Day 27 (Please excuse the delay.)

“You shall remember the Exodus from Egypt….”

Read here not “from,” but “of.”

Indeed, verily, the Exodus of Egypt from the 2026 World Cup will be remembered for a long time to come.  Leading 2-nil over the defending champions from Argentina until the 79th minute, the Egyptians were poised to pull off one of the most unlikely results in recent World Cup history.  The Albiceleste, though, led by the magnificent Lionel Messi, scored thrice in the time remaining to send the Pharaohs back to their morally barren land.  Naturally, the Egyptians treated their humiliating defeat with all of the grace and self-control that one might expect of a country of such evident civic virtue.  Well, not exactly.  We have been here before.  In the wake of Egypt’s utter defeat at the hands of Israel in the Six Day War, the Gamal Abdul Nasser-led government sought to blame their fate on every possible cause save for the two most obvious:  Egyptian operational incompetence and Israeli tactical brilliance.  In doing so, outrageous conspiracy theories evolved in an attempt to avoid responsibility and to deny the obvious reality of the post-war world. Similarly, after their most recent shocking loss, the Egyptian team and its supporters are pointing fingers in every direction except the two most relevant:  Egyptian footballing incompetence and the Argentinian will to win.  As to whether any of the Egyptians’ multiple complaints and conspiracy theories have any validity, the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) cares not a whit.  The ZGWC considers this result as one of the most important in its entire history of analyzing the FIFA World Cup.  An Egyptian victory would have seen a plethora of Palestinian flags at the Pharaohs’ next match and more bloviation from Hossam Hassan, Egypt’s Israel-hating manager.  Now, miraculously, we are left with only their whining and their pettiness as they scamper back home on their chartered jet.

Once more, History waves her mute adieus to such deserving losers.

The final match of the Round of 16 featured Colombia and Switzerland.  The ZGWC favored Colombia, but they were unable to convert their superior play over........

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