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This topic can include national football teams or even clubs playing in official international competitions or friendlies.

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Right now we have 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONMEBOL matches that started yesterday with Paraguay 0 - 0 Peru, Colombia 1 - 0 Venezuela and Argentina 1 - 0 Ecuador.
Two matches left for this round between Uruguay - Chile and Brazil - Bolivia.

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Just to make things more clear in case of multiple competitions running at the same time, it is preferable to put [Competition name] in the beginning of the post. It is just optional.

Nice initiative you got here mate, This thread can serve as a decision ground for various leagues,  I believe this thread will go down well with other sports bet lovers,  I can't measure how helpful threads like the UEFA Champion thread and the premiere league and the other football discussion threads that we have on this board.

Such discussions are very much helpful in terms of analysis provision and other information that can help sports bettors make better-informed decisions as they stake the bet, More exciting it is that this thread is coming at a time when various football leagues are on,  this is just a start of a new season so we should expect to see comments.

You are completely right, unfortunately my team lost against Colombia, but it left a bitter taste in my mouth, I didn't see the team as bad, but I didn't see them well either , plus one comment that I didn't like was that they said that Luis Diaz was more valuable that the entire Veneuel squad, which earned me a comment in bad taste, because okay, I know that Luis Diaz is a star, but in Europe, because when he played against Venezuela he couldn't even score a goal, so he was a star in everything. In both cases Hubeice scored many goals, or at least one, and in truth the goal they scored was due to the carelessness of the central defender who was careless and did not run until the Colombian arrived and scored the goal with a header, an almost flavorless goal, but at the same time final is a goal, so good for the Coloibano who did a good job, but I think the team lacks more, in addition we must recognize that they were stuf in Barranquilla, where the Referee also greatly favored Colomiba, worthy of any local, to have certain rpivileges that the others do not , However until now the elimination rounds have begun, there is still a long way to go.

One of the most Popular games in the second half was Argentina vs. Ecuador It seems to me that the Ecuadorians have not lost the level they had during the World Cup , and here their star Messi came out and scored a great goal like If he placed it with his hand, he didn't have a chance to hit the goalkeeper, Messi is very good at free kicks, he totally fooled the Goalkeeper, I think that until now in the qualifiers that has been the best goal of all , I have I have a lot of hope for a game in particular, it's Brazil vs Bolivia, I want to see how the Brazil team is playing, which I don't know, but I'm very curious about how they will be playing , because Brazil has so many stars that I don't know what they will come out with, although Maybe there I read something that I didn't like, that maybe Anthony hadn't been summoned, I don't remember why, but I don't know if it was fake news , since it was on Facebook and sometimes they make some of the very fake Publications.

 The game between Brazil and Bolivia saw the samba boys thrashing the visitors by a resounding 5-1 win and I'm not surprised. The game while it was one sided, was still and interesting one to watch as the visitors where struggling to keep up with securing their defenses and  punishing counters from Brazil and failing woefully.
 Neymar's first chance at goal was when Bolivia conceded a penalty in the 17' but missed. Real Madrid forward, Rodrygo broke the deadlock in the 24th minutes and that ended the first half.
 I really enjoyed the way they didn't let over confidence make them relax at just that goal because second half, Neymar redeemed his loss by adding two more goals to his belt and more goals from Abrego and Raphinha sealed Bolivia's fate.

What make me not understand is Neymar, he can play for Brazil, but he haven't play any single game in Al Hilal. Based on few sources I found if Neymar is still injured lol, I think he has no interest to play in Saudi Professional League. Wihout Neymar, Brazil can still able to beat Bolivia to be honest.

There's no any good matches yet, we will see a big match in the next 2 months where Brazil will meet Argentina.

Maybe Neymar has a spirit of patriotism within him so he still decided to play for the national team. Or because this was an easy match so Neymar was played as a warm-up after recovering from injury. But indeed I watched the Brazil vs Bolivia match and I thought even without Neymar Brazil was still too strong for Bolivia.

It's nice to have a thread like this to discuss another matches/competitions
If anyone is interested I created a thread about South American qualifiers to 2026 World Cup: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5465893.msg62805054#msg62805054
But no one has posted so far... :P
Here on the forum I've noticed that not many people are interested in South American soccer, people like and know more about European soccer, and even talk more about Arab soccer  :D

Yesterday I watched the Brazil x Bolivia match, which ended 5x1, and Neymar is now Brazil's top scorer in official FIFA matches with 78 goals. He's passed Pelé.

On Tuesday there's a game that's supposed to be more difficult, against Peru.

Yeah yesterday I was about to create a topic about Conmebol qualifiers then I said no need to do that since if there is a lot of discussion, people would created it years ago in this section.
It is true most members in Bitcointalk are interested in major European leagues and competitions with a glance in Saudi Pro League and African national teams games. American and Asian competitions are rarely discussed here, that's why it would be better to make a unique topic about all of them until we see that they deserve their own thread ;)

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Brazil punished Bolivia with 5 goals to 1, good performance from Rodrygo and Neymar who both scored 2 goals. Uruguay 3 - 1 Chile, I expected more from Chile, at least a draw..
Next round will take place in 3 days with Bolivia - Argentina and Peru - Brazil mainly.

Bolivia wouldn't be able to play Brazil and that was what led to the excess goal in the match. It is a pity that Bolivia was messed up this way by the Samba boys of Brazil. Though the match was one sided and it was like the Brazilians were on a training field. Good goals from Neymar and Rodrigo. OP, I appreciate your observation on this board to create a thread where we can discuss on leagues that don't have a thread created for them. Now we can enjoy every discussion on football.

It is very "strange" that there is not a thread for one of the most successful confederations of all, given its relationship between countries and World Cup winners, in short, I think that hopefully the thread will manage to stay in good contention, with true analysis and no "template" answers, it's a shame that OP hadn't put in a thread with moderation and the truth is that I don't like them, but given the situation with the sports topic on the board, it would been preferable.

Brazil should have scored 12 goals, that's my calculation, I already mentioned it recently, I like it when they win these easy games 1x0, 2x0, that gives them reflection, and not overconfidence, in any case it's a long road...

I didn't see the other games, so... but I saw the summary of the vzla, Colombia and Argentina-Ecuador; two "powerful" teams against the supposed "weak ones".

Venezuela and Ecuador, they did what they always do in this Zone,  defend themselves and take advantage of the opportunities , it was not easy but they are two teams that if they do not want to find themselves with difficulties at the end of this difficult conference, They should not let these close matches slip away. Valuable draw points are crucial.

In fact, the home factor is crucial to qualify (Obviously, but in the CONMEBOL qualifiers, even more...), so the only one who could do the "task" on this first day was Peru, who managed to get a valuable firts point. (So, Bad job! for the others visitors teams, since everyone who played at home got the 3 points).

I think it is the media that is spreading the information of Neymar's injury and his inability to play for Brazil and his club. Now that Neymar has played for Brazil. It is now that he does not have the zeal to play for his new club in Saudi Arabia.
Who says that he is not willing to play for his new club. If Neymar is not interested in playing for his new club, why sign the exorbitant contract? It is just that the media likes whoever that is doing well and whose name is popular. They make more money when they mention names like Neymar, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Messi and more of them.

Just like Jordan Henderson; Neymar is a football veteran in Brazil; his experience counts as long as the coach is concerned and i believe thats why the Brazillian coach is not too worried or concerned; like they say, Form is temporary, Class is permanent. Its also good to watch Brazil win without a number of players; with Ancelloti coming soon; they are in good hands.

3 games will be held tomorrow in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONMEBOL matches:
Bolivia vs Argentina
Ecuador vs Uruguay
Venezuela vs Paraguay
Argentina is better than Bolivia and they should win this game away. Paraguay is better than Venezuela and they shouldn't have any problem also.
For the match between Ecuador and Paraguay, I find both of them quite equivalent with a slight advantage for Paraguay maybe.

Any team in South America has the odds to beat Bolivia, so, without Neymar or in fact the substitutes, the result would have been the number of goals.

Bolivia is the weakest team in the area currently and it depends on the Altitude,  where its stadium is located, 5000 meters above sea level, so when it plays at home, they  must win or draw, it is prohibited to lose in La Paz, capital of Bolivia.

Bolivia - Argentina,,,Che.... tomorrow 1pm   :-[

In the match against Ecuador, Messi suffered a minor injury. However, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has stated that Messi is fine. However, against Bolivia, it is likely that Messi will not be included in the Starting XI.
Bolivia is the weakest team. So I think this is a good strategy from the Coach because with rest it is hoped that Messi will recover quickly from his minor injury.

Bolivia (5-4-1): Viscarra; Medina, Quinteros, Jusino, Suarez, Fernandez; Bejarano, Villamil, Ursino, Arrascaita; Moreno.
Coach: Gustavo Costas.

Argentina (4-3-3): Emiliano Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Di Maria, Gonzalez, Lautaro Martinez.
Coach: Lionel Scaloni.

