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

[icebar]

All four teams that have qualified for the semi-finals are very strong. No team can be  considered weak here. In fact, each of them has the  potential to become the world champion. Their performance has  been good in every match so far.

France is a very strong team. We all know that their attack is  in good form. But Spain is also a very strong  team. And their defense is one of the strongest defenses in this world cup. Spain has conceded only one goal in 6 matches. It will  undoubtedly be challenging for France to score against such a defense. Both Spain and france have an equal chance of qualifying for the final. Betting on such matches is very risky.

It is not possible to make any predictions about the two semi-final matches, but we can only hope for our favorite teams. All 4 teams are strong and it would not be wrong to dream of winning all 4 teams, but due to the limitations of the rules, 2 teams will have to be eliminated.

From my expectations, I see the possibility of Spain winning the first match, because of France's struggle against a strong defense. Their victory against Paraguay was proof of that. On the other hand, I dream of Argentina winning the second match, because the world champions have the ability to turn the game around in the last minute of the match and they have a record of being undefeated in the semi-finals.

Yes, you are right, there is no way to predict two matches. Because each of them has enough strength. Here we cannot say that someone's defense is good and someone's defense is weak. Because France has strong players like Mbappe, Dembélé, Désiré Doué as forwards. Spelle also has the same players like Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal, Dani Olmo, Álex Baena. None of them are weak players. Their ball control and finishing are all great. I cannot put anyone as a favorite in these matches. Because as a fan, I enjoy all of their games very much. So, I will just enjoy the semi-final matches and this World Cup will be very memorable for me.

[longyenthanh]

Most people see France and England as the finalists as the biggest possibility, so does the odds. I am not entirely sure, if we see Spain and Argentina at the finals, literally exactly opposite of what people are expecting, I would not really be shocked about that.

Because between these four teams, there isn't really anything that we can see clearly as better than the others, all four could play with each other and could beat each other, there isn't a single clear better team, make them all play 10 games against each other and all teams would have wins against each other. This is why, it's going to be just something we can't predict and we will have to just wait and see what will happen, which won't be easy but more profitable for betting.

People are hyping up England and France based on paper, but the gap between these top four teams is basically non-existent. On any given day, Spain or Argentina could completely outplay them. A 10-game series would just be a chaotic cycle of everyone beating everyone. It really comes down to daily form, tactics, and minor details. Staying away from the obvious favorites is definitely where the real betting value is right now. It's unpredictable, but that's exactly why we love this game.

[GbitG]

Argentina has been lucky in winning most of their games after 90 minutes, so i believe in this stage of the semi-final of the FIFA world cup tournament, it is well assured that if any teams between England vs Argentina and France vs Spain eventually wins, the both teams that will win in between England vs Argentina and France vs Spain will definitely play the final and why the other teams will be playing for third place in the FIFA world cup tournament, so if you should ask me, i will say this semi-final is going to be a though one than final because this is stage were all the teams will play out their best to qualify for final.

Ahh look this Guys....
I think you didn't even watch the matches..... All matches of Argentina are finished with a wide variety of quality like they reached to semifinals stage because they really deserve it not. If they won all the matches by luck then tell how they reached into semifinals stage. I think you are just denying the fact...

However, let's talk about the upcoming battle between Argentina and England. Well, this match will be one of the most exciting match of the tournament because through we will observe favorite candidate for title I mean this will be the hardest tackle for Argentina. If they won then probably their for title will become more high.

[Qastessa]

That's why I haven't bet on this match yet, I'm waiting and doing more research. Because in the current situation I don't see much difference between the two teams. If I compare the H2H of the past matches, Spain has a higher chance of winning, but I also think that this match should never be compared with the past matches.
This World Cup match will be very competitive because no team will spare any effort, so in this case I support France a little because the French team's players are aggressive and their running speed is very high. Mbappe, as soon as he gets the ball, runs towards the goalpost and is able to score.

It is true that if you check the head-to-head statistics of these two teams, Spain will be ahead. Out of the last  5 head-to-head vmatches, Spain has won 3 and France has won 2. The most important thing is that Spain won  against France last year in the UEFA nations league by a margin of 5-4 . Both teams are playing with the almost  same squad in the world cup as well. So Spain has the ability to defeat this French squad. Although, if you compare the overall  performance of these two teams in this world cup, France will have to be vahead. But Spain also has the full ability to defeat france.

I would say there is definitely a good chance that Spain could win too, nobody claims that they can't. However, there is a big possibility of France caring about this game, way more than they did with that silly new tournament.

I would say that France is playing far better during this world cup as well, they are taking it very seriously and Spain did not look as good as France so far. Could Spain win? Of course they can, they are a great team, but I do not think that we are going to see that.

