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

[Ahli38]

I wouldn't hate to see Ronaldo with any kind of award given to him because he earned it but however if he wants all the trophy and awards he haven't had he may not even retired and could not also have them, especially in the world Cup he may not have it before he retired because world cup is not a club his team are the top two best because in the world Cup there country is not up to the top four. so actually the way I see Ronaldo motive for the world cup is because the country has not won world cup that is why Ronaldo wanted parts of his career to be the one that would convert the non world cup trophy history of his country to be a one time world cup champions.

Cristiano Ronaldo has many awards and still wants more and thats because he merited, i so much admire that guy because he knows what he can do, he doesn't Force things and even if he doesn't win any award again until he hangs boot, he already have much to show, I think this present world cup will likely the last time he will be featuring in the world cup and even though his country doesn't win, he has done really well, man Portugal is good although I don't know how the top four teams are being measured in this world but all I know is that no team in that world should be underrated since we don't know who among them is going to be the winner at the end of the day.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a player driven by a strong desire to win more trophies. And he has worked hard to achieve all his goals throughout his career. He is a machine that knows no age. But Cristiano Ronaldo can’t expect too much from what may be his final World Cup. Perhaps he and his national teammates will fight very hard. And they will fight to the very end to deliver their best performance. But World Cup competition is extremely fierce given that many other national teams that also have players of exceptional quality. I personally think that this World Cup will be his last. And I think that if the Portuguese national team is eliminated Ronaldo won’t force himself to participate in the next World Cup. But if they manage to win this World Cup it will be the happiest moment for Cristiano Ronaldo. I’m really looking forward to seeing their national team’s performance in the upcoming World Cup matches. It would be a real shame to miss any of the matches. And I hope Ronaldo and his team won’t be eliminated so soon considering many people are hoping to see them play at their best until they reach the peak of their performance.

[JoyMarsha]

Beside reaching 1,000 goals in competitive matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is also very ambitious about winning the World Cup to complete his footballing success. I believe this is his last chance at the World Cup. If Portugal fails again in this World Cup, it will be virtually impossible for Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve better results in the next one. The depth of Portugal's squad in this World Cup is also considered good, filled with great players who play for big clubs. It just depends on the coach to formulate the best strategy and hope for luck after preparing everything thoroughly.

He is trying to set the bar so high that he will forever remain the greatest player but let's be honest with each other for once. I have watch Ronaldo matches in Al Nasr and you could tell that man is so tired, he is only forcing it, the things he is doing over there, I'm not sure he will do that here because they will just ridicule and laugh him. He should not expect to be given ball like his slaves are doing in Saudi Arabia, this is world cup and everyone must answer to himself.

The Ronaldo we know will come back next 4 years again if he doesn't win the World cup, I know for a fact that the next one, Fifa will not want to force him because there will be no much value he can add and by that time he will not be in Al Nasr if they also serious unless they want to be using his name just to be relevant instead of working on their players so they can improve and become better.

In the next four years, Ronaldo should be around 45 years of age, and there is no way he will think of having the strength he has now to play football just for the sake of the World Cup. If the Portugal team fails to win the World Cup this time, they should forget it because in four years, the squad base they have now will either be reduced or increase in performance, as some of them will be retiring from football before or around 2030.

I expect Ronaldo and his teammates to give this World Cup their last fight because they would want to win it for the record of all and the country (Portugal), not for the record of Ronaldo to have.

[SuperBitMan]

Spain happens to be the favorite for me in this world cup and I'd also love to see them in the finals. They have so many good goalkeepers and they have all been good at their various clubs. Unai Simón, Joan Garcia and David Raya, these guys are on the picture above but only 1 need to start, which will you prefer?

It’s very hard to choose between between Joan Garcia and David Rays because this two goal keepers are so wonderful and they are doing very well, David Raya was very instrumental in Arsenal lifting the premier league title same with Joan Garcia he was very instrumental in Barcelona lifting the La Liga title, I will not include unai Simon in this conversation because it’s very clear that David Raya and Joan Garcia are better so the conversation and contest is between David Raya and Joan Garcia however, I think the coach should go with anyone he believes well in because both of them are very good and can do very well.

