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

[B-BossMan]

In a finals, you can't be too sure of this kind of prediction because teams are capable of bringing the kind of fire that the other brings to the table. if Argentina steps up big time before the finals, expect that they will even do better in the finals. Spain on their own part is a team you cant write off and wont score and sit back the way ENGLAND did so you want to expect a lot of back and fourth in that game. at the end, if the game doesn't take us to penalty shootout, then just expect that we will see series of goals and counters from both ends.

Spain and Argentina have great players, Messi and yamal. You don't know which team will win The winner can be Spain or Argentina but something is certain, a winner will  emerge in the end
However in this final you can  chose any team of your choice if its Argentina you are supporting or Spain the choice is yours.

I'm supporting Spain to win this final this is because Argentina has win it more than them. Spain has only won the w.cup once in their entire football and it was in  2010 So if there is a team that deserve to win this final I think it is Spain..the match will be interesting, Spain will do whatever it would take them to defeat Argentina in this final and Argentina will play their best to win it for the fourth time.
There still nothing wrong if Argentina probably win it for a fourth time.

This match is going to tough a little, and to predict this match is hard and one must be very careful while predicting or staking on who to win the final, I would say that this FIFA World Cup final will also be among the best finals. Both teams are good and have the ability to deliver beyond our expectations, Messi is a great player that could perform surprisingly even in a die minutes of the match, same goes to Spain, in fact the both of them seems to have the same patterns of playing, Argentina can play a ground ball and are good in holding ball for long and that was the same patterns the Spain’s is also playing, well I also preferred the Spain should lift this season FIFA World cup final.......Argentina vs Spain.

[banana33]

It is true that if England had been able to continue playing the same way they started from the beginning and finish the game, then the result could have been different, but as time passed, their game started to deteriorate and Argentina took advantage of this opportunity. I have seen most of Argentina's games where they performed inconsistently at the beginning of the game, but towards the end of the game, their game changed a lot and the opposing team's game started to deteriorate. As a result, the Argentine players were able to make good use of this opportunity, which is why they have survived so far.

It was the same story as the European final against Italy, you take the lead and then you don't know how to maintain the intensity proposed up to that point, there's just a drop in tension and a psychological drop that's inexplicable for the type of match you're playing, and you cant afford that in these competitions.

[Mayor of ogba]

Well this was literally the outcome I expected and I would have been surprised if the game had ended in a 1:0. The game just proves the saying that never say it’s over until it’s over, because I know all England supporters had already concluded that it was actually over with England leading with one goal at 80+ minutes. At some point I was even wondering is Argentina intentionally wanted or planned to wait till that time before doing their magic, because all of a sudden it looked like they suddenly knew what they were doing, scoring 2 goals in less than 20 minutes with two tremendous assists from Messi…

When England edged Norway 2-1 to set up a semi finals match against Argentina, I knew Argentina would likely advance to the final because of how England always find it difficult to win against strong opponents. England started very well in the match and took the lead through Gordon in the 55th minute. I was expecting them to continue with the same playing style they started with at the beginning of the match after their goal, but the choice of Tuchel changing his tactics to low block changed everything for England. You don't defend against a team like Argentina with just one goal lead and expect to win the match when there's a lot of time remaining. England brought what happened to them against Argentina, and I don't see anything special about it.

[martinom]

It's so shameful as before the goal of Gordon, England played almost equally with Argentina and if they only played a little bit worse than this, but aimed at control ball, do some attacks, counter attacks, they would not lose the semi final.

The team is strong but the mentality of the coach first and foremost is weak, and if your coach is unable to convey tranquility to you, you in turn cannot convey it to others, this was seen very well last night, the fear of disappointing is stronger than the determination to win, and this inevitably leads to what happened.

[Noorooo]

The semi-final was as expected. This team always does that. In the last minute, they just change the game. This team is amazing and is so good that people hate them, and I personally don't like this team but to be honest, they are an absolutely amazing team, and I think they will win this tournament. I think they can beat Spain easily. They are in amazing form. Otherwise, football is the game where miracles can happen, anything can happen. Because in the France semi-final, a lot of people were on France's side and thought they could win easily but the opposite happened. Football is truly guys the game of miracles.

