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

[Ale88]

I don't even know where Cape Verde is, but this is probably the biggest surprise of the World Cup so far, and also the first scoreless match of the tournament. But Spain had 74% possession and didn't capitalize on it, much like in the Switzerland game.

Absolutely, this is by far the biggest surprise we've seen until now. Spain had a lot of ball possession but it was mainly sterile, things got more interesting once Lamine Yamal came in. Very disappointing result but, at the same time, this is only the first match, many times in the past we've seen big teams under performing during the first match, it's not a big deal at the end.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Cabo Verde's entire focus was only on defense, they played only defensive games, seeing their performance, it just reminds me only of Arsenal, just like Arsenal focus only on defense after scoring a goal in the whole match, in the same way their performance today was just like Arsenal, only on defense. Seeing Cabo Verde's celebration after the match ended, I was completely convinced that they were only focused on this defense and they wanted the match to be drawn 0-0. Otherwise, what is the reason for Cabo Verde to celebrate after the match was drawn 0-0?

In today's FIFA World Cup match against Spain, the only focus for the Cabo Verde was on their defense because I noticed that their goalkeeper performed the best. On paper, Spain is a formidable football team, but we never imagined they would give such a low-quality performance in the first match of this World Cup, besides another thing that surprised me was that the team kept young player Lamine Yamal in their starting XI, also Dani Olmo didn't get a chance in the starting XI against Cabo Verde. So at this stage it seems that maybe Spain's game planning was not right, based on Spain's performance against the Cabo Verde today, we think they will be even weaker against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in this World Cup.

[Silence Scream]

I don't even know where Cape Verde is, but this is probably the biggest surprise of the World Cup so far, and also the first scoreless match of the tournament. But Spain had 74% possession and didn't capitalize on it, much like in the Switzerland game.

Absolutely, this is by far the biggest surprise we've seen until now. Spain had a lot of ball possession but it was mainly sterile, things got more interesting once Lamine Yamal came in. Very disappointing result but, at the same time, this is only the first match, many times in the past we've seen big teams under performing during the first match, it's not a big deal at the end.

Yes, if I remember correctly, Argentina also lost to Saudi Arabia in their first match at the previous World Cup, but Argentina went on to win the trophy. Therefore, I think these kinds of surprise results add excitement to the tournament, but they won't change the outcome. Spain lost two points in this match, but they are a team capable of winning six points in their next games. They are the reigning European champions and a strong contender for the World Cup.

[Z_MBFM]

Cabo Verde's entire focus was only on defense, they played only defensive games, seeing their performance, it just reminds me only of Arsenal, just like Arsenal focus only on defense after scoring a goal in the whole match, in the same way their performance today was just like Arsenal, only on defense. Seeing Cabo Verde's celebration after the match ended, I was completely convinced that they were only focused on this defense and they wanted the match to be drawn 0-0. Otherwise, what is the reason for Cabo Verde to celebrate after the match was drawn 0-0?

In today's FIFA World Cup match against Spain, the only focus for the Carbo Vars was on their defense because I noticed that their goalkeeper performed the best.On paper, Spain is a formidable football team, but we never imagined they would give such a low-quality performance in the first match of this World Cup,Also, another thing that surprised me was that the team kept young player Lamine Yamal in their starting XI. Also, Dani Olmo didn't get a chance in the starting XI against Carbo Barda.So at this stage it seems that maybe Spain's game planning was not right, Based on Spain's performance against the Carvoeiro team today, we think they will be even weaker against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in this World Cup.

FIFA has arranged the matches very beautifully. In the maximum match, there is a lot of beautiful play, there is a tough fight and the match is drawn more often. Spain is a very good team, I expected them to win, but the match was drawn. Many possible predictions are proving wrong. However, it is a lot of fun to watch the game because the more tough the match is, the more exciting the match is. Tomorrow is Argentina's game, the most favorite teams in the World Cup are Brazil and Argentina. Brazil drew their first match, meanwhile, Algeria will play against Argentina, Argentina's win is very likely here, but the way the matches are going is also confusing here. Due to such excitement in the World Cup, the whole world is very serious about it. The match between Spain and Cape Verde was very beautiful, the number of fouls in the match was also less.

