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

[Taricoins]

Argentina managed to eliminate Switzerland. After taking the lead with a goal in the early minutes of the first half, Argentina was unable to prevent Dan Ndoye from scoring in the 67th minute of the second half. Five minutes later, Breel Embolo received a red card after his second yellow, leaving his team down to 10 men. Even after Switzerland was reduced to 10 men, Argentina took control of the game. Embolo’s action was a clear attempt to deceive the referee, and he was shown a yellow card for what was, frankly, a very minor offense. In the match that went into extra time, Argentina defeated their opponent 3-1 with goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, advancing to the semifinals.

Watching that match, the only thing that is working for the Argentine team is there doggedness, it's wild knowing how uncreative and inferior they look anytime they play but always eventually they manage to get get through and looking at it the most important thing for them is this attribute which is important in knockout matches but still compared to France, I don't see them winning unless they perform some magic

[The Founding Titan]

Bellingham left his mark on the Mexico match and today's Norway match. He left the field to applause in the 110th minute. Now England is waiting for their opponent in the next round, probably Argentina, but you never know. It's quite nice that the matches are so close and often last longer than 90 minutes.

Norway's performance dropped early in extra time, and they conceded a goal there. England won the match thanks to their experience.

For not having been in the world cup in over 20 years I would say that Norway actually out did themselves by making it this far, it wasn't easy getting to the quarter finals and they were able to do it, with more effort they might have even been able to win against England but things didn't work out that way for them, they may have lost but them definitely won't be going home as losers and with any luck they might vene do better in the next world cup.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Argentina managed to eliminate Switzerland. After taking the lead with a goal in the early minutes of the first half, Argentina was unable to prevent Dan Ndoye from scoring in the 67th minute of the second half. Five minutes later, Breel Embolo received a red card after his second yellow, leaving his team down to 10 men. Even after Switzerland was reduced to 10 men, Argentina took control of the game. Embolo’s action was a clear attempt to deceive the referee, and he was shown a yellow card for what was, frankly, a very minor offense. In the match that went into extra time, Argentina defeated their opponent 3-1 with goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, advancing to the semifinals.

Although Argentina was leading 1-0 at the end of the first half, they could not play as well as expected. I don't know why their overall gameplay seemed very shaky. Even then, they were able to secure the victory in the match until the end.

Every match of Argentina in the knockout round was very exciting. The match against Cabo Verde also went into extra time. We even saw 3 goals in extra time. In the match against Egypt, Argentina completely changed the scene in the last 15 minutes. Despite being 2-0 behind, Argentina scored 3 goals in 15 minutes.

Both teams played well against Switzerland until 90 minutes. But in the extra 30 minutes, we only saw Argentina's dominance. Switzerland could not take any advantage. Especially Alvarez's goal in the 112th minute was fascinating.

[SatoPrincess]

Should I say that i am not really satisfied with the current match being played between Norway and England, i am not watching the match due to some inconveniences but I a following up the scores online and so far, I see a pattern in this match that is very similar to the same pattern that fifa used when Egypt played against Argentina, Egypt scored their second goal after the first but the goal was cancelled by fifa..

Today, Norway had scored their first goal and England managed to score an equaliser, then they (Norway) managed to score their second goal which was supposed to be their winning goal up to this moment, but fifa (like they did to Egypt in their v. Argentina match) canceled the goal also keeping the score at 1 : 1, now I guess their plan now is that England will win the match through penalties, this is not giving me a good vibe at all but all the same, the game is the game I guess.

If you did not watch the match, how can you be certain that the referee made a bad call? I don’t think there is a conspiracy to make Norway lose the match. If anything, Norway are the ones who bottled the game. England were not so great last night and Tuchel said it himself after the game, Norway were just unlucky to lose the match.

[Rashlyowl]

In another quarter-final match, the long-awaited result of the clash between Argentina and Switzerland has finally come. Argentina has once again proven why they are one of the best teams in world football. Switzerland were reduced to 10 men in the 72 minute of the match but they were confident and looked set to take the match to penalties but a brilliant goal from Alvarez turned the game around and another goal from Martínez more increased the gap and Argentina advanced to the semi-finals. Best wishes to the Argentina team.

Congratulations to Argentina, even though they won amidst yet another controversy in their match. There was an interesting moment before the match began, Swiss manager Murat Yakin was convinced that Switzerland would get a red card during the match & that is exactly what happened.

[Majestic-milf]

If you did not watch the match, how can you be certain that the referee made a bad call? I don’t think there is a conspiracy to make Norway lose the match. If anything, Norway are the ones who bottled the game. England were not so great last night and Tuchel said it himself after the game, Norway were just unlucky to lose the match.

