SIMULATIONS - 2026 FIFA World Cup
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NORWAY DEFEATS ENGLAND IN PENALTY SHOOTOUT
It's not coming home again!
Top 10 Golden Boot (if tied on goals, sorted alphabetically by Country, then by player first name)
- Erling Haaland - Norway - 9
- Harry Kane - England - 6
- Marko Arnautovic - Austria - 5
- Marco Pasalic - Croatia - 5
- Petar Musa - Croatia - 4
- Patrick Schick - Czech Republic - 4
- Enner Valencia - Ecuador - 4
- Kylian Mbappe - France - 4
- Michael Olise - France - 4
- Viktor Gyokeres - Sweden - 4
- Martin Boyle - 3
- Jackson Irvine - 1
- Chris Wood - 3
- Matthew Garbett - 2
- Callum McCowatt - 1
- Logan Rogerson - 1
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Alrighty - my Historical Playthroughs are on hold while I get this sorted for the final simulation - am tempted now that I am going full boil with this, do I simulate every game for the lulz?
Essentially - game now has the World Cup kits updated, and 15 of the 16 stadiums (only one missing is Kansas - so I am replacing Kansas with Chicago's Soldier Field - now the Chicago Stadium for this World Cup)
Squads - Spain's announcement now means I have them down as the 23rd of the 48 nations to announce their final squads. Of the other 25, 16 have announced a preliminary squad of some sort (I'm including Australia in this) and have either set a date to announce their final squad, or haven't.
7 more have announced dates, but no preliminary squads.
2 have announced SFA (Uruguay and Ghana)
I am also replacing players that aren't in the game in their squads by either using the preliminary squad announcements and picking the next player in line in their 'position' (GK, DF, MF, FW) with the most caps, unless that player is injured. I'm doing my best to not include injured players as much as possible. If no preliminary squad is available, I'm using the wikipedia most recent call ups in the past 12 months and following the same format.
There are a few players that aren't in this game's database, but they actually are on the online eFootball database, so as the stats mirror up with this, I will create those players (Gianni Stensness, Francis de Vries and Jesse Randall fall under this category, so NZ will only have one player replaced in their squad - Lachlan Bayliss)
Essentially - game now has the World Cup kits updated, and 15 of the 16 stadiums (only one missing is Kansas - so I am replacing Kansas with Chicago's Soldier Field - now the Chicago Stadium for this World Cup)
Squads - Spain's announcement now means I have them down as the 23rd of the 48 nations to announce their final squads. Of the other 25, 16 have announced a preliminary squad of some sort (I'm including Australia in this) and have either set a date to announce their final squad, or haven't.
7 more have announced dates, but no preliminary squads.
2 have announced SFA (Uruguay and Ghana)
I am also replacing players that aren't in the game in their squads by either using the preliminary squad announcements and picking the next player in line in their 'position' (GK, DF, MF, FW) with the most caps, unless that player is injured. I'm doing my best to not include injured players as much as possible. If no preliminary squad is available, I'm using the wikipedia most recent call ups in the past 12 months and following the same format.
There are a few players that aren't in this game's database, but they actually are on the online eFootball database, so as the stats mirror up with this, I will create those players (Gianni Stensness, Francis de Vries and Jesse Randall fall under this category, so NZ will only have one player replaced in their squad - Lachlan Bayliss)
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Now - inevitably, this game is missing a few players, so I'm going to leave this post as a running list (that I'll edit as those last few squads are fully announced). The plan to replace players that aren't in game is to first use any players announced in a preliminary squad beforehand in the most similar position. Second is to go through the recent call ups within the last 12 months and replace with generally the most experienced player that is either not injured, or not retired.
I'm also setting up teams to use the same tactics as initially put in the game, and having the game auto-select the best lineup. In the event there is 1-3 replacement players using the above process, I'll then manually put these into the 3 slots on the squad that aren't included in the matchday event. When there's 4+, I'll use my discretion on which ones to include on the bench - this will usually mean (using South Africa as an example) preliminary players get first dibs as they were seemingly at least considered. Noting that, the game will then set their own starting 11 based on injuries, fitness, etc throughout the tournament - this is just how I'm doing the default setting.
