FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[lizarder]

In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)

Football can always surprise and at the world cup in Qatar we saw very well how Morocco performed with above average quality. Germany, who had previously been seeded as champions, had to return home sooner than imagined and Luka Modric managed to create a nightmare for Brazil and what hurt quite a bit for Italy, who at that time did not qualify for the Qatar world cup, because they did not qualify in the preliminary round of grub.

I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had

It's still quite a long time in my opinion and there are still more surprises to come, considering that there are still a few more years to prepare for 2026. Maybe the closest we can see is the Copa America and there also has a representative country which is quite extraordinary, because the Copa America too usually it will give birth to several new players in Latin American countries.

[sana54210]

Even though religion and culture must be respected, prohibiting something because "it is not common for your country" seems weird to me. For example next tournament will be held in Germany. Germany is famous for their sausages and beer. Then what, all the Muslim countries should skip this tournament because of that? Or they should be forced to taste it? This cup will be held in US, and their famous food for breakfast is fried bacon aka pork - haram for Muslims. Football fans went to Qatar to enjoy football and they should be allowed to enjoy it the way they want (but what not against law).

I just dont get why I must follow other religion rules, if this is not my religion. If alcohol is prohibited, then what, I cant touch food and eat with left hand, because it is prohibited in their religion? Or there are religion things that must be followed, and some that could be avoided? Double standards again?

This is what I tell all my Islamic friends when they talk about "freedom" vs "culture". If you want people to wear a certain way when they come to your nation, then how would you feel when they asked you the same when you go there. Let's take the hijab for example, women there mostly wear it right?

So, if you were to ask women to wear it when they come to your nation, what would you feel if they ask you to remove it when you go to west? What if they told you that you can't wear it, no hijab, no burka, nothing, you have to wear a dress, that's a must and their rule and they tell you "respect our culture" as a response. Wouldn't you feel terrible about it? Wouldn't that be against the freedom? So, if you want to be able to wear whatever you want when you go to west, then let the west wear whatever they want when they come to you.

[KTChampions]

Wealthy people from third world countries will probably find ways to solve the problem, but of course the bulk of the tourists will be people with a high level of wealth - from wealthy countries such as Europe, Japan, South Korea, etc.
By the way, probably scammers who "guarantee" obtaining visas and the absence of problems in obtaining them, get rich at this World Cup, since people will always look for workarounds 

You are very right, most especially in third world countries where the average citizens are seeking for cheaper and easier means of leaving their country, no doubt, many will fall prey to this scammers who either dissappear immediately after they collect money supposedly meant for visa, or will disappear after issuing a fake visa to their client, I thought such things as this only happen in my country, kind of surprised to realize that this bad eggs also operate in other countries as well.

Fraudsters act the same everywhere, and by the way, not all scammers disappear with money if problems with a visa could not be resolved - they return the money with an apology. The essence of the fraud is that they do nothing to guarantee a visa - for them it is a win-win lottery: if the client receives a visa, then they keep the money for themselves (attributing it to their efforts) if not, they just returns the money 

[Silberman]

Even though religion and culture must be respected, prohibiting something because "it is not common for your country" seems weird to me. For example next tournament will be held in Germany. Germany is famous for their sausages and beer. Then what, all the Muslim countries should skip this tournament because of that? Or they should be forced to taste it? This cup will be held in US, and their famous food for breakfast is fried bacon aka pork - haram for Muslims. Football fans went to Qatar to enjoy football and they should be allowed to enjoy it the way they want (but what not against law).

I just dont get why I must follow other religion rules, if this is not my religion. If alcohol is prohibited, then what, I cant touch food and eat with left hand, because it is prohibited in their religion? Or there are religion things that must be followed, and some that could be avoided? Double standards again?

This is what I tell all my Islamic friends when they talk about "freedom" vs "culture". If you want people to wear a certain way when they come to your nation, then how would you feel when they asked you the same when you go there. Let's take the hijab for example, women there mostly wear it right?

