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

[Arenga pinnata]

btw ahead of the tournament Norwegian team dressed up in Viking attire and posed for photos by the river   photos were so good quality that they looked like a colorized historical photograph or something straight out of a movie set

I don’t know how, but they actually seem like they’d be perfect for acting and playing roles in Viking movies. everything looks natural, and I really like this. But Haaland actually looks more like Thor.

At least I also noticed a few other interesting things about the Norwegian team. Like this one


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And I like this team because they seem to be so, so proud of Haaland. Because they always treat Haaland like the main character. 

[Sunshine1525]

btw ahead of the tournament Norwegian team dressed up in Viking attire and posed for photos by the river   photos were so good quality that they looked like a colorized historical photograph or something straight out of a movie set

With this costume it is difficult to identify some of the players. I really wanted to see how some of their major players looked.

Anyway this is the beauty of thee World Cup. The tournament is an avenue to showcase the culture and history of each country. I am also expecting to see some of these custums from fans as the tournament starts.

Wow this is lovely, it reminds me of the movie series Vikings. I can spot Manchester City's striker Erling Haaland, his custume made him look like one of Ragnar Lodbrok's son in the movie (Bjorn). You can tell that tbe Norwegian Norsemen are really prepared for this tournament, it's the fourth time their country would participate in the world cup and first time for most of their players.

Someone like Haaland would be makimg his first debut in a major intercontinental competition, I believe they'll give their best and try to make their country proud. I've also seen the group photo of The Three Lions, in their English Knight costume, it's dope too.

[Cassius55]

Norway its a very great team with very huge quality and singular great player, I wath with admiration player like Nusa and Halaand. Nusa in my opinion its a great player and its understimate in front of his amazing skills. This national team is grown fast if we think that they had a only one or two super attacker in history like solskjaer and carew, I never wath car and soslskjaer because i am young but they was great player from youtube video.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

Is anyone noticing the amount of promotional deals Lamine Yamal is having this period or am I just getting too excited for this football talent.
Lamine Yamal has done several promotional ads for big names like Visa, Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonalds these are just some of those he has done and posted by himself on his account.
Lamine Yamal is already heading to generational wealth from his Barcelona contract but these deals he is having with this Giant companies means more generational wealth for the club very gifted teenage kicks, I hope Spain can go far in this World Cup.

I had to quote this because it is still all about endorsements and promotional deal, I am awe at the endorsement deal that Lamine Yamal has gotten especially for this World Cup but Messi and his team and business geniuses because people thought moving to the USA was the worst thing for him , losing billion dollars contract in Saudi Arabia football but he was think more than salaries from football.
Messi has a very stacked endorsement deal lines I believe that his payment for endorsement and promotion will go up, he is a billionaire now according to Forbes without any crazy salary packages and this is only the beginning for him.

[Onyeeze]

Norway its a very great team with very huge quality and singular great player, I wath with admiration player like Nusa and Halaand. Nusa in my opinion its a great player and its understimate in front of his amazing skills. This national team is grown fast if we think that they had a only one or two super attacker in history like solskjaer and carew, I never wath car and soslskjaer because i am young but they was great player from youtube video.

this world cup I am seeing participation of other countries and the participation is not something that will predict now that one particular country is good to Merit the World Cup but due to what I'm saying in this recent matches they are playing I think that it would be tough for way to predict their particular country to win the World Cup despite the total number of international players they have I think so many other countries also have the power players as well which will make us not to believe that might emerge now because it is too early to make a such predictions

[B2Z]

Norway its a very great team with very huge quality and singular great player, I wath with admiration player like Nusa and Halaand. Nusa in my opinion its a great player and its understimate in front of his amazing skills. This national team is grown fast if we think that they had a only one or two super attacker in history like solskjaer and carew, I never wath car and soslskjaer because i am young but they was great player from youtube video.

The Norway team has strikers like Erling Haaland and other players who can take their team to a better level, but one thing I liked the most about this team is the photoshoot of this team. Basically, they took pictures in Viking costumes, which expressed their heritage, and at the same time, they did a photoshoot in front of mountains and rivers, which expressed the beauty of their country. In a word, everything from the unveiling of Norway's jersey to the official photoshoot was great, but now we just have to wait for the performance on the field to be beautiful.