Canada - #26 Marcelo Flores to be replaced due to injury - unknown replacement
Austria - #19 Cristoph Baumgartner to be replaced due to injury - unknown replacement
I'm also setting up teams to use the same tactics as initially put in the game, and having the game auto-select the best lineup. In the event there is 1-3 replacement players using the above process, I'll then manually put these into the 3 slots on the squad that aren't included in the matchday event. When there's 4+, I'll use my discretion on which ones to include on the bench - this will usually mean (using South Africa as an example) preliminary players get first dibs as they were seemingly at least considered. Noting that, the game will then set their own starting 11 based on injuries, fitness, etc throughout the tournament - this is just how I'm doing the default setting.
- South Korea
- Lee Ki-hyuk (Gangwon) replaced with Kwon Kyung-Won (FC Anyang)
- South Africa
- Ime Okon (Hannover 96 - Germany) replaced with Nyiko Mobbie (Siwelele)
- Kamogelo Sebelebele (Orlando Pirates) replaced with Thapelo Morena (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Samukele Kabini (Molde - Norway) replaced with Lebohang Maboe (Kaizer Chiefs)
- Thapelo Maseko (AEL Limassol - Cyprus) replaced with Patrick Maswanganyi (Orlando Pirates)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Amar Memic (Viktoria Plzen - Czechia) replaced with Amer Gojak (Rijelka - Croatia)
- Ermin Mahmic (Slovan Liberec - Czechia) replaced with Dario Saric (Antalyaspor - Turkey)
- Jovo Lukic (Universitatea Cluj - Romania) replaced with Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo - Netherlands)
- Martin Zlomislic (Rijeka - Croatia) replaced with Kenan Piric (Netfci - Azerbaijan)
- Stjepan Radeljic (Rijelka - Croatia) replaced with Jusuf Gazibegovic (SK Sturm Graz - Austria)
- Osman Hadzikic (Slaven Belupo - Croatia) replaced with Vladan Kovacevic (Norwich City - England)
- Haiti
- Dominique Simon (Tatran Presov - Slovakia) replaced with Dany Jean (Torreense - Portugal)
- Woodensky Pierre (Violette) replaced with Fafa Picault (Atlanta United - United States)
- Sweden
- Elliot Stroud (Mjallby) replaced with Samuel Dahl (Benfica - Portugal)
- Tunisia
- Khalil Ayari (Paris Saint-Germain Youth/Reserves) replaced with Ferjani Sassi (Al-Gharafa - Qatar)
- Mouhib Chamakh (Club Africain) replaced with Bechir Ben Said (Esperance de Tunis)
- Moutaz Neffati (IFK Norrkoping - Sweden) replaced with Yassine Meriah (Esperance de Tunis)
- Raed Chikaoui (US Monastir) replaced with Ali Maaloul (CS Sfaxien)
- New Zealand
- Lachlan Bayliss (Newcastle Jets - Australia) replaced with Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners - Australia)
- Egypt
- El Mahdy Soliman (Zamalek) replaced with Mohamed Sobhi (Zamalek)
- Hamza Abdelkarim (Barcelona B - Spain) replaced with Salah Mohsen (Al Masry)
- Mohamed Alaa (El Gouna) replaced with Mohamed Awad (Zamalek)
- Mostafa Ziko (Pyramids) replaced with Afsha (El Ahly Cairo)
- Tarek Alaa (ZED) replaced with Mahmoud El Wensh (Zamalek)
- Cape Verde
- Kelvin Pires (SJK - Finland) replaced with David Moreira (Sporting CP - Portugal)
- Marcio Rosa (Union Montana - Bulgaria) replaced with Bruno Varela (Al Hazem - Saudi Arabia)
- Pico (Shamrock Rovers - Republic of Ireland) replaced with Jojo (Sheriff Tiraspol - Moldova)
- Norway
- Henrik Falchener (Viking) replaced with Aron Dunnum (Toulouse - France)
- Sander Tangvik (Hamburger SV - Germany) replaced with Mathias Dyngeland (SK Brann)
- Austria
- Florian Wiegele (Viktoria Plzen - Czechia) replaced with Tobias Lawal (Genk - Belgium)
- Croatia
- Toni Fruk (Rijelka) replaced with Lovro Majer (VFL Wolfsburg - Germany)
- Panama
