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Messi would be 39 by the next world cup and he is yet to make an official statement as regards if he will be playing in the world cup or not but then people are still speculating his appearance in the next world cup and hoping that will be his point not retirement, but then I think Messi would really want to participate because he may be too old at that time to participate in the world cup games but then if we see him participate then that's fine but if not it's not a problem too.

I think Messi will still participate in the 2026 World Cup but he will not be Argentina's key player at that time. I think Messi will have a very big influence on Argentina's young players. I think the existence of Messi, who is considered equal to another Argentinian football god, namely Maradona, will really increase the confidence of Argentine players and will increase their winning mentality. Messi's performance may decline physically, but mentally Messi is the best for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.

Messi is still in a good form and I think that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be his last of his career but who knows what can happen in such an unpredictable tournament like the World Cup,remember the final of 2022,France had not shot on goal until the 73th minute and Argentina was comfortably leading yet in the final stages of the game they even risked to lose the cup.The teams will surely be better prepared as the weather is different in USA,Canada and Mexico compared to what it is in Qatar,the heat surely must have made some players not give their 100% so I think Argentina can still rely on Messi for another last World Cup and hope for the best.

If you put age into consideration, by 2026 I don't think his form will still be that perfect enough, to be able to play productively in the world cup, he will be 39 or 40 by 2026, a 40 year old man on the pitch can never be compared with the young minds and players who will be at the world cup the, he might be good enough but will definitely not be able to perform optimally, definitely not complete 90mins.

He can be substituted but I doubt if he will be able to play 90mins but then he will be better if he is in the Coaching crew assisting them with some good ideas and tactics, he will be better with technical advises to the team of coach for his national team than he would be on the pitch, his experience will be a very useful contribution to them if he should be advising them.

Although if he happens to play it will really be a boost to his team mate and probably help their confidence but then I don't think he should as he definitely not going to perform like he did when he was much younger.

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And I agree with you on hockey (both the field and ice varieties). The gear can be very expensive. The same can be said about some of the other sports, such as cricket, tennis, badminton and baseball. On the other hand, there are sports such as basketball and netball, which require expensive facilities. The advantage with football is that you neither need expensive facilities, nor expensive gear. And this maybe one of the primary reasons why football is the no.1 sport around the globe. The situation maybe different in rich nations such as the United States.

You only need a ball, and 22 people can play sports together. No need for goalposts, football boots, or even a grass field. You only need a ball and a field with sufficient area and width. It's very simple to be able to play football. You can imagine how cheap it costs. There are no complicated rules to remember. Yes, I think the rules are also what make football a very easy sport to play.

well, building and maintaining a stadium that supports thousands of people is not so simple

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but when you take it to the professional level it has huge costs

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The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Good point and there are some players I'm waiting to see them in the next World Cup in 2026. Because so fat they had an amazing performance in these teams. For example, Jude Bellingham's performance in Real Madrid was awesome so far but I'm working if he can have the same performance in the 2026 World Cup or not.

Definitely Jude's performance will not be bad if he has a good team alongside to complement his efforts, sometimes it's mainly team work with some small extra efforts that gets a player to become a start player. There are other players who were doing so well with a particular team but later turn out with poor performance when they happen to be in another team.

The environment real Madrid has created for him is such that promotes his skill and has earned him all the compliments and recognition lately, if his country could as well provide him with such environment alongside good team mates. Felix in Barcelona is another young talent I'm hoping to see perform at the world cup, he has show a different level of performance at the club side so I'm hoping to see him do same with his national team, and if he does he could most likely get more recognition which will increase his value and worth at the club.

I guess there is still a small question mark when it comes to Bellingham performing the same way for England as he is doing for Real Madrid. He is doing superb at the moment, but sometimes I wonder how much of all the scorer points was a bit of luck and how much of it he can maintain long-term. There were several games that could as well have ended without him scoring a goal, but so far he is riding a serious wave. It is by now definitely more than just a lucky start. That is when a player scores a few goals in the first 2 or 3 games, but this has become the norm for him now. And there are still almost 3 years to go until the World Cup, which means there is even more time for him to improve and he is just beginning.

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Appearing five times in the world cup is just insane if you think about it.

