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

[slapper]

[img height=300]~

This man was one of the players I loved but after seeing all these statements I say to myself that i don't blame him after all, as a coach of one of the big countries in the world of football that could not give the team a qualification spot is suppose to affect him badly and he's just being frustrated. Knowing fully well that he can not get the first spot and losing it to Norway can make someone like Gattuso start complaining and saying things that doesn't make sense. He is not getting things right and the only way to kill this anger that is eating him up is by attracting unnecessary attention to let him feel important, he just wants to offend people. All these won't have come out from him if Italy had qualified for the world cup but a play off is a big passage to get that qualification he needed so he knows he can't do it that's why we are seeing all these nonsense coming from him, jealousy should be included to what's happening to him and I wish they sack him because he is doing a very bad job as the head coach of Italy, keeping him will only cause more disaster and with how things are going he won't be coaching Italy in the world cup, they should have checked his records if he has succeeded with any club he managed before making him the coach of Italy.

You're right he's frustrated but he's earned every bit of it. Five months to get ready to Norway at home, and the great strategic gimmick was to have Mancini physically bully Haaland as though it were the 90s. It backfired spectacularly. Norway was not merely winning, but they embarrassed Italy in their own house. The San Siro was silent as their team fell in twenty minutes

The deflection is what bothers me. Finger pointing at African world cup slots? Bashing fans who booed a dead act with Moldova? That is a manager who realizes that he is not up to the task and is blowing out at everybody but himself

The wasted talent is the true tragedy. Italy U21s are destroying it, but the senior team is psychologically in a shambles. In March they have a home semi final. However, when the final is in Sweden or North Macedonia (who have already beaten them prior), I would not put money on them

It is a dysfunctional system and Gattuso is not the man to turn it around

[Polkeins]

Frankly, I can't understand how Germany, a team capable of scoring six goals against Slovakia, lost the first match without scoring any goals. There was no rotation in that match either. Woltemade, Wirtz, Gnabry and Goretzka played. They all played in this match too, so the lineup was almost exactly the same. I interpret the loss in the first match as a betting fix, there's no other alternative. Germany has the strength to beat any team when they want to and they proved it today. They secured their World Cup ticket.

Despite various problems, one thing you definitely can't accuse the German team of is match fixing. Most likely, they just couldn't get themselves in the right frame of mind for their first game against Slovakia, who were playing at home and were highly motivated.
Yesterday's match was like a training session where the main team trains the reserves and the Slovaks had no chance at all. I don't remember any dangerous moments in front of the German side. Although Slovakia should also be motivated, because a victory over Germany would have taken Slovakia directly to the World Cup.
It seemed like this was the main match of the day yesterday, but in fact, Montenegro vs. Croatia and Malta vs. Poland turned out to be much more competitive.