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

[Joca97]

Spain isn't playing good soccer, but Argentina is even worse. They're all bunched up at the back, just defending, and with Enzo Fernandez's red card, they'll be 10 men behind the line in extra time and hoping for a penalty shootout.

Yesterday's game between France and England was a hundred times better.

Spain is trying something to do and is trying to attack,while Argentina aint doing anything. After 90 minutes Argentina dosent have a single shot and thats insane,they are just terrible i cannot believe what im watching. This match is honestly really bad and if both teams could lose i would choose that.

Still i hope Spain wins this match just because Argentina is playing really bad and dosent want to attack,its like they just want the penalties to try and win this match with that.

[Churchillvv]

Spain isn't playing good soccer, but Argentina is even worse. They're all bunched up at the back, just defending, and with Enzo Fernandez's red card, they'll be 10 men behind the line in extra time and hoping for a penalty shootout.

Yesterday's game between France and England was a hundred times better.

Yesterday game with 10 goals in total, that was a bad play than this, finals are always very tight nobody wants to conceive, everyone plays defensive and a few attacks so this is pretty much what strong games look like no body is weak at this point but we 10 to 11 is just one man down if they were meant to win they for sure will.

[Hispo]

Spain isn't playing good soccer, but Argentina is even worse. They're all bunched up at the back, just defending, and with Enzo Fernandez's red card, they'll be 10 men behind the line in extra time and hoping for a penalty shootout.

Yesterday's game between France and England was a hundred times better.

I don't even know what is going on with Argentina, to be honest. They don't seem to be playing with all their energies and their effort. Their goalkeeper is doing all the work, he has managed to practically save the ass of the whole team several times during this match. On the other hand, the goalkeeper of Spain has not even sweated as much as his Argentina counter-part has during this match.

Taking a look at the odds of this match, it seems people still believe Spain will be able to win this final. And I have go agree, Argentina seems to be lagging...

[Frankolala]

Spain isn't playing good soccer, but Argentina is even worse. They're all bunched up at the back, just defending, and with Enzo Fernandez's red card, they'll be 10 men behind the line in extra time and hoping for a penalty shootout.

Yesterday's game between France and England was a hundred times better.

The red card will definitely affect Argentina performance in the extra 30 minutes and I believe that it's a big opportunity for Spain to take advantage of the game and win it because Argentina will go on full defense to see how they can extend it to a penalty shootout because that where they can have a better chance of winning the game. Argentina is playing like shit.

[laspol65]

Another player from Argentina got a red card, Fernandez, an important player from a team, is resting outside the field after receiving a red card. Meanwhile, the performance of the Argentina team is weak, but even if the game reaches the end of the regular time, the Argentina team will have to go through more extra time. However, the possibility of scoring goals is highest in this extra time, where each player is performing very importantly. If the Spain team performs like this,
then they will definitely be able to score goals in some time, in the last minute Yamal made a kick that was more likely to hit the goalpost of the Argentina team and the supporters of the Spain team were watching, this shoot was very nice.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I'm surprised the odds for Argentina seems bigger than for Spain, but that doesn't count. It might be a trick to lure millions on the favourite. Personally, I think this will be a match with less goals than usual, and may extend to the extras

Why do I keep making free predictions without staking a few bucks on it, boy I'm just so sick of having things become a reality in my mind, but can't convert the same energy to wager on it. Just like I predicted few minutes before the game began, it happens. No goals for any of these teams and we have to head over to the extra time.  
What I want Spain to take note of is, Argentina has been almost undefeatable by any team when the game gets into the extra time, because of course, that is why they preserve so much energy. They need to lock in and connect more passes for an early goal. They don't have all the time in the world.

[Umulala-alala]

It's full time and still 0-0 as nothing seems to separate the both teams they will be going into an extra time, Argentina is already with 10 men now and this is going to increase the pressure in them more. Argentina goal keeper made a good save in the last minute of the second half a free kick played by Yamal almost ended the game before this extra time but the goal keeper says no.

[Arenga pinnata]

After watching the 90 minutes of this final match, a few things surprised me. Namely, it turns out that not many teams are actually capable of overwhelming the Spanish defense. So far, France, Belgium, Cape Verde, and Portugal are the teams that have been able to put pressure on the Spanish defense. Aside from these 4 teams, it seems few others have been able to put pressure on Spain’s defense. Even Argentina struggled to control the ball and apply pressure in Spain’s defensive zone. Argentina should have been able to do better. But, well, the Spanish players really kept Argentina from making much of a move.

