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

[Majestic-milf]

 

They had two reliable strikers who were immediately fielded as starters in the match, namely Gyokeres and Alexander Isak. Both players played the full game, but in 90 minutes, neither of them managed to break through the Swiss defense. Not only did they fail to score, but none of their shots were even on target. In that match, the Swiss national team truly performed exceptionally well, maintaining a good balance across all three lines—attack, midfield, and defense.

So far, in the three matches they have played, they have only managed to collect one point, which they earned in their first match against Slovenia. On the other hand, they had to swallow the bitter pill of defeat in two consecutive matches. The Swedish national team is far behind, and even if they manage to sweep the remaining matches, their hopes of qualifying for the next phase are still slim.

It's safe to say that the joint striking force in Gyokores and Isak were just confused and looked like they were amateurs. Not much coordination between them, there was no creativity in the midfield. Infact, they played hopelessly that it looked like the Swedish players were praying for the whistle to just be blown and let them get it over with.
It's even more annoying that the team Sweden lost to in their last game before this one are the time you can comfortably beat in their sleep which is Kosovo but Sweden had to bottle that one and lost 2-0 to them.
 Their last three games have all recorded poor results so they'd need to come all out when they meet Kosovo in the return leg because I'd they can't get something from their opponents, I think Jon Dahl's job should be taken from him as the coach of the squad.

[Berry2d]

the competition in group a is between turkey and georgia. both teams earned the same number of points from their first two matches, but turkey defeated georgia in their head-to-head match and then lost to spain. georgia will play spain tonight.

since spain is the favorite against all other teams in the group, and both turkey and georgia can easily defeat bulgaria, the worst team in the group, the matches between these two teams take on extra importance. this is because only two teams from the group can advance to the next stage, and spain seems guaranteed to finish first.

therefore, if georgia loses tonight, it must win its next match against turkey, and turkey must maintain a good goal difference to avoid this situation, as their 6-0 loss to spain has put their goal difference in a very poor position.

I believe turkey's game today is a work over match as  bulgaria is in know way close to turkey in performance, quality of players and record which a match like these is always in favour of the best team and also they are pushing to qualify in the group so capitalising on every opportunity in there greatest target. As for that of Grogia, I doubt if there goals won't be more than 6 : 0 lost of turkey because Spain is interested in hitting goal records this season and never going to relent in any game and they look forward to bag a trophy this season.

Between turkey and Georgia coming second in the group, I think turkey are favorite to appear second because there squad is in better form than that of Georgia and are determined to qualify for the next round .

[Adbitco]

They are countries too, why shouldn't they be playing? Just because they are small and not good? Many countries got better with the year, look at Fær Øer for example, today they beat Montenegro 4-0! San Marino is an incredible small country and there are no professional players but I don't think this would be a reason to exclude them from participating the the Euro/World qualification stages.

Every country that is interested in football should be given enough chance. Gradually they will improve. Renowned countries in Europe and America have been involved in football for many years. And they have a lot of money and facilities. So naturally they can build strong squads. If small countries get enough opportunities and support, we will gradually see the improvement of these countries.

I had no idea about the Faroe Islands squad. I have never seen their performance in the past. But the way the team performed against Montenegro is really incredible. They won by a big margin of 4-0. And I can definitely say that most of us are not aware of the Faroe Islands team.

Yes, every country should be given the opportunity to play but they should create a room where countries like San Marino, Luxembourg, Andorra, Latvia etc shouldn't be meeting countries like Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy etc it's rest assured that even if they meet these countries 100x the chances of them winning 5 from it is very low. There should be some certain restrictions on how they meet these non footballing nations. I read in a news headline few days ago that Spain has been banned from playing against Gibraltar. Just imagine fixtures like these, the outcome will already be known.

[KTChampions]

Norway vs. Israel + Estonia vs. Italy. Norway and Italy are battling for first place in the group, and goal difference could be the deciding factor, so both teams are interested not just in winning, but in doing so with the highest possible score. Estonia and Israel aren't really contenders, so they're unlikely to have much motivation to fight back.

As many predicted Norway will win easily and yeah they were leading in the first half, Norway should have scored 2 goals but unfortunately Haaland missed the penalty even though I chose Haaland to score at least one goal today lol, ok there is still time to do it. Next I'm waiting for Hungary to do the same in the first half because I placed a parlay bet on these 2 matches but it seems Hungary didn't make much effort from the first minute    will Hungary draw today?  I hope they don't do that.

