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

[asriloni]

It seems like it will still be the same finals as the last world cup, because it will be an easy one for France to eliminate Spain, and as for Argentina it might not be an easy one to take out England but I know that they will, bearly tho
And it will end up being the same finals as last time, about France facing Argentina in the finals I do still predict a penalty shootout

- Spain eliminated France during the semis of UEFA nation league(2025).

- Spain eliminated France from Euro 2024.

Spain already eliminated France in the latest event two times in a row, yet you're saying France will eliminate Spain with ease. So i think you didn't even watch their previous h2h. Other than it, France might win their previous games effortless, but they're likely struggling to face spain, which is having proper defense.

If we're predicting the result based on their previous fixtures. Spain is favorable to win because they have squad that beat France two times.

So i think Spain will win this despite how productive France since the start of WC. Spain(3.50) 3 - 1 France(2.42).

[Akbarkoe]

I prefer to see the game Spain and France do not have a big chance for both, not like you say that France has a greater chance than Spain, but I say France can win the game less, we can see a lot of odds in every bookmaker that we are here to be confused even though France is still smaller than the odds given for Spain's victory.

The interesting thing about the Argentina and England match is whether there will be more controversial things that happen in this match, if Argentina win the game with controversial things throughout this match will be a hot topic again.

Spain and France game would be more interesting based on their outstanding performance. France is the best attacking side with 16 goals in 6 matches. Spain has shown they have the best defense, as they have conceded just one goal. So we might see a final before the main finals in this game.

Argentina have been fortunate in this competition. They got to this stage by meeting average teams and some errors by opponents. Norway would have beaten England if not for the selfishness of Alexander Sørloth. Anyway, I tip the Three Lions to make it to the finals.

Saying the final match before the original final was quite reasonable for a match of two teams this big, yes I Admit also statistically in this World Cup France is superior to the history of the matches they have already passed so no wonder many people say like that that France is superior.

It can be said to be very lucky because it is included in the average team chart so they can do well despite being repeatedly close to losing to those teams but can reverse the situation mostly in the second half which was a problem for the opponent, Argentina was able to take advantage of that, but these 3 Lions will be on a different level with the previous team so seeing what happened, I am also quite sorry for what happened with Norway.

[retreat]

Erling Haaland seems totally muted during the round of 8 when Norway takes on England, the performance of Erling Haaland was a total disappointment as compared to the previous games when he could single handedly score goals from any position against their opponents. I wonder if it was due to fatigue or was it because of Erling Haaland playing in the English Premier League and the England defenders knew the proper way to stop the Norway scoring machine Erling Haaland from posing a threat to their goal post. It was quite sad that we would no longer be able to see the Norway players and Norway fans doing the Viking Row celebration together anymore in this World Cup.

Haaland's performance was indeed different from his usual performance. He's usually sharper, but in yesterday's match, he seemed to be having problems. It's unclear whether it was because he was so exhausted or simply because he didn't have teammates who could support him in scoring goals. But he can't be blamed entirely; the reality is that Norway's squad is inferior to England's. Even with that performance, Norway was good enough to reach the quarterfinals. Perhaps they can try again at the next World Cup to secure a better place.

[Oluwa-btc]

Easy one for France to eliminate Spain? I don't think so... Spain aren't some kind of a small team mate. They are one of the strongest candidates for the World Cup trophy.

France have a much more effective offense line though. That's without doubt! But I don't expect a big score gap anyway.

I guess we'd watch more goals in the England v Argentina match. Both like to play more openly. 

One hell of a game. The both sides have all seen their last game in this tournament won. It leaves me speechless because I can not really decide who eventually wins.

Arsern Wenger also said Spain are the only worthy side capable of knocking France out in this tournament. If someone with such experience feels that way, I don't consider it wise downplaying Spains chances.

I'd do anything to see Argentina knocked out, I don't give a flying fvck.

[Sarah Azhari]

Sørloth was the main reason why Norway is out of the World Cup, he single handedly sent them out of the world cup with his selfishness and jealousy towards Haaland, just look at the ball he was suppose to pass to Haaland so he can score he refused to pass because of selfishness, this kind of a player is not suppose to play in any team because his not a team player, I was just so mad at him, if I’m the coach or Norway this will be the last World Cup or international competition he will play because his a big disappointment.

Someone said Norway FA should investigate Sørloth, probe him for match fixing . But honestly that guy is actually a very selfish player and should not be allowed to play for Norway anymore.

