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

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Cape Verde vs Uruguay was an exciting match between the two teams and in this match, Uruguay, although a strong team, drew with Cape Verde. The match was drawn with a score of 2-2, Cape Verde is in third place in Group H and will definitely qualify if Cape Verde wins the next match against Saudi Arabia. However, the way this team is competing with strong teams as a new team in the World Cup makes it even more interesting. A strong team like Uruguay could not win against this small team, however, Uruguay will face Spain in the next match.

Group H has become quite interesting. Only spain has won one match. Uruguay and Cabo Verde have drawn both matches. They were able to resist a giant team like Spain. Despite attacking a lot, spain could not score a single goal. The match against uruguay ended in a 2-2 draw . The team played well  against uruguay. If they can win against saudi arabia in  the last match, Cabo verde will qualify for the next round  from second place in the table. Uruguay will face Spain in the last match. They are most likely to lose against spain.

[Varnquister]

Although New Zealand went into halftime with a lead against Egypt, they ended up losing the match after conceding goals in the second half. They went into halftime leading 1-0 thanks to a goal by Finn Surman. In the second half, however, Egypt stepped up the pressure and scored three goals to defeat their opponent 3-1. With this victory, Egypt took the top spot in the group. New Zealand didn’t play poorly, but they were unable to earn any points because Egypt’s squad was clearly superior.

[OsaiEmma]

Cape Verde vs Uruguay was an exciting match between the two teams and in this match, Uruguay, although a strong team, drew with Cape Verde. The match was drawn with a score of 2-2, Cape Verde is in third place in Group H and will definitely qualify if Cape Verde wins the next match against Saudi Arabia. However, the way this team is competing with strong teams as a new team in the World Cup makes it even more interesting. A strong team like Uruguay could not win against this small team, however, Uruguay will face Spain in the next match.

It's even surprising to me. Although It is their first world cup appearance, they're really tenacious. Having a draw against Spain and Uruguay is such a good first impression to me, and i hope they qualify for the knockout. I'm rooting for them to go far in the competition, but if they do qualify to the knockout stage, that'll really be an impressive first appearance.

[Majestic-milf]

I thought that Spain would score at least 5 goals in this match, because they scored 3 goals in the first 25 minutes, then they only scored 1 goal in the remaining 70 minutes of the match. But anyway, they won the match, and that's the main thing. They probably thought that if you can win the match without struggling, then why bother scoring so many goals unnecessarily? That's why they played the match without any pressure, but even then they attacked enough, maybe they didn't attack with full force, but they had attack in their game throughout the match, not strong but natural. But I didn't think that Saudi Arabia would play so badly, their so much bad performance was really unexpected.

That's the problem. If they keep preforming like this, it will get sticky real soon for them because I don't see any reason why you can't beat a poor team like Saudi Arabia, a side that England used for breakfast in the last WC. I've got to admit it that Spain disappointed many people. See the way Germany has displayed world class football, maintaining a 2/2 clean record, beating Ivory Coast in such a manner. So far in this tournament, I'm yet to see the side that can match their goal tally and I thought Spain will do it but apparently they seemed content with four goals.

[Iranus]

Although New Zealand went into halftime with a lead against Egypt, they ended up losing the match after conceding goals in the second half. They went into halftime leading 1-0 thanks to a goal by Finn Surman. In the second half, however, Egypt stepped up the pressure and scored three goals to defeat their opponent 3-1. With this victory, Egypt took the top spot in the group. New Zealand didn’t play poorly, but they were unable to earn any points because Egypt’s squad was clearly superior.

At the end of the first half, New zealand were leading 1-0. I thought the match would  be a draw. But in the second half , New zealand players could not take any advantage. We saw the  complete domination of the egyptian players. Egypt performed well  in the second half and secured a  3-1 victory. Both ZIko and Salah scored. After winning this match, Egypt is  at the top of the table.
We considered Belgium as the  strongest in group G. But they failed to win both matches. If they cannot win against New zealand in the  last match, then they will  probably not be able to qualify for the round of 32.

[Varnquister]

Uruguay failed to beat Cape Verde and has made its chances of advancing from the group stage much more difficult. Their final match will be against Spain, and if Spain wins, we can say that Spain will advance but Uruguay will not. For Uruguay to advance from the group stage, they absolutely had to win this match. After conceding the first goal, Uruguay stepped up the pressure and managed to take a 2-1 lead before the end of the first half. They conceded a goal in the 61st minute and ended the match with a 2-2 draw.

[Smartprofit]

Brazil managed to take the lead in the group by defeating Haiti 3-0. Although Brazil, which is tied for first place on goal difference, had more possession against Haiti, it’s worth noting that Haiti didn’t play poorly either. Brazil scored all three of its goals in the first half, with Matheus Cunha netting two of them. We haven’t seen Brazil play a truly dominant game yet, and frankly, I don’t think their chances of lifting the World Cup trophy are very high.