Many top games today between many strong countries. There is also Germany that will play against a very strong French team in a friendly game that will be a bigger test for the Germans and their new coach. Germany has suffered a really poor record in their last several games. The new temporary coach in charge of the team for now may like to remain coach for a while longer and will be focused on doing very well. If he can guide the German team to very convincing victory over France, that will be a way to show his intentions.

Lol : Off- Topic!
 
Red card for you, bro, I mentioned it at the beginning, it's a shame OP won't take this thread in moderation.

Messi is a doubt for this game, according to coach Escaloni himself, he already did the job against Ecuador.  ;)

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/12/6ZjZd.jpeg
Photo collated from Google.
Argentina vs Bolivia World Cup Qualifier match is about to start after 2 hours. Bolivia will get a little more support than Argentina due to playing at home. However, Argentina is a stronger team than Bolivia. Argentina are unbeaten in 11 matches. Argentina vs Bolivia last 5 matches, Argentina won 4 matches and Bolivia won 1 match. We saw that in the last match against Brazil, Brazil defeated Bolivia by a huge margin of 5-1. In this match I think Argentina will win and win by a big margin. What team do you think will win?

I like football, but I am female, not bro. :-* The Topic of the discussion also is misleading, plus I curled in the discussion concerning the international friendlies because of this from the original poster.


Am I still off -topic?

There is no comparison here. The match is still in the first half and 1 goal has been recorded from the Argentina. But this doesn't mean that there won't be any goal. Bolivia is playing at home so we do expect them to give a 100 so that their home side will be proud. In the end Argentina is going to win, they are dominate and that is how it has always been. In the previous encounter between the two teams, Argentina won 2-1.

South American games are very difficult to predict; they don't score as many goals and they rarely have a good victory margin too. With Bolivia vs Argentina; tipping Argentina to win is the safest bet; while ecuador vs uruguay would fit an X or Both teams to score. What do you think ?

The image shows the partial 0x1 but the first half ends 0x2, there are no more goals because it is being played in peace*, surely in the second half we will have the addition of a couple more goals.

 A misfortune for the Bolivian team not to achieve a draw.  That's all for now, friends, friends, whatever.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/12/6ZWlN.gif

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(*) in a figurative sense to refer to its capital "La Paz".

80' 0x2:  The altitude definitely takes its toll on the players.

You are not off topic since it is mentioned that friendlies are a part of this topic, maybe we should put [Friendlies] in the beginning of the post to avoid confusion. By the way, Germany won 2 - 1 vs France, a good result after their humiliating defeat against Japan by 4 goals to 1..

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[CONMEBOL Qualifiers]
Argentina is leading with 2 goals to 0 vs Bolivia after 60 minutes of the game and Bolivia are playing with 10 players after the red card.

It would be interesting to see the Saudis' reaction if Neymar aggravated his injury and things went like Pogba did last season (interesting doesn't mean I'd want that). A really strange situation and I didn’t notice it until I read your comment. Apparently, after a pause due to international games, Neymar will still play his debut game

Brazil thrashing Bolivia 5-1, it was an easy game for them. Neymar Jr is available for club level games but he doesn't missed out on international games, he's always at his peak whenever he feature for international games. It's quite unfortunate for Saudi side to keep waiting for him to recover, while he's fully fit for gamed. He can't be pressure because he's a big-name and he does what he does to fit in. Neymar Jr have priorities to meetup which is actually breaking record for all time goal scorer for Brazil. He netted a bracd and gave an assist, showing strong excellent contributions to the team.

OP, if you don't leave this thread only for Conmebol then you are "off-topic", so, you are spamming board and encouraging it, there are already several threads with reference to the topic from other ligues and/or confederations on Topic football .

It's a shame because there wasn't a thread about the FIFA Conmebol specifically, then, we'll have an onslaught of spam, it's shit that should stop.

Anyway, I think this is my last post in this thread that promotes spam.

Argentina surely did the job in the first half, the altitude of La Paz (capital of Bolivia) takes its toll on the physical condition of the players.

Final: 0x3 Arg.

Although this is again typical for Neymar. On one days it is said that he is injured and on the next day he is sitting in the plane on his way to Brazil to play for the national team. Doesn't really seem to be very plausible, but yes he is too big of a name I guess that anyone in Saudi Arabia would dare to criticize him. He did even play the full 90 minutes. It would be a bit ridiculous when he now comes home and one week later is injured again or claims to not be able to play for his club.

But his stats are definitely impressive as he now stands at 79 goals in 125 games for Brazil. But lots of interesting things are coming in the future as I wonder whether the national coaches will keep all those players on their teams who have now decided to play in Saudi Arabia. Usually I think the league is not competitive enough to then have the ambition to win the World Cup for example. But for as long as the players keep scoring, I guess they will also remain part of their national teams.  

I won't argue much about the usefulness of this thread since it is already mentioned in the first post.
To be clear this thread should include every competition that don't have already a dedicated topic. For example, European competitions from Champions League, Europa or Conference League, Nations League and EURO qualifiers have no place here and should be reported. Same goes for African competitions since they have their own thread.
For CONMEBOL, a member posting in this topic proposed to create a topic and I encourage him. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5465893. Once it gets enough attention and became popular, CONMEBOL related discussions should be moved there.
Otherwise, this topic will gather the remaining and less popular football competitions. If you detect a spammer, you can report him.
This topic is open for everyone and Bitcointalk rules apply on it obviously, I don't see why I am obliged to make a self moderated topic, and I don't count to but you can feel free to do so.

This subject generated a lot of discussion when the list of Brazilian players who would play in the national team was released, I remember that the Al Hilal coach said in the interview that he could not understand how it was possible that Neymar was being called up to play in the Brazilian national team while that he underwent medical examinations at Al Hilal and said that he was injured and that he needed to recover before he could return to play, for this reason the Al Hilal coach recommended that Neymar not play until he improves, but strangely we are seeing Neymar playing since the beginning of games in the brazilian national team

How can a player who was injured and expected to recover after some time without playing be a starter in Brazil's main team? And the most serious thing is that he played 90 minutes and didn't have any problems. I honestly don't know how far these guys from Al Hilal investigated before signing Neymar, but in my opinion this signing was a serious mistake because the guy is unlikely to play most of the games of the season, but he always plays for Brazil's main team, they are There are very few cases in which he doesn't play in Brazil's main team, but in the countries' domestic teams the guy is always injured

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As expected Messi did not play and as expected Argentina won the game against Bolivia, in this game Argentina managed to score 3 goals and did not concede any goals, this showed the great superiority of Argentina and the great fragility of Bolivia's defense that before in this game they conceded 5 goals in the game against Brazil and now they conceded 3 goals in the game against Argentina. in 2 games they conceded 8 goals in total, this is not good for Bolivia

Peru vs Brazil has been ended, it was almost draw before Marquinhos score a goal in the last minute.

It's really strange how Diniz always let Richarlison to play when he has no contribution, Martinelli is better than him. Brazil should improve their quality, it's not make sense if they can lose against Peru which is a weak team.

From the start the match proceeded normally and possession of the ball seemed almost equal between the two national teams even though Brazil had better quality players but in fact until the 2 round they were only able to get 1 goal and maintain their lead until they became winners in this match.
Neymar doesn't look that impressive and it seems like he still finds it difficult to move freely because his injury has not completely recovered.
Congratulations to Brazil for winning thanks to a corner kick taken by Neymar and met with a header by Marquinhos.

At the 2022 Qatar World Cup Richarlison performed quite well in just 4 matches he scored 3 goals and that is the reason why currently Diniz is still relying on Richarlison as one of Brazil front line players.
But when you look at Richarlison performance in these qualifiers he looks a little worse and indeed Diniz should prioritize other players rather than playing Richarlison for every qualifying match.

Even on the first day, when it turned out that Neymar was injured and would not play for Al Hilal, I wrote that these guys do not yet know who they are mess with  ;D Soon they will learn about the Brazilian carnival, about the birthday of Neymar's sister and other very important events that will prevent him from playing for the club. But perhaps the club has some idea about these things, since even we know about it? Or are the Saudis so naive that they thought that if they paid Neymar a lot of money, he would earn it honestly? We'll see, but it will be funny if even in this “easy” league Neymar has problems with discipline and stability of results.

Yep, that's always been a problem in third world country: not discipline, living with luxury life style, corruption etc.

Neymar's work ethic is low, just like many good players that always injured and only play for few matches. Right now Saudi Arabia don't mind to keep him even as a brand ambassador, but when Saudi Professional League become big, I believe they will force Neymar to play or they will kick him.

I've not been following the Saudi Arabian league for sometime but if Neymar lied that he was injured so that he won't play for Al Hilal, later traveled and represented his national team, then that's very bad and unprofessional. Come to think of it, is it the position of Neymar to tell his new club that he's injured or Al Hilal medical team to run a thorough test on him to ascertain the injury? This doesn't really make sense because it's the club's medical team's responsibility to do so and not the other way round. From the look of things we might not be getting the correct information about the Neymar injury story.

