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

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For him, it is practically impossible to win a World Cup, the Portuguese team during its peak did not manage =CUT=CUT= CR7 is a record breaker.

I understand Cristiano's disappointment, but winning the World Cup has always been a dream. Portugal is not favourites, but we cannot measure success only on trophies. He is a record holder and has won everything with the right support. Good luck for the future!

As we can put it this way, you can't really get all you want in life. He is already a legend in this sports. What more can he ask for in this career? Sure, there will be disappointments, as that is human nature. At the end of the day, it is his self-contentment that matters to live a peaceful life, right?

But just to add, there are several sites which are really comparing the achievements of Messi vs Ronaldo, and let us look at some of them at the individual level -


Source: https://www.messivsronaldo.app/individual-awards/
We can say, at first glance that Messi has more awards over Ronaldo. But let us be grateful that we have seen these 2 individuals in their prime. Hard to beat by the new blood in this sports.

We our previous generation and our future generation will remember the names of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi as long as they watch football games. They are two of the greatest legendary players of all time. We often argue and compare these two players, some say Ronaldo is the best and some say Lionel Messi is the best. In fact none of these two have achieved less than the other so they are ahead of the whole football world. If we compare individual achievements and titles between these two players, then Messi is ahead. On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo is ahead in terms of fan followers and goals.

But yes Messi is a self-sufficient player in his own football career because he lacked one trophy in his career and that was the World Cup. Messi has won that elusive trophy in 2022 FIFA World Cup but Ronaldo is yet to touch the World Cup. For which he may feel incomplete. But he is still a legendary player and the highest goalscorer in football history.

[armanda90]

Second match of third round qualifier Indonesia vs Australia.

Have good capital on the first match after success being draw Saudi Arabia and getting one away point make Indonesia team on confidence performance for second matches against Australia today.
Although can't dominance when facing Australia teams and last match at AFC Asian Cup 2024 round of 16 Indonesia team have defeated over 4-0 and believing with Indonesia team manager Shin Tae-yong give the first three points for our national team.

Australia national team on bad performance after defeating by Bahrain on the first qualifier match and playing in front of their fans, Indonesia team have solid defense performance after Maarten Paes success getting naturalization and make impressive debut match against Saudi Arabia after crucial penalty kick save. For second qualifier match, Indonesian seems defend their first composition against Australia looking all players have show their best performance.

[Hirose UK]

Today Indonesia will play again against Australia and the match will take place in Indonesia in other words Indonesia has the advantage as the host, but in this match we can see that the bookies give Australia as the favorite team.
So far, Indonesia in several meetings with Australia has shown that they have not been able to win and basically from the results of several matches they have played, many consider Australia to be the favorite team.
But seeing what is currently happening with the Indonesian national team and seeing how they played before against Saudi Arabia, it can also be concluded that there is possibility for Indonesia to be able to play well and make Australia feel big surprise from Indonesia strength.
For my prediction, maybe Indonesia chance to win is still very small but they have the opportunity to hold Australia and share points.

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Today Indonesia will play again against Australia and the match will take place in Indonesia in other words Indonesia has the advantage as the host, but in this match we can see that the bookies give Australia as the favorite team.
So far, Indonesia in several meetings with Australia has shown that they have not been able to win and basically from the results of several matches they have played, many consider Australia to be the favorite team.
But seeing what is currently happening with the Indonesian national team and seeing how they played before against Saudi Arabia, it can also be concluded that there is possibility for Indonesia to be able to play well and make Australia feel big surprise from Indonesia strength.
For my prediction, maybe Indonesia chance to win is still very small but they have the opportunity to hold Australia and share points.

Well, to be honest, if Australia doesn't win against Indonesia, then I don't think they should qualify for the world cup.

Indonesia is not a strong opponent, and anything else other than an Aussie victory should be out of the question if they have any hopes of qualifying to the world cup.

But I don't know, maybe they would also manage to qualify even if they lose or draw given that now they are going to have so many extra teams in the tournament.