[Exitoral]

How could Spain not win this match? It's quite an interesting score; it's truly unacceptable that they couldn't score against such an opponent. They've surprised all football fans right now; nobody expects a team that loses points in such a simple match to reach the final.

We've seen interesting results in the early matches of the World Cup in general, and I don't think these teams will make such mistakes in the rest of the tournament

Dude, I feel your pain. Spain has more shots on target and couldn't even get on inside the net. I am so surprised that they didn't even win too. Was not expecting it. Cause I was counting on Spain to dust her opposite. They had more of everything than their opposite. That is what even shocked me and was more shocked that they didn't win. It is what it is.


Who is currently watching the match between Belgium and Egypt. Who is likely to win this match?

[W Jr.]

Cabo Verde's entire focus was only on defense, they played only defensive games, seeing their performance, it just reminds me only of Arsenal, just like Arsenal focus only on defense after scoring a goal in the whole match, in the same way their performance today was just like Arsenal, only on defense. Seeing Cabo Verde's celebration after the match ended, I was completely convinced that they were only focused on this defense and they wanted the match to be drawn 0-0. Otherwise, what is the reason for Cabo Verde to celebrate after the match was drawn 0-0?

In today's FIFA World Cup match against Spain, the only focus for the Cabo Verde was on their defense because I noticed that their goalkeeper performed the best. On paper, Spain is a formidable football team, but we never imagined they would give such a low-quality performance in the first match of this World Cup, besides another thing that surprised me was that the team kept young player Lamine Yamal in their starting XI, also Dani Olmo didn't get a chance in the starting XI against Cabo Verde. So at this stage it seems that maybe Spain's game planning was not right, based on Spain's performance against the Cabo Verde today, we think they will be even weaker against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in this World Cup.

Perhaps Spain's greatest advantage is being in this group with Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. The other teams aren't as strong as Spain, and the points they lost in this match won't affect them much. Saudi Arabia and Uruguay aren't teams that can take a win or a point from them, but Cape Verde, considered the weakest team in the group, managed to get a point from Spain. Therefore, it's not right to take anything for granted. We can't know the results before the football is played, but I'm sure Spain is very disappointed with this result.

[Cyber_warrior]

I don't even know where Cape Verde is, but this is probably the biggest surprise of the World Cup so far, and also the first scoreless match of the tournament. But Spain had 74% possession and didn't capitalize on it, much like in the Switzerland game.

Absolutely, this is by far the biggest surprise we've seen until now. Spain had a lot of ball possession but it was mainly sterile, things got more interesting once Lamine Yamal came in. Very disappointing result but, at the same time, this is only the first match, many times in the past we've seen big teams under performing during the first match, it's not a big deal at the end.

What a performance by cape varde, honestly what a result for them, they way these men defended today Is mind blowing. Spain controlled and posses the game very well, it a game we all expected them to win but instead it ended in a draw for them, Now they will need to win their 2 matches to try and top the group.
For real this is the biggest surprise in the World Cup so far, every one expected Spain to win with big margin but they couldn’t even score a goal.

Though from the line up, I was suspecting goals won’t be much but to think the match will end in a draw was unbelievable.

[Zlantann]

How could Spain not win this match? It's quite an interesting score; it's truly unacceptable that they couldn't score against such an opponent. They've surprised all football fans right now; nobody expects a team that loses points in such a simple match to reach the final.

We've seen interesting results in the early matches of the World Cup in general, and I don't think these teams will make such mistakes in the rest of the tournament

Many sports bettors will lose money because of this match between Spain and Cape Verde. Almost everyone would have placed bets that the favourite Spain will cheaply win this match easily. Spain dominated the match, taking about twenty-three shots on target, with eight of them on target. They also forced the Blue Sharks to play defensively as they enjoyed ball possession.  But the hero of the day was Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozhina.  The forty-year-old player made eight saves in this game.

Spain would be disappointed by this game because they were playing against a low-ranked side. However, this serves as a reminder that no team should be underrated in this World Cup.

[Floczy]

I can boast that I have been in profits overall since the world cup started lol

You can Neva go wrong with the draws in a country vs country match , today I went 6 odds draw with Spain match, and I got profits.
I do have some losses tho but the profits gap is more significant
I also went draw for Egypt match I hope it goes well lol.

