⚽ FIFA World Cup 2030: Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay ⚽

[Oluwa-btc]

I hope Brazil doesn't embarrass itself at the next World Cup. They really wanted Neymar to be called up, and even though he was, he hardly played. When he played against Norway, he made a fool of himself, causing a commotion, a totally childish attitude (and I like him, but I thought it was unnecessary).

Sad news I just saw: Lionel Messi's father, Jorge, has died at the age of 68 following a long illness.

Do you mean his back and forth with that goalkeeper?! That was simply a mind game or psychological war between them. I didn’t really see much of that fixture, but there's no way he is getting a call up during the next fifa world cup tournament.

Not Brazil related but I honestly think that Cristiano Ronaldo will one way or the other be in a part of that Portuguese national team representing the nation. He may not play too much game as a result of everything, but he will be most likely join them. Having those Portuguese supporters will be a huge boost for them. Fewer words to say, but I'm sending my heartfelt thoughts and sympathy across to the family.

[Alonso_]

All this was done to let Italy play too 
The main reason, however, is simply this: more matches mean more people and more tickets, and more tickets mean higher box-office takings.
Having more nationalities present during the tournament brings a huge economic boost to the host nations as well, so I’m sure this is the main reason that prompted FIFA to take these decisions

But there should be a point to stop right? Just because there will be more money to be made they can't make it consist of hundreds of teams in the future. FIFA should consider the potential quality drop in the World Cup too!

64 teams is a really risky choice after just making it 48. What's the rush? Is it going to be like this all the time from now on? I guess we will see changes very often in the format of this tournament.

I don’t think it’s going to be a normal phenomenon Everytime a World Cup is hosted, Honestly speaking I don’t really like what FIFA is doing, we should stick with the 48 teams that have been started in the just concluded World Cup, adding more teams would increase the chances of having a non interesting games, most especially low quality games, I believe FIFA is doing everything all because of money, they want to generate more money from the competition, I think all this decisions lead to the other decisions of selling off shares in FIFA, I think Infantino should take everything easy with his position as FIFA President.

[JoyMarsha]

Not Brazil related but I honestly think that Cristiano Ronaldo will one way or the other be in a part of that Portuguese national team representing the nation. He may not play too much game as a result of everything, but he will be most likely join them. Having those Portuguese supporters will be a huge boost for them. Fewer words to say, but I'm sending my heartfelt thoughts and sympathy across to the family.

It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

[Odusko]

Not Brazil related but I honestly think that Cristiano Ronaldo will one way or the other be in a part of that Portuguese national team representing the nation. He may not play too much game as a result of everything, but he will be most likely join them. Having those Portuguese supporters will be a huge boost for them. Fewer words to say, but I'm sending my heartfelt thoughts and sympathy across to the family.

It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

Ronaldo may not be actively paying in the world 2030 in terms of on the pitch player, but sure he is going to be around for the tournament most especially now that his country is among the host nations for the world cup, that been said we need to speculate the potential winner of the 2030 world cup, is Spain going to retain the title using their host nations influence and being the defending champions, this and more is what we should be looking out for in the coming world cup, the fight may be between Argentina and Spain judging from their current advantages.

[Popkon6]

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It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

Yes, his age has become the biggest obstacle, the 2026 World Cup was his last World Cup. But he has tried hard to win the World Cup but he has failed every time, his domestic players are enough to fail every time.
In this World Cup, I saw that Ronaldo was neglected, no one went to the important places and gave him the ball properly, due to which Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score goals on his day. So I think it would be best for him to retire rather than being neglected by domestic players

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

Yes, I also express my personal opinion that it would be best for him to retire, he was a top-notch player. His record of winning the World Cup once was a lot of hope in history, but he could not fulfill it. His domestic players do not perform with him in the same way, like Messi of the Argentine team, they perform individually. So, such performances cannot be observed among the players of the Portugal team when they are together individually.
So for this reason, I want to say that Cristiano Ronaldo should retire.

[Hispo]

Not Brazil related but I honestly think that Cristiano Ronaldo will one way or the other be in a part of that Portuguese national team representing the nation. He may not play too much game as a result of everything, but he will be most likely join them. Having those Portuguese supporters will be a huge boost for them. Fewer words to say, but I'm sending my heartfelt thoughts and sympathy across to the family.

It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

He is definitely going to be there to give moral support and as a VIP in the next World cup, it would take something extraordinary for him not to attend and be there for his fans and for his team.
Even if he does not directly participates, he could still offer some training to the team before the world cup even takes place.

I think Messi mentioned he would still stay within the world of football after retiring, as a manager and trainer, Perhaps Ronaldo could do the same.

Time will tell, there is still a lot time ahead before we can be sure what will happen to Cristiano and his career after retiring as player.

