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

[Varnquister]

Portugal is certainly not the favorite against Spain, and frankly, I don’t think Portugal can win—that is, advance to the next round. In my opinion, Spain is the team closer to advancing, and I expect Spain to score in the first half against Portugal and knock the wind out of their sails. If Portugal tries to take control of the game, they’ll need to score in the first half. If the first half ends in a tie, I think Spain’s chances increase even more—and if the game goes to extra time, Spain will be the one to advance.

[Mayor of ogba]

My Norway bet won & I thought my 100% win rate would come to an end with the England match, but it didn't. Even though the England squad appeared to be playing passively, they ultimately scored two quick goals in the final minutes of the game.



By the way, I’ve already cashed out my bet, I didn't want it to end up being a pain in the butt. I feel lucky because I managed to cash out one or two minutes before Mexico scored their goal. I’ll treat the second half purely as entertainment, just watching, without any bets riding on it.

I wanted to bet on Norway when their live odds got to six odds because I believe if there's a win in the Brazil vs Norway match yesterday, Norway would be the one to win but I couldn't bet on Norway because I didn't have spare money. I would have gotten 5x of my money if I had spare money to bet on Norway. Had you not cashed out your bet you would have still won it, but you did the right thing by following your mind.

[meser#]

Those unfamiliar with Brazil's kit colors might mistake the players in red jerseys for Brazilians, as Norway was the side that dominated the game. Had the goal disallowed for offside stood, Norway might well have secured a different kind of victory.

Brazilian football has declined over time.
They last won the World Cup in 2002 with a squad featuring elite, game-changing players like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, but such talents have not emerged from Brazil in recent years.

Yesterday, Vinicius was the only player on the pitch capable of making a difference—yet even he failed to beat the goalkeeper.
Norway earned a well-deserved victory and advanced to the next round.

Now, their opponent is England.
The two teams are evenly matched.

[Solokan]

In my opinion the Mexico vs England match was very exciting and tense We saw both Mexican and English players play to their full potential. Unfortunately, Mexico ultimately lost to England because the English players were better able to capitalize on their chances than the Mexican players. Mexico ultimately lost to England with a score of 2-3. In my opinion, Mexico had many chances, but unfortunately, they failed to capitalize on them, which ultimately allowed England to take the lead, and Mexico ultimately lost to England. England has now advanced to the quarterfinals. Bellingham and Harry Kane performed well in this match and scored the goals against mexico I would like to congratulate England, who has now advanced to the quarterfinals and will face Norway in the quarterfinals Who do you think will win this match Norway or England?

We will witness an exciting match later, like the Spain vs. Portugal match. I think that match will be difficult to predict because Spain and Portugal are teams with many star players, so it will definitely be an exciting match. Who do you think has the greatest potential to win this match? I can't wait to see this match because I want to see Yamal and Ronaldo in action

[tiCeR]

I'm so sorry for your loss, Take heart'.

Erling Haaland is truly a champion, practically without taking anything away from Norway, he is the driving force behind the team, a truly monster.
I'm very sorry for Brazil, unfortunately these are things that can happen, after all i saw an absent Brazil.

Erling Haaland is one of the impactful players in this FIFA World Cup. He still holds the title of goal machine. His speed, stamina and height are a perfect combination, and we can see these goals as a result. The goal he kicked today felt like a rocket launch. Which went into the direct goal. Where Brazil's entire team was defeated by him. Brazil had a few chances and even missed a penalty. There is a bad luck here. It is very sad that they are one of the best teams and lost like this. I thought they would win but ultimately they had to lose. Their performance in the last few World Cups has been very poor. Best wishes for the future Brazil.

Haaland is a monster. I don't think there is any team at this World Cup with the same level of dependency on one player. France would still be dangerous if Mbappe were to miss a match, most other teams have a bunch of strong players who can have an impact on the match, but what would Norway be doing without Haaland? He is the one who is alway good for a goal and that makes it difficult to play against Norway because it only needs one moment of bad attention and he scores.

