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Let’s commencement nan roundup pinch nan Pod Squad dealing pinch a bumper six-game matchday, 1 dominated by Scotland’s hammering by Brazil.
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Jonathan Howcroft
Hello everybody and invited to unrecorded sum of lucifer 60 of nan 2026 World Cup betwixt Paraguay and Australia. Kick-off astatine San Francisco Bay Area Stadium is 7pm section clip (10pm EDT / 3am BST / 12pm AEST).
It each comes down to this successful Group D.
The USA are done arsenic group winners. Turkey are connected their measurement location successful past place. In between, Australia and Paraguay are huddled together for 2nd place, and nan prize of guaranteed qualification to nan knockout phase, aliases 3rd place, and an anxious hold to spot really nan chips autumn elsewhere.
An Australia win guarantees nan Socceroos a information of 32 conflict successful Dallas, astir apt against Egypt aliases Iran (but perchance Belgium aliases New Zealand). It besides pushes Paraguay adjacent to elimination pinch their mediocre extremity quality and disciplinary grounds counting heavy against them successful nan conflict to beryllium classed 1 of nan 8 champion third-place teams.
A Paraguay win guarantees them that travel to Texas, but arsenic agelong arsenic Australia don’t suffer by much than 1 goal, they should besides beryllium assured of continued participation, only without contiguous confirmation.
A tie suits some sides with Australia qualifying successful second, Paraguay third.
The incentives for some teams to unafraid only a tie propose this evening’s spectacle whitethorn not beryllium 1 for fans of unfastened attacking football. Neither coach will publically admit it, of people (and location will beryllium nary hint of collusion) but it’s quality quality to prosecute nonaccomplishment aversion.
When nan tie was made some these teams would person expected to beryllium successful a scrap for 3rd spot astatine best, each will beryllium delighted pinch their position astatine kick-off and it would beryllium an tremendous astonishment if either put that position successful jeopardy by playing thing different than conservatively.
I’ll beryllium backmost soon pinch squad news and a roundup of each nan matchday action truthful far. In nan meantime you tin support an oculus connected nan conclusion of Group F, pinch nan Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden, huddled together for to spot.
