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

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I dont know if we can arrive at some really hard ground taking into account this game of Brazil, i mean they played against the most weak and last national team in the whole conference, this Chile is very bad, so i dont know if a 3-0 against the worst team in their home is a good way to meassure the Ancelotti job.

Im gonna wait a little bit more before making some statements

You might expect Brazil to win by more than 5 goals against Chile?
Yes, they should, because Brazil had many chances and only scored 3 goals.

That's a great achievement by Ancelotti.
I can't judge now in the preliminary round, it's better to see next year how the World Cup competition starts and how he will react with his tactics.

[Ale88]

I dont know if we can arrive at some really hard ground taking into account this game of Brazil, i mean they played against the most weak and last national team in the whole conference, this Chile is very bad, so i dont know if a 3-0 against the worst team in their home is a good way to meassure the Ancelotti job.

Im gonna wait a little bit more before making some statements

I was going to say the same thing: Ancelotti probably got what he was looking for, which is a victory using a more experimental team but, as it's been pointed out, they won at home against the team that sits in the last place, is it really such an incredible victory? I don't think so. Ancelotti knew they were going to beat Chile anyway, that's why he took more risks than usual with the players.

[tsaroz]

Germany played very weakly in attack, and their defense also was not the best. Nagelsmann is trying to refresh the squad, but his experiment has not yet brought the expected result. Slovakia are not the most difficult opponent, but they did not give the ball away to Germany, the game was equal, maybe the reason was that it was an away match, but I did not expect Germany to lose. The Netherlands at home also could not beat Poland, and considering that Poland have recently been in poor form, I did not think they were capable of getting a draw.

We have been seeing such a bad performance from germany for a long time. Even when we were  able to win a match, we saw them fight hard. Germany's performance against SLovakia was very disappointing. Many gamblers  had bet on Germany winning. But Germany lost 2 - 0. Germany's players  dominated the match with 70 % ball possession. Despite having  a total of 14 shots, they were not able to score a single goal. This is really sad. We did not expect to see such a bad performance from a giant team like Germany.

A very impressive defensive game from Slovakia, more than the failure of Germany, I'd like to appreciate how good of Slovakia is. Germany had 70% ball control but they had lesser number of shots on target than Slovakia. It's a home ground for Slovakia so Germany might be looking to win on the next leg but considering other teams in the group, Slovakia would surely go for the playoffs even if they don't get the direct entry to the world cup.
Germany looked less composed during their attacks. Baumann is a good keeper but both of the goals were nearly impossible for him to stop specially the second one which could be one of the best goals of this year.

[m4r1o]

Brazil finally showed some real football against Chile and won 3x0 with a beautiful game from Luiz Henrique. A goal from Estevão and Paquetá playing very well even after the scadal with the possible matching fixing on the Premier League. I hope they remain form and can keep playing well so Brazil can go back to the glory days.

Brazil certainly played a great game, obviously they didn't face such a difficult opponent, it would be nice to see the classic Brazil - Argentina in a little while, i think the sparks will fly there.
In any case, i saw that there is controversy with Neymar.

[LGD2Business]

Messi scored two goals as Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0. He couldn't hold back his tears at the end of the match. This could be his last game for the national team. Like many others, I think he wants to play one last time in the next World Cup, but last night's game had the feel of a final match. Most likely, this was his last match in Argentina, in front of his home crowd. I don't think he'll retire without playing in the World Cup one last time.

It was very interesting that all matches outside Paraguay game ended 3-0. All four home teams won by the same score. All teams participating in the cup have been determined ahead of the final matches. Only the team advancing to the play-off remains to be decided. It will be either Venezuela or Bolivia.

[Slow death]

The situation in Group G of the World Cup qualifiers in the European region is very disputed, as can be seen in the photo:



https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/standings/

The Netherlands played Poland yesterday, and it was a game in which, if the Netherlands could win, they could increase their points lead. If they won their remaining game, the Netherlands would be isolated at the top of the group. Now the situation puts more pressure on the Netherlands, which cannot lose the remaining game because they could risk losing again, and Poland would win and be in the lead. It will be interesting to follow this group. Unfortunately, I couldn't watch Poland's game against Netherlands yesterday.

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Brazil finally showed some real football against Chile and won 3x0 with a beautiful game from Luiz Henrique. A goal from Estevão and Paquetá playing very well even after the scadal with the possible matching fixing on the Premier League. I hope they remain form and can keep playing well so Brazil can go back to the glory days.

See what i was telling you? Carlo Ancelotti will put Brazil on the right track. It's certainly no small challenge, we all know that. But that's exactly what he was looking for: a great challenge to add another layer to his coaching career.
It certainly wasn't money that drove him.

I will not praise Carlo Ancelotti just for this aspect, but I watched the entire match of Brazil very well and it seemed to me that I was watching a new Brazil. The managers who were in charge of Brazil before had a kind of rote management, that is, they used the same strategy over and over again and they did not use the right players in the right places, which resulted in Brazil ending up with a defeat or a draw even with such a good squad.
However, Carlo Ancelotti first selected the right players in the right places and then adopted the right strategy, which was necessary against Chile. Carlo Ancelotti succeeded by adopting this strategy against Chile, then you will see Carlo Ancelotti changing the strategy of the team considering the team against which Brazil has a match. These are the characteristics of a good manager.

