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Testing our approach on the Champions League final

Status: Shipped. Test-rig only — not the WC2026 production modelBacktest date: 26 May 2026Topline + full note · 821 words

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The /test/live/<slug>/ route renders the live-tracker pipeline against a real match outside the WC2026 slate — the 2025-26 UCL final on 30 May 2026 is the first occupant. The live-stats side of the page comes from API-Football via the Vercel Cron Function. The pre-match side needs its own model — the WC2026 ensemble isn't trained on club football, so we can't honestly publish its output for PSG vs Arsenal (the 2025-26 UCL finalists, confirmed via API-Football fixture id 1544371).

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