100% Now the Saudi League is rapidly developing, so for those who go there it’s just easy money, but then everything will become stricter and I think even the level of salaries will not be several times higher than in Europe, but simply higher. This boom is reminiscent of the ICO boom (and probably any boom) - I remember how any projects (even obviously poor/fraudulent ones) collected huge investments in a short time because investors were confident of quick returns. But then the market matured and even serious projects could not raise the necessary capital. By the way, it’s funny that Neymar spends most of his career in “easy” boom conditions - first he was lured to Barcelona, then to PSG (on super conditions for that time) and now to Saudi Arabia. This guy just knows where to get the cream without the hard work!  ;D

The qualifiers for the World Cup have always been difficult even for big teams in South America.Football is loved very much in every single South American country and as such the teams,even the weak ones like Peru in front of their home fans do the maximum to achieve good results even against strong teams like Brazil.Of course they cannot pretend to be winning or drawing against Brazil although they were very near a draw this time and it was only luck that brought Brazil that goal in the additional time of the game.
In the end it is important who get the three points and Brazil just got what they wanted so everything is OK for them.

With the kind of welcome package Neymar got, the apartment, the exotic cars and gifts, also coupled with the fact that he is playing in a developing league where he may not really sweat to play much, should he decide to when available. He is a professional and has his manager and others to look out for him.
To relocate is not an easy to thing, it may take much more sacrifice inorder to do so, but, let's just agree he wants to really rest.
It's quite reasonable to assume that the next world cup might be a target and to stay fit and injury free till then, with a consistent record and form is the supposed mandate.

I want to add that where to play have also an impact on match results. For example Argentina suffered in the past when they face Bolivia, I remember Messi said once that he will die in La Paz cause of the high altitude of the stadium.
Most of the teams aren't that bad and tiny details might have big impact there.
CONMEBOL games will resume in a month, same goes for nations friendlies.

Neymar's current age is 31 years. And in the 2026 world cup he will be 34 years old. This is the age range where footballers will reach the end of their careers and retire. Neymar's decision to join the Saudi Arabian League is a natural one when it comes to money. Regarding his contribution to the national team and the competitive level of the Saudi Arabian Pro League, I don't think it's a problem because Neymar is no longer in his prime as a footballer. Don't compare it to Ronaldo, who is very persistent, disciplined and hardworking so he is still playing at the age of 38.

Bolivia does have the advantage of being at an altitude above 3000 meters above sea level. La Paz Stadium is an additional strength for the Bolivian National Team. However, I think this is not a problem for the South American team because Bolivia's strength ranking is very far below other South American teams. We can see Bolivia appearing in the world cup a long time ago.

That is a sad truth.Bolivia in 1994 I think it has been in the World Cup or 1998 don't remember well but I know that I used to see them and sometimes they surprised me for the good by their football playing against much stronger teams.Usually in qualifiers their stadium of above 3000 meters has been their advantage but Argentina the World Champions easy won there so I think they need to improve the team more and invest more in football as it looks like Bolivia has completely forgotten to invest and improve their national team.

I think if only Bolivia had a squad at the same level as Ecuador or Colombia then I'm sure Bolivia would be the favorites to qualify for the world cup from South America. Because Bolivia has their home advantage. This means that Bolivia will have a 50/50 chance at home against any other South American Team other than Brazil, Argentina or Uruguay. And the chance of winning is between 60-70% when playing at their home.

If the Bolivian team was strong enough like Brazil or Argentina then they will definitely not lose any game in La Paz.
There was times where playing in high altitude was prohibited then it was reversed. Players suffer a lot from high altitudes.
Bolivia will face Ecuador in October 13, their records are 0 points with -7 goals, the worst in the table.

If Bolivia were as strong as Brazil or Argentina then they would be the hardest team to beat in South America. Even if they are only as strong as a mid-sized team in South America like Ecuador or Chile then they will also be a pretty strong team if they host it. But in reality Bolivia is very weak and if it wasn't La Paz maybe Bolivia would be a very sad team.

Sorry, maybe that was my mistake, I mean Bolivia last appeared in the world cup in 1994. And that was a long time ago, more than 2 decades.

Tomorrow we will have a game between Colombia and Uruguay followed a day after by the 4 remaining games.
Uruguay are better than Colombia in general.
Ecuador won most of the time vs Bolivia.
Argentina could win vs Paraguay although the latter team is a good one and can pick a point from them.
Chile - Peru is a tight game and both teams performance are close to each other in my opinion.
Brazil should win easily vs Venezuela. I think 2 goals difference should be the minimum acceptable score for them.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/10/12/REwDd.jpeg
2026 World Cup Qualifier Match Argentina vs Paraguay. And after a while the match will start. In the last 5 head-to-head matches, there have been 3 draws, and both teams have won 1 each. But currently Argentina are in great form, Argentina have won 5 of their last 5 matches. On the other hand, Paraguay has won 1 and drawn 1 in the last 5 matches and lost 3 matches. We have seen in the qualifier matches that Argentina has won 2 matches and is at number 2 in the points table and Paraguay is at number 6 in the points table with 1 draw and 1 loss in 2 matches. According to the current form, Argentina's chances of winning are very high. I think Argentina will win easily.

Argentina won as expected with 1 early goal by Otamendi in the third minute. The problem was Brazil draw by 1 goal vs Venezuela, that was a surprising result especially in a home match and with their top players.. I expected them to win with 2 goals difference at least.
Right now Argentina jumped to the first rank alone with 2 points difference with Brazil.

I think Brazilian football is not as strong as it used to be. Currently the quality of Brazilian players is below their average quality in previous years. There is no player who has the quality of Neymar in their young players. Brazil will still qualify for the 2026 world cup but I wouldn't put them in my bets. I can only hope for Argentina's return if we are talking about a team from South America.

Brazil made a huge surprise in that game against Venezuela and many people I assume have lost a lot of money that is why it is better to not bet on teams no matter how big they are that has really low odds.The Brasileirao Championship has a lot of talented players and even if they have not the quality of Neymar,they should be given enough minutes,I forgot the names now but Botafogo has good attackers,Flamengo does too,they need just some time to harmonize in the national team and I think we can see a big Brazil again.

Honestly everyone is pissed from Brazil performance lately. Their performance in World Cup wasn't that top, they even failed to reach semifinals and to finish in top 4 teams.. Richarlison didn't give what he was supposed to offer for his team. Neymar might play good in a match and miss it badly in another. Vinicius Junior is fluctuating with his national team... I believe Ancelotti time to train the Brazilian team will be closer than we thought and once confirmed, he will have a heavy task fixing the Brazilians issues!

I think the problem is that their Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A is not at the competitive level like the leagues in Europe. I admit that the Brazilian League is one of the best in the world and there are many talented players there. However, a less competitive league atmosphere will make them less likely to develop to become quite great players. What I mean is that they have the talent of a star but if they don't compete in the best league in the world then they are just talented players who haven't really shown their true talent.

Anyone would still have doubts if they expected Bolivia to have a good playing level so that they could actually qualify for the 2026 World Cup and be able to play there in the main event because in the last month alone Bolivia has been made helpless by Brazil and Argentina.
Of the three matches that have taken place they have only suffered humiliating defeats so it is unlikely that Bolivia can become favorites and can also be one of the top teams in the South American zone to qualify.
It looks like Bolivia will only end up in the qualifying round without having more chances.
In fact Argentina which last year won the 2022 World Cup is now dominating the zone and is able to win all three matches.
If they can still play like the 2022 World Cup it is very likely that they will advance to the final again and compete for the championship trophy.

In the 2022 World Cup edition in Qatar, the Brazilian national team only reached the quarter-final stage, and had to suffer defeat to Croatia with an aggregate of 4-2. For the upcoming 2026 edition of the World Cup, I hope that Brazil can be one of the ones who can reach the final, I think with the depth of the squad they currently have they will be able to achieve it. Now Brazil is in second place with 7 points in three matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the South American zone.

In the future, with Ancelotti as head coach, I think it will provide better opportunities. However, we have to wait until Ancelotti contract ends with Real Madrid. I am very curious about Ancelotti quality of taktic at the National Team level.

Well he is a long time that he is not coaching national teams,he have been coaching CSKA Moscow,Chelsea and Real Madrid so when he gets to Brazil it will be a completely different thing for him,you should not get your hopes that high for where Brazil will go.The good thing is that he will have quite some time to learn the team and the depth of the squad will surely be helpful but first Brazil needs to qualify for there and chances are really high for them to do so,they should avoid these really bad results like drawing with Venezuela.

Once Ancelotti get in the grips of it I am sure Brazil can go really high and they can even win the World Cup without this being a big surprise for me.

This is a nice thread and good we have matches dedicated to it. But I always have problems predicting international football because of variety of factors that affects the matches such as;

• Weather conditions unknown 
• The seriousness of the competition
• The bookmakers choice of odds

Most times I sometimes bet on only international friendlies and I bet them on goals and it works some timesm

Yeah I agree with you and I find it interesting to bet on goals rather than the team who could win since sometimes it is quite random and coaches might give a chance to many second-line players. I find that almost all games ended with a goal at least.

