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

[Oneandpure]

I think Brazil will be fine, they may have a bad period right now but that doesn't mean that we are talking about anything that would be making them not go to World cup one day, they will go there, plus their COİNMEBOL situation will be fine too, even if they end up losing, that's fine, not like they win every single time, like Argentina won it last time, so it's fine.

This reminds me, Argentina did so well, they won Coinmebol first, then the world cup, we could say that it has been the greatest period in Argentian football for the longest time, that's really a great deal for them. I think we should be considering that an important situation and it could benefit them in the end. I hope that we could get to a point where we could see it grow.

I don't think problem for Brazilr regarding with poor performance on last several matches, CONMEBOL zone have many matches left and not difficult finish around top six standing position above for locking one place on FIFA World Cup 2026. Not really important have to finish on first position because CONMEBOL have sixth position standing above automatically will qualify to World Cup 2026.

Current situation not really good for Brazil but upcoming qualifying match they will have new manager Carlo Ancelotti actually he will make many change for helping Brazil with better performance. Actually, Brazil opportunity to lead top position is not close yet regarding ability for winning all matches left or not but finish on automatically qualify standing is better although can't get first positipn place.

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[fuguebtc]

It is very clear that Berazil always relies on Neymar as a reference when fighting against big countries, especially Argentina, which is actually the defending champion. Of course the coach and players think hard to get points in this match. In fact, Berazil has classy players and seems capable of containing Argentina, no matter what.  Whether Messi is there or not, it seems like Berazil will be able to get points, at least a draw is the main point, but if Berazil's teamwork takes advantage of his chances, he can win.

Brazil feel so reluctant that is the course, its not that Brazil was depending on a Neymar, because Neymar is only one player and since its a player it can only occupy a space of one person, the losing of the match by Brazil is something that started from the arrangement of the match, so I believe very well that Argentina doesn't not feel a reluctant in any match that concerns them with all this big football countries they basically make sure that they have defeated their counterpart in any game, but the squad of Brazil is what makes everyone predicted that either Brazil win the match it becomes draw, but Argentina take advantages of Brazil because they came prepared.

I remember during the summer Ancelotti was very close to joining the Brazil team and even we re waiting to see him sign a contract with this team but in the end, he stayed in Real Madrid and even the president of Bazril started complaining about having any foreign coach and said they prefer to use Brazilian coaches instead of the coaches like Ancelotti. Now even he feels regret because the current situation in Brazil is not good at all.

Brazil did not perform well in this match and I think the recent performance of Brazil has not been very good as well. They have lost 3 matches in a row if I am not wrong. And that is just not good. They are a better team than just giving excuses. They should own up to their mistakes and should say that even though the performance has not been good in recent times and a lot of players are unavailable they are going to bring in better results in future games. That's what people want to hear and that's what they should do for sure.

[bitgolden]

Yes, the World Cup competition will last longer with more matches and more time to spend, in fact I agree with your opinion.
Even though it takes longer and the first few matches are considered qualifying matches, at least it can be said to be new capitalism.
In the sense that more money comes in because more matches will bring in more spectators who will buy tickets and affect the financial development of organizers and those who have businesses in the area around the stadium that is used.

I admit that football has been infiltrated by capitalism. Everyone needs money. The organizers want profits, the national team wants to get big prizes, broadcast rights owners will also get more profits because there are more and more matches. I don't know whether this is good news or bad news for world football but in this day and age I think everything in this world will be influenced by capitalism itself.

I mean that is sort of where all industries eventually go, growing constantly causes eventually one person to get it bigger, and because of that everyone else has an issue and they need to grow one way or another as well.

Football is something that is getting more and more and more money put into it every day, and because of that, everyone wants a piece of it. World cup is a huge organization, watched by billions all around the world, and that means they could make a lot more money, from ads to sponsors to everything else, we are talking about something huge, we are talking about billions of dollars earned every 4 years, not that many companies make that much money, only a few does.

So, it is normal that they would want more money from every world cup, if you earn a lot from 2022 and not from 2026, then you need to wait until 2030 and hope that you earn a lot there, if not then it's 2034, so over a decade later for that to really happen in the end.