[Pumared]

The semi-final was as expected. This team always does that. In the last minute, they just change the game. This team is amazing and is so good that people hate them, and I personally don't like this team but to be honest, they are an absolutely amazing team, and I think they will win this tournament. I think they can beat Spain easily. They are in amazing form. Otherwise, football is the game where miracles can happen, anything can happen. Because in the France semi-final, a lot of people were on France's side and thought they could win easily but the opposite happened. Football is truly guys the game of miracles.

I think Spain has finally learned Argentina's game. They suffer pressure and end up being defeated. The key is to gain an advantage and keep attacking, not just close up defensively like England did. Because that only delays the inevitable. But penalties at this stage would also be wonderful.

[liasbaa]

It's so shameful as before the goal of Gordon, England played almost equally with Argentina and if they only played a little bit worse than this, but aimed at control ball, do some attacks, counter attacks, they would not lose the semi final.

The team is strong but the mentality of the coach first and foremost is weak, and if your coach is unable to convey tranquility to you, you in turn cannot convey it to others, this was seen very well last night, the fear of disappointing is stronger than the determination to win, and this inevitably leads to what happened.

Thomas Tuchel has said Argentina the favourites before the semi-final, which was a sign of his weakness. We saw the proof of that in the overall performance of the match. He should have been motivating the players of the team he is in charge of, but he actually underestimated his own team by saying that the opposition was stronger. The match was disappointing for England, who came so close but could not prove their superiority over what was historically the best team in the world.

[kennycryptoitalia]

England switched from controlling the game to absorbing pressure from Argentina. This is the playing style we have all been criticizing Arsenal for all through last season. But Thomas Tuchel did not know which team was best to use this tactic for. Argentina is not the type of team you let pressure you. I saw the switch yesterday. Messi at the right wing instead of the center. He kept putting the ball in the 18-yard box back to back, looking for that one moment. England kept sitting deep, absorbing all the pressure that led to the winning goal.

you can use the bus tactic in front of the goal, it's true but at most 10 minutes from the end with a result that's on your side and with an excellent defensive ability that England hasn't demonstrated this year, and it's right that Argentina came through for the quality they put on the pitch and their determination until the end.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I have no interest in the 3rd place play off, it just doesn’t interest me at all. I guarantee the players won’t care either, they will be really disappointed after losing their semi finals. They probably just want to go home of on holiday before the season starts.

The final, now that is something I will watch. The biggest sporting even in the world. I think Spain will win but part of me wants to see Messi end the GOAT discussions once and for all, by winning his 2nd World Cup and retiring from international football as the greatest ever.

[laspol65]

The semi-final was as expected. This team always does that. In the last minute, they just change the game. This team is amazing and is so good that people hate them, and I personally don't like this team but to be honest, they are an absolutely amazing team, and I think they will win this tournament. I think they can beat Spain easily. They are in amazing form. Otherwise, football is the game where miracles can happen, anything can happen. Because in the France semi-final, a lot of people were on France's side and thought they could win easily but the opposite happened. Football is truly guys the game of miracles.

Football is a tough competition and it is quite suitable for determining fate, only those who can perform well can create the ability to win. Here, Argentina and Spain have reached the final, these two teams are strong and they survive until the end. And in this game, the Argentine team will try their best to perform and make their team a record in the pages of history. Only the players of the lucky team will be able to win here, but there is nothing to underestimate Spain,
Because if the Argentine team performs with the aggressive way the Spanish team performed with the French team, then the Argentine team can definitely lose. So this is a miracle and we will not be able to determine any correct result until we reach the end, so we must be patient.

[Swordsoffreedom]

This match is going to tough a little, and to predict this match is hard and one must be very careful while predicting or staking on who to win the final, I would say that this FIFA World Cup final will also be among the best finals. Both teams are good and have the ability to deliver beyond our expectations, Messi is a great player that could perform surprisingly even in a die minutes of the match, same goes to Spain, in fact the both of them seems to have the same patterns of playing, Argentina can play a ground ball and are good in holding ball for long and that was the same patterns the Spain’s is also playing, well I also preferred the Spain should lift this season FIFA World cup final.......Argentina vs Spain.

Every match in the knockout round was very exciting. We did not even see the favorite teams win. For example, France and England were considered the most favorite teams in the semi-finals. But they could not win.