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[FRIENDLIES]
There is many friendlies taking place these days like Saudi Arabia 2 - 2 Nigeria, Ivory Coast 1 - 1 Morocco, USA 1 - 3 Germany.
Egypt - Algeria and Senegal - Cameroon are the most interesting these 24 hours.

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[CONMEBOL]
CONMEBOL matches will continue this week in Tuesday and Wednesday.
Uruguay - Brazil and Peru - Argentina are the best. I am afraid Argentina will make the gap bigger with Brazil by the end of the round.

The problem with the Brazil team is that the national team is just not balanced at all. They have all the wingers in the world on the team. But they have very limited strikers, midfielders, and also defensive players. I am not saying they don't have players for those positions. They definitely have players, but those players are not really good, to be honest. And if a player from the midfield or defense gets injured, they cannot replace him with a player who will be able to give the same level of service to the team. I think the next World Cup is going to be the last for Neymar though.

Belgium vs Sweden, I'd expect Belgium to win with relative ease. Sweden do pose a threat but it should be manageable for Belgium. I expect it to be a goalscoring affair with Belgium scoring thrice and Sweden once. Belgium have Lukaku and Doku who are in form while Sweden have Kulusevski and Gyokeres who are doing well for their respective teams.

In my opinion it will not be an easy game, because Belgium is already qualified for Euro 2024, even if we see odds of 1.67 in favor of Belgium in this game, I still see this low odds as a big trap, unless this odds would remain the same even when they release the starting 11 and they are the same starting 11 as in previous games, that is, the 11 best players in Belgium are playing. something that I highly doubt will happen, I see a scenario in which the Belgium coach will rotate the players, he will probably remove Lukaku and other good players to avoid unnecessary injuries and also give opportunities to other players who haven't been able to play very often

Belgium is already qualified, so they will not play with much motivation to win, for them this will be a friendly game and the players will save themselves to avoid injuries and not play for their clubs, while on the other side we have Sweden who they are very desperate and need a victory, so they will do everything they can to come out of this game with a victory or a draw, but in my opinion if Belgium rotates their players then at most Sweden will get a draw, but I highly doubt that Belgium will play with their best players and I also highly doubt that Sweden will qualify for Euro 2024.

sweden made mistakes and these mistakes cost them not qualifying for the euro, looking at sweden's performance in the game against belgium, we can see that clearly they are strong, they played against strong belgium and even so they have a chance of winning the euro game, that's why I see Austria winning today's game against Azerbaijan who no longer have any chance of qualifying, and I highly doubt they can beat Austria. so for me belgium and autria are the two teams that qualify in this group

Unfortunately, since UEFA EURO Qualifiers has a dedicated thread, which already figure in the first post, then posts related to this competition should be posted there. This topic is dedicated for competitions where there is no dedicated topics for it.

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Venezuela 3 - 0 Chile, that was an unexpected result. Venezuela made many surprising result. They won vs Paraguay, then got a draw with Brazil and today they embarrassed Chile badly! They are temporarily sitting in the third place which is quite good for a team like them.
Right now Paraguay 0 - 0 Bolivia after almost 30 minutes of the game.

World Cup Qualifying Match Argentina vs Peru. Between Argentina and Peru In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Argentina won 3 matches and drew 2 matches. Between Argentina and Peru, Argentina is stronger. Argentina played 3 qualifying matches and won 3 matches. Peru played 3 matches lost 2 matches and drew 1 match. Argentina is number 1 in the points table and Peru is number 9. According to past statistics, Argentina are ahead to win today's match. If I had to make a prediction, I would definitely pick Argentina. Argentina's chances of winning today are very high. The game has already started let's see what happens in the end.

Argentina won as expected with 2 goals to 0 vs Peru in an away game. The other games results weren't that special until you come in front of Brazil one and see them losing their match by 2-0! Uruguay is a good team ok we know that but Brazilian players and coach should stop shaming themselves! They will play in November vs Colombia then Argentina which isn't promising with their actual form..

Argentina secured a 2-0 win over Peru thanks to a great performance by Lionel Messi. Argentina have won all four of the first four matches of the World Cup qualifiers. The former World Cup winning team is at the top of the points table with 12 points. 

In another match of the day, Brazil lost 2-0 to Uruguay. Brazil were favorites against Uruguay but they couldn't prove themselves as favorites on the field due to which they were defeated in this match. Brazil lost 3 points after losing against Uruguay and now they are at number three in the points table. Neymar suffered a major injury in this match against Uruguay and was seen walking off the field on a stretcher.

I think almost everyone expected this kind of performance from Argentina. After all, they are the defending champions of the World Cup. So it was easy to predict that they were going to win this match. I actually think that Argentina is going to play the final of the World Cup again.

The performance of Brazil has been really bad in recent times in the World Cup. Yes, in this match, Brazil was the favourite to win. But they failed. For some reason, I am starting to think that the Brazil team is generally overrated in recent times.

One of the factors in Argentina's success in winning the 2022 World Cup is because of the important role of Lionel Messi. Messi created many assists and goals which influenced Argentina's overall performance. Moreover, having Messi by your side will increase the mental and self-confidence of young players. And in the 2026 World Cup, perhaps Messi will not be able to make the contribution he is now.

Argentina vs Uruguay
2026 World Cup Qualifier match Argentina vs Uruguay. Already the first half game is over and the second half game has started. Uruguay scored 1 goal in 41 minutes. Argentina was playing 4 matches of the World Cup qualifiers and is number 1 in the points table after winning all 4 matches. If Argentina lose today, they will lose the top spot in the points table. Uruguay put on a great performance to defeat a strong team, Brazil. Today it seems that Uruguay will win, if Uruguay wins, it will go to the top of the points table. 70 minutes of playing is over and there are 20 minutes, will Argentina finally lose to Uruguay today?

Yes, it is true what you said that Uruguay won the match with score of 0 - 2 and this was a great victory for Uruguay because after successfully beating Brazil they have now also beaten Argentina.
These two matches gave them full points and provided very good momentum because they immediately rose to second place more quickly, but this victory cannot replace Argentina at the top of the standings with 12 points and Uruguay with 10 points.
In the next match, Argentina will meet Brazil and Uruguay will meet Bolivia, making it possible for Uruguay to win the match again.
Argentina may be little stressed because they are playing against Brazil, which is quite strong team.
If Argentina loses or draws and Uruguay wins the match by landslide then they will automatically top the standings.

Colombia and Venezuela also performed quite well so the competition might be little more interesting in the future to be able to have secure position as determinant of who is eligible to qualify to participate in the 2026 World Cup.

I never expected the Argentina team to give such a performance to the audience today. Because I had bet for Argentina and I faced loss because every player in Argentina team is experienced and world cup winning player. But Argentina's audience never thought of such a performance with Uruguay. Because their team lost 2-0 despite having Lionel Messi. Despite repeated attacks by the Argentine team, they could not succeed in any way. In total Argentina had 12 shots on goal and Uruguay had 6 shots on goal. But in between, Uruguay managed to shoot two shots, but the Argentine team did not succeed in any way, because the Uruguayan defense was strong.

Totally unexpected. It's Argentina's first loss since they won the World Cup. Against Uruguay, every pass seemed weak. The midfield for Argentina was a bit of an issue today. Congratulations to Uruguay, though. This is their first-ever victory as visitors against Argentina in the entire history of the qualifiers! Here's hoping Argentina bounces back stronger than ever.

I don't know what's most unexpected. Brazil successive failures or Argentina defeat at home against Uruguay!
Brazil are now 5th in the ranking after losing vs Colombia and Uruguay and the draw against Venezuela. Their results are unacceptable at all! Worst they will face Argentina. I know Argentina lost surprisingly vs Uruguay but they will rebound back for sure. After all, Uruguay isn't a bad team, they have good players and they were precise in Argentina match, shots in the target equal a goal.

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An interesting match of the World Cup qualifiers will be between Brazil and Argentina. Brazil is a strong team but not in good form this year. Brazil has played a total of 5 matches in the World Cup qualifiers, Brazil has won only 2 matches and drawn 1 match. Brazil is 5th in the points table with 7 points. Argentina are in great form at the moment, winning every match since the World Cup but losing their last match with Uruguay. Argentina is the top 1 in the points table. A Brazil vs Argentina match is always exciting. I am ready to enjoy the exciting match on 22nd November. It will be very difficult for Brazil to win against a strong Argentina team. Which team do you think will win the Brazil vs Argentina exciting match?

Argentina team has all the players but Brazil team lacks good players.  The star of the Brazilian team, Neymar, is injured, so the Brazilian team is very weak. So I do everything I am willing to bet for the Argentina team. Because Argentina you are very good and experienced they will try hard enough to go. Because Argentina team has more points in the points table, so definitely Argentina team can win this match. Because Lionel Messi he will try to win his whole performance team.

I think Argentina gonna win this match even though Brazil are playing home in the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Odds in bookies are quite close to each other but there is an advantage for Argentinians. Brazil around 2.5 and Argentina around 2.9.
Plus 1.5 goal at 1.5. Both teams to score around 2.1. You have the feeling that bookies think Brazil couldn't score or what?
This match should be important for Brazil to return to the first places and to close the gap with Argentina.

