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

[Zaguru12]

The Spanish national team is truly fortunate at the moment. They have an exceptional young squad that will keep them strong for the long term. They'll even become stronger as they gain experience in football. And yes, they're dominating the game, and we can see no signs of this team weakening. In fact, this team seems to be getting more solid over time. The strong attacking partnership in the Spanish national team is also balanced by the excellent cooperation of the midfield and defense, which are equally impressive. This creates a solid team. In the previous World Cup, Spain only advanced to the round of 16. But I'm confident that in the next World Cup, they will go even further and even become title contenders.

This is actually one of the most interesting national team to actually watch out for currently they have quite an overall balanced squad with the attack, defense and even midfield having the world best players there. Currently  the team has more than 7 top players in their starting eleven with a very decent squad depth overall, this is actually not the first time though we have seen this kind of quality team before and most of the time golden generations like this usually just ends up not winning much.

They are young team and I can say that we have send so many young teams before due to lack concentration fail at the international stage, Belgium had such a golden generation too at one time and couldn’t win because of lack of balance in the team, Brazil at 2006 world was the world most feared team yet they couldn’t win it.

I am actually liking this Spain team to their old team of 2008 to 2012 which won both the European championship and also the World Cup finals, if this current team actually stays committed I see them also getting this trophy too.

[Iroh]

What a horrible day it was for Turkiye yesterday... I never thought the final score would be a huge one. Probably many gamblers bet on BTTS and got really sad about this one-sided game.

Spain are the best in the world. I still didn't expect this many goals from them though. But after watching the game I can just say they could have scored even at least 10 goals. They just wanted to slow down after finding such a goal gap.

I did expect Spain to win the game but I didn't see them scoring that amount of goals cause i hoped it would be a little more competitive. And yes, I had thought we would have seen a goal from both sides but I guess Türkiye didn't have it in them or were overwhelmed by Spains constant attack on their goal. Spain just might have well scored more than 6 as they were quite unrelenting in their attacks and they did have lots of attempts at goal.
If I were to, I would have placed a bet on both teams to score knowing fully well Spain would ultimately win.

[Nheer]

What a horrible day it was for Turkiye yesterday... I never thought the final score would be a huge one. Probably many gamblers bet on BTTS and got really sad about this one-sided game.

Spain are the best in the world. I still didn't expect this many goals from them though. But after watching the game I can just say they could have scored even at least 10 goals. They just wanted to slow down after finding such a goal gap.

The game is really a one sided game for real which was not what we expected, we expected a fair game and fair challenge from Turkey but Spain showed the world again that they are one of the best country's in the game right now. BTTS looks almost certain because no one would believe that Turkey wouldn't score a goal against Spain.
Spain is the favorites to win the game but then they did too much damage, winning with sch goal margin shows that they will be a team to watch out for in the world cup. Spain style of play is what makes it difficult for opponents and it shows that they are no match for Turkey.

[Smartvirus]

What a horrible day it was for Turkiye yesterday... I never thought the final score would be a huge one. Probably many gamblers bet on BTTS and got really sad about this one-sided game.

Spain are the best in the world. I still didn't expect this many goals from them though. But after watching the game I can just say they could have scored even at least 10 goals. They just wanted to slow down after finding such a goal gap.

I kind of had high expectations on Türkiye, not that I was hoping they would win but, I had hoped they would make the game really difficult for Spain but nope, Spain head a 2 goal head start before you know it and that should have pushed Türkiye out to try and gain in on the game by getting at least a goal but that wasn’t the case as Spain went ahead to get a 3rd goal even before the first half was over and another 3 goals to make it 6 goals in the second half without any response from Türkiye. Certainly not the best from Türkiye at all.

[GbitG]

Argentina will face another Club World Cup match tomorrow, namely they are going to face Ecuador in this match we have all observed before that Messi played his last match on home soil against Venezuela they even won that match comprehensively. So Argentina will definitely have a chance to win this match and through this match, Ecuador will work towards winning on their home field. The Argentine manager has already mentioned that Inter Milan's best forward might be able to play against Ecuador, we also noticed that they have young players which will give them options. Since they humiliated Venezuela in their previous match, Cristian Romero's team will be back even stronger in this World Cup qualifier.

