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

[cygan]

a 2-2 draw against uzbekistan yesterday was enough for iran to book their ticket for the 2026 world cup
three-time world champions and defending champions argentina have also secured their ticket for the 2026 world cup in the usa, canada and mexico. the albiceleste benefited from a goalless draw from bolivia. the 4-1 win against brazil was just a matter of form

 the following nations have already qualified for the tournament: japan, iran, new zealand and argentina

[Hewlet]

The Brazilian team is currently in a situation where they attack with weakness. The team played very badly against Argentina, Brazil's weak attitude forced them to lose. Their defense line and attack line were not good at all, the goalkeeper could not make good saves at all. I did not imagine that Brazil would lose with such a result, however, since the team lost, it is their failure. The performance of the star players was not good at all. They performed very well in clubs, but when they came to the national team, they could not perform well at all. However, we saw Argentina's game and they attacked a lot where they did not let Brazil attack, but they kept the ball in their possession most of the time.

Argentina cooked Brazil, a team, with 4 goals and the reason is that Argentina played as a team and Brazil did not play as a team, let's be honest Raphina, Rodrygo and Vinicius did not play well and that affected them, I already know that Argentina is going to win the match because when Vinicius and Raphina get angry they will not play well again, the match would have ended in peace but it ends with a lot of drama and it is all because of what Raphina said before the match.

Raphina started a fight he was not even prepared for, and this is how best to silence that kind of loud behavior from him. This kind of thing has happened over and over again when players ridicule their opponent before the start of a major game. Karma mostly happens, and things dont always go their way. This is the same thing that Manchester City did against vini jnr by trying to mock him before the game. When it finally dawned on them and Madrid won that game, they lacked words to say. Brazil has, in recent times, proven to be ineffective even with the individual talents they have in the team. With a front line that is one of the strongest any team will be afraid of facing, they could not score above a single goal and allowed Argentina to score four goals from this fixture. It is about teamwork, and the good thing is that Messi wasn't in the game, and yet Argentina have again qualified for the World Cup.

[Jewan420]

Argentina cooked Brazil, a team, with 4 goals and the reason is that Argentina played as a team and Brazil did not play as a team, let's be honest Raphina, Rodrygo and Vinicius did not play well and that affected them, I already know that Argentina is going to win the match because when Vinicius and Raphina get angry they will not play well again, the match would have ended in peace but it ends with a lot of drama and it is all because of what Raphina said before the match.
Even from the squad of Brazil you will not that they can’t challenge Argentina's squad, the only players that are star players in Brazil yesterday were Vinicius, Raphina and Rodrygo, the remaining players are average players and the Argentina squad has Alvarez, Marc Allister, Enzo Fernandez and others which shows that they are the favorite to win the match, the Brazil coach needs to do something if not in the next coming World Cup competition Brazil will not far in the competition.

There should be no excuses for Brazil's loss. I think the main reason for the loss of the match is their coach Darival Jr. The coach's plan was very bad and the coach was inexperienced in selecting the team. It was completely expected that Argentina would win but it was completely unexpected that they would lose to Brazil so badly. Even many football fans still can't believe that it happened. It is very difficult to accept this, especially for Brazil fans. I think Brazil should make some changes both inside and outside the team, especially their coach. Another thing that was notable was the chemistry between the players. Where Argentina played as a team, there was no chemistry between the Brazilian players. They were playing for themselves. Personally, I think Vinicius Jr., Rafinha and Rodrygo are league level players. They are nothing special for the national team.

[As-Soon-As]

The Brazilian team is currently in a situation where they attack with weakness. The team played very badly against Argentina, Brazil's weak attitude forced them to lose. Their defense line and attack line were not good at all, the goalkeeper could not make good saves at all. I did not imagine that Brazil would lose with such a result, however, since the team lost, it is their failure. The performance of the star players was not good at all. They performed very well in clubs, but when they came to the national team, they could not perform well at all. However, we saw Argentina's game and they attacked a lot where they did not let Brazil attack, but they kept the ball in their possession most of the time.

Argentina cooked Brazil, a team, with 4 goals and the reason is that Argentina played as a team and Brazil did not play as a team, let's be honest Raphina, Rodrygo and Vinicius did not play well and that affected them, I already know that Argentina is going to win the match because when Vinicius and Raphina get angry they will not play well again, the match would have ended in peace but it ends with a lot of drama and it is all because of what Raphina said before the match.