You may not be a fan of Brazil, but you must accept this, Brazil will definitely achieve something better in the 2026 World Cup tournament than in other World Cup tournaments.

[Iamgoat]

I dont know if we can arrive at some really hard ground taking into account this game of Brazil, i mean they played against the most weak and last national team in the whole conference, this Chile is very bad, so i dont know if a 3-0 against the worst team in their home is a good way to meassure the Ancelotti job.

Im gonna wait a little bit more before making some statements

I was going to say the same thing: Ancelotti probably got what he was looking for, which is a victory using a more experimental team but, as it's been pointed out, they won at home against the team that sits in the last place, is it really such an incredible victory? I don't think so. Ancelotti knew they were going to beat Chile anyway, that's why he took more risks than usual with the players.

The game between Brazil and Chile was almost a sure game for Brazil since from start so everyone had expected Ancelotti guys to give the Chile side at least 6 strokes of goals and all but it was not what happened. Even as the Brazil guys won the game, their fans were not so happy with them because they felt they could have actually performed better than they did. Many are not so excited about Ancelotti's games yet considering the kind of expectations people have gathered for him. But I don't see any bad games yet from my own observation and the game today was well played by thr Brazilian players even though they could have played better. But it is nice to see the Brazilian guys come out colorful

[slapper]

Messi scored two goals as Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0. He couldn't hold back his tears at the end of the match. This could be his last game for the national team. Like many others, I think he wants to play one last time in the next World Cup, but last night's game had the feel of a final match. Most likely, this was his last match in Argentina, in front of his home crowd. I don't think he'll retire without playing in the World Cup one last time.

It was very interesting that all matches outside Paraguay game ended 3-0. All four home teams won by the same score. All teams participating in the cup have been determined ahead of the final matches. Only the team advancing to the play-off remains to be decided. It will be either Venezuela or Bolivia.

Messi's tears hit me hard. It is a closure now. He now has 114 international goals, 36 in qualifiers, both record numbers. And add the fact that he has scored 19 times at the Monumental, more than any stadium of his life, and, well... this was a farewell that was acted out to the last detail. Scaloni even was filmed crying before the game. Argentina had already secured first place, and as such it was more of a party than a contest - a luxury you cannot afford too often in South American qualifiers

That being said, what he says after ("day by day"?) and the reason he did not go to Ecuador to save legs implies that he is keeping the door to 2026 open. He will be 39, more older than Zidane was in 2006 or Maradona in 1994. His output this season (27G + 11A at club level) remains elite, though. I would not rule out a final World Cup cameo should his body hold it. The federation would build around it, yet Scaloni has already said that Argentina can win without Messi, and that is why players such as Mastantuono (Real Madrid, 18 years old, 69 touches, 86% accuracy in his debut) and Nico Paz are being thrown on

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Not a single big game this evening.
There is literally not a single game worth to be seen in the tv.

I hate when they stop the national leagues for these useless games, FIFA word cup qualifiers game should be played in summer after the domestic league.

[LTU_btc]

Not a single big game this evening.
There is literally not a single game worth to be seen in the tv.

I hate when they stop the national leagues for these useless games, FIFA word cup qualifiers game should be played in summer after the domestic league.

And like it wouldn't be enough, there will be another international break after few more rounds. But I don't know what solution for it would be best. You can't have all international breaks in summer because there is basically empty summers with 3 tournaments in 4 years - World Cup, EURO and now Club World Cup.
From next season there will be new model introduced. September and October breaks will be combined into one, there will be 4 games played instead of 2. And leagues will stop for 2 weeks:
https://onefootball.com/en/news/fifa-introduce-new-model-for-international-breaks-in-2627-41620828

[Agbe]

Not a single big game this evening.
There is literally not a single game worth to be seen in the tv.

I hate when they stop the national leagues for these useless games, FIFA word cup qualifiers game should be played in summer after the domestic league.

There are many world cup qualifiers going on that you can watch both in Europe and Africa that you can watch they are actually interesting games, so I don't get your point when you say that there are no single big games to watch tonight because am really enjoying myself with some interesting games as am following them because I placed a bet especially the game between Ukraine vs France.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Not a single big game this evening.
There is literally not a single game worth to be seen in the tv.

I hate when they stop the national leagues for these useless games, FIFA word cup qualifiers game should be played in summer after the domestic league.

I thought am the only one that is not always happy whenever these FIFA world cup qualifiers games interrupts the normal league games but if they are to be played during the summer after the league games must have ended, it means that most players will not rest at all because it will be so stressful for a player to continue playing matches after the league games must have ended and they will have little or no time to rest and have some moments with their loved ones before the new season starts again so that is basically the reason why those games are played along with the league games. Anyways, it's just one week off and the league games will resume again so we shouldn't bother much about the international breaks.

