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

[Danica22]

France performed brilliantly as usual, but Morocco didn't perform as competitively as I expected, there was a huge difference in their attack,


France had 22 shots, Morocco only 5, France had 9 shots on target, while Morocco only had 1.

I never expected Morocco to be so bad in attack. The possession of the ball was equal for both teams in the match, but there was a huge difference in their attack.

France missed a penalty first, it was an opportunity for Morocco, but they couldn't use it, and in the end they lost 0-2, I expected a tough match, but France won the match easily.

I would say that Morocco's performance was also as expected. Because I have seen  their performance in the past matches. They do  not attack much. But  their attacks are very sharp. Morocco won the match against canada by a margin of 3-0 . In this match, Morocco's players were only able to make  5 shots. France's defense was very strong. So morocco's players could not score any goals. Morocco was probably trying to draw the match. But this was not possible due to France's aggressive gameplay.

[slapper]

It was a fully deserved win for France as they played a very one-sided football. Morocco had better be just thankful for their goalkeeper Bono...

He saved a ton of more potential goals.    They were really disappointing as a team by the way. Of course it's not easy to deal with the biggest favourite. But Morocco also had decent players to create some chances normally...

The difference in quality was too different in this match because France played to win while Morocco played only to maximize the penalty shootout which was precisely the beginning of Morocco's mistakes that played boring in the first half.

This may be understandable as Morocco know their chances against France are smaller but with them defending in the end this did not have any impact.
Bonou performed exceptionally in this match as there were at least 3 brilliant saves and 1 save when thwarting a penalty but in the end this was not enough to take Morocco to the next phase due to their passive play.

France is dominant and indeed this is what they always pay attention to and now they are ready to wait for who will fight them next, My hope is Spain because if Francis's semi-final against Spain is certainly a thing that is quite worth watching.

Morocco did ot choose to be passive. It is a game that is already started and they lost their top attacker. Saibari. They ran through him the entire attack and he was pulled for a hamstringing against Canada. So what do you do then. You survive. And they almost did. For a whole hour.

Bounou was just INSANE. Three saves that do not belong in the save column. And then a penalty stop too on top of that. He could have been the best goalkeeper performance of the whole tournament, I am not lying.

What is frustrating is that people still say Morocco "played boring". From the first minute, Bro France was hammering on them. When the other team is really pushing you, you are not allowed to play an exciting game.

I think Morocco got a bad rap here. They were just outgunned, short of their resources and still made France work for them until 60th minute. That is not nothing.

[Delaforetnoire]

I also wished to see a solid match between France and Morocco. But I'm afraid that wasn't what we watched last night... Too easy for France.

At present, if we consider the most powerful football teams in the world, France is one of them. Although Morocco's midfield is good, their attacking side is weak. If a team wants to play in and win the World Cup, it has to be complete in every aspect to reach places like the semifinal or final.

From that perspective, France is a complete team in every department and is capable of winning the World Cup this time. Their defense, midfield and especially their attack are very strong, in that respect they are ahead of the other teams.

[Promocodeudo]

I'm very objective about VAR now than before because without it FIFA could have been solving and visiting so many complaints all the time because people are very difficult to accept the truth so even if a goal was properly scored without any form of offside a lot of fans would be saying and speculating how the referee wanted to see that the country in his mind wins there opponent, already you are seeing how some of the world Cup match has been and even with VAR we still feel some games wasn't as fair as it should have been so we could imagine how it would have been without it, so actually even if it wasn't what everybody would agree to be attached in football but we cannot entirely scratch out some important things it has done.

We are humans, we always come up with doubt in our minds especially when are not favoured with the outcome of any match but sometimes our suspicions are right, the introduction of VAR to football has helped somuch we know that but do you also know that the Decision of the central referee is final?
Mate even though I love the idea behind VAR and my believe that it has helped, the central referees as the final decision taker has made things difficult for people to believe that all the decisions made is actually true that's how difficult humans can be, what I come to understand is that people believe what they like in football especially when what they expected didnt occur.

[Accardo]

I would say that Morocco's performance was also as expected. Because I have seen  their performance in the past matches. They do  not attack much. But  their attacks are very sharp. Morocco won the match against canada by a margin of 3-0 . In this match, Morocco's players were only able to make  5 shots. France's defense was very strong. So morocco's players could not score any goals. Morocco was probably trying to draw the match. But this was not possible due to France's aggressive gameplay.

