diff --git a/app/api/live/route.ts b/app/api/live/route.ts
index 011957e..94cd36e 100644
--- a/app/api/live/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/live/route.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
 
     let fifaData: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fetchFifaScores>>;
     try {
-      fifaData = await fetchFifaScores(locale);
+      fifaData = await fetchFifaScores();
     } catch {
       return NextResponse.json({
         updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
diff --git a/lib/feeds.ts b/lib/feeds.ts
index 6e06134..441264d 100644
--- a/lib/feeds.ts
+++ b/lib/feeds.ts
@@ -575,13 +575,13 @@ export async function fetchMatchesAndTeamsFifa(locale: string = "de"): Promise<{
 }
 
 // Holt Live-Scores von der FIFA-API. Gibt Map MatchNumber → Scores + FIFA-ID→App-Code-Map zurück.
-export async function fetchFifaScores(locale: string = "de"): Promise<{
+// Scores/Status/Penalties/Winner sind sprachunabhängig → locale-freier Cache-Key.
+export async function fetchFifaScores(): Promise<{
   scores: Map<number, FifaScores>;
   fifaIdToAppCode: Map<string, string>;
 }> {
-  return cached(`fifa:scores:${locale}`, 45_000, async () => {
-    const lang = locale === "en" ? "en" : "de";
-    const url = `${FIFA_BASE}/calendar/matches?language=${lang}&count=500&idSeason=${FIFA_SEASON}`;
+  return cached("fifa:scores", 45_000, async () => {
+    const url = `${FIFA_BASE}/calendar/matches?language=en&count=500&idSeason=${FIFA_SEASON}`;
     const res = await fetch(url, {
       cache: "no-store",
       headers: { "User-Agent": "wm2026-board/1.0" },
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ export async function attachFifaLiveData(
   // --- Step 1: Scores von FIFA holen ---
   let fifaData: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fetchFifaScores>>;
   try {
-    fifaData = await fetchFifaScores(locale);
+    fifaData = await fetchFifaScores();
   } catch (err) {
     console.warn("[fifa-fetch] Scores fehlgeschlagen:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
     return matches;