Norway vs. England is now a match that I think is quite even. England did not really convince me so far and they would have the same problems if it wasn't for Harry Kane. The goals that players like Haaland or Kane score are not luck. Kane against Congo was their life insurance because no other striker would have scored that second goal. What I did not expect is how weak the defense of Mexico was. Those two goals by Bellingham were way too easy and very uncommon for Mexico to allow the opponent to score like that. They have been on a high defensive level and now they were extremely bad. Lucky for England. That foul that led to the red card, I am still wondering whether the player thought he is in a KungFu fight.

[As-Soon-As]

Portugal is certainly not the favorite against Spain, and frankly, I don’t think Portugal can win—that is, advance to the next round. In my opinion, Spain is the team closer to advancing, and I expect Spain to score in the first half against Portugal and knock the wind out of their sails. If Portugal tries to take control of the game, they’ll need to score in the first half. If the first half ends in a tie, I think Spain’s chances increase even more—and if the game goes to extra time, Spain will be the one to advance.

I also support and bet on Spain to win this match. The chances of Spain winning are very high because Cristiano Ronaldo's team is chaotic and every player tries to show his performance. It is very difficult to move forward in the future with such performance, so I support Spain in this match because this is what the players of the Spain team have in common and both the attack and defense are strong.
So Spain can win this match and be identified as the best team.

[Pandu Geddon]

Portugal is certainly not the favorite against Spain, and frankly, I don’t think Portugal can win—that is, advance to the next round. In my opinion, Spain is the team closer to advancing, and I expect Spain to score in the first half against Portugal and knock the wind out of their sails. If Portugal tries to take control of the game, they’ll need to score in the first half. If the first half ends in a tie, I think Spain’s chances increase even more—and if the game goes to extra time, Spain will be the one to advance.

Seeing the bookmaker giving 4.0 odds for Portugal clearly shows who is favored in this match. But a lot can happen in the knockout stage. Spain might be better at team play. This won’t be easy for Portugal. But I also believe it’s not an easy match for Spain to win. There might be a surprise in favor of Portugal. This could be a pretty tough and tight match.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Yesterday Brazil got eliminated from the World Cup, they played like we expected but the display was too poor for me even as they were pressing the Norway defenders it still doesn't add up, with an opportunity to take the lead through a penalty still they missed that chance.
Now the only thing I'm focused on is the fact that Haaland didn't play anything starting from the first minute till when they went for the hydration break that was when Haaland started causing problems for Gabriel and his teammates at the back, 2 good goals and he was still hungry for more and I love the way he positioned himself to rescue his teammates, isn't this the best we have seen from the Manchester City forward?

If Brazil had scored from the penalty early in the match, the whole game would have been very different. Since there were no goals, both teams took fewer risks and played more cautiously. Haaland and his teammates had much more possession, and not conceding a goal meant they didn't struggle too much. They scored a little late, but overall the game went well.
Neymar's retirement from the national team is also interesting, in my opinion; he's only 34, but he's given up. Many world stars continue playing football until they're 40; it seems like they can play much longer now

That early chance should have been the best time to say they won against Norway, my problem is why wasn't Vinicius Jr holding the ball to take that penalty? That is the story and now they struggle to even cover for that mistake, while Haaland was kept off the actions of the game I expected Brazil to quickly get another chance to score but they missed other opportunities until Haaland came to life to score the first goal of the game. True, that is football for you, ones the other misuse their chances the other team capitalize on it and that was what happened to Brazil.

[B-BossMan]

Haaland, Mbappé, and Messi will continue to compete, and with all three contributing goals, it's quite difficult to determine who will ultimately lead the way. But now that Argentina has to face Egypt, Messi has the opportunity to score again and secure his place at number one for the time being.
Argentina has a strong chance, while Portugal vs Spain is a much more interesting match today. The result will determine CR7 fate in his final World Cup.