Ancelotti is a strategic genius. All his actions are subordinated to one goal: winning this World Cup. Therefore, in my opinion, the Brazilian players' sluggish performance in the second half was not due to the weakness of the Brazilian team. Ancelotti reasoned pragmatically: "If the match is already won 3-0, why waste the players' energy?" 🙋

A football match is always unpredictable. If the Brazilians play at full strength for both halves, there's a high probability that one of the Brazilian players will suffer a serious injury. For Ancelotti, this is unacceptable. There's no point in taking risks...

The most important thing is that he managed to defeat Haiti without Neymar. The new lineup demonstrated incredible effectiveness. As for Neymar, he is gradually recovering from his injury and will likely play again at this World Cup. Ancelotti views him as a joker in his deck of cards.

So, I don't think Brazil has no chance of winning the World Cup. On the contrary, I consider this football team the most promising candidate to become the outright winner!

Ancelotti is indeed a genius, but in all of its history, no team led by a foreign manager has ever won football world cup.
I think there's more to it than bad luck or superstition.

Would be nice to see the history made this time but I don't believe it. Psychologically latest stages are the toughest and this is when managers need to be more than just managers.

I'm a big fan of Nassim Taleb's books and the "black swan" concept. And I think coach Carlo Ancelotti is exactly that kind of "black swan" (positive for the Brazilian football team and negative for its opponents)! 🙋

Brazilians are very emotional  by nature... In my opinion, they're more accustomed to enjoying the process than striving for results. It's no wonder Brazil is famous for its unbridled, energetic, vibrant carnival. And this is where Brazilians differ greatly from the pragmatic, cold-blooded Europeans.

Ancelotti is a true European. He's a strategist and a pragmatist. And he can give the Brazilian team what it initially lacks (systematicity, determination, and discipline).

At the same time, Ancelotti is a brilliant psychologist. He knows how to build relationships with people and understand their mentality.  He spent many years as a coach at Real Madrid, training top Brazilian players (Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Éder Militao, and others).

Who better than him could come up with a way to combine the irrepressible energy of Brazilian football with the pragmatic determination of European football? After all, the Argentine team did it in 2022! And they won! 💁

[m4r1o]

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.

this result leaves everyone speechless, there are people who don't believe that they could compete against Uruguay and instead they drew, proving that they are truly a solid team, i hope they can pass, it would be a dream for all lovers of this sport, truly incredible.

[Stavri]

tonight, Iran did more than just play a world cup match. in the face of all setbacks, a tough opponent, missing players and the worst case scenario, they stepped onto the pitch, fought their hearts out and took a point. we ve got to congratulate them...

Each team has its greatest and weakest moment in competitions. For Belgium that was chaotic, even their game against Egypt was close to end with a draw. I expected way more from them sincerely.
As for Iran, they were good driving Belgium to a draw. They have to win against Egypt next time to qualify. If they did it, they will be one of the surprises of this version of the World Cup. Some teams in their region which used to be better, received a lot of goals and were humiliated.

17 out of the 26 players on the Iranian national team come from iranian league and that league hasn't been played due to the war. These men haven't properly played football for about a year.
And since they aren't allowed to stay in the US, they are staying in Mexico. they travel from Mexico before every match. As soon as their matches end, they are forced out of the country without even being allowed to take a shower in peace...
They are treated like deported refugees. US police stand over them, telling them to hurry up.

[pewboy]

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.

capo verde is a solid team and has proven to be very strong, it honestly surprised me because it is a very rare thing that happens very few times, seeing a team that is considered a team that will do nothing better than get out of the group stage and instead surprises everyone is something almost impossible to see.

[meser#]

New Zealand, despite not being a footballing nation, put up a good fight. They finished the first half 1-0 up, but their goalkeeper made a big mistake, making it 1-1. The goalkeeper was also at fault for Egypt's second goal. Egypt won 3-1 and increased their points to 4. The standings in this group are a bit complicated. The teams that advance to the next round will be determined in the final matches, but Egypt will most likely advance as one of the best third-placed teams.

[emrecemsan]

This group is a really interesting one. Egypt are the leader where Belgium should be normally. Moreover Belgium are even behind Iran!    Just how can they be this bad?

Belgium couldn't make use of their golden generation before and now they are struggling so much. Lukaku is finished. De Bruyne also can't make any score contribution. They are both old of course.

[Akbarkoe]

Jossque you are right about the result of that match although the difference was 2 goals but if I bet according to your analysis maybe I won in the Egypt match against New Zealand.
Egypt won the match and I was wrong about my previous prediction which made me believe more in New Zealand and the result in the Belgium match which drew, like I have to reduce my confidence in Belgium in the world cup now.

And what's up BitcoinHunt3r, hope you don't give up for the next match buddy.

[Agbamoni]

Saudi Arabia had a poor defense. Whike Spain has one of the best squad going into the world cup tournament. The SA coach have to do better because I saw so many lapses and errors. Poor communication skills within the players. They can't keep offside trap. Can't clear the ball out of the goal. However, I also believe Spain is shaky. I will know if they are bette when they face one of the best team soon.