Morocco played against France with zero confidence, the players unconsciously, without the referee blowing the whistle, slowed down pressure whenever a tackling French players falls down, from the onset the team played to lose, no solid advance was made towards the French side back line, Hakimi did try to restore the derailing fate of his team mates, but couldn't do that all by himself without team strength.  

[martinom]

Since the beginning of the tournament, Morocco have been playing well, and that's why they have been able to get to the current level which they are, they going to do everything possible to qualify for the next round.

in fact, france won and they did it in a very straight way, everyone expected them to win and they kept the name of france high, mbappe is simply sublime, this is truly correct, for them to do all this it is important to push themselves further and further is what any team should do.

[Bluedrem]

At present, if we consider the most powerful football teams in the world, France is one of them. Although Morocco's midfield is good, their attacking side is weak. If a team wants to play in and win the World Cup, it has to be complete in every aspect to reach places like the semifinal or final.

From that perspective, France is a complete team in every department and is capable of winning the World Cup this time. Their defense, midfield and especially their attack are very strong, in that respect they are ahead of the other teams.

Yes, France is a strong team at the moment and they are performing consistently. Honestly, I think France will play in the final of the World Cup this time because they are performing better than the other teams in every way. Yesterday they won against Morocco by 2 goals where they attacked several times in which France played nine one-target shots. Although the Moroccan defense tried to resist the attacks of France but in the end they failed there and lost the match 2-0 like in the previous World Cup.

[MArsland]

France performed brilliantly as usual, but Morocco didn't perform as competitively as I expected, there was a huge difference in their attack,


France had 22 shots, Morocco only 5, France had 9 shots on target, while Morocco only had 1.

I never expected Morocco to be so bad in attack. The possession of the ball was equal for both teams in the match, but there was a huge difference in their attack.

France missed a penalty first, it was an opportunity for Morocco, but they couldn't use it, and in the end they lost 0-2, I expected a tough match, but France won the match easily.

I would say that Morocco's performance was also as expected. Because I have seen  their performance in the past matches. They do  not attack much. But  their attacks are very sharp. Morocco won the match against canada by a margin of 3-0 . In this match, Morocco's players were only able to make  5 shots. France's defense was very strong. So morocco's players could not score any goals. Morocco was probably trying to draw the match. But this was not possible due to France's aggressive gameplay.

Morocco fought very well against Francis, yes they did not create many dangerous chances, unlike in other matches against other teams, but we have to admit the fact that Francis is in a different strength, and also keep in mind that now Francis has a star-studded squad. But Morocco can still keep up with Francis ' game, as evidenced by the possession they get, although in the end they have to lose.

[Jewan420]

I would say that Morocco's performance was also as expected. Because I have seen  their performance in the past matches. They do  not attack much. But  their attacks are very sharp. Morocco won the match against canada by a margin of 3-0 . In this match, Morocco's players were only able to make  5 shots. France's defense was very strong. So morocco's players could not score any goals. Morocco was probably trying to draw the match. But this was not possible due to France's aggressive gameplay.

Morocco played against France with zero confidence, the players unconsciously, without the referee blowing the whistle, slowed down pressure whenever a tackling French players falls down, from the onset the team played to lose, no solid advance was made towards the French side back line, Hakimi did try to restore the derailing fate of his team mates, but couldn't do that all by himself without team strength.  

Yesterday's Morocco was completely different, it was impossible to win against France with such a performance. France was breaking through their strongest point, the defense, and attacking again and again. We only saw two goals in the match due to the goalkeeper's excellent performance. This World Cup seemed to be for goalkeepers, most teams' goalkeepers are performing incredibly well this season, even the defense. My expectations from Morocco were a bit high. Even if I didn't expect to win, I wanted to see at least a fight, but they couldn't even build a fight against France.

[JoyceBTC]

I would say that Morocco's performance was also as expected. Because I have seen  their performance in the past matches. They do  not attack much. But  their attacks are very sharp. Morocco won the match against canada by a margin of 3-0 . In this match, Morocco's players were only able to make  5 shots. France's defense was very strong. So morocco's players could not score any goals. Morocco was probably trying to draw the match. But this was not possible due to France's aggressive gameplay.

Morocco played against France with zero confidence, the players unconsciously, without the referee blowing the whistle, slowed down pressure whenever a tackling French players falls down, from the onset the team played to lose, no solid advance was made towards the French side back line, Hakimi did try to restore the derailing fate of his team mates, but couldn't do that all by himself without team strength.  

At some point during the game someone made a funny comment that Morocco players are playing with overconfidence that was why they would expect the referee to blow the whistle at every tackle, secondly the way their goal keeper saved the penalty kick of Mbappe they believed that they could hold France players down till full time then go direct to the penalty spot to defeat them maybe that was the confidence of the team.