So, if you were to ask women to wear it when they come to your nation, what would you feel if they ask you to remove it when you go to west? What if they told you that you can't wear it, no hijab, no burka, nothing, you have to wear a dress, that's a must and their rule and they tell you "respect our culture" as a response. Wouldn't you feel terrible about it? Wouldn't that be against the freedom? So, if you want to be able to wear whatever you want when you go to west, then let the west wear whatever they want when they come to you.

Those which are fundamentalist on their thinking will never get it, for them their way of life is the correct one while everyone else which does not follow it are mistaken, so for them is completely natural for everyone else to adjust to their culture, but if they were asked to do the same then that would be wrong, now this is a problem with all religious fundamentalists, it is just that it became very notorious during the previous world cup held at Qatar.

[LUCKMCFLY]

One thing that is unique about the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada/Mexico/United States for my country Indonesia because the time to watch the match is different. Usually we watch football matches in European leagues in the afternoon and evening, but football in the Americas is broadcast in the morning. All League in American continent play in the morning in my country time and I can't predicting what happen later if FIFA World Cup 2026 will play in the early morning and we are still sleeping  .

What about your country when watching FIFA World Cup 2026 will watch in the evening, night or in the morning time like in my country.

During group stage, usually there will be three matches occurring per day. During Qatar 2022, most of the matches were held during the evening, because of weather conditions. However in the next edition, FIFA may spread out the matches, and at least some of the matches may be held during morning. And this will enable fans in Asia-Pacific to watch them live once they are back from their study/work. BTW, US-Canada comprise of several time zones and there is a 3 hour difference between Eastern time and Pacific time within the US (fortunately they haven't scheduled any matches in Alaska and Hawaii).

You're right, the idea is that people worldwide can watch it live and direct, honestly when the World Cup in Korea and Japan was held , I didn't mind getting up early to watch those games, however I'm one of those who doesn't like to get up early and still I did , this kind of thing is done to love fútbol, I am sure that in Asia there must be many who get up early or stop doing some things to be able to watch football matches, Sometimes things have to be done like this , like this be quite Sleepy all day.

The time zone difference always have its role in the viewership of a match. The previous season of FIFA used to end late night, but for most people that used to be the right time. They do all their routine and end up watching good football match. Similar scenario doesn't happen all around, the difference in time makes it bad for some to watch the matches. I don't watch much of football, but the previous FIFA made me continue watching more. All because of the unexpected results on few matches and the excitement that the country people had after the win.

I cannot deny, I also had that in my mind, the unexpected results, and despite the fact that I have played soccer all my life and I have also seen World Cups, these things had become very strange in Qatar, so at the end of everything we have to accept that That's football, I can't deny that the result that impacted me the most was when Arabia beat Argentina, because can you imagine that it would have been a final between Arabia and Argentina and that Arabia would win? That would be a high-calibre world hit, only Arabia did not know how to maintain that level, and it could have been emotions or many factors that affected it.

Wealthy people from third world countries will probably find ways to solve the problem, but of course the bulk of the tourists will be people with a high level of wealth - from wealthy countries such as Europe, Japan, South Korea, etc.
By the way, probably scammers who "guarantee" obtaining visas and the absence of problems in obtaining them, get rich at this World Cup, since people will always look for workarounds 

You are very right, most especially in third world countries where the average citizens are seeking for cheaper and easier means of leaving their country, no doubt, many will fall prey to this scammers who either dissappear immediately after they collect money supposedly meant for visa, or will disappear after issuing a fake visa to their client, I thought such things as this only happen in my country, kind of surprised to realize that this bad eggs also operate in other countries as well.

Fraudsters act the same everywhere, and by the way, not all scammers disappear with money if problems with a visa could not be resolved - they return the money with an apology. The essence of the fraud is that they do nothing to guarantee a visa - for them it is a win-win lottery: if the client receives a visa, then they keep the money for themselves (attributing it to their efforts) if not, they just returns the money 

Well, this thing about the scammers because of the issue of visas is something very delicate, but I don't understand how they trust these people , it's something that doesn't add up to me, however, as there is all the mess and the fuss over the World Cup, it is very logical that the people go crazy (so to speak) and it could be said that things will not be good , at least with the immigration that has been seen to go through Colombia, through the Darien jungle and travel throughout Central America until they arrive in the USA and being illegal, because things are tougher , with a temporary visa it will be the perfect excuse to enter the country , with the Immigration policies of the USA I see it easier to enter, if Trump is here I do not see it as Feasible for them to Cheat.