[KingsDen]

btw ahead of the tournament Norwegian team dressed up in Viking attire and posed for photos by the river   photos were so good quality that they looked like a colorized historical photograph or something straight out of a movie set

With this costume it is difficult to identify some of the players. I really wanted to see how some of their major players looked.

Anyway this is the beauty of thee World Cup. The tournament is an avenue to showcase the culture and history of each country. I am also expecting to see some of these custums from fans as the tournament starts.

I saw the pictures and was wowed by the concept behind it. You can go check it out on the internet because there are pictures that contained  few of their star players that were clear enough for you to recognize them individually. Erling Haaland was captured on a solo appearance, I also saw that of Martin Odegaad who happens to be the team's captain.
It's a good way to present their players after 28 years of not featuring in the biggest football competition. Their attire is beautiful but the big question is will their performance match their appearance? We'll find out during the tournament.

[Lembo69]

Norway its a very great team with very huge quality and singular great player, I wath with admiration player like Nusa and Halaand. Nusa in my opinion its a great player and its understimate in front of his amazing skills. This national team is grown fast if we think that they had a only one or two super attacker in history like solskjaer and carew, I never wath car and soslskjaer because i am young but they was great player from youtube video.

this world cup I am seeing participation of other countries and the participation is not something that will predict now that one particular country is good to Merit the World Cup but due to what I'm saying in this recent matches they are playing I think that it would be tough for way to predict their particular country to win the World Cup despite the total number of international players they have I think so many other countries also have the power players as well which will make us not to believe that might emerge now because it is too early to make a such predictions

Yes, none of us can actually say exactly which country will win the World Cup. However, by looking at the quality of the players of some countries, we can understand where they will end up. Although this will not be a prediction, because those who have a good idea about football can make it their own idea. Since there are many strong countries and many good teams, no one can say for sure which country will win the World Cup. Everyone's dream is now towards the World Cup, they may not be lacking in preparation. No one will try less than anyone else to move forward. Because this is not a game of luck, it is a game of feet and skill. So there can be no lack of effort here.

[CLS63]

How do you see the probability of a surprising team to shine in this World Cup? I would like to remind you of Morocco from the last World Cup.

They did really great by eliminating 2 favourites and reaching semi finals those times. They are once again a participant in this one too but I'm not sure how strong they will look this time.

[colinistheman]

Norway its a very great team with very huge quality and singular great player, I wath with admiration player like Nusa and Halaand. Nusa in my opinion its a great player and its understimate in front of his amazing skills. This national team is grown fast if we think that they had a only one or two super attacker in history like solskjaer and carew, I never wath car and soslskjaer because i am young but they was great player from youtube video.

The Norwegian football team is raising the bar of their game much more than before this is true. And there is no doubt that they have the best world class star of an era like Haaland. No doubt the youngster Nusa is also a talented one.

But I think their squad still lacks the backup or depth and experience to survive until the last move of a big tournament. For most of the players in their team, this is the first World Cup they are going to experience. So rather than chasing trophies, learning hard from this field might be the main target for them this season

[Adbitco]

Is this a world cup or it's Trump cup because I don't understand anymore, if you're not ready to host the world why then did you bid for it. Last world cup was so smooth even though it was the very first time of it being hosted in the Middle East. I really don't understand this visa denial, you claim to have the best security in the world and we are all seeing this. Is it because the ref is from Somalia? I don't even know what's wrong with FIFA, 3 countries are co hosting the world cup and out of the 3 only one is doing something differently, all these started since last year, shouldn't FIFA have made alternative plans as regards this. Iran has 3 of it group stage matches in the US and the US authorities has told them that they can't spend 24 hours in the country, which means they would have to fly in before the match and fly out after the match, where have we seen this before? Russia hosted the world cup alone and every country enjoyed it, yet the US can't co host a tournament and it goes smooth.

FIFA has no real decision making power; they just do whatever the United States wants because they are essentially puppets.
FIFA does not interfere in anything because the US gives them a lot of money, or they simply cannot interfere.
The deportation of a FIFA referee, issues involving Iran, and even the poor quality of training facilities used by teams are all examples of this situation.
It is very clear that this country is not a football nation, but FIFA and others do not care because their only concern is money.
This may end up being the worst World Cup organization we have ever seen.
Also, since I live in Europe, I have to watch my national team’s matches at around 6–7 AM just to support them, which makes everything feel even more frustrating and unfair.

