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

[Byebyebtc]

So where are you betting on this match?
I personally like both teams, but since one of them has to be eliminated, my pick will most likely be Brazil, without underestimating Norway at all. However, if it goes to a penalty shootout, Norway could have a better chance.

This match totally disrespected predictions of a lot of fans including me, it's was quiet obvious that Brazil had a higher chance of winning this match but somehow Norway managed to score and win the match with the help of their striker Halland, it's a reminder towards all that this is a game and things happen in the game predictions can be disrespected expectations can be disrespected.
At this point in this world cup some matches that seems obvious might get reconsidered when I am betting

[TryNinja]

So, you won a ton of money in that game, right?
Norway's odds were quoted somewhere around 4+. So you definitely made good money... or not?  

I doubt he put his money where his mouth is. It's easy to say "I knew it" after the game ended.

Do not forget Brazil had a missed penalty. You don't lose that, the game would be different, and he wouldn't be here saying "I knew it".

[Issa56]

I never imagined that Brazil would be eliminated from the World Cup like this, losing 1-2 to Norway. I was very optimistic today that Brazil would beat Norway and advance to the quarter-finals, but today I was very optimistic from the beginning that Brazil would win and they would break all the past records, but that didn't happen anymore, finally Brazil had to be eliminated. However, every player from Norway played very well, their game must be praised.

I expected Norway to be kicked out of the World Cup today, but they surprised me and they advance to the next round of the competition which is the quarter final. I don’t really know what’s wrong with Brazil, todays match is a match which they are just suppose to win, I don’t believe a team like Norway are the one that will eliminate Brazil in the competition.

Norway played well in the match, and they were able to get a win, which they will be promoted to the quarter final of the World Cup, Norway are so determine in the competition, and Haaland is really performing so well for his country, he wants to win the world cup for his country.

[Stepstowealth]

The winner of the Mexico-England match will face Norway. I think they will face Mexico.

Both offline and even online I have seen many people made their prediction that Mexico will win the game but I do not understand why England is being so underestimated. I know it may look like Mexico is playing the better football currently in this competition but England have a tactical team that could switch on any moments and win games and it's very possible that at this point where England is being underestimated that they begin to turn up and prove and show their worth to everyone around. I think it is very possible that England wins this game and goes on to play Norway.

[G_Besar]

I never imagined that Brazil would be eliminated from the World Cup like this, losing 1-2 to Norway. I was very optimistic today that Brazil would beat Norway and advance to the quarter-finals, but today I was very optimistic from the beginning that Brazil would win and they would break all the past records, but that didn't happen anymore, finally Brazil had to be eliminated. However, every player from Norway played very well, their game must be praised.

It was clear that the Norwegian players were slightly better than the Brazilians, and the Norwegian goalkeeper even saved a penalty from a Brazilian player in the first half, so there were no goals in the first half. Because all the goals in the match were in the second half, and Haaland managed to embarrass the Brazilian players with his two goals in that match, I honestly didn't expect Brazil to lose like that to Norway. Because before the match started, many people expected Brazil to win, but it didn't happen, and Brazil was sent home early from this World Cup.

[Jegileman]

It was clear that the Norwegian players were slightly better than the Brazilians, and the Norwegian goalkeeper even saved a penalty from a Brazilian player in the first half, so there were no goals in the first half. Because all the goals in the match were in the second half, and Haaland managed to embarrass the Brazilian players with his two goals in that match, I honestly didn't expect Brazil to lose like that to Norway. Because before the match started, many people expected Brazil to win, but it didn't happen, and Brazil was sent home early from this World Cup.

After watching this match, I will say that football has left Brazil. This was not the big Brazilian team we know about, how they handle the ball like glue in their legs, those skillful moments all gone and nothing to show for it again.

They were obviously the better team in this game, and I don’t think anyone will argue otherwise. They failed to advance to the round of 16, and it’s a shame they’re leaving the competition so early even before we are halfway into the tournament.

Congratulations to the Norwegian team for making this happen for their own country, their country will be proud of them for given them their first time qualification to the round of 16, we shall get to see how much more they can go from this point in the competition.