The score is already 5-0, Haaland has a hat-trick. Now I regret being cautious and not taking this game with a handicap. I hope Italy will play as I wrote – they have a direct rivalry with Norway, and my bet on them with a handicap of -1.75 will pay off. Actually, I made a modest multiple bet: Norway win, Portugal win, Spain win, Italy win with a handicap of -1.75. I hope Italy won't be demoralized by Norway's victory, at the moment Norway has a goal difference of +26, and Italy has +5  

[Jaycoinz]

They are countries too, why shouldn't they be playing? Just because they are small and not good? Many countries got better with the year, look at Fær Øer for example, today they beat Montenegro 4-0! San Marino is an incredible small country and there are no professional players but I don't think this would be a reason to exclude them from participating the the Euro/World qualification stages.

Every country that is interested in football should be given enough chance. Gradually they will improve. Renowned countries in Europe and America have been involved in football for many years. And they have a lot of money and facilities. So naturally they can build strong squads. If small countries get enough opportunities and support, we will gradually see the improvement of these countries.

I had no idea about the Faroe Islands squad. I have never seen their performance in the past. But the way the team performed against Montenegro is really incredible. They won by a big margin of 4-0. And I can definitely say that most of us are not aware of the Faroe Islands team.

Yes, every country should be given the opportunity to play but they should create a room where countries like San Marino, Luxembourg, Andorra, Latvia etc shouldn't be meeting countries like Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy etc it's rest assured that even if they meet these countries 100x the chances of them winning 5 from it is very low. There should be some certain restrictions on how they meet these non footballing nations. I read in a news headline few days ago that Spain has been banned from playing against Gibraltar. Just imagine fixtures like these, the outcome will already be known.

Lol it's actually kinda funny because in as much as you are correct but football competition would be limited to some if this sort of rule is placed and how do you intend that these so called team be placed or what should they do to partake fully in the competition. The reason why they are also partaking in the game is because they belong to the European countries and if there is anything that FIFA would do then it will be done in almost all the continents because they are similar teams like that in almost all the continents.

[Velvet78]

I don't expect Bulgaria to make much difficulty for Türkiye today. There is a big quality gap between the two teams. But one thing is sure that Türkiye need to improve those performances from the Spain game. Like A LOT...

Because it was horrible if you remember. I see Montella called the 19-year-old Can Uzun for national duty finally. I don't even understand why some managers unsee talented young players for a long time. They are your future, you must be aware of that.

[X-ray]

Isak and Gyokeres are very talented players, no doubt about it. But their performance in the national team is very weak. Due to the lack of strong bonding between the players, the team conceded 6 goals in 3 matches and managed to score only 2 goals. Sweden is at the last position in the Group B table.

Playing Isak and Gyokeres together is biggest mistake made by Sweden. They're good when they played as a single striker, which is waiting for the ball upfront. I watched the game and notice how clueless they are. Sweden's coach has to change his strategy. Just because he has two good strikers, he played them together.

They're gonna face Kosovo, which know how to counter their double strikers tactic. If they still go with the same tactic, they can't be saved.

[Uruhara]

At the end I think the 0:0 result of the game wasn't in any way bad for the Croatia team haven won 5:0 at home in the first leg, because from the look of the atmosphere of the game the Croatia side didn't come into the game to win but to make sure they don't lose, but end it in a stalemate. The scoreline seems like what was determined by the away side who happened to be the stronger side in the meeting .

I lost my money in this match. I knew that Croatia was a strong team. So naturally I bet on Croatia to win. But we did not see a good performance from Croatia's players in the match. Croatia's players were able to make only 10 shots in the entire match. They made only 2 on target shots. It was not possible to win with such a poor performance. Croatia will play against Gibraltar in the next match. If the forward players play so badly, they will not be able to win against Gibraltar either.

The Czech national team even managed to build a slightly larger number of attacks. However, Croatia did look like a team that just didn't want to lose but also seemed to be playing for a draw. Although the draw was not so bad for them but well it was quite disappointing for those of us who hoped they could win the match.

By the way Haaland continues to set new records in the current world cup qualifying round. He has managed to score 12 goals in just 6 matches. And it is not just that the Norwegian national team also has a remarkable winning record. In Group I we can see that Norway has got 18 points as they have won all their 6 matches in this phase. But what is remarkable is that Norway in the 6 matches they have played have recorded 29 goals and conceded only 3 goals. This is an amazing record in my opinion.

