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

[allfriends88]

I Can't belive that Belgium can't win this match against Iran and with a match in the hands of persina with a goal cancelled by var room. The Belgium nationa lteam have incredible players like Lukaku, De Bruyne, Trossard, an incredible power attack and they are in difficoult to work the ball in the box and make few shoot in goal. Some player appear disoriented and whitout motivation like the guy with red card who left his team in 10 vs 11.

Belgium would be disappointed by their performance in this World Cup haven recorded two draws in this World Cup. All games look to be in their favour, but they never end up winning any of them which has caused them to actually have a second thought is they can make it far in this World Cup. I love how Iran played and their defense was also very strong just that at the ending times, they began to slack and Belgium was hitting them with more attacks on goal than them. They had the advantage in this game after Belgium players was given a red card, but they look to even play better and pressure Belgium more when they were still complete ten players.

Yes Belgium must be disappointed with the result of this match, they dominated for two rounds even with a lack of strength due to one of their players who had to be sent off by the referee they still did not let that be an advantage for Iran, Belgium should be able to win this match if they don't waste the many opportunities they create. but sharing points cannot be avoided, this result is a victory for Iran, not in the sense of winning 3 points, but they managed to win because they were still able to keep the goal from conceding goals. It's interesting that no team in Group G has won yet, making the competition very tight.

[Smartvirus]

Today despite playing with 10 men they were still dominant but the Iran goalkeeper was brilliant in this match although I must also praise some of Courtouis' saves.

Belgium didn't have a good start in that fixture, it wasn’t so long into the match when Lukaku got a yellow card and that was an incident that could have easily become a red, looking at how badly he crashed into the goalkeeper.

Belgium lost their confidence after the red card situation, they had a pretty good game until then before Iran came asking. Belgium did flip the script but, they just couldn’t make proper execution and get the required goal for the win.

Uruguay vs Cape Verde game is in play and despite Cape Verde taking the lead mid first half, Uruguay were able to make a come back right in the first half and are now leading by Uruguay 2:1 Cape Verde. I suppose Uruguay have learnt from the Spanish team’s difficulties.

[As-Soon-As]

I Can't belive that Belgium can't win this match against Iran and with a match in the hands of persina with a goal cancelled by var room. The Belgium nationa lteam have incredible players like Lukaku, De Bruyne, Trossard, an incredible power attack and they are in difficoult to work the ball in the box and make few shoot in goal. Some player appear disoriented and whitout motivation like the guy with red card who left his team in 10 vs 11.

Belgium would be disappointed by their performance in this World Cup haven recorded two draws in this World Cup. All games look to be in their favour, but they never end up winning any of them which has caused them to actually have a second thought is they can make it far in this World Cup. I love how Iran played and their defense was also very strong just that at the ending times, they began to slack and Belgium was hitting them with more attacks on goal than them. They had the advantage in this game after Belgium players was given a red card, but they look to even play better and pressure Belgium more when they were still complete ten players.

Yes Belgium must be disappointed with the result of this match, they dominated for two rounds even with a lack of strength due to one of their players who had to be sent off by the referee they still did not let that be an advantage for Iran, Belgium should be able to win this match if they don't waste the many opportunities they create. but sharing points cannot be avoided, this result is a victory for Iran, not in the sense of winning 3 points, but they managed to win because they were still able to keep the goal from conceding goals. It's interesting that no team in Group G has won yet, making the competition very tight.

Belgium tried hard, but they couldn't break Iran's defense. Iran defended enough attacks, the opportunities that Belgium created were easily destroyed by Iran's defenders. As a result, Iran's defenders were strong and they drew both matches, this match was more in favor of Belgium, but they couldn't take advantage of the opportunity.
Iran was able to defend themselves, but let's see if Iran can take them in the next round, Iran had enough chances to score in this match because a player from Belgium got a red card and went off the field. However, if Iran's attack was as strong as their defense, they could have dominated this World Cup match.