[Leviathan.007]

It is very clear that Berazil always relies on Neymar as a reference when fighting against big countries, especially Argentina, which is actually the defending champion. Of course the coach and players think hard to get points in this match. In fact, Berazil has classy players and seems capable of containing Argentina, no matter what.  Whether Messi is there or not, it seems like Berazil will be able to get points, at least a draw is the main point, but if Berazil's teamwork takes advantage of his chances, he can win.

Brazil feel so reluctant that is the course, its not that Brazil was depending on a Neymar, because Neymar is only one player and since its a player it can only occupy a space of one person, the losing of the match by Brazil is something that started from the arrangement of the match, so I believe very well that Argentina doesn't not feel a reluctant in any match that concerns them with all this big football countries they basically make sure that they have defeated their counterpart in any game, but the squad of Brazil is what makes everyone predicted that either Brazil win the match it becomes draw, but Argentina take advantages of Brazil because they came prepared.

I remember during the summer Ancelotti was very close to joining the Brazil team and even we re waiting to see him sign a contract with this team but in the end, he stayed in Real Madrid and even the president of Bazril started complaining about having any foreign coach and said they prefer to use Brazilian coaches instead of the coaches like Ancelotti. Now even he feels regret because the current situation in Brazil is not good at all.

Brazil did not perform well in this match and I think the recent performance of Brazil has not been very good as well. They have lost 3 matches in a row if I am not wrong. And that is just not good. They are a better team than just giving excuses. They should own up to their mistakes and should say that even though the performance has not been good in recent times and a lot of players are unavailable they are going to bring in better results in future games. That's what people want to hear and that's what they should do for sure.

The only excuse Brazil can have is about Neymar in this match because this team was playing with full power and I think they could even beat Argentina in a normal situation but they failed and I think this Brazil can't achieve anything in the 2026 World Cup with the current performance we can see from this team because they were disappointing so far in the recent game we saw.

[nullama]

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Brazil did not perform well in this match and I think the recent performance of Brazil has not been very good as well. They have lost 3 matches in a row if I am not wrong. And that is just not good. They are a better team than just giving excuses. They should own up to their mistakes and should say that even though the performance has not been good in recent times and a lot of players are unavailable they are going to bring in better results in future games. That's what people want to hear and that's what they should do for sure.

These are the latest qualification results for Brazil:

Brazil 5-1 Bolivia

Peru 0-1 Brazil

Brazil 1-1 Venezuela

Uruguay 2-0 Brazil

Colombia 2-1 Brazil

Brazil 0-1 Argentina

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

[Rampagoe004]

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

I think this could happen because Brazil today is not the same as it used to be. Currently they only rely on Neymar. And it can be seen how they were so unprepared when Neymar was injured. When we look further, Brazil's 1-7 defeat against Germany in the world cup a few years ago was also due to Neymar being absent due to injury against Colombia (CMIIW because I can barely remember everything). This is very sad news because they brought 5 world cup stars to their country.

[QueenVera]

 I don't think problem for Brazilr regarding with poor performance on last several matches, CONMEBOL zone have many matches left and not difficult finish around top six standing position above for locking one place on FIFA World Cup 2026. Not really important have to finish on first position because CONMEBOL have sixth position standing above automatically will qualify to World Cup 2026.

Current situation not really good for Brazil but upcoming qualifying match they will have new manager Carlo Ancelotti actually he will make many change for helping Brazil with better performance. Actually, Brazil opportunity to lead top position is not close yet regarding ability for winning all matches left or not but finish on automatically qualify standing is better although can't get first positipn place.

Brazil in their last few games haven't been doing so well in their performances, it may likely be threatening to their world cup appearance but I believe they know where and when to make the changes, the CONMEBOL will qualify six teams to the world cup and considering the number of games left, Brazil still stands a chance, their poor play doesn't necessarily mean they're degraded fully.

 A new manager would do more trick for them also knowing that this manager is one who's experienced, humble and skilful, It's very much possible that the difference will start when their qualifiers resumes next year, We anticipate the full teams performance at that time,Brazil needs to do their possible best to make sure they qualify else they'll mix out the fun in the upcoming World Cup.

[leonair]

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

I think this could happen because Brazil today is not the same as it used to be. Currently they only rely on Neymar. And it can be seen how they were so unprepared when Neymar was injured. When we look further, Brazil's 1-7 defeat against Germany in the world cup a few years ago was also due to Neymar being absent due to injury against Colombia (CMIIW because I can barely remember everything). This is very sad news because they brought 5 world cup stars to their country.

