FIFA 2026 World Cup/Ticket Discussion Thread.

[kizilhare]

First three matches are over, but I haven't enjoyed any of the football.
We are seeing the positive contributions of the changed rules, but a three-minute television break in the 22nd minute of the match is completely illogical. The first round matches seem like they will be boring.
I expect the second matches to be high-scoring.

[yenerbatmaz]

Bosnia and Herzegovina scored a goal, but Canada definitely deserved to win the match.
Canada had one shot hit the post and another cleared off the line.
Cyle Larin, who came on in the 76th minute, scored the equalizer.
We saw a goal from Larin, whom we know from Beşiktaş, that was not typical of him.
Both teams got one point. Switzerland is the favorite in this group. The unknown team is Qatar.

[juttsab@]

Justice prevailed in the South Korea-Czech Republic match. Despite South Korea dominating the game from start to finish, they fell behind 1-0 after Krejci's header, but scored the equalizer just 8 minutes later. The winning goal for South Korea was scored by our striker Hyeon-Gyu Oh, who plays for Beşiktaş, and he made us proud. I found the Czech Republic's performance quite weak. They don't really attack properly. I find it difficult for them to advance from this group. Korea won 2-1 and started the tournament with 3 points.

South Korea won their first match of the World cup against Czech by 2-1. In the first half Korea dominated with 55% possession ,0.77xG no big chance created and total of 8 shots on the other hand Czech with 45% possession just shot total of 2 shots. In the second half Korea kept 69% of the ball ,1.53xG and 4 big chances created out of which 2 were successfully converted into goal and total of 7 shots. Czech with 31% possession scored the first goal of the game in the 59th minute by Krejci after 8 minutes of that goal In-Beom scored an equalizer and H.oh scored the 2nd in the 80 minute. Korea is now 2nd in the group with 3 points below Mexico.

[laspol65]

Bosnia and Herzegovina scored a goal, but Canada definitely deserved to win the match.
Canada had one shot hit the post and another cleared off the line.
Cyle Larin, who came on in the 76th minute, scored the equalizer.
We saw a goal from Larin, whom we know from Beşiktaş, that was not typical of him.
Both teams got one point. Switzerland is the favorite in this group. The unknown team is Qatar.

I didn't see much competition in this game, both teams are not very experienced. However, the Canadian team players were a little aggressive but they couldn't use their attacks. I can completely identify this as a failure of their experience, because the kick they took was aimed at the goal post and the possibility of a goal was 100% certain.
But it wasn't, Bosnia was lucky here, they scored an early goal and didn't see any more goals. However, the game was tied, so it was easy for the Bosnian team to collect points.

[SatoPrincess]

I always knew that this World Cup would be chaotic because of the host’s immigration strong policies but I didn’t think it would affect the officials. The matches haven’t even started yet, and the World Cup is already having controversies. What next? ICE waiting outside the stadium to check documentation of fans??

What happened to the referee from Africa is a very ugly and bad way they treat people who go to work in the world in the USA. In fact, I've never agreed with visas and all that. I think we're all equal. In sports, we're like that, and those bans, that contempt, and those humiliations don't sit well with me. Shame on FIFA for not intervening in this case and defending the referee.

It’s sad that today’s world is such a dark place. The referee is not just missing out on a career opportunity, but also losing over 100k in wages and bonuses. Even the offer from Canada and Mexico to officiate in the games that will be played in their country is not going to happen because he missed the mandatory prep for the World Cup.

[yenerbatmaz]

I can say that the most enjoyable match played so far was the USA-Paraguay game.
The USA scored a goal in extra time in both halves.
Balogun's performance was outstanding. He almost scored a hat-trick in the first match, but his goal in the 27th minute was disallowed for offside.
Balogun's second goal was truly magnificent. If this player continues to perform like this, he will transfer to another team other than Monaco. He played brilliantly in this match.

In my opinion, Paraguay seems to be the weakest link in this group.
Our team is also in this group and we have a match against Australia tomorrow. Hopefully, we will also start the tournament with 3 points in our first match.