That's 20 years at the peak of your career. Some other people just barely made it to one appearance and treasure it. These guys have been there for two decades.

In a similar way, this reminded me of Brazil, the only country in the world that has qualified to every single world cup in the history of the sport. That's almost a century at the top level.

In case of Ronaldo, he has been bearing the entire burden for close to two decades. His case is different from that of Neymar or Messi. Portugal is more like a one-man army, unlike the case with Brazil or Argentina. But at the same time, I am not very pleased with the way in which Portuguese management treated him during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He has dropped for some of the matches in favor of younger players and was introduced as a substitute in the second half only when Portugal was trailing.

At the 2022 Qatar World Cup there were many changes experienced by the Portugal national team one of which was by using more young players who were called up to strengthen the team for the World Cup and Fernando Santos as the coach at that time prioritized players that tended to be faster and that why Ronaldo doesn't seem to be prioritized as much as some other young players.
Now Portugal is handled by Roberto Martinez as coach and it is hoped that in the future until the 2026 World Cup Portugal can prove that they are worthy of competing and can reach the top there.

However talking about Fernando Santos after leaving the Portuguese national team he coached Poland and there were also many rumors circulating that there was slight misunderstanding between Fernando Santos and the Polish management which resulted in the possibility of Fernando Santos being fired.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on October 15, 2023, 01:38:14 PM

The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Good point and there are some players I'm waiting to see them in the next World Cup in 2026. Because so fat they had an amazing performance in these teams. For example, Jude Bellingham's performance in Real Madrid was awesome so far but I'm working if he can have the same performance in the 2026 World Cup or not.

Definitely Jude's performance will not be bad if he has a good team alongside to complement his efforts, sometimes it's mainly team work with some small extra efforts that gets a player to become a start player. There are other players who were doing so well with a particular team but later turn out with poor performance when they happen to be in another team.

The environment real Madrid has created for him is such that promotes his skill and has earned him all the compliments and recognition lately, if his country could as well provide him with such environment alongside good team mates. Felix in Barcelona is another young talent I'm hoping to see perform at the world cup, he has show a different level of performance at the club side so I'm hoping to see him do same with his national team, and if he does he could most likely get more recognition which will increase his value and worth at the club.

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The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Norway cannot advance to later stages of World Cup even if they have quality players such as Haaland. This disadvantage will not make him a hero nor the best player.
Norway result in the actual EURO QUALIFIERS 2024 aren't that good with 3 defeats and three victories in addition to a draw..
I think Mbappe will be one of the best players in the upcoming World Cup

I dont really know what to think about Norway antional team, they have a very good squad but they play like shit or lose points every time. They have Haaland, Odegaard, Sorloth, SOlbaken , Ajer, etc but still not reaching any big competition, a big shame.

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Quote from: nullama on October 17, 2023, 12:17:40 AM

Appearing five times in the world cup is just insane if you think about it.

That's 20 years at the peak of your career. Some other people just barely made it to one appearance and treasure it. These guys have been there for two decades.

In a similar way, this reminded me of Brazil, the only country in the world that has qualified to every single world cup in the history of the sport. That's almost a century at the top level.

In case of Ronaldo, he has been bearing the entire burden for close to two decades. His case is different from that of Neymar or Messi. Portugal is more like a one-man army, unlike the case with Brazil or Argentina. But at the same time, I am not very pleased with the way in which Portuguese management treated him during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He has dropped for some of the matches in favor of younger players and was introduced as a substitute in the second half only when Portugal was trailing.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi has played in five different editions of the FIFA World Cup which I think is very okay for the two players to take a bow from the competition. Ronaldo will be 41 while Lionel Messi would be 39 when the next edition of the world cup will take place in three North America countries.
Though not totally impossible to see the two players in the tournament once again but I think it's very unlikely to happen

Appearing five times in the world cup is just insane if you think about it.

That's 20 years at the peak of your career. Some other people just barely made it to one appearance and treasure it. These guys have been there for two decades.

In a similar way, this reminded me of Brazil, the only country in the world that has qualified to every single world cup in the history of the sport. That's almost a century at the top level.

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Messi would be 39 by the next world cup and he is yet to make an official statement as regards if he will be playing in the world cup or not but then people are still speculating his appearance in the next world cup and hoping that will be his point not retirement, but then I think Messi would really want to participate because he may be too old at that time to participate in the world cup games but then if we see him participate then that's fine but if not it's not a problem too.

