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

[Leviathan.007]

Brazil is undoubtedly a strong team but such a performance is not really expected from them. Because the performance of the Brazil team during the 2026 World Cup has been really bad. Thousands of football fans were heartbroken to see the performance of the Brazilian team compared to the strong team that they are. Due to this performance of the Brazilian team, their course may have been dropped. The Brazilian team has not appointed a new course yet. But the new course that will come must have expectations so that every player in Brazil team 2026 World Cup can perform well. So that they can forget the failure of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers by performing in the 2026 World Cup.

I assume you mean the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022 where Brazil lost in the Qatar finals against Croatia. I don't think the Samba Boys performed very poorly because they lost to a good side on penalties. They indeed lost to a lowly-rated team like Cameroon but we shouldn't also forget that the winner of the World Cup Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia. The rumor that the Brazilian national team will hire Carlo Ancelotti has been laid to rest after the Italian tactician extended his contract with Real Madrid.

But with the appointment of Dorival Júnior as new coach the team has hope of getting some positive results. The former Flamengo, Fluminense, and Santos coach has lots of experience and has won prestigious trophies like the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Cup. He also helped Vasco da Gama to win the Seria B title. The 61-year-old tactician has lots of experience that can be useful to the Seleção Canarinha.

Brazil in the 2022 World Cup had a much better situation than we see from them right now and I think Brazil should think about improving the team if they want to even have the same performance we saw from them in the last season because currently, they are obviously now in the good form. However, I think Brazil with its younger players can have a sssshining future if they get a new coach and pay more attention to the younger talents they have got.

[gagux123]

I assume you mean the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022 where Brazil lost in the Qatar finals against Croatia. I don't think the Samba Boys performed very poorly because they lost to a good side on penalties. They indeed lost to a lowly-rated team like Cameroon but we shouldn't also forget that the winner of the World Cup Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia. The rumor that the Brazilian national team will hire Carlo Ancelotti has been laid to rest after the Italian tactician extended his contract with Real Madrid.

But with the appointment of Dorival Júnior as new coach the team has hope of getting some positive results. The former Flamengo, Fluminense, and Santos coach has lots of experience and has won prestigious trophies like the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Cup. He also helped Vasco da Gama to win the Seria B title. The 61-year-old tactician has lots of experience that can be useful to the Seleção Canarinha.

I believe that the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 had several unforeseen events, Germany was eliminated at the beginning, Morocco finished in 4th place, Japan beat Germany, Brazil lost to Cameroon, Morocco beat Spain... I'm not belittling these teams, I'm just sharing that sometimes unforeseen events happen and the weakest can surprise.
If Ancelotti became coach of the Brazilian national team, that would be a game changer and that would improve the team a lot, but even so, Dorival Jr is an excellent coach, as you already said, I'm looking forward to seeing how Brazil's performance will be with him as technician.

[nullama]

~snip~
Brazil in the 2022 World Cup had a much better situation than we see from them right now and I think Brazil should think about improving the team if they want to even have the same performance we saw from them in the last season because currently, they are obviously now in the good form. However, I think Brazil with its younger players can have a sssshining future if they get a new coach and pay more attention to the younger talents they have got.

Yeah, but it's not like the players magically got worse in a year or two.

It's simply a bad time for Brazil, they will get back in their feet and continue winning more games in the future.

It's all a mental game at the moment.

[rdluffy]

Yeah, but it's not like the players magically got worse in a year or two.

It's simply a bad time for Brazil, they will get back in their feet and continue winning more games in the future.

It's all a mental game at the moment.

You're probably right. At this point, the mental aspect affects all the players, coach and even managers of the Brazilian national team. When the phase is bad, everything seems to go wrong, and things happen that have never happened before, like the Brazilian team's defeats in the 2026 WC qualifiers

I know that many of you no longer believe in Brazil and prefer European teams, but if there's one thing Brazil is good at, it's the power to overcome, and it could be a very good thing if Brazil goes to the 2026 World Cup without all the favoritism (although the 200 million Brazilians already put absurd pressure on the team before any World Cup).

