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muriel_volestrangler

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9. I heard that about 100 players in the World Cup (out of about 1250) qualified for France

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 03:28 PM

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and so the reality is closer to "some African squads are significantly from France". And that's fine.

Not that that stops me wishing Olise had chosen to play for England.

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I heard that about 100 players in the World Cup (out of about 1250) qualified for France muriel_volestrangler Sunday #9

Interesting observation malaise Sunday #10

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