Uruguay vs Bolivia
The World Cup Qualifier match Uruguay vs Bolivia match has started. The first half ended with Uruguay leading 2-0. The 1st goal was scored in the 15th minute by D. Núñez, and the 2nd goal was scored by G. Villamil in the 39th minute. Possession and Passes are much better than Bolivia in Uruguay. Today it seems that Uruguay will score more goals in the second half. For example, Brazil gave 5 goals to Bolivia. Let's see what the end result is. But today Uruguay will win easily. If Uruguay wins today's match, it will go up to number one in the points table. On the other hand, to retain the top spot in the points table, Argentina needs to win against Brazil today.

Uruguay haven’t just only grown points and move up the log but also confidence, it sits well when a team gets victory in consecutive fixtures that boosts their confidence going into the next match and while checking out the logs, Argentina who sits pretty top might have Brazil to worry about with Uruguay coming so fast behind, Uruguay heads to play Bolivia, an encounter I know Uruguay will come out top.

 All eyes will be fixed on the Brazil vs Argentina because results from the fixture will make the log look so good and open counterparts, Colombia and Venezuela who also won their matches are making the group one that’s eye catchy and it’ll be fun to watch South American football because as they say that’s where football is made.

Uruguay didn't have hard time knocking Bolivia with 3 goals without receiving any. They moved quickly to the second spot after inflicting 2 defeats to the other top teams Brazil and Argentina. Nice performance and results out there for Uruguay players. I don't think Argentina should worry a lot comparing to Brazil which are 6th right now :-X

Brazil 0 - 1 Argentina. That would be a normal result if the match wasn't played in Maracana.. I read that it is only the second time in history that Brazil lost in this stadium and both in front of Argentina. The previous defeat was almost a century ago? Sad moments there..

Yep Triple Kill, the formidable Maracana fortress has fallen + 64 unbeaten games of the world cup qualifying at home finally come to an end + lost three in a row in world cup qualification.
The next will be failed to qualify for the 2026 world cup? It will be a big sin for them, football is a religion there.

I cannot even imagine that happening!
Brazil is sitting in the 6th position right now after some historical failures made by this team. The good news is there will be a long pause period so the team can recover and restart again with Ancelotti? The next matchday will be in September 2024 so there is time to consolidate the team with other good players in my opinion.
The other good news, there will be 6 teams from South America joining the World Cup and even an additional spot after inter-confederation play-off. They could not be that bad to lose a spot like that.

with so many places available and many teams in a worse state than Brazil, I see Brazil managing to qualify, but there are many things that Brazil needs to correct, I commented on this in a post I made a few days ago and I will add what I have been saying, the problem of Brazil is in the directors, I'll give an example: the current coach is an interim coach, I wonder if he is interim for how long? Is it really normal to have an interim coach for more than 1 year?  I see the press saying that Brazil's current coach is interim until Ancelotti ends his contract with Real Madrid and accepts to be Brazil's coach, but that would mean that Brazil's directors had already reached an agreement with Real Madrid and since the interim coach of Brazil is also coach of one of the Brazilian teams that is in Brasileirao, so it shows that it is possible to be coach of a local and national team at the same time, so why didn't Ancelotti become coach of Brazil at the same time real madrid coach?

The reason is probably because it would be difficult to pay attention to two teams at the same time, so I wonder how much time the interim coach has to work, given that he needs to focus on Fluminense? And the most terrible thing is that Fluminense itself is not a top team, honestly, things that you see in Brazilian football make me laugh, they are things that in a way I can't understand. It seems like it's a big deal for Brazilian football managers, it reminds me a lot of the behavior of corrupt managers in my country

AFC Asian Cup

The competition started yesterday with the host nation Qatar beating Lebanon by three goals.
Three games were played today with a victory for Australia  against India and a 0 - 0 draw in the other two involving China in one and Syria in the other.
Tomorrow there will be three other games:
- Japan - Vietnam
- United Arab Emirates - Hong Kong
- Iran - Palestine

UEFA Nations League
Gibraltar - Lithuania
These teams will have two games this Thursday and the next Tuesday in UEFA Nations League, as a relegation play-out match for League C.
Lithuania are normally favourite and better than Gibraltar.
I didn't figure out in the first place why that version of Nations League will resume since it has finished in 2023 and why at that time? I wonder know the logic behind that and behind Nations League itself..

Today there was a match between Argentina and El Salvador, in the match Argentina easily defeated El Salvador by 3-0. I did not see any competition in this match today. I couldn't watch the whole match but I watched the highlights. Cristian Romero in the 16th minute and Enzo Fernández in the 42nd minute and Giovani Lo Celso in the 52nd minute scored 1 goal each. Argentina is a very strong team and can easily beat a team like El Salvador. However, El Salvador played very well as a small team.

Among all the list of friendly international games, Argentina had one of the most predictable fixtures. One of the toughest friendly fixture for today is England against Brazil, two very big football teams that have not met in a very long time.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell; Gallagher, Rice, Bellingham; Foden, Watkins, Gordon.
Brazil XI: Bento; Danilo, Bruno, Beraldo, Wendell; Guimaraes, Joao Gomes, Paqueta; Vini Jr., Rodrygo, Raphinha.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/england-brazil-live-stream-score-result-b2517545.html?#post-1576775

Good opponent for England as they prepare for the Euros, with Harry Kane not in the list for this game, this is a good chance for Watkins to try to make himself an option for the England coach before Ivan Tooney gets his chance.

Both teams are playing with their best players which shows that both sides are seeing this game as a great opportunity to measure the power of their teams, in the case of Brazil this will be the first big test for the Brazilian coach to see what the Brazil's level currently taking into account that Brazil is not doing well in the qualifying games for the world cup, so they need to improve the team's level a lot, but I'm seeing the same squad as always and I wonder if we will see much improvement in performance of Brazil, so far 15 minutes have been played and Brazil has 80% possession of the ball, while England has only 20% possession of the ball, without Kane and as expected from the England coach was to put the Marcus Rashford on the bench

I don't know why the England coach has put Marcus Rashford on even when he is in a good moment, yet the England coach put Marcus Rashford on the bench. I don't understand why, in my opinion Marcus Rashford is a good player who could put him in the starting 11. but the coach knows what he is doing. On the other side, Brazil's coach opted to put Vinicios, Rodrigo and Raphinha in the attack. These are the best attackers in Brazil today, in my opinion it is a weak attack, I say this because it is clear that Rodrigo and Vinicios at Real Madrid do not score goals constantly, which is why Real Madrid is bringing in mbapp

and Brazil's coach is betting on them even though he sees this scenario, and it's as if Brazil doesn't have better strikers. It is enough to see that Raphinha in Barcelona hardly scores goals, but even so he is the player in Brazil's starting 11, it seems to me that for the Brazil coach what matters is the team in which the player is playing and not the performance that the player is having. In other words, if a player plays for Real Madrid and always sits on the bench, he will still be Brazil's favorite player and will leave the best player in the Brazilian league on the bench.

Too soon Walker was replaced. This will be a loss for the club which is trying to be consistent until the end of the season.

Another name besides Ivan Tooney and Watkins, Bowen also needs to prove himself amidst Hary Kane's ankle injury, according to sources.
This England vs Brazil friendly match could be proof for Gordon, who was played as a starter by Gareth Southgate. I'm also waiting for Kobbie Mainoo's debut as a young midfielder if he plays.

Match statistics are still balanced between the two.

I didn't pay attention to friendlies matches while there were official ones running.
Argentina did well in their games against El Salvador by scoring three goals and Brazil were able to score a goal and win against England. Both teams had top players playing except of their captains.
There was also an interesting game between France and Germany with the latter team winning it by two goals, one of it scored since the beginning of the game.

It was a friendly game between France and Germany but definitely the results would have counted for something and the press would not have hesitated to backlash Germany if they had lost, and also question the preparedness of the team to host the euro competition. It's a good thing that Germany were able to win against a tough opponent like France and also maintain a clean sheet, to mean that is a clear indication that they are ready to host the other nations of the world in this Euro competition.

I do not like that the English coach did not rest Declan Rice in the friendly game, he did not even consider his importance to Arsenal and the series of important games that our club will need him for. That is just bad, I hope the coach rests him in their next game.

Argentina are world Champions after lifting the world cup in Qater, the caught boundaries especially because they're simply on the standards of others. These friendly games becomes interesting when your favorite player at club level is grabbing good standings in football. Argentina are supposed to flog El Salvador like 6 nil but looking from Argentines hand, they missed quite alot of goal scoring opportunities, this is a reason to stand out for.

Nice debut for Toni Kroos after returning back to Germany national teams after retired last several years ago, he made one assist for faster goal scoring by Florian Wirtz the match begin on few second. Another one goal of Germany scoring by Kai Havertz on 49th minutes,
I don't too expected with friendly match although super big match between France vs Germany but both teams will not play on high intention such as official tournament.
Left one match later with friendly match before all players returning to their teams, some players have return awhile after getting injury and last information Harry Kane withdrew for next match against Belgium after getting muscle injury.