Even though religion and culture must be respected, prohibiting something because "it is not common for your country" seems weird to me. For example next tournament will be held in Germany. Germany is famous for their sausages and beer. Then what, all the Muslim countries should skip this tournament because of that? Or they should be forced to taste it? This cup will be held in US, and their famous food for breakfast is fried bacon aka pork - haram for Muslims. Football fans went to Qatar to enjoy football and they should be allowed to enjoy it the way they want (but what not against law).

I just dont get why I must follow other religion rules, if this is not my religion. If alcohol is prohibited, then what, I cant touch food and eat with left hand, because it is prohibited in their religion? Or there are religion things that must be followed, and some that could be avoided? Double standards again?

This is what I tell all my Islamic friends when they talk about "freedom" vs "culture". If you want people to wear a certain way when they come to your nation, then how would you feel when they asked you the same when you go there. Let's take the hijab for example, women there mostly wear it right?

So, if you were to ask women to wear it when they come to your nation, what would you feel if they ask you to remove it when you go to west? What if they told you that you can't wear it, no hijab, no burka, nothing, you have to wear a dress, that's a must and their rule and they tell you "respect our culture" as a response. Wouldn't you feel terrible about it? Wouldn't that be against the freedom? So, if you want to be able to wear whatever you want when you go to west, then let the west wear whatever they want when they come to you.

Those which are fundamentalist on their thinking will never get it, for them their way of life is the correct one while everyone else which does not follow it are mistaken, so for them is completely natural for everyone else to adjust to their culture, but if they were asked to do the same then that would be wrong, now this is a problem with all religious fundamentalists, it is just that it became very notorious during the previous world cup held at Qatar.

I have always learned something, when we are in a house that is not ours, in a country that is not ours, we must adapt to its rules and all its customs, including its religion and everything that has to do with each country, in In this case, there was a lot of talk about Qatar, which for many are very exaggerated, but as far as I am concerned, they have their rules, norms, who are we to tell them that what they are doing is wrong? We cannot let a neighbor come to our house and tell us what to do inside our house, that's how it happens in the World Cups, there are countries that have more freedoms, and some things are legal, others are not , that's the meaning of a good World Cup .

[Leviathan.007]

In the last world cup, I think FIFA understood they made a bad decision when they let a country like Qatar host the world cup because Qatar spends lots of money and they killed many workers just to build shiny stadiums while in fact, the games we saw from TV are really dirty and that's why I hope to see other countries hosting world cups with more potential instead of countries lie Qatar.
However, this time America can be a great host for the world cup because they hosted the world cup once years ago.

[snipie]

In the last world cup, I think FIFA understood they made a bad decision when they let a country like Qatar host the world cup because Qatar spends lots of money and they killed many workers just to build shiny stadiums while in fact, the games we saw from TV are really dirty and that's why I hope to see other countries hosting world cups with more potential instead of countries lie Qatar.
However, this time America can be a great host for the world cup because they hosted the world cup once years ago.

You are aware that the history of the dead workers are just hyped by western media driven by politics? You can just look at the workers in whatever place you want and see their conditions, try to find some informations from Paris Olympic games and how they are treated.. Just to remind you that France criticised badly Qatar but they aren't any better.
For USA, the situation is not any better and getting the challenge to host the World Cup is very courageous although things changed a lot from like 1/4 century to now.

[Wakate]

In the last world cup, I think FIFA understood they made a bad decision when they let a country like Qatar host the world cup because Qatar spends lots of money and they killed many workers just to build shiny stadiums while in fact, the games we saw from TV are really dirty and that's why I hope to see other countries hosting world cups with more potential instead of countries lie Qatar.
However, this time America can be a great host for the world cup because they hosted the world cup once years ago.

