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Russia - Saudi Arabia: 5 - 0
Here we have the host nation (who was defeated at each of the last 7 international games, but is allowed to compete since the host is automatically qualified) taking on the lowest ranked squad of the tournament (bookies give it odds of 2000 to 1 ) in a lackluster match. I doubt we will be seeing either side progress to the next stage...
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I don't know, but at least Mexico would be a deserving nation, given that football it is a truly national sport over there...
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After seeing that you have to ask how did Saudi Arabia manage to qualify? Or how much did the Russians pay them to stand back and watch this glorious victory for the home nation? Somehow the Saudis had two thirds of the possession, and none of the action.
It's a shame we never got to see if the VAR would have picked up the Russian offside just before the clash of heads. If the ball had gone in the net, would there have been a "technical difficulty" with the video feed?
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Let's face it: the World Cup is NOT about the best teams in the world, it's about representing the whole world in this tournament.
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