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Just to confirm, the predictions here are based on the final result, including extra time (up until penalties), right? So if it's a draw after the regular 90 minutes but someone scores in extra time, my prediction would no longer be correct?

The general public still hasn't accepted Australia's participation, and every year people ask what Australia is doing in Eurovision. If Canada joins especially after the contest has become more politicized than ever over the past five years, I think it will finally be clear to most people that Eurovision as we know it is over. At this point, I think it's only a matter of time before the EBU officially acknowledges that too, perhaps with a name change within the next 15 years. I understand the financial pressures and why they're making these decisions. Expanding the brand is their way of keeping the show at its current scale and production quality. But, as always, the bigger fish eats the smaller one, and Europe's smaller, less wealthy countries will gradually become less relevant. Even bringing back Bulgaria and Romania last year, while several countries were withdrawing just to keep the participant count stable, felt like a desperate move. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some questionable deals behind it. But the one thing that seems almost certain is that we'll be hearing, several times in one evening: Good evening Europe, Good morning Australia and good afternoon, Canada! Well, maybe I won't hear that after alI bcs I don't really feel like watching anymore.

Spain 2-0 Austria Portugal 1-1 Croatia Switzerland 2-2 Algeria

Irony is that the head of ABC News is Bosnian, and she ended up apologizing afterwards. 😄

Tragedy for Senegal, more luck than skill when someone gets through like that.

I’m rooting for Senegal! 🤣 But I guessed it would be a draw! I just put 1-1.

2-2!! Lmao

Belgium’s elimination would be well deserved after all these matches

I’m not really a fan of this. They should focus on solving their internal issues instead of bringing in Canada for mostly political and economic reasons.

I’ve never predicted 2/3 correct scores before, and the first time I do(last night), I drop a place 😅

In my opinion, England’s best performance was the first match against Croatia, especially the first 15 minutes of the second half. Everything after that doesn’t really give much hope.

England 3-0 DR Congo Belgium 1-1 Senegal USA 3-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

You should know the artist 🫠

I'm from Czechia this time

How the hell is that offside?

Haaland 😍

Ivory Coast 1-2 Norway France 3-0 Sweden Mexico 0-0 Ecuador

I went to bed during the Germany - Paraguay penalties and woke up just in time for the Morocco - Netherlands shootout. 😂

Manifesting a Haaland poker against them. 🕯️

Let's write FIFA names in the notebook 🤣

I don't know. Brazil probably has more individual quality than Japan, but there's something special about the Japanese when it comes to football, they've become a really respected team, and I felt they could have gone further. Brazil, on the other hand, didn't look very convincing throughout the tournament and right now I'm sad.

Brazil 2-2 Japan Germany 3 - 0 Paraguay Netherlands 1-1 Morocco

I’m a bit sad that one of these two teams will go to the top 16, while we’ll also have matches where either the Netherlands or Morocco, and either Croatia or Portugal, will be eliminated...

The fate of the disqualified contestants

South Africa 0-2 Canada