The two teams that played today are basically two famous teams in the world, but the Brazilian team performed very badly. The entire Brazilian squad was indifferent in this match, because the players who performed in the attack department, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, and Raphinha, were the most lazy in today's game.
And the defenders were not prepared to perform well, the Argentine team players were able to score goals as soon as they attacked.

[Pandu Geddon]

Betting an draw it is definitely on an option to consider, especially with the favourite odds  however a neither or narrow way to win for either team is also an strong possibility given the intense rivalry between Argentina and Brazil.

Unfortunately, the result of the match was really amazing for Argentina. The 4-1 victory was the answer to the doubts of Messi's absence in the team. Argentina is still a strong team that will not be easily defeated by Brazil with star players like Rodrygo and Vinicius. Honestly, I didn't expect Brazil to play like that. There was not much development of the attack pattern that was done even though only a few shots were made by Brazil. The defeat made Brazil drop to 4th position in the standings replaced by Uruguay.

[Sithara007]

Unfortunately, the result of the match was really amazing for Argentina. The 4-1 victory was the answer to the doubts of Messi's absence in the team. Argentina is still a strong team that will not be easily defeated by Brazil with star players like Rodrygo and Vinicius. Honestly, I didn't expect Brazil to play like that. There was not much development of the attack pattern that was done even though only a few shots were made by Brazil. The defeat made Brazil drop to 4th position in the standings replaced by Uruguay.

LOL.. you were surprised with the result? It was obvious. Football in Brazil is simply dying. They may qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but that is only due to the fact that CONMEBOL this time has 6.5 slots. Else, it would be extremely hard for them to qualify. On the other hand, look at Argentina. They have quite a good number of young and emerging players. I am talking about players such as Alexis Mac Allister, Julián Alvarez, Nicolás González, Enzo Fernández and Exequiel Palacios.

[Volgastallion]

Unfortunately, the result of the match was really amazing for Argentina. The 4-1 victory was the answer to the doubts of Messi's absence in the team. Argentina is still a strong team that will not be easily defeated by Brazil with star players like Rodrygo and Vinicius. Honestly, I didn't expect Brazil to play like that. There was not much development of the attack pattern that was done even though only a few shots were made by Brazil. The defeat made Brazil drop to 4th position in the standings replaced by Uruguay.

LOL.. you were surprised with the result? It was obvious. Football in Brazil is simply dying. They may qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but that is only due to the fact that CONMEBOL this time has 6.5 slots. Else, it would be extremely hard for them to qualify. On the other hand, look at Argentina. They have quite a good number of young and emerging players. I am talking about players such as Alexis Mac Allister, Julián Alvarez, Nicolás González, Enzo Fernández and Exequiel Palacios.

I was surprised not only by the result but also for how the games develop, Argentina for sure can score more goals if they want, Brazil was a disaster since the first minute of the game, and they only scored a goal because of a silly mistake made by an argentinian defender.

I agree with you Brazil football in terms of natioanl teams is in his worst ever, but i wasnt expecting them to lose so bad in the derby.

[yudi09]

The chance of a draw for this match is more accurate if you bet on it and I don't see Argentina as stronger than Brazil for this match even though Argentina is more dominant than Brazil.
For me, both are equally strong every time they meet even though the statistics of the results of both are more often won by Argentina. Argentina will not be the same when Messi is no longer in their squad.
If I may suggest, just choose a draw to bet on this meeting.

Do you also bet on a draw? The odds are indeed favorable for betting on a draw, but there may also be a narrow win if the match is tight.
Brazil certainly does not want a draw in this match, the absence of Messi in the squad may be an opportunity for Brazil to play more aggressively. But Argentina is currently not a team that relies on Messi.
Although I am not very confident, maybe Brazil has a chance to win.

Yes. I bet on a draw and in the end I lost because beyond my prediction, Argentina beat Brazil with a score of 4-1.
When Cunha scored 1 goal that changed the score from 2-0 to 2-1, that's when I felt that this match would be a draw, but it didn't.

Brazil's desire to win made me very sure that the match would be a draw.

