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

[pewboy]

what an evening for Norway and Haaland.
They winning 10-1, the game is not over yet and Haaland scored 5 goals so far.

This is why I hate national team football, it is useless not read football, club teams are much stronger.

Ah, the eternal CR7 scored again.

I'm very happy for CR7 who is getting close to being the best scorer of all time, and I'm very happy for him because he deserves it, regarding Norway I'm amazed, at this rate Italy will never qualify and will have to play the playoff with the risk of being excluded again

[Despairo]

Many good match we see today, both Portugal and France are even struggle to win.

It seems like just yesterday I was praising Ancelotti for leading the Brazilian squad to a resounding victory over Chile, but now they have to go home empty-handed, unable to score a single goal against Bolivia. The match ended with a score of 1-0, with the home team winning.

A very bad play by Brazil, they lost in score, lost in ball possession too. Although Brazil didn't play with their best squad, but their squad are good enough compared to Bolivia squad. I hope Ancelotti will learn, if Brazil lose against weak country again, sooner or later he will be sacked.

On the other hand Argentina lost against Ecuador, not surprising because they no longer have a purpose.

This is the reason why I said if the teams already in secure position, they might likely lose.

[verdinio]

Norway joins the history books of more than 10 goals scored in a World Cup qualifiers and Haaland shines again for his national contributing to more than half of the G/A in the match. One would say why is France 14 - 0 score line against Gibraltar not here, well that was in the Euro qualifiers but this is for the World Cup qualifiers.

When I saw the game I was just wondering why is Moldova even playing football, I didn?t watch the game but saw the scoreline and it was just shocking to me how they could play that bad in a game they should be showing some fight and resilience, And Haaland took it upon himself to score as many goals as he could score after seeing the ill trained men play football, Football is just a very different game from Handball and it obviously seems like a handball scoreline, this country?s should be banned from playing football, instead of playing this kind of football they should be banned from playing football.

In fact, this is the main problem of these teams and it is clear that it is, the fact that there are teams that cannot even get a good defense and concede 11 goals is a shameful thing, these teams penalize the others that compete to go to the World Cup and by doing so they have also penalized Italy indirectly.

[Rgram]

It seems like just yesterday I was praising Ancelotti for leading the Brazilian squad to a resounding victory over Chile, but now they have to go home empty-handed, unable to score a single goal against Bolivia. The match ended with a score of 1-0, with the home team winning.

Bolivia, who usually play at the Hernando Siles Stadium, chose to play their final match against the Brazilian national team at the Municipal El Alto Stadium, a haunted stadium that is truly a nightmare for any visiting team, including Brazil. This is because the Municipal El Alto Stadium is located at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters above sea level, with very thin oxygen levels. And of course, the Brazilian national team, accustomed to playing at lower altitudes, faced a unique challenge at the Municipal El Alto Stadium. So it’s no exaggeration to say that the Bolivian national team is a strong home team.

It really felt like the officiating favoured the Bolivian team. There was a key moment that stood out during the game. Brazil was on a promising attack that could have resulted into a goal but a ball boy threw another ball into the pitch and the ref had to stop the play.
Seriously, that action really killed the Brazilian team momentum because they were already dealing with a high altitude and the pressure from the home fans and then an outside interference from the ball boy. It was as if the odds were stacked against them from the start

[m4r1o]

It was a bad day for Moldova, and I think they never expected that they would concede 11 goals in this game. Luckily, they were still able to reply even though it was only one goal, but at least it broke their deadlock. In the previous match, they also lost to Israel, but they only conceded 4 goals, and even before that, they were a little better, where they only conceded 2 goals when playing against Italy. The 11-1 defeat to Norway was Moldova's worst defeat ever.

In contrast to Moldova, Norway always won in qualifying matches, and they even only conceded 3 goals and have 4 points ahead of Italy. So with this victory, their chances of qualifying for the World Cup will be even better.

Yes, Italy's chances of qualifying at this point are fading and they will definitely have to go to the playoffs and that will be difficult because it reduces to a minimum the possibility of going on to play in the World Cup. I'm a little disappointed but Norway literally swept away Moldova.

[Arenga pinnata]

Norway joins the history books of more than 10 goals scored in a World Cup qualifiers and Haaland shines again for his national contributing to more than half of the G/A in the match. One would say why is France 14 - 0 score line against Gibraltar not here, well that was in the Euro qualifiers but this is for the World Cup qualifiers.

It's a shame I missed that match. However, I had predicted Norway would win fairly easily. However, I was truly surprised by the final score. Haaland even scored five goals in that match, making him the current top scorer in the European World Cup qualifying group. He has a total of nine goals.

Moldova itself has often lost by at least two goals. In fact, in their previous match, Israel defeated Moldova 0-4. But I didn't know this team was this bad, allowing Norway to score so many goals.

[Lillominato89]

It was a bad day for Moldova, and I think they never expected that they would concede 11 goals in this game. Luckily, they were still able to reply even though it was only one goal, but at least it broke their deadlock. In the previous match, they also lost to Israel, but they only conceded 4 goals, and even before that, they were a little better, where they only conceded 2 goals when playing against Italy. The 11-1 defeat to Norway was Moldova's worst defeat ever.

