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

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I was also sure that Senegal would see the match through to a win. Belgium played completely facelessly, creating no dangerous chances near the opponent's goal. Meanwhile, Senegal was constantly attacking, creating pressure and chances. Most likely, towards the end of the game, the Senegalese lost concentration, and the Belgians took advantage of this, scoring two quick goals at the very end of regulation time. Unfortunately, Senegal lost in extra time, but I really liked how they played; it's a pity they couldn't advance further. As for Belgium, if they play like this in the next match, they will most likely get knocked out; in my opinion, they got very lucky and just scraped through.

The Belgians were never a threat until after conceding those two goals, even at that point the Senegalese still had control of the game,  at that point I expected the Senegalese coach to engage some new tactics especially when the Belgium side where beginning to become more aggressive in attacking the Senegal defense with constant pressure which led to the first goal.
If the coach understood the dynamics or the intensity of the game he could have done anything to dowse the tension on his team at that point, I guess that's where experience matters in coaching.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I feel Tuchel is getting close to the end of his time at his post... England were so bad against DR Congo yesterday. Kane is probably worshipped due to saving the team like that. 

Mexico haven't been joking until this point. I expect them to make serious difficulties for England. I don't know how it'd end but I don't see England in the finale of this World Cup.

[Callido]

Belgium made an amazing comeback. I have no words against that. However the game they played in general of the match wasn't convincing at all.

With this kind of performance you can't go too far. Now their opponent is going to be USA in round of 16. I don't think Belgium will see beyond this stage...

USA will lack Balogun because of the red card maybe but they are still stronger with their game.

This was the argument that two friends of mine were having after the match and it was evident that Senegal were the better team in this game but were really unfortunate to keep the win. Nobody would believe that this comeback could be possible at 82' minutes on the clock but Belgium miraculously made that happen.

It is true that with that performance,  they would lose their next game in the R16 possibly but USA might not be quite the catch needed to eliminate Belgium but it's still a possibility though.

[WatChe]

This was the argument that two friends of mine were having after the match and it was evident that Senegal were the better team in this game but were really unfortunate to keep the win. Nobody would believe that this comeback could be possible at 82' minutes on the clock but Belgium miraculously made that happen.

It is true that with that performance,  they would lose their next game in the R16 possibly but USA might not be quite the catch needed to eliminate Belgium but it's still a possibility though.

Senegal team due to their casual defence in last five minutes of second half became the reason for their exit from world cup. Senegal dominated the game but couldn't finish the game as winner. Now Belgium will take on USA in round of 16 on Jul 7 and keeping in view the form of USA in this world cup, its very hard to say which team is favourite for that game. Once again all Asian and Africa teams are eliminated from world cup less Morocco. It will be interesting to see how far Morocco will go in this world cup. 

[LUCKMCFLY]

Congo lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. Another unexpected result are we going to see? Two hot favorites like Germany and Netherlands have already been eliminated from the tournament. England will now walk the same road?
England players are trying hard to score. But they are not able to break Congo's defense in any way. Congo's performance has surprised us all. The team is playing great. Honestly I didn't expect them to play so well. I thought that I will see the dominance of England.

I don't know why African teams seem to lose momentum towards the end; they don't maintain their intensity. If they had saved some energy for the end, they wouldn't have conceded a draw. That seemed wrong and ugly to me. Congo made history, yes, but I didn't like the way they left the field. They could have held on. They were defending the whole time; I think they were already tired. It's a shame.

[Distraction]

There are minutes left for the Spain - Austria match. Do you expect any surprises? You know that Spain aren't very trustworthy in this World Cup either.

Only against Saudi Arabia we watched them really decent. But in one of the matches they were horrible with finishing and in the other one they played just terrible! 

Austria might be able to keep them away for a significant amount of time maybe if they don't concede in the first a few minutes.

[danadc]

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To be honest, I didn’t expect England to secure such a dramatic victory , as I’d initially thought they’d win this match easily, but it turned out that Congo put in such a good performance in this match. Congo really had all the England supporters on the edge of their seats , and, quite unexpectedly, they managed to score just moments after the match had started. England tried to make up the deficit , but Congo put up such a strong fight, and the Congo goalkeeper was in impressive form in this match.

There’s no denying that England have great mental strength and composure , so their play seems to be gradually improving, and when the chances come, they’re able to score their goals . What a dramatic comeback that was.

I see that England has suffered too much, with Congo they had a bad time and that COngo is hardly a team that is not top, it is a team that not even many people knew about and England is not like that, England has even been a favorite, I don't know, I say that the path of each team is different, but I don't see England well, it's just that things continue to happen, I don't doubt that they have been very lucky.