Both Spain and Argentina are very strong teams in this World Cup. The players are in good form. They are very confident. At the same time, we know that Fuente and Scaloni have excellent match tactics. So both of them will try their best to win this match. The match will undoubtedly be an enjoyable match. But probably the match will not be high scoring.

[Volgastallion]

I still didnt know who to follow in the sunday game, is pretty difficult, my rational side saids Spain is a "better" team or a much lubricated one and other side of my says argentina still have Messi and they survive all this world cup coming from behind like they have some special fire in them, so i dont know what is gonna happen at all.

For me is gonna be good for the football if Messi wins another WC to end the idiot discussion about the so called GOAT.

[reagansimms]

This match is going to tough a little, and to predict this match is hard and one must be very careful while predicting or staking on who to win the final, I would say that this FIFA World Cup final will also be among the best finals. Both teams are good and have the ability to deliver beyond our expectations, Messi is a great player that could perform surprisingly even in a die minutes of the match, same goes to Spain, in fact the both of them seems to have the same patterns of playing, Argentina can play a ground ball and are good in holding ball for long and that was the same patterns the Spain’s is also playing, well I also preferred the Spain should lift this season FIFA World cup final.......Argentina vs Spain.

The match between Argentina and Spain is truly worthy of being called the dream final at the 2026 World Cup because it brings together the two best teams in the world. Argentina who are the defending champions, will face Spain, who have performed exceptionally throughout this tournament. Both teams went into the final undefeated since the group stage, Argentina recorded 7 wins from 7 matches, while Spain recorded 6 wins and one draw.
This final is not just a fight for the championship title, but a battle between the team with the sharpest attack line and the most solid defense. It is very difficult for me to predict who will be the 2026 World Cup Champion because both of them are equally worthy of winning the championship.

[Derekfunds]

I have no interest in the 3rd place play off, it just doesn’t interest me at all. I guarantee the players won’t care either, they will be really disappointed after losing their semi finals. They probably just want to go home of on holiday before the season starts.

The final, now that is something I will watch. The biggest sporting even in the world. I think Spain will win but part of me wants to see Messi end the GOAT discussions once and for all, by winning his 2nd World Cup and retiring from international football as the greatest ever.

This actually makes sense everyone will surely be disappointed and angry for not making it to the finals yet there is still a small honor in the third place even though it may not be as big as the finals. I think the players will still come in full and make sure they win because they don't actually have a choice and I think people that won't be interested or won't watch the game is the fans because it will be like their own country messed up. Messi is a nice player but people won't accept that fact he is the greatest.

[DanWalker]

When England edged Norway 2-1 to set up a semi finals match against Argentina, I knew Argentina would likely advance to the final because of how England always find it difficult to win against strong opponents. England started very well in the match and took the lead through Gordon in the 55th minute. I was expecting them to continue with the same playing style they started with at the beginning of the match after their goal, but the choice of Tuchel changing his tactics to low block changed everything for England. You don't defend against a team like Argentina with just one goal lead and expect to win the match when there's a lot of time remaining. England brought what happened to them against Argentina, and I don't see anything special about it.

England played well enough against Argentina until they scored. Gordon was able to score a great goal. And even then Tuchel changed  his tactics. And that was probably his biggest mistake. England players could not create any strong attacking opportunities. On the other hand, argentina players were able to attack a lot in the last  30 minutes. Until the end, england defenders were not  able to resist argentina's attacks. If england had continued their attacking  gameplay, the match would have been more  competitive.

[fuguebtc]

I have no interest in the 3rd place play off, it just doesn’t interest me at all. I guarantee the players won’t care either, they will be really disappointed after losing their semi finals. They probably just want to go home of on holiday before the season starts.

The final, now that is something I will watch. The biggest sporting even in the world. I think Spain will win but part of me wants to see Messi end the GOAT discussions once and for all, by winning his 2nd World Cup and retiring from international football as the greatest ever.

I think both teams will take the match seriously. Especially Mbappe will give  his full effort in this match. He still has the potential to  become the top scorer of the world cup. He will  definitely try.

Both France and england are very strong. If they  give their full effort to win the match then this match will undoubtedly become very  exciting. Both the attacks are very strong as we have seen. In this match I will expect at least  4 goals from both the teams. But again there is also a possibility that the players will take the match  lightly. They may not give their full effort. The players are really tired after the long journey of the world cup.

