FIFA 2026 World Cup/Ticket Discussion Thread.

[Shineup]

Ecuador will face Germany, and Germany is the heavy favorite. Germany is expected to win, bringing their points tally to 9 and advancing to the next round. Ivory Coast will also play against Curaçao; Ivory Coast is the heavy favorite, and I anticipate a high-scoring victory.
Germany will advance from this group as the leader, with Ivory Coast finishing second. We could see some high-scoring matches today.

It is very much obvious that those are the two teams coming out of the group, all this one are nothing to worry much, the next round of the game is what we should be concerned about, and for Ivory Coast I highly recommend them for advancing to the next round of the tournament, I saw a draw about those that is already advanced to the next round, and I saw that Morroco will be facing Netherland, and I'm believing that Morroco will knock them out despite the kind of players they have, at least they've done it against Portugal and I'm still seeing them doing it again.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Ecuador will face Germany, and Germany is the heavy favorite. Germany is expected to win, bringing their points tally to 9 and advancing to the next round. Ivory Coast will also play against Curaçao; Ivory Coast is the heavy favorite, and I anticipate a high-scoring victory.
Germany will advance from this group as the leader, with Ivory Coast finishing second. We could see some high-scoring matches today.

It is very much obvious that those are the two teams coming out of the group, all this one are nothing to worry much, the next round of the game is what we should be concerned about, and for Ivory Coast I highly recommend them for advancing to the next round of the tournament, I saw a draw about those that is already advanced to the next round, and I saw that Morroco will be facing Netherland, and I'm believing that Morroco will knock them out despite the kind of players they have, at least they've done it against Portugal and I'm still seeing them doing it again.

Ecuador, Germany, and Ivory Coast have already secured their qualification from the group stage. I don't think Germany's loss to Ecuador was a surprise, as Germany had already secured top spot in the group, and they seemed to have slowed down the tempo to minimize the risk to their players and prepare for the next round.

As for the next round, it's still difficult to predict, although several teams have already decided their opponents. I'm still looking forward to all the group stage matches and hoping for some surprises, as I believe there are many exciting matches in this year's World Cup.

[Shussainshah]

It is very much obvious that those are the two teams coming out of the group, all this one are nothing to worry much, the next round of the game is what we should be concerned about, and for Ivory Coast I highly recommend them for advancing to the next round of the tournament, I saw a draw about those that is already advanced to the next round, and I saw that Morroco will be facing Netherland, and I'm believing that Morroco will knock them out despite the kind of players they have, at least they've done it against Portugal and I'm still seeing them doing it again.

It will be interesting knockout overall But the price of that's ticket are very much high I thought it will be arround 1000 to 2000 pound but in black they are selling 20k pound that's a very huge gape hope I can find some cheaper for the knockout.  Germany are very poor against Ecuador.  Brazil and Japan are very good match I am waiting for and Morocco vs Netherlands will be a match worth to watching that's the knockout already confirmed some of the knockout team can add today and tomorrow as well

[Sammye3]

Ecuador will face Germany, and Germany is the heavy favorite. Germany is expected to win, bringing their points tally to 9 and advancing to the next round. Ivory Coast will also play against Curaçao; Ivory Coast is the heavy favorite, and I anticipate a high-scoring victory.
Germany will advance from this group as the leader, with Ivory Coast finishing second. We could see some high-scoring matches today.

Germany actually lost the match which was really disappointing but they still progressed to the next round of the competition finishing 1st in the group stage. They had quite a good start to the game but lost it all after an equaliser and a total loss towards the second half of the game.

It was quite obvious that Ivory Coast would win the game but I expected more goals from them. Ivory Coast has a really good form in this Word Cup with no loss during the start of the competition and it is quite outstanding. It would be entertaining to see how far they would go with this performance.

[nikola22]

Germany actually lost the match which was really disappointing but they still progressed to the next round of the competition finishing 1st in the group stage. They had quite a good start to the game but lost it all after an equaliser and a total loss towards the second half of the game.

