The goal:
Not that there was a real expectation that they’d crawl back into it, but El Salvador is officially out.
Updated
Qualified - 19
Hosts - Qatar
UEFA - Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands
CONMEBOL - Brasil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay
AFC - Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia
Slots Remaining - 13
UEFA - 3
Wales vs Scotland/Ukraine winner (not played until Jun)
Poland vs Sweden
Portugal vs North Macedonia
CONMEBOL - 0.5
5th place goes to playoff vs AFC 5th
Peru, Chile, Columbia still alive with 1 game left
AFC - 0.5
Winner goes to playoff vs CONMEBOL 5th
UAE/Iraq/Lebanon vs Australia
CAF - 5
5 two legged matches for qualification
Egypt vs Senegal
Cameroon vs Algeria
Ghana vs Nigeria
DR Congo vs Morocco
Mali vs Tunisia
CONCACAF - 3.5
Top 3 auto qualify, 4th place goes to playoff vs OFC 1st
Canada assured of at least the intercontinental playoff
USA, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica still alive with 2 games left
OFC - 0.5
Winner goes to playoff vs CONCACAF 4th
Solomon Islands/Papua New Guinea winner vs. New Zealand/Tahiti winner
I’m not dropping Fiji like that. Ride or die! (Not that I could even find them on a map)
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Bets on 2 of the ICP spots:
CONMEBOL - Peru. Yes, the only have to play Paraguay … who beat 3rd-place Ecuador. Still, it’s “win and move on” and surely Paraguay won’t pull that stunt twice, right? If not them, very likely Colombia who has last-place Venezuela.
AFC - Iraq. The win over UAE yesterday pumped all the life back into its chances of moving on. The last game is vs. Syria; with UAE finishing with South Korea and Lebanon (who needs to win and get help) playing Iran, the door is wide open for them if they can just get 3 points there.
I have been to Fiji! It’s lovely
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Morocco finding out quickly that DR Congo is nothing like the teams from the group stage.
Rough day at the office for Moussa Sissako (Mali) - more specifically, a really rough 5 minutes. OG at 36’, then a straight red at 40’.
First 10 minutes of Canada-Jamaica, and the referee is letting them play.
12’ - A nice counterattack leads to a sweet dish in the box, and it’s Larin with, as the feed describes it, a gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal.
15’ - Another counter that doens’t develop as fast, but leads to David get a shot that goes just wide.
Canada qualifies for the 2022 World Cup
It’s been a loooooooong time between World Cup appearances!
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Costa Rica 2, El Salvador 1 (H)
El Salvador should have a penalty at 59’ after the Costa Rica defender extends an arm to shove the SLV guy off the ball in the box, but nothing is called because … CONCACAF.
Updated
7 bids (2 UEFA, 5 CAF) on the line 3/29
2 bids (CONCACAF) on the line 3/30
1 bid (UEFA) on the line TBD in June
1 intercontinental playoff spot (CONMEBOL) on the line 3/29
2 intercontinental playoff spots (CONCACAF, OFC) on the line 3/30
1 intercontinental playoff spot (AFC) 6/7
Qualified - 20
Hosts - Qatar
UEFA - Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands
CONMEBOL - Brasil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay
AFC - Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia
CONCACAF - Canada
Slots Remaining - 12
UEFA - 3
Wales vs Scotland/Ukraine winner (not played until Jun)
Poland vs Sweden played 3/29
Portugal vs North Macedonia played 3/29
CONMEBOL - 0.5
5th place goes to playoff vs AFC 5th
Peru, Chile, Columbia still alive with 1 game left played 3/29
AFC - 0.5
Winner goes to playoff vs CONMEBOL 5th
UAE/Iraq/Lebanon vs Australia played 6/7
CAF - 5
5 two legged matches for qualification, 2nd match played 3/29
Egypt 1 vs Senegal 0
Cameroon 0 vs Algeria 1
Ghana 0 vs Nigeria 0
DR Congo 1 vs Morocco 1
Mali 0 vs Tunisia 1
CONCACAF - 2.5
2nd/3rd place auto qualify, 4th place goes to playoff vs OFC 1st
USA, Mexico, Costa Rica at least go to playoff with 1 game left 3/30
OFC - 0.5
Winner goes to playoff vs CONCACAF 4th
Solomon Islands vs. New Zealand 3/30
If MEX are losing, letting CRC win by 4 would be sweet revenge for MEX’s part in the conspiracy four years ago.
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2 CAF games currently on ESPN+
3 CAF games starting at 2:30 CDT on ESPN+
Portugal/North Macedonia on ESPN2 at 1:45 CDT
Poland/Sweden on ESPN+ at 1:45 CDT
Gotta love the Senegal crowd shining 50 laser pointers on the Egypt goalie as he faces a free kick a few yards outside the box.
That seems desperate. And, I think the match should be stopped and the crowd told to leave.
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Might take a while to get 50k fans out of the stadium
That is not a concern.
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Senegal/Egypt going to AET at 1:1 on aggregate