[W Jr.]

I can boast that I have been in profits overall since the world cup started lol

You can Neva go wrong with the draws in a country vs country match , today I went 6 odds draw with Spain match, and I got profits.
I do have some losses tho but the profits gap is more significant
I also went draw for Egypt match I hope it goes well lol.

I think odds of 6 are very good. Congratulations, you took a big risk and succeeded. The important thing was to win the bet, and you did. Almost nobody would have predicted a draw for Spain. I was surprised that you bet on it, and that's why I congratulate you. I think there will be many people who lost bets on the Spain match.

[fredericktaylor]

Yep, quite surprising results... for now this World Cup doesn't look good for bettors.
Some teams got impressively lucky imho, some others have played surprisingly bad.

And yes, I agree. This 0-0 is an incredibly poor result for Spain. Imagine that there were quite a lot of people thinking that Spain has a shot to win the World Cup....
Of course, it is early to say "it's over", but still... omg...

Yes, I never expected Spain to perform so badly. Before the game started, I was very confident that Spain would score early goals and eventually win. But over time my assumption was proven wrong big teams don't perform very well you can never expect such a bad performance from big teams. I expected something good from Brazil but in the end, Brazil disappointed all their fans just like Spain disappointed their fans.

[$weetne$$]

Dude, I feel your pain. Spain has more shots on target and couldn't even get on inside the net. I am so surprised that they didn't even win too. Was not expecting it. Cause I was counting on Spain to dust her opposite. They had more of everything than their opposite. That is what even shocked me and was more shocked that they didn't win. It is what it is.


Who is currently watching the match between Belgium and Egypt. Who is likely to win this match?

Spain disappointed a whole lot of persons on this game, the expectations where so high that I even taught of a flawless victory against their opponent. It felt even worse seeing that they could not get a single goal, not like their opponent even had a solid defence, I just cannot tell why they flopped this bad, spin had a better squad, better depth and all the advantages. 

[Merit.s]

Yes, I never expected Spain to perform so badly. Before the game started, I was very confident that Spain would score early goals and eventually win. But over time my assumption was proven wrong big teams don't perform very well you can never expect such a bad performance from big teams. I expected something good from Brazil but in the end, Brazil disappointed all their fans just like Spain disappointed their fans.

Who told you that Spain didn't perform well just because they were unable to find the back of the net all through the game. Spain played their best today and used all their best players because they needed a win but unfortunately, for them their opponents are determined to end the game in a goalless draw by playing a defensive game couple with their superb goalkeeper.

Spain got more than 22 goal attempts and more than six shots on target and you think, they played poorly. I don't think so.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

Egypt scored a goal, Belgium is the favorite to win this match, but Egypt scored a goal before them, Egypt is not playing too badly, but Belgium is a very strong team compared to Egypt, so I think Belgium will score a goal very soon and bring the score to parity, Belgium is not a team to sit around after concede a goal, let's see, the match is going well, both are performing well, and Belgium will still be ahead in terms of the possibility of winning, because they will score at any moment.

[red4slash]

I don't even know where Cape Verde is, but this is probably the biggest surprise of the World Cup so far, and also the first scoreless match of the tournament. But Spain had 74% possession and didn't capitalize on it, much like in the Switzerland game.

Absolutely, this is by far the biggest surprise we've seen until now. Spain had a lot of ball possession but it was mainly sterile, things got more interesting once Lamine Yamal came in. Very disappointing result but, at the same time, this is only the first match, many times in the past we've seen big teams under performing during the first match, it's not a big deal at the end.

Is that a match of a team with a high probability of winning? Spain's match today was not interesting at all to watch because looking at the 90 minutes for me Cubarsi and Pedri were the only ones who performed well enough for the rest they seemed to forget how to play football.
The inclusion of Lamine was a little more entertaining but he was difficult to lift the performance in the remaining time that made Spain have to share 1 point in this match.

Though if Spain want to make it 3 strikers I think Lamine on the right and Nico Williams on the left would be much better because Gavi and Ferran Torres don't seem capable enough unless they give Ferran freedom like in Barcelona where he can be a targetman or an attacking midfielder maybe it would be much better but Ferran on the right side is not effective.