It was quite obvious that Ivory Coast would win the game but I expected more goals from them. Ivory Coast has a really good form in this Word Cup with no loss during the start of the competition and it is quite outstanding. It would be entertaining to see how far they would go with this performance.

Germany decided to save their energy before the knockout round. their primary objective - first place in the group was already achieved so they could give a rest to their key players in the final group stage match to prevent injury and fatigue. however, this doesn't diminish Ecuador's efforts who were desperate to win and advance from the group. I think Ecuador will be a good performer in the knockout round so it would be a shame for such team to be eliminated so early.

[Yabani]

Norway-France match is proving to be a very entertaining affair. Dembélé made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, but Aasgaard pulled one back to make it 2-1 right after the restart. There are likely to be plenty more goals in this match. Although Mbappé hasn't scored himself, he has provided the assists for both goals. Haaland is starting on the bench since Norway has already secured a spot in the next round, but he will likely come on later in the game.

[SquallLeonhart]

Germany wins 7:1 against Curacao and Curacao vs Ecuador ends in a draw and now Germany loses against Ecuador 1:2? Something smells off here. Did Germany lose on purpose?

Talk about fixed matches this match feels fixed AF. The fact that Germany did not need that win only strengthens my suspicion.

Either Germany is a very nice guy who wants to give Ecuador a chance or there was something going on in the background...

I doubt that was the case, Germany already guaranteed the first place, and as long as they guarantee the first place, why would they care about anything else? There was really no incentive to win for Germany, they won their games already so that is why they did not tried to win that much, it didn't mean anything for them.

And when you end up with something like that, you play badly because you do not care. On the other hand Ecuador had to win if they wanted to get out, and that resulted with them playing their best ball. This was not a fixed match, this was just the way the system works. If you make it based on h2h and not goal difference, then you make third games useless for some teams and that was the reason.

[juttsab@]

Ivory Coast managed to defeat Curaçao thanks to goals by Nicolas Pepe. Curaçao didn’t play badly in the match—they even had a scoring chance—but in terms of squad quality, Ivory Coast was truly superior. With this victory, Ivory Coast finished second in the group. Nicolas Pepe was the man of the match. He was also a good player during his time at Trabzonspor.

Ivory Coast won 2-0 against Curacao. Nicolas Pepe scored an brace in the 7th and 64th minute. And he was named as player of the match. Ivory coast dominated with 63% possession they covered 97km of distance,1.31xG and 3 big chances created and total of 7 shots. Whereas  Curacao with 37% possession  covered 96km distance ,0.50xG no big chance created and total of 11 shots. Ivory Coast finished 2nd in their group with 6 points and they are playing in the R032. Curacao is out of the World Cup 26 they just got a point against Ecuador.

[Dump3er]

Ivory Coast managed to defeat Curaçao thanks to goals by Nicolas Pepe. Curaçao didn’t play badly in the match—they even had a scoring chance—but in terms of squad quality, Ivory Coast was truly superior. With this victory, Ivory Coast finished second in the group. Nicolas Pepe was the man of the match. He was also a good player during his time at Trabzonspor.

Ivory Coast won 2-0 against Curacao. Nicolas Pepe scored an brace in the 7th and 64th minute. And he was named as player of the match. Ivory coast dominated with 63% possession they covered 97km of distance,1.31xG and 3 big chances created and total of 7 shots. Whereas  Curacao with 37% possession  covered 96km distance ,0.50xG no big chance created and total of 11 shots. Ivory Coast finished 2nd in their group with 6 points and they are playing in the R032. Curacao is out of the World Cup 26 they just got a point against Ecuador.