[Roseline492]

Spain happens to be the favorite for me in this world cup and I'd also love to see them in the finals. They have so many good goalkeepers and they have all been good at their various clubs. Unai Simón, Joan Garcia and David Raya, these guys are on the picture above but only 1 need to start, which will you prefer?

When it comes to strikers, you will not see Spain behind or with even defends and midfielders they're also among the leading countries but there excellent part is on there goalkeepers, because non of this three goalkeepers are inexperienced because  from the first one Unai Simon the number one Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper, Joan Garcia also the goalkeeper that has saved and prevented Barcelona from an unnecessary conceding in the La Liga and the last David Raya, they are all good goalkeepers but I would pick David Raya because the goalkeeper have saved many goals this season for his club so actually even if one of those goalkeepers I did not pick has a little good statistics than Raya but the current form a goalkeeper has is important before making a decision and Raya is very much of that to be the first choice of a country.

[bitgolden]

Brazil having 9.00 makes absolutely no sense to me at all, and I mean like literally no sense.

Because they were incredibly bad at the qualification games, they almost didn't even make it, only reason they are going to world cup is because almost every team from Latin America goes, like there are 2 or 3 nations missing, everyone else goes anyways, and that's why Brazil is going.

They had a horrible horrible streak of losing and yet they are still considered 9.00 odds? I would put them not even in top 10 let alone being fourth highest odds.

[pewboy]

In my opinion, beyond strongest teams like France, Spain and England, I think Germany can be a very interesting team in this World Cup, with potential of going very far.

Yes, we say that the European teams are all more or less balanced, there are players who can make the difference, but if i have to be honest, France is truly superior to all the other teams that are making room among the best of this world cup, truly a photonic team.

[$weetne$$]

I'm of the assumption that as long as they can give the team, whether it's a club or the national team, it's right to give them the chance to play. In addition to their physical prowess, Cristiano Ronaldo himself can also offer his experience.
To date despite his age he is stronger than other players younger than him and that is a fact, could anyone say otherwise?

The strength of Ronaldo at his age is undoubtably unmatched to some players who are even younger and that is because the level of discipline and training he has subjected himself to, that is resulting to this level of strength at this age and at all levels he can still contribute to his team, both on the pitch and as part of the management team from his wealth of experience.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Cristiano Ronaldo is a player driven by a strong desire to win more trophies. And he has worked hard to achieve all his goals throughout his career. He is a machine that knows no age. But Cristiano Ronaldo can’t expect too much from what may be his final World Cup. Perhaps he and his national teammates will fight very hard. And they will fight to the very end to deliver their best performance. But World Cup competition is extremely fierce given that many other national teams that also have players of exceptional quality. I personally think that this World Cup will be his last. And I think that if the Portuguese national team is eliminated Ronaldo won’t force himself to participate in the next World Cup. But if they manage to win this World Cup it will be the happiest moment for Cristiano Ronaldo. I’m really looking forward to seeing their national team’s performance in the upcoming World Cup matches. It would be a real shame to miss any of the matches. And I hope Ronaldo and his team won’t be eliminated so soon considering many people are hoping to see them play at their best until they reach the peak of their performance.

Portugal can get through their first round; they can't be overconfident, but they can do it. What comes after that is where they have to show their fighting spirit. But to be honest, every team that goes to the World Cup is there because they're good, regardless of how they qualified. They're among the greats, so from the beginning they have to give it their all. I think many want to see CR7 win. If they already helped Messi, they don't give CR7 anything for free; on the contrary, they take things away from him. That's why I want him to win, because he always goes against the system.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I think that is the only challenge you want to achieve before he retire, Cristiano Ronaldo have achieve a lot and also have won so many trophies, but the most important trophy which he need in his entire career now to balance the equation is the world Cup, but I don't look that aspect as a downfall if he fail to have one, because this is going to be his last World Cup and we know that he is getting old and things are not being done as they used to, but one thing that I have so much confidence for despite is age, is the ability to score goals, and I expect him to reach that 1000 goals of his entire career.

