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Soccer/Football

Old Crank

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2. It looked good for Portugal early.

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:21 PM

7 hrs ago

But they let Congo hang around and tehy scored the equalizer at the end of the first half.

Sometimes it seems that scoring too early makes the supposed stronger team complacent. See Switzerland who hoarked up the points in the 90+ minute.

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