I have even forgotten about the difference and it's going to really affect us, the US is not a footballing nation, they are more of their own American football. I agree with you totally, FIFA is just like a puppet to the US, because tell me why FIFA said they are free from nations politics but are actively involved in it. They banned Russia from all of their activities because they invaded Ukraine and are tagged the aggressor. Last year and this year, Israel and US attacked Iran but these 2 nations that did what Russia did are actively involved in all sporting events. If Russia is banned for being the aggressor, why not apply the same measure to both Israel and US? Of course they can't because they are puppets.

[AYOBA]

Yes, none of us can actually say exactly which country will win the World Cup. However, by looking at the quality of the players of some countries, we can understand where they will end up. Although this will not be a prediction, because those who have a good idea about football can make it their own idea. Since there are many strong countries and many good teams, no one can say for sure which country will win the World Cup. Everyone's dream is now towards the World Cup, they may not be lacking in preparation. No one will try less than anyone else to move forward. Because this is not a game of luck, it is a game of feet and skill. So there can be no lack of effort here.

It seem like predicting about the World Cup is more difficult than the normal leagues. Because at times the countries that you underrated will be the one to bring out a positive results at the of the year, which is why it has difficulty in terms of predictions we should only be waiting for their outcomes since every country where much prepared just for them to win the World Cup of the season.

[Joca97]

How do you see the probability of a surprising team to shine in this World Cup? I would like to remind you of Morocco from the last World Cup.

They did really great by eliminating 2 favourites and reaching semi finals those times. They are once again a participant in this one too but I'm not sure how strong they will look this time.

Well each time we have the world cup there is always at least one surprise. We had Morocco last time but this time i dont think they will reach the semis as they did in the previous world cup,they just arent on that level. I think we will see a new surprise in this world cup but i still think that a big national team will win. France is looking really good and i currently see them at the very top.

I think of the teams that can surprise in this World Cup from what i seen is Norway or Japan. Especially Norway that has a really good attacking power.

[Adiljutt156]

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.

Belgium national football team performance was excellent in this match because they did 5 goals in this match and opponent team did no goal in this match. Trossard was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 28 minutes of the match and we expected that opponent team will resist in this match but their resistance was zero in this match and that gave no effort in this match. De Ketelaere was a person who did second goal of the match and he did this goal at 53 minutes of the match which means that was in the second half of the match And De Bruyne did third goal of the match and he did this goal at 65 minutes of the match.Lukébakio was a person who did second last goal of the match and he did this goal at 85 minutes of the match and there was also last goal of the match which was at 87 minutes and that was did by Raskin .

[Tonimez]

Yes, none of us can actually say exactly which country will win the World Cup. However, by looking at the quality of the players of some countries, we can understand where they will end up. Although this will not be a prediction, because those who have a good idea about football can make it their own idea. Since there are many strong countries and many good teams, no one can say for sure which country will win the World Cup. Everyone's dream is now towards the World Cup, they may not be lacking in preparation. No one will try less than anyone else to move forward. Because this is not a game of luck, it is a game of feet and skill. So there can be no lack of effort here.

It seem like predicting about the World Cup is more difficult than the normal leagues. Because at times the countries that you underrated will be the one to bring out a positive results at the of the year, which is why it has difficulty in terms of predictions we should only be waiting for their outcomes since every country where much prepared just for them to win the World Cup of the season.

I also think that this issue of world cup prediction is also based on the fact that most of these players who are known to be good are also drawn from entirely different teams and leagues where they play different kind of football for their teams. When they come together, even though they're known to be individually good talents, they tend to perform badly especially in the early stages when they still lack good communication and team performance and familiarity. This causes some unnecessary loss of possession and goal missing too. But when the teams have gone beyond the rounds of 16, I think that prediction works better than the group stages. So if anyone is making any predictions now, it's mostly based on previous achievements and not because he understands the team tactics and ball patterns yet. But predictions in the round of 16 and beyond could be solely based on tactics and possible outcomes.

[pawel7777]

In their last friendly test match before the start of the tournament, England will face Costa Rica. It will be interesting to see if England will be able to score more than one goal. So far, in all of their 3 friendly games, they have only scored one in each, which is not what you would expect of them.
In their previous friendly game against New Zealand, England had a decent number of shots on goal (18), but only 4 of them were on target, and only one of those 4 shots got converted to a goal (by Harry Kane).
This is the last chance to maybe try out a more offensive tactic in a safe environment.