[Shineup]

Another shocking night in the 2026 FIFA world cup as Belgium Drew with IR Iran, what a night like what is really going on in this tournament this year, just imagine Belgium playing draw with Iran, for the fact that Belgium even invented Lukaku is where I drawn the line, because by right Lukaku is not supposed to make that squad, oh how has the mighty fallen, or should I say it's the nature of this year world cup, because so many unexpected things has been happening, so no one can really predict this year world cup.

[passwordnow]

Odds of Egypt winning against New Zealand is from @1.55 became @1.71 and for New Zealand it's @5.80. And for draw it's @3.80 and went up to @3.95. What do you think avid soccer fans? Should I go for the no goal/draw? or will put some money for Egypt then? Anyone who's going to bet for this match later?

[Rengga Jati]

Curacao also deserve a lot of credit. Considering the quality of their squad, they are producing excellent results.
They managed to score against Germany and last night they earned their first-ever World Cup point with a 0–0 draw against Ecuador. Their goalkeeper put in a phenomenal performance to keep a clean sheet.

Unfortunately, Curaçao currently sits bottom of Group E. However, Germany seems to be staying very calm here. The other clubs can certainly handle the challenges more easily than some of the other groups.

By the way, regarding Curaçao, there's something interesting about their goalkeeper. Has anyone discussed this yet?
Their goalkeeper, Eloy Room, has made history in football, making the most saves in 90 minutes at the FIFA World Cup.

He made 15 saves in that match against Ecuador. This is exactly historic.

source: ig @fabriziorom

[laspol65]

Another shocking night in the 2026 FIFA world cup as Belgium Drew with IR Iran, what a night like what is really going on in this tournament this year, just imagine Belgium playing draw with Iran, for the fact that Belgium even invented Lukaku is where I drawn the line, because by right Lukaku is not supposed to make that squad, oh how has the mighty fallen, or should I say it's the nature of this year world cup, because so many unexpected things has been happening, so no one can really predict this year world cup.

In this World Cup, the strong teams are performing poorly, the team I bet on that didn't win is sure to lose. Belgium and Iran In this match, Belgium was unlikely to draw goalless, so I bet on Belgium. But my research was completely in vain, Iran surprised the audience and created confidence in the minds of the audience, but the Iranian defense was strong. The entire defense was experienced and played a significant role in holding Belgium back.

[Zaguru12]

In this World Cup, the strong teams are performing poorly, the team I bet on that didn't win is sure to lose. Belgium and Iran In this match, Belgium was unlikely to draw goalless, so I bet on Belgium. But my research was completely in vain, Iran surprised the audience and created confidence in the minds of the audience, but the Iranian defense was strong. The entire defense was experienced and played a significant role in holding Belgium back.

I think the statement that the strong teams are actually playing poorly is wrong rather it should be like there is no longer any small or weak nation again and every nation seems to have improved. Yes we can say that some counties like the Belgium are losing their golden generation or even spark but that shouldn’t be use to actually discredit the performance of other nations. If you look at how this small nations dominate the matches against the supposed stronger sides it wouldn’t be like they were lucky to earn of the points they got. The world of football is actually advancing with other continents who aren’t regarded strong before are now investing into the sport too and this is why the competition is actually increasing. I believe that one day an unexpected winner will go all the way to win it and this will be good for football in general.

[uneng]

Another great match by Cape Verde. They managed to achieve a draw against Uruguay by 2 x 2 and had the opportunity to score even more goals. Unfortunatelly they didn't, and the game finished in a draw. Now they can still qualify for the next stage of the competition, in case they win the next match against Saudi Arabia.

It would be great to see the small Cape Verde qualifying side by side with the potency Spain. They have potential to turn this dream into reality, becoming the first surprise of this world cup.

[Qhunman]

Belgium tried hard, but they couldn't break Iran's defense. Iran defended enough attacks, the opportunities that Belgium created were easily destroyed by Iran's defenders. As a result, Iran's defenders were strong and they drew both matches, this match was more in favor of Belgium, but they couldn't take advantage of the opportunity.
Iran was able to defend themselves, but let's see if Iran can take them in the next round, Iran had enough chances to score in this match because a player from Belgium got a red card and went off the field. However, if Iran's attack was as strong as their defense, they could have dominated this World Cup match.