[Lillominato89]

As many predicted Norway will win easily and yeah they were leading in the first half, Norway should have scored 2 goals but unfortunately Haaland missed the penalty even though I chose Haaland to score at least one goal today lol, ok there is still time to do it. Next I'm waiting for Hungary to do the same in the first half because I placed a parlay bet on these 2 matches but it seems Hungary didn't make much effort from the first minute    will Hungary draw today?  I hope they don't do that.

Norway is currently leading Israel with a score of 3-0. It looks like it will be a big win if the match continues like this. In the previous match against Italy, Israel also suffered a heavy defeat, although they did manage to score some replies. There will likely be a few more goals, and Haaland might score more than one goal since there is still plenty of time.

To reignite Italy's hopes, Israel had to win tonight, but Norway is a ruthless goal-scoring machine! Unfortunately for Italy, their hopes of winning the qualifying group have now vanished. Even a hypothetical victory for Italy against Norway would be useless, as we would still finish second due to goal difference.

[ingiltere]

It's good to finally see Orkun back in the starting 11. Kerem is playing in striker position again. It's hard to understand why such a choice was made when there are real strikers like Can Uzun and Deniz Gül in the bench. The midfield doesn't look very resilient, Salih Özcan may come on in the second half. Bulgaria is not a very strong opponent. Türkiye need to score a goal in the first half and open the game. Both Spain and Georgia scored three goals against this team. Türkiye also need to score at least 3 goals and not fall behind in terms of averages. They are already in a bad position because of the 6-goal defeat to Spain, they need to recover this.

[KingsDen]

Isak and Gyokeres are very talented players, no doubt about it. But their performance in the national team is very weak. Due to the lack of strong bonding between the players, the team conceded 6 goals in 3 matches and managed to score only 2 goals. Sweden is at the last position in the Group B table.

Playing Isak and Gyokeres together is biggest mistake made by Sweden. They're good when they played as a single striker, which is waiting for the ball upfront. I watched the game and notice how clueless they are. Sweden's coach has to change his strategy. Just because he has two good strikers, he played them together.

They're gonna face Kosovo, which know how to counter their double strikers tactic. If they still go with the same tactic, they can't be saved.

Football sometimes doesn't go as it is supposed to be and when things doesn't go well, we blame the coach. If only Isak is good and only Gyokeres is good, it means that both of them together will be better. If am a coach, I will be able to play double striker perfectly with some conditions sorted out.
Although, Isak is not in his best form, coming in the second half wouldn't have been a difficult thing to do. I do not think it is nice that a team that has England's most beautiful strikers conceded alot of goals without adequate reciprocal.
This is exactly the same thing that does Haaland and his brother Odegaard in their national team.

[hyudien]

Yes, every country should be given the opportunity to play but they should create a room where countries like San Marino, Luxembourg, Andorra, Latvia etc shouldn't be meeting countries like Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy etc it's rest assured that even if they meet these countries 100x the chances of them winning 5 from it is very low. There should be some certain restrictions on how they meet these non footballing nations.

So the European zone World Cup qualifiers should be divided into two or more parts or FIFA needs to rearrange each country that fills each group, for example, strong countries should be put in a group with equally strong countries and weak countries like San Marino etc. should be grouped with other weak countries, is that what you want? or maybe I'm wrong, but let's say that, then many strong countries have been eliminated in the qualifying round and we won't see the excitement on the real World Cup stage

[boltz]

Turkey already leading against Bulgaria and by the look of first 10 minutes , I think Turkey they will score at least 3 times this game but Bulgaria have their chances to score aswell.

Estonia - Italy followed the same example of the game above and Italy quickly took the lead and also putting massive pressure on Estonia as I don't think Italy will be satisfied until they score 4-5 goals here.

Portugal - Ireland game of the night for me and I hope both teams will score and Ronaldo somehow score again to prove he still got it no matter what.  

[Adiljutt156]

Snip.

This isn't a particularly important game for Croatia, as they have a game in hand and a better goal difference, so the Czech Republic's motivation won't be too high. Their only motivation will be to win in front of their home fans, so I don't think Croatia will lose this game, as that might be enough for them. Considering the scoreline they won the first game, it's safe to assume they could win the away game as well, as the Czech Republic can't compete with such an opponent.

At the end I think the 0:0 result of the game wasn't in any way bad for the Croatia team haven won 5:0 at home in the first leg, because from the look of the atmosphere of the game the Croatia side didn't come into the game to win but to make sure they don't lose, but end it in a stalemate. The scoreline seems like what was determined by the away side who happened to be the stronger side in the meeting .