[GIF-JOBS]

In today's Argentina vs Brazil game, Argentina was much more aggressive today, Argentina was much better than Brazil in all aspects, and their position today also was the best, and now Argentina in top 1 in the points table. Brazil did not perform as expected in today's game, their position was very weak in all aspects, despite having strong players in Brazil, they could not do much better today, and they only scored 1 goal. But Argentina put a lot of pressure on Brazil with their aggressive play, and they scored 4 goals to secure the victory. Which was a great thing, overall I enjoyed the game very much.

[Ahli38]

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Yes, I understand what you mean, friend. And indeed, with the safe position that Japan already has, it is possible that Japan will also play more of their second tier players who rarely get the opportunity to play. But I'll probably stick with my choice. because I know that Japan's second tier players even have qualities that are not much different from their main players. But regarding the mentality or spirit to win, I am still confident that Japan will try to win. because after all, their supporters will watch the match directly at the Saitama stadium. And we know how the Japanese people are. they are full of enthusiasm and always don't want to waste the opportunity to win. Especially when they are the hosts.

In the end everything was as I expected. Japan could only get a draw in the match against Saudi Arabia. Even though Japan is the host, their secure position really won't make Japan try as hard as usual. they would prefer to play carefully because they also don't want to risk their main player getting injured. And in that match, Saudi Arabia defended well. And Arab made the right choice by defending more.

I am also quite happy with the results of the Indonesia vs Bahrain match. Even though Indonesia only won narrowly, namely 1-0. But I think that's enough. Because the most important thing is that Indonesia managed to collect 3 points from this match.

And in the other World Cup qualifiers I was also lucky because all the teams I chose actually won. Such as Czech, Norway and Montenegro. Like I was filled with luck. 

Ok friend, what you say seems to be true. And yes, I was quite disappointed with the draw. Although the Japanese national team also used several second tier players at the start of the match. But their quality is still good, right? but the problem was with Saudi Arabia's defense, which was quite strong in that match. because Saudi Arabia seems really determined to make the match at least end in a draw for them. Because they knew that if they played more aggressively, Japan's counterattack could overwhelm Saudi Arabia's defense.

Well, Indonesia finally managed to collect full points in the match against Bahrain which made Indonesia's ranking in Group C rise to 4th place with a total of 9 points and yes, that was only 1 point different from Saudi Arabia. In the next match, Indonesia will face China. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia will face Bahrain. And it looks like Indonesia and Saudi Arabia will both be favorites in the next match. Meanwhile, Australia, which has to face Japan, will certainly be quite difficult. But now I no longer dare to bet on Japan. because I am afraid that what happened in the match against Saudi Arabia will happen again in the match against Australia.

[IceLincoln]

Goal goal..... As an Argentina fan, it's a really happy moment for me that Argentina scored 2 goals in the first 12 minutes of the game against their arch-rivals. We could have branded today's match with Masi and Neymar. But since neither of them are there, we will look at the current leaders of the team. Argentina showed in the last match that they are a true world-winning team. Lionel Scaloni told everyone in a simple way in a Twitter post that we don't play only based on Masi. Masi is a special strength for us, but a team without Masi is just as strong.

The Argentinian National team is a well packaged team and you can see it from the way they play. Messi right now is just a motivation, an Idol and a source of inspiration for his teammates. His presence in the National team inspires ALOT. Considering his age, the team has also learnt not to depend fully on him and they’ve become quite formidable without him. Argentina since winning the first copa America with Messi has not been the same, they’ve become a big mountain for any team to climb, their win against Brazil last night or this morning didn’t come as a surprise, I always knew they were going to win. It’ll be GREAT to see MESSI in the next World Cup outperforming youngsters 😊😁

[Uruhara]

Nice results for Saudi Arabia as they secured an away point as they played out a barren 0:0 draw this result was expected because Japan has already qualified for the world cup so Japan will not use too much of their energy in executing the game, Saudi Arabia should improve their game so they can finish in second place behind Japan.


Japan is the power house of Asian football and any team going going up against them should be cautious because there is quality in the team , I believe Japan is one of those teams that will do very well in the world cup because they gave a good account of themselves in the last world cup

The style of play that Japan showed in the previous World Cup was also extraordinary. In particular, I was very impressed with the hard shots that the Japanese players had from long distance. And yeah I also think Japan will play very well in the next world cup. Japan's current FIFA ranking may only be 15th, but I'm pretty sure Japan's FIFA ranking will continue to rise as time goes by.