Now that the coach has been appointed, let's wait for the job to be done.
I know that many of you don't know the coach either, or always prefer names already known in Europe, but Dorival JR is good, and could take a good chance

[synchronym]

Brazil is undoubtedly a strong team but such a performance is not really expected from them. Because the performance of the Brazil team during the 2026 World Cup has been really bad. Thousands of football fans were heartbroken to see the performance of the Brazilian team compared to the strong team that they are. Due to this performance of the Brazilian team, their course may have been dropped. The Brazilian team has not appointed a new course yet. But the new course that will come must have expectations so that every player in Brazil team 2026 World Cup can perform well. So that they can forget the failure of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers by performing in the 2026 World Cup.

I assume you mean the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022 where Brazil lost in the Qatar finals against Croatia. I don't think the Samba Boys performed very poorly because they lost to a good side on penalties. They indeed lost to a lowly-rated team like Cameroon but we shouldn't also forget that the winner of the World Cup Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia. The rumor that the Brazilian national team will hire Carlo Ancelotti has been laid to rest after the Italian tactician extended his contract with Real Madrid.

But with the appointment of Dorival Júnior as new coach the team has hope of getting some positive results. The former Flamengo, Fluminense, and Santos coach has lots of experience and has won prestigious trophies like the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Cup. He also helped Vasco da Gama to win the Seria B title. The 61-year-old tactician has lots of experience that can be useful to the Seleção Canarinha.

Brazil in the 2022 World Cup had a much better situation than we see from them right now and I think Brazil should think about improving the team if they want to even have the same performance we saw from them in the last season because currently, they are obviously now in the good form. However, I think Brazil with its younger players can have a sssshining future if they get a new coach and pay more attention to the younger talents they have got.

You are absolutely right because even before the 2022 World Cup Brazil team has performed very well. The playing condition of the Brazilian team has worsened since the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and they have been playing poorly ever since. Brazil is a strong team so their performance was never expected by millions of football fans. Because there may not be a good course, the Brazilian team should find a good quality course so that they can prepare well for the 2026 World Cup. Not having an important player Neymar in the team can be another reason, so Brazil's Neymar can participate in the 2026 World Cup due to injury, so every player in the Brazil team must perform well. So that the Brazil team can complete their hexa mission in the 2026 World Cup.

[imamusma]

Yeah, but it's not like the players magically got worse in a year or two.

It's simply a bad time for Brazil, they will get back in their feet and continue winning more games in the future.

It's all a mental game at the moment.

You're probably right. At this point, the mental aspect affects all the players, coach and even managers of the Brazilian national team. When the phase is bad, everything seems to go wrong, and things happen that have never happened before, like the Brazilian team's defeats in the 2026 WC qualifiers

I know that many of you no longer believe in Brazil and prefer European teams, but if there's one thing Brazil is good at, it's the power to overcome, and it could be a very good thing if Brazil goes to the 2026 World Cup without all the favoritism (although the 200 million Brazilians already put absurd pressure on the team before any World Cup).

Now that the coach has been appointed, let's wait for the job to be done.
I know that many of you don't know the coach either, or always prefer names already known in Europe, but Dorival JR is good, and could take a good chance

The change of coach in the Brazilian national team will renew the mentality of the squad as a whole, understanding the character of the players must be prioritized. Being a national team manager is very different from being a manager at club level, because the difference is very big, building chemistry between players with the league background they work in. I'm sure Dorival JR already understands these very basic challenges as a consideration for choosing the appropriate strategy, personally I don't know much about his reputation at club level so far.

Brazil still has plenty of time to improve and make things better, so they can regain the trust of their fans around the world. As a team that has an even squad depth in every line, Brazil is still the favorite in every competition, especially in the World Cup, even though they are currently slumping in the qualifying standings, but personally I think they will gradually rise again.