- Azarias Londono (Universidad Catolica - Ecuador) replaced with Harold Cummings (San Miguelito)
- Tomas Rodriguez (Saprissa - Costa Rica) replaced with Eduardo Guerrero (Dynamo Kyiv - Ukraine)
- Algeria
- Achref Abada (USM Alger) replaced with Abdelkader Bedrane (Damac - Saudi Arabia)
- Melvin Mastil (Stade Nyonnais - Switzerland) replaced with Anthony Mandrea (Stade Caen - France)
- Oussama Benbot (USM Alger) replaced with Kilian Belazzoug (Stade Rennais - France)
- Czechia
- Alexandr Sojka (Viktoria Plzen) replaced with Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati - USA)
- Hugo Sochurek (Sparta Prague) replaced with Adam Karabec (Lyon - France)
- Mexico
- Armando Gonzalez (Guadalajara) replaced with German Berterame (Inter Miami - USA)
- Brian Gutierrez (Guadalajara) replaced with Carlos Rodriguez (Cruz Azul)
- Gilberto Mora (Tijuana) replaced with Erick Sanchez (Club America)
- Australia
- Paul Okon-Engstler (Sydney FC) replaced with Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers)
- Jacob Italiano (Grazer AK - Austria) replaced with Kye Rowles (DC United - USA)
- Iraq
- Zaid Ismal (Al-Talaba) replaced with Hasan Abdulkareem (Al-Zawraa)
- Iran
- Danial Eiri (Malavan) replaced with Omid Noorafkan (Sepahan)
- Ghana
- Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria Plzen - Czechia) replaced with Jerry Afriyie (RAAL La Louviere - Belgium)
- Benjamin Asare (Hearts of Oak) replaced with Paul Reverson (Jong Ajax - Netherlands)
- Qatar
- Mahmud Abunada (Al-Rayyan) replaced with Shehab Ellethy (Al-Shahaniya)
- Issa Laye (Al-Arabi) replaced with Rayyan Al-Ali (Al-Gharafa)
- Mohamed Al-Mannai (Al-Shamal) replaced with Mohammed Waad (Al-Shamal)
- Jordan
- Ali Azaizeh (Al-Shabab - Saudi Arabia) replaced with Yousef Qashi (Al-Hussein)
- Anas Badawi (Al-Faisaly) relaced with Ahmad Assaf (Al-Hussein)
- Mohammad Al-Dawoud (Al-Wehday) replaced with Mohammad Taha (Al-Hussein)
- Nour Bani Attiah (Al-Faisaly) replaced with Ahmad Al-Juadidi (Shabab Al-Ordan)
- Uzbekistan
- Sherzod Esanov (Buxoro) replaced with Jasurbek Jaloliddinov (Sogdiana)
- Bekhruz Karimov (Surkhon) replaced with Umarali Rakhmonaliev (Sabah - Azerbaijan)
Canada - #26 Marcelo Flores to be replaced due to injury - unknown replacement
Austria - #19 Cristoph Baumgartner to be replaced due to injury - unknown replacement
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Given that Mexico, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Haiti and England have all announced their final squads (and I've recreated them as best as possible in game) I will warm up with EL SIMULACION doing the Mexico v Australia, Australia v Switzerland, New Zealand v Haiti, and New Zealand v England friendlies
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EL SIMULACIÓN DE LA COPA DEL MUNDO is LIVE!
Up first we have Australia v Turkey on Matchday 1
Individual match recordings will be made for all Socceroos and All Whites games, and all games within those two groups. I will be re-linking my Twitch channel at the top of each page when necessary - as all matches will be available at the same like, with an individual URL for each YouTube match (also available to watch later)
Up first is USA v Paraguay - but in the meantime - the line up for the Socceroos v Turkey!
Up first we have Australia v Turkey on Matchday 1
Individual match recordings will be made for all Socceroos and All Whites games, and all games within those two groups. I will be re-linking my Twitch channel at the top of each page when necessary - as all matches will be available at the same like, with an individual URL for each YouTube match (also available to watch later)
Up first is USA v Paraguay - but in the meantime - the line up for the Socceroos v Turkey!