Many people say things like that. The reality is that Sørloth was indeed the cause of Norway’s loss to England. Judging by this image, there’s really no reason why Sørloth didn’t pass the ball to Haaland, who was wide open and had a great chance to score. It’s clear that Sørloth was being very selfish. No wonder he’s often benched at Atlético Madrid, and one of the reasons is exactly what happened here. If only Sørloth had passed the ball to Haaland, Norway would have been leading England 2-0, and their chances of advancing to the semifinals would have been very high. But oh well, what can you do? As you said, a player like this doesn’t belong on the Norwegian national team because he can ruin the team.

[GiftedMAN]

It's very easy to push blame on someone when things went bad, that's why when solorth failed to pass the ball to haaland when it was one nil, and a glorious chance ahead, I just say within me that he will be used as the escape goat if they failed to win this game, and I was not wrong about it, because everyone related to Norway are now putting all the blame on him.

The entire Norway team should blame him for wasting such a beautiful opportunity to put his team at 2 goals advantage, Haaland was in a good position to score the second goal and he gave him the signal to pass the ball but greed made him not to pass the ball and eventually Norway lost the match. If Norway had win the game there would be no blame but since they lost they have the right to blame the player for wasting such a beautiful chance.

[hyudien]

I prefer to see the game Spain and France do not have a big chance for both, not like you say that France has a greater chance than Spain, but I say France can win the game less, we can see a lot of odds in every bookmaker that we are here to be confused even though France is still smaller than the odds given for Spain's victory.

Here are their odds, there's no real favorite when it comes to big teams vs big teams, the fact that France is slightly favored is because they've performed well throughout this tournament, but Spain is still one of the best teams too, whoever wins is the one who prepares best, and it's clear that this will be an interesting match, full of tactical battles between the two coaches. Betting on this match requires a bit of careful observation, or just a coin flip, because both teams have an equal chance of winning the match.

[Accardo]

So far, I have not seen how or way we can say that the world Cup officiation is unbalanced, except it happened on some couple of matches I was unable to watch due to attending to personal issues and not having time to watch the match.
I personally think that officiators have been great, they are doing their best, they are not perfect, yes, they are humans like any one else and mistakes might happen some times.
So if you ask me about officiation in the world Cup games so far, I would say it's been great regardless of the minor hiccups here and there..

Aside from the Fact that the posts I see on X, and FB, mention Argentina as FIFA's favorite for fixing their games to play against African teams from group stage to the round of 16, and the trending questions of whether Argentina is playing the AFCON, the game against the Pharaohs in the knock out stage, flashed more light on the Sky blues, as the team that critically leads to the questioning of the referees officiation.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

Here are their odds, there's no real favorite when it comes to big teams vs big teams, the fact that France is slightly favored is because they've performed well throughout this tournament, but Spain is still one of the best teams too, whoever wins is the one who prepares best, and it's clear that this will be an interesting match, full of tactical battles between the two coaches. Betting on this match requires a bit of careful observation, or just a coin flip, because both teams have an equal chance of winning the match.

France no doubt are actually stronger than Spain and they are a more favorite team of bookmakers, gamblers and football fans as a winner in semi final match between France and Spain. They have good midfield that controls matches very well so far and it is helpful to reduce risk and attacking threats to their defense system and goalkeeper. In attacks, they surely have best attacking system and player resource in this World Cup. Mbappe, Olise, Dembele can score goals anytime for France while beyond these main star players, they also have Doue, Barcola, Marteta and Chekri. Imagine that even Chekri who is a main player in Manchester City but almost was not used in World Cup 2026, we can understand how abundant star players Deschamp has for this tournament.

However, Spain are not weak and they will not be an easy opponent for France in semi final. With Spain, France will not likely be able to have dominating ball possession which will belong to Spain, while France will wait for very good pace of their attacking players and quick transitions to attack against Spain and find goals.

[Smartprofit]

I prefer to see the game Spain and France do not have a big chance for both, not like you say that France has a greater chance than Spain, but I say France can win the game less, we can see a lot of odds in every bookmaker that we are here to be confused even though France is still smaller than the odds given for Spain's victory.

Here are their odds, there's no real favorite when it comes to big teams vs big teams, the fact that France is slightly favored is because they've performed well throughout this tournament, but Spain is still one of the best teams too, whoever wins is the one who prepares best, and it's clear that this will be an interesting match, full of tactical battles between the two coaches. Betting on this match requires a bit of careful observation, or just a coin flip, because both teams have an equal chance of winning the match.

France and Spain, in my opinion, are roughly equal football teams. 🙋

Personally, I think France has a better chance of winning this match. Of course, I could be biased... I really didn't like Spain's performance against Portugal. They didn't score a single goal in 90 minutes; their play was very passive, completely lacking in aggression and dynamism. Relying on defense against such a strong opponent as France is, in my opinion, a sure path to defeat.