[snipie]

It is too much to hear two weird news in the same day..
The first is the defeat of Carlo Ancelotti and Neymar, I mean the defeat of the Brazilian national football team. For old people that's a drama, for newer generations, well it was normal maybe because they didn't witness Brazil winning something valuable.. Anyway congratulations to Haaland and Norway.
The second epic news is the decision of FIFA to humiliate themselves further. They disrespected every nations by revoking the one match ban of the head US player after a lot of political pressures from the president of the US and government. After how many matches played and red card given the decision was made? That World Cup is become a joke and FIFA is making themselves look like puppets. Belgium is angry by the way from the decision. Like they can do something here. I prefer to stop the World Cup, claim everyone as losers except one great team and give a big white gold crown as a prize instead of medals.

[EL MOHA]

I doubt he put his money where his mouth is. It's easy to say "I knew it" after the game ended.

Do not forget Brazil had a missed penalty. You don't lose that, the game would be different, and he wouldn't be here saying "I knew it".

I would say yes that yes on the tongue there were many who were calling for Norway win but seriously most of these people lack the balls to actually bet on this because they were seriously scared. For this game or rather throughout this World Cup we have seen that higher ranking teams do not actually hold the monopoly of been on top of the game always. Seriously this Brazilian team have always been a team carried by Vinicius junior and nothing more. He has been the main player in the team and even today he made lots of contributions most especially the pass to Endrick to open up the goal scoring today. I think the decision to go without the likes of Joao Pedro has serious had its repercussions and today when a very decisive number 9 was asking off in this game Brazil had none to tune to.

I think it’s safe now to say the popular slogan that Football has left Brazil already, because for a nation which usually habours the greatest of all time then from having a squad with multiple Balon D or winners in it to having none now and just one to two player worthy of been called worlds class

[laspol65]

Brazil team was eliminated, they passed among 32 but in the last stage they could have reached the stage of 16 teams but lost 2-1. Brazil proved again in the match that they are arrogant players, if they had performed in a significant way from the beginning then they had every chance to win this match.
Brazil team could not prove themselves in the last finishing, they missed many. If they could have created the possibility of scoring goals in the beginning then Norway team would have definitely lost but the result was the opposite.

[rdluffy]

We lost again 



It’s almost inexplicable to see Brazil play so poorly
It seems like Brazil just watched Norway play, with 66% possession

I lost my bets
See you in 2030, then...

[Rgram]

I think it’s safe now to say the popular slogan that Football has left Brazil already, because for a nation which usually habours the greatest of all time then from having a squad with multiple Balon D or winners in it to having none now and just one to two player worthy of been called worlds class

They still do, they still have some of the very best players the tournament has got to offer and every tournament you find them playing at even. One would expect them to win the easily but, it’s not always about having the best squad rather, it’s more about what that squad would be willing to do on the pitch.
Brazil had failed at this so much, you just know they would be kicked out sooner or later.
They let Haaland have too much of them today, first a header and then a calmly taken shot at goal. Not to mention Brazil’s missed penalty and what would be Neymar’s only goal show for the tournament.

[Jostern]

We lost again 



It’s almost inexplicable to see Brazil play so poorly
It seems like Brazil just watched Norway play, with 66% possession

I lost my bets
See you in 2030, then...

Seems like you’re a Brazilian, I’m so sorry for your loose it was a very poor performance from Brazil, Brazil that we know plays a good football even when they’re not in a very good shape, but Norway was doing all the playing and creating chances, while Brazil was struggling to create chances, the few chances they had, they couldn’t convert the opportunities.

Norway deserves to win because of their good performances, they played a very good and wonderful football, they created chances and converted their chances, the difference between both teams are strikers, Brazil doesn’t have a striker, I think Ancelotti got it wrong for bringing Endrick, personally if I was Coaching the Brazilian team I will bring Igor Thiago into the game instead of Endrick.

I’m so sorry for your loss, Take heart….

