Buitenspel snap ik nog steeds niet. De poule leid ik wel.
Ik heb niks met voetbal. Nooit gehad. Toch sta ik bovenaan onze WK-poule, omdat ik 'm door AI laat invullen.

Ik heb niks met voetbal. Sorry. Nooit gehad.
Ik snap buitenspel nog steeds niet. Niet wát het is, en al helemaal niet waaróm. Tweeëntwintig mensen (het zijn er tweeëntwintig, toch?) die negentig minuten lang een bal achterna rennen, terwijl de rest van Nederland er ademloos naar zit te staren. Elk WK opnieuw.
Wat ik bij VerlichtingNL wél begreep, was het teamgevoel dat rond de poule ontstond. Dát is besmettelijk. Dus ik deed mee. Niet voor het voetbal, maar voor de collega's.
Kleine complicatie: mijn voetbalkennis is, laten we zeggen, beperkt. Het laatste WK dat ik nog een beetje volgde, hadden we een spits die elke vijf minuten een Schwalbe maakte. Dat is zo'n beetje het enige wat ik me ervan herinner. Ik wist niet eens welke landen meededen. Behalve Nederland, en dat wist ik alleen omdat de buren een oranje vlag voor de deur hadden hangen.
Dus wat doe je, als programmeur die eigenlijk alleen nog maar met AI werkt?
Juist. Je laat AI het invullen.
De eerste ronde deed ik met Fable 5, in die eerste drie glorieuze dagen dat-ie er was. Tweede ronde: geen Fable 5 meer. Bleek ook helemaal niet nodig. Het zit 'm namelijk niet in het model, maar in de prompt.
En tot nu toe?
Eerste. Boven een hele lijst mensen die wél weten wat buitenspel is.
En nu wordt het pas echt spannend. De groepsfase mag je nog verprutsen, maar in de knockout worden de punten per ronde meer waard, dus een gokje kost hier ineens echt wat. En laat de achtste finale nou net nú ingevuld moeten worden. Precies het moment waarop een echte voetbalkenner zou zeggen: *zet die AI even uit.* Ik doe het tegenovergestelde. Claude open, prompt erin, invullen, verzenden. We zien wel of het standhoudt.
Ik hou jullie op de hoogte of Claude het uiteindelijk ook wint van alle voetbalkenners om me heen. En mocht je straks zelf de boel weer opnieuw moeten invullen: dit zijn de prompts die ik gebruikte.
Ronde 1: de opdracht (10 juni, groepsfase)
Ok, so the company I work for has a stupid football pool for the new World Cup. Can you fill it in? Here's the link. https://www.scorito.com/footballtournament/301/1Ronde 1: de groepsanalisten (4 agents, elk 3 groepen)
You are a football analyst. Today is 10 June 2026. The FIFA World Cup 2026 (48 teams,
USA/Canada/Mexico) starts tomorrow. Use WebSearch to research current form, FIFA rankings,
betting odds, squad news and injuries (search for recent June 2026 news and bookmaker odds)
for the following confirmed groups and fixtures. Then predict an exact score for every fixture.
Group A: Mexico, South Korea, Czechia (Tsjechië), South Africa
Fixtures: Mexico vs South Africa (11 Jun), South Korea vs Czechia (12 Jun), Czechia vs
South Africa (18 Jun), Mexico vs South Korea (19 Jun), South Africa vs South Korea (25 Jun),
Czechia vs Mexico (25 Jun)
Group B: Canada, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Qatar
Fixtures: Canada vs Bosnia (12 Jun), Qatar vs Switzerland (13 Jun), Switzerland vs Bosnia
(18 Jun), Canada vs Qatar (18 Jun), Switzerland vs Canada (24 Jun), Bosnia vs Qatar (24 Jun)
Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland
Fixtures: Brazil vs Morocco (13 Jun), Haiti vs Scotland (14 Jun), Scotland vs Morocco (19 Jun),
Brazil vs Haiti (19 Jun), Marokko vs Haiti (24 Jun), Scotland vs Brazil (24 Jun)
Requirements:
- Research each team briefly: current FIFA ranking, qualifying/recent form, key players,
notable injuries/absences as of June 2026.
- Predictions must be realistic exact scores (most football matches end 0-0 to 3-1;
blowouts 4+ only for huge mismatches).
- Be consistent: the implied group standings should follow team strength.
- In group-stage matchday-3 games, favorites that are already through sometimes rotate;
still predict the most probable score.
