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

[Webetcoins]

It's not just Kylian Mbappé. The French national team is quite infamous for the lack of team bonding and cohesion. Remember the incident during Euro 2020 between Adrien Rabiot and Paul Pogba? Then there was an incident between Olivier Giroud and Mbappé himself. And from what I am hearing now, it seems that these issues are continuing. France has a very talented side, and is considered to be one of the tournament favorites this time in the FIFA World Cup 2026. But if the team bonding is bad, then I can't imagine them lifting the trophy this time.

They won the 2018 world cup, and finalists of 2022 that lost it on the penalties at the last shot. So I do not think they really have a problem. Doesn't mean that they are going to win it, they may not win it, anything could happen and it's true that they need to work hard for it if they want to win it.

But at the same time, we need to realize that things aren't always that easy and sometimes we are dealing with something that is not easy to handle neither from every team, not just France.

[meser#]

Portugal has one of the best midfielders and according to PSG manager, if Spain is not winning it, then is should be Portugal and I couldn't even agree more. They can do it but the players need to play as a team every single game. Leave personal glory and play for the glory of the country.

If Ronaldo can have this approach as the leader of the team, the other players will follow. If they see that Ronaldo is not on an agenda to continue on his personal record of trying to get to 1000 goals and actually chooses to play as a leader, giving opportunity to the other talents in the team to have the spotlight as Messi does, giving assists instead of trying to spam shots like he was still his younger self, the other players will blend in, and with their talented players, they can really go far.

Ronaldo has his own goals, and so does his country.
He can shoot from anywhere he feels confident, but if he shoots from everywhere and plays an overly selfish game,
the Portuguese team will not be a directionless team. Ronaldo will remain on the bench.

Actually, it would be better if Ronaldo came on in the last 30 minutes to contribute more to the team. Ronaldo is 41 years old and his physical strength is not what it used to be. We can see this in the shots he takes. Despite this, he is still very professional and works very hard.

[juttsab@]

Paraguay played a match against Nicaragua, which is the first time I’ve heard of them. Paraguay shouldn’t be a tough opponent; I don’t think that national team has very good players anyway. I’m more interested in Paraguay because our national team is going to play them. I don’t think this match will allow us to fully assess them, but the real assessment will come after the match against the U.S. If they give the U.S. a hard time, then we can say they might give us a hard time too.

Paraguay smashed 4 goals against Nicaragua in friendlies. Kaku scored the first he got a penalty and successfully converted it to goal. The second goal was scored by Almiron in the 42nd minute first half ended 2-0 in the favour of Paraguay. In the second half Galarza scored the 3rd in the 62nd minute and after 5 minutes Maidana scored the 4th for Paraguay. Nicaragua didn't get any goals. Now Paraguay is going to Play their next watch against the USA in the World Cup 2026. Now they are ready but the USA is also performing well in the friendlies . And they both are in group D.

[Jewan420]

They won the 2018 world cup, and finalists of 2022 that lost it on the penalties at the last shot. So I do not think they really have a problem. Doesn't mean that they are going to win it, they may not win it, anything could happen and it's true that they need to work hard for it if they want to win it.

But at the same time, we need to realize that things aren't always that easy and sometimes we are dealing with something that is not easy to handle neither from every team, not just France.

France may not be playing with the same squad from the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and they may not be playing with the same performing players. So how France will do in the current tournament does not depend on the performance of the last two tournaments. Their squad in the current tournament is excellent, they have entered the World Cup with a strong squad. However, just because the squad is strong does not mean that they will play in the final or win the title. To win the title, they must beat some other strong teams. Especially in the knockout stage, they can lose in any match, because the performance of the players will not be the same in all matches.

[execijutiere]

Belgium looks ready for the World Cup. The team, which managed to score a full five goals against Tunisia, won the match comfortably. The Belgian national team hasn’t lost a match in a long time, and frankly, I don’t see any team in their group that could beat them. Of course, it’s possible that Egypt could defeat them, but in my opinion, Belgium’s roster is unbeatable in this group. Tunisia won’t advance from the group. I can’t honestly say they put up much of a fight against Belgium either. Belgium didn’t even score enough goals against them.

