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LONDON: Whatever happens at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the coming weeks, Arab football fans will have mixed memories of the group stage. Followers of Egypt, Algeria and Morocco will be happy at going through but for the other five on their way home, there will be regret, disappointment and, in some cases, surprise at what happened.
In what was the most dramatic ending to a group-stage match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Austria and Algeria played to a wild 3-3 draw at Kansas City Stadium on Saturday night.
Austria and Algeria played to a thrilling 3-3 draw Saturday night in what amounted to a win-win result in their World Cup group stage finale, allowing both to advance to the knockout round while eliminating Iran from the tournament.
It was the game that was destined to break the internet: If Argentina and Portugal won their groups, as expected, then Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi would meet in the World Cup quarterfinals.
There are two more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals at Croke Park this afternoon.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 28 : Algeria manager Vladimir Petkovic described his side's dramatic 3-3 draw with Austria in their final World Cup Group J match on Saturday as "a little crazy," after both teams advanced to the round of 32.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 28 : For all the scrutiny surrounding the World Cup's expanded 48-team format, with the advantage its uneven scheduling may give sides playing later in the final round, Austria and Algeria offered a reminder of the sport's unpredictability on Saturday.
LOS ANGELES, June 27 : Iran's hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout phase for the first time came to an agonising end on Saturday after Austria's last-gasp equaliser against Algeria left them outside the tournament's eight best third-placed teams.