Morocco played their worst game yesterday against France with no confidence and no team plan for anything good to come out of the game, let's say they lost in their minds before they entered the pitch cause their performance was zero, no shot on target, no good attempt they were just defending and looking for a way to get cheap goals, Hakimi was good at some point because he is familiar with some of the players because they play together in PSG but the complete Morocco team was a mess in their performance against France.

[Kavelj22]

As I tried to explain several times, it is not a victory because of France strength, but because of Morocco weakness. This is a major problem of almost all the african teams including local clubs. They can't play with full performance until the last second of the match.  We all thought that Morocco might be an exception but it always proves me wrong with important matches. African teams are not yet ready to play in finals. Let's wait another decade or hoping a revolution to change this reality.

From what I could see, Morocco was only able to keep up with France for one half, and what ultimately doomed Morocco was fatigue—that fatigue took its toll with two goals at the moment when they were most vulnerable. That’s the key point: that moment of weakness. That’s when Morocco lost. Besides not attacking France aggressively enough, did Morocco deserve to lose? Yes, because whoever advances from the Spain-Belgium match—which I think will be Spain—in that case Morocco would have lost. Now, between France and Spain, that will be a semifinal that feels like a final.

It is not a unique case for Morocco. It becomes a pattern for the majority, if not all, the african teams. We see african players with France team or with another European teams and they play very well in harmony with other players from different levels. In african teams, there are other major problems that forbid players from playing in full performance till the last second of the match.

Let's be biased, Morocco has a great team and it seems to spend budgets and efforts to build a performance reputation among the big whales. We have seen this since the last world cup in Qatar 2022. But it still has some big loopholes to exit the african pattern and be a really competitive team.

[Delaforetnoire]

in fact, france won and they did it in a very straight way, everyone expected them to win and they kept the name of france high, mbappe is simply sublime, this is truly correct, for them to do all this it is important to push themselves further and further is what any team should do.

Our country. France is doing so and continues to give its maximum effort. I don't know what will happen in the end, but every member of the team gives their best on the football field for the country. We can proudly say that because of them, we are ahead of all the other teams in the world. The team has been built so that the maximum amount of effort can be devoted to the attacking system. However, I thought the match against Morocco would be much more exciting but it didn't turn out that way.

[Awaklara]

Yesterday's Morocco was completely different, it was impossible to win against France with such a performance. France was breaking through their strongest point, the defense, and attacking again and again. We only saw two goals in the match due to the goalkeeper's excellent performance. This World Cup seemed to be for goalkeepers, most teams' goalkeepers are performing incredibly well this season, even the defense. My expectations from Morocco were a bit high. Even if I didn't expect to win, I wanted to see at least a fight, but they couldn't even build a fight against France.

Those who have been following Morocco's team growth probably also thought Morocco's performance could have been better in that match. Unlike previous games, their defense and midfield seemed weak. Whether this was due to the dominance of France's play, or they were actually just underperforming, who knows. 
Anyway, France made it to the semifinals, and they definitely deserved it. They might face tough opponents as well, but they are also one of the favorites to win the World Cup trophy.

[Swordsoffreedom]

To be honest, none of Spain's matches at this World Cup were impressive in my opinion. But the overall strength of the players is very strong. They remind me a bit of Brazil this year, who, instead of playing their own style, switched to a tactical approach. I don't know what's causing the "stiffness" in the Spanish team, but I hope they show something different in this match. Belgium is obviously dangerous, and Lukaku will certainly make problems for the Spanish defense, but I think Spain will advance to the semifinals.

We had high expectations from Spain at the start of the world cup. The team is still in the competition. That is commendable. But their overall gameplay should be better. Especially in the UEFA Euro, we saw their extraordinary  performance. Their gameplay impressed  everyone. The team is not able to do such a  performance now.

Belgium is a strong team. They are able to counterattack very  quickly. So there is no doubt that Spain's defenders will be under some  pressure. At the same time, we should not forget that spain is the only team that has not conceded a single goal in the world cup yet. Considering the statistics and overall performance , Spain is  undoubtedly the favorite. I am going to put money  on their victory.

[Cryptoprincess101]

I also wished to see a solid match between France and Morocco. But I'm afraid that wasn't what we watched last night... Too easy for France.