[Fiatless]

It will be ridiculous of Ronaldo to want to try another world cup, he will be respected more if he lives after this year than when he comes next season. I don't think as a footballer you must have every trophies, this is the same for all other sports. Just set your difference and the world will remember you for what you have done, you are not immortal that will be there forever, there are somethings that are greater and powerful than you which you must accept.

I know that even Portuguese people are among people that are supporting him but with what I saw in the Saudi League, Ronaldo will flop in this world cup that will be played in this world cup. I saw some of the moves he did last two years that many people ridicule and make fun of him. Now it has become worse in Saudi professional League, it these world cup is not worse than what he has done.

Who told you that Ronaldo will play in 2030 world cup. This is his last world cup or do you think that Ronaldo doesn't know what he's doing. His presence on the field alone will motivate his teammates and intimidate his opponents.

Your view that Ronaldo will not be in the 2030 World Cup is not general. This is because some people believe that he is fit enough to be in that World Cup.

Cameroonian international footballer Eric Djemba-Djemba believes that Ronaldo has the potential to play in the 2030 World Cup. Portugal coach Roberto Martinez has also indicated that the former Ballon d'Or winner has the potential to play in the 2030 competition.

[Slow death]

Ronaldo has his own goals, and so does his country.
He can shoot from anywhere he feels confident, but if he shoots from everywhere and plays an overly selfish game,
the Portuguese team will not be a directionless team. Ronaldo will remain on the bench.

Actually, it would be better if Ronaldo came on in the last 30 minutes to contribute more to the team. Ronaldo is 41 years old and his physical strength is not what it used to be. We can see this in the shots he takes. Despite this, he is still very professional and works very hard.

Sometimes I wonder if people are really talking about the same Ronaldo I see playing, if they're talking about the same Portuguese national team I see playing. And because I can't understand how anyone would believe that the Portuguese coach would take Ronaldo, a player who can still contribute a lot to the team, to a World Cup and simply put him on the bench only to bring him on for the remaining 30 minutes of the game.

That's simply dreaming too big. The Portuguese national team will never do that in important games, and as long as Ronaldo is healthy. Because Ronaldo is still very important to the Portuguese national team, just as Messi is still important to Argentina. These two players are special, they're not like other players, and even now they have great relevance to their national teams and the leagues they play in.

[DYOR+BTC]

Ronaldo has his own goals, and so does his country.
He can shoot from anywhere he feels confident, but if he shoots from everywhere and plays an overly selfish game,
the Portuguese team will not be a directionless team. Ronaldo will remain on the bench.

Actually, it would be better if Ronaldo came on in the last 30 minutes to contribute more to the team. Ronaldo is 41 years old and his physical strength is not what it used to be. We can see this in the shots he takes. Despite this, he is still very professional and works very hard.

Sometimes I wonder if people are really talking about the same Ronaldo I see playing, if they're talking about the same Portuguese national team I see playing. And because I can't understand how anyone would believe that the Portuguese coach would take Ronaldo, a player who can still contribute a lot to the team, to a World Cup and simply put him on the bench only to bring him on for the remaining 30 minutes of the game.

That's simply dreaming too big. The Portuguese national team will never do that in important games, and as long as Ronaldo is healthy. Because Ronaldo is still very important to the Portuguese national team, just as Messi is still important to Argentina. These two players are special, they're not like other players, and even now they have great relevance to their national teams and the leagues they play in.

While analysing football most people do it with complete sentiment and hatred because if not so, i dont think there is any one who can write off Cristiano Ronaldo from the Portuguese team when we know he is still the most valuable player in that team for now except in times to come.
I am not saying the Portuguese team don't have good players but all I am saying is, Cristiano Ronaldo is very much useful in the team and can not stop showing magic when every the time comes.

[tiCeR]

Belgium looks ready for the World Cup. The team, which managed to score a full five goals against Tunisia, won the match comfortably. The Belgian national team hasn’t lost a match in a long time, and frankly, I don’t see any team in their group that could beat them. Of course, it’s possible that Egypt could defeat them, but in my opinion, Belgium’s roster is unbeatable in this group. Tunisia won’t advance from the group. I can’t honestly say they put up much of a fight against Belgium either. Belgium didn’t even score enough goals against them.