England will need to improve a lot cause they keep making the same mistakes but expecting a different results. I feel they were lucky but their luck could run out when they play Argentina because how can a team as decorated as they are fail to register a shot on target up until the 32nd minute? And against Norway who aren't that experienced?
Norway are really to blame for their misfortune and it's not cool to always cry foul play the moment a team who should have been in control loses out.

[Taricoins]

If you did not watch the match, how can you be certain that the referee made a bad call? I don’t think there is a conspiracy to make Norway lose the match. If anything, Norway are the ones who bottled the game. England were not so great last night and Tuchel said it himself after the game, Norway were just unlucky to lose the match.

This is just fact and honestly am tired of every team blaming the referee for them losing the match because of 1 or 2 bad decisions which definitely does not change the whole 90minutes, if they had played better and scored the goals they would not have minded those refs calls.

Norway really annoyed me, felt like this match was already set up for them to win since England was playing trash. Norway just wanted to follow there last match tactics where they sit deep during the first half then pierce them in the second but that didn't work all that too well

[Italian Panic]

I think in this match, if Bellingham hadn't had a big chance, England could have lost this match. Because basically, the pressure from the Norwegian players was really great in this match. But fortunately, Bellingham was always able to overcome all of that by managing the flow of attacks well and also helping the defense. So, for that reason, I think it's not wrong to say that Bellingham is a very great player for the England national team.

Norway played very well, controlled the game for most of the time and applied excellent pressing and marking, in fact Kane had little impact on the game or on their attacks. Congratulations to Solbakken on the way he set the team up. I also agree that without Bellingham, England wouldn’t have won, in the end, only an extraordinary player with above average quality could have turned it around for them, and that’s exactly what happened. It was a brilliant match.

[Solokan]

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The match between Argentina and Switzerland was very exciting, in my opinion. Both teams tried their best to win. Unfortunately, Switzerland lost because Argentina played better than Switzerland in extra time. Unfortunately, Switzerland, who were strong enough to withstand the attacks of Argentine players, became less effective against Argentina's attacks. In my opinion, Switzerland lost because their defense was as strong as it was before the 90th minute. I think there was a chance that Switzerland could have drawn until the end of the match, which ultimately went to a penalty shootout. However, in this case, Switzerland's strategy was still defeated by argentina

Apparently, Argentina finally discovered Switzerland's weaknesses, which ultimately led to the Argentine players playing better. Finally, Julian Alvarez scored Argentina's second goal, followed by Martinez's third goal. Argentina finally won against Argentina. Unfortunately, Messi didn't score in that match. Now Argentina has advanced to the semifinals and finally they will meet England in the semifinals. What do you think? Will Argentina succeed in beating England or not in the semifinal match? And in my opinion, it will definitely not be easy to predict the match because both teams have strong strengths

[HajiBagi]

It seems like Argentina vs France are going play in the 2026 FIFA world Cup final again, because they are still look ready for it and I think it will definitely happen. But I wouldn't conclude that yet because Spain and England are absolutely not easy opponents, and football is unpredictable, anything can happen at any time.

Honestly, I thought Norway would make it to the final, but it turned out the other way around. Though they played pretty well in this tournament, so I think it's normal. Anyway, let's see what happens next.

I prefer seeing another countries in the final than France vs Argentina, Argentina and France are both having a good performance even though people are still doubting Argentina and saying that they have been favoured by the FIFA which is somehow true, but what I want to say is that Argentina are doing well and they take any good chances they see to win their games, France is not also guaranteed that they will qualify for the final because they are playing against Spain and we know how good Spain is in this tournament, Spain can also qualify for the final.

Argentina is going to face England and the game is going to be tough, England has been seeing as underdogs in this tournament and see how far they have gone, Bellingham and Harry Kane always do everything to make sure they win the game and i believe that they can also beat Argentina because they also look good even though they don’t play beautiful football as others do.

[*Ace*]

I think in this match, if Bellingham hadn't had a big chance, England could have lost this match. Because basically, the pressure from the Norwegian players was really great in this match. But fortunately, Bellingham was always able to overcome all of that by managing the flow of attacks well and also helping the defense. So, for that reason, I think it's not wrong to say that Bellingham is a very great player for the England national team.

Norway played very well, controlled the game for most of the time and applied excellent pressing and marking, in fact Kane had little impact on the game or on their attacks. Congratulations to Solbakken on the way he set the team up. I also agree that without Bellingham, England wouldn’t have won, in the end, only an extraordinary player with above average quality could have turned it around for them, and that’s exactly what happened. It was a brilliant match.

The match between Norway and England was a real treat to watch, but I think England were given a massive helping hand by the referee when they scored the equaliser.
As the Norwegian goalkeeper threw the ball towards his forwards, he accidentally hit a wire or something from the cameras positioned high up in the stadium, which inevitably changed the ball’s direction. According to the rules, the goal kick should have been retaken, but the referee instead allowed play to continue.