It's indeed a great FIFA world cup tournament, these three players are doing very great and all of them are aiming to get to the final destination, who would be the winner or who would lift this season FIFA world cup tournament, non of us knows, but we can take or say whatever we like, or predict based on thier current performance.

Messi wants to lift the world cup consecutively and many of his fans are praying for that to happen. It can possible,  but this tournament is unpredictable, because if Cristiano Ronaldo wins today's match, the storyline will change, Earling Haaland is strong enough same as Mbappe. Moreover let see how the Cristiano Ronaldo results maybe against Spain.

[Promocodeudo]

Yesterday Brazil got eliminated from the World Cup, they played like we expected but the display was too poor for me even as they were pressing the Norway defenders it still doesn't add up, with an opportunity to take the lead through a penalty still they missed that chance.
Now the only thing I'm focused on is the fact that Haaland didn't play anything starting from the first minute till when they went for the hydration break that was when Haaland started causing problems for Gabriel and his teammates at the back, 2 good goals and he was still hungry for more and I love the way he positioned himself to rescue his teammates, isn't this the best we have seen from the Manchester City forward?

They played very well but in a match what matters is wining and they not able to get that, Germany has been eliminated and now it is Brazil and  who knows the next big team that'll be leaving today, the penalty miss was a disaster for them, penalty shot can be missed by any player but in an important match as that, the best shooter would've been allowed to take the penalty, it is very unfortunate that Brazil has to be eliminated by Norway although everything about them has changed, although they faced hard luck too but we give it to Haaland for taking his country to the next stage of the FIFA world cup.

[disbil]

Haaland, Mbappé, and Messi will continue to compete, and with all three contributing goals, it's quite difficult to determine who will ultimately lead the way. But now that Argentina has to face Egypt, Messi has the opportunity to score again and secure his place at number one for the time being.
Argentina has a strong chance, while Portugal vs Spain is a much more interesting match today. The result will determine CR7 fate in his final World Cup.

Lionel Messi on the pressure position after two players Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe scoring the goal at round of 16 matches reach the same goals scoring by Lionel Messi have the match against Egypt, last match Erling Haaland show impressive performance by scoring two goals against Brazil and have scored 7 goals so far the same goal with Messi or Mbappe.

The world cup 2026 really amazing have three players success scoring 7 goals, have three matches left if France and Norway reach the final round possibility for Mbappe or Haaland scoring many goal again. Don't forget with Lionel Messi magician have opportunity break out  the record by leading top scorer and next tomorrow against Egypt will score goal again?

[sergiorus]

Haaland, Mbappé, and Messi will continue to compete, and with all three contributing goals, it's quite difficult to determine who will ultimately lead the way. But now that Argentina has to face Egypt, Messi has the opportunity to score again and secure his place at number one for the time being.
Argentina has a strong chance, while Portugal vs Spain is a much more interesting match today. The result will determine CR7 fate in his final World Cup.

Haaland is really my most favourite player right now. I believe he already can be called one of the best strikers ever.

Hoping so much that he will win the golden boot but his team will most likely not last long enough as Argentina and France are both potential final players and Norway is kinda already jumped above their expectations.

Still remarkable performance from Erling so far, truly.

[Wake Up]

Yesterday Brazil got eliminated from the World Cup, they played like we expected but the display was too poor for me even as they were pressing the Norway defenders it still doesn't add up, with an opportunity to take the lead through a penalty still they missed that chance.
Now the only thing I'm focused on is the fact that Haaland didn't play anything starting from the first minute till when they went for the hydration break that was when Haaland started causing problems for Gabriel and his teammates at the back, 2 good goals and he was still hungry for more and I love the way he positioned himself to rescue his teammates, isn't this the best we have seen from the Manchester City forward?