[KingsDen]

Unless they decide to hide or overlook this else he's 100% guilty of this charge, like we don't actually need a prophet to tell us it's true, there are lots of proves even during interview, and the 2022 FIFA world cup was a clear evidence of this charge, like out of 7 matches played Argentina literally got five penalties, and the worst of it all was that penalty against Netherlands like that was not supposed to be a penalty but it was awarded a penalty for Argentina, and during the process Messi did lot's of things that would have resulted to even a red card but those things were overlooked, with a proper investigation he is not escaping this.

After I read your post, I first went to check which country Gianni infantino is from, to my greatest suprise he is a swiss by birth and holds citizenship in Italy, If he was from Argentina or had some relation to Argentina, I would have considered this rumour as true, but why should he want to favour Argentina?. For the past 2 to 3 years now, I have been hearing football fans saying that the 2022 World cup was rigged in favour of Argentina, but I didn't see any such thing like that. They won the world cup by playing to their last breathe , not like they won the world cup on a platter of gold.

 Argentina is a strong and confident team, and that's why they won the World cup. What I can say is that nobody even believed that Argentina could win the world cup that year, France and Brazil were favourites, but Argentina shocked the world that's why up till today we can still hear that the 2022 World cup was in favour of Argentina.

[Mate2237]

There are minutes left for the Spain - Austria match. Do you expect any surprises? You know that Spain aren't very trustworthy in this World Cup either.

Only against Saudi Arabia we watched them really decent. But in one of the matches they were horrible with finishing and in the other one they played just terrible! 

Austria might be able to keep them away for a significant amount of time maybe if they don't concede in the first a few minutes.

Even though Spain has not convinced many of their followers in this world cup, based on the way that they has played. Going into this game I believe that, the Spaniards are the favorite and stand a better chance of winning. I see Spain getting it over the Austrans and progressing to the next phase. The problem that Spain has is a goal scoring problem it's not that Spain is not playing well in this tournament.



Sometimes good teams Starts poorly in some tournaments, but only pick up form gradually as the tournament progresses. That's what I see with this Spanish team because, before the kickoff of the world cup Spain was seen as one of the favorite going into the world cup.

[Jaycoinz]

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To be honest, I didn’t expect England to secure such a dramatic victory , as I’d initially thought they’d win this match easily, but it turned out that Congo put in such a good performance in this match. Congo really had all the England supporters on the edge of their seats , and, quite unexpectedly, they managed to score just moments after the match had started. England tried to make up the deficit , but Congo put up such a strong fight, and the Congo goalkeeper was in impressive form in this match.

There’s no denying that England have great mental strength and composure , so their play seems to be gradually improving, and when the chances come, they’re able to score their goals . What a dramatic comeback that was.

I see that England has suffered too much, with Congo they had a bad time and that COngo is hardly a team that is not top, it is a team that not even many people knew about and England is not like that, England has even been a favorite, I don't know, I say that the path of each team is different, but I don't see England well, it's just that things continue to happen, I don't doubt that they have been very lucky.

England has always been that team that have struggled when it comes to this sort of competition and that why I really don't know how far they will go in this one too, they have a decent amount of players but it's always been one issue after another and very soon I think that span of bad luck will soon sprout. The way they were hungry in their gameplay in this game against Dr Congo almost had me confused if this wasn't England that I know because they played with so much fire and got the reward at the end.

[Silence Scream]

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To be honest, I didn’t expect England to secure such a dramatic victory , as I’d initially thought they’d win this match easily, but it turned out that Congo put in such a good performance in this match. Congo really had all the England supporters on the edge of their seats , and, quite unexpectedly, they managed to score just moments after the match had started. England tried to make up the deficit , but Congo put up such a strong fight, and the Congo goalkeeper was in impressive form in this match.

There’s no denying that England have great mental strength and composure , so their play seems to be gradually improving, and when the chances come, they’re able to score their goals . What a dramatic comeback that was.

I see that England has suffered too much, with Congo they had a bad time and that COngo is hardly a team that is not top, it is a team that not even many people knew about and England is not like that, England has even been a favorite, I don't know, I say that the path of each team is different, but I don't see England well, it's just that things continue to happen, I don't doubt that they have been very lucky.

Harry Kane, through his individual efforts, brought England the victory. England is a very good team and one of the contenders for the championship. However, they struggled a lot against Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo almost eliminated England. It was a warning match for England.

[Yabani]

 Spain-Austria match got off to a very fast start; it’s only the fifth minute, yet the ball is already swinging rapidly from one end of the pitch to the other.
It gives the impression of a high-scoring game, though in international matches, teams often settle into a more routine rhythm as the game progresses.
Spain is the clear favorite, but I haven't seen them demonstrate overwhelming dominance in their previous encounters.

