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

[Fiatless]

You want to know my opinion? First of all, I'm not trying to underestimate any team here but does Spain think this is a ballon d'Or tournament? What's the point of building a squad as solid as this against poor Cabo Verde? They only appeared in the world for the first time in 2022, so this is their second trial, with a limited experience. 5-0, 4-0, 7-2 is that what you want. I don't know a single player from that country that knows ball, so this is already a walk over match for Spain.

Cape Verde beat Cameroon, Serbia, Angola, and other small teams. They drew with Egypt, Georgia, and Iran. I don't think Spain will have an easy game. Spain may have more advantage considering that they have some of the best players and an experienced team. But my opinion is that Cape Verde shouldn't be overlooked. After this game, we will know their quality.

[Hypnotizer]

Amad Diallo has quickly registered his name in the list of world cup scorers after scoring in his first world cup game against Ecuador in the early hours of today. Ecuador was referred to as one of the highest defences in this tournament during the pre match analysis.

Ivory Coast was really kinda lucky to get that goal and hopefully for them they get to qualify for the next round because I don’t think Germany would lose to Ecuador in this group stage.

Sweden played a wonderful game and Isaak has join Undav to be the only two player with 3 G/A in this World Cup and I’m really impressed by how Sweden played their game and they got a very wonderful result with five goals to one against Tunisia thereby making their spot a solid one at the top of the Group F.

The Spain Vs Cape Verde game has started and Spain have played offensively but they haven’t score any goal yet, I don’t know why Lamine yamal didn’t start for Spain though..

[B-BossMan]

To be fair, Germany is known for winning as much as possible with as many goals as possible. This is not just a national team thing, even clubs are like that, I remember Bayern beating a smaller division team 12-0 once, and they were still trying for goal number 13.

So whenever Germany can win, they attack as much as possible and do not stop after a while and just pass. Because almost every other team I know, would score 3-4 goals at most, and then just try to pass around and let the game end.

Yes...sured they have been working so hard whenever it comes to FIFA world cup matches, Germany players are good in starting their match with good starting and I was Impressed with thier performance in yesterday's match against Curacao, even when I saw that they scored at the early minutes starting I knew they must perform accurately as expected, to tell you that the Germany players are all active and they are good or ready to score goals by all means, non of them scored hat trick apart from Kai Havert and i liike their performance throughout the match.  Curacao would have put more efforts in that match, but all the Germany players were on higher motivation to do everything possible to achieve the victory. Weldon played to Germany on that great victory its not easy starting with thei higher goals scores.

[cxtreenal]

Spain national team have released starting line up against Cape Verde for the first match in Group H, one interested for this match Spain team playing without Lamine Yamal at starting line up and he started from the bench. Many unpredictable rotation from the head coach Luis de la Fuente by playing Gavi since the first minutes and he play as left winger position. Arsenal's goal keeper David Raya indeed winning Premier League tittle and reached the final round in Champion League but can't guarantee get the main goal keeper and he started from the bench because unai Simon always become the regular goal keeper.

So what your opinion about Spain team starting line up its really good formation or Luis de la Fuente make experiment for the first match several rotation without playing full main player.


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Yamal is just recovering from his injury. I see Fuente does it right by resting him. However, i don't rule the chance for Fuente to start him slowly. Theorically, he can play, but he must be subbed at the late game to ensure he won't get repetitive injury.
Beside that it's also feeling weird we're not seeing Nico william and it's also due to the same reason as Yamal.

I have no problem with Spain's starting line up because they will against a nation that is considerably easy to beat. So their current starting eleven seems enough.
I think they can win this game with pretty good score such as 3-0.

Spain has great players like Gavi, Ferran Torres, Padri and everyone is in great form. Lamine Yamal needs more rest and I think the opponent team may be strong but the current squad is enough to win. Maybe the coach can give Lamine a chance to play for a short time but if he is fully rested then Spain can still win. The goal difference that Spain needs to win should be lower because Cape Verde are a newcomer to the World Cup but they are strong and can surprise in this World Cup.

[babo]

Ivory Coast was really kinda lucky to get that goal and hopefully for them they get to qualify for the next round because I don’t think Germany would lose to Ecuador in this group stage.

