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Yung_Corneliois t1_ixwuca5 wrote

Reply to comment by bobby_zamora in Holders France are the first team to qualify for the last 16 of 2022 World Cup. by dragon8811

I’ve never heard of that in my 27 years of existing. Maybe Final 16 but not Last 16. It’s not wrong, there’s just better ways to say it is all.

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bobby_zamora t1_ixx0fhf wrote

I think you're probably just American. This is the British way of saying it.

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Yung_Corneliois t1_ixx1ucg wrote

So it seems. Because we also don’t say “holder” we would say defending champs.

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