Lasso Finale Replay

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I picked up a new copy of Soccer Blast, and the first match I played was the final game of the fictional 2020 Premier League season as shown in the finale of Ted Lasso Season 1.

Final from Nelson Road Stadium:

RIC 1 – 1 MCI

46′ – RIC – Rojas (PK)
88′ – MCI – Tartt

AFC Richmond ties Manchester City, which allows the Greyhounds to stay in the Premier League instead of relegation to the Champions League!

Better result that the other fictional result, sure, and I wonder what Season 2 would have been like with this ending?

Dice United: All-Time Nat’l Teams Tournament

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Dice United came out with a 33-team set of All-Time National Soccer Teams.

33.

Which means I had to leave one out for a 32-team single elimination tournament.

I shuffled the team cards and dealt them out in 8 piles of 4 teams, which determined the initial match parings.

The odd team out was Yugoslavia.

The initial match ups:

No idea when I’ll start the tournament.  Maybe this weekend?

Stay tuned!