Looks ready for the World Cup is quite relative. i think they could  be a surprise team, but they could go down the same way. It is not easy to tell where Belgium will go. Many teams have some potential and good players, but how far they will make it, for me impossible to tell.

[GbitG]

It's not just Kylian Mbappé. The French national team is quite infamous for the lack of team bonding and cohesion. Remember the incident during Euro 2020 between Adrien Rabiot and Paul Pogba? Then there was an incident between Olivier Giroud and Mbappé himself. And from what I am hearing now, it seems that these issues are continuing. France has a very talented side, and is considered to be one of the tournament favorites this time in the FIFA World Cup 2026. But if the team bonding is bad, then I can't imagine them lifting the trophy this time.

That's really sucks...!!!
France national team is one of the greatest team of the international flights like in this competition, they are considered to be more favorite but unfortunately just like you said that they didn't have good relation between each other wether it's in team play or in dressing room. Whenever a team recognizes into their stages then probably they can never be able to regain their quality. So they should need to get rid from this toxic relation otherwise their quality can  become Inferiority.....

I know Killyan Mbappe is self egos players and even his ego for individual is okay but unfortunately they are all just trailing with a same moment. Every player just want to individual and probably due to this they will not even make any good progress. In national team players should need to emphasis on unity rather than toxic relation.

[EL MOHA]

Sometimes I wonder if people are really talking about the same Ronaldo I see playing, if they're talking about the same Portuguese national team I see playing. And because I can't understand how anyone would believe that the Portuguese coach would take Ronaldo, a player who can still contribute a lot to the team, to a World Cup and simply put him on the bench only to bring him on for the remaining 30 minutes of the game.

That's simply dreaming too big. The Portuguese national team will never do that in important games, and as long as Ronaldo is healthy. Because Ronaldo is still very important to the Portuguese national team, just as Messi is still important to Argentina. These two players are special, they're not like other players, and even now they have great relevance to their national teams and the leagues they play in.

Portugal dropping a 41 year old Ronaldo and giving lesser minutes would have been the most reasonable thing to do in this tournament but the real question is what player do they have in the squad that can actually replace Ronaldo and will offer better than him. The only out and out striker in the squad aside Ronaldo is actually Goncalco Ramos and let’s be sincere to ourselves is he better than Ronaldo even at 41. Statistically this is a player he cannot even break into his own club first eleven and also doesn’t have much goals in the last few seasons than Ronaldo.

So when people want Ronaldo on the bench I usually say no problem but for who because the team cannot afford to play players out of position when there is someone available for the position. This Portuguese team have long before be a country which lacks a proper striker for long it’s actually Ronaldo who has been able to solve that problem and yet no one is still ready to take that away from him even at this age

[Popkon6]

Belgium looks ready for the World Cup. The team, which managed to score a full five goals against Tunisia, won the match comfortably. The Belgian national team hasn’t lost a match in a long time, and frankly, I don’t see any team in their group that could beat them. Of course, it’s possible that Egypt could defeat them, but in my opinion, Belgium’s roster is unbeatable in this group. Tunisia won’t advance from the group. I can’t honestly say they put up much of a fight against Belgium either. Belgium didn’t even score enough goals against them.

Belgium team is very good and strong due to which they are ready to perform very well in this match and this season. They performed well but due to their lack of proper striker they were eliminated before the semi-final match was held. So they need some players in their team and if they can make proper players then they will definitely be able to reach the final match well.
So if Belgium team has proper strikers it will be much easier for them to win the World Cup, they can win by a wide margin with any team in the group stage.

[Ale88]

Here is how it looks for Portugal at the World Cup so far.



Their best result since 2000s is just a 4th place... They have 0 World Cup in their history. Of course this doesn't mean that they won't have any in the future.

But I mean they've been much better in Euros. Even if they win a World Cup as well later on I don't think it'll happen in presence of Ronaldo.

I'll be honest, I didn't remember that before 2002 Portugal basically never made it to the World Cup. Even before 2002 they had a bunch of very talented players: Rui Costa, Figo, Pauleta, Victor Baia, Fernando Couto, Nuno Valente... These are just the first that came to my mind. Just another proof that European qualification are tough.