[Wakate]

Unless they decide to hide or overlook this else he's 100% guilty of this charge, like we don't actually need a prophet to tell us it's true, there are lots of proves even during interview, and the 2022 FIFA world cup was a clear evidence of this charge, like out of 7 matches played Argentina literally got five penalties, and the worst of it all was that penalty against Netherlands like that was not supposed to be a penalty but it was awarded a penalty for Argentina, and during the process Messi did lot's of things that would have resulted to even a red card but those things were overlooked, with a proper investigation he is not escaping this.

There is no way this will not be true even though the officials will have to hide the truth. I have once said that the FIFA president was a corrupt leader which should have been impeached before now because of how he has been favouring Argentina because of Messi.

There is no way the truth will be unveiled because those officials are all bunch of corrupted politicians doing what will favour them and their boss. Argentina has been arranged in a way they will not face the strong teams in the tournament and it's unfair to others.

[Stavri]

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I was also sure that Senegal would see the match through to a win. Belgium played completely facelessly, creating no dangerous chances near the opponent's goal. Meanwhile, Senegal was constantly attacking, creating pressure and chances. Most likely, towards the end of the game, the Senegalese lost concentration, and the Belgians took advantage of this, scoring two quick goals at the very end of regulation time. Unfortunately, Senegal lost in extra time, but I really liked how they played; it's a pity they couldn't advance further. As for Belgium, if they play like this in the next match, they will most likely get knocked out; in my opinion, they got very lucky and just scraped through.

The Belgians were never a threat until after conceding those two goals, even at that point the Senegalese still had control of the game,  at that point I expected the Senegalese coach to engage some new tactics especially when the Belgium side where beginning to become more aggressive in attacking the Senegal defense with constant pressure which led to the first goal.
If the coach understood the dynamics or the intensity of the game he could have done anything to dowse the tension on his team at that point, I guess that's where experience matters in coaching.

yeah.
imo Belgian coach deserves credit here as well. Subbing off De Bruyne, De Cuyper, De Ketelaere and Doku. and immediately bringing on impactful players like Lukaku, Raskin and Lukebakio turned the tide in their favor. With the opponent also wearing down, they managed to take the game to extra time with that final Meunier move.

[Adbitco]

I guess I have still not recovered from the trauma I had earlier this morning. I had a running coupon that has been going on smoothly for weeks since the start of second group stages phase, i don't know how but I was lucky enough to pick the games, it's been going on smoothly just untill last night. Belgium match was the second to last and after that Lukaku goal, I was relieved because the selection for that game was for both teams to score. I was left with USA Vs Bosnia match and it was over 2.5, sadly it ended with 2 - 0, when I saw the score I was so devastated. I needed just one more goal to get it done. USA on their part score 2 goals, couldn't Bosnia scored just one goal! It left me thinking and wondering how Bosnia played a whole 90 minutes and deliberately refused to score. I have been moody all day, although this is not the first time that I'm losing or having a bear winning syndrome, this one just hit differently, maybe because it's been running for 2 weeks now.

[W Jr.]

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I was also sure that Senegal would see the match through to a win. Belgium played completely facelessly, creating no dangerous chances near the opponent's goal. Meanwhile, Senegal was constantly attacking, creating pressure and chances. Most likely, towards the end of the game, the Senegalese lost concentration, and the Belgians took advantage of this, scoring two quick goals at the very end of regulation time. Unfortunately, Senegal lost in extra time, but I really liked how they played; it's a pity they couldn't advance further. As for Belgium, if they play like this in the next match, they will most likely get knocked out; in my opinion, they got very lucky and just scraped through.

The Belgians were never a threat until after conceding those two goals, even at that point the Senegalese still had control of the game,  at that point I expected the Senegalese coach to engage some new tactics especially when the Belgium side where beginning to become more aggressive in attacking the Senegal defense with constant pressure which led to the first goal.
If the coach understood the dynamics or the intensity of the game he could have done anything to dowse the tension on his team at that point, I guess that's where experience matters in coaching.

yeah.
imo Belgian coach deserves credit here as well. Subbing off De Bruyne, De Cuyper, De Ketelaere and Doku. and immediately bringing on impactful players like Lukaku, Raskin and Lukebakio turned the tide in their favor. With the opponent also wearing down, they managed to take the game to extra time with that final Meunier move.

In the last minutes of the match, Belgium scored the equalizer, taking the game to extra time. This was a huge comeback for Belgium. I don't remember many other countries making such a great comeback in the World Cup. We watched one of the most enjoyable matches of the World Cup. The Belgian coach doesn't seem to have any concerns about bringing on his star players.