This is very funny to me because I can't still understand what you mean that Quatar killed a lot for workers just to build a shiny stadium. Many of the countries that had been hosting the world cup always build a stadium for it because they know that it will bring center if attraction to them and make people that likes to go on vacation to see good reasons of coming to there country for flexing and holiday. Since the United States and Canada would be hosting the world cup, I hope to see impressive stadium and enough space for people to enjoy themselves.

[nullama]

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This is very funny to me because I can't still understand what you mean that Quatar killed a lot for workers just to build a shiny stadium. Many of the countries that had been hosting the world cup always build a stadium for it because they know that it will bring center if attraction to them and make people that likes to go on vacation to see good reasons of coming to there country for flexing and holiday. Since the United States and Canada would be hosting the world cup, I hope to see impressive stadium and enough space for people to enjoy themselves.

Well, the US and Mexico already have hosted the world cup in the past, so I guess the pressure of new stadiums would be mostly for Canada.

Even though there will be only a few matches in Canada and Mexico, most of the matches are going to be in the US, which already have a reasonable amount of stadiums.

I don't think there will be many new stadiums built for that world cup.

[Naficopa]

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This is very funny to me because I can't still understand what you mean that Quatar killed a lot for workers just to build a shiny stadium. Many of the countries that had been hosting the world cup always build a stadium for it because they know that it will bring center if attraction to them and make people that likes to go on vacation to see good reasons of coming to there country for flexing and holiday. Since the United States and Canada would be hosting the world cup, I hope to see impressive stadium and enough space for people to enjoy themselves.

Well, the US and Mexico already have hosted the world cup in the past, so I guess the pressure of new stadiums would be mostly for Canada.

Even though there will be only a few matches in Canada and Mexico, most of the matches are going to be in the US, which already have a reasonable amount of stadiums.

I don't think there will be many new stadiums built for that world cup.

The Qatari authorities really maintained an aesthetic view of the stadiums during the World Cup in Qatar. Football fans were all impressed by the beauty of the stadiums and hope that in the next World Cup too we will see some great stadiums whose shape and design will amaze us.

[gagux123]

Football can always surprise and at the world cup in Qatar we saw very well how Morocco performed with above average quality. Germany, who had previously been seeded as champions, had to return home sooner than imagined and Luka Modric managed to create a nightmare for Brazil and what hurt quite a bit for Italy, who at that time did not qualify for the Qatar world cup, because they did not qualify in the preliminary round of grub.

Unfortunately I confess, this is true! lol Modric was onfire
An important point that was decisive for Croatia is that Brazil was extremely unresponsive after Croatia goal.
Brazil was destabilized and emotionally affected, especially on penalties

It's still quite a long time in my opinion and there are still more surprises to come, considering that there are still a few more years to prepare for 2026. Maybe the closest we can see is the Copa America and there also has a representative country which is quite extraordinary, because the Copa America too usually it will give birth to several new players in Latin American countries.

I confess don't have a definite answer
I believe... in 2026 it could be Neymar's last cup.
And I also imagine, the 2022 World Cup was the last one for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi (although, they still have physical preparation and a lot of technique and skill)

[tiCeR]

The World Cup in Qatar it was a watershed (in my opinion)
I could never imagine that a country with Muslim traditions could host an event like the World Cup.

In 2026, I'm almost sure that several national teams will surprise the whole world.
Year after year, countries around the world are taking football seriously as a serious sport.
They are training more, some countries are investing in football and teaching young people and children to practice this sport.

In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)

I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had.

I don't understand why you think that a country with Muslim traditions could host a World Cup? I think you are confusing a few concepts here. Muslims can be extremely hyped for soccer. Look at the Turkish people and how passionate they are about the sport. I guess you are referring to the restrictive policies in Qatar and the violation of human rights and free speech. It is the Qatar interpretation of Muslim religion that made you think they couldn't host a World Cup I suppose?