[KTChampions]

~snip~
Brazil in the 2022 World Cup had a much better situation than we see from them right now and I think Brazil should think about improving the team if they want to even have the same performance we saw from them in the last season because currently, they are obviously now in the good form. However, I think Brazil with its younger players can have a sssshining future if they get a new coach and pay more attention to the younger talents they have got.

Yeah, but it's not like the players magically got worse in a year or two.

It's simply a bad time for Brazil, they will get back in their feet and continue winning more games in the future.

It's all a mental game at the moment.

It's hard to argue in the context of short tournaments (although Brazil is now consistently bad on average) because with a certain amount of luck you can become a champion even if you play "like everyone else." If Brazil wins the 2026 World Cup, then everyone will say that the many years of crisis are over and now “their era has come” (they really have a whole generation of talent), if they fail again, then reasons for this will again be found. But the point is that there is always one winner, and there are many good worthy teams, luck decides a lot, this is not a round-robin tournament.

[synchronym]

Yeah, but it's not like the players magically got worse in a year or two.

It's simply a bad time for Brazil, they will get back in their feet and continue winning more games in the future.

It's all a mental game at the moment.

You're probably right. At this point, the mental aspect affects all the players, coach and even managers of the Brazilian national team. When the phase is bad, everything seems to go wrong, and things happen that have never happened before, like the Brazilian team's defeats in the 2026 WC qualifiers

I know that many of you no longer believe in Brazil and prefer European teams, but if there's one thing Brazil is good at, it's the power to overcome, and it could be a very good thing if Brazil goes to the 2026 World Cup without all the favoritism (although the 200 million Brazilians already put absurd pressure on the team before any World Cup).

Now that the coach has been appointed, let's wait for the job to be done.
I know that many of you don't know the coach either, or always prefer names already known in Europe, but Dorival JR is good, and could take a good chance

Brazil still has plenty of time to improve and make things better, so they can regain the trust of their fans around the world. As a team that has an even squad depth in every line, Brazil is still the favorite in every competition, especially in the World Cup, even though they are currently slumping in the qualifying standings, but personally I think they will gradually rise again.

I myself agree with you that Brazil team can return to a good position with their best performance. There is a lot of time before the start of the 2026 World Cup, so if every player of the Brazil team tries well, then they will certainly be able to complete the mission of the 2026 World Cup well. Before preparing for the 2026 World Cup, the Brazilian team must find a good course so that they lead that course and every player performs at their best. Of course, best wishes for the Brazilian team.

[Xxmodded]

Brazil still has plenty of time to improve and make things better, so they can regain the trust of their fans around the world. As a team that has an even squad depth in every line, Brazil is still the favorite in every competition, especially in the World Cup, even though they are currently slumping in the qualifying standings, but personally I think they will gradually rise again.

New Brazil manager Dorival Junior have enough time for preparing team playing in Copa America six months later, I think under era Dorival Junior Brazil seems promising will have better achievement because he know with Brazil culture due previous teams before with Flamengo. Brazilian Football Confederation or CBF have right decision announce early for new manager after failure sign Carlo Ancelotti and Dorival Junior as new Brazil manager have longer time preparing teams.
Currently some people not know well with Dorival Junior but he was success won Copa Libertadores last season with Flamengo, I think his achievement is reason from Brazilian Football Confederation or CBF show him as new Brazil manager for playing in Copa America 2024 and prepare teams qualify to FIFA World Cup 2026.

[Leviathan.007]

Brazil still has plenty of time to improve and make things better, so they can regain the trust of their fans around the world. As a team that has an even squad depth in every line, Brazil is still the favorite in every competition, especially in the World Cup, even though they are currently slumping in the qualifying standings, but personally I think they will gradually rise again.