[Tmoonz]

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I was also sure that Senegal would see the match through to a win. Belgium played completely facelessly, creating no dangerous chances near the opponent's goal. Meanwhile, Senegal was constantly attacking, creating pressure and chances. Most likely, towards the end of the game, the Senegalese lost concentration, and the Belgians took advantage of this, scoring two quick goals at the very end of regulation time. Unfortunately, Senegal lost in extra time, but I really liked how they played; it's a pity they couldn't advance further. As for Belgium, if they play like this in the next match, they will most likely get knocked out; in my opinion, they got very lucky and just scraped through.

The Belgians were never a threat until after conceding those two goals, even at that point the Senegalese still had control of the game,  at that point I expected the Senegalese coach to engage some new tactics especially when the Belgium side where beginning to become more aggressive in attacking the Senegal defense with constant pressure which led to the first goal.
If the coach understood the dynamics or the intensity of the game he could have done anything to dowse the tension on his team at that point, I guess that's where experience matters in coaching.

I don't just know what actually came over the coach, he saw that Manny of his players were all tired but he kept adamant of that, how can one be leading with two goals then all of a sudden concceded a goal, and instead to be fully cautious of the defense you take it as if it was nothing, like that game still annoys even till this very moment, like that game was the most embarrassing knock out game for this world cup, I'd trust Cape Verde with this Golden opportunity, like they will defend those goals with their life.

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I was also sure that Senegal would see the match through to a win. Belgium played completely facelessly, creating no dangerous chances near the opponent's goal. Meanwhile, Senegal was constantly attacking, creating pressure and chances. Most likely, towards the end of the game, the Senegalese lost concentration, and the Belgians took advantage of this, scoring two quick goals at the very end of regulation time. Unfortunately, Senegal lost in extra time, but I really liked how they played; it's a pity they couldn't advance further. As for Belgium, if they play like this in the next match, they will most likely get knocked out; in my opinion, they got very lucky and just scraped through.

The Belgians were never a threat until after conceding those two goals, even at that point the Senegalese still had control of the game,  at that point I expected the Senegalese coach to engage some new tactics especially when the Belgium side where beginning to become more aggressive in attacking the Senegal defense with constant pressure which led to the first goal.
If the coach understood the dynamics or the intensity of the game he could have done anything to dowse the tension on his team at that point, I guess that's where experience matters in coaching.

I don't just know what actually came over the coach, he saw that Manny of his players were all tired but he kept adamant of that, how can one be leading with two goals then all of a sudden concceded a goal, and instead to be fully cautious of the defense you take it as if it was nothing, like that game still annoys even till this very moment, like that game was the most embarrassing knock out game for this world cup, I'd trust Cape Verde with this Golden opportunity, like they will defend those goals with their life.

They were simply unlucky, and a moment of carelessness led to them conceding goals quickly, forcing Belgium to take the match to extra time. They weren't lucky in extra time either, and after being 2-0 up, they lost 3-2. It was a very sad and unforgettable match for them.

[Jewan420]

There is no way this will not be true even though the officials will have to hide the truth. I have once said that the FIFA president was a corrupt leader which should have been impeached before now because of how he has been favouring Argentina because of Messi.

There is no way the truth will be unveiled because those officials are all bunch of corrupted politicians doing what will favour them and their boss. Argentina has been arranged in a way they will not face the strong teams in the tournament and it's unfair to others.

Why do you talk like a fool? Are the goals that Messi scores scored by an official? Talking about the last World Cup, France got two penalties in the final and a total of 4 penalties in the entire tournament. Argentina got a total of 5 penalties in the 2022 World Cup. So why are Argentina's penalties being disputed? Listening to your statement, it seems that a penalty cannot be given even if the opponent commits a foul inside the D box.

An attempt is being made to make Argentina controversial in the current World Cup. Some players' supporters do not like why Messi is performing so well, especially Ronaldo fans are very upset with Argentina's performance. I want to tell you, Messi's goals or Argentina's goals are not scored by any FIFA official, but rather the players score goals with their own efforts. There were no such complaints in the 2014 World Cup and 2018 World Cup, because Argentina's situation was not very good at that time.

[Egii Nna]

I feel Tuchel is getting close to the end of his time at his post... England were so bad against DR Congo yesterday. Kane is probably worshipped due to saving the team like that. 

Mexico haven't been joking until this point. I expect them to make serious difficulties for England. I don't know how it'd end but I don't see England in the finale of this World Cup.

Kane really saved England yesterday against DR Congo. However, the question everyone is asking is how their game will be against Mexico. As they have made it to the Round of 16, it will not be as easy for them. I don’t even think Mexico will make the game easy for them, because they will also try their best to see that they make it to the quarter-finals. All I will say is, let's just wait and see how the game will end for them.