I think Turkey, even though lots of things go wrong there as well, is still a Muslim country with almost 99% of the population being Muslim. Yet I would say that Turkey is quite different from Qatar or Saudi Arabia. They have secular tendencies that are more in harmony with the Western idea of free speech and equal rights for women and men. In Qatar people were afraid of women getting banned from the soccer games and also other forms of discrimination against them (clothing especially).

In general I think Muslims can be hardcore fans and Turkey is a good example for that. We should always try to allow countries host the World Cup throughout the whole world regardless of the dominating religion. In Qatar it wasn't about the religion, the concerns were about their fundamentalistic interpretation of the Muslim religion and the politicization of the event as a means to global positive fake recognition.

[fzkto]

In the last world cup, I think FIFA understood they made a bad decision when they let a country like Qatar host the world cup because Qatar spends lots of money and they killed many workers just to build shiny stadiums while in fact, the games we saw from TV are really dirty and that's why I hope to see other countries hosting world cups with more potential instead of countries lie Qatar.
However, this time America can be a great host for the world cup because they hosted the world cup once years ago.

You are aware that the history of the dead workers are just hyped by western media driven by politics? You can just look at the workers in whatever place you want and see their conditions, try to find some informations from Paris Olympic games and how they are treated.. Just to remind you that France criticised badly Qatar but they aren't any better.
For USA, the situation is not any better and getting the challenge to host the World Cup is very courageous although things changed a lot from like 1/4 century to now.

I agree with you about the deaths of construction workers. Just look at the statistics from big construction projects in other countries to see that the media has specifically touched on the subject of the World Cup in Qatar. But I have no doubts that the World Cup will be held at the highest level in America. I am sure that the next World Cup will be one of the best in recent years.

[Leviathan.007]

That's true but finals or knockout games sometimes have their own laws to a certain degree. The game between France and Argentina could have also ended differently. There we so many minor things that in the ended went in favor of Argentina, but I do think that they are the deserved winner. France was too passive for too long during that final game.

At the World Cup 2026 I expect a French national team that is more awake and focused on the moment. In 2022 they also slowed down in the game against Morocco where it didn't really look like a typical France game. They were behind or even in all statistics except for goals. Morocco had 62% ball possession and higher passing accuracy. Since we are talking about France here, that is not quite normal.

But with this loss in the back of their heads they are now looking forward to their next chance and avoid the mistakes they made last time.

The World Cup in Qatar it was a watershed (in my opinion)
I could never imagine that a country with Muslim traditions could host an event like the World Cup.

In 2026, I'm almost sure that several national teams will surprise the whole world.
Year after year, countries around the world are taking football seriously as a serious sport.
They are training more, some countries are investing in football and teaching young people and children to practice this sport.

In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)

I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had.

I agree with you but not completely.
We have many other Muslim countries that can host the world cup and there is not any problem in their country when they host it if they really make rules for the visitors for their country and don't make them obey the Islam rules, I think Qatar could do the same they could make exceptions for the visitors. 
Also, I think Qatar is not guilty and we can't blame this country for what happened in 2022 because FIFA made a mistake by letting them host the world cup because Qatar had no potential for hosting the world cup at all and it was a main reason for us to say we should blame FIFA instead of Qatar for the 2022 world cup.

[Daniel91]

That's true but finals or knockout games sometimes have their own laws to a certain degree. The game between France and Argentina could have also ended differently. There we so many minor things that in the ended went in favor of Argentina, but I do think that they are the deserved winner. France was too passive for too long during that final game.

At the World Cup 2026 I expect a French national team that is more awake and focused on the moment. In 2022 they also slowed down in the game against Morocco where it didn't really look like a typical France game. They were behind or even in all statistics except for goals. Morocco had 62% ball possession and higher passing accuracy. Since we are talking about France here, that is not quite normal.

But with this loss in the back of their heads they are now looking forward to their next chance and avoid the mistakes they made last time.

The World Cup in Qatar it was a watershed (in my opinion)
I could never imagine that a country with Muslim traditions could host an event like the World Cup.