[Solokan]

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Mbappe was the hero in today's match against Paraguay because he scored a goal against Paraguay. Although the goal he scored was only a penalty kick, he still played well because he scored a goal, even though a penalty kick is certainly not easy. Paraguay has tried hard in this match, and if only France had not received a penalty kick, the result would have been a draw and potentially a penalty shootout. Now everything has happened, and finally, France has advanced to the quarterfinals. This certainly makes the French people happy because the team they support has won against Paraguay.

In my opinion, France gets a tough opponent to beat because Morocco is a strong team and will certainly be difficult for France to beat. However, what is certain is that both teams are strong teams, so I don't think it will be easy to predict the match. Who do you think will win in this match? In my opinion, Morocco has a great potential to win in this match. Yes, we'll just have to see what happens later, but what is clear is that the match will definitely be more exciting because the quarter-finals are definitely different from the matches in the round of 16.

France deserved to win, even if it was down to just a single penalty.
France dominated the match from start to finish, but were unlucky not to score from open play. It must be said, however, that the match was very tense throughout the 90 minutes; the Paraguayans tried to rile the French players by seeking physical confrontation on several occasions, particularly against Mbappé. It was clear that their aim was to rattle him. But he then rightly celebrated right in their faces after scoring the winning goal.
Now, in the quarter-finals, they’ll face Morocco, who are a fairly strong side, but I believe France are tactically superior. We’ll see how it ends; I wouldn’t know who to bet on.

It's not easy to predict who will win the france vs morocco match because both teams are indeed great, but France does have the ability to make it difficult for Morocco to win I feel like I want to see that match quickly because it will definitely be very exciting

Oh yes, soon we will watch the England vs Mexico match and it willl definitely be very exciting. As we know, Mexico has never lost or drawn since the 2026 World Cup tournament so they will definitely be ambitious to continue winning .Meanwhile england has drawn against ghana which will certainly make Mexico appear confident in the upcoming match However according,. to my prediction england has a great potential to win in the upcoming match and it seems I will bet on england's victory What about you? Now we'll see in a few minutes

[rdluffy]

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I doubt he put his money where his mouth is. It's easy to say "I knew it" after the game ended.

Do not forget Brazil had a missed penalty. You don't lose that, the game would be different, and he wouldn't be here saying "I knew it".

Brazil missed a huge opportunity in that penalty kick
If they had scored, the game would have taken a different turn, I’m sure of it
Only Brazilians know just how much the country comes to a standstill because of the World Cup, and now we have to wait another four years...

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Seems like you’re a Brazilian, I’m so sorry for your loose it was a very poor performance from Brazil, Brazil that we know plays a good football even when they’re not in a very good shape, but Norway was doing all the playing and creating chances, while Brazil was struggling to create chances, the few chances they had, they couldn’t convert the opportunities.

Norway deserves to win because of their good performances, they played a very good and wonderful football, they created chances and converted their chances, the difference between both teams are strikers, Brazil doesn’t have a striker, I think Ancelotti got it wrong for bringing Endrick, personally if I was Coaching the Brazilian team I will bring Igor Thiago into the game instead of Endrick.

I’m so sorry for your loss, Take heart….

Thanks, Norway definitely deserved it, no doubt about it
They played better than Brazil, had more possession, saved a penalty, and never lost their nerve against a team that is 5 times world champion

[shinratensei_]

Brazil is EZ team. The way they missed penalty has explained it all. I told you guys to pick Norway because viking is gonna keep their record. Losing to the Brazil is embarrassing, and viking complete their promise.
It seems we will always see Haaland does Viking Row until the final.   

[Shishir99]

I was awake all night just to see Brazil losing the match against Norway, even after having multiple chances to score. We had two penalties and multiple chances to score, but our player couldn't finish well. The Brazilian team won't be able to forget this match for a long time, nor will the fans like me. I sometimes felt like some players were fixing or playing against the team. Endrick was one of them who came to the field after 60th minutes.

Ancelotti should learn from this and decide which player to keep in his team. What was their mistake in these 90 minutes? Who did not contributed themself. I am just frustrated, and I don't know what to say, what to do now. It's 7 AM in the morning, and I couldn't sleep.