England vs Brazil 0-1

Lots of young players in this match. England have Maino and Endrick. Indeed in this match England lost many experienced players like Kane and Saka. This defeat is still a big task for Southgate because they will meet big teams at Euro 2024. This defeat is the first since the 2022 world cup quarterfinal match against France.  If you look at this match it seems that England is ineffective in midfield. English players are too slow to send the ball. This is in contrast to Brazil who are faster. It seems that Sothgate must change that, so that the ball flows faster and does not lose the moment.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68648721

The game was quite entertaining and competitive, both teams gave their best in that match. Southgate is used this match to give opportunity to some players to see how ready they are for the Euros. But it's quite unfortunate that they couldn't capitalize on that and deliver a good result that will convince the manager. But despite the loss they played very well, you know you can't always win in football all the time. I just hope Kyle Walker injury is not that severe and not the one that will keep him out for a long time, I wouldn't like the situation where he will miss the Euros.

Although we could not compare official matches with normal ones, yet friendlies could give an estimation about the performance of each team and the issues they have in different lines, in addition to testing new players.
There is few interesting friendlies matches left in my opinion:

Tuesday 26
England - Belgium
Germany - Netherlands
Spain - Brazil

There is many games in between but those are the most interesting though. England, Germany and Spain to win maybe?

Friendly matches are usually meant to see how far the team has progressed and see the team's weaknesses so lost or win is not too important but indeed from this loses Southgate can evaluate which side should be improved whether it defensive lines or attacking lines besides that this match also  the intention is to consider which players Southgate will bring to Germany for Euro 2024 i didn't watching this match but i can see England and Brazil was attempts to playing with young players and i have been notice Southgate was putting Ollie Watkins as the striker and finally he can makes his debut match with England national team but some people says this is predictable because Ollie Watkins is onfire with Aston Villa and Southgate probably will putting him into England squad for Euro 2024 later

Besides Ollie Watkins i can see Anthony Gordon too in the squad and previously Anthony Gordon was into England U-21 squad and finally Southgate has decide to playing him yesterday and after seeing the current squad for England i will assume this team will be dominate by young players on Euro 2024 and for Brazil finally Douglas Luiz can return to playing again with this team and talking about Endrick his debut match indeed run well because he can scored and bringing Brazil to beat England and probably this result too can be used for Ancelotti to prioritize Endrick to playing with Real Madrid next season

It was a quite interesting coincidence that Austria and Germany scored goals only 7 seconds after the matches started.  :D  By the way France wasted a lot of chances and deserved that loss. The team effort wasn't good enough. Germany looked like there was really some progress in their game after getting really bad results for a long time.

This is a friendly match at the end of the day though. But these matches are like a rehearsal for Euro 2024 for these teams.

As Germany is the host country in this Euro they had better show the same effort there also. I really liked Musiala - Wirtz duo in this match so their star youngsters can play a big role in Euro 2024 too.

With a very messy team, Brazil defeated a strong team like England. With Brazil's recent decline in performance and the disarray of this team, as a Brazil fan I wasn't expecting Brazil to win against England, but Brazil did. 

In the 80th minute of the match, young up-and-coming star Endrick finished brilliantly with a great pass from Vinicius Jr.  Endrick's lone goal sealed the win for the team. Despite such a team condition against the likes of England, a win will undoubtedly restore the confidence of the team's players and management. 

At one time I saw such a discussion where many people said that Brazil will not be able to qualify for this World Cup. If Brazil does not qualify for the World Cup, the World Cup will be incomplete because when the football World Cup starts, Argentina and Brazil are the most talked about.

I never look at the Brazilian side as a messy team because just as England players have a lot of talented players, the Brazilian side also are not short of talents. They also have some of the best players in the world playing in the best leagues, so to me they were equally matched with England.

It was not a pass, it was Vinicius trial at goal, that was pushed in the direction of Endrick by the goalkeeper. He placed it cooly an celebrated loudly his first international goal.

Indeed.

Brazil were one of the favorite teams predicted to win the competition last time, they did not, so we expect them again in the next competition, they have a talented team that can win it, they just need better management.

In the second round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Grup F, my country will visit Vietnam. Yes Indonesia, After Indonesia won 1-0, on Tuesday they will compete again. I hope Indonesia can win, because there will be many new descendant players like Tom Haye and Ragnar Oratmagoen who play in the Dutch League. Although I am also sad because many core players are suddenly ill and cannot appear like Ivar Jenner. I hope Indonesia wins 0-1, although it's a little difficult because Vietnam is also performing very well. . If Indonesia is able to win then the opportunity to enter round 3 is very large. Indonesia will also appear in the 2027 Asian Cup without qualification if Indonesia Enter round 3.

Considering the quality of Brazilian players that played that game against England, I don't think it's expected of anyone to say that it was a messy team. The Brazilian national team is made up of quality professional footballer that are capable of beating any national team in the world. The truth is that the team have been on decline in recent months but that doesn't have anything to do with the quality of players in the team.
In that game that was played at the Wembley stadium, I expected the Three Lions of England to win the game but surprisingly, they weren't able to do it. The most embarrassing statistics in that game is that England didn't only fail to win the game but also failed to find the back of the net in that game. However, despite the result, I think the English national team is currently a better team than the Brazilian national team and if the two teams meet each other in a strong competition, I'll bank my money on an England win

From what I see, in Group F there is Iraq which is dominating the group, then Indonesia is in the second place followed by Vietnam with 1 point difference.
So if Indonesia could win this game then it will be more comfy in the upcoming games, otherwise a draw could let them second but closely followed by Vietnam and a defeat will be a big problem obviously.
Regarding the last matches between these two teams, Indonesia seem to be favourite with 2 victories in the last two matches with 2 draws in the last five games.
Indonesia played relatively good in the last Cup. Hopefully your team could make it tomorrow and secure 4 points difference from Vietnam!

So far it is not really that much important to bet on friendlies, and games that matter are quite few, these are all just trying to figure out how to find some good players that will have high chemistry with each other and play well. The best thing we can see right now would be just players that rest a little bit, that way when they get back the games will be more fun. Did not bet on any of these international games and not plan on doing that at all, I will just let it be.

I hope that the team games comes soon enough and we will play on them, next weekend has some games and the week after that has all of them back, so it is just one more week to wait, a few more days, and we are going to finally have that much better games for sure.

I will be honest here and tell you that I never thought this game could end with a win for Brazil while England doesn't score. I thought about all other possibilities and saw the chance for these different results to happen, but not a 0-1.

But you know, it is still friendly games and those games are the ones where making bets that you'd otherwise not place can make you a lot of money. There have been a few examples in this round of friendly games as well. But I am often too afraid of taking the risk. But as I said I didn't consider the 0-1 for Brazil vs. England as a probably or let's reasonable likely outcome.

Now everyone is thrilled to see who is going to the EURO 2024 and who will get kicked out. Wales vs. Poland is quite a nice game.

All these big matches will be played on the 27th, Wednesday or tomorrow and not Tuesday 26 March.
For me, these three selected matches are more exciting because I can see the potential of each player. As for betting, I think it still requires deeper analysis because this is a friendly match, even though a few days ago, the six teams have shown their abilities in every match.

As for the England - Belgium match, I will support England because of the support of the national team, England is still my idol team for a long time.
The England national team has so many talented young players who have the potential to become future players.

Some interesting games, on paper at least. It all depends on how much effort the players put in though as they are friendlies and also what XI each coach picks as these games aren’t always the strongest players.

With international tournaments in the summer, coaches will know their best players but they might want to see some of the younger/fringe players in action. I would not feel too confident betting on friendlies.

I guess it depends from what part of the world you are in but if we follow GMT time then the matches will take place on Tuesday 26. I suppose East parts of Asia and Australia will find the timing as Wednesday 27 but kinda late at night ;)
Anyway, these games look interesting and worth to follow

I'm never lucky with predicting international matches especially friendlies since there's nothing to fight for by these teams. Last week, I couldn't predict any of the games — France lost woefully to Germany and England lost to Brazil? But if I'm predicting this round of features, I'd probably tip England to win vs Belgium.  Belgium played alright in their last game but lack clinical finishing. England on the other hand needs to come out from their box of shame and get a victory here. Germany to win, then Brazil to win as well.

TLDR:

• Germany W
• England W
• Brazil W

I might be wrong but these seems like high conviction plays to me.

Correct for the schedule depending on the time zone of the country of presence.

The draw of this match depends on each team playing the match. If each team considers this match as not just a friendly match, then the game will be interesting even though the goal of the friendly match is for the coach's assessment to see the teamwork of each player who has been selected.

I also planned to bet on England but canceled after reading the news about Kane, Walker, Johnstone, Maguire, Pope, Shaw, Trent, Grealish, Saka and several England key players will not play in the match against Belgium due to injury.
However, England is still has a chance to win, or at least they have to be able to get a draw.
It would be embarrassing if England loses at home again after 3 days ago Brazil wins 1-0 at Wembley.

