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The United Kingdom has a roster that can definitely make waves in the World Cup if everything aligns just right. The team's strong point will come through the tandem of Alphari and Maxlore, who have proven themselves as of the best top-jungle partnerships in all of Europe over the past two years.

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After FIFA was founded in 1904, it tried to arrange an international football tournament between nations outside the Olympic framework in Switzerland in 1906. These were very early days for international football, and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been unsuccessful. [9] Lionel Messi breaks World Cup appearances record en route to glory in Qatar". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022 . Retrieved 18 December 2022. FIFA Confederations Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007 . Retrieved 22 December 2007. Moroccan joy after their stunning victory over Portugal was wonderfully encapsulated by the sight of former Southampton winger Boufal dancing on the pitch with his mother.

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Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The locations were controversial because South America and Europe were by far the two centres of strength in football and travel between them required three weeks by boat. The decision to hold the first World Cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing. [79] The next two World Cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these in France was disputed, as the South American countries understood that the location would alternate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the 1938 FIFA World Cup. [80]Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.