This is not a problem because Brazil is very advanced in the world of football and they will prepare very well before that World Cup.  Brazil has no chance of being eliminated in the qualifying round. Because they are a strong enough team Neymar is a very good player and he gives enough effort for Brazil to perform well. So qualification is not a problem for Brazil.  They will need to prepare well before the next World Cup starts and try to win the cup.

[Leviathan.007]

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Brazil did not perform well in this match and I think the recent performance of Brazil has not been very good as well. They have lost 3 matches in a row if I am not wrong. And that is just not good. They are a better team than just giving excuses. They should own up to their mistakes and should say that even though the performance has not been good in recent times and a lot of players are unavailable they are going to bring in better results in future games. That's what people want to hear and that's what they should do for sure.

These are the latest qualification results for Brazil:

Brazil 5-1 Bolivia

Peru 0-1 Brazil

Brazil 1-1 Venezuela

Uruguay 2-0 Brazil

Colombia 2-1 Brazil

Brazil 0-1 Argentina

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

Brazil's golden age is clearly over and they can't obviously have a good performance like they had before. I think the best thing Brazil can do is use some top-level coaches and try to develop their football, otherwise, they are going to have even worse performance in the next years.

[Leviathan.007]

Yes, the World Cup competition will last longer with more matches and more time to spend, in fact I agree with your opinion.
Even though it takes longer and the first few matches are considered qualifying matches, at least it can be said to be new capitalism.
In the sense that more money comes in because more matches will bring in more spectators who will buy tickets and affect the financial development of organizers and those who have businesses in the area around the stadium that is used.

I admit that football has been infiltrated by capitalism. Everyone needs money. The organizers want profits, the national team wants to get big prizes, broadcast rights owners will also get more profits because there are more and more matches. I don't know whether this is good news or bad news for world football but in this day and age I think everything in this world will be influenced by capitalism itself.

Maybe you didn't know this but football is a business in many countries they try to earn money from football. I think that's not right to say money is important in football and that's not good because money can change many things in the world and it's not just about football.
Some countries have bad management systems and that's the problem it's not all about spending money.

[Docnaster]

Yes, the World Cup competition will last longer with more matches and more time to spend, in fact I agree with your opinion.
Even though it takes longer and the first few matches are considered qualifying matches, at least it can be said to be new capitalism.
In the sense that more money comes in because more matches will bring in more spectators who will buy tickets and affect the financial development of organizers and those who have businesses in the area around the stadium that is used.

I admit that football has been infiltrated by capitalism. Everyone needs money. The organizers want profits, the national team wants to get big prizes, broadcast rights owners will also get more profits because there are more and more matches. I don't know whether this is good news or bad news for world football but in this day and age I think everything in this world will be influenced by capitalism itself.

Maybe you didn't know this but football is a business in many countries they try to earn money from football. I think that's not right to say money is important in football and that's not good because money can change many things in the world and it's not just about football.
Some countries have bad management systems and that's the problem it's not all about spending money.

Gone are those days football was being played majorly because of the sake of how passionate footballer are or can be. Modern day football is significantly influenced by the financial packages that comes with it and that's why the management of football at all levels are always adopting new football rules that'll yield a lot of money so they can use the proceeds to develop football the more.

The 48-team FIFA World Cup tournament will further generate more financial rewards than that of the 32-team format that's been in adopted for a a very long time. The more financial returns from the 48- team format will also make FIFA to increase the amount of money each participating country receives as well. I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop money from being the major decider in future football developments

[nullama]

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This is not a problem because Brazil is very advanced in the world of football and they will prepare very well before that World Cup.  Brazil has no chance of being eliminated in the qualifying round. Because they are a strong enough team Neymar is a very good player and he gives enough effort for Brazil to perform well. So qualification is not a problem for Brazil.  They will need to prepare well before the next World Cup starts and try to win the cup.

Yeah, I think Brazil at the moment is having a tough mental game.

They clearly have the technical skills to be at the top, but their surprise lost at the second match might have done something to their minds.

This then affected the next games, and it spiraled down.