New Brazil manager Dorival Junior have enough time for preparing team playing in Copa America six months later, I think under era Dorival Junior Brazil seems promising will have better achievement because he know with Brazil culture due previous teams before with Flamengo. Brazilian Football Confederation or CBF have right decision announce early for new manager after failure sign Carlo Ancelotti and Dorival Junior as new Brazil manager have longer time preparing teams.
Currently some people not know well with Dorival Junior but he was success won Copa Libertadores last season with Flamengo, I think his achievement is reason from Brazilian Football Confederation or CBF show him as new Brazil manager for playing in Copa America 2024 and prepare teams qualify to FIFA World Cup 2026.

All I can say about Dorival Junior and Brazil is this Brazilian coach was definitely one of the best options Brazil could have for their team.
Dorival Junior is a coach with lots of experience in different Brazilian teams and his last experience was in São Paulo where he won the Copa do Brasil with this team, but I don't think if he could be the best option for Brazil.
 

[nullama]

~snip~
I myself agree with you that Brazil team can return to a good position with their best performance. There is a lot of time before the start of the 2026 World Cup, so if every player of the Brazil team tries well, then they will certainly be able to complete the mission of the 2026 World Cup well. Before preparing for the 2026 World Cup, the Brazilian team must find a good course so that they lead that course and every player performs at their best. Of course, best wishes for the Brazilian team.

That's the thing, there are a lot of more matches to be played in the future, and people are just assuming Brazil will be out of the world cup.

Highly unlikely in my view.

Brazil has always qualified to every single world cup since inception, so that's almost a century of data proving they will qualify.

There's no way Brazil won't qualify, specially now that there are more slots.

[Volgastallion]

I see Brazil in the pattern that have Alemania (and still in it) or Argentina a few years ago, when they cant find the form of play and they also cant find the proper coach for the situation.And they ended up calling old coaches to overcome the situation with more experience than other thing.

[synchronym]

~snip~
I myself agree with you that Brazil team can return to a good position with their best performance. There is a lot of time before the start of the 2026 World Cup, so if every player of the Brazil team tries well, then they will certainly be able to complete the mission of the 2026 World Cup well. Before preparing for the 2026 World Cup, the Brazilian team must find a good course so that they lead that course and every player performs at their best. Of course, best wishes for the Brazilian team.

That's the thing, there are a lot of more matches to be played in the future, and people are just assuming Brazil will be out of the world cup.

Highly unlikely in my view.

Brazil has always qualified to every single world cup since inception, so that's almost a century of data proving they will qualify.

There's no way Brazil won't qualify, specially now that there are more slots.

To say that they will be knocked out of the World Cup in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Brazilian team had a very bad performance from the beginning. Everyone is saying what everyone is thinking, many are saying that Brazil will not be able to participate in the World Cup, etc. But I think the Brazilian team must prove themselves before the Copa America that they play well. 2026 World Cup However, each of their players must play well, if they play well, they will certainly do well in the 2026 World Cup. At one time, Argentina performed very poorly, and now their team's performance is the best. So it is expected that the bad times will come and the bad times will come and the good times will come. Likewise, every player in the Brazil team will have to prove that we can turn around from the bad times.

[hichamito37]

Brazil still has plenty of time to improve and make things better, so they can regain the trust of their fans around the world. As a team that has an even squad depth in every line, Brazil is still the favorite in every competition, especially in the World Cup, even though they are currently slumping in the qualifying standings, but personally I think they will gradually rise again.

New Brazil manager Dorival Junior have enough time for preparing team playing in Copa America six months later, I think under era Dorival Junior Brazil seems promising will have better achievement because he know with Brazil culture due previous teams before with Flamengo. Brazilian Football Confederation or CBF have right decision announce early for new manager after failure sign Carlo Ancelotti and Dorival Junior as new Brazil manager have longer time preparing teams.
Currently some people not know well with Dorival Junior but he was success won Copa Libertadores last season with Flamengo, I think his achievement is reason from Brazilian Football Confederation or CBF show him as new Brazil manager for playing in Copa America 2024 and prepare teams qualify to FIFA World Cup 2026.