However, I think the Spanish coach knows this as well as I do. So it's quite possible that in this match we'll see what the Spanish team is capable of when they play at full strength, at the limit of their abilities! 🌋

[knowngunman]

when "disasters" happen it is always a shared fault, a series of factors which then influence the general progress of the event
I'm not saying it was a disaster, but in my opinion Norway was superior and in fact they lost in my opinion not very well, shame
you can see that they need to gain experience.

Say it with your full chest mate, it was a disaster.

I watched the game and Norway was the better side. They had every chance to seal their victory but they misuse every single chances. I was saying within myself that England could not survive in this match only for the Norway to threw away the game.

I will blame the coach for reading the game wrongly and pairing players that obviously could not work together.

[babo]

Say it with your full chest mate, it was a disaster.

I watched the game and Norway was the better side. They had every chance to seal their victory but they misuse every single chances. I was saying within myself that England could not survive in this match only for the Norway to threw away the game.

I will blame the coach for reading the game wrongly and pairing players that obviously could not work together.

Unfortunately, the strongest team doesn't always win, you should know that and be aware of it.
There are various other factors that influence it, for example luck (in the case of penalties) or sometimes simple experience
Experienced teams know how to exploit gaps left undefended to make you pay a heavy price for your inexperience.
That's how it works, not only in football but also in life

[BitBakerr1]

Sørloth was the main reason why Norway is out of the World Cup, he single handedly sent them out of the world cup with his selfishness and jealousy towards Haaland, just look at the ball he was suppose to pass to Haaland so he can score he refused to pass because of selfishness, this kind of a player is not suppose to play in any team because his not a team player, I was just so mad at him, if I’m the coach or Norway this will be the last World Cup or international competition he will play because his a big disappointment.

Someone said Norway FA should investigate Sørloth, probe him for match fixing . But honestly that guy is actually a very selfish player and should not be allowed to play for Norway anymore.

I didn’t watch the match actually but judging from this photo then sorloth was greedy, if he had passed the ball to Haaland I’m very sure he would have scored because he was in a good position to score, he made a very big mistake and I’m sure his regretting his actions now but it’s too late because they are out of the World Cup, I’m sure a lot of their country citizens will be angry at him and they will hate him for this forever and they won’t forgive him because they don’t know when last they are going to have such opportunity again to reach this level in the World Cup.
Alexander Sørloth is a player from Atletico Madrid and even in his team I see this greed in him.

[knowngunman]

Unfortunately, the strongest team doesn't always win, you should know that and be aware of it.
There are various other factors that influence it, for example luck (in the case of penalties) or sometimes simple experience
Experienced teams know how to exploit gaps left undefended to make you pay a heavy price for your inexperience.
That's how it works, not only in football but also in life

This is not about the strongest team. England is the strongest team and they should win by default if winning is all about the strongest team. England is ranked 4th I think and Norway is not even in the top 10 FIFA’s ranking so they are not even close in anyway.

This is about opportunities. Since the strongest team doesn't always win, Norway as the underdog had several opportunities to justify that winning is not about the strength of your team. Unfortunately, the threw everything into bin probably due to inexperience. Luck is another factor but England proved that the strongest team always win with their experience.

I think experience was the deciding factor here.

[Jatiluhung]

This world cup was the best for the Vikings because the got to the quarter finals for the first time in history. I agree with you, assuming Sorloth wasn't selfish with the ball because he wanted to put down his name on the scoreline, it would have been difficult for England to win the game. Maybe, it would have been a different outcome.

when "disasters" happen it is always a shared fault, a series of factors which then influence the general progress of the event
I'm not saying it was a disaster, but in my opinion Norway was superior and in fact they lost in my opinion not very well, shame
you can see that they need to gain experience.

At the very least, Norway now has experience it can draw on to improve even further in the next World Cup. in fact, just making it all the way to the quarterfinals is an extraordinary achievement in itself. So even though they’re surely disappointed by the loss, they should also be proud of themselves for having advanced so far, especially since they’ve just returned to the World Cup after a long absence.

I think Norway and England are fairly evenly matched. However, I believe Norway will be a tougher opponent than England in the next World Cup.

[hd49728]

At the very least, Norway now has experience it can draw on to improve even further in the next World Cup. in fact, just making it all the way to the quarterfinals is an extraordinary achievement in itself. So even though they’re surely disappointed by the loss, they should also be proud of themselves for having advanced so far, especially since they’ve just returned to the World Cup after a long absence.

World Cup 2026 ended with Norway but it can be a start of something greater for their national team. They can maintain good performances and become more regular eligible team in coming Word Cups and Euros. Like Switzerland have done very well in the last ten years, Norway with many good players in this generation can do something similar in coming years.