What Brazil needs now is a good leader, coach, captain, etc. Fixing their mental health will make them go straight to the top.

If they continue like this, without fixing their mindset, they might even not qualify for the world cup. And that would be the first time in history that happens. And yeah, that's a lot of responsibility for these boys.

[Patrol69]

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

I think this could happen because Brazil today is not the same as it used to be. Currently they only rely on Neymar. And it can be seen how they were so unprepared when Neymar was injured. When we look further, Brazil's 1-7 defeat against Germany in the world cup a few years ago was also due to Neymar being absent due to injury against Colombia (CMIIW because I can barely remember everything). This is very sad news because they brought 5 world cup stars to their country.

The Brazil team is not completely dependent on Neymar, maybe the team is having a bad time, it's normal because it happens. 2022 World Cup may have gone well for Argentina but Argentina's time before the 2022 World Cup was not good at all but still they came back from there and won the World Cup. If Brazil were a team that only depended on Neymar, the club would not have bought all the other players at such a high price. 
The problem for Brazil now is that seven to nine players from their starting XI are injured and outright sidelined. They are playing in the World Cup qualifiers with a completely new team. Despite playing with a completely new team, Brazil's performance should have been a little better. Chances are not over for Brazil, there are still many matches left and I am sure Brazil will qualify for the World Cup.

[Leviathan.007]

Yes, the World Cup competition will last longer with more matches and more time to spend, in fact I agree with your opinion.
Even though it takes longer and the first few matches are considered qualifying matches, at least it can be said to be new capitalism.
In the sense that more money comes in because more matches will bring in more spectators who will buy tickets and affect the financial development of organizers and those who have businesses in the area around the stadium that is used.

I admit that football has been infiltrated by capitalism. Everyone needs money. The organizers want profits, the national team wants to get big prizes, broadcast rights owners will also get more profits because there are more and more matches. I don't know whether this is good news or bad news for world football but in this day and age I think everything in this world will be influenced by capitalism itself.

Maybe you didn't know this but football is a business in many countries they try to earn money from football. I think that's not right to say money is important in football and that's not good because money can change many things in the world and it's not just about football.
Some countries have bad management systems and that's the problem it's not all about spending money.

Gone are those days football was being played majorly because of the sake of how passionate footballer are or can be. Modern day football is significantly influenced by the financial packages that comes with it and that's why the management of football at all levels are always adopting new football rules that'll yield a lot of money so they can use the proceeds to develop football the more.

The 48-team FIFA World Cup tournament will further generate more financial rewards than that of the 32-team format that's been in adopted for a a very long time. The more financial returns from the 48- team format will also make FIFA to increase the amount of money each participating country receives as well. I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop money from being the major decider in future football developments

The next World Cup will be 48 teams World Cup and they will obviously earn more money from this tournament, maybe they can spend the money they earn during this time on developing football, I think even in Brazil they need to do much more development because this country got a huge potential and they only thing they need to have is a good management system to help the young talents in this country and that's how Brazil can return to the golden days again.

[marcous]

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This is not a problem because Brazil is very advanced in the world of football and they will prepare very well before that World Cup.  Brazil has no chance of being eliminated in the qualifying round. Because they are a strong enough team Neymar is a very good player and he gives enough effort for Brazil to perform well. So qualification is not a problem for Brazil.  They will need to prepare well before the next World Cup starts and try to win the cup.

Yeah, I think Brazil at the moment is having a tough mental game.

They clearly have the technical skills to be at the top, but their surprise lost at the second match might have done something to their minds.

This then affected the next games, and it spiraled down.

What Brazil needs now is a good leader, coach, captain, etc. Fixing their mental health will make them go straight to the top.

If they continue like this, without fixing their mindset, they might even not qualify for the world cup. And that would be the first time in history that happens. And yeah, that's a lot of responsibility for these boys.

That's right, the Brazilian national team still has a chance to compete in America, and I also never thought they would be eliminated in the qualifying stage. There are still many future matches that have not yet been played, there are still many months to prepare, and everything is still under control. For me everything will go well as before, I mean Neymar and his colleagues will return to their original track.

Great hopes rest on Ancelotti shoulders, even though we will never know for sure about his future at Real Madrid. However, I think he is the right person to coach Brazil, moreover, the Italian coach really understands the character of the players in the squad, many of them have worked together at club level, and even now this is the case with Vinicius, Rodrygo and Militao.