Messi won the last World Cup, Ronaldo wins this World Cup, this is what a huge fane base wants. Then both Messi and Ronaldo's careers will be fulfilled. Ronaldo's career will not be fulfilled without a World Cup

There is no doubt that Portugal's squad is stronger in this World Cup than in the previous World Cup. Especially the players are in very good shape. So the fans have high expectations from this team. I consider France and Portugal's squad to be the strongest squad in this World Cup. Argentina, Brazil, Spain will be a little behind. But Argentina and Spain's teamwork is on another level. As a team, they are strong.

[Ale88]

Cristiano Ronaldo is to Portugal what Neymar is to Brazil, but a bit more so. Whilst Neymar will be heading to the World Cup mainly to act as the national team’s mascot, Cristiano Ronaldo will be heading to the World Cup in excellent physical shape, albeit with the limitations that come with age. In fact, he will no longer be able to make 40 metre sprints at impressive speeds but will confine himself to hanging around the penalty area, trying to get on the end of the right ball.

Going to the World Cup as a mascot in a competition that needs the best players for me is a waste of playing slots. The World Cup is for players who will contribute positively to the club on the pitch and not just a symbol of identity. If this is the case it shows that it was because of public pressure that Carlo Ancelotti included his name in the squad. It thought Neymar was fit to play in the competition and not just a mascot. What fans expect to see is the dribbling and maneuvering skills of Neymar and not him sitting on the bench all through. It would have been better to allow João Pedro to be on the squad.

I think Ancelotti, who never called up Neymar a single time until the other day, at the end chose to bring Neymar as an "insurance" in case things go south: if Brazil, for whatever reason, play a bad World Cup without Neymar, every single Brazilian would blame Ancelotti because there was no Neymar. But if things go south even with Neymar in the team Ancelotti kind of shields himself from the critics because he can say that he called all the best players, including Neymar. I kind of agree with him at the end, I think it's a smart move because the whole country wanted to see Neymar in the World Cup.

[Noorooo]

Beside reaching 1,000 goals in competitive matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is also very ambitious about winning the World Cup to complete his footballing success. I believe this is his last chance at the World Cup. If Portugal fails again in this World Cup, it will be virtually impossible for Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve better results in the next one. The depth of Portugal's squad in this World Cup is also considered good, filled with great players who play for big clubs. It just depends on the coach to formulate the best strategy and hope for luck after preparing everything thoroughly.

In the next four years, Ronaldo should be around 45 years of age, and there is no way he will think of having the strength he has now to play football just for the sake of the World Cup. If the Portugal team fails to win the World Cup this time, they should forget it because in four years, the squad base they have now will either be reduced or increase in performance, as some of them will be retiring from football before or around 2030.

I expect Ronaldo and his teammates to give this World Cup their last fight because they would want to win it for the record of all and the country (Portugal), not for the record of Ronaldo to have.

To be honest 90% of Portugal's fans support the team because of Cristiano Ronaldo. I also watch Portugals matches and support them because of Ronaldo. The day he retires I think many people won't care about Portugal as much as they do now. In my opinion Portugal has such a huge fanbase mainly because of Ronaldo. I m just worried that they might put him on the bench.This would be a complete dissappointment because people comes to stadium just for him and like to see him playing not to see him on bench.

[blockman]

He's already recognized and popular but that is a personal achievement that he would love to reach soon. There will be not that much players who would reach that for their entire career of 1k goals in total in official games. Some have included the practices and unofficial games to count to that 1k goals for their achievement. So, it will truly be a remarkable achievement for himself if he reaches that. Not for fame or whatnot but for personal satisfaction because he concludes his career.

Besides reaching 1,000 goals in competitive matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is also very ambitious about winning the World Cup to complete his footballing success. I believe this is his last chance at the World Cup. If Portugal fails again in this World Cup, it will be virtually impossible for Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve better results in the next one. The depth of Portugal's squad in this World Cup is also considered good, filled with great players who play for big clubs. It just depends on the coach to formulate the best strategy and hope for luck after preparing everything thoroughly.

I don't want to jinx his ambition for reaching that goal. While he's still playing football, the chance is still there whether in our perspective it is realistic or not. As long as he's envisioning himself doing everything he can for it, I'll cheer for him.