Football is full of surprises who could have believed Belgium would drew against Iran. Belgium is far stronger and better than Iran considering the level of quality players in their team. Belgium had what it takes to beat Iran given the high quality players on their team, but still could not penetrate Iran defence. Iran had a strong defence, they defence was strong they defended well against Belgium but they were lucky because belgium threw away many goals chances. Belgium would have defeated Iran hadn't they didn't have that red card and mismanaged their opportunities . Iran were just lucky that belgium had a red card, they didn't stand a chance in the match.

[Nightwalker(NW)]

Cape verde is one of the country that will be on every ones lips in this world cup, they will not go far in the tournament but their fairytale will be on our lips throughout the tournament. Against Uruguay, Cape verde scored their fist ever world cup, when Uruguay equalised and even added another goal to take the lead, it was over for Cape verde or so I thought and from nowhere they scored again to make it 2. The match finally ended in a draw, the country that drew Spain has now drawn Uruguay. One common thing about these two countries is that they are world champions. Two different world champions couldn't beat a world cup debutant in back to back matches. This is a lot for them and they deserve to be celebrated.

[Sithara007]

Cape verde is one of the country that will be on every ones lips in this world cup, they will not go far in the tournament but their fairytale will be on our lips throughout the tournament. Against Uruguay, Cape verde scored their fist ever world cup, when Uruguay equalised and even added another goal to take the lead, it was over for Cape verde or so I thought and from nowhere they scored again to make it 2. The match finally ended in a draw, the country that drew Spain has now drawn Uruguay. One common thing about these two countries is that they are world champions. Two different world champions couldn't beat a world cup debutant in back to back matches. This is a lot for them and they deserve to be celebrated.

As per the FIFA ranking, they are one of the weakest teams in this tournament (FIFA Rank of 69). But at the same time, they have performed much better when compared to the higher ranked teams such as Qatar (FIFA rank of 56). BTW, the "weakest" team of this tournament is New Zealand, who have a FIFA rank of 85. But they have also performed quite decently so far. They were able to hold a much stronger Iran to a draw in their first match, and now they are leading 1-0 against Egypt. Iran is ranked 22nd by FIFA, while Egypt is at the 28th place.

[LUCKMCFLY]

As for the swedish team, I was really disappointed in their outing today because I expected better, even though I knew that the Netherlands were the superior side, but since they won Tunisia 5-1 in the first game, I thought that they would have given this Netherland team a good fight, but I was wrong.

The truth is, Sweden gave up. I don't know why they played so badly. They're nothing like the Sweden they were in the 1998 World Cup in the USA, where they reached 3rd place. At that time, I really liked them and started following their players. Well, back then I played a lot on PS1 because I was very young, but it's a team I really liked. Now, now they've disappointed without a doubt.

[Furious 7]

Time was running out and the score was still unchanged. I think it's going to be goalless until the end because apart from Belgium not being able to find their stride at the moment Iran are also struggling to make the most of the numbers on the pitch at the moment.

It's a hard thing to accept because I thought being in an almost easy group Belgium had a greater chance of qualifying but 2 games and 2 draws is really a downfall for the current Belgian squad.
Even though this is one of the leading teams but it seems that for now Belgium's performance is decreasing even though their squad cannot be said to be ordinary for player material.

Exactly as I said, it is going to happen, after three minutes have passed, now the remaining 5 minutes have been added and more than half of that time has passed, still no team is showing the expected performance, but Belgium is trying to attack again and again, but here again, Iran's defense is performing very well, due to which they are failing again and again. However, in the end, Iran played defensively but played amazingly today, especially the Iranian goalkeeper who was there, worked as an amazing savior for Iran.

But in the end, I will say that this match was full of excitement, and when there is excitement, the match is enjoyable.