I think Messi will still participate in the 2026 World Cup but he will not be Argentina's key player at that time. I think Messi will have a very big influence on Argentina's young players. I think the existence of Messi, who is considered equal to another Argentinian football god, namely Maradona, will really increase the confidence of Argentine players and will increase their winning mentality. Messi's performance may decline physically, but mentally Messi is the best for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.

Messi is still in a good form and I think that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be his last of his career but who knows what can happen in such an unpredictable tournament like the World Cup,remember the final of 2022,France had not shot on goal until the 73th minute and Argentina was comfortably leading yet in the final stages of the game they even risked to lose the cup.The teams will surely be better prepared as the weather is different in USA,Canada and Mexico compared to what it is in Qatar,the heat surely must have made some players not give their 100% so I think Argentina can still rely on Messi for another last World Cup and hope for the best.

I know that by the next World Cup, Lionel Messi is going to be 39 and Cristiano Ronaldo is probably going to be 41/42 if I am not wrong. But I still want to see these two play for their own country in the World Cup final, to be honest. Maybe it is just me. Maybe it is just my emotions talking. For the longest time, I wanted to see the World Cup being lifted by Lionel Messi. now I have seen that happen.

Now I do want to see Cristiano Ronaldo lifting the World Cup trophy as well. I don't know, maybe it will not happen. But it would definitely be really something to see. And Lionel Messi playing the next World Cup, I think he will play, but we know that he has already won the World Cup. So he will probably be more interested in being a good substitute player instead of a player who will play the whole 90 minutes.

I think it's time for us to pass and don't think about players like Ronaldo and Messi playing the next World Cup in 2026 because there are many other younger after they can even have the chance to perform better than these players.
Also, these players chose teams like Al Nassr and Inter Miami which meant they accepted the fact that they were not in good form anymore. Letting these players play in the next world can't be a good idea at all.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi has played in five different editions of the FIFA World Cup which I think is very okay for the two players to take a bow from the competition. Ronaldo will be 41 while Lionel Messi would be 39 when the next edition of the world cup will take place in three North America countries.
Though not totally impossible to see the two players in the tournament once again but I think it's very unlikely to happen

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Messi would be 39 by the next world cup and he is yet to make an official statement as regards if he will be playing in the world cup or not but then people are still speculating his appearance in the next world cup and hoping that will be his point not retirement, but then I think Messi would really want to participate because he may be too old at that time to participate in the world cup games but then if we see him participate then that's fine but if not it's not a problem too.

I think Messi will still participate in the 2026 World Cup but he will not be Argentina's key player at that time. I think Messi will have a very big influence on Argentina's young players. I think the existence of Messi, who is considered equal to another Argentinian football god, namely Maradona, will really increase the confidence of Argentine players and will increase their winning mentality. Messi's performance may decline physically, but mentally Messi is the best for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.

Messi is still in a good form and I think that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be his last of his career but who knows what can happen in such an unpredictable tournament like the World Cup,remember the final of 2022,France had not shot on goal until the 73th minute and Argentina was comfortably leading yet in the final stages of the game they even risked to lose the cup.The teams will surely be better prepared as the weather is different in USA,Canada and Mexico compared to what it is in Qatar,the heat surely must have made some players not give their 100% so I think Argentina can still rely on Messi for another last World Cup and hope for the best.

I know that by the next World Cup, Lionel Messi is going to be 39 and Cristiano Ronaldo is probably going to be 41/42 if I am not wrong. But I still want to see these two play for their own country in the World Cup final, to be honest. Maybe it is just me. Maybe it is just my emotions talking. For the longest time, I wanted to see the World Cup being lifted by Lionel Messi. now I have seen that happen.

Now I do want to see Cristiano Ronaldo lifting the World Cup trophy as well. I don't know, maybe it will not happen. But it would definitely be really something to see. And Lionel Messi playing the next World Cup, I think he will play, but we know that he has already won the World Cup. So he will probably be more interested in being a good substitute player instead of a player who will play the whole 90 minutes.