Sweden played a wonderful game and Isaak has join Undav to be the only two player with 3 G/A in this World Cup and I’m really impressed by how Sweden played their game and they got a very wonderful result with five goals to one against Tunisia thereby making their spot a solid one at the top of the Group F.

The Spain Vs Cape Verde game has started and Spain have played offensively but they haven’t score any goal yet, I don’t know why Lamine yamal didn’t start for Spain though..

very strange that after 27 minutes of play he still hasn't scored a goal
quite worrying

I'm following the match while I'm in the car with the radio, my colleagues and I are playing a fantasy championship and I've estimated that Spain will win 2-0
At this rate I'll only make a bad impression if the big teams fail.

[Lida93]

Ivory Coast got that 1 goal. Good job to them, although my bet has lost. That's okay and this is just one of the many for this world cup. I'll try to check some bets and will look into predictions on which one is a good one. Nice try for me I guess for thinking that it would be a draw.

Seriously before the game I know how Ivory Coast was actually a strong side too but Ecuador are a team coming into this tournament with the best defensive record, having lost in the last 12 games and I wasn’t expecting them to lose though I was expecting at least a win or draw for the Ecuadorians, which almost came to pass until a very well taken goal by Ahmad Diallo. This is seriously a great win for the Ivorians and definitely a mountain to climb for Ecuador

This is the first win for the African teams, indeed it was a pleasant surprise considering the time the goal was scored, I had already thought that both teams were going to settle for a draw just like Brazil and Morocco but very late into the stoppage time Ahmad Dialo turned the tide around in favour of the Ivorians, with this win it means we are going to have more than one African team in the knockout stages as anticipated.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I'm following the match while I'm in the car with the radio, my colleagues and I are playing a fantasy championship and I've estimated that Spain will win 2-0
At this rate I'll only make a bad impression if the big teams fail.

I know many don't see Cape Verde as an advantage, but it's a country that can surprise. I know the absolute advantage is with Spain. I'm surprised Luis de la Fuente didn't field the toughest players like Yamal and Nico. It's difficult to know what a coach is thinking, but we have to accept it. So far, I'm also surprised they haven't scored any goals, but come on, Cape Verde has a 5-4-1 formation, their defense is very strong, and the Spaniards haven't been able to break through that line.

[Akbarkoe]

Ancelotti is just to experienced to be affect too much by the supposed pressure, i want to believe that he will still deliver his team in every case, it is just a matter of time, they are just at the group stage and they are not doing so badly if you check so they will just have to be allowed the more time and they will be able to put smiles on the faces of their fans.

They may not win the world cup but they are very likely to go far beyond just the group stage in the world cup.

I hope so, with the players he has and his experience I hope he can discipline the players who are under him now to have a good relationship and cooperation for the Brazilian national team, otherwise it will be very difficult when he can't control the high ego of the players, it will destroy the strategy and destroy the expectations about him, because I think in yesterday's match there were some things that were missing on the field like the team performance, I just think maybe with that experience and given a little time to do the formation of high chemistry can produce a good match, and my previous words can be broken when I say Brazil may not go far until the quarterfinals or one level below.

[Ale88]

Curaçao suffered a very humiliating defeat; it must have been very sad for them. They conceded 7 goals and only managed to score 1. I don't know if they will be able to recover psychologically in time for the next game. Before this game started, I had high expectations for Curaçao, something like they could lose but without conceding many goals. I didn't imagine they would be defeated in such a humiliating way. Honestly, I don't know how Germany, against whom I didn't have high expectations, played so well today. Maybe they can really go far in this World Cup.

I'm sorry but maybe you're expectations were completely wrong to begin with. They were going to play against Germany, a team that never stops attacking no matter how many goals they scored, and Curaçao players have no international experience. I was expecting Germany to score at least 6 goals. What I didn't expect was Curaçao to score one, that is a huge achievement despite the big defeat.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Ecuador lost their game yesterday and left us all in shock. Instances like that pushes me to be more realistic and clearheaded about this year's world cup tournament. I watch the game and from my analysis, their performance was no match against Ivory Coast--- they had plenty of possession, chances, time to decompress and think of other ways to penetrate the defense, but one thing kept them in that circle... Lack of productivity to complete the game and finish with a goal. Every counter attack was successful, but ended up ricocheting off the cross bar.For Brazil, Carlo Ancelloti wasn't happy with the outcome of the match, but they had to settle for that. I'm expecting to see him regroup the team.