[GiftedMAN]

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.

this result leaves everyone speechless, there are people who don't believe that they could compete against Uruguay and instead they drew, proving that they are truly a solid team, i hope they can pass, it would be a dream for all lovers of this sport, truly incredible.

Cape Verde is undoubtedly the dark horse of this year's FIFA World Cup. As the 63rd ranked team in the world, everyone expected European champions who are the 2nd ranked team in FIFA rankings to beat the African team with ease but they made sure Spain never scored a goal in that game. Yesterday, they played against an Uruguay side that plays more physical football than Spain and despite trailing 2:1 at some point, their mentality was very strong to help them get another important point. Now, they need to beat Saudi Arabia in their final game of the group stage to progress to the next stage.

[IceLincoln]

Although New Zealand went into halftime with a lead against Egypt, they ended up losing the match after conceding goals in the second half. They went into halftime leading 1-0 thanks to a goal by Finn Surman. In the second half, however, Egypt stepped up the pressure and scored three goals to defeat their opponent 3-1. With this victory, Egypt took the top spot in the group. New Zealand didn’t play poorly, but they were unable to earn any points because Egypt’s squad was clearly superior.

New Zealand has never won a World Cup game and the first half they played very good, it was just unfortunate that Egypt came back stronger in the second game. Aside from the goals that were scored, Egypt have their goal keeper to thank for the difference. He made a lot of important saves for the team.
Mo Salah have opened his account on the World Cup with a signature goal. Egypt have a chance of going into the next round.

[aipercoin]

Everyone likes to watch underdogs fairy tales. However it would be wrong to ignore Uruguay's experience right now. Or to assume that Cape Verde is going to the next round.

the best team of all is the one that plays and doesn't look at rankings or anything else, they are professionals and they have to play, but i never expected that the green leader would be able to do such an incredible job, I'm happy because it's a beautiful fairy tale, and they can believe they can move forward, they are incredible.

[Cryptmuster]

Uruguay failed to beat Cape Verde and has made its chances of advancing from the group stage much more difficult. Their final match will be against Spain, and if Spain wins, we can say that Spain will advance but Uruguay will not. For Uruguay to advance from the group stage, they absolutely had to win this match. After conceding the first goal, Uruguay stepped up the pressure and managed to take a 2-1 lead before the end of the first half. They conceded a goal in the 61st minute and ended the match with a 2-2 draw.

Cape Verde are showing in their second match that the draw against Spain was not just a fluke, Uruguay couldn't beat them either. In fact, Cape Verde opened the scoring first in the 21st minute. Now both Uruguay and Cape Verde have two points each. Cape Verde's final match will be against Saudi Arabia, so I think Spain will most likely finish top of the group. Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia will probably be fighting for second place and a spot in the knockout stage. I honestly didn't expect Cape Verde to be competing for a place in the playoffs. I thought they would finish bottom of the group stage.

[Bitcoin_Budha]

Although New Zealand went into halftime with a lead against Egypt, they ended up losing the match after conceding goals in the second half. They went into halftime leading 1-0 thanks to a goal by Finn Surman. In the second half, however, Egypt stepped up the pressure and scored three goals to defeat their opponent 3-1. With this victory, Egypt took the top spot in the group. New Zealand didn’t play poorly, but they were unable to earn any points because Egypt’s squad was clearly superior.

New Zealand has never won a World Cup game and the first half they played very good, it was just unfortunate that Egypt came back stronger in the second game. Aside from the goals that were scored, Egypt have their goal keeper to thank for the difference. He made a lot of important saves for the team.
Mo Salah have opened his account on the World Cup with a signature goal. Egypt have a chance of going into the next round.

New Zealand done already enough and steal one point from Iran this is big success for them because now in last game they are going to face Belgium which is looking for their first win of this World Cup and they could be going to ruined them in this game New Zealand had good improvement but still its not enough for them to stay ahead against big teams.
Last game of this group Egypt vs Iran is going to be interesting because both looking for top spots while Egypt with this win looking good and their confidence level is also high while Iran also had chance of going into top 24 but this needs 1 point against Egypt which is surely not easy but both will be on good level.

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In a match that Yamal scored his first World Cup goal, Spain just destroyed Saudi Arabia 4-0.    How couldn't they do it against Cape Verde in the first place? It's still a mystery... Or just a bad luck maybe.

Amazing. Yamal never ceases to amaze people. And no wonder, at such a young age, Yamal scored his first goal in his very first World Cup. But that’s not all: Yamal’s goal made him the youngest goal scorer in World Cup history.

Luis de la Fuente has learned from his mistakes in the match against Cape Verde, where he no to field his best lineup and underestimated the opponent. So that, in the match against Saudi Arabia, Luis de la Fuente fielded his best lineup. especially Yamal, who played from the opening minute, and this ultimately paid off with Spain’s victory over Saudi Arabia.