All I can say about Dorival Junior and Brazil is this Brazilian coach was definitely one of the best options Brazil could have for their team.
Dorival Junior is a coach with lots of experience in different Brazilian teams and his last experience was in São Paulo where he won the Copa do Brasil with this team, but I don't think if he could be the best option for Brazil.
 

I can't say if Brazil is going to start achieving things or not. Because the coach is very new right now. And it is also going to be tough to ask a lot from him so quickly. But at the same time, he knew what he is getting himself into. So he should be ready to take the challenge. I think the biggest target should be the next world cup. Anything before that should be players and the team getting ready for the world cup. It has been a pretty long time since we have seen a really good Brazil squad in the world cup. That's what they have to work towards right now.

[Leviathan.007]

~snip~
I myself agree with you that Brazil team can return to a good position with their best performance. There is a lot of time before the start of the 2026 World Cup, so if every player of the Brazil team tries well, then they will certainly be able to complete the mission of the 2026 World Cup well. Before preparing for the 2026 World Cup, the Brazilian team must find a good course so that they lead that course and every player performs at their best. Of course, best wishes for the Brazilian team.

That's the thing, there are a lot of more matches to be played in the future, and people are just assuming Brazil will be out of the world cup.

Highly unlikely in my view.

Brazil has always qualified to every single world cup since inception, so that's almost a century of data proving they will qualify.

There's no way Brazil won't qualify, specially now that there are more slots.

To say that they will be knocked out of the World Cup in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Brazilian team had a very bad performance from the beginning. Everyone is saying what everyone is thinking, many are saying that Brazil will not be able to participate in the World Cup, etc. But I think the Brazilian team must prove themselves before the Copa America that they play well. 2026 World Cup However, each of their players must play well, if they play well, they will certainly do well in the 2026 World Cup. At one time, Argentina performed very poorly, and now their team's performance is the best. So it is expected that the bad times will come and the bad times will come and the good times will come. Likewise, every player in the Brazil team will have to prove that we can turn around from the bad times.

We can't predict anything about Brazil yet since they started working with their new coach and this coach is totally unknown to the non-Brazilian people and we can't say if Brazil can get anything in the 2026 World Cup or not but the facts about Brazil is they usually had good performance in the past world cups we saw from them and now if don't get the ticket for the 2026 world cup there will be a huge pressure on this country and the people who chose this coach.

[nullama]

~snip~
You're probably right. At this point, the mental aspect affects all the players, coach and even managers of the Brazilian national team. When the phase is bad, everything seems to go wrong, and things happen that have never happened before, like the Brazilian team's defeats in the 2026 WC qualifiers

I know that many of you no longer believe in Brazil and prefer European teams, but if there's one thing Brazil is good at, it's the power to overcome, and it could be a very good thing if Brazil goes to the 2026 World Cup without all the favoritism (although the 200 million Brazilians already put absurd pressure on the team before any World Cup).

Now that the coach has been appointed, let's wait for the job to be done.
I know that many of you don't know the coach either, or always prefer names already known in Europe, but Dorival JR is good, and could take a good chance

Yeah, it is clearly a mental game these days, because they are really great players.

I am sure they will conquer their minds and proceed to win the next few games.

[Zigabel]

Brazil in the 2022 World Cup had a much better situation than we see from them right now and I think Brazil should think about improving the team if they want to even have the same performance we saw from them in the last season because currently, they are obviously now in the good form. However, I think Brazil with its younger players can have a sssshining future if they get a new coach and pay more attention to the younger talents they have got.

they now have a new coach in the person of dorival júnior, he was formerly the head coach at São Paulo in April 2023 where he helped the team win their first ever Copa de Brasil with some other records around his career so far, he has been a coach around the Brazilian league so he's got a good idea around Brazilian style of playing football so he will not find it difficult getting used to the team members within a short period of time he will get used them all and his tactics and strategy will be such that they all can adopt to easily.

Hopefully with this their new coach the Brazilian team will have better form and be able to perform well in the world cup just like they did few years back hopefully they go beyond the point they got to few years back.