Curacao still impressed me in this World Cup. They are such a small nation and yet they manage to resist far better teams for such a long time in those matches. Yes Germany took them apart during the match when they were finally able to dominate, but in all the matches Curacao had their chances and they never gave up. I think for a small nation like that, there is still a huge achievement. It was never a serious possibility for them to make it to the next round, but when I saw them playing, at some points I thought they could make it. 2-0 is not a big deal for Ivory Coast considering that they are a really strong team. Curacao has a population of less than 200,000 people and yet they can offer a massive fight against those other strong teams. It was fun to watch them and I think for the sake of giving all nations a chance, they made good use of it and it was the right decision to expand the field of participants this World Cup.

[dezoel]

Our boys defeated the USA 3-2 with a goal scored in the 98th minute, yet finished the tournament at the bottom of their group.
Before the tournament began, we—as a nation—expected to reach at least the quarter-finals; it never crossed our minds that we would be eliminated so early. Consequently, there is a massive backlash on social media directed at the players, the football federation, and various officials.
People will talk about this for a couple of days, and then it will be forgotten.
In terms of squad quality, we are far superior to Paraguay and Australia, yet we lost to both teams.
Sometimes, that’s just how it goes.

I did expected you guys to be the first place in that group, shocking to see you guys at the bottom. I mean sure you may not have reached first place, that happens, it's normal that you may have a bad game and all. But you guys were far better than Australia and Paraguay of course and yet you lose to both of them.

I would have understood second place, because you know , USA may have been first anyways, but being not even third place? That was a shocker to me, and I can't imagine what you guys must be feeling right now towards the team.

[yenerbatmaz]

The match between Belgium and New Zealand was very entertaining, though this was largely due to the disparity between New Zealand's weakness and Belgium's strength.
Trossard nearly scored a hat-trick in the match; he netted two goals, though his first was disallowed for offside. Scoring two goals is a significant contribution for a midfielder.
Lukaku once again came off the bench and scored immediately upon entering the game. It is clear that he will remain the all-time top scorer in Belgian history for some time to come.

[Agbe]

Germany wins 7:1 against Curacao and Curacao vs Ecuador ends in a draw and now Germany loses against Ecuador 1:2? Something smells off here. Did Germany lose on purpose?

Probably these are the things happening that some gamblers are saying there are some matches in football are fixed. It is possible in a scenereo like this when the Team loss have already secured the next round. For the other team to also secure their ticket to the next round, there will be behind scene discuss and if they agree with financial dealing, the strong team would loss the match but they have forgotten that gamblers will loss money from it. But if there was no negotiation, then I don't think they loss it on purpose. But poor performance.

[JoyceBTC]

Germany wins 7:1 against Curacao and Curacao vs Ecuador ends in a draw and now Germany loses against Ecuador 1:2? Something smells off here. Did Germany lose on purpose?

Probably these are the things happening that some gamblers are saying there are some matches I'm football are fixed. It is possible in a scenereo like this when the Team loss have already secured the next round. For the other team to also secure their ticket to the next round, there will be behind scene discuss and if they agree with financial dealing, the strong team would loss the match but they have forgotten that gamblers will loss money from it. But if there was no negotiation, then I don't think they loss it on purpose. But poor performance.

the outcome of the group games in the world cup needs to be properly investigated to know if there was a match fixing in some of the games because the level of poor performances between some teams is making gamblers to lose money it is also killing the beautiful game of football in this world cup competition. Spain was the first to start this kind of game and now we saw Germany doing a similar thing there is no way that Germany will lose against Ecuador if something is not involved in the game they can come up with the German team nit taking the game serious because they had already qualified but they also gave Ecuador the chance to qualify because of the loss against them.

[Varnquister]

Senegal earned its first point in the group stage against Iraq. Having lost to both Norway and France, Senegal managed to score plenty of goals against Iraq, partly because its opponent was reduced to 10 men early in the match. Senegal, which tried to take control of the game by taking the lead in the opening minutes, virtually dominated the match after its opponent received a red card in the 13th minute. Pape Gueye, who entered the game in the second half, was the man of the match. He finished the game with two goals and one assist as Senegal defeated their opponent 5-0.