I’m disappointed by the red card E. Fernandez received; he should have been more careful, especially since this was the final.

[KTChampions]

I don't even know what is going on with Argentina, to be honest. They don't seem to be playing with all their energies and their effort. Their goalkeeper is doing all the work, he has managed to practically save the ass of the whole team several times during this match. On the other hand, the goalkeeper of Spain has not even sweated as much as his Argentina counter-part has during this match.

Taking a look at the odds of this match, it seems people still believe Spain will be able to win this final. And I have go agree, Argentina seems to be lagging...

The Spaniards took control of the ball, and they're simply better at everything. Argentina had zero shots on target the entire game!  
It's a shame Spain couldn't decide the game in regulation time, but I think given their numerical superiority after Fernandez's sending-off, they can do it in extra time. It would have been incredibly foolish to have such a huge lead and let the game go to penalties. Who would have thought that not only would there be no BTTS here, but there would be a goalless draw.

[nikola22]

Argentina's terrible performance in the final: xG - 0, Total shots - 0, Shots on target - 0.
it feels like Cape Verde is playing against Spain in the final.

[RockBell]

With how the game is going I think Spain have been doing very well and they can get the opportunity to achieve the victory at ends because Argentina are not that performing good as we think but I think is because they have won is before and Spain need the trophy more then them this season. Yamal as not get much chances in the match because they don’t like to give him space because is a generous player and any mistake Yamal we score the way Messi is doing when every is on the pitch. Let see how the match will end and see who will achieve the trophy.

See how tough the game is going and spain did a very good job to be able to hold them to this extent and even with the red card Argentina are still holding very tight and am just surprised how the game is turning out to be and I was expecting the game to be easy but them the game is getting hot and hot and now and the way Argentina are not taking chances the game is on another level and even yamal is not getting enough chances but his efforts is seem and who do you still think is going to win and now that the extra time have started.

And I did not expect things to be this bad because I was expecting Spain to have defeated Argentina but is not as easy as we all think and I know that we don't want messi to win the world cup again because they will be equals since Ronaldo was on able to win it to this time around.

[GiftedMAN]

It's full time and still 0-0 as nothing seems to sperate the both teams they will be going into an extra time, Argentina is already with 10 men now and this is going to increase the pressure in them more. Argentina goal keeper made a good save in the last minute of the second half a free kick played by Yamal almost ended the game before this extra time but the goal keeper says no.

This is time for Argentina to hold on to their defense cause Spain was dominating them from the beginning of the game and coming to this moment when they are one man down they will have to work hard to keep Spain away from hitting the back of the net. The Argentina goal keeper has been so wonderful with his performance not just in the free kick he saved but all the shots he has stopped. Spain should win in the extra minutes they are forcing attack on Argentina.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

The match ended 0-0 for the FT, and now the match is going into extra time. Argentina's biggest problem now is that Enzo Fernández has left the field after receiving a red card, and Argentina is playing with a team of 10 people throughout this extra time, which is a negative setback for them.

However, I did not expect Argentina to play so badly in this final match, they have not had a shot so far, they are performing very badly in attack.
I do not know, but if the match will reach penalty shootout at the end ?

[RaltcoinsB]

It's full time and still 0-0 as nothing seems to sperate the both teams they will be going into an extra time, Argentina is already with 10 men now and this is going to increase the pressure in them more. Argentina goal keeper made a good save in the last minute of the second half a free kick played by Yamal almost ended the game before this extra time but the goal keeper says no.

This is time for Argentina to hold on to their defense cause Spain was dominating them from the beginning of the game and coming to this moment when they are one man down they will have to work hard to keep Spain away from hitting the back of the net. The Argentina goal keeper has been so wonderful with his performance not just in the free kick he saved but all the shots he has stopped. Spain should win in the extra minutes they are forcing attack on Argentina.

Everything looks wrong for Argentina. They haven't created a single chance and haven't shown any presence in the match. On top of that, they received a red card in the final seconds. Now they're in a nightmare extra time period, and Spain could beat them in extra time. Argentina's only chance now is to take the match to extra time and win the cup on penalties.

