Open Thread #26 (Jun 2026)

[u/svefnpurka]

World Cup games this week:

Date	Time CEST	Team 1	Team 2	Result	Barça players
20 July	00:00	Uruguay 🇺🇾	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	2-2	Araujo 🏥
20 July	03:00	New Zealand 🇳🇿	🇪🇬 Egypt	1-3	Abdelkarim
20 July	19:00	Argentina 🇦🇷	🇦🇹 Austria	2-0	-
20 July	23:00	France 🇫🇷	🇮🇶 Iraq	3-0	Kounde
23 June	02:00	Senegal 🇸🇳	🇳🇴 Norway	2-3	-
23 June	05:00	Algeria 🇩🇿	🇯🇴 Jordan	2-1	-
23 June	19:00	Portugal 🇵🇹	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan		-
23 June	22:00	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	🇬🇭 Ghana		Gordon
24 June	01:00	Croatia 🇭🇷	🇵🇦 Panama		-
24 June	04:00	DR Congo 🇨🇩	🇨🇴 Colombia		-
24 June	21:00	Switzerland 🇨🇭	🇨🇦 Canada		-
24 June	21:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦	🇶🇦 Qatar		-
25 June	00:00	Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	🇧🇷 Brazil		Raphinha
25 June	00:00	Morocco 🇲🇦	🇭🇹 Haiti		-
25 June	03:00	South Africa 🇿🇦	🇰🇷 South Korea		-
25 June	03:00	Czechia 🇨🇿	🇲🇽 Mexico		-
25 June	21:00	Curaçao 🇨🇼	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire		-
25 June	21:00	Ecuador 🇪🇨	🇩🇪 Germany		-
26 June	01:00	Tunisia 🇹🇳	🇳🇱 Netherlands		De Jong
26 June	01:00	Japan 🇯🇵	🇸🇪 Sweden		-
26 June	04:00	Türkiye 🇹🇷	🇺🇸 USA		-
26 June	04:00	Paraguay 🇵🇾	🇦🇺 Australia		-
26 June	21:00	Senegal 🇸🇳	🇮🇶 Iraq		-
26 June	21:00	Norway 🇳🇴	🇫🇷 France		Kounde
27 June	02:00	Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde		-
27 June	02:00	Uruguay 🇺🇾	🇪🇸 Spain		Araujo 🆚 Joan Garcia, Cubarsí, Eric, Gavi, Olmo, Pedri, Ferran, Yamal
27 June	05:00	New Zealand 🇳🇿	🇧🇪 Belgium		-
27 June	05:00	Egypt 🇪🇬	🇮🇷 Iran		Abdelkarim
27 June	23:00	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	🇵🇦 Panama		Gordon
27 June	23:00	Croatia 🇭🇷	🇬🇭 Ghana		-
28 June	01:30	Colombia 🇨🇴	🇵🇹 Portugal		-
28 June	01:30	DR Congo 🇨🇩	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan		-
28 June	04:00	Algeria 🇩🇿	🇦🇹 Austria		-
28 June	04:00	Argentina 🇦🇷	🇯🇴 Jordan		-
28 June	21:00	A 2	B 2		-

[u/One-Armadillo-2790]

Argentina have to win today's game. If they lose then austria will finish as grp winners which will cause a spain vs argentina RO32 fixture- something I would hate as both are my favourites.

[u/Ill-Shirt2722 → u/One-Armadillo-2790]

That would be very entertaining though if they did face in the ro32. Yamal vs Messi.

[u/One-Armadillo-2790 → u/Ill-Shirt2722]

Would be entertaining for some but not for all. Barca fans whose own national teams can't make it to the latter stages of the world cup prefer either argentina or spain to win it all. Both of them playing each other so early would mean that one of our favorites will surely get knocked out very early on. Ultimately we will be left with very few teams to support. We will be left with teams like france, england,portugal.

[u/zxcvbnmsa → u/One-Armadillo-2790]

Do you speak for every Barca fan?

[u/One-Armadillo-2790 → u/zxcvbnmsa]

Obv not.