In 2026, I'm almost sure that several national teams will surprise the whole world.
Year after year, countries around the world are taking football seriously as a serious sport.
They are training more, some countries are investing in football and teaching young people and children to practice this sport.

In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)

I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had.

I agree with you but not completely.
We have many other Muslim countries that can host the world cup and there is not any problem in their country when they host it if they really make rules for the visitors for their country and don't make them obey the Islam rules, I think Qatar could do the same they could make exceptions for the visitors. 
Also, I think Qatar is not guilty and we can't blame this country for what happened in 2022 because FIFA made a mistake by letting them host the world cup because Qatar had no potential for hosting the world cup at all and it was a main reason for us to say we should blame FIFA instead of Qatar for the 2022 world cup.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that Saudi Arabia, another rich Arab and Muslim country, has a very good chance of becoming the host of the World Cup in 2030 or 2034. They are already official candidates and are spending a lot of money on their promotion, and part of that plan is  bringing Benzema and Ronaldo to play in their league.
As for the rest, it is common knowledge that today everyone knows how to play football and that everyone has improved tactically and physically, and that the difference in quality between the best European national teams and African and Asian national teams is getting smaller and smaller.
At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Ghana almost made it to the semi-finals, but they unfortunately lost to Uruguay on penalties.

[lizarder]

Unfortunately I confess, this is true! lol Modric was onfire
An important point that was decisive for Croatia is that Brazil was extremely unresponsive after Croatia goal.
Brazil was destabilized and emotionally affected, especially on penalties

Apart from Luka Modric, there are four other players who also played a role in helping Croatia finish third at the Qatar World Cup. Brazil, which is considered a strong candidate at the Qatar World Cup, had to admit Croatia's superiority through a penalty shoot-out after a draw in normal and extra time. LOL

I confess don't have a definite answer
I believe... in 2026 it could be Neymar's last cup.
And I also imagine, the 2022 World Cup was the last one for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi (although, they still have physical preparation and a lot of technique and skill

Brazil has always been able to produce talented players in any position and if you look at the age of Neymar at this time then the 2026 world cup will be the last. Because at this time many other young players are showing almost the same quality as Neymar and they just need the opportunity to play and maybe Copa America will be a place for young players to gain the trust of coaches.

At least if in the future World Cup Neymar is still the player of choice, they can enter as a substitute in the squad and I don't think the quality of Brazilian players need to be doubted, but usually young players who are owned by Brazil are more emotional and cannot control their emotions during play, so coaches should try to give them opportunities when the time is right and have senior players guiding them.

[sovie]

Unfortunately I confess, this is true! lol Modric was onfire
An important point that was decisive for Croatia is that Brazil was extremely unresponsive after Croatia goal.
Brazil was destabilized and emotionally affected, especially on penalties

Apart from Luka Modric, there are four other players who also played a role in helping Croatia finish fourth at the Qatar World Cup. Brazil, which is considered a strong candidate at the Qatar World Cup, had to admit Croatia's superiority through a penalty shoot-out after a draw in normal and extra time. LOL

I confess don't have a definite answer
I believe... in 2026 it could be Neymar's last cup.
And I also imagine, the 2022 World Cup was the last one for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi (although, they still have physical preparation and a lot of technique and skill

Brazil has always been able to produce talented players in any position and if you look at the age of Neymar at this time then the 2026 world cup will be the last. Because at this time many other young players are showing almost the same quality as Neymar and they just need the opportunity to play and maybe Copa America will be a place for young players to gain the trust of coaches.

At least if in the future World Cup Neymar is still the player of choice, they can enter as a substitute in the squad and I don't think the quality of Brazilian players need to be doubted, but usually young players who are owned by Brazil are more emotional and cannot control their emotions during play, so coaches should try to give them opportunities when the time is right and have senior players guiding them.

The next World Cup Brazil team will be hugely promising. There are currently some players in the Brazilian team who are playing in big clubs and are performing exceptionally well. Accordingly, these players of the next World Cup will become great experienced and will present their team well.

[shogun47]

That's true but finals or knockout games sometimes have their own laws to a certain degree. The game between France and Argentina could have also ended differently. There we so many minor things that in the ended went in favor of Argentina, but I do think that they are the deserved winner. France was too passive for too long during that final game.

