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.