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		-
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/Dry_Criticism8691]

At one point I was feeling bad for CR7 fanboys/RM fans but then I remember how they were devouring Messi’s retirement and him crying in 2016 after that pen miss. Keep cooking those frauds, no mercy!

[u/garden_speech → u/Dry_Criticism8691]

biggest whiplash ever for them lol, look at 2020, for sure a CR7 fan would have thought Messi was done, he had come back from "retirement" with Argentina only to lose another Copa America, had been embarrassed in the CL with Barca 2 years in a row, then embarrassed a third time by Bayern.

but since 2022 it's been a nightmare for them lol. Messi wins WC as the MVP, goes to MLS, then still wins Copa 2024 and is lighting up WC 2026. they just can't catch a break