He's already recognized and popular but that is a personal achievement that he would love to reach soon. There will be not that much players who would reach that for their entire career of 1k goals in total in official games. Some have included the practices and unofficial games to count to that 1k goals for their achievement. So, it will truly be a remarkable achievement for himself if he reaches that. Not for fame or whatnot but for personal satisfaction because he concludes his career.

A thousand official goal have not yet been reached by any other player and that why he wants to be the first to get to that number. For sure it an individual award but a very remarkable one. It will be something that will be talked about for Almost for ever.
For now the biggest achievement for him will be to win the World Cup, for sure this will be his last Dance In this tournament, he needs to make the most use of it. He his still doing well with the numbers and I believe he will make a statement in this World Cup, the the objective will be to win the World Cup.

Yeah, no one officially has done that and that's once in a lifetime that he's trying to achieve. It will set him a straight record and will make history for himself if ever he's able to do that. And that will also be aspired by other footballers when they're on the peak of their careers.

[Hyphen(-)]

Spain happens to be the favorite for me in this world cup and I'd also love to see them in the finals. They have so many good goalkeepers and they have all been good at their various clubs. Unai Simón, Joan Garcia and David Raya, these guys are on the picture above but only 1 need to start, which will you prefer?

When it comes to the goalkeepers, Spain have the best goalkeepers in the world; both Raya and Juan Garcia have an incredible seasons win their club sides and also in the Champions League, therefore, any team that have such goalkeepers will have the upper hand especially if they have good defenders, but no matter how good your goalkeeper can be, if you don’t have good defenders, your chances of conceding goals as a goalkeeper is very high.

Considering Spain among the favorites is not bad, but there are other teams that have good team and also have solid defense and goalkeepers, but till after the group stage before we can actually knows the favorite team to win the World Cup.

[Gost ms]

Beside reaching 1,000 goals in competitive matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is also very ambitious about winning the World Cup to complete his footballing success. I believe this is his last chance at the World Cup. If Portugal fails again in this World Cup, it will be virtually impossible for Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve better results in the next one. The depth of Portugal's squad in this World Cup is also considered good, filled with great players who play for big clubs. It just depends on the coach to formulate the best strategy and hope for luck after preparing everything thoroughly.

He is trying to set the bar so high that he will forever remain the greatest player but let's be honest with each other for once. I have watch Ronaldo matches in Al Nasr and you could tell that man is so tired, he is only forcing it, the things he is doing over there, I'm not sure he will do that here because they will just ridicule and laugh him. He should not expect to be given ball like his slaves are doing in Saudi Arabia, this is world cup and everyone must answer to himself.

The Ronaldo we know will come back next 4 years again if he doesn't win the World cup, I know for a fact that the next one, Fifa will not want to force him because there will be no much value he can add and by that time he will not be in Al Nasr if they also serious unless they want to be using his name just to be relevant instead of working on their players so they can improve and become better.

In the next four years, Ronaldo should be around 45 years of age, and there is no way he will think of having the strength he has now to play football just for the sake of the World Cup. If the Portugal team fails to win the World Cup this time, they should forget it because in four years, the squad base they have now will either be reduced or increase in performance, as some of them will be retiring from football before or around 2030.

I expect Ronaldo and his teammates to give this World Cup their last fight because they would want to win it for the record of all and the country (Portugal), not for the record of Ronaldo to have.

Yes, I completely agree with you. If every player in the team plays for the team and not for himself, then we can definitely get something good from Portugal. This time Portugal is definitely a much stronger and better team than all the other World Cups. Portugal has a lot of chances to win this World Cup. If Portugal cannot win this World Cup, then it is becoming very difficult to think about what we will see in the future. Because we see many world-class players coming out of teams like Argentina, Brazil, France, but we see very little of that from Portugal. Although Portugal has many good players, I think it is a little less compared to Argentina, Brazil, France.

[Shussainshah]

Spain happens to be the favorite for me in this world cup and I'd also love to see them in the finals. They have so many good goalkeepers and they have all been good at their various clubs. Unai Simón, Joan Garcia and David Raya, these guys are on the picture above but only 1 need to start, which will you prefer?

Spain are favourite there is no Doubt. Spain also have very option at every position not only Goalkeeper position.  But I am gonna Go with Joan Garica Which play incredible first season at Barcelona.  And one of the best performances in that's season with a good record of clean sheet and progressive Passes as well and Good Saving Record as well .