[shinratensei_]

Yamal is just recovering from his injury. I see Fuente does it right by resting him. However, i don't rule the chance for Fuente to start him slowly. Theorically, he can play, but he must be subbed at the late game to ensure he won't get repetitive injury.
Beside that it's also feeling weird we're not seeing Nico william and it's also due to the same reason as Yamal.

I have no problem with Spain's starting line up because they will against a nation that is considerably easy to beat. So their current starting eleven seems enough.
I think they can win this game with pretty good score such as 3-0.

Spain has great players like Gavi, Ferran Torres, Padri and everyone is in great form. Lamine Yamal needs more rest and I think the opponent team may be strong but the current squad is enough to win. Maybe the coach can give Lamine a chance to play for a short time but if he is fully rested then Spain can still win. The goal difference that Spain needs to win should be lower because Cape Verde are a newcomer to the World Cup but they are strong and can surprise in this World Cup.

So yeah, Fuente doesn't wanna take the risk by risking his important players to play. If Yamal and Nico get serious injury. It's done for spain in the current WC. Those wingers are spain main weapon to topping outright to be a current WC winner. No reason to risking them all in unimportant game like this.

[Majestic-milf]

 Spain are playing unbelievably poor football, allowing most of their chances go begging. It's crazy how you'd have a strong squad and fail to break the defense of a team that's not a match for your B or C squad. Spain have underestimated the Cabo Verde team do bad and they are paying for it and it's very obvious that first half will be goalless.

[B-BossMan]

Amad Diallo has quickly registered his name in the list of world cup scorers after scoring in his first world cup game against Ecuador in the early hours of today. Ecuador was referred to as one of the highest defences in this tournament during the pre match analysis.

Ivory Coast was really kinda lucky to get that goal and hopefully for them they get to qualify for the next round because I don’t think Germany would lose to Ecuador in this group stage.

Sweden played a wonderful game and Isaak has join Undav to be the only two player with 3 G/A in this World Cup and I’m really impressed by how Sweden played their game and they got a very wonderful result with five goals to one against Tunisia thereby making their spot a solid one at the top of the Group F.

The Spain Vs Cape Verde game has started and Spain have played offensively but they haven’t score any goal yet, I don’t know why Lamine yamal didn’t start for Spain though..

It's true that the Ivory Coast was actually got a big luck in that match against Ecuador, quite alright the both countries have played to thier standards as expected, because everyone was expecting that the match could ended at draw as everyone of them were putting on each other's pressures, though Ivory Coast was truly lucky to achieve this victory at the ending time of the match, in facts even from thier possession Ecuador played them to some extent,but they weren't meant for the victory in this match,  o was impressed with the Ivory Coast performance as they were well consistent in this match. I thump up for them.

Also the Sweden and Tunisia match was a clear victory for Sweden, despite the Tunisia efforts in this match all efforts was gone in vain and I was as well happy for Sweden outcomes....Sweden-5 while Tunisia-1

[Humblevirus]

That’s why Ancelotti is under immense pressure as coach, and perhaps that has had some impact on the players’ performance on the field. The fans really want Ancelotti to lead Brazil to the World Cup trophy, because it has been a very, long time since Brazil last won the World Cup, or even reached the final. And that has become a tradition for Brazil in every World Cup. No matter who the coach is, they will inevitably be expected to lead Brazil to the final and win the World Cup trophy.

Ancelotti is just to experienced to be affect too much by the supposed pressure, i want to believe that he will still deliver his team in every case, it is just a matter of time, they are just at the group stage and they are not doing so badly if you check so they will just have to be allowed the more time and they will be able to put smiles on the faces of their fans.

They may not win the world cup but they are very likely to go far beyond just the group stage in the world cup.

Brazil drawing their first match against a team like Morocco is not a bad result because Morocco is a very strong team, as we all know. We all witnessed their performance in the last World Cup. So, drawing their first match of the tournament against Morocco did not mean that Brazil is not in form; they played against a strong team.some people should not quickly start judging them or saying they played poorly. I know that the quality of players Brazil has, along with their past performances, is what makes many people have high expectations for them. In fact, it is these high expectations that often prevent many people from appreciating the efforts they have been putting in recently.the tournament has just started, and it is only one match that they have played, so they still have more chances in the group stage. I don't feel that Brazil will be disqualified in the group stage. Just as you said, Brazil may go far in this World Cup tournament.