[Italian Panic]

A superb performance from the United States, who displayed a level of skill and teamwork on the pitch unlike anything we have seen before. President Trump will be delighted that his guys have dominated a nation from the latin america. A spectacular show at the Sofi Arena, the kind of entertainment that only the Americans know how to deliver.

[johnsaributua]

A superb performance from the United States, who displayed a level of skill and teamwork on the pitch unlike anything we have seen before. President Trump will be delighted that his guys have dominated a nation from the latin america. A spectacular show at the Sofi Arena, the kind of entertainment that only the Americans know how to deliver.

Their first match immediately brought victory to their supporters as they were also one of the hosts and with this victory they immediately moved into first place in Group D.

Their impressive performance which made Paraguay seem unable to control the match especially with the significant victory gave them confidence that they would advance further in this World Cup. This was because their performance was truly worthy of their qualification to the next round. This victory also made their President immediately happy as the result which the number one person in the United States had been waiting for made him confident that his team could compete with other teams in this World Cup especially since they were one of the teams nominated by FIFA to host the tournament.

[DiMarxist]

A superb performance from the United States, who displayed a level of skill and teamwork on the pitch unlike anything we have seen before. President Trump will be delighted that his guys have dominated a nation from the latin america. A spectacular show at the Sofi Arena, the kind of entertainment that only the Americans know how to deliver.

Their first match immediately brought victory to their supporters as they were also one of the hosts and with this victory they immediately moved into first place in Group D.

Their impressive performance which made Paraguay seem unable to control the match especially with the significant victory gave them confidence that they would advance further in this World Cup. This was because their performance was truly worthy of their qualification to the next round. This victory also made their President immediately happy as the result which the number one person in the United States had been waiting for made him confident that his team could compete with other teams in this World Cup especially since they were one of the teams nominated by FIFA to host the tournament.

I was really impressed with the quality of football that was played by the united states this early morning. The United States is just one win away from making it to the next round of the tournament, the coach of the United States has really done a very good job since assuming the position as the head coach of the United States. If they can maintain this type of performance in the remaining games in the group stage, the united states is going to go far in this tournament even though it too early to be making predictions as the tournament is only starting.

[HajiBagi]

A superb performance from the United States, who displayed a level of skill and teamwork on the pitch unlike anything we have seen before. President Trump will be delighted that his guys have dominated a nation from the latin america. A spectacular show at the Sofi Arena, the kind of entertainment that only the Americans know how to deliver.

USA performance against Paraguay is one of the best performances i have watched so far in this current World Cup, from the beginning to the end they perform well like a PSG and prime Barcelona team, to be honest i did not expect this kind of performance from them because their performance in the friendly before the World Cup is not that good, seeing that performance yesterday makes me believe that USA have a good players and they will definitely going to pass the group stage.

Pochettino is definitely doing a good job despite people are seeing him as an average coach that will not help the country, If Pochettino can make this USA squad keep performing like this they will definitely going to reach final or semi final of the World Cup because they have players that can make that happen and having Balogun as a striker is a blessing for the team because he can score many goals for them.

[Agbe]

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If I would have known, I would have placed bet on USA instead of Canada. In my analysis in the two game yesterday was, Canada would win Bosnia and Herzegovina but Canada disappointed me and made me to lost my bet yesterday. And I was thinking that Paraguay would draw with USA so  bet on Canada to win. And they played their nonsense game yesterday. Though the money was not big but it was painful because I was not playing for entertainment but to win the game.

[POPOLUV]

The FIFA world cup 2026 tournament is gradually moving forward as planned, and the few first leg matches that was played so far, was really a crucial winning on those teams that made it through, after those matches been played i observed that most of the teams was home winning, apart from Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina which happened to end in 1:1 draw since the beginning of the FIFA world cup 2026, and the remaining schedule matches that are yet to be play today is, Qatar vs Switzerland and Brazil vs Morocco, if you should ask me, i will say that this two matches is going to be a very tough one between the two opponents, because Qatar team won Switzerland 1:0 in the year 2018 and till then they haven't meet again, if I'm not mistaken and talking about Brazil vs Morocco, Brazil won Morocco 3:0 in the year 1998 and Morocco won back 2:1 in the 2023.