Return ONLY this JSON (no markdown fences, no extra prose):
{
"teams": { "<team>": "<2-3 sentence analysis: ranking, form, key player, injuries>" },
"predictions": [ { "home": "<team>", "away": "<team>", "score": "H-A", "why": "<one short sentence>" } ]
}
Use exactly these team names in predictions: Mexico, Zuid-Korea, Tsjechië, Zuid-Afrika,
Canada, Zwitserland, Bosnië-Herzegovina, Qatar, Brazilië, Marokko, Haïti, Schotland.De andere drie agents kregen exact dezelfde template, met hun eigen groepen en wedstrijden.
Ronde 1: kampioen en topscorers (1 agent)
You are a football analyst. Today is 10 June 2026, the FIFA World Cup 2026 (48 teams,
USA/Canada/Mexico) starts tomorrow. Use WebSearch to research current bookmaker odds
(June 2026) for: (1) the tournament winner, and (2) the Golden Boot / top goalscorer market.
I need:
1. The single most likely World Cup 2026 champion per consensus bookmaker odds (and the
top 5 favorites with approximate odds).
2. The 6 best top-scorer picks per the Golden Boot odds market, ranked. Prefer strikers
from teams likely to go deep AND likely to play group games against weak opponents.
Note any injury doubts. Give full player names and their national team.
Return ONLY this JSON (no markdown fences, no extra prose):
{
"champion": "<team>",
"championTop5": [ { "team": "<team>", "odds": "<approx odds>" } ],
"topscorers": [ { "player": "<full name>", "team": "<country>", "why": "<short>" } ],
"notes": "<anything important, e.g. injured stars>"
}Ronde 2: de opdracht (28 juni, knock-outfase)
A few weeks ago you used fable to correctly predict the https://www.scorito.com/footballtournament/301/4 tournament. We were first. We need to fill out the next round. Even though we don't have fable anymore i want you to send out as many smart agents as you can again to make predictions and fill it in againRonde 2: de match-agent (16 agents, één per wedstrijd)
You are an expert football analyst making a prediction for a Scorito prediction game.
CONTEXT: It is 28 June 2026. The 2026 FIFA World Cup (USA/Canada/Mexico, 48 teams) group
stage has JUST concluded (final group matches were 27 June 2026). The knockout stage is the
Round of 32 (best 32 teams advance). You must predict this single-elimination Round-of-32 match:
${teamA} vs ${teamB}
DO LIVE WEB RESEARCH (this is critical - the tournament is happening NOW). Search the web for:
- How ${teamA} performed in the WC 2026 group stage (final group position, results, goals
scored/conceded, standout players, any injuries or suspensions carried into the knockouts).
- How ${teamB} performed in the WC 2026 group stage (same details).
- Betting odds / bookmaker prediction for this specific "${teamA} vs ${teamB}" Round of 32 match.
- Any expert prediction articles for this match, and likely starting lineups.
Use multiple searches. Prefer the most recent sources (late June 2026).
RULES OF THE PREDICTION:
- This is a knockout match, so predict the score AFTER UP TO 120 MINUTES (extra time included).
There are no replays.
- If you genuinely expect the match to be level after 120 minutes and decided on penalties,
set outcome="draw", give the level scoreline (e.g. 1-1), and set "advances" to the team you
think wins the shootout.
- Otherwise pick a DECISIVE modal scoreline. In the Scorito game you earn points for the
correct winner AND bonus for the exact score, so choose the SINGLE most likely realistic
exact scoreline. World Cup knockout games are usually low-scoring (1-0, 2-1, 2-0, 1-1 are
common); avoid inflated scorelines unless there is a clear mismatch.
- "scoreA" is ${teamA}'s goals, "scoreB" is ${teamB}'s goals.
Return your structured prediction. Be decisive and realistic. Base it on actual WC 2026
group-stage evidence you find, not pre-tournament priors.Ronde 2: de topscorer-agent (Golden Boot, 1 agent)
You are an expert football analyst. CONTEXT: It is 28 June 2026. The 2026 FIFA World Cup group
stage has just concluded (final group games 27 June 2026); the Round of 32 is about to start.
For a Scorito game I must pick 4 players who will finish the WHOLE tournament as the top
goalscorers (Golden Boot race).
DO LIVE WEB RESEARCH:
- Find the current WC 2026 top-scorer / Golden Boot standings AFTER the group stage
(who has how many goals).
- Identify the leading candidates and which players take penalties.
- Weigh each candidate by: goals already scored, how deep their team is likely to advance
(more games = more chances - a player on a team likely to reach the semis/final is worth
more than a current leader whose team faces elimination), penalty-taking duty, and form.
Pick the 4 players most likely to END the tournament as top scorers. Return player, team,
goals so far, and reasoning for each, plus raceNotes summarizing the race. Search the web
thoroughly with multiple queries before answering.