I think Norway and England are fairly evenly matched. However, I believe Norway will be a tougher opponent than England in the next World Cup.

I don't think like you because to have a stronger national team, one of main conditions is having a better domestic league which belongs to England and Premier League. Norway will not have such domestic league like top ones in Europe but they can focus on youth player developments and do something like Croatia. They need to have more young players who are talented enough, grown up well enough in Norway, then go to biggest leagues and clubs in Europe.

It won't happen in near future so I don't believe that in a next World Cup, in 2030, Norway will become stronger than England.

[The Founding Titan]

Bellingham left his mark on the Mexico match and today's Norway match. He left the field to applause in the 110th minute. Now England is waiting for their opponent in the next round, probably Argentina, but you never know. It's quite nice that the matches are so close and often last longer than 90 minutes.

Norway's performance dropped early in extra time, and they conceded a goal there. England won the match thanks to their experience.

For not having been in the world cup in over 20 years I would say that Norway actually out did themselves by making it this far, it wasn't easy getting to the quarter finals and they were able to do it, with more effort they might have even been able to win against England but things didn't work out that way for them, they may have lost but them definitely won't be going home as losers and with any luck they might vene do better in the next world cup.

Yes Norway actually outdid themselves in this World Cup and Erling Braut Haaland has shown what he can do even at the World stage, incredible performance by the Vikings from Norway they really rowed their way through the World Cup until they reached the shores of the English.

See the Norwegian goal that was disallowed, for a push by Haaland which is quite minute and it’s not causing an uproar if it were Argentina and Messi some stupid fans will be screaming rigged online and everywhere.

My only problem with professional football is the fanbase and if I'm being honest they are my problem with a lot of other sector in the entertainment industry.
Norway did what they could and even though they lost the country will still celebrate the players and come next world cup if they qualify chances are that they will perform even better than this when that time comes, for now I'm still hoping for France and England to meet in the finals, hoping France wins but I won't be too bothered with the idea of England winning either.

[laspol65]

Unfortunately, the strongest team doesn't always win, you should know that and be aware of it.
There are various other factors that influence it, for example luck (in the case of penalties) or sometimes simple experience
Experienced teams know how to exploit gaps left undefended to make you pay a heavy price for your inexperience.
That's how it works, not only in football but also in life

This is not about the strongest team. England is the strongest team and they should win by default if winning is all about the strongest team. England is ranked 4th I think and Norway is not even in the top 10 FIFA’s ranking so they are not even close in anyway.

This is about opportunities. Since the strongest team doesn't always win, Norway as the underdog had several opportunities to justify that winning is not about the strength of your team. Unfortunately, the threw everything into bin probably due to inexperience. Luck is another factor but England proved that the strongest team always win with their experience.

I think experience was the deciding factor here.

The England team is a very strong and experienced team this time. However, the team they have now is definitely strong and experienced, so they have been able to reach the semi-final match. So here, the team that makes a little mistake will lose, the teams that can perform well will be the only ones who will be able to win. According to the current situation, I did not see the England team being very aggressive in this match, but the opposing team was not strong.
Only luck and fine performance can make any team more advanced. So only if they can use the right opportunities and attacks correctly, they will be able to score goals and only the lucky ones will be able to win.

[Hyphen(-)]

Here are their odds, there's no real favorite when it comes to big teams vs big teams, the fact that France is slightly favored is because they've performed well throughout this tournament, but Spain is still one of the best teams too, whoever wins is the one who prepares best, and it's clear that this will be an interesting match, full of tactical battles between the two coaches. Betting on this match requires a bit of careful observation, or just a coin flip, because both teams have an equal chance of winning the match.

These odds are tempting, and from the odds, France is favored maybe because of their performance and how the get to this stage, and it is right because so many of us actually believe that they can make it to the finals because they have one of the best team in this competition and their attackers are scoring goals in almost all their matches; unlike Spain who has escaped their last two rounds with a late goal.

I am not saying that France will win because when a game is between two big teams, prediction is usually very difficult because anything can happen since both teams have world class players.
Nevertheless, I think France are my favorite also to win even though I like Spain, but their performance is not satisfying enough to bet on them to win this game even though they still have slight chance of winning the game if the play well.

[Volgastallion]

The good side about the next games of this world cup is whatever team you bet on they are gonna have super high odds and is always worth to bet on them, i know the risk is there since they play against other super team is not more easy games left in this tournament.

My main doubt is in the France Spain game, i dont know who is gonna be in the final from that side, France is a much better team but Spain won almost all the recent matches between them.