[Hyphen(-)]

It's full time and still 0-0 as nothing seems to separate the both teams they will be going into an extra time, Argentina is already with 10 men now and this is going to increase the pressure in them more. Argentina goal keeper made a good save in the last minute of the second half a free kick played by Yamal almost ended the game before this extra time but the goal keeper says no.

Everything is still possible in football, playing against ten men is always difficult, and this is final, everyone will want to win it.

I don’t know who to support again at this moment because Spain has tried everything in their power to score in the regular time, but they couldn’t despite all their attempts to score, while Argentina were busy defending because they ended the entire 90 minutes without a single shot which is terrible for a team that have Messi and Alvarez as their players.

It’s all about luck now, but I hope Yamal starts another chapter with World Cup instead of Messi winning it back to back. Just my opinion though.

[Furious 7]

Spain isn't playing good soccer, but Argentina is even worse. They're all bunched up at the back, just defending, and with Enzo Fernandez's red card, they'll be 10 men behind the line in extra time and hoping for a penalty shootout.

Yesterday's game between France and England was a hundred times better.

Spain is trying something to do and is trying to attack,while Argentina aint doing anything. After 90 minutes Argentina dosent have a single shot and thats insane,they are just terrible i cannot believe what im watching. This match is honestly really bad and if both teams could lose i would choose that.

Still i hope Spain wins this match just because Argentina is playing really bad and dosent want to attack,its like they just want the penalties to try and win this match with that.

It was a match that showed the quality comparison that took place because seeing from 90 minutes Argentina only fully defended with 0 shots and it was the first time I had seen them play like this.

Now in extra time they will do the same especially Enzo is not in their squad so there is no chance for Argentina now to make a surprise except for a miracle because with Spain's current performance and with the loss of one player it will be a difficult situation for them.
Now they will only seek a penalty I think because forcing being in 1x2 extra time they will never be able to get to their current condition.

[Oluwa-btc]

The red card will definitely affect Argentina performance in the extra 30 minutes and I believe that it's a big opportunity for Spain to take advantage of the game and win it because Argentina will go on full defense to see how they can extend it to a penalty shootout because that where they can have a better chance of winning the game. Argentina is playing like shit.

The red card can have an effect, both positive and negative. I'm sure if this game moves to be decided by spot kick,  Argentina goalkeeper Dibu Martinez will most definitely be a great assest for his nation.
The chance to win for Spain has just been ruled off by the officials. In my opinion, there's no way that  contact was a foul. The game has been beautiful anyways. Spain has shown fine quality in this game.

[Nightwalker(NW)]

Spain in control of the match, creating spaces to score and have had lots of opportunities to score without finding the net. Argentina is looking for their first shot of the match, one funny thing about this kind of match, when a particular team is dominating without scoring and the other team if they get one opportunity can bury it. Spain has the chances to score and Argentina is defending with all their might, I think if this match goes to penalties, Argentina will win it, they have a goalkeeper that's good at penalties. Spain is missing chances upon chances this night.

[MK-74]

In my opinion, they might as well hand the trophy to Argentina already.
Can someone explain to me where the foul was on Spain's disallowed goal?
We're watching an unbelievable match. I've never seen Argentina receive this much support.
Spain look like they're playing against both the referee and Argentina. It feels like everything is being done to prevent Argentina from conceding.
At this rate, I think this match is heading for a penalty shootout.

[Hispo]

The match ended 0-0 for the FT, and now the match is going into extra time. Argentina's biggest problem now is that Enzo Fernández has left the field after receiving a red card, and Argentina is playing with a team of 10 people throughout this extra time, which is a negative setback for them.

However, I did not expect Argentina to play so badly in this final match, they have not had a shot so far, they are performing very badly in attack.
I do not know, but if the match will reach penalty shootout at the end ?

Argentina does not even seem to be playing seriously. There have been other matches during this world cup which have been more exciting and have offered more balance, there is zero balance in this world cup, Spain is completely dominating this match.
At this point it seems Argentina would deserve to lose against of Spain, there are so many people on social media who are angry on how the Spain goal and deemed as null in the extra time.

If Argentina Wins, there will be a lot of angry people, and there will be doubts on the legitimacy of FIFA and it's referees.

Let us see what happens... It is not looking good for Argentina.