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🇵🇾 Paraguay's pyro party, Switzerland's training base 'snake area,' Bosnia's giant coffee pot | World Cup VAR

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Graham Ruthven
Jun 08, 2026
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Paraguay might have won the World Cup before it’s even kicked off if the spectacle of their send-off match is anything to go by!

Los Guaranies had one big pyro party before travelling to the USA for Friday’s tournament opener against the co-hosts in Los Angeles. And to think FIFA have banned refillable water bottles for the World Cup…

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