u/Impressive-Prune6339

Brazil should be the favorite here, but this is not the easy version of that sentence.

Norway have Haaland, Odegaard, a team that actually knows what it is, and that weird little stat that Brazil have still never beaten them. Four games, zero Brazil wins. That is exactly the kind of fact people laugh at until the match gets tense.

Brazil have more names, obviously. Vini is flying, Neymar is available, Raphinha might be back off the bench. But Paqueta being out matters, and Norway are not going to need ten chances if Haaland gets the right ball once.

Feels like Brazil either kill this early, or everyone starts remembering 1998 way too loudly.

I'm not sure if everyone here has noticed this yet, but Rockefeller Center has these huge outdoor screens set up around the World Cup 26, and today feels like the kind of day where it could quietly turn into a proper NYC football spot.

I walked by recently and the setup looked way better than I expected. Big screen, open plaza, tourists mixed with actual football fans, and that weird Manhattan energy where everyone suddenly becomes emotionally invested in a match they did not plan to watch.

Could be a fun option if you do not want to fight for a seat at a bar or forkout crazy prices just to stand in a crowded area. With knockout stage matches now starting to feel very serious, I feel like this place could get loud pretty and fast.

Has anyone watched a match there yet? I'm curious to know if the atmosphere is actually good once the game starts.

That France-Paraguay game was ugly in a way you don’t really see unless a team decides the only way to survive is to make everything uncomfortable.

Paraguay were physical all night. France had most of the ball but never really got rhythm. Every time it looked like they might speed the game up, there was another body, another bump, another little stop.

Mbappe sounding annoyed after the game makes sense. He scored the penalty and France are through, but he spent most of the night getting dragged into a game Paraguay clearly wanted.

I don’t even mean that as pure criticism. Paraguay almost made it work. But once a match gets that messy, the referee has to control it early. This one never really felt under control.

It's really a shame. If Alfonso could play, it should be able to solve some problems.

France are the better team. Everyone knows that. But this is also the exact kind of match where being the better team can get annoying fast. Paraguay just knocked out Germany by turning the game into a fight, then a penalty test, then a national holiday. That does something to a team’s confidence. France have Mbappé flying, Dembélé and Barcola scoring, and enough bench options to make most teams jealous. Still, Deschamps talking about the heat makes sense. Philadelphia in that weather, against a team that wants to slow you down, is not exactly a clean football lab. Paraguay probably won’t care if this is ugly. France probably need to make it not ugly early. If it’s 0-0 after an hour, everyone starts remembering Germany.

Canada have already done the historic part, which is probably why this one feels awkward now.

They beat South Africa, Davies is back in the picture, and the home crowd is still alive. But Morocco are a very different problem. They don’t play like a team hoping for a moment anymore. They look like a team that knows exactly how annoying they are to play against.

Bounou in a tight game is already bad news. Hakimi gives them that outlet every time things get messy. And Saibari has been one of those tournament players people pretend they knew about all along.

Canada probably need this to become physical, fast, a little uncomfortable. Morocco probably don’t mind that either.

Feels like a game where one bad five-minute stretch could end the whole dream.

The 5 futures myths people keep repeating that are just wrong:

1. Low multiplier means no liquidation

5x with your whole balance still gets you rekt on a 20% move. Liq price is set by margin ratio, not the multiplier number. Checking the margin breakdown on bydfi's futures page made this click for me, its about how much collateral you put in not the 100x thing.

2. I'll just hold until it bounces

perps dont expire but funding bleeds you dry. A losing long paying positive funding for weeks is a slow death.

3. Stops are for paper hands

No stop means the exchange liquidates you at the worst price on the book. thats not risk management thats a donation.

4. Isolated margin is always safer

until you put 90% of your balance into that one isolated position.

5. Lower multiplier lets me size up

size IS the multiplier. $1k at 2x is $2k exposure. $1k at 10x is $10k exposure. you cant decouple them.

Went 25x long on ETH last month with basically my whole stack. liquidated in under two hours.

After sulking for a day i went back through old threads here and realized almost every newbie does the same stuff. too much leverage with no actual plan, no stop loss (just gonna close it manually lol), entire portfolio in one position, chasing a pump thats already moved 15%, not getting how funding eats your margin, moving stops out instead of taking the hit, revenge trading right after getting liquidated. i did every single one of them.

One thing that actually saved me. id set the position to isolated margin on bydfi instead of cross. when that long blew up it only took what was allocated to that trade, not my full balance. difference between losing a trade and losing everything.

ui isnt as polished as bybit yet but isolated margin genuinely saved my account. if youre starting out just go practice on demo first, dont learn this the hard way

Colombia 1-0 Ghana was not loud, but it was pretty controlled.

Arias scores early, Colombia settle into the game, and Ghana spend the rest of it looking like they are one pass short of actually scaring anyone. That Kudus absence was impossible to ignore. They had shape, they had effort, but no shot on target in a knockout game is a hard thing to explain away.

Colombia probably should have killed it earlier. Ati-Zigi kept Ghana in it long enough to make the last part uncomfortable. But Colombia never really looked lost.

Now it’s Colombia vs Switzerland, which sounds boring until you remember both teams are exactly the kind nobody wants to play when the tournament gets serious.

I'm so sick of buying things that completely crap out on me after like 10 months. My last hair dryer literally started smelling like burning plastic this morning out of nowhere and i am not trying to set my bathroom on fire.

Since I now need a replacement ASAP, I keep seeing people talk about Laifen on here—but it’s always people who just unboxed it last week and are obsessed with the aesthetics. Like yeah great it works now, but is it gonna die before 2027? I don't care about the packaging, I care if it lasts.

If you've been using yours for over a year (especially any stylists who use it daily), please tell me if the motor is still holding up or if it gets weirdly hot. I just want something durable so i don't have to keep wasting money replacing this stuff.

I’m trying to choose my first little DIY craft project and the cute photos are absolutely working on me. The problem is every miniature kit looks calm until you zoom in and realize there are 300 pieces and one chair leg is smaller than a grain of rice. I don’t mind slow work, honestly that sounds kind of nice, but I’d love to start with something that feels relaxing instead of punishing. For people here who build tiny rooms or houses, what makes a good beginner kit? Bigger pieces, clear instructions, no LED wiring, fewer paper plants, or just picking a design I actually like enough to finish?

One of the greatest moments in world cup history ends up lost because of technology. sensors picking up the slightest touch,maybe just a few strands of hair , even though it didn’t really affect where the ball was going.

we talk so much about these systems, but the truth is, if the goal had counted, nobody would’ve thought twice about it. it would’ve just been another good goal in a big moment.

And you can’t help but think, if portugal had been on the receiving end, officials could’ve just left that “sensor detail” out of the story and let it stand and honestly, no one would’ve known the difference.

Australia can absolutely win this, which is exactly why it feels uncomfortable.

The Socceroos have been in knockout games before, but it’s always had that “nice run, now here’s Italy/Argentina” feeling. This one is different. Egypt are good, Salah might play, but it doesn’t feel impossible.

That probably adds more pressure, not less.

Egypt are in the same weird place. First World Cup knockout game, Salah maybe not fully 100%, but the whole thing already feels historic for them after finally getting through a group.

Also the Egyptian-Australian fan split is kind of brutal. Imagine waiting years for this and then your two football identities get thrown into a knockout game.

Feels like whoever scores first makes the other side panic fast.