But I don't really agree with your words for the previous post because for me Iran was not really able to take advantage of the momentum even when superior in number of players so the draw was very good but not if this ended up for Iran's victory because they were even difficult to keep up and only focused on defense even though it was very worthy of appreciation.

This match is very interesting but as a bettor and looking at Belgium's probabilities I am actually disappointed with what they did in these 2 matches but their chance to stay in the next phase can still be obtained in the last match.

The other match in Group B is happening right now and New Zeland is ahead at half time thanks to Fin Surman's 1 goal in the first 15 minutes.
If New Zeland can keep this up then they could be one of the clubs that qualify for the next phase but I think this match will most likely end in a draw.

[Solokan]

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After a draw in Spain's first match against Cape Verde, Spain now beat Saudi Arabia 4-0. This certainly made the Spanish people happy because Spain was able to get three points from Saudi Arabia. However, it is very unfortunate that Saudi Arabia is still unable to win. In their first match, they also drew against Uruguay. Now Saudi Arabia has to accept that they cannot get three points from Spain. The Spanish players played very well and continued to attack relentlessly. Fortunately, the Spanish players were able to capitalize on the opportunities that existed, ultimately allowing Spain to score many goals. Yamal and Oyarzabal scored goals in this match, his performance was very good. I also really liked Cucurella's action because his kick led to an own goal for a Saudi Arabian player.

I think there must have been quite a few people who were lucky in betting on Spain to win in this match. Fortunately, I also favored Spain to win and ended up making a profit. Now I'm curious about Spain's next match against Uruguay. Who do you think will win that match? But I think Spain has a big chance of winning that match.

[Tamaperdana]

Last night, Spain played really well, because they were able to win with a very convincing score against Saudi Arabia, namely winning with a score of 4-0. So it was clearly a very good thing to rebuild their confidence. Because as we know in the first match, Spain was only able to draw against Verde, so that was clearly a bad thing for them. But fortunately in this second match, Spain was able to show its fangs again by defeating Saudi Arabia very easily. So yes, this is clearly a very positive thing for Spain.

In addition, in this match, Yamal was also able to score one goal, and it was clearly his first goal in the World Cup. So he looked very happy after scoring the goal. In addition,, the Spanish striker Oyarzabal also played very well, because he managed to score two goals and one assist in this match. So it was certainly an extraordinary performance. So for that reason, hopefully all Spanish players can continue to perform well in the upcoming matches.

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[Tonimez]

Another great match by Cape Verde. They managed to achieve a draw against Uruguay by 2 x 2 and had the opportunity to score even more goals. Unfortunatelly they didn't, and the game finished in a draw. Now they can still qualify for the next stage of the competition, in case they win the next match against Saudi Arabia.

It would be great to see the small Cape Verde qualifying side by side with the potency Spain. They have potential to turn this dream into reality, becoming the first surprise of this world cup.

Cape Verde has been pulling a suprise since this world cup with many unbelievable performances and the latest now being drawing against Uruguay. Pina put them ahead in the 21st minute before they were scored twice in the first half. Cape Verde deserves to win the game due to the effort they put into this game. I'm even more happy for Vozinha who did not disappoint his mother in this game after facing the visa challenge. Cape Verde now has higher chances of qualifying ahead of Uruguay because it could be easier for Cape Verde to beat Saudi Arabia than for Uruguay to beat Spain. If this happens, that will be a very big achievement for Cape Verde and even if they get knocked out in the next round, they will be celebrated at home. This tournament is filled with surprises and this Cape Verde own is among or even the most amazing.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Apart from Morocco, Ghana and Ivory Coast that are doing very well the other African countries are busy sharing points and being humiliated in this world cup. Currently Tunisia are very busy collecting 2nil from the Japanese side at half time, well is never a new thing because I have always see Tunisia as one of the weakest side in that group F, as long as you play your game well and have an encounter against Tunisia even if you lose your first game just make sure of snatching the 3pt . From how things are going it seems like Japan is going to occupy the number 2 spot while Sweden will drop out from that position while we wait on the last group game to make the final decision on which country that will be at number 1 and 2. Let's wait for the second half to get started and see what miracle that will happen for the Tunisia national team.