Well, this will be quite interesting. Argentina is already in the top spot of the World Cup table, and also this will be the last World Cup of Lionel Messi. Anyway, the battle against Ecuador wouldn't be any strong challenge for Argentina because they are already in good shape. So I believe that Argentina will be the winner of the match, and also they will get so many goals...

Besides tha, Lautaroo Martinez would also be there to play the match superdominantly,y and also All the players are fully prepared to tussle. Just like they humiliated Venezuela in the previous match, they will also humiliate Ecuador. So get ready, tomorrow isthe Argentinaa vs Ecuador battle.

[Donneski]

What a horrible day it was for Turkiye yesterday... I never thought the final score would be a huge one. Probably many gamblers bet on BTTS and got really sad about this one-sided game.

Spain are the best in the world. I still didn't expect this many goals from them though. But after watching the game I can just say they could have scored even at least 10 goals. They just wanted to slow down after finding such a goal gap.

I kind of had high expectations on Türkiye, not that I was hoping they would win but, I had hoped they would make the game really difficult for Spain but nope, Spain head a 2 goal head start before you know it and that should have pushed Türkiye out to try and gain in on the game by getting at least a goal but that wasn’t the case as Spain went ahead to get a 3rd goal even before the first half was over and another 3 goals to make it 6 goals in the second half without any response from Türkiye. Certainly not the best from Türkiye at all.

Considering the quality of players in the Turkish team, I understand why you had high expectations even when you didn't hope they'll win but do looking at their Spanish counterparts, don't you think conceding such huge defeat was justifiable. Spain is the European champions and the last time I checked, they're also doing everything possible to become the world champions. The Turkey side I believe already knew they weren't Spain's match but were still trying to catch up which obviously didn't work.
Yes, it wasn't the best day for Turkey but I still believe that even in their best day vs Spain's best day, Turkey can still be thrashed as hard as got in that game. Spain has a depth in squad that the Turkish team don't have, I think that's where the major difference of both teams lies.

[Adbitco]

Israel 4 Vs Italy 5 FT
This has got to be one of the insane games in this world cup qualifiers. Israel took the lead twice before falling off the ladder and Italy equalised and to make it 2 - 2, the same Italy went ahead to score 2 more goals to make it 4 - 2 before 80 minutes and that's when Israel craziness started as they responded with 2 goals of their own in the 87th and 89th minutes to make it 4 - 4 on the night, just as we thought it was going to end in stalemate, Italy struck again to make it 5 - 4 which eventually won the match for them.

[KingsDen]

Israel 4 Vs Italy 5 FT
This has got to be one of the insane games in this world cup qualifiers. Israel took the lead twice before falling off the ladder and Italy equalised and to make it 2 - 2, the same Italy went ahead to score 2 more goals to make it 4 - 2 before 80 minutes and that's when Israel craziness started as they responded with 2 goals of their own in the 87th and 89th minutes to make it 4 - 4 on the night, just as we thought it was going to end in stalemate, Italy struck again to make it 5 - 4 which eventually won the match for them.

I don't know who noticed that Italy is conceeding alot of goals these days which is unlike them. Italy is known for a long time as a club that is very difficult to be scored. Now I am surprised how a non footballing Nation was able to score them upto 4 goals.
I miss the real Italian Machine I used to know growing up

[Sithara007]

I don't know who noticed that Italy is conceeding alot of goals these days which is unlike them. Italy is known for a long time as a club that is very difficult to be scored. Now I am surprised how a non footballing Nation was able to score them upto 4 goals.
I miss the real Italian Machine I used to know growing up

Non-footballing nation? Are you referring to Israel? As far as I know, football is the most popular sport there. They have a small population compared to Italy, but that gap is slowly becoming smaller and demographics are better on the Israeli side. Israel do have reputed football clubs such as Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and they are one of the core members of the UEFA confederation. At least I would say that Israel is not a minnow like Malta or Liechtenstein.

[Bobrox]

I don't know who noticed that Italy is conceeding alot of goals these days which is unlike them. Italy is known for a long time as a club that is very difficult to be scored. Now I am surprised how a non footballing Nation was able to score them upto 4 goals.
I miss the real Italian Machine I used to know growing up

Can't acceptable how easily Italy national teams conceded until four goals against weakness team Israel, two of four goals conceded from own goals did by Manuel Locatelli and Alessandro Bastoni. Not matter until four goal conceded its great result for Italy under new manager Gennaro Gattuso have won 2 of 2 matches since appointed as Italy's manager team. Italy break to 2nd standings place of Group I behind 3 points left from Norway success won all qualifying matches so far.