[Solokan]

The world cup match is certainly just a matter of days and surely now most people can't wait to see the upcoming world cup match and surely now many people are favoring their respective countries to be champions for those whose countries enter the 2026 world cup. but for people whose countries do not advance to the world cup, I think most of them have a favorite team to win and become champions. unfortunately my own country did not advance to the 2026 world cup but I personally still have a favorite team to be champion in the 2026 world cup and my favorite country to be champion in the 2026 world cup is Portugal and the reason I support Portugal is because I want to see Ronaldo lift the world cup trophy because Ronaldo has never lifted the world cup trophy unlike Messi who lifted the world cup trophy in 2022 so if for example Ronaldo succeeds in lifting the trophy in my opinion it will be something unique and certainly the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo will become even more interesting. Now, I'd like to know which team is your favorite to win the title, even if your country doesn't advance to the 2026 World Cup.


I think Portugal is currently in Group K and has the potential to top Group K. I hope Roberto Martinez is careful, as the teams that qualify for the World Cup are not just any team.

[hd49728]

Belgium team is very good and strong due to which they are ready to perform very well in this match and this season. They performed well but due to their lack of proper striker they were eliminated before the semi-final match was held. So they need some players in their team and if they can make proper players then they will definitely be able to reach the final match well.
So if Belgium team has proper strikers it will be much easier for them to win the World Cup, they can win by a wide margin with any team in the group stage.

Belgium in World Cup 2026 has a weaker team than previous World Cup but they're still a strong team and who knows they are ambitious, still fight for a title, and if big surprise occurs, they can become a Champion in this World Cup.

If they win the title, it will be a big surprise but still smaller than a title won by Greek national team in Euro 2004. Belgium in any comparison and view definitely have a better national team than Greece in Euro 2004, and they can fight for as best result as they can. In World Cup or Euro, a strong team with enough luckiness can win a big title and Belgium has enough good player resources for achieving it.

[Ale88]

Belgium team is very good and strong due to which they are ready to perform very well in this match and this season. They performed well but due to their lack of proper striker they were eliminated before the semi-final match was held. So they need some players in their team and if they can make proper players then they will definitely be able to reach the final match well.
So if Belgium team has proper strikers it will be much easier for them to win the World Cup, they can win by a wide margin with any team in the group stage.

Belgium in World Cup 2026 has a weaker team than previous World Cup but they're still a strong team and who knows they are ambitious, still fight for a title, and if big surprise occurs, they can become a Champion in this World Cup.

If they win the title, it will be a big surprise but still smaller than a title won by Greek national team in Euro 2004. Belgium in any comparison and view definitely have a better national team than Greece in Euro 2004, and they can fight for as best result as they can. In World Cup or Euro, a strong team with enough luckiness can win a big title and Belgium has enough good player resources for achieving it.

I think their best best was back in 2018, in Russia. That was probably the peak of the Belgium's golden generation. Unfortunately you also need a little luck in this type of tournaments, and Belgium didn't have any against France despite playing a good match against the best team in the competition. If I recall correctly they lost 1-0 and France scored at the very last minute.

[Tonimez]

The world cup match is certainly just a matter of days and surely now most people can't wait to see the upcoming world cup match and surely now many people are favoring their respective countries to be champions for those whose countries enter the 2026 world cup. but for people whose countries do not advance to the world cup, I think most of them have a favorite team to win and become champions. unfortunately my own country did not advance to the 2026 world cup but I personally still have a favorite team to be champion in the 2026 world cup and my favorite country to be champion in the 2026 world cup is Portugal and the reason I support Portugal is because I want to see Ronaldo lift the world cup trophy because Ronaldo has never lifted the world cup trophy unlike Messi who lifted the world cup trophy in 2022 so if for example Ronaldo succeeds in lifting the trophy in my opinion it will be something unique and certainly the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo will become even more interesting. Now, I'd like to know which team is your favorite to win the title, even if your country doesn't advance to the 2026 World Cup.


I think Portugal is currently in Group K and has the potential to top Group K. I hope Roberto Martinez is careful, as the teams that qualify for the World Cup are not just any team.