Czech Republic football team could not win match against Croatia football team as performance of both teams was at equal Level and both teams could not do any goal in this match.  The shots of Czech Republic football team were more in number And these were 11 in this match and 2 shots were on target. The possession percentage of that team was very low in this match and that was 42 percent in this match And pass were only 304 in this match. Opponent team possession was good in this match which was 58 percent in this match And passes of that team were also more in this match. The possession percentage of that team was 58 percent in this match and passes were 418 in this match.

[Adbitco]

Turkey already leading against Bulgaria and by the look of first 10 minutes , I think Turkey they will score at least 3 times this game but Bulgaria have their chances to score aswell.

Estonia - Italy followed the same example of the game above and Italy quickly took the lead and also putting massive pressure on Estonia as I don't think Italy will be satisfied until they score 4-5 goals here.

Portugal - Ireland game of the night for me and I hope both teams will score and Ronaldo somehow score again to prove he still got it no matter what.  

I have been watching the Portugal Vs Republic of Ireland game and I can say that, although Portugal is playing really good but they have not really created a good scoring opportunity or should I say chance for themselves because the opponent are not letting them. They have been shooting from outside the 18 yard box but it's either it's been blocked or it sails over the bar. So far that's how it's been, Portugal needs to find a way to break that line and score a goal if the intend to win this very match.

[Agbe]

Turkey already leading against Bulgaria and by the look of first 10 minutes , I think Turkey they will score at least 3 times this game but Bulgaria have their chances to score aswell.

Estonia - Italy followed the same example of the game above and Italy quickly took the lead and also putting massive pressure on Estonia as I don't think Italy will be satisfied until they score 4-5 goals here.

Portugal - Ireland game of the night for me and I hope both teams will score and Ronaldo somehow score again to prove he still got it no matter what.  

A dominant performance from Turkey tonight, Turkey is in total control of this game it's now 1:4 in favour of the Turkish team this win will put turkey to have six points thesame points as league leaders Spain.more goals are expected from this game because this game is still has some times left to play congratulations to turkey for winning away from home with this type of huge results.

[LGD2Business]

Kenan Yıldız's goals were exceptional. We conceded an unlucky goal against Bulgaria, but we scored four (Edit, now five). There could be more in the remaining minutes. The important thing was to win with a +3 goal difference at least and we're achieving that if the match ends this way. The Georgia match will be much more exciting. This squad isn't bad, they'll beat Georgia under normal circumstances. Bulgaria was already at a much lower level than us. This score is normal.

[GiftedMAN]

I have been watching the Portugal Vs Republic of Ireland game and I can say that, although Portugal is playing really good but they have not really created a good scoring opportunity or should I say chance for themselves because the opponent are not letting them. They have been shooting from outside the 18 yard box but it's either it's been blocked or it sails over the bar. So far that's how it's been, Portugal needs to find a way to break that line and score a goal if the intend to win this very match.

Likewise me the Portugal game is the game that I have been watching since it's been an entertaining game so far but no team has found the back of the net in the 75 minutes, Portugal has just been awarded a penalty and you know what to expect Ronaldo is holding the ball hopefully he scores to keep his team ahead of this particular one. Ronaldo missed the penalty and you can imagine the frustration in the team right now in the face of Ronaldo, nice save by the keeper it's looking like the game will end in a goalless draw.

[Uruhara]

Kenan Yıldız's goals were exceptional. We conceded an unlucky goal against Bulgaria, but we scored four (Edit, now five). There could be more in the remaining minutes. The important thing was to win with a +3 goal difference at least and we're achieving that if the match ends this way. The Georgia match will be much more exciting. This squad isn't bad, they'll beat Georgia under normal circumstances. Bulgaria was already at a much lower level than us. This score is normal.

Turkey seemed to be playing quite comfortably even though they were not the host in the match. And I was surprised by the current score. because in the first half I still saw the score 1-1. And when I checked again for the second half it turned out that Turkey had managed to score another 4 goals in just 16 minutes.

I'm still too focused on the Portugal vs Ireland match. But I am quite disappointed that Portugal has not scored a single goal in the match. Although Portugal continued to build attacks and continued to dominate in possession, they still had difficulty penetrating the Irish goal. If this match ends in a draw then I think there will be a lot of people who lose their bets on this match.

[l99l]

In the Serbia-Albania match, Albania scored a shocking goal in extra time.
Serbia dominated the first half. Albania's plan throughout the first half was to defend firmly and look for a counter-attack, and Albania succeeded in this plan for the first half.
In the second half, Serbia will continue its attack and pressure at full speed. If Albania maintains a solid defensive presence like they did in the first half and avoids making any mistakes, I believe they can maintain this score.