In contrast to Moldova, Norway always won in qualifying matches, and they even only conceded 3 goals and have 4 points ahead of Italy. So with this victory, their chances of qualifying for the World Cup will be even better.

Yes, Italy's chances of qualifying at this point are fading and they will definitely have to go to the playoffs and that will be difficult because it reduces to a minimum the possibility of going on to play in the World Cup. I'm a little disappointed but Norway literally swept away Moldova.

Norway's progress has been truly impressive! They definitely deserve to go to the next World Cup. Unfortunately for Italy, hopes are beginning to fade, unless Norway slips up before their head-to-head clash with Italy. In November, we will know for sure whether it will be the play-offs or a third consecutive early exit, or whether we will win the group.
It's difficult, but still mathematically possible.

[Arenga pinnata]

Norway's progress has been truly impressive! They definitely deserve to go to the next World Cup. Unfortunately for Italy, hopes are beginning to fade, unless Norway slips up before their head-to-head clash with Italy. In November, we will know for sure whether it will be the play-offs or a third consecutive early exit, or whether we will win the group.
It's difficult, but still mathematically possible.

Norway certainly deserves to qualify for this World Cup. But I personally also hope Italy can qualify, even if it might have to go through the play-offs. Given Norway's current form, it's actually quite difficult to expect this team to slip up and drop points. But the possibility is always there. And there's still hope for Italy. So, for now, everything remains uncertain. However, if Norway continues to win their next matches, this team is almost certain to secure a direct World Cup berth.

However, if Italy's only chance is through the play-offs, I hope they succeed this time. It's quite disappointing to see a national team that's usually a strong contender at the World Cup now facing the potential of not qualifying.

[Shadiq]

A very bad play by Brazil, they lost in score, lost in ball possession too. Although Brazil didn't play with their best squad, but their squad are good enough compared to Bolivia squad. I hope Ancelotti will learn, if Brazil lose against weak country again, sooner or later he will be sacked.

I am not surprised by Brazil's defeat. You are right that Brazil was a stronger team than Bolivia. But you have to believe that Bolivia is very strong at home and it is very difficult to win against them. The main reason for this is the location of the stadium, it is located at an altitude of about 4000 meters above sea level. It is even the highest stadium above sea level. Where there is a lack of oxygen. If you are not a regular there, it will be difficult for you to survive there, let alone play 90 minutes of football there. Although there should be no excuses in professional football, I think it is a matter of making excuses. Because here players from every country are seen struggling. Brazil is no exception.

[Adbitco]

Bolivia after beating Brazil 1 - 0 at home, of course I was expecting such a result due to the fact that Bolivia's home is like a fortress because of the high altitude that players from another country finds it difficult breathe properly let alone coupled with the fact that they are playing football. Bolivia had an astonishing 10 shots on target but were only able to score once from the penalty spot. This win means they will be heading to the world cup playoffs.

[fuguebtc]

It's a shame I missed that match. However, I had predicted Norway would win fairly easily. However, I was truly surprised by the final score. Haaland even scored five goals in that match, making him the current top scorer in the European World Cup qualifying group. He has a total of nine goals.

Moldova itself has often lost by at least two goals. In fact, in their previous match, Israel defeated Moldova 0-4. But I didn't know this team was this bad, allowing Norway to score so many goals.

We knew that Moldova was a weak team. I don't remember the last time I saw this team win. I was sure that Norway would win. But the result was completely unexpected. Norway  won by a huge margin of 11-1. Haaland in particular scored 5  goals and 2 assists. Thelo Aasgaard scored four goals. Norway played  very aggressively in this match. Norway played great against Moldova's weak defense. 34 Norwegian players were able to do the whole match. I have not seen such a  great gameplay from Norway in the past days.

[Salahmu]

Norway joins the history books of more than 10 goals scored in a World Cup qualifiers and Haaland shines again for his national contributing to more than half of the G/A in the match. One would say why is France 14 - 0 score line against Gibraltar not here, well that was in the Euro qualifiers but this is for the World Cup qualifiers.

Aasgaard and Haaland are actually funny for what they both did Moldova the both of them had the same score line, Haaland scored 5 goals while Aasgaard also scored 5 goals that's 10 goals that comes from them and the last one that completed it 11 was  Myhre under the same assist from Haaland so actually they enjoyed without stress do to how Rossy it was for them, i was thinking 5 to 7 goals was too much but after this 11 goals i no that some countries are something else. Too much goals usually create uninteresting feeling to watch in some persons but actually the more Norway was scoring that was more fun it was creating.

[GIF-JOBS]

Argentina really disappointed everyone in this match, while Argentina is a great team and their performance is always great, but in this match, they lost very badly against Ecuador, their performance in this match was really bad, especially I was more disappointed that their shots on target in this match were 0,! This is really unacceptable, a strong team like Argentina, but they have no attack in the whole match, this is really disappointing. Ecuador scored a goal in the 45'+13' minute, and we didn't see any more goals after that, And in the end, Argentina lost by 1-0 goal against to ageanst Ecuador, Anyway, hopefully we can see something good in the next matches.