[Inwestour]

Cape Verde managed to hold off Spain in the first half. The score remains 0–0, but towards the end of the half Spain completely took control of the game. They created several very dangerous attacks that could easily have resulted in a goal. By the way, if I'm not mistaken, there hasn't been a single 0–0 draw at this World Cup so far. In my opinion, Cape Verde are defending quite well, so although I think Spain should score in the second half, if Cape Verde can maintain the same level of performance after the break, this could potentially become the first 0–0 result of the tournament.

[Velvet78]

Spain are playing unbelievably poor football, allowing most of their chances go begging. It's crazy how you'd have a strong squad and fail to break the defense of a team that's not a match for your B or C squad. Spain have underestimated the Cabo Verde team do bad and they are paying for it and it's very obvious that first half will be goalless.

I'm also shocked with the way they play man. They are just ridiculously bad... One can say they are dominant etc. but no I don't agree.

If they were dominant for real, they would already score some goals. They aren't facing a top team now. How can it still be 0-0?

I'm really wondering what will happen in the second half.  

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

The first half is over, and neither team has scored yet. Spain has tried hard to attack, but they have failed to score, but according to the style of play, we will see Spain's goal very soon in the second half. In the first half, Spain had full control of the ball, Cabo Verde could not have any possession of the ball, Cabo Verde had only 30% possession and Spain had 70% possession. So, looking at the performance of the first half, it is very clear that Spain can score a goal if they try a little more and Spain will definitely win the match, Spain is a much stronger team than Cabo Verde.

[Hypnotizer]

very strange that after 27 minutes of play he still hasn't scored a goal
quite worrying

I'm following the match while I'm in the car with the radio, my colleagues and I are playing a fantasy championship and I've estimated that Spain will win 2-0
At this rate I'll only make a bad impression if the big teams fail.

It’s Halftime and Spain couldn’t convert even a single one of those many big chances they got to score a goal and I’m really surprised but I have applaud the Cape Verde goalkeeper for those wonderful saves he did in the first half.

Ferran Torres had a very good opportunity to score but he missed and hit the bar, the Cape verde goalkeeper is the only person that I’ll say was grounded not to allow Spain score any goal in the first half.

Maybe the Spanish National team coach doesn’t think this match would be this tough and that’s why he didn’t start Yamal, Nico and Olmo but let’s see what happens in the second half…

[Frankolala]

Spain are playing unbelievably poor football, allowing most of their chances go begging. It's crazy how you'd have a strong squad and fail to break the defense of a team that's not a match for your B or C squad. Spain have underestimated the Cabo Verde team do bad and they are paying for it and it's very obvious that first half will be goalless.

Cape Verde goalie terrific saves denied Spain from breaking the deadlock in the first half after several goal attempts on target. Cape Verde has chosen to play back the bus method. I believe that Vozinha might be the man of the match if he continues to stop the Spanish from finding the back of the net. How long can Cape Verde be able to maintain the resistance from the pressure of Spain attack. The second half shall tell.

[Arenga pinnata]

One of the clips I've seen so far from this 2026 world Cup
😂, it's a video clip where a man instead of cheering for his national team to win the match, he was rather busy feeding his eyes and brain with someone else as we all can see in the screenshot above..

Maybe this is why Brazil could not beat Morocco and that lead to me losing four different parley bets where one of the legs was Brazil to beat Morocco in their encounter last week.

This is not something I consider very serious to discuss but just for fun, I think this man will have alot of explanation to give to his wife and family when he returns back to them from the world Cup 😂😂

Watch the clip here - https://x.com/i/status/2066438665937576149

I think that guy is really in big trouble right now. If it were his wife, it wouldn’t be a problem. But if it isn’t, and he has a wife waiting for him at home, then I think things are going to get pretty complicated.
Flying plates from the kitchen might even start flying.  

But one thing’s for sure: now the whole world knows what he did. On one hand, he’s lucky to have seen that woman’s breasts in person.. oh, sorry, I meant the World Cup in person, hahaha. But after the match is over, he’ll have to face his family and his wife or girlfriend.

Lucky I didn’t bet on Brazil, because, well, apparently this is what caused Brazil to fail to win,