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211 To 1: Reflections On Qatar 2022 (XVII) – Triumph, Despair And A Whole Lot In-Between

Posted on Mar 11, 2023 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. We were down to the last four. Representatives from three different confederations ran a gambit: giants of the game, hard-working underdogs, no-hopers up to a few … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On Qatar 2022 (XVI) – Descent

Posted on Feb 11, 2023 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. 16 teams were left. The First Round carries with it a certain air, of optimism before a ball is kicked, of continuing hope after the first … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On Qatar 2022 (XV) – The Promised Land

Posted on Jan 14, 2023 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. If football, and especially international football, is a religion, then the World Cup has to be considered the good land, the land of milk and honey, … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (XIV) – Groups Of Life, Groups Of Death

Posted on Nov 19, 2022 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. This is it then. Starting tomorrow the 32 nations that have been able to rise above the rest of the 211 will begin the 2022 World … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (XII) – Face-Off

Posted on Apr 23, 2022 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. With all six confederations barrelling towards the conclusion of their qualification formats, March of 2022 came with added tension. In Asia the last play-off spot became … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 – (VII) The Marathon

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. At the end of May 2021 three confederations played games for over two football-packed weeks, with 101 games played between Asia, South American and North … Continue reading →

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211 to 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 – (III) Dreaming In Asia

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. With the early sections of African qualifying finished the focus swings firmly back to Asia, with the other confederations still to begin. The Second Round … Continue reading →

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