[cande86]

Norway's progress has been truly impressive! They definitely deserve to go to the next World Cup. Unfortunately for Italy, hopes are beginning to fade, unless Norway slips up before their head-to-head clash with Italy. In November, we will know for sure whether it will be the play-offs or a third consecutive early exit, or whether we will win the group.
It's difficult, but still mathematically possible.

Norway certainly deserves to qualify for this World Cup. But I personally also hope Italy can qualify, even if it might have to go through the play-offs. Given Norway's current form, it's actually quite difficult to expect this team to slip up and drop points. But the possibility is always there. And there's still hope for Italy. So, for now, everything remains uncertain. However, if Norway continues to win their next matches, this team is almost certain to secure a direct World Cup berth.

However, if Italy's only chance is through the play-offs, I hope they succeed this time. It's quite disappointing to see a national team that's usually a strong contender at the World Cup now facing the potential of not qualifying.

Yes, but they have to go to the playoffs and that's not a good thing. In fact, going to play matches like that would be the last chance to win something, and that doesn't always go well. It's something that happens to Italy often and this has always led to the worst, to not qualifying, so I'd say they're not much of a favorite.

[retreat]

Norway joins the history books of more than 10 goals scored in a World Cup qualifiers and Haaland shines again for his national contributing to more than half of the G/A in the match. One would say why is France 14 - 0 score line against Gibraltar not here, well that was in the Euro qualifiers but this is for the World Cup qualifiers.

It was a truly crazy match. Scored 11 straight goals against Moldova, Norway completely denying them any chance to counterattack. It was a spectacular victory, especially with Haaland scoring five goals, making him the first European player to score five goals in a single World Cup qualifying match. This victory almost secured Norway's place in the World Cup, having collected a maximum of 15 points from their five matches, putting real pressure on second-place Italy.

[Volgastallion]

What a shit show we see this last days of qualifiers for the next world cup.

In europe a 11-1 from Norway against the weak Moldavia. in Africa Cape Verde beating Cameroon and putting them a step into the next world cup with another failure of Onana, how he can keep being a total failure?

And in south america Bolivia making use of his clasic steal playing in the high altitude when nobody can even breath.

[Tipstar]

And in south america Bolivia making use of his clasic steal playing in the high altitude when nobody can even breath.

lol that could be a thing, it gets difficult to breathe when the air is thin but I think in both result of Argentina and Brazil, they were not interested in winning. Bolivia win means there were no chance for Venezuela and Venezuela lost with a huge margin against Colombia.
With this final stage of games, we have the South American teams that would play the world cup. Bolivia would get another chance at playoff. Argentina qualifies with a visible lead while all other teams are equal in points 29-28 which shows they are almost equal in capacity while lags behind Argentina.

[Adiljutt156]

Turkey 0 - 6 Spain

How the hell did Turkey concede 6 goals? We are talking about a very important game, a World Cup qualifier, but they conceded 6 goals, they couldn't score at least 1 goal. How was that possible? Turkey was supposed to be the second strongest team in that group, but after that defeat, I see them with little chance of qualifying.

I was overconfident with Turkey before the match, but they couldn't prove anything, losing badly at home. Arda Guler couldn't replicate his club form for the national team, and even Calhanoglu, a senior player, couldn't do much. Meanwhile, Spain proved once again that they are a team with consistent strength. Now, Turkey goal difference gives Georgia a chance to compete closely with Spain.

Türkiye national football team played very bad against Spain  team which they played match 2 days ago as that match was one sided because Spain national football team did back to back 6 goals in this match and Türkiye  team could not do any goal in this match and Pedri was a person who did 2 goals in this match and he did first goal at 6 minutes of the match when it was requirement of the match and after that we saw performance of Merino because he did goals for the team And he did second goal of the match at 22 min and after we minutes we saw goal by same person and we saw 3 goals by that player.The performance of that team wax excellent in this match and that was the reason they won this match easily by high margin.

[JeffBrad12]

Norway joins the history books of more than 10 goals scored in a World Cup qualifiers and Haaland shines again for his national contributing to more than half of the G/A in the match. One would say why is France 14 - 0 score line against Gibraltar not here, well that was in the Euro qualifiers but this is for the World Cup qualifiers.

Despite scoring a lot in the game against Moldova, Haaland is now recording his new record as the player who can have 10 star ratings after Messi. That's impressive. The key is that just pass the ball to him, and he will score. hahaha that reminds me his prime last seasons when he broke new record as strker with most of goals in a season.
The only main factor is that he needs someone who could pass him, then he will cook. 

[Rikafip]

In fact, this is the main problem of these teams and it is clear that it is, the fact that there are teams that cannot even get a good defense and concede 11 goals is a shameful thing, these teams penalize the others that compete to go to the World Cup and by doing so they have also penalized Italy indirectly.

Well, no one is stopping Italy to score even more goals vs Moldavia.  

Tbh, Norway scoring 11 vs Moldova should be the least of Italy's concerns as even if they beat them by 1 goal difference, they will most likely finish first, forcing Italy to (most likely) playoff.