[Cryptoprincess101]

I have no interest in the 3rd place play off, it just doesn’t interest me at all. I guarantee the players won’t care either, they will be really disappointed after losing their semi finals. They probably just want to go home of on holiday before the season starts.

Of course, the 3rd place match doesn't get much attention because no one cares about who wins as all focus is always towards the final match. Besides, both teams no longer put enough energy during the third place match because after all, it's just a fight for the bronze medal.

The final, now that is something I will watch. The biggest sporting even in the world. I think Spain will win but part of me wants to see Messi end the GOAT discussions once and for all, by winning his 2nd World Cup and retiring from international football as the greatest ever.

All eyes will be on the final match because that is football greatest trophy any player can achieve in their football career. I want Messi to win the world cup because he has contributed to where the team is now, he sure deserves a second world cup but as for the GOAT debate, Messi has already ended it by only reaching the world cup final so winning it will only be a bonus mark. On the other hand, Lamine Yamal also deserves to win his first world cup as it will give him and edge over any player that he will compete with throughout his football career. It will be a strong battle between Argentina and Spain but the only reason why I think that Spain may likely win is because of their formidable defense. Spain doesn't concede much goals in almost all their matches in this tournament, it shows strong discipline in their defenders unlike Argentina that has conceded more goals.

[Danica22]

Thomas Tuchel has said Argentina the favourites before the semi-final, which was a sign of his weakness. We saw the proof of that in the overall performance of the match. He should have been motivating the players of the team he is in charge of, but he actually underestimated his own team by saying that the opposition was stronger. The match was disappointing for England, who came so close but could not prove their superiority over what was historically the best team in the world.

Tuchel's statement was just common courtesy. I've seen Scaloni make similar statements. I would not  call it Tuchel's fault. Argentina's players  are always confident. We've seen it in every match in the knockout round. But england's main problem was changing their tactics at the end of the second half and  playing defensively. If England had not  played defensively, Argentina wouldn't have created so  many attacking opportunities. We would have seen a lot of attacking from both teams and the  match would have been more enjoyable. England wanted to finish  the match 1-0 . That was Tuchel's biggest  mistake.

[Nahl]

When England edged Norway 2-1 to set up a semi finals match against Argentina, I knew Argentina would likely advance to the final because of how England always find it difficult to win against strong opponents. England started very well in the match and took the lead through Gordon in the 55th minute. I was expecting them to continue with the same playing style they started with at the beginning of the match after their goal, but the choice of Tuchel changing his tactics to low block changed everything for England. You don't defend against a team like Argentina with just one goal lead and expect to win the match when there's a lot of time remaining. England brought what happened to them against Argentina, and I don't see anything special about it.

England played well enough against Argentina until they scored. Gordon was able to score a great goal. And even then Tuchel changed  his tactics. And that was probably his biggest mistake. England players could not create any strong attacking opportunities. On the other hand, argentina players were able to attack a lot in the last  30 minutes. Until the end, england defenders were not  able to resist argentina's attacks. If england had continued their attacking  gameplay, the match would have been more  competitive.

England mistakes is when they were leading the game they have started to playing defensive that's make Argentina can control the game and when Argentina can scores goal i can see England players started to lost focus and let second goal happened.

Actually i was supported England to won the game because i got impressed to them when beat Norway but the game against Argentina is really dissapointing me but, at least this is good achievement for England and they have a chance to finished the tournament with third place if beat France later.

[bastisisca]

I wasn't surprised when Argentina turned the game around, because Tuchel always makes mistakes. Look at what he did by taking Declan Rice off too early and immediately bringing in three defenders. That shows Tuchel has a loser's mentality, wanting to end the game by defending for long periods. If England had continued their aggressive play until the end, the story wouldn't have ended like this. After taking a 1-0 lead, Tuchel felt he was in control, but the pressure turned against him, and he had to admit his reckless decision.

Tuchel hasn't learned from the past, when he coached Bayern Munich. Remember Bayern beating Real Madrid in the Champions League last season? Tuchel made the same mistake, and Madrid turned the game around.

If you know Tuchel playing strategy, no one would be surprised by today's result.

I was even surprised by the change in England's manager, i would never have expected Tuchel and in any case i agree with you absolutely, you have a compact team that has played well in every match, you get to the semi-final and you get scared to the point of closing down and repelling the attack, and a World Cup not a friendly.