I think it's time for us to pass and don't think about players like Ronaldo and Messi playing the next World Cup in 2026 because there are many other younger after they can even have the chance to perform better than these players.
Also, these players chose teams like Al Nassr and Inter Miami which meant they accepted the fact that they were not in good form anymore. Letting these players play in the next world can't be a good idea at all.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on October 15, 2023, 07:18:17 PM

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Good point and there are some players I'm waiting to see them in the next World Cup in 2026. Because so fat they had an amazing performance in these teams. For example, Jude Bellingham's performance in Real Madrid was awesome so far but I'm working if he can have the same performance in the 2026 World Cup or not.

Yeah, personally I'm hoping to see some new talent in the 2026 World Cup.

For me the 2022 World Cup was all about Messi and the rest of the retiring players like Cristiano Ronaldo, but looking into the next one I really hope to see some fresh young players with new names.

That's what makes it exciting.

Mbappé is 24 for example, and I think he showed an amazing 2022 World Cup. Maybe he will shine brighter in the 2026 edition, but if you think about it maybe there are some 15-16 year olds around the world waiting to be discovered. That sounds more exciting than seeing the same stars always.

I mean, I still like to see the elite players in the field, but it's nice to discover new ones as well...

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Quote from: swogerino on October 15, 2023, 12:35:07 PM

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Messi would be 39 by the next world cup and he is yet to make an official statement as regards if he will be playing in the world cup or not but then people are still speculating his appearance in the next world cup and hoping that will be his point not retirement, but then I think Messi would really want to participate because he may be too old at that time to participate in the world cup games but then if we see him participate then that's fine but if not it's not a problem too.

I think Messi will still participate in the 2026 World Cup but he will not be Argentina's key player at that time. I think Messi will have a very big influence on Argentina's young players. I think the existence of Messi, who is considered equal to another Argentinian football god, namely Maradona, will really increase the confidence of Argentine players and will increase their winning mentality. Messi's performance may decline physically, but mentally Messi is the best for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.

Messi is still in a good form and I think that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be his last of his career but who knows what can happen in such an unpredictable tournament like the World Cup,remember the final of 2022,France had not shot on goal until the 73th minute and Argentina was comfortably leading yet in the final stages of the game they even risked to lose the cup.The teams will surely be better prepared as the weather is different in USA,Canada and Mexico compared to what it is in Qatar,the heat surely must have made some players not give their 100% so I think Argentina can still rely on Messi for another last World Cup and hope for the best.

I know that by the next World Cup, Lionel Messi is going to be 39 and Cristiano Ronaldo is probably going to be 41/42 if I am not wrong. But I still want to see these two play for their own country in the World Cup final, to be honest. Maybe it is just me. Maybe it is just my emotions talking. For the longest time, I wanted to see the World Cup being lifted by Lionel Messi. now I have seen that happen.

Now I do want to see Cristiano Ronaldo lifting the World Cup trophy as well. I don't know, maybe it will not happen. But it would definitely be really something to see. And Lionel Messi playing the next World Cup, I think he will play, but we know that he has already won the World Cup. So he will probably be more interested in being a good substitute player instead of a player who will play the whole 90 minutes.

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Quote from: Oneandpure on October 15, 2023, 02:06:23 PM

Quote from: Volgastallion on October 15, 2023, 01:38:14 PM

The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Talking about Haaland will be new star in FIFA World Cup 2026 seems early speculating because he doesn't opportunity will qualify or not with his country because still not drawing yet will be in difficult group or not. Better waiting with drawing qualifier group stage and how difficult group face by Norway, will get an easily group or difficult group stage.
For Endrick seems huge speculated because he still not on the top performance right now, actually Brazil have many top performed attacking line and Neymar still in regular squad right now. Difficult for seeing Endrick will be in Brazil national teams squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 actually his not in the list name in World Cup Qualifier CONMEBOL zone. How come he will get national called for World Cup 2026 if difficult get participants in qualifier round?

Yes, we have to remember that even though Haaland is a very good player, and probably one of the best in the world right now, his national team is not one of the best. we can hardly say that his national team is even good, to be honest. And it is really going to be a hard job for his national team to actually qualify for the World Cup. That's why I do not want to say anything right now about him being the star of the next World Cup.