[DiMarxist]

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I would say there is definitely a good chance that Spain could win too, nobody claims that they can't. However, there is a big possibility of France caring about this game, way more than they did with that silly new tournament.

I would say that France is playing far better during this world cup as well, they are taking it very seriously and Spain did not look as good as France so far. Could Spain win? Of course they can, they are a great team, but I do not think that we are going to see that.

At this stage of the tournament every team that has made it this far should not been underrated. Because this is the semi final stage where they are only one game away from the final game of the tournament. Yes France performance has been exceptional looking at how they have played through out the group stages of the competition, up till the quarter finals game against Morocco. But writing off Spain is not something that I will not agree because Spain do surely has a big percentage of winning this game too.

[Amphenomenon]

I would say there is definitely a good chance that Spain could win too, nobody claims that they can't. However, there is a big possibility of France caring about this game, way more than they did with that silly new tournament.

I would say that France is playing far better during this world cup as well, they are taking it very seriously and Spain did not look as good as France so far. Could Spain win? Of course they can, they are a great team, but I do not think that we are going to see that.

Spain could get the win if France are not careful especially when it is coming to the end of the game like we saw against Portugal and Belgium.

If France can get the goals early things will be much easier but while it may seems like Spain may not have those world class defensive stars the players are able to hold on and we can see that they have conceded the fewest goals.

[nikola22]

I came across predictions for the World Cup semifinal matches from various AI systems. their predictions seem fairly reasonable but the beauty of football is that the results can be quite unusual.



we'll be able to compare in a couple of days to see which AI performed best.

[xLays]

Now that the semifinal lineup is complete, there's still chance we could get France vs Argentina rematch in the final if both teams win their semifinal matches. Of course, it could also end up with France vs England, Spain vs. Argentina or Spain vs. England.

Would you guys be happy to see another France vs Argentina final or would you rather have a fresh matchup?
Personally, I'm hoping for Spain vs. England final. It would be something different and I'm also rooting for Spain to win the World Cup this time.
How about you guys? Which final are you hoping to see and who do you want to lift the trophy for this year World Cup?

[Nheer]

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I didn't omit that part in my first post, did I? Young players are certainly going to show up and replace the loop holes, but if you understood my post clearly, a team for an international competition may not have a lot of home-grown players that can excel even in their clubs. We can't compare Halland to the rest of their  forwards because obviously, he has gathered an experience from playing for different clubs, in different levels of competitions.
Yamal got better because he played actively in Barcelona remember? Bottom line is, we won't get to see this era of technicality anymore.

Yeah you didn't and I do understand what you were saying, I was condemning your statements. You're right, we might not get to see this era of technicality anymore. I even doubt if Norway will have a striker as good Haaland in a short period if he gets old and retire. Truly his experience in many teams has made him to become their most important player and he has done really well to keep them going and am really impressed with how they went in this World Cup tournament.

You should know that a player doesn't just start playing regularly in a team, they must have shown some level of improvement from the training ground and Yamal was also lucky that he joined a team that were lacking his position so it was easy to have playing time. Some players are not that lucky to be in a team that lacks players that's why it gets difficult for some academy players to develop fast despite having the talent to play.

[Shussainshah]

Wow, nothing but great games for the World Cup semifinals. I'll leave my predictions here: France wins 3-1, and Argentina wins 1-0 with a goal by Lionel Messi. A final between France and Argentina would be fantastic, especially with an individual battle for records involving Mbappé and Messi.

It's quite realistic predictions Huh my predictions are the same as you predicted but my score is change I think the game between France and Spain are one of the best attacker vs the best defense in worldcup.  So I think Mbappe will be not show how they market it but they will be mark with defender and Olise and Dembele can score a goal so I think a 2: 1 for France and Olise and Dembele will be the goal scorers and the other it will be just Messi magic a 1:0 victory to Argentina. The final will be France vs Argentina Ohhh maan it will be final to watch

[Stavri]

The match between Spain and France will definitely be like a final. Because whichever team wins, they deserve to be in the final. We can talk about a few players in Spain, but every player in France is very good. That's why I think France has a slight advantage. Spain is certainly not a bad team, but in a comparison between the two teams, I think France is superior. It will be a great match, that's for sure.

both sides are incredibly strong. however, France plays with more control and inspires more confidence. Spain's attack is a bit sloppy. because of this, i feel France is one step ahead.

The only team that can actually give France a tough time in this competition is Spain and even the French team knows that although for what we have seen from them so far in this competition they have been really sloppy and the team doesn't look that much aggressive like the Spanish side that remove France from the Euro competition, I actually think the winner of this world will be from either Spain or france because Argentina so far haven't been that great and have struggled to get a convincing win.

imo France is a touch of a favorite because of the individual talent of players like Dembele, Mbeppa, and Olise. Spain has let in just a single goal all tournament. Spain's greatest weapon is the highly successful zonal marking they employ...