[Unsoldier]

Cape Verde have pulled off a massive shock by taking points off Spain. I certainly didn't expect this kind of result from a Spanish side that was widely tipped as the tournament favorite before the World Cup began. Spain dominated possession and peppered the goal with shots, but the Cape Verde goalkeeper was in inspired form and thoroughly deserved his Man of the Match award. As always, the World Cup never fails to deliver surprises.

[Wake Up]

Cape Verde have pulled off a massive shock by taking points off Spain. I certainly didn't expect this kind of result from a Spanish side that was widely tipped as the tournament favorite before the World Cup began. Spain dominated possession and peppered the goal with shots, but the Cape Verde goalkeeper was in inspired form and thoroughly deserved his Man of the Match award. As always, the World Cup never fails to deliver surprises.

Despite being 40 years old, Vozinha showed amazing reflexes. I think Spain must be very unhappy that they were beaten by him. Even Cape Verde almost scored in the final minutes after a good corner kick. They showed a magnificent example of defense in a fantastic match. It might have been fantastic for them, but for us it was a bit boring to watch. Nevertheless, I'm sure Spain has a lot to learn from this match. They need to prepare better for the next games. No opponent is weak, this is the World Cup.

[SOKO-DEKE]

In today's FIFA World Cup match against Spain, the only focus for the Cabo Verde was on their defense because I noticed that their goalkeeper performed the best. On paper, Spain is a formidable football team, but we never imagined they would give such a low-quality performance in the first match of this World Cup, besides another thing that surprised me was that the team kept young player Lamine Yamal in their starting XI, also Dani Olmo didn't get a chance in the starting XI against Cabo Verde. So at this stage it seems that maybe Spain's game planning was not right, based on Spain's performance against the Cabo Verde today, we think they will be even weaker against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in this World Cup.

II was very impressed with Cabo Verde  performance today. As we know, they do not have good attackers like Spain, so they focused more on their defensive line. They were able to defend properly and ended the match with a goalless draw, which I would say almost everyone did not expect in this match.Most people even predicted that Spain would win by many goals, but surprisingly, the match ended in a draw. It is a very big surprise, and even though I was expecting some surprising results in this World Cup, I did not think this would be the match that would give us one of those surprises.

However, that is how football works it always produces surprising results from time to time, and that is why no game is guaranteed. I know a lot of gamblers will lose today because of the goalless draw between Spain and Cabo Verde.In the next game, it is very possible that Spain will not get such a poor result because they may have learned one or two things from this match and will try to approach their next game with a different tactic. Spain controlled the pitch, but they were not lucky enough to score even a single goal.One thing that shows Spain really played well is that they had about seven shots on target, but unfortunately, most of them were saved by the goalkeeper

[Barcode_]

One of the biggest shocking history in World Cup 2026 had been created by Cape Verde when they managed to force a draw against the hot favorite team Spain today. I believe a lot of gamblers might have lost huge amount of money betting on this match as most people would not even believe Cape Verde could ever survive against the mighty Spain before the start of the match. Vozinha a goalkeeper who are just playing for a small football club Chaves in the Liga Portugal 2 has indeed made fame for himself today as he was one of the most crucial player in the Cape Verde team to deny Spain a victory.

[Kavelj22]

Egypt scored a goal, Belgium is the favorite to win this match, but Egypt scored a goal before them, Egypt is not playing too badly, but Belgium is a very strong team compared to Egypt, so I think Belgium will score a goal very soon and bring the score to parity, Belgium is not a team to sit around after concede a goal, let's see, the match is going well, both are performing well, and Belgium will still be ahead in terms of the possibility of winning, because they will score at any moment.

I can't deny that the Pharaohs are doing very well during this first half but Belgium is also performing so good after accepting the first goal. Egypt will have a hard second half and might focus on keeping the same result by concentrating more on defense.

Note that Belgium is one of the first teams nominated to win the Cup, while Egypt is try to just prove that they can perform well under the instructions of Houssem Hassan who has a lot of critics after a poor performance during the last African Cup of Nations in Morocco. I read his optimistic statements today and he seems very confident about the level of his players.