Mundial Día 4: Offseason Sunday Etc. Etc.

Buenas, buenas. Oof. Let me dim the lights a little.

I missed the majority of yesterday’s action on account of a most joyous family occasion and a dynamite party afterwards. So I’m still in a great mood and perhaps might still be a bit concussed (will get details later in the week). The videos received thus far reveal uninhibited dancing, with ZERO (0) laughter in the background—a first, and I’ve already said too much.

MUNDIAL STUFFS

-The USMNT looks ess ou elle aie dee, solid. Getting strong Russia 2018 vibes from the co-host nation, without the steroids this time. Telemundo calls the USA el equipo de todos, or everybody’s team. Mmm, nice try. It’s tío Tom-ish, but gotta say: rooting for the USA men, in lesser footy, definitely has outsider cachet. Yeah yeah; it could be race treason in some corners of LATAM, but personally I’ll never begrudge a team that plays dynamic and attacking lesser.

-México and Canada round up the unbeaten hosts and both have excellent chances of advancing into the 37,000-teams knockout round.

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Looking forward to their next games on June 18: CAN v. QAT & MEX v. KOR.

-By my count, European teams so far have two wins, two losses, and two empates, with Germany (7-1 against Curaҫao) and Scotland (1-0 against Haiti) being the pride of the Ole Incontinent.

-Automatic hydration breaks = 3+ minutes of added time each half. tWBS [pours some hair of dog Medalla] whinged a lot about lessser’s arbitrary addition of time at the end of each half. Surely he would’ve been apoplectic about the Qatar 2022 game expansion, but this World Cup has not veered irrationally into bonus fútbol.

SPORTS

All times Central.

Netherlands v. Japan

3:00 PM Central, Jerrah World

This might be the best game of the Mundial so far (IMHO). Strong 2-2 tie vibes.

Ivory Coast v. Ecuador

6:00 PM Central, Da Linc (Philly)

Sweden v. Tunisia

9:00 PM Central, Monterrey

FINALLY,

Stanley Cup Final – Game 6

 Las Vegas (trails 2-3) @ [INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] – 7:00

That’s it for me. Gotta lie down.