How could you say that the match was too easy for France to win. If it was that easy why didn't France start scoring from the first half or why didn't they score as many goals as they could, why score only two goals. Of course, towards the second half of the match the pressure was one sided and but that doesn't mean that Morocco didn't put up a fight, they did but just that France overpowered them with their technical display. Despite that France eliminated Morocco, i still see it that Morocco remains the best team from Africa, if they were the team that had that opportunity of going 2 goals ahead as Egypt did against Argentina, i trust they would have won that match.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

It is not a unique case for Morocco. It becomes a pattern for the majority, if not all, the african teams. We see african players with France team or with another European teams and they play very well in harmony with other players from different levels. In african teams, there are other major problems that forbid players from playing in full performance till the last second of the match.

I don't know if it's just me, but it looks like most African teams haven't learned a thing or two about game management or trying to control the game. In most cases what I saw was that in the first half and the early part of the second half, they would be so brilliant and would even have some healthy goal cushions, only to blow it off in like the last 10-20 minutes of the game.
I think they use a lot of energy in the first minutes and by the time the game is halfway in the second half. Most of them are just so tired and will just let goal flow in.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Yes, France is a strong team at the moment and they are performing consistently. Honestly, I think France will play in the final of the World Cup this time because they are performing better than the other teams in every way. Yesterday they won against Morocco by 2 goals where they attacked several times in which France played nine one-target shots. Although the Moroccan defense tried to resist the attacks of France but in the end they failed there and lost the match 2-0 like in the previous World Cup.

It's true that judging by yesterday's game between both countries, it's obviously true that France is one of the strongest teams left in this year's FIFA World Cup. And for the fact that they were able to win Morocco with 2 goals to nil, shows how determined those guys are towards seeing this world cup to the final. Because it is no doubt that the Moroccan players very well, but it is obvious they were no match to France. And that being said, I don't think that France team are truly unbeatable, because base on what have happened recently, another team that I think can give them tough time is Spain, because these guys are literally very good, ranging from their fast game play, and how they are able to play excellent way with accurate passing even when under tension gives Spain team a more better threat to France this year.

[Delaforetnoire]

Yesterday's Morocco was completely different, it was impossible to win against France with such a performance. France was breaking through their strongest point, the defense, and attacking again and again. We only saw two goals in the match due to the goalkeeper's excellent performance. This World Cup seemed to be for goalkeepers, most teams' goalkeepers are performing incredibly well this season, even the defense. My expectations from Morocco were a bit high. Even if I didn't expect to win, I wanted to see at least a fight, but they couldn't even build a fight against France.

Yesterday, France attack was completely well-organized and their attack was perfectly. But Moroccan goalkeeper Yacine Bounou tried hard to save the goal and was successful in some cases but france victory was ensured thanks to Mbappe's first goal and a wonderful assist. However, despite the moroccan attack's efforts, they could not create much advantage against the france attack. So, France influence on morocco was widespread

[Unsoldier]

To be honest, none of Spain's matches at this World Cup were impressive in my opinion. But the overall strength of the players is very strong. They remind me a bit of Brazil this year, who, instead of playing their own style, switched to a tactical approach. I don't know what's causing the "stiffness" in the Spanish team, but I hope they show something different in this match. Belgium is obviously dangerous, and Lukaku will certainly make problems for the Spanish defense, but I think Spain will advance to the semifinals.

We had high expectations from Spain at the start of the world cup. The team is still in the competition. That is commendable. But their overall gameplay should be better. Especially in the UEFA Euro, we saw their extraordinary  performance. Their gameplay impressed  everyone. The team is not able to do such a  performance now.

Belgium is a strong team. They are able to counterattack very  quickly. So there is no doubt that Spain's defenders will be under some  pressure. At the same time, we should not forget that spain is the only team that has not conceded a single goal in the world cup yet. Considering the statistics and overall performance , Spain is  undoubtedly the favorite. I am going to put money  on their victory.

Of course, Spain is the favorite and many expect them to reach the final. Betting on them to beat Belgium is quite reasonable. But this is the quarterfinals, so no one should expect an easy win, even when there is a clear favorite and an underdog in the matchup. Therefore, the Belgians will definitely challenge the Spaniards for a spot in the semifinals. I expect a fairly close game, and I think a both teams to score bet could easily hit.

[retreat]

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Anyway, we are betting that Spain will play at their maximum strength today and their star players will definitely perform their best to enter the semi-finals.

Spain will win this match convincingly because they have a better squad than Belgium. Their offense is strong, and their defense is also quite solid – in fact, they haven't conceded a single goal in the World Cup so far, making them one of the favorites to win this year's tournament. However, the score might be narrow, as Belgium is no pushover, they've also performed well so far. But still, the win will still go to Spain because they look more consistent and more convincing.