[*Ace*]

All this was done to let Italy play too 
The main reason, however, is simply this: more matches mean more people and more tickets, and more tickets mean higher box-office takings.
Having more nationalities present during the tournament brings a huge economic boost to the host nations as well, so I’m sure this is the main reason that prompted FIFA to take these decisions

But there should be a point to stop right? Just because there will be more money to be made they can't make it consist of hundreds of teams in the future. FIFA should consider the potential quality drop in the World Cup too!

64 teams is a really risky choice after just making it 48. What's the rush? Is it going to be like this all the time from now on? I guess we will see changes very often in the format of this tournament.

I don’t think it’s going to be a normal phenomenon Everytime a World Cup is hosted, Honestly speaking I don’t really like what FIFA is doing, we should stick with the 48 teams that have been started in the just concluded World Cup, adding more teams would increase the chances of having a non interesting games, most especially low quality games, I believe FIFA is doing everything all because of money, they want to generate more money from the competition, I think all this decisions lead to the other decisions of selling off shares in FIFA, I think Infantino should take everything easy with his position as FIFA President.

Obviously, the more nationalities there are, the greater the probability that there will be less interesting matches.
But the interest is relative based on the nationality of the fans, I'll give you an example, let's say you are a Spanish fan, it's normal that you find it not very interesting to watch a match between Cuba and Mauritius. But for their fans this is an important and interesting match. FIFA is playing on this very aspect

[aipercoin]

You know. I could not help but to think on the current state of some sports and disciplines in western countries, in which there is a long of controversy with transgender people participating in sports leagues and teams which don't match with their assigned gender at birth.

It makes me wonder, how long it would take before the FIFA get pressured into accepting such a thing into the World Cup.

That would be a huge change which many people would classify as unnecessary, that is for sure.

But i hope that it never happens and I'm not talking about acceptance or otherwise of the thing. There is simply football for men and there is football for women. i don't understand what sense it makes to put a man, who clearly has the strength of a man, in the women's team, where it has already been shown that sportingly speaking he has the advantage. It doesn't make sense.

[Different patterns]

All this was done to let Italy play too 
The main reason, however, is simply this: more matches mean more people and more tickets, and more tickets mean higher box-office takings.
Having more nationalities present during the tournament brings a huge economic boost to the host nations as well, so I’m sure this is the main reason that prompted FIFA to take these decisions

But there should be a point to stop right? Just because there will be more money to be made they can't make it consist of hundreds of teams in the future. FIFA should consider the potential quality drop in the World Cup too!

64 teams is a really risky choice after just making it 48. What's the rush? Is it going to be like this all the time from now on? I guess we will see changes very often in the format of this tournament.

I don’t think it’s going to be a normal phenomenon Everytime a World Cup is hosted, Honestly speaking I don’t really like what FIFA is doing, we should stick with the 48 teams that have been started in the just concluded World Cup, adding more teams would increase the chances of having a non interesting games, most especially low quality games, I believe FIFA is doing everything all because of money, they want to generate more money from the competition, I think all this decisions lead to the other decisions of selling off shares in FIFA, I think Infantino should take everything easy with his position as FIFA President.

And this is one of the major reasons why many people believe that people now have personal interests and political interests have also entered FIFA competitions right now and it's all because of money, Because sometimes we see the bias on the pitch and nothing is done about it and if things continue like this, in the near future, we will have the majority of people not interested in football anymore or just don't have passion for it anymore. Even in Africa, we can see the level of inconsistency and moderation and it's looking like they are trying to make a particular country win the title and if football continues like this that a player or a country has already been on their mind to award the title to, then it will no longer be interesting and will feel very scripted. For the shares, I believe they will want to have a personal say on the games they want to go in their favour. Because powerful and influential people will begin to buy shares and will want to also have a say in who they want to win in a game. But I know and hope we will go back to the football we used to know.

[SPIDERMAN008]

Not Brazil related but I honestly think that Cristiano Ronaldo will one way or the other be in a part of that Portuguese national team representing the nation. He may not play too much game as a result of everything, but he will be most likely join them. Having those Portuguese supporters will be a huge boost for them. Fewer words to say, but I'm sending my heartfelt thoughts and sympathy across to the family.

It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

If Ronaldo does not get the opportunity to play for his team directly, he can do something outside the team that is effective for the team, it will be even better. Watching the game as a spectator or sitting in the VIP row will not have a good effect on the team. In this case, if he can involve himself in a policy-making position in the team where his decisions will be given importance and his opinion will respect by other player . The head coach will get help from him, then it will be better for Portugal. And if Ronaldo thinks that he will play in the next World Cup, it is his personal decision, although his fitness can still be seen to be a little better than Messi. But it is very difficult to perform on the stage of the World Cup at the age of 45 and compete with other players. Finally, I want to say one thing, that is, I do not know how much importance Portugal will give to Ronaldo after his retirement, but the Argentine team will still give a lot of importance to Messi. They will want Messi to be an influential figure in the team even if he does not play.