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There are many world cup qualifiers going on that you can watch both in Europe and Africa that you can watch they are actually interesting games, so I don't get your point when you say that there are no single big games to watch tonight because am really enjoying myself with some interesting games as am following them because I placed a bet especially the game between Ukraine vs France.

These evening in Europe side we have only unbalanced games, only 1 was at same level and in fact they are still 0-0
I'm talking about Denmark Scotland.

All the others game were very unbalanced, demonstrate by the fact that we have so many games with 3 or more goal differences between the teams.
To me the most interesting result is Croatia winning only for 1-0, I have not seen anything about it but on the paper they are a lot stronger.

[TelolettOm]

There are many world cup qualifiers going on that you can watch both in Europe and Africa that you can watch they are actually interesting games, so I don't get your point when you say that there are no single big games to watch tonight because am really enjoying myself with some interesting games as am following them because I placed a bet especially the game between Ukraine vs France.

The match between Ukraine and France ended with a 0-2 victory for France. As we all guessed, France was far superior. In fact, Michel Olise scored a goal from the very first minute, in the 10th minute. Then, Mbappé completed the victory with their second goal in the 82nd minute. France now sits in second place in Group D, thanks to Iceland's 5-0 victory over Azerbaijan.

Well, this time, Real Madrid's French players both contributed significantly to their teams, with Mbappé with one goal assisted by Tchouameni

Source: Mbappé with one goal assisted by Tchouameni

[Sithara007]

The match between Ukraine and France ended with a 0-2 victory for France. As we all guessed, France was far superior. In fact, Michel Olise scored a goal from the very first minute, in the 10th minute. Then, Mbappé completed the victory with their second goal in the 82nd minute. France now sits in second place in Group D, thanks to Iceland's 5-0 victory over Azerbaijan.

Well, this time, Real Madrid's French players both contributed significantly to their teams, with Mbappé with one goal assisted by Tchouameni

Both Iceland and France have started strongly. The problem here is that only one team from each group will gain direct qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The second placed team in each group will advance to the play-offs. A total of 16 teams will participate in the play-offs, with only 4 teams getting the qualification for world cup. So the chances of Iceland qualifying to the world cup looks dim for me, as in all probability it will be France who will top the group. Iceland will probably play against teams like Denmark and Slovakia in the second round.

[Ale88]

Not a single big game this evening.
There is literally not a single game worth to be seen in the tv.

I hate when they stop the national leagues for these useless games, FIFA word cup qualifiers game should be played in summer after the domestic league.

Are you proposing to play 8-10 qualification games one after the other during the summer? So the players would have no rest at all and the teams would be always the same ones? And then what do they do for the next two years? Only friendly matches? Because they will have to play anyway from time to time, don't they?

[Hewlet]

Brazil finally showed some real football against Chile and won 3x0 with a beautiful game from Luiz Henrique. A goal from Estevão and Paquetá playing very well even after the scadal with the possible matching fixing on the Premier League. I hope they remain form and can keep playing well so Brazil can go back to the glory days.

Brazil certainly played a great game, obviously they didn't face such a difficult opponent, it would be nice to see the classic Brazil - Argentina in a little while, i think the sparks will fly there.
In any case, i saw that there is controversy with Neymar.

getting all point from all the games he has coached so far is actually a good result regardless of the position of her opposition in the qualification series. Chile might not be an equal opposition compared the Brazilian team but definitely getting a three point off them is definitely worth it. the play in general was not bad at all with Chelsea new boys already doing well for their club.

After the end of the qualification series, i will want to see how Carlo Ancelotti will deal with the main tournament itself. that is going to be the determining factor that shows if he has succeeded in getting his team back to wining ways. the qualification phase is not anywhere close to what they will face in the main world cup games against tough opposition but a win as this is still a good indicator that Ancelotti is back in business.
 

[stompix]

I dont know if we can arrive at some really hard ground taking into account this game of Brazil, i mean they played against the most weak and last national team in the whole conference, this Chile is very bad, so i dont know if a 3-0 against the worst team in their home is a good way to meassure the Ancelotti job.

Im gonna wait a little bit more before making some statements

Well, considering that every top team beat the other with 3-0 with the exception of the Paraguay Ecuador match in which both were on a qualifying position, it's really hard to see these results as anything, if we exclude Venezuela and Bolivia, the rest are playing just for the sake of playing the match and go home.

Not a single big game this evening.
There is literally not a single game worth to be seen in the tv.

It's called qualification for a reason, if you had top-tier teams paying against each other right now what would be the point of the cup itself anymore?

[Oluwa-btc]

I saw the Slovenia versus Sweden game last night. The full time scores do not surprise me but I think if there should be a winner in that game, it should have been Sweden. They were the better side from the first 45Mins of the game. Robin Olsen pulled up a horror show as he wasn't able to control a light shot sent his way by Lovric. That goal sparked something up for the Slovenia sides as they fought to the end to salvage a point. Newly appointed Italian manager, Gennaro Gattuso saw his debut won in a great way. Beating Estonia with 5 solid goals to nil.