[nullama]

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That's right, the Brazilian national team still has a chance to compete in America, and I also never thought they would be eliminated in the qualifying stage. There are still many future matches that have not yet been played, there are still many months to prepare, and everything is still under control. For me everything will go well as before, I mean Neymar and his colleagues will return to their original track.

Great hopes rest on Ancelotti shoulders, even though we will never know for sure about his future at Real Madrid. However, I think he is the right person to coach Brazil, moreover, the Italian coach really understands the character of the players in the squad, many of them have worked together at club level, and even now this is the case with Vinicius, Rodrygo and Militao.

Yeah, the qualifiers just started, heaps of matches to go.

And more importantly, a lot of time to change their mindset.

That's the key, they need to change how they perceive their team. They are now playing with a losing mentality. They need to change it, but that requires time.

[Sithara007]

Yeah, the qualifiers just started, heaps of matches to go.

And more importantly, a lot of time to change their mindset.

That's the key, they need to change how they perceive their team. They are now playing with a losing mentality. They need to change it, but that requires time.

Well.. I have to say that the CONMEBOL qualifiers have a very shitty format this time around. After the 6th round in November 2023, the next round is scheduled for September 2024. There is a 10 month gap between the 6th and 7th rounds. It is very difficult to follow the tournament, given the lengthy gaps between matches. And now coming to Brazil, this means that they have sufficient time for self-introspection and regrouping. If they still can't win their matches, then they will miss the ticket to 2026 World Cup.

[FanEagle]

These are the latest qualification results for Brazil:

Brazil 5-1 Bolivia

Peru 0-1 Brazil

Brazil 1-1 Venezuela

Uruguay 2-0 Brazil

Colombia 2-1 Brazil

Brazil 0-1 Argentina

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

Brazil didn't lose against Peru? As you have stated in your post as well, do you mean Uruguay? That could be the situation and maybe that's the result you are talking about, nobody expected them to lose against Uruguay and they did, and had a three loss in a row situation, well to be fair losing to Argentina does make sense considering Argentina is the latest world cup title winners, but the other two games where they lost to Uruguay and Colombia was a shocker to the whole world.

I think they technically still have a chance, so it is not really end of the world for them, they will do their best and they will try to win as many games as they possibly could, that should be an important thing, if they can do that then they will be fine.

[ffandprofit]

~snip~
Brazil did not perform well in this match and I think the recent performance of Brazil has not been very good as well. They have lost 3 matches in a row if I am not wrong. And that is just not good. They are a better team than just giving excuses. They should own up to their mistakes and should say that even though the performance has not been good in recent times and a lot of players are unavailable they are going to bring in better results in future games. That's what people want to hear and that's what they should do for sure.

These are the latest qualification results for Brazil:

Brazil 5-1 Bolivia

Peru 0-1 Brazil

Brazil 1-1 Venezuela

Uruguay 2-0 Brazil

Colombia 2-1 Brazil

Brazil 0-1 Argentina

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

Yes, is Brazil's worst performance ever in a qualifier round, but since conmebol has 6 places (60% of their members asociations) I don't think they are really worried... yet

Still in papers brazil can do far better, we'll see if there is a comeback

And... I know is a bit too early but, predictions about the 6 conmebol teams to 2026 anyone?

[Strongkored]

The only excuse Brazil can have is about Neymar in this match because this team was playing with full power and I think they could even beat Argentina in a normal situation but they failed and I think this Brazil can't achieve anything in the 2026 World Cup with the current performance we can see from this team because they were disappointing so far in the recent game we saw.

Brazil has been quite disappointing in several World Cups, after winning the last time their performance was not that special, even when they were hosts they had to suffer a crushing defeat to Germany and that was the most humiliating defeat the Brazilian national team had ever experienced, in my opinion, which even happened in front of their public.
However, saying that Brazil will not achieve good things in the next World Cup seems too hasty because after all Brazil is a country that has quite a lot of players and these players have careers in many different leagues, with changes in coaching staff next year it is very likely that there will be changes that brought by the coach, especially since the 2026 World Cup is being held on the American continent and usually countries from that continent will perform better and have a big chance of becoming champions, although this is not a certainty, just a prediction.