And Japan now no longer needs to waste a lot of energy in the remaining matches. It's just that this makes it more difficult for us to bet. Because match results become more difficult to predict when one team no longer makes it a high priority to win the match. In the next match against Australia and then Indonesia, the result will actually be difficult to predict.

[ILuckyGuyI]

What a beat by Argentina!    I was expecting for a win but 4-1 is just an embarrassment for Brazil. It looks like they still have a long way to go ahead. They aren't ready to face a strong club yet.

On the other hand Argentina are still strong without Messi. This is nice to see as they can't rely on him anymore. He is in his last times of his national career. By the way Scaloni used Enzo Fernandez on the front line with Alvarez interestingly but it worked a lot.

[Juse14]

In today's Argentina vs Brazil game, Argentina was much more aggressive today, Argentina was much better than Brazil in all aspects, and their position today also was the best, and now Argentina in top 1 in the points table. Brazil did not perform as expected in today's game, their position was very weak in all aspects, despite having strong players in Brazil, they could not do much better today, and they only scored 1 goal. But Argentina put a lot of pressure on Brazil with their aggressive play, and they scored 4 goals to secure the victory. Which was a great thing, overall I enjoyed the game very much.

In previous seasons Argentina fought hard to reach the top of the standings but they were unable to achieve it and were only able to be a shadow of the Brazilian national team. and it seems that this season is different, they really dominate the standings, and until now no team has been able to catch up with the points achieved by the Argentine national team.

even the Brazilian national team which usually competes closely with Argentina, currently Brazil is only able to be in 4th position in the standings. This season the Brazilian national team has experienced a fairly drastic decline, while Argentina on the other hand continues to show quite significant improvements, even though currently L. Messi is no longer in his best form.

[AirtelBuzz]

Perhaps many fans in the football world are sitting quietly today because it has already become clear that those supporters' teams have been badly humiliated in this match. There is no doubt that the Argentine football team has shown extreme dominance according to the results of today's qualifying match. In a word the performance of the Argentine team was perfect in every way, in fact this is how performances against weak teams are. Basically I am still being criticized by many Brazilian fans, those who are still unwilling to admit that they are very weak against Argentina. Perhaps our hearts are filled with joy after seeing such a performance from Argentina, therefore Argentina must continue such activities in the future.

[Uruhara]

What a beat by Argentina!    I was expecting for a win but 4-1 is just an embarrassment for Brazil. It looks like they still have a long way to go ahead. They aren't ready to face a strong club yet.

On the other hand Argentina are still strong without Messi. This is nice to see as they can't rely on him anymore. He is in his last times of his national career. By the way Scaloni used Enzo Fernandez on the front line with Alvarez interestingly but it worked a lot.

The Argentine national team can breathe a sigh of relief after seeing that the quality of their team is really very good even without the presence of their legendary player, Messi. And however, succeeding in beating Brazil with a score of 4-1 was truly unexpected. because I thought the match would be fiercer than this. But in reality Argentina really managed to dominate the match very well. It seems like Vinicius Jr and his friends still have to improve their teamwork a lot more. because I see their teamwork doesn't still have some gaps. Julian Alvarez also seems to be starting to be more reliable now. And with this, Argentina really has very big hopes again in the next World Cup. As long as the quality of their game doesn't decline again.

[Fiatless]

What a beat by Argentina!    I was expecting for a win but 4-1 is just an embarrassment for Brazil. It looks like they still have a long way to go ahead. They aren't ready to face a strong club yet.

On the other hand Argentina are still strong without Messi. This is nice to see as they can't rely on him anymore. He is in his last times of his national career. By the way Scaloni used Enzo Fernandez on the front line with Alvarez interestingly but it worked a lot.

I never expected this score. My prediction was that the match would end in a draw since both teams have lots of quality players. It was all over the internet that the absence of Lionel Messi would negatively affect the performance of the Argentina national team. But I was wrong because La Albiceleste put on an extraordinary performance. Dorival Junior is now under pressure to lead this team to the World Cup.       