Wish Norway and Italy keep consistent with their performance for eliminating Israel participants at World Cup 2026, currently they have 9 points of 4 matches and each group only have one national team qualify to world cup and the second standings finish team have fight at playoff round match.

[Majestic-milf]

Spain is indeed a strong team, and they always strive for victory in every match they play, but getting a 6-0 win was still a surprise because the one they beat was Turkey, which is not a weak team, especially since Turkey had an advantage in this match as they were playing at home. Turkey actually fought back early in the match, but their rhythm was monotonous, so they didn't create many chances. I think the 3 goals in the first half that made Türkiye's mentality waver.

Now that I think of it, Spain literally spelt their opponents name without a consideration. When I see the other scorelines I've been seeing like Portugal beating Armenia 6-0 and the rest, I'm like, yeah it's expected because those teams aren't as strong but Turkiye? They boast of good players who are able to hold their own anywhere but Spain reduced them to av very low point that I'm sure they'll not forget in a hurry.

[ajanwalker]

Kosovo was the surprise of the day. They scored twice in the first half to win the match 2-0. Sweden dominated possession, while Kosovo made the most effective attacks.

After Emerllahu received a red card in the final minutes for his second yellow card, Kosovo finished the match with 10 men.

Another key match was the 4-5 draw between Israel and Italy.

I don't remember Italy conceding so many goals recently.

The biggest factor, of course, was that both goals were own goals. Locatelli and Bastoni were a surprise 😂

[Sithara007]

Kosovo was the surprise of the day. They scored twice in the first half to win the match 2-0. Sweden dominated possession, while Kosovo made the most effective attacks.

After Emerllahu received a red card in the final minutes for his second yellow card, Kosovo finished the match with 10 men.

Another key match was the 4-5 draw between Israel and Italy.

I don't remember Italy conceding so many goals recently.

The biggest factor, of course, was that both goals were own goals. Locatelli and Bastoni were a surprise 😂

The situation really looks interesting in UEFA Group I. Norway is leading with 4 wins from as many matches, while Israel and Italy are having 9 points each. Now here, Israel has played one more match compared to Italy. So the latter has an advantage. Although the match between Italy and Israel was close, in the end Italy walked away with 3 points. That is going to help them to recover slightly, after their thrashing from Norway. Also, they have wins against Moldova and Estonia to their name.

[SLAAAYYYYYY]

It was obvious the match would turn out this way. Spain is the best team in the world. They will most likely win the cup. Montella is 100% to blame for fielding the wrong lineup, employing the wrong tactics and selecting the wrong players against such a team. Spain would have won this match anyway, but with a proper manager at the helm, Türkiye wouldn't have been crushed so badly. Montella needs to be fired immediately. We don't have time to waste anymore.

Yes, I agree. It's clear that the quality gap between the two teams has been exacerbated by the coach's poor decisions. With a more appropriate approach, Turkey should have been more competitive, even against Spain, who boast exceptional squad depth. Mistakes in strategy and player selection have only exacerbated the situation, so decisive action against Montella is necessary for the team's future

[davis196]

Spain is quite lucky being in a group with such mediocre teams as Bulgaria, Turkiye and Georgia. I'm sure that Spain will be facing a lot of problems, when they play against stronger opponents.
Italy had a crazy match against Israel and I'm not impressed by their performance. Gennaro Gattuso wasn't successful as a coach in any of his previous teams, I don't believe that he can achieve great success leading Italy. The Italians score two own goals, which is weird. Maybe they had no luck or maybe their defensive play was horrible.
Germany lost against Slovakia several days ago, which was quite surprising. Nagelsmann used a 3-4-3 formation, which hasn't been used by the German national team in the recent years. This experiment ended with a loss against a very motivated Slovakian national team.

[RaltcoinsB]

What a horrible day it was for Turkiye yesterday... I never thought the final score would be a huge one. Probably many gamblers bet on BTTS and got really sad about this one-sided game.

Spain are the best in the world. I still didn't expect this many goals from them though. But after watching the game I can just say they could have scored even at least 10 goals. They just wanted to slow down after finding such a goal gap.