So if I am in De La Funte Position I will definitely Pick Garica Over Raya And Uni Simon.  I see the talent in garca eye and look like a team leader as well so I am not think about it twice and pick him in the first place . Raya is very good season.  Uni Simon is not that's good but dela funded trust him . But both of the goalkeeper stats are not better than Garcia.  Joan Garcia are statistically good then Raya and Simon

[FanEagle]

Spain and France is just way too good for everyone else. Spain is like leagues above almost anyone, they are not even remotely close to any team, maybe France would be lucky to get close if they play right, but that's about it, those are it.

Only chance I can see if any other good team, like Argentina or England, would face each other, and Spain would face France, so other teams would have to beat them for one game at the finals and that's it, otherwise if France and Spain do not face each other until the finals? There is no way any other team wins, those will go all the way to finals together.

[LUCKMCFLY]

As someone from Asia, I’m actually pretty hopeful that Portugal will win the World Cup. Although I won’t be rooting for them wholeheartedly because I also have a favorite Asian team I want to support. Still, the hype around supporting CR7 is always pretty intense. And right now, a lot of people are hoping to see CR7 lift the World Cup trophy. although, well, that would be quite a challenge for any team. even though Portugal is indeed one of the favorite national teams in the World Cup, that still doesn’t guarantee anything. But it would certainly be a huge celebration if Portugal were to win the title.

You're not going to believe this, I'm South American, but if Portugal didn't have CR7 I'd support Japan. Why? Because Japan has grown so much in football. It's a great feeling because Japan and the Asian continent have a different style of play, just like the African style. These are styles that inspire support so they can continue to grow in football. Here in South America we have variety: the Brazilian technique, the Argentinian, even the Colombian.

[mikel_012]

I think Ronaldo will play last World Cup as a player (or maybe not?) He still plays better than many young people, despite his age, do you want to see that this madman will shoot for another 5 or 6 years and still have a world championship as a player?
They won't put it aside in any other way they will give opportunities to make themselves useful (perhaps as a coach?) I honestly can't imagine it, but it could be.
A boy full of surprises and resources like him could continue to surprise us.

To be honest I can see Ronaldo being part of football as another role, but maybe not a coach. He is one of the best players in skills but this does not mean he can translate the skills to teaching players strategies

Just imagine Ronaldo making a crazy shot and trying to explain how a young player can do the same in a moment of 1 second where they do not have the time to think. The truth is that Ronaldo is crazy good because of his native skills and you need to be good to repeat the same, you can not be teached that easily unless you are also skilled since birth

[Juicyhome]

This world cup will be fun and entertaining almost all the team are big , it will be very competitive from my observation, there's hardly a team that doesn't have a good quality players in the team, every team look serious and are well prepared for the world cup.

I have picked my three favorite team in this world cup, if they didn't reach the final I'll not watch the world final, They're Portugal, this is my favorite team because of Ronaldo and vintiha, Bruno and Mendez, Portugal has rh most confidence team in the world cup and are the fans favorite to win the world cup. France is my second choice, they have many qualities like Portugal too, they are team to beat, the last is Senegal, Africa champions, they're the only team in Africa I trust that will go far in this world cup. Let me your favorite team?

[9ja Amaka]

It’s very hard to choose between between Joan Garcia and David Rays because this two goal keepers are so wonderful and they are doing very well, David Raya was very instrumental in Arsenal lifting the premier league title same with Joan Garcia he was very instrumental in Barcelona lifting the La Liga title, I will not include unai Simon in this conversation because it’s very clear that David Raya and Joan Garcia are better so the conversation and contest is between David Raya and Joan Garcia however, I think the coach should go with anyone he believes well in because both of them are very good and can do very well.

Spain have really got wonderful goal keepers, buy I agree with you that David Raya and Joan Garcia are the top 2 and its very hard to choose between the both of them. They both perform very well for their various clubs in the season that just concluded. I think it will be one of the hardest position for the manager when it comes to team selection, because I think is one position that has good players fighting for just one spot in the team. I really don't know who to pick, but I will expect the manager to either pick between David Raya and Joan Garcia.