[TedMosby]

Brazil is EZ team. The way they missed penalty has explained it all. I told you guys to pick Norway because viking is gonna keep their record. Losing to the Brazil is embarrassing, and viking complete their promise.
It seems we will always see Haaland does Viking Row until the final.   

Congrats on your bet. Your confidence paid off.
I was about 50:50 on this Brazil vs Norway match from the beginning, so I wasn't trying to risk my money
However, based on feelings, I like Norway more, and I keep saying this Norway team is similar to Belgium's "golden" generation era.
They have a strong and solid team, but probably will not end up higher than the semi-final. But I do hope this team can give us a big surprise this year in this FIFA World Cup.

BTW, I noticed this significant change in England and Spain odds.



Seems like people are withdrawing their money from England and Spain and switching to France and Argentina [?]

[Nightwalker(NW)]

Brazil is EZ team. The way they missed penalty has explained it all. I told you guys to pick Norway because viking is gonna keep their record. Losing to the Brazil is embarrassing, and viking complete their promise.
It seems we will always see Haaland does Viking Row until the final.   

Congratulations to you, only those who take the risk will be rewarded with massive winnings. 4 odds+ s not a joke, some people really have eyes to see some kind of games and stake on it. I'm always afraid to go for the big odds because of fear and instead go for the smaller ones which most times ends up badly, people who staked on Brazil to win will be sucking their fingers hoping they picked the opposite. Apart from people who risked on Norway, the other winnings will be the ones who picked either ov 2.5 or went for GG. We hope to keep on winning more than loses because this too is an investment.

[Ale88]

Guys, I'm planning to bet on today's two matches. I'm not having much trouble with my pick for Brazil vs Norway, but I'm a bit unsure about Mexico vs England.

We all know Mexico have the home advantage in this match, but England clearly have the stronger squad and much better depth. So my question is, do you think it's possible for Mexico, as the host nation, to knock out England despite England having the better team?

I'd really appreciate your thoughts and the reasoning behind them. I genuinely need your insights, and I'd really value your opinions before making my decision.

First of all I would say they are both tough matches. I see you're super sure that Brazil will beat Norway and yes, on paper I agree with you but let's not forget what happened against Japan. This match could be similar to that.

England didn't shine too much during the competition while Mexico surely surprised me. Also don't forget that they are going to play at the Estadio Azteca, which is located at over 2,240 meters (7,200 feet) above sea level. I still think England should make it but it won't be easy. Maybe they'll need the extra time.

We just saw how "easy matches" weren't that easy at the end: Germany and France against Paraguay; Argentina against Cape Verde, even Morocco against Canada for the majority of the game.

The English side hasn't given much reasons to trust them based on their shabby  performances from the group matches but the Mexicans were quite impressive and I can't say it's because they are one of the host Nations, but if I were to choose between these two sides I would choose the mexican because they look more composed than the English team.

But for the game between Brazil and Norway, I think experience and exposure would really count, the Brazilian already have a reputation and I believe this could really influence this game even though they haven't won the Norwegias for once..

Well, it looks like that after all I wasn't wrong. I always said that this Brazil never impressed me, they never show anything special, there were no ideas, no tactics, just a bunch of decent players who thought they could win just because their name was Brazil.

At the same time we had another confirmation that Norway are a great team. Many people mocked Italy when they lost against Norway, being Italian I always admitted that Norway were clearly superior to us, but many users here look just at the name, they don't actually watch the games...

[Hispo]

Brazil is EZ team. The way they missed penalty has explained it all. I told you guys to pick Norway because viking is gonna keep their record. Losing to the Brazil is embarrassing, and viking complete their promise.
It seems we will always see Haaland does Viking Row until the final.   

Congratulations for your bet.
Honestly, I would have not expected to see Brazil losing to Norway in such a manner, they clearly did not give their best and I know a lot of people who have lost their money because of their faith to a football giant as Brazil is.

I don't see Norway making it to the finals yet. They still need to prove themselves against other teams which are as strong or even stronger and more technical than Brazil is.

I would dare to say you had luck with your bet.