[sergiorus]

All this was done to let Italy play too 
The main reason, however, is simply this: more matches mean more people and more tickets, and more tickets mean higher box-office takings.
Having more nationalities present during the tournament brings a huge economic boost to the host nations as well, so I’m sure this is the main reason that prompted FIFA to take these decisions

But there should be a point to stop right? Just because there will be more money to be made they can't make it consist of hundreds of teams in the future. FIFA should consider the potential quality drop in the World Cup too!

64 teams is a really risky choice after just making it 48. What's the rush? Is it going to be like this all the time from now on? I guess we will see changes very often in the format of this tournament.

I don’t think it’s going to be a normal phenomenon Everytime a World Cup is hosted, Honestly speaking I don’t really like what FIFA is doing, we should stick with the 48 teams that have been started in the just concluded World Cup, adding more teams would increase the chances of having a non interesting games, most especially low quality games, I believe FIFA is doing everything all because of money, they want to generate more money from the competition, I think all this decisions lead to the other decisions of selling off shares in FIFA, I think Infantino should take everything easy with his position as FIFA President.

Obviously, the more nationalities there are, the greater the probability that there will be less interesting matches.
But the interest is relative based on the nationality of the fans, I'll give you an example, let's say you are a Spanish fan, it's normal that you find it not very interesting to watch a match between Cuba and Mauritius. But for their fans this is an important and interesting match. FIFA is playing on this very aspect

But the event's time is limited. If you allow weak teams to play there, you steal this time from potentially much more interesting matches.

Honestly, nobody cares that teams from Africa or South America are not represented on big Ice Hockey tournaments. Why would anyone want to see Curacao play with Uzbekistan or New Zealand on by far the most important football tournament that only takes place once in 4 years?

Their fans will get to watch their teams play in the qualification rounds and on local tournaments, that's enough. The World Cup should be limited to only the most elite teams of the world.

[Yabani]

What is the logic behind hosting a World Cup across such a scattered geographical area?
Portugal and Spain make sense. We could even add Morocco to the mix, since it is so close.
It would be just like the Canada-USA-Mexico partnership, but in this case, it involves Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay in South America. What is the logic behind including these countries in the organization? The 2026 World Cup took place in the Americas; I don't think any part of the 2030 tournament should be held there.

[Unsoldier]

What is the logic behind hosting a World Cup across such a scattered geographical area?
Portugal and Spain make sense. We could even add Morocco to the mix, since it is so close.
It would be just like the Canada-USA-Mexico partnership, but in this case, it involves Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay in South America. What is the logic behind including these countries in the organization? The 2026 World Cup took place in the Americas; I don't think any part of the 2030 tournament should be held there.

FIFA wants to hold the 2030 World Cup in South America because they have a symbolic reason—to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup, which took place in Uruguay. But from a logistical point of view, this of course looks strange. South America adds a huge number of flights and complicates the organization. Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, on the other hand, make complete sense as joint hosts. But from a practical point of view, the decision to hold part of the tournament on another continent looks very controversial.

[puloweh555]

What is the logic behind hosting a World Cup across such a scattered geographical area?
Portugal and Spain make sense. We could even add Morocco to the mix, since it is so close.
It would be just like the Canada-USA-Mexico partnership, but in this case, it involves Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay in South America. What is the logic behind including these countries in the organization? The 2026 World Cup took place in the Americas; I don't think any part of the 2030 tournament should be held there.

In my opinion, it makes perfect sense to involve Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay as hosts for the 2030 World Cup. Their involvement serves to commemorate FIFA centenary especially given that Uruguay was the host of the inaugural World Cup.

From a historical perspective, including these three nations to mark FIFA 100th anniversary is entirely logical particularly since as far as I know their involvement is limited to the opening matches with the subsequent games taking place in Portugal, Spain, and Morocco.

[danadc]

FIFA wants to hold the 2030 World Cup in South America because they have a symbolic reason—to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup, which took place in Uruguay. But from a logistical point of view, this of course looks strange. South America adds a huge number of flights and complicates the organization. Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, on the other hand, make complete sense as joint hosts. But from a practical point of view, the decision to hold part of the tournament on another continent looks very controversial.

Yes, in fact, that could be a big problem. I don't see anything wrong with celebrating in South America and honoring countries like Uruguay and Argentina, but will these plans continue if Infantino leaves FIFA? Because I've seen things that are really negative for this president; I don't see him doing very well. He has a lot of haters due to his behavior at the World Cup and his blatant favoritism and bias.