I’m not saying that England didn’t deserve to go through, just that they had a bit of a helping hand

[Jossque]

Argentina managed to eliminate Switzerland. After taking the lead with a goal in the early minutes of the first half, Argentina was unable to prevent Dan Ndoye from scoring in the 67th minute of the second half. Five minutes later, Breel Embolo received a red card after his second yellow, leaving his team down to 10 men. Even after Switzerland was reduced to 10 men, Argentina took control of the game. Embolo’s action was a clear attempt to deceive the referee, and he was shown a yellow card for what was, frankly, a very minor offense. In the match that went into extra time, Argentina defeated their opponent 3-1 with goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, advancing to the semifinals.

Watching that match, the only thing that is working for the Argentine team is there doggedness, it's wild knowing how uncreative and inferior they look anytime they play but always eventually they manage to get get through and looking at it the most important thing for them is this attribute which is important in knockout matches but still compared to France, I don't see them winning unless they perform some magic

If it weren’t for Messi, I don’t think Argentina would have so many supporters. Messi is, yes, a global superstar, and this might be his last World Cup. That’s why, even though it might be his last World Cup, there are so many people who want him to win this one. I think Argentina is sometimes given preferential treatment by the referees during matches. This might be orchestrated by FIFA, but it seems like everything is being done to ensure Argentina wins this tournament. So far, they haven’t even faced a single team among their opponents that would pose a real challenge.

[free-bit.co.in]

Congratulations to Argentina, even though they won amidst yet another controversy in their match. There was an interesting moment before the match began, Swiss manager Murat Yakin was convinced that Switzerland would get a red card during the match & that is exactly what happened.

This match also ended in controversy, it is true. But there is no point in saying that the referee's decision was wrong. Why  would a player play like an idiot after receiving a yellow card ? The referee showed Embolo a  yellow card at the end of the first half. Usually, players are given yellow cards so that they play more  carefully and be more alert. Do not  tackle badly or waste time by  acting unnecessarily. As far as I know , the decision was probably correct according to the rules. Even then , the referee could have sacrificed a little if he wanted to, since it was a  knockout round match.

[Soonandwaite]

France : Spain
England : Argentina

Those were my predictions at the start of the Waves prediction game. now I’m curious to see if another European team can become world champions on the American continent.
my prediction is France ??   I wasn’t too impressed with England yesterday – Norway could just as easily have won that one. my prediction for the final: Argentina v France – Mbappé v Messi
m’m still not sure whether France will win the World Cup, though… it could be a close result..

[abaeze]

Argentina managed to eliminate Switzerland. After taking the lead with a goal in the early minutes of the first half, Argentina was unable to prevent Dan Ndoye from scoring in the 67th minute of the second half. Five minutes later, Breel Embolo received a red card after his second yellow, leaving his team down to 10 men. Even after Switzerland was reduced to 10 men, Argentina took control of the game. Embolo’s action was a clear attempt to deceive the referee, and he was shown a yellow card for what was, frankly, a very minor offense. In the match that went into extra time, Argentina defeated their opponent 3-1 with goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, advancing to the semifinals.

Watching that match, the only thing that is working for the Argentine team is there doggedness, it's wild knowing how uncreative and inferior they look anytime they play but always eventually they manage to get get through and looking at it the most important thing for them is this attribute which is important in knockout matches but still compared to France, I don't see them winning unless they perform some magic

In knockout football, the final victory depends on many things, even a wrong decision or biased decision by a referee on the field can change the outcome of the game. Everyone is very strong here and balanced, so a small mistake can cost a lot. So in this game, who scores first, which team makes big mistakes and who takes advantage of the important moments, depends on all these things. So no team should be put ahead in advance. If France plays their best game and wins without a tiebreaker like in the last World Cup, then they will definitely be the favorite. But if the match goes to a tiebreaker, Argentina's fighting spirit can make the difference again.

[sotelorene]

France : Spain
England : Argentina

Those were my predictions at the start of the Waves prediction game. now I’m curious to see if another European team can become world champions on the American continent.
my prediction is France ??   I wasn’t too impressed with England yesterday – Norway could just as easily have won that one. my prediction for the final: Argentina v France – Mbappé v Messi
m’m still not sure whether France will win the World Cup, though… it could be a close result..

This is actually a nice prediction but what if it doesn't work out I mean what if France is unable to win Spain and what if Argentina is unable to win England just saying though but it can be possible. Honestly, at this point it is hard to predict who emerge to the finals because the semi finals is very tough, England has more players than Argentina and France also has more players than Spain but the last time they met, Spain defeated them in Euro cup.