[Jaycoinz]

I came across predictions for the World Cup semifinal matches from various AI systems. their predictions seem fairly reasonable but the beauty of football is that the results can be quite unusual.



we'll be able to compare in a couple of days to see which AI performed best.

One thing I like about about football is that there are so many things that you can predict based on analysis and stats of the team that ought to face each other but the crazy thing is that no matter how accurate or correct the prediction looks, it will always get so strange when the kick off starts in the game because there are so many things that can alter the outcome of the game just like the referee's and also player injuries and with that everything goes wrong and even AI prediction is no guarantee of success.

[B-BossMan]

I would say there is definitely a good chance that Spain could win too, nobody claims that they can't. However, there is a big possibility of France caring about this game, way more than they did with that silly new tournament.

I would say that France is playing far better during this world cup as well, they are taking it very seriously and Spain did not look as good as France so far. Could Spain win? Of course they can, they are a great team, but I do not think that we are going to see that.

Spain could get the win if France are not careful especially when it is coming to the end of the game like we saw against Portugal and Belgium.

If France can get the goals early things will be much easier but while it may seems like Spain may not have those world class defensive stars the players are able to hold on and we can see that they have conceded the fewest goals.

This match of France and Spain seems like a FIFA world cup Final game, because the both of them are capable of challenging the game narration. I also observe thier previous matches that was played against the Spain and the France, the both of them are very intelligent in te4ms of skills and experiences.

Though the Spain squads that was active during the time aren't more there now, where we have a space of Lamine Yamal and others, everyone can predict what they want/like, but the present squads of the France can defeat any country, well let's see what's the outcome maybe tomorrow.

[Adbitco]

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I believe that in football England isn't a small country that any referee will mess with because their league is the hottest and most watched worldwide. England also has money than Argentina and England will be rated first in anything in the world apart from FIFA rating. All these will be considered by the referee and FIFA not to do what might land them into trouble in future.

The game is be a fair one for both teams and the referee cannot do what he did to Egypt to England. If such happens England will use all their power to make sure that the referee pays for been biased. My instincts tell me that England will win the game.

I don't know what's a reasonable excuse when it comes to getting people to tend to assume that Argentina are benefiting from FIFA as well as the referees so far. Argentina played as they should, they are not like a team capable of intervening in the decisions of referees or FIFA compared to some other countries. Apart from just hatred towards Messi and others, I think the accusations about referees and FIFA siding with Argentina in my opinion are just something that cannot be accounted for.

The World Cup is an international tournament and I don't think the organizing party will be happy to help in every way one or another country in its interests. Argentina is a country that can not bring great influence on FIFA, but some people actually twist the facts and point the finger at things that should not. Referees always try to be fair, but sometimes some decisions will be disputed considering that observers will always look smarter and wiser in criticizing than the referee himself.

Hatred towards Messi you say! It's very funny how some of you are blind to the obvious or you people are deliberately being biased to what's going on. So long as it's your favourite it's ok, every decision is very ok to you. You claim FIFA itself doesn't have a business with what's happening with the team. Have you got once looked at the FIFA president and see how differently he acts when it involves Argentina Vs other teams? You still need me to remind you his statement after the Cape Verde game? Talking about refs, what does the rule say about deliberate hand balls? Yellow card right? Hope you watch Argentina Vs Netherland? Mexico Vs South Africa, he first red card of this competition was from an elbow, twice Argentina players has done it, no yellow card. Fouling a player with your stud showing is at least a yellow if the referee wants to over look at it, Messi got away without even a yellow card. Vs Egypt, foul before a goal was disallowed for Egypt and a foul before a goal as well wasn't disallowed for Argentina, same match, same offence but different outcome. These are just few games and you still expect us not to think FIFA and ref and in the same collaboration for Argentina. Hope you realise there still an ongoing investigation involving FIFA and Argentina FA as regards to 2022 World cup winners money!

[Jegileman]

People are hyping up England and France based on paper, but the gap between these top four teams is basically non-existent. On any given day, Spain or Argentina could completely outplay them. A 10-game series would just be a chaotic cycle of everyone beating everyone. It really comes down to daily form, tactics, and minor details. Staying away from the obvious favorites is definitely where the real betting value is right now. It's unpredictable, but that's exactly why we love this game.

Their forms based on paper is actually necessary to be putting into consideration but that’s not where the conclusiveness should be. All teams are great teams and they can outplay each other at any given time. We can’t just pick one team out of them and have our full concerns on them, it has to be on a neutral ground as it it now. Spain and Argentina cannot be regarded as under dogs in this games as they also have probability of making it to the next round of the competition without their qualification causing a big rift amongst many others.