[meser#]

I watched the highlights of the match between Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia. I have never seen such a poor, boring match. Cape Verde advanced to the next round with three draws and three points from three matches; they went through following Uruguay's defeat.
The match ended in a 0-0 draw, but Cape Verde was the side that came closer to winning.
I am curious about Cape Verde's next match. If I had placed a bet, I would have bet on a draw.

[Adiljutt156]

Japan drew 1-1 with Sweden. With this draw, Japan finished the group stage in second place with 5 points. The match, which ended scoreless in the first half, saw goals scored within a 15-minute span in the second half. With this draw, Sweden finished in third place with 4 points. To be honest, the match wasn’t particularly exciting, and the goals came five minutes apart. Elanga scored for Sweden, while Daizen Maeda was the goal-scorer for Japan.

Both teams performance was very well in this match because both teams gave all effort in this match to win this match And Maeda was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 56 minutes when it was need of the team And his effort was great as como to opponent team and his team. Elanga also played very well in this match and he did goal after 6 minutes and after that goal both teams score was equal. The stats of both teams looks like because no team was dominant in this match and audience enjoyed this match by giving their best in this match. Japan football team should try to do one more goal in this match but they gave no effort in the second half and that was a reason they could not win this match.

[Varnquister]

Egypt drew with Iran and managed to finish second in the group. For Egypt, any score would have been enough as long as they didn’t lose this match. They scored the first goal, but Iran didn’t give up. Iran had a truly commendable tournament. Despite everything, they remained undefeated in this tournament and ended all three matches in draws. Mehdi Taremi failed to convert a penalty kick. The match ended with goals scored in the first half.

[Agbe]

the outcome of the group games in the world cup needs to be properly investigated to know if there was a match fixing in some of the games because the level of poor performances between some teams is making gamblers to lose money it is also killing the beautiful game of football in this world cup competition. Spain was the first to start this kind of game and now we saw Germany doing a similar thing there is no way that Germany will lose against Ecuador if something is not involved in the game they can come up with the German team nit taking the game serious because they had already qualified but they also gave Ecuador the chance to qualify because of the loss against them.

That is an allegations without evidence. If you know any of the matches such happened and you are suspecting, you can call them out here so people can review the scenes to know if really there was match fixing. Like as I have said, there were some Ghanian fans saying that the referee officiated the match between England and Ghana cheated Ghana National Team of not awarding them a penalty and they show the scene of the action. And if they lay official complain to FIFA, they will review and investigate the scene well.

Croatia vs Ghana will be another tough game to watch today. From the previous performance of Croatia in the tournament. I can say they will win Ghana and Ghana in turn is not doing bad for now.

[Jossque]

Ghana will be looking for a win against Croatia. I don’t expect Ghana to win, but they have a good chance of earning a draw. If Croatia fails to win this match, they will finish third in the group. Croatia absolutely has to win, and frankly, a tough battle awaits them. Ghana pulled off a difficult feat by drawing with England and earned a crucial point to finish second in the group. They aren’t the favorites against Croatia, but if they can secure a point from the match, they’ll be able to finish in second place.

[Rockson1]

the outcome of the group games in the world cup needs to be properly investigated to know if there was a match fixing in some of the games because the level of poor performances between some teams is making gamblers to lose money it is also killing the beautiful game of football in this world cup competition. Spain was the first to start this kind of game and now we saw Germany doing a similar thing there is no way that Germany will lose against Ecuador if something is not involved in the game they can come up with the German team nit taking the game serious because they had already qualified but they also gave Ecuador the chance to qualify because of the loss against them.

So because gambler's lost much money at the group stage you are suggesting that the competition should be checked on to know wether what you suspected actually happened, the best you would have come up with is evidence, even in regular league cup match these suspicions do come up although world is not compared with them, gamblers losing money losing money is normal, personally I don't think there is anything thag happend, sometimes superior teams mess up in way that we don't expect them to, that does not mean that there is any thing going underground and if you know any you can tell us may be the media can take it up from there, let me be sincere to you, I lost some bucks too but for me it is normal for a gambler to lose.