By the way, do you guys think that Cristiano Ronaldo is going to play in the next World Cup? That guy is 38 years old and still contributing really well for his national side. Let's remember that Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who has scored more international goals after the age of 30 which has not been done by anyone from almost 190 countries.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SF0KiukXrG4?si=PhGQq-zuIJztFqSz

But for some reason, ESPN is still going to brainwash people into believing that Cristiano Ronaldo is holding Portugal back.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on October 15, 2023, 01:38:14 PM

The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Norway cannot advance to later stages of World Cup even if they have quality players such as Haaland. This disadvantage will not make him a hero nor the best player.
Norway result in the actual EURO QUALIFIERS 2024 aren't that good with 3 defeats and three victories in addition to a draw..
I think Mbappe will be one of the best players in the upcoming World Cup

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Quote from: Volgastallion on October 15, 2023, 01:38:14 PM

The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Good point and there are some players I'm waiting to see them in the next World Cup in 2026. Because so fat they had an amazing performance in these teams. For example, Jude Bellingham's performance in Real Madrid was awesome so far but I'm working if he can have the same performance in the 2026 World Cup or not.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on October 15, 2023, 01:38:14 PM

The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

Talking about Haaland will be new star in FIFA World Cup 2026 seems early speculating because he doesn't opportunity will qualify or not with his country because still not drawing yet will be in difficult group or not. Better waiting with drawing qualifier group stage and how difficult group face by Norway, will get an easily group or difficult group stage.
For Endrick seems huge speculated because he still not on the top performance right now, actually Brazil have many top performed attacking line and Neymar still in regular squad right now. Difficult for seeing Endrick will be in Brazil national teams squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 actually his not in the list name in World Cup Qualifier CONMEBOL zone. How come he will get national called for World Cup 2026 if difficult get participants in qualifier round?

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The main question for this coming world cup is. Who si gonna be the new star? Haaland is gonna take part and start to breaking records? Remember he can score a lot of goals if the group is easy, we are gonna have very weaks teams in this one with the new format.

And how about Endrick for Brazil?

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Quote from: Rampagoe004 on October 15, 2023, 11:01:44 AM

Quote from: Weawant on October 14, 2023, 04:26:26 PM

Messi would be 39 by the next world cup and he is yet to make an official statement as regards if he will be playing in the world cup or not but then people are still speculating his appearance in the next world cup and hoping that will be his point not retirement, but then I think Messi would really want to participate because he may be too old at that time to participate in the world cup games but then if we see him participate then that's fine but if not it's not a problem too.

I think Messi will still participate in the 2026 World Cup but he will not be Argentina's key player at that time. I think Messi will have a very big influence on Argentina's young players. I think the existence of Messi, who is considered equal to another Argentinian football god, namely Maradona, will really increase the confidence of Argentine players and will increase their winning mentality. Messi's performance may decline physically, but mentally Messi is the best for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.

Messi is still in a good form and I think that 2026 FIFA World Cup will be his last of his career but who knows what can happen in such an unpredictable tournament like the World Cup,remember the final of 2022,France had not shot on goal until the 73th minute and Argentina was comfortably leading yet in the final stages of the game they even risked to lose the cup.The teams will surely be better prepared as the weather is different in USA,Canada and Mexico compared to what it is in Qatar,the heat surely must have made some players not give their 100% so I think Argentina can still rely on Messi for another last World Cup and hope for the best.

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Quote from: Rampagoe004 on October 15, 2023, 11:01:44 AM

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I think Messi will still participate in the 2026 World Cup but he will not be Argentina's key player at that time. I think Messi will have a very big influence on Argentina's young players. I think the existence of Messi, who is considered equal to another Argentinian football god, namely Maradona, will really increase the confidence of Argentine players and will increase their winning mentality. Messi's performance may decline physically, but mentally Messi is the best for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.

It's true, his presence in the Argentina squad can help lift the mentality of other players, like Ronaldo in the Portugal national team. If you look at various reports, Messi will only focus first on the 2024 Copa America, the World Cup event is still three years away. Personally, I also hope that Messi will still play in the 2026 World Cup, even though he won't play 90 minutes.

Currently, Argentina has managed to sweep three qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, and is at the top of the Conmebol zone standings by collecting 9 points, followed by Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay below.

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