I kind of had high expectations on Türkiye, not that I was hoping they would win but, I had hoped they would make the game really difficult for Spain but nope, Spain head a 2 goal head start before you know it and that should have pushed Türkiye out to try and gain in on the game by getting at least a goal but that wasn’t the case as Spain went ahead to get a 3rd goal even before the first half was over and another 3 goals to make it 6 goals in the second half without any response from Türkiye. Certainly not the best from Türkiye at all.

Considering the quality of players in the Turkish team, I understand why you had high expectations even when you didn't hope they'll win but do looking at their Spanish counterparts, don't you think conceding such huge defeat was justifiable. Spain is the European champions and the last time I checked, they're also doing everything possible to become the world champions. The Turkey side I believe already knew they weren't Spain's match but were still trying to catch up which obviously didn't work.
Yes, it wasn't the best day for Turkey but I still believe that even in their best day vs Spain's best day, Turkey can still be thrashed as hard as got in that game. Spain has a depth in squad that the Turkish team don't have, I think that's where the major difference of both teams lies.

We saw the players working together very well. The Spanish players played magnificently and made excellent comebacks from every position. Frankly, we, as Turkey, didn't resist them. It was a night of shame. Of course, Spain's quality cannot be questioned, but as Turkey, conceding six goals in this match is unacceptable. Spain, who scored three goals against Bulgaria, scored six against Turkey. That's why we call it a night of shame. Of course, we weren't the favorites, but we were deeply saddened by this result.

[Cryptmuster]

Kosovo was the surprise of the day. They scored twice in the first half to win the match 2-0. Sweden dominated possession, while Kosovo made the most effective attacks.

After Emerllahu received a red card in the final minutes for his second yellow card, Kosovo finished the match with 10 men.

Another key match was the 4-5 draw between Israel and Italy.

I don't remember Italy conceding so many goals recently.

The biggest factor, of course, was that both goals were own goals. Locatelli and Bastoni were a surprise 😂

I’ve long noticed how Kosovo started playing after the coaching change, so I didn’t take this match into account and allowed for the possibility of a draw, but Kosovo’s victory was unexpected. What surprised me even more was that Israel managed to score 4 goals against the Italian national team, I can’t even remember when Donnarumma last conceded that many. Maybe the reason is Gattuso, since he’s trying to change something in the team, and it affected their attack because for two matches in a row they’ve been scoring 5 goals, but Italy had never conceded that much before.

[MK-74]

Italy conceding 4 goals against Israel really surprised me.
The match was almost going to end in a draw with Israel.
Unfortunately, Italy is in a period of decline, as the new generation is not showing the expected performance.

Another surprise from last night was Kosovo beating Sweden 2-0.
Sweden has some of the most expensive players from the Premier League, yet they couldn’t even score a single goal against Kosovo.

[Despairo]

Kosovo was the surprise of the day. They scored twice in the first half to win the match 2-0. Sweden dominated possession, while Kosovo made the most effective attacks.

Sweden never lose against Kosovo, there must be something happen with them.

Sweden players are mostly playing in England and German, yet they got beaten by unknown players who played in unknown leagues too.

Another key match was the 4-5 draw between Israel and Italy.

I don't remember Italy conceding so many goals recently.

The biggest factor, of course, was that both goals were own goals. Locatelli and Bastoni were a surprise 😂

This is very important match for both of them, since Italy won in this match, the chance they will qualify become high because they still have 4 match and 2 of them are against weak teams. While Israel, only have 3 match and only one match is weak team.

If Israel want to qualify, they need to win rest of the match and hoping Italy to lose one match, not to mention point margin do matters.

[Sithara007]

We saw the players working together very well. The Spanish players played magnificently and made excellent comebacks from every position. Frankly, we, as Turkey, didn't resist them. It was a night of shame. Of course, Spain's quality cannot be questioned, but as Turkey, conceding six goals in this match is unacceptable. Spain, who scored three goals against Bulgaria, scored six against Turkey. That's why we call it a night of shame. Of course, we weren't the favorites, but we were deeply saddened by this result.

It was a night to forget for Türkiye at the Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium. But overall, Turkey is doing a decent job nowadays. They managed to win against a spirited Georgia (who had Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Zuriko Davitashvili in their squad) by a margin of 3-2. Players such as Kerem Aktürkoğlu are in good form. And they are placed in a rather easy group, with the other teams being Spain, Georgia and Bulgaria. If they can get past Bulgaria, then a play-off spot is guaranteed.