[Adbitco]

Argentina cooked Brazil, a team, with 4 goals and the reason is that Argentina played as a team and Brazil did not play as a team, let's be honest Raphina, Rodrygo and Vinicius did not play well and that affected them, I already know that Argentina is going to win the match because when Vinicius and Raphina get angry they will not play well again, the match would have ended in peace but it ends with a lot of drama and it is all because of what Raphina said before the match.
Even from the squad of Brazil you will not that they can’t challenge Argentina's squad, the only players that are star players in Brazil yesterday were Vinicius, Raphina and Rodrygo, the remaining players are average players and the Argentina squad has Alvarez, Marc Allister, Enzo Fernandez and others which shows that they are the favorite to win the match, the Brazil coach needs to do something if not in the next coming World Cup competition Brazil will not far in the competition.

There should be no excuses for Brazil's loss. I think the main reason for the loss of the match is their coach Darival Jr. The coach's plan was very bad and the coach was inexperienced in selecting the team. It was completely expected that Argentina would win but it was completely unexpected that they would lose to Brazil so badly. Even many football fans still can't believe that it happened. It is very difficult to accept this, especially for Brazil fans. I think Brazil should make some changes both inside and outside the team, especially their coach. Another thing that was notable was the chemistry between the players. Where Argentina played as a team, there was no chemistry between the Brazilian players. They were playing for themselves. Personally, I think Vinicius Jr., Rafinha and Rodrygo are league level players. They are nothing special for the national team.

Yes, I agree that Brazil won't go far in the majority tournament, of late the team is living off the name it has, the players are really not representing the jersey of Brazil with high esteem. Things really do changes because I could remember back then, when Brazil as a team would tear other teams apart. Even in the era of Neymar, Coutinho, Maicon, Paulinho, David Luiz, Marcelo, Dani Alves etc despite all these names they made little or no impact on the national team when they were all fielded together.

[LUCKMCFLY]

What a beat by Argentina!    I was expecting for a win but 4-1 is just an embarrassment for Brazil. It looks like they still have a long way to go ahead. They aren't ready to face a strong club yet.

On the other hand Argentina are still strong without Messi. This is nice to see as they can't rely on him anymore. He is in his last times of his national career. By the way Scaloni used Enzo Fernandez on the front line with Alvarez interestingly but it worked a lot.

I never expected this score. My prediction was that the match would end in a draw since both teams have lots of quality players. It was all over the internet that the absence of Lionel Messi would negatively affect the performance of the Argentina national team. But I was wrong because La Albiceleste put on an extraordinary performance. Dorival Junior is now under pressure to lead this team to the World Cup.      

The truth is Brazil is playing bad, I don’t know what’s going on, I think the players and the coach are all responsible for such a result, personally they should get serious about this, also yesterday was a very surprising day, Colombia was securing 2nd place in the standings, from 2nd place they went to 6th immediately when they were winning 2-0 and then being tied, on the other hand Uruguay played too well, they got a valuable draw in the altitude of La Paz, at 4150 meters above sea level, something quite hard to breathe there.

Venezuela beat Peru and got into the playoff spots, not bad, definitely these South American qualifierss for me are the most difficult in the world, and I apologize to my European friends, but they don’t play in La Paz at 4150 meters above sea level and 4 days later they play in Barranquilla with the hottest temperature in the world at 3pm where you can’t stand it humidity and you have to hydrate a lot.

[|MINER|]

I never expected this score. My prediction was that the match would end in a draw since both teams have lots of quality players. It was all over the internet that the absence of Lionel Messi would negatively affect the performance of the Argentina national team. But I was wrong because La Albiceleste put on an extraordinary performance. Dorival Junior is now under pressure to lead this team to the World Cup.       

Actually, the Brazil we are seeing now is not as strong a squad as the previous Brazil. If I say that the current Argentina squad is better than Brazil, it is because they are much better in all stages from strikers to defenders. And this is where we expect that Brazil will win or this match will be a draw, which is where we are proven wrong by the Argentina.

In this match, I expected a draw just like you, and Brazil losing was both expected, but I was confused about these two options. However, Argentina brought me out of my confusion right at the beginning of the first half of the match and I could pretty much guess in the first half that Brazil would lose this match and that's what happened. To be honest, I don't have much expectation from Brazil for the next World Cup this time.