[doomloop]

To say that they will be knocked out of the World Cup in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Brazilian team had a very bad performance from the beginning. Everyone is saying what everyone is thinking, many are saying that Brazil will not be able to participate in the World Cup, etc. But I think the Brazilian team must prove themselves before the Copa America that they play well. 2026 World Cup However, each of their players must play well, if they play well, they will certainly do well in the 2026 World Cup. At one time, Argentina performed very poorly, and now their team's performance is the best. So it is expected that the bad times will come and the bad times will come and the good times will come. Likewise, every player in the Brazil team will have to prove that we can turn around from the bad times.

We can't predict anything about Brazil yet since they started working with their new coach and this coach is totally unknown to the non-Brazilian people and we can't say if Brazil can get anything in the 2026 World Cup or not but the facts about Brazil is they usually had good performance in the past world cups we saw from them and now if don't get the ticket for the 2026 world cup there will be a huge pressure on this country and the people who chose this coach.

I agree here now for the better response we have to wait for their next performance then things will be clear about their future as can they end their deadlock with this new coach, or we are going to face same situation in coming days even most chances we will have some better changes which will help them for having better results and also ending their drought of trophies which are surely needed from them but for this all we have to wait as how new coach will bring changes and how things will be work for them with his strategy which needed because there is no problem with quality it's just needed better motivation and good changing which allow these players to give their best in big events.

[Juggy777]

To say that they will be knocked out of the World Cup in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Brazilian team had a very bad performance from the beginning. Everyone is saying what everyone is thinking, many are saying that Brazil will not be able to participate in the World Cup, etc. But I think the Brazilian team must prove themselves before the Copa America that they play well. 2026 World Cup However, each of their players must play well, if they play well, they will certainly do well in the 2026 World Cup. At one time, Argentina performed very poorly, and now their team's performance is the best. So it is expected that the bad times will come and the bad times will come and the good times will come. Likewise, every player in the Brazil team will have to prove that we can turn around from the bad times.

We can't predict anything about Brazil yet since they started working with their new coach and this coach is totally unknown to the non-Brazilian people and we can't say if Brazil can get anything in the 2026 World Cup or not but the facts about Brazil is they usually had good performance in the past world cups we saw from them and now if don't get the ticket for the 2026 world cup there will be a huge pressure on this country and the people who chose this coach.

I agree here now for the better response we have to wait for their next performance then things will be clear about their future as can they end their deadlock with this new coach, or we are going to face same situation in coming days even most chances we will have some better changes which will help them for having better results and also ending their drought of trophies which are surely needed from them but for this all we have to wait as how new coach will bring changes and how things will be work for them with his strategy which needed because there is no problem with quality it's just needed better motivation and good changing which allow these players to give their best in big events.

@doomloop on the face of it I can understand why everyone’s so negative about Brazil but let’s not forget that this is a team that has many talented stars hence I won’t underestimate them even on their worst day. Furthermore with Carlo not taking over they’ll have to figure who can lead them in his absence but I strongly feel that they can yet do well if the new coach can motivate them and fix their pending issue’s.

[Sithara007]

@doomloop on the face of it I can understand why everyone’s so negative about Brazil but let’s not forget that this is a team that has many talented stars hence I won’t underestimate them even on their worst day. Furthermore with Carlo not taking over they’ll have to figure who can lead them in his absence but I strongly feel that they can yet do well if the new coach can motivate them and fix their pending issue’s.

Well.. we are talking about a team that underwent three consecutive defeats in the CONMEBOL qualifiers. They are at the 6th position in the points table (out of a total of 10 teams). Teams like Venezuela are ahead of them in points table, at this point. So if someone says negative about Brazil, then it is understandable. One argument in their support is that they are impacted by Neymar's injury. But then, they have some of the best players in the world such as Vinícius Júnior, Richarlison and Matheus Cunha. So the performance at qualifiers was a big shock to everyone.