At the World Cup 2026 I expect a French national team that is more awake and focused on the moment. In 2022 they also slowed down in the game against Morocco where it didn't really look like a typical France game. They were behind or even in all statistics except for goals. Morocco had 62% ball possession and higher passing accuracy. Since we are talking about France here, that is not quite normal.

But with this loss in the back of their heads they are now looking forward to their next chance and avoid the mistakes they made last time.

The World Cup in Qatar it was a watershed (in my opinion)
I could never imagine that a country with Muslim traditions could host an event like the World Cup.

In 2026, I'm almost sure that several national teams will surprise the whole world.
Year after year, countries around the world are taking football seriously as a serious sport.
They are training more, some countries are investing in football and teaching young people and children to practice this sport.

In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)

I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had.

This is also due to increased globalization over the past few decades. For more and more people, the home is the globe and not just a single country anymore. Lots of African players are playing in the best leagues in the world and hence perform better at World Cups at well. Morocco did great but I was not as surprised to be honest as they have some great players in their team who can carry the rest. I think we will see more often that teams from Europe and South America will have a hard time to beat teams from less popular places (in terms of soccer) around the world. Popular in terms of financially supported and appreciated. But I like the tendency that soccer becomes more competitive and there are no such things as guaranteed wins in the round of 16 only because your opponent is from Africa. Those times are over more or less.

[freedomgo]

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This is very funny to me because I can't still understand what you mean that Quatar killed a lot for workers just to build a shiny stadium. Many of the countries that had been hosting the world cup always build a stadium for it because they know that it will bring center if attraction to them and make people that likes to go on vacation to see good reasons of coming to there country for flexing and holiday. Since the United States and Canada would be hosting the world cup, I hope to see impressive stadium and enough space for people to enjoy themselves.

Well, the US and Mexico already have hosted the world cup in the past, so I guess the pressure of new stadiums would be mostly for Canada.

Even though there will be only a few matches in Canada and Mexico, most of the matches are going to be in the US, which already have a reasonable amount of stadiums.

I don't think there will be many new stadiums built for that world cup.

I don't know about that but just like what you have said, only few games will be played in both Canada and Mexico so they might stick to what they have instead of building stadiums that will probably waste them more money instead of benefitting from the event, but maybe there will be some few changes in their existing stadiums like increasing the capacities if they can and make it more luxurious as not every time they can host such event.

[beerlover]

The World Cup in Qatar it was a watershed (in my opinion)
I could never imagine that a country with Muslim traditions could host an event like the World Cup.

In 2026, I'm almost sure that several national teams will surprise the whole world.
Year after year, countries around the world are taking football seriously as a serious sport.
They are training more, some countries are investing in football and teaching young people and children to practice this sport.

In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)

I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had.

I agree with you but not completely.
We have many other Muslim countries that can host the world cup and there is not any problem in their country when they host it if they really make rules for the visitors for their country and don't make them obey the Islam rules, I think Qatar could do the same they could make exceptions for the visitors. 
Also, I think Qatar is not guilty and we can't blame this country for what happened in 2022 because FIFA made a mistake by letting them host the world cup because Qatar had no potential for hosting the world cup at all and it was a main reason for us to say we should blame FIFA instead of Qatar for the 2022 world cup.

It's not about the "culture", it's not about religion neither, it's about politics. If Qatar wanted to, they could have let anyone be anyway they want, there was a woman who got famous (and that was her aim) by wearing clothes Qatar didn't want, and they didn't jail her for it, nothing really happened to her, which shows that they can let it be if they want to, did anything happen? But, I can guarantee you that there will be more people like that on the next one.

The question is not public, it's government based and if government allows people then nothing changes and it can be exactly the same anywhere, it's all about the laws. I think 2026 will be pretty amazing, we are going to see football and fans as it should be, I don't want to see hooligans, but I also do not want to see this neither, and USA is the middle of it, just cheering and that's about it, nothing major I believe.