Big teams will take the field against each other today in international friendly matches. The most interesting match today will be between Brazil vs Spain. Spain is the top team in Europe on the other hand Brazil is the top team in Latin America which means these two teams are very strong and the two teams will be very strong opponents against each other. Earlier Brazil won by one goal against England which was definitely a big win for Brazil because England is definitely a big name in world football. 
Spain is the barrier for Brazil today. If Spain can overcome Brazil's barrier, we can assume that Brazil are back in their groove.

I think the interest in these games is kind of limited. It is like people are looking forward to watch a real highlight. You could see that when England lost at home against Brazil or Spain lost to Columbia. These games are not taken seriously by most players. I think the young players may be the ones who give a lot to show themselves, to present themselves in the best light and shape possible, but those who know that they will be part of the team and the international tournaments anyway, will rather hold back and make sure that they don't just injuries.

In my opinion, the best team in Europe is France, we just need to see that it was France that reached the final of the World Cup in a game that was balanced against Argentina, which in my opinion is the best team in America, I don't know why anyone would consider Spain to be the best team in Europe when Spain didn't even reach the World Cup final and the same thing as for Brazil, see what the result of Spain's last game was:

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spain lost against colombia, while brazil beat england in a game in which they only managed to score just 1 goal and kane is not playing for england and see that england is not stronger than france, also look at Brazil's performance in the World Cup qualifying games:

Brazil 0 - 1 Argentina
Colombia 2 - 1 Brazil
Uruguay 2 - 0 Brazil
Brazil 1 - 1 Venezuela

I wonder how, with these results, Brazil could be considered the best team in America? It is also necessary to take into account that Brazil has not won any World Cup for many years, so they are not the best team in the world, they are not the strongest team in the world or in America. We often look at the name of a team just because it was successful in the past, so we think that this team is strong, but the team name does not make this team strong, this Brazilian squad needs to win something big like the World Cup to have a value big and be considered strong, until they manage to win a World Cup, they are still not strong in my opinion. and I honestly don't see this Brazilian squad being able to win the World Cup

world cup qualification table:

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Brazil still needs to qualify, so we can then see how far they can get in the world cup, for now they are a weak team in America and in the world

     Spain 1-0 Brazil

This is the most interesting match today, and the match is currently ongoing. In fact this match is filled with superstars, and currently Spain is in control of the game, maybe because the match is being played in Madrid. Youngsters are the ones currently in both teams. Yamal is Spain youngest player, and goak score ever since history.

Rodrigo have scored with a penalty on the 12th minutes, after Yamal was brought down inside Brazil box. It was a brilliant goal from Rodrigo. What an early goal for the host, as they started the match impressively by mounting pressure on Brazil defense.

Unfortunately, Türkiye is in a terrible situation again. They are losing 4-1 against Austria. The responsibility for this is Montella, who created the wrong squad, and the federation president, who intervened in the squad. Although Turkish football has great potential, it's about to lose another golden generation due to bad management. The U21 team is in a better situation than the A team. It's not possible for the national team to achieve success unless the institutions in the country are cleaned.

Germany under Julian Nagelsmann finally can showing positive progress that after they successfully can beat France few days ago then today Germany was able to resumes their winning streak by win with narrow scores 2-1 from Netherlands and using the same formation just like when they beat France then Germany has taking initiative to playing attacking since the beginning of match but surprisingly Veerman can makes Netherlands leading the game but fortunately it didn't take long for Germany to equalize because within 7 minutes Mittelstädt can change the scores to 1-1 and on the second half Fuellkrug can became an super subs and bringing Germany to gets their 3rd winning under Julian Nagelsmann

On the other hand England also today gets unsatisfactory result because they only playing draw against Belgium and indeed before this match begin some people predict England was doubted to win this because England have to lost some of their key players before this match and even Southgate have to playing Lewis Dunk as the replacement of Maguire who got injured but indeed England was lucky because with his goal Bellingham can safe this team from the loses and this big evaluation for Southgate because England without the winning results in the last 2 friendlies matches

So now that all games are over, it's time to see how these predictions fared:

Germany W
England X
Brazil X

I underestimated teams that England and Brazil were playing because they were only able to salvage a point from both their matches. England have all the top stars in the world but always failing to impress or win games especially really crucial games that matches their squad quality. As for Brazil, it was a well contested game so I have zero remarks othan that.

England 2 - 2 Belgium
Germany 2 - 1 Netherlands
Spain 3 - 3 Brazil

So only one of my prediction ended up being correct while England and Spain failed to win. For Belgium they were leading twice before England gets the draw and Bellingham saved them in the end from a defeat.
Spain were leading with two goals in the beginning, yet they failed also to win. There were 3 penalties in this match ::)

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The Argentina vs Costa Rica match is going to start shortly. Between Argentina and Costa Rica, Argentina is a very strong team. Argentina has won 4 matches and lost 1 match in the last 5 matches, Costa Rica has lost 3 matches and won 2 matches in the last 5 matches. Even today it seems that Argentina will play without Lionel Messi. However, I think Argentina will beat Costa Rica easily. Which team do you think will win?

Thank you. And quite a fun night because Indonesia won 0-3. This history repeats itself after almost 20 years. The inclusion of Ragnar and Tom Haye who did not play in the first leg of the match made the Indonesian game extraordinary. At first I was worried because many players were suddenly ill.  Looking at this game, of course, in the remaining two matches, realistically, at least Indonesia gets 4 points. Because Indonesia will play at home and it is profitable. It seems that there will be new player names coming in. Currently, of course, Indonesia's chances of entering round 3 are very large.

Kobbie Mainoo winning the man of the match award will surely secure him a place in Gareth Southgates selection for the Euro. All these new and young talents, from Kobbie Mainoo, Endrick, Garnacho and then Yamal, in their different teams, we are sure that the next generation of soccer players are still going to be as impressive as the present generation that are all almost retiring.
This result is more of a better result for Brazil. After defeating England, they were able to still not loose this game despite being two goals behind early. The team will grow some self believe with this result.

Brazil is my favorite team and I try to watch Brazil games since long. Even though I am very busy, I set aside the time when Brazil is playing so that I can enjoy this game. Like all other matches today was no exception and today I watched the match between Brazil and Spain. Brazil looked really helpless against Spain in the beginning. Spain dominated the first 10 to 30 minutes against Brazil but then Brazil turned around. Every time Spain went ahead, Brazil paid for the goal and paid for the goal in doing so and the score was 3-3 at the end of 90 minutes. Spain and Brazil are very strong against each other as we saw in last night's match as neither team conceded any concessions in last night's match both teams played evenly and Brazil and Spain drew despite trying to bring the result in their favor.

I don't know why Spain do was unable to win the match which they started well. If not for the two penalties that was given to Spain how would they have scored more goals, however they deserved the penalty and it is part of football. Their early lead was unable to secure a win for them.

Brazil took advantage of the second half, and equalized the game to end the match in a draw. Actually, I was not expecting Spain to win the match, because both teams are balanced and filled with youngsters. It was an interesting match.

The Brazilian team is no longer that top that used to be and they are trying to recover. Their results in CONMEBOL are quite unsatisfying. Their results in friendlies games were way better and hopefully they will get back to their usual form.

That's good! Congratulations to Indonesia this victory and we hope to see it winning what left and pass ;)

Spain failed win on two friendly matches after defeating by Colombia over 0-1 and last match hold draw by Brazil with score 3-3, indeed as friendly matches I think Spain must be impressive performance and secure three points on FIFA matchday match for helping their FIFA ranking awhile. Last match against Brazil seems Spain not had quit well performance and most fatal goals scored by Brazil after mistake made by Unai Simón human error passing.
Its should be evaluate for Spain before playing on EURO 2024 and has one friendly match left against Andorra next month, I think enough with some rotation and Spain must get regular players for playing well in group phase Euro 2024 have difficult team against Croatia, Italy and mediocre team Albania.

Argentina is of course the favorite team in the match because it only faces Costa Rica which is currently ranked 54 FIFA at the moment, as you might expect of course Argentina can win over Costa Rica with a fairly convincing score over which is 3-1, actually the match is not as easy as you think because Argentina has to fight hard to win the match.

Argentina did look quite dominant by continuing to launch attacks through Alvarez, Di Maria and Garnacho who continued to be able to trouble Costa Rica's defense throughout the first half, but unfortunately they had to concede first in the 33rd minute through Ulgade's goal, and even though they continued to press Costa Rica but Argentina failed to continue to equalize the score, in the second half Argentina was able to make good use of opportunities through a goal scored by Dimaria in the 51st minute,  Allister55th-minute and  winner goal by Martinez 76th-minute, a 3-1 win over Costa Rica capped this month's friendlies, and Argentina's next match against Guatemala in June is Argentina's final friendly before competing in the Copa America in June 2024.

For someone who watched the Spain vs Brazil game, I can confirm for a fact that it was a well matched game. Both teams were very competitive and it was entertaining to watching especially when seeing all the tricks that players  Yamal, Vini and Endrick put on display. Yamal especially because he completely tore apart Brazil's defense on multiple occasions. I also loved the fact that Brazil fought back hard. As a friendly game, I didn't expect such competitiveness but you'd love to see it.