Since this is already in the works, I think the plan should be reviewed and optimized. Many people don't like that so many countries are going to the World Cup.

[WatChe]

Where participating in the World Cup will create the same joy as winning the World Cup for some countries. Because they are so far behind in the rankings that they dream of playing in the World Cup once. If FIFA allows 64 teams to participate, then the dream of playing the World Cup for some countries will come true, but the quality of the game will decrease a lot. The teams that have played in this World Cup so far are quite good teams. They have maintained the quality of their World Cup games. They have given the audience enough joy. And there was no chance to call them weak teams. Because many weak teams that got the opportunity to play the World Cup for the first time also played well. Now if the team increases further, they will not be able to maintain this quality. Some matches will become completely chaotic. Because the matches of the World Cup are of a very standard quality. And it would not be right to make participating in the World Cup so accessible. If FIFA makes such a decision for commercial gain, then that is a different matter. Because if the number of teams increases, there will be enough excitement in that country and the audience will increase, which will definitely increase their profits.

FIFA administration also knows pros and cons of increasing teams from 48 to 64 that is why they have initiated a study to get verdict of all stake holders before making  a final decision. Increasing teams from 32 to 48 was a good experience because we have seen good football from teams that are playing there world cup for the very first time like Cabo Verde. Choosing 64 teams for the world cup will be a big challenge because in that case quality of games will be compromised. Lets see what fial decision FIFA make in this regard.

[Merit.s]

Yes, in fact, that could be a big problem. I don't see anything wrong with celebrating in South America and honoring countries like Uruguay and Argentina, but will these plans continue if Infantino leaves FIFA? Because I've seen things that are really negative for this president; I don't see him doing very well. He has a lot of haters due to his behavior at the World Cup and his blatant favoritism and bias.

Since this is already in the works, I think the plan should be reviewed and optimized. Many people don't like that so many countries are going to the World Cup.

I don't have any problem with the number of countries that were present in the world cup because it's good to give opportunities to more countries in order for them to also come to the light for the world to see them.

My problem is Infantino is doing all these for his own personal reasons and interest. It shows that he's biased and can be manipulative.

[GbitG]

Not Brazil related but I honestly think that Cristiano Ronaldo will one way or the other be in a part of that Portuguese national team representing the nation. He may not play too much game as a result of everything, but he will be most likely join them. Having those Portuguese supporters will be a huge boost for them. Fewer words to say, but I'm sending my heartfelt thoughts and sympathy across to the family.

It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

You guys are still stuck with Cristiano Ronaldo world cup sega. To be honest the era has been over and ultimately him are now too old like still considering him for another world will be unfair because in next World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo will be 45 years old and that's why he will never be able to play the next World Cup even in this World Cup he also been too awful. His entire World Cup performance was not even the level to consider him for next World Cup.....

In my opinion he should need to took a retirement from international flights like for next World Cup because the fact is that leaves the football before football leave you. Besides that Cristiano Ronaldo already express his opinion that World Cup is not his dream like he didn't need a World to be called GOAT. So tell me why he is still dreaming about it....

[Oluwa-btc]

It is not going to work for Ronaldo to think of joining the Portuguese national team at the age of 45 in the forthcoming World Cup, after he confirmed to everyone that the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup will be his last World Cup.

What I suggest Ronaldo will love to do, if he cares, is to support and cheer his countrymen in the next World Cup. He may want to be available at the stadium as a VIP guest, not among the players representing the country.

You don't know that, and impossible is nothing. Did we not see that Mexican goalkeeper aged 44 retire from international football? Ge got to play the last game of the group stage and announced his retirement right after the game. Cristaino Ronaldo can equally do the same. He can still come out of retirement, even Lionel Messi one time retired from international football and returned to win the FIFA World Cup Competition.
I still think he will be part of the next squad playing right in front of their fans and supporters. We don't know yet but hopefully we're here to see what happens eventually.

[Iamgoat]

I hope Brazil doesn't embarrass itself at the next World Cup. They really wanted Neymar to be called up, and even though he was, he hardly played. When he played against Norway, he made a fool of himself, causing a commotion, a totally childish attitude (and I like him, but I thought it was unnecessary).

Sad news I just saw: Lionel Messi's father, Jorge, has died at the age of 68 following a long illness.

Sad to hear the death announcement of Lionel Messi’s dad Jorge. Although the sickness was not disclosed but it was confirmed he died of health related complications at the age of 68. I also read how he was ever in support of his son including how he went to the Qatar 2022 World Cup championship to see and support his son in achieving his dreams which is winning the World Cup title for the first time in his career and making it the third time for the national team. I guess he could not do much of such this time around. It is also possible during the period when Messi was putting all those efforts we saw outside, he was also dealing with the illness from his dad, which eventually led to his father’s death. My sincere condolences to Messi and his family.