[KingsDen]

Absolutely. It's safe to say this match will pit a team with a sharp attack against a team with a strong defense. France has scored 16 goals in six matches against Spain conceding only one and has kept five clean sheets. This semifinal match will be interesting to watch as both teams have their own strengths. It's not just about who wins but also about who is best prepared in crucial moments to reach the final.

Personally, I still favor France because of their physicality. This will also be a factor especially since the weather in America is different from Europe. So in my opinion, physicality is very important in this match and France is far stronger than Spain. France strong stamina gives them an advantage in transitions especially with midfielders like Rabiot, Tchou, and Kone.

You are absolutely right, The semi final is going to be very interesting, It is going to be one of the best games in the world cup so far. The last time these two sides meet was in the UEFA Nations league semi finals. Spain won the game and a total of 9 goals where scored 5 for Spain, 4 for France. And the last two games these two sides played against each other was semi finals, and Spain won both semi finals, and again we are seeing them in another semi finals.

This time I don't think Spain will win France to make 3 consecutive semi final wins against France. France are clear favourites to win tomorrow's game, they have been unstoppable throughout the tournament, and I am guessing a win for them.

[red4slash]

People are hyping up England and France based on paper, but the gap between these top four teams is basically non-existent. On any given day, Spain or Argentina could completely outplay them. A 10-game series would just be a chaotic cycle of everyone beating everyone. It really comes down to daily form, tactics, and minor details. Staying away from the obvious favorites is definitely where the real betting value is right now. It's unpredictable, but that's exactly why we love this game.

I will still be very confident with France who can be in the final but for England against Argentina it is not easy.
I know Spain are one of the favourites as well for now but France are really outstanding for now with the player material they have. Spain's real shortcoming lies in their targetman although Oyarzabal is also quite good but his performance cannot be predicted.

For Argentina and England this is certainly not easy because both teams are still in positive terms let alone England who are still confident after beating Norway but we do not know what happens in this match and for sure this will be full of drama.  The most important thing now is that Argentina have to prove that they still deserve to play against a strong team because even though they are in the semi-finals for the World Cup this time but I still feel there is nothing special that Argentina did.

[pawel7777]

I can't help feeling sorry for Norway. They played a really good tournament and made it far. In the game against England, they took the lead and things were looking very bright for them, but they eventually conceded 2 goals and are out. There have been some controversies surrounding some referees' decisions, one of which includes the ball hitting a cable that changed the ball's direction a bit and helped Bellingham score his 2nd goal, but that's in the past now.

The semi-finals are looking really exciting. Odds from Winna.com are as follows:

France x2.38 Vs Spain x3.20; Draw x3.10
England x2.62 Vs Argentina x3.05; Draw x2.92

So the bookies expect two fairly even games, where anything is possible.
France is considered to be the strongest team, but I have a feeling Spain will make it through.

[EL MOHA]

Their forms based on paper is actually necessary to be putting into consideration but that’s not where the conclusiveness should be. All teams are great teams and they can outplay each other at any given time. We can’t just pick one team out of them and have our full concerns on them, it has to be on a neutral ground as it it now. Spain and Argentina cannot be regarded as under dogs in this games as they also have probability of making it to the next round of the competition without their qualification causing a big rift amongst many others.

This are games between the FIFA world rank top four teams and without underrating any of the team this definitely the game for the biggest nations and none is superior to each other going into this game. Even the players know this and they seriously need to be well prepared because the best of that night will be the winners and no second chance. I even like the fixtures are arrangement, possession football teams are in one category while the physical battle is another game, the France vs Spain actually takes the possession football while the Argentina vs England game will be base physical battle more. I wouldn’t even make my predictions but definitely will be a trilling match between them four

[Furious 7]

France x2.38 Vs Spain x3.20; Draw x3.10
England x2.62 Vs Argentina x3.05; Draw x2.92

So the bookies expect two fairly even games, where anything is possible.
France is considered to be the strongest team, but I have a feeling Spain will make it through.

For the semi-finals I slightly avoided betting on 1x2 but I have a belief contrary to yours because I am in Francis who will go on to the final.

But instead of being in 1x2 I prefer France to qualify even though the odds are no bigger than 1x2 because the odds are only 1.66 but I am more comfortable there.
I am also in BTTS Yes betting for these 2 matches because I am quite sure with the capacity of 4 teams playing BTTS tests it is possible to have a greater probability.

1x2 although the odds are very attractive but I always doubt when a big match like this happens even though I'm pretty sure France is a strong candidate to qualify for the final but winning in normal time against Spain is definitely not easy for now.