DAY 27 - TUESDAY JULY 7th
UK times
21:00 Switzerland vs Colombia
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ARGENTINA vs EGYPT
68 of 73 on Argentina, five the draw, no hope for Egypt. Our top three have variations on the Argentina win... 1-0, 2-0, 2-1. In the Knockouts, leader Mike Moore has something different on 3-1. Then we have 2-0 and 2-1 again.
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DAY 26 - MONDAY JULY 6th
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UNITED STATES 1 BELGIUM 4
Gutted. I went against my own 'never change a prediction' policy to switch this one from 1-1 to 1-3 on the basis Belgium would be particularly fired up for it. That 93rd minute fourth goal for Belgium robbed me of 4 points. No-one got the score correct, not even a random, the best return was 3 points for four managers. Top three overall were all on 1-1, so no points there. In the rest of our top 10 we had another three 1-1s, a couple of USA wins (-2 points) and two on 1-2. So 2 points each for Jimmy Jazz and Ken Hargreaves is a half-decent reward. They're our top two scorers for the day, in the top 10, with just 4 and 5 points respectively. The top four teams in the Knockout Stage all had USA to win, followed by three on 1-1 who will be happy with zero points while those above lost two. Them Jimmy Jazz, the highest in the Knockout League as well as Overall League to earn 2 points.
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PORTUGAL 0 SPAIN 1
Two thirds of us were on the Spain win, but just one predicted 0-1. That manager was Simon Bebbington, who takes a huge 8 points. It moves Simon up to 18th overall and right up to 5th in the Knockout Stage League, just 6 points from top spot. Probably most important to Simon, he's up three places to 5th in Copa del Mundo 2026 and 2nd in its Knockout Stage League.
Our top three overall had different results - zero points for Neil Mullen on the draw, -2 for Nick Mullen on Portugal, 2 points for Ryan Keenan with 0-2. Neil stays top and is still 4 points clear, but it's Ryan now in 2nd. In 4th, Alison Giovannetti's hopes were further boosted, 3 points making up between 1 and 5 points on the top three.
Mike Moore stays top of the Knockout Stage League - but with zero while Jeff Norton picked up 3, they're now level on points with 56. Jonathan Liu is 3 points back.
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Day 25 - Ryan Keenan MotD. Neil Mullen and Mike Moore hang on to top spots.
Day 24 - Mark Rees and Chris Bounds share MotD. Neil Mullen and Mike Moore still top.
Day 23 - Lexie Christiansen Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen and Mike Moore top the leagues.
Day 22 - MotD for Nick Mullen. Neil Mullen 12 points ahead. Mike Moore tops Knockout League.
Day 21 - Oliver Willingham and Jonathan Liu share MotD. Neil Mullen top. Richard Hancy top of Knockouts.
Day 20 - Eight share MotD. Neil Mullen still in front. Mike Moore goes top of Knockouts
Day 19 - Maura Horgan and Paul Willingham share MotD with randoms. Neil Mullen still top, Paul W top of Knockout.
Day 18 - 12 set the pace in Knockout Stage League
Day 17 - Group Stage Champion and League winners announced
Day 16 - Martha Rees, Graham Spicer, Ken Hargreaves share Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen 4 points ahead.
Day 15 - Mark Rees hits 27 points in a day. Neil Mullen still top - by a single point.
Day 14 - David Elliston Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen’s lead chopped to 2 points.
Day 13 - Éva Willingham takes Manager of the Day with randoms. Neil Mullen now 10 points ahead.
Day 12 - Neil Mullen pulls clear. Robert Metzger takes Manager of the Day.
Day 11 - Wycliffe Osei is Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen stays top.
Day 10 - On-fire Norah Ettaouchi takes Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen back on top.
Day 9 - Jeff Norton crashes the party.
Day 8 - Jeff Norton, William Montague, Mara Adler share MotD. Neil's fourth day top.
Day 7 - Andrew Nyanchoka takes Manager of the Day. Neil still in front.
Day 6 - Richard Hancy and Scott Abercrombie share MotD trophy, Neil Mullen stays top
Day 5 - Zoltán Vidák takes Manager of the Day with randoms, Neil Mullen goes top
Day 4 - Roisin Guargena goes top, shares MotD with Chris Bounds and Stephen Wraige
Day 3 - Paula Wilhelm takes Manager of the Day, Steven Jewell hits 8-pointer
Day 2 - 13 share Manager of the Day as Nick and John go clear
Day 1 - six set the pace with two from two
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