Lol, I think neither Morocco nor Brazil want to face Germany, who have been doing very well and are showing great football, but today against Ivory Coast I didn't see them comfortable. I mean, in my opinion, they were too lucky, and when I say too lucky, I mean they were very lucky. The truth is, Germany didn't deserve to win, but since football isn't about deserving but about who scores the most goals, well, they won, but they stumbled a lot.

[alankasman]

Last night, Spain played really well, because they were able to win with a very convincing score against Saudi Arabia, namely winning with a score of 4-0. So it was clearly a very good thing to rebuild their confidence. Because as we know in the first match, Spain was only able to draw against Verde, so that was clearly a bad thing for them. But fortunately in this second match, Spain was able to show its fangs again by defeating Saudi Arabia very easily. So yes, this is clearly a very positive thing for Spain.

In addition, in this match, Yamal was also able to score one goal, and it was clearly his first goal in the World Cup. So he looked very happy after scoring the goal. In addition,, the Spanish striker Oyarzabal also played very well, because he managed to score two goals and one assist in this match. So it was certainly an extraordinary performance. So for that reason, hopefully all Spanish players can continue to perform well in the upcoming matches.

One thing is true in that match they dominated the game so much that Saudi Arabia seemed unable to do anything, and ultimately they had to accept a fairly crushing 4-0 defeat Spain's first victory.

What made the difference in that match was the inclusion of Yamal's name in the Starting Eleven because in their first match they were not present with the name Yamal so the result in their first match ended in a draw with Cape Verde. If in that match they could play Yamal maybe the result would be different as happened in the match against Saudi Arabia where Yamal immediately scored a goal in the 10th minute, meaning that currently the name or a Yamal is really needed by the Spanish team because there are many things in him that can make a full contribution to the team but maybe in the first match there are problems faced by Yamal.

That's right because previously he didn't play so with the goal scored by Yamal made the Spanish players even more motivated especially the opponent they faced was not too good in terms of quality because it was natural that in that match they won the match with a score that was quite enthusiastic and motivated to look at the next match which was a decisive event for Uruguay because currently they are two points behind Spain and for them Spain a draw against Uruguay was enough for them to qualify for the next round and I also saw Spain's performance last night was very good maybe they had evaluated after the first match so they didn't want to make any more mistakes in the second match and finally they were able to carry out according to the coach's wishes which made them win with a fairly landslide score.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Today despite playing with 10 men they were still dominant but the Iran goalkeeper was brilliant in this match although I must also praise some of Courtouis' saves.

Belgium didn't have a good start in that fixture, it wasn’t so long into the match when Lukaku got a yellow card and that was an incident that could have easily become a red, looking at how badly he crashed into the goalkeeper.

Belgium lost their confidence after the red card situation, they had a pretty good game until then before Iran came asking. Belgium did flip the script but, they just couldn’t make proper execution and get the required goal for the win.

Uruguay vs Cape Verde game is in play and despite Cape Verde taking the lead mid first half, Uruguay were able to make a come back right in the first half and are now leading by Uruguay 2:1 Cape Verde. I suppose Uruguay have learnt from the Spanish team’s difficulties.

Are we going to make excuses for countries that are suppose to go out into the pitch and dominate the game, not only by dominating the game but to also score goals and win the game, but saw a team filled with good players but they don't know how and when to get the job done. They didn't start well which we all know but come to think of it, is there a time for these guys to take the opposition seriously? I'm saying all these because Belgium are not a small team and they deserve to be at the top of their group but they are always slipping whenever it comes to serious competitions and they are hardly seen as title challengers, no energy to make the game more interesting.
Was expecting Belgium to always push the attackers both the defenders back but they didn't which made the game hard to control, like Iran was all over the place as if they are the bigger team, too bad that none of the shots on target found it's way into the back of the net.