[Jossque]

Argentina managed to eliminate Switzerland. After taking the lead with a goal in the early minutes of the first half, Argentina was unable to prevent Dan Ndoye from scoring in the 67th minute of the second half. Five minutes later, Breel Embolo received a red card after his second yellow, leaving his team down to 10 men. Even after Switzerland was reduced to 10 men, Argentina took control of the game. Embolo’s action was a clear attempt to deceive the referee, and he was shown a yellow card for what was, frankly, a very minor offense. In the match that went into extra time, Argentina defeated their opponent 3-1 with goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, advancing to the semifinals.

Although Argentina was leading 1-0 at the end of the first half, they could not play as well as expected. I don't know why their overall gameplay seemed very shaky. Even then, they were able to secure the victory in the match until the end.

Every match of Argentina in the knockout round was very exciting. The match against Cabo Verde also went into extra time. We even saw 3 goals in extra time. In the match against Egypt, Argentina completely changed the scene in the last 15 minutes. Despite being 2-0 behind, Argentina scored 3 goals in 15 minutes.

Both teams played well against Switzerland until 90 minutes. But in the extra 30 minutes, we only saw Argentina's dominance. Switzerland could not take any advantage. Especially Alvarez's goal in the 112th minute was fascinating.

Luck was always on Argentina’s side, and although they took the lead 1-0 in the first half, Switzerland showed Argentina that they were no easy opponent and forced the match into extra time. If Switzerland hadn’t been down to 10 men, they might have been able to eliminate Argentina, but we’ll never know.
Argentina had always started from behind—especially in the match against Egypt, when they fell behind 2-0. I thought, “Okay, I guess that’s it this time,” but they scored exactly three goals in the final 10 minutes to pull off an incredible comeback. The fact that we saw Argentina dominate in extra time was entirely due to Switzerland playing with 10 men. Players aren’t robots—they get tired too. When you play another 30 minutes of a match with one player short, you simply run out of energy.

[BitBakerr1]

Congratulations to England, they deserve to win Norway in that match because they played more better football, Jude Bellingham did very well, his actually having the best World Cup performance of his career and that’s a good one for him, his a very good player and with this kind of performance from him I’m sure England has a bigger chance of winning the World Cup.
Again congratulations to Argentina even though there was another controversy of FIFA supporting and packing Argentina to win the match by the red card the referee gave to Switzerland player, I’m sure that if Argentina win the World Cup a lot of people will say it’s because FIFA decided to back them up and give it to them, but history will say Argentina lifted the 2026 World Cup and that’s it, history will never say FIFA helped Argentina to lift the cup.

[Wakate]

I'm very objective about VAR now than before because without it FIFA could have been solving and visiting so many complaints all the time because people are very difficult to accept the truth so even if a goal was properly scored without any form of offside a lot of fans would be saying and speculating how the referee wanted to see that the country in his mind wins there opponent, already you are seeing how some of the world Cup match has been and even with VAR we still feel some games wasn't as fair as it should have been so we could imagine how it would have been without it, so actually even if it wasn't what everybody would agree to be attached in football but we cannot entirely scratch out some important things it has done.

We are humans, we always come up with doubt in our minds especially when are not favoured with the outcome of any match but sometimes our suspicions are right, the introduction of VAR to football has helped somuch we know that but do you also know that the Decision of the central referee is final?
Mate even though I love the idea behind VAR and my believe that it has helped, the central referees as the final decision taker has made things difficult for people to believe that all the decisions made is actually true that's how difficult humans can be, what I come to understand is that people believe what they like in football especially when what they expected didnt occur.

Now I can see that you are part of the problem we are facing in this 2026 world cup. If you can tell me that the decision of the referee is final without checking the errors they have made since the beginning of this competition, then it shows that you are supporting the injustice that have been happening. FIFA is projecting Argentina to win the world cup and it will be unfair for other teams to get harsh and bias judgement on the field without the FIFA management coming close to resolve the maltreatment against other countries that have played against Argentina.

[IceLincoln]

Bellingham left his mark on the Mexico match and today's Norway match. He left the field to applause in the 110th minute. Now England is waiting for their opponent in the next round, probably Argentina, but you never know. It's quite nice that the matches are so close and often last longer than 90 minutes.

Norway's performance dropped early in extra time, and they conceded a goal there. England won the match thanks to their experience.

For not having been in the world cup in over 20 years I would say that Norway actually out did themselves by making it this far, it wasn't easy getting to the quarter finals and they were able to do it, with more effort they might have even been able to win against England but things didn't work out that way for them, they may have lost but them definitely won't be going home as losers and with any luck they might vene do better in the next world cup.

Yes Norway actually outdid themselves in this World Cup and Erling Braut Haaland has shown what he can do even at the World stage, incredible performance by the Vikings from Norway they really rowed their way through the World Cup until they reached the shores of the English.

See the Norwegian goal that was disallowed, for a push by Haaland which is quite minute and it’s not causing an uproar if it were Argentina and Messi some stupid fans will be screaming rigged online and everywhere.