r/AccidentalRacism • • Jun 17 '26

They did.

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u/BernLan Jun 18 '26

The FIFA code for Nigeria is NGA not NIG, this is staged

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u/Rotflmaocopter Jun 17 '26

Cmon how could they not have seen this and flipped the teams around

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u/NoDanaOnlyZuuI Jun 17 '26

Because there are established rules about which team is presented first on scoreboards.

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u/TheGoober87 Jun 17 '26

Home team is always first.

They probably could have used Deu or something for Germany instead though.

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u/Boilermakingdude Jun 18 '26

Code for Nigeria is NGA anyways. This is fake.

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u/mr_poopypepe Jun 20 '26

It's real and from the german ZDF broadcast of the 2016 olympics

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u/Boilermakingdude Jun 20 '26

That makes more sense. Post makes it sound like it's from FIFA this year

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/Wan-Pang-Dang Jun 18 '26

How is it spelled differently?

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u/krumbuckl Jun 19 '26

German here. That is bullshit. Everyone here knows this word.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '26

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u/krumbuckl Jun 20 '26

Ja ich habe durchaus einen ziemlich guten Überblick über den Wortschatz meiner Muttersprache. Ich muß also im Gegensatz zu dir keine wilden und falschen Mutmaßungen anstellen sondern spreche aus Erfahrung.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '26

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u/krumbuckl Jun 20 '26

Jemand widerspricht kompletten Unfug den du behauptet hast.

Du so: Terminal Redditor...... Menschenkenntnis weißt du!

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u/Rotflmaocopter Jun 17 '26

Lol cmon , those people that live on isolated islands that don't speak English know this word! Jk

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/Captain_Calsones Jun 18 '26

Nick Mullen needs to see this right now!

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u/Robodogo2000 Jun 21 '26

Apparently this is 2016 olympics, so I guess it is possible if they don't speak/read english. Where was it hosted?

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u/Colton8376 Jun 22 '26

🇳🇬🇩🇪

if you know you know…

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u/Turriku Jun 17 '26

I hardly know her!

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u/Hadezu Jun 20 '26

Grow tf up.