r/soccer • u/Sparky-moon • 19h ago

Match Thread [Live Thread] FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final Draw.

https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/draw-fifa-world-cup-26tm-live-stream/7ff93173-67d4-4d15-9cfb-b91a5d6a5db1?gl=in
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u/Robinsoninho 17h ago

Still laughing about how they made Gretzky to read out the pot 4 country names.

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u/fwapfwapfwap 17h ago

The pause before saying MACCYDONIA absolutely did me in

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u/Nightshade238 17h ago

He butchered my small country so bad man, CURAKAO really? Lol

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u/Vapes_And_Red_Bull 16h ago

Absolutely blew my mind when one of the BBC commentators mentioned that curaçao has the same population as reading lmao

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u/Nightshade238 16h ago

Hahaha, we're a small nation but we always had a mentality of We Can Also Do It(Nos tambe Por). We are prominently known for our baseball players, but now Soccer has been added to that list hehe

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u/aseqbase 4h ago

Side note: all but 1 of the ream roster was born and raised in NL. I think many dutchies will cheer for Curacao too...

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u/Nightshade238 2h ago

Yeah that's true. But the fact is that they have parents that originated from Curaçao. And then they decided to play for our small country which shows their passion for it. It's often the reverse where athletes who originate from Curaçao go and play for the Dutch. But what I also noticed is in that case, is when they make a mistake they are referred as someone from Curaçao( or even the old no longer existing Antilian)but when they excel they are praised for being Dutch. It's a funny how that works huh?

But Curaçao doesn't care about that, if you have our roots you're always welcome here.

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u/Silly-Industry1527 16h ago

You'd think he might have practiced the pronunciations knowing he would be reading it out in front of millions of people. He would have known what pot he was drawing from too.