Their first game of the group stage will be against Croatia, so it could be a tough one.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

It seem like predicting about the World Cup is more difficult than the normal leagues. Because at times the countries that you underrated will be the one to bring out a positive results at the of the year, which is why it has difficulty in terms of predictions we should only be waiting for their outcomes since every country where much prepared just for them to win the World Cup of the season.

That's certainly because predicting the World Cup is much more difficult and perhaps we don't fully understand the strengths of each country competing in the competition. I remember how Japan and Morocco performed much better, even though they were considered underrated teams. Even though they failed to reach the championship, their performances were clearly extraordinary. Some people tend to judge the strongest teams based on the quality of their players, but sometimes teams with superstars also fail to reach the championship, as has happened with Brazil and several other national teams.

[Bobrox]

In their last friendly test match before the start of the tournament, England will face Costa Rica. It will be interesting to see if England will be able to score more than one goal. So far, in all of their 3 friendly games, they have only scored one in each, which is not what you would expect of them.
In their previous friendly game against New Zealand, England had a decent number of shots on goal (18), but only 4 of them were on target, and only one of those 4 shots got converted to a goal (by Harry Kane).
This is the last chance to maybe try out a more offensive tactic in a safe environment.

Their first game of the group stage will be against Croatia, so it could be a tough one.

England team won last friendly match against New Zealand and tomorrow will face Costa Rica as last friendly match before playing at World Cup against Croatia, a lot of controversial about England team after Thomas Tuchel leaving many star players not get calling for national team and he must proof about his decision is right not calling top players like Phil Foden, Harry Maguire and Cole Palmer.

First world cup not easily match for England will face Croatia and other opponent team left I think easy get three points by facing Ghana and Panama, during the qualifier matches England playing perfectly keep unbeaten but its can't guarantee keep promising performance at World Cup matches exactly group stage. Difference weather, culture and players need adaption with short term because United State have hot temperature or weather.

[B-BossMan]

I have even forgotten about the difference and it's going to really affect us, the US is not a footballing nation, they are more of their own American football. I agree with you totally, FIFA is just like a puppet to the US, because tell me why FIFA said they are free from nations politics but are actively involved in it. They banned Russia from all of their activities because they invaded Ukraine and are tagged the aggressor. Last year and this year, Israel and US attacked Iran but these 2 nations that did what Russia did are actively involved in all sporting events. If Russia is banned for being the aggressor, why not apply the same measure to both Israel and US? Of course they can't because they are puppets.

You have a points to some extent I also thought about this some days ago. But it just feels like a double standard to some fnas FIFA at times are funny the way they did thier things, so there's no way they will not play a politics on this issue, because it has let about consistent rules and also more about higher power, so FIFA can't afford or can't  cross some lane. FIFA  and no politics! Rules must breaks when geopolitics hits hard, yes Russia got banned actually, it maybe because of thier global pressures or other purposes, the United States of America and Israel were supposed to be banned so, but they didn't it may be due to either they have more political and financial leverage and authority. Well I just hope we have safe and peace playing from the beginning to the end.

[Solokan]

btw ahead of the tournament Norwegian team dressed up in Viking attire and posed for photos by the river   photos were so good quality that they looked like a colorized historical photograph or something straight out of a movie set

I don’t know how, but they actually seem like they’d be perfect for acting and playing roles in Viking movies. everything looks natural, and I really like this. But Haaland actually looks more like Thor.

At least I also noticed a few other interesting things about the Norwegian team. Like this one


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And I like this team because they seem to be so, so proud of Haaland. Because they always treat Haaland like the main character. 

You posted a cool photo, I really like it. The view in the photo is really beautiful, and the scenery is really beautiful. It seems like Norway looks very happy because Norway hasn't played in the World Cup for a long time. If I'm not mistaken, Norway last played in 1998. This year, they definitely look really happy because they qualified for the World Cup. From the photos, all the players look happy.

Yes, Haaland looks like the main character in a movie, and Haaland is one of Norway's key players, so it's natural that Haaland is treated like that. Now I'm curious about Norway's performance in the upcoming World Cup, and we'll see what happens. I think Haaland and his teammates will be very excited when they play in the match.