Brazil needs to improve in their defense. Spain were inside the Dbox without any resistance each time. Except that both the team seemed to be equally capable.
England vs Belgium was another match I enjoyed. Lots of action, impressive goals, some good saves. Both of the goals for Belgium were scored by Tielemans in 1st half, both impressive ones, the first due to a poor clearing by Pickford and second by an impressive assist from Lukaku. England scored their 1st goal as penalty. The 2nd half was mostly England attacking Belgian post. But it took the last minute of the injury time to score the equalizer goal. One of the corner goal from England was overturned by VAR due to offside.

Watching the game, I didn't think the game was competitive enough. It was just an average game to me and the score of draw was just because it was a friendly match. Brazil should win spain if it was a real game and not a friendly game. In the match Brazil were relax and didn't play very well because they  got outplayed by spain but were still able to draw the game. Brazil are always capable of winning spain but since it was a friendly game they allowed spain to lead the game then they equalized. I don't like when there's many goals in a match, it shows that the defence of the teams aren't solid to stop goals from entering their goal post and it might make the goal keeper to not have confidence when playing the next time. A solid team should concede less goals.. Both teams played very well but I don't think we saw the best from them and this is because it was just a friendly match.

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What do you think, is the old Brazil back after these results?  :P

Joking aside it is of course not easy to make an assumption depending on just a friendly match. But especially in the match against Spain Brazil players looked very ambitious. It was like we were watching a World Cup finale you know.  :D  When they made the score 3-3 their happiness was like they won an important match in a competition.

They had better show the same ambition in the World Cup qualifiers immediately. Otherwise they might even risk their quota for that. I guess things wouldn't come to that point but it is always better to take precautions in time.

The match between Brazil and Spain was an international friendly match but even though it was an international friendly match both teams tried their best and showed maximum performance to win. Whether we call it a friendly match or a World Cup match, it is very important for every team to win the match. Brazil faced Spain in an international friendly, so we didn't talk much about this game. Brazil and Spain are quite strong teams in football, so when these two teams take the field against each other, the match will be very interesting and very exciting for us. The match between Brazil and Spain was as exciting off the field as it was on the field but this match was just as exciting. Brazil and Spain had a lot of hard-fought battles which resulted in them being able to draw against each other in this match.

There is nothing wrong about being a fan of the Brazilian team, but I am sure that the last few tournaments have been hurting the fans quite a lot. The last big success is quite a while ago, but I know that in 2019 they did win the Copa America. But I can only guess how much the Brazilian fans are missing a grand final at a World Cup and at the moment I can't see how this Brazilian team is able to get into the final at a big tournament. They have a lot of talents, but I miss the times when players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and all these other crazy superstars were part of the team.

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Yes, I saw the results. But saying the old Brazil is back is absolutely too much optimism in my opinion. It will take more time for Brazil to actually get back or find the previous glory that they had once. Currently, they are definitely not looking like a team that has won the World Cup five times. And there are a lot of reasons for that.

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Look at the squad, the main reason being that Brazil has been able to produce a lot of flashy winger players. But they have not been able to produce really good defenders or midfielders and a big position which is very important, strikers. The number of wingers that Brazil has right now if they had half the number of players of other positions, they would have definitely been a great squad. But currently, the squad is pretty unbalanced in my opinion.

I can agree with you there. According to this starting eleven I can't say their defense and midfield lines are very reliable. This isn't one of the best lineups for Brazil in their history surely either.  :(

The attacking area has really capable young players though. But being strong only in this area won't be enough for Brazil to win a World Cup title. There must be better options for Brazil for the back lines out there. These can't be the best options they have in their hands. We are talking about Brazil where there are really good talents rising. Aside from that friendly performances so far haven't been bad at all but I wouldn't like to fall for that yet.

Eliminating Greece is a big achievement for a nation like Georgia which aren't known in football comparing to their rival.
Ukraine and Poland qualification are quite normal and could be understood but definitely Greece were seen to be favourite and the way they left was hard for them for sure.

You're right, the truth is I didn't believe that the Georgia team would do that to the Greeks, it really surprises me because it is not a result that many are willing to accept, but I still find it interesting , now I like Poland because the Poles come working very well on their style of play and that makes this team shine, I like how they play, although I would like a little more focused on the attack, on the other hand Ukraine is a team that I always like to see play because they play with Heart and The truth is they are very good, so this time I want to see new European teams that make a Difference , this Reminds me of the Venezuelan team that hardly shines in South America but now they are doing it , it is similar to the case of Georgia. .

I'm fully active when it comes to club's level games but for international, most players finds it challenging because there's significant presence of other big names that the International headcoach will consider first before falling to his backup plans. Brazil and Spain will be leading and having dominated good players, always extraordinary in matches. We have selected countries that will make it to the finals prior to their tremendous performance against their opponents.

Players like Yamal and Endrick's situation are really different. Yamal is 16 and Endrick is 17 years old now. Despite being very young they are already playing for their national teams. These national teams are not even weak ones. We are talking about Spain and Brazil. This must be one of the most attention getting things in football these days.  ::)

Both players are mentioned as future stars. As long as they find chances like this wherever they play it wouldn't be surprising to see these players reaching a very high level in a shorter time period than normal.

There was a top 50 wonderkids ranking and it was like:

1. Yamal
2. Endrick

They have an enormous potential really.  :)

AFAIK, it was a friendly game yet very competitive. That goes to say that when it's an actual competition with something at stake, it'd be even more entertaining to watch. The quality that both Brazil and Spain got in their teams is something to write home about.


While we won't get qualities that'd be close to Ronaldo and Messi, we can sleep fine knowing that football would be in good hands with youngsters like this. Yamal probably my favorite from the two abd a pure joy to watch.

Yamal has shown more development than his age; getting a place in Barcelona's first team and in Spain's national team is a testament to this. Among all the young players currently, Yamal will most likely be the biggest under good management.

Ronaldo and Messi will always have special places for us. I have grown up by watching them from their first shining times to this moment. It has really been a great privilege to watch these great world stars.  :)  These players are already legends for me. People like to make comparison between them but I don't find it right. They don't even play in the same roles.

And I agree, there are always going to be great talents to be watched. The past generations were also watching such talents like Maradona, Pele and many more to be said.

I hope one day players like Yamal would also be remembered as legends.  :)

The golden era of Maradona and Pele has long ended and we finally see how two GOAT continue to compete to continue to break records to continue to be the best, the fiercest European football they have shown about how hard work, skill, and talent continue to be a controversy that makes the rivalry even hotter so far, we should indeed not compare them both because indeed they have the capacity and character of the game that It's different, so it's not for us to compare who is the best of the best between the two of them, in my opinion Ronaldo and Messi are on the same level, the same great and the same the best at the moment.

Lamine Yamal has transformed into a player who continues to be predicted to replace Messi in the future has shown his extraordinary talent and ability at this time, I think of course maybe Arda Guler who may also have quite good skills and talents will of course be able to become a competitor for Lamine Yamal in the future, seeing these two players certainly reminds us of the rivalry of two GOAT when he was still playing for Madrid and Barcelona,  So I think maybe the two of them (Arda Guler and Lamine Yamal) will continue the tradition of rivalry that has been going on between Barcelona and Madrid.

[Copa America  +21 June] ;  [Friendlies]
This competition will start in less than a month and as I see, there is many friendlies games running.
Tomorrow there will be a match between Mexico and Bolivia and a second one between Costa Rica and Uruguay.
In the first friendly game, Mexico is obviously favourite to win.
In the second match, it is a little bit weird to see bookies supporting Costa Rica more than Uruguay.
Starting from the third of June, a series of friendlies between European nations will take place just before UEFA EURO in Germany.

Right now all eyes are on Euro 2024 of course. But indeed, there isn't much time left for Copa America to start as well. I would follow it closely too especially for the sake of Argentina and Brazil.  :)

Argentina and Uruguay are sharing the lead in the number of titles (15) in Copa America. Brazil follow them with 9 titles. However Brazil have 3 titles since the beginning of 2000s which is 2 more than the other two in this time period. Chile also had 2 titles in 2015 and 2016. Alexis Sanchez was like in his prime those times.  :)

The last winner is Argentina which was 3 years ago. Which team do you support in this year's tournament? Brazil has a new coach so I need to see some development first. I'm favouring Argentina now.

Personally I find Argentina in a good shape to fight for the title and be the leader in terms of titles. I agree with you that the actual situation of the Brazilian team isn't that clear. If we take a look on their results previously, they aren't good at all. Hopefully the new coach will find a way to boost the confidence of his players and maybe made some serious changes for useless players.

Mexico won as expected and Costa Rica got a draw with Uruguay. Uruguay isn't well..
In the other friendlies, I found Germany and Italy getting a draw against Ukraine and Turkey respectively. I don't want to judge since these aren't serious games after all but comparing to the other teams, Germany and Italy have to do more works to fight for the title.