They played very well but in a match what matters is wining and they not able to get that, Germany has been eliminated and now it is Brazil and  who knows the next big team that'll be leaving today, the penalty miss was a disaster for them, penalty shot can be missed by any player but in an important match as that, the best shooter would've been allowed to take the penalty, it is very unfortunate that Brazil has to be eliminated by Norway although everything about them has changed, although they faced hard luck too but we give it to Haaland for taking his country to the next stage of the FIFA world cup.

Haaland fought single-handedly and literally carried Norway. Now Norway is part of a huge success. I think they achieved their dreams at the start of the tournament. Their progress culminated in eliminating Brazil. I don't think they'll mind even if they get eliminated after this stage. Haaland is at the top of the goalscoring charts. He's truly a great footballer.

[Velvet78]

I really love the way Norway are playing. Yeah maybe Brazil seemed much closer to scoring multiple goals statistically. But Nyland did an incredible goalkeeping!

I don't even remember how many he saved... And Haaland of course. He is really a beast!    When it comes to Mexico - England it was even a lovelier one.

England managed to reach quarter finals with an average performance in general. What do you think of Norway's chances to get past them too?

[Sithara007]

They played very well but in a match what matters is wining and they not able to get that, Germany has been eliminated and now it is Brazil and  who knows the next big team that'll be leaving today, the penalty miss was a disaster for them, penalty shot can be missed by any player but in an important match as that, the best shooter would've been allowed to take the penalty, it is very unfortunate that Brazil has to be eliminated by Norway although everything about them has changed, although they faced hard luck too but we give it to Haaland for taking his country to the next stage of the FIFA world cup.

Germany, Netherlands and Brazil are on their way back. Actually even before this tournament started, I had posted in this thread that odds for Brazil doesn't make sense. They really struggled during the CONMEBOL qualifiers, and were at the 6th position during early stages. In a few hours, we have the match between Spain and Portugal. And this means that one of these two will be out as well. Stake has Portugal at 4.00, and this just gives an idea about how tough the challenge can be for them. On the other hand, we have Morocco and Norway in the Quarterfinals. This edition is turning out to be quite entertaining.

[Razmirraz]

Snip.

Haaland is a monster. I don't think there is any team at this World Cup with the same level of dependency on one player. France would still be dangerous if Mbappe were to miss a match, most other teams have a bunch of strong players who can have an impact on the match, but what would Norway be doing without Haaland? He is the one who is alway good for a goal and that makes it difficult to play against Norway because it only needs one moment of bad attention and he scores.

Admittedly, Norway dependence on Erling Haaland is very real, but he has proven himself to be more than just a momentary savior for his country. His sharpness in the front line made Norway succeed in reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time in history. On the other hand, Norway is not only about Haaland because there are still several other players such as Martin Odegaard, Haskjold Nyland, and other sharp attackers such as Alexander Sorloth. Besides Haaland, Haskjold Nyland performance was also extraordinary when they eliminated Brazil, he managed to make four crucial saves, including thwarting Bruno Guimaraes penalty kick in the first half.
Brazil elimination from the World Cup is a bad record for them, this defeat is Brazil earliest elimination from the World Cup since 1990, while also extending their record of never being able to beat Norway at the World Cup stage.

[slapper]

In this match, Brazil was truly humiliated by Norway, because they really didn't have a chance to score in this match. Because in this match, the only goal that Brazil had was a penalty kick from Neymar in the final minutes. So I think if Brazil hadn't been awarded a penalty kick, I'm sure Brazil wouldn't have been able to score. So because of that, I really didn't expect Brazil to be destroyed like this by Norway.

So with this, I feel like Brazil's golden age seems to be over now. Because if we compare the current Brazilian players with those of the past, it seems the difference is clearly very far. So because of that, I personally really regret that there is currently no truly great successor for the Brazilian national team. And besides, Norway really didn't expect to be able to play that well, so it seems that looking at their current performance, it seems that Norway will be able to advance even further in this World Cup.