Yeah for sure, everyone has a favourite country to win the world cup and even among those whose country also made it to the world cup, some people still choose a different country to win probably for their own interests or for the sake of their favourite players. So it won't just be a prediction for those whose country is not in the world cup. I have watched the teams going into the world cup and I can say that this would be one of the most energetic tournaments in the history of world cup. I'm saying this because this world cup is going to be the last for Many players who have ruled the game over the years. Coming down to Africa, the pressure they will be pulling will be in excess of which Africa may have more teams making it to the round of 16 this year than ever.

With that been said, I think that most real football fans would want Portugal to win the world cup and close the rivalry talk between Messi and Ronaldo. Tactically, the Portugal squad has a lot of elite players too with many of them reaching one or two milestones in the just concluded league season. Bruno Fernandez with the player of the season award and highest assist record this season, João Felix with player of the season, Vitinha with champions League final man of the match and very many of them with individual awards and titles too even ahead of many teams coming to the world cup. So I expect Portugal to reach at least, the semi final this time and eventually win the tournament.

[WatChe]

I'll be honest, I didn't remember that before 2002 Portugal basically never made it to the World Cup. Even before 2002 they had a bunch of very talented players: Rui Costa, Figo, Pauleta, Victor Baia, Fernando Couto, Nuno Valente... These are just the first that came to my mind. Just another proof that European qualification are tough.

Portugal has played six consecutive world cups starting from 2002. They are playing this year world cup and have also qualified for 2030 world cup for being a co-host. Before 2002, that they have just played two FIFA world cups back in 1886 and 1966. Portugal best ever finish in FIFA world cup was in 1966, they finished at third spot. This is 7th consecutive FIFA world cup for Portugal and also the last one for there legend CR7, this is why Portugal must come up with good performance this time.

[Iamgoat]

They won the 2018 world cup, and finalists of 2022 that lost it on the penalties at the last shot. So I do not think they really have a problem. Doesn't mean that they are going to win it, they may not win it, anything could happen and it's true that they need to work hard for it if they want to win it.

But at the same time, we need to realize that things aren't always that easy and sometimes we are dealing with something that is not easy to handle neither from every team, not just France.

I think there have been reports over the few years of one disagreements or the other between players like Mbappe , Podgba, Rabiot and Giroud but despite those issues and misunderstandings, the France national team have consistently remained among the strongest teams in the international football winning the 2018 World Cup and reaching the 2022 World Cup final have shown us whatever internal problems existed between the players in the team were not as severe enough to stop the team from competing at the highest levels and making successful matches against their opponents. This could also be as a result of good crisis management within the team’s internal structure. So I think a team’s greatness is not measured just about having disagreements or not, I think a teams greatness is measured based on their ability to manage their internal crises and put aside whatever differences which exists among them whenever they step onto the pitch to play.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Belgium is now playing against Tunisia. Belgium lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. Belgium will probably win. Even so, betting on these pre-World Cup matches is risky. Just yesterday we saw giants like France lose against Ivory Coast.

Belgium's squad is quite strong. There are talented players like De Bruyne, Doku, Trossard and Onana. They also have an experienced goalkeeper in Courtois. Belgium are expected to qualify for the next round from the top of the Group G.

Friendly matches are full of risks sometimes the team does not play too seriously because the players are afraid of injury, some big teams that lose may not care about it, the important thing is that later when the World Cup starts then they will exert all available abilities.
At the moment Belgium is 2 goals ahead of Tunisia, for me this is an easy win, still I don't bet because the risk that was initially thought of was afraid of not living up to expectations, it's better to just enjoy this match.

At the end of the first half, Belgium was leading 1-0 . I thought they would win this match at most 2-0 or 3-1 . But I was very  surprised by Belgium's performance in the second half.

Belgium's players  were able to make some strong attacks in the first half. They played attacking tactics from  the beginning of the match. This was a warm-up match for them. And they  played with the aim of winning. They confirmed the  2-0 lead at the beginning of the second half.

After Gharbi's red card in the 62nd minute, we saw only belgium's dominance in the match. Tunisia could not take any  advantage with 10  players. In the end, Belgium secured a big 5-0 victory.