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They were awarded a penalty after 13 minutes. Guimaraes walked up and the keeper just stood there taking the ball. It was so soft. That is when, at that moment, it was that the match died. Not when Haaland scored. Not a 2nd goal. It was right then in the 13th minute. The entire team then simply caved after that miss. You could see it.

Ancelotti was in to sit deep and counter-attack against Norway. With Danilo at right back at 34 years old, running on empty by the second half. And both goals came right through that side.
Look. Vinicius remains one of the best players of all time. The talent exists. But there is been no midfielder to move Brazil's ball forward with true intelligence since Kaka. This is almost twenty years of the same issue.

[Silence Scream]

They played very well but in a match what matters is wining and they not able to get that, Germany has been eliminated and now it is Brazil and  who knows the next big team that'll be leaving today, the penalty miss was a disaster for them, penalty shot can be missed by any player but in an important match as that, the best shooter would've been allowed to take the penalty, it is very unfortunate that Brazil has to be eliminated by Norway although everything about them has changed, although they faced hard luck too but we give it to Haaland for taking his country to the next stage of the FIFA world cup.

Germany, Netherlands and Brazil are on their way back. Actually even before this tournament started, I had posted in this thread that odds for Brazil doesn't make sense. They really struggled during the CONMEBOL qualifiers, and were at the 6th position during early stages. In a few hours, we have the match between Spain and Portugal. And this means that one of these two will be out as well. Stake has Portugal at 4.00, and this just gives an idea about how tough the challenge can be for them. On the other hand, we have Morocco and Norway in the Quarterfinals. This edition is turning out to be quite entertaining.

Morocco reaching the quarter-finals didn't surprise me, as they have a very high-quality and strong squad. However, Norway surprised me. They played well against Brazil and advanced to the next round. But considering Brazil was the stronger team on paper, I would have expected them to win this match. Now we can talk about different things. Even in the qualifiers, Brazil couldn't deliver what they wanted. Perhaps it's time for a change for coach Ancelotti.

[free-bit.co.in]

What a shock this one was, Brazil out of the world cup in the round of 16 is crazy, but if we are honest they never have a good level in this world cup, against Japan they work extra hours to beat them, they just found a late goal to avoid the extra time but never play good football and yesterday Norway made them paid the price and took them out of the world cup.

We have seen Brazil suffer since the first match of the world cup. They failed to win against Morocco in the first match. After that, they  won both the matches in the group stage. But it was not easy for them to win against japan in the first match  of the knockout round. They were able to win the match in the end. But their performance was weak. They also missed a  lot of easy chances against Norway. Despite  having two penalty chances, they managed  to score only one goal. I am happy that brazil was eliminated in the round of 16 . They do not deserve to be in the quarter-finals. Their performance is quite weak.

[Showlove01]

Portugal is certainly not the favorite against Spain, and frankly, I don’t think Portugal can win—that is, advance to the next round. In my opinion, Spain is the team closer to advancing, and I expect Spain to score in the first half against Portugal and knock the wind out of their sails. If Portugal tries to take control of the game, they’ll need to score in the first half. If the first half ends in a tie, I think Spain’s chances increase even more—and if the game goes to extra time, Spain will be the one to advance.

I also support and bet on Spain to win this match. The chances of Spain winning are very high because Cristiano Ronaldo's team is chaotic and every player tries to show his performance. It is very difficult to move forward in the future with such performance, so I support Spain in this match because this is what the players of the Spain team have in common and both the attack and defense are strong.
So Spain can win this match and be identified as the best team.

How do you mean the Portuguese team is chaotic, have they not be winning till this very moment and I may not be sure about this but I see sentiment here because this is same players that has been playing and winning their game and this is even the moment they should work together as one to qualify for this stage because once they lose the game tonight they are gone. The truth is that both teams has players and the last time Portugal play Spain in the finals last year, Portuguese emerged victorious so I don't see Spain as favorite.