2026 World Cup - General Discussion & Non-USA teams thread

Erial_Lion

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How many times do we have to do this? The first one is obvious satire.
And the tweet in the post before it showed every close call in the match that went against Egypt, and another 10 calls that were obviously right that it's also trying to claim were wrong. It's Bushwood 101.
 
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Lil Nicky Scarfo

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I thought it was well officiated. Clear foul on Egypt to spring their great counterattack - the guy stepped right on his foot which caused him to lose the ball. Not Argentina’s fault that the official blew the call and VAR had to step in.

Then, Salah dispossessed at the edge of the box before he got impeded. Clear no call.

Man, to beat Argentina you’ve got to shoot them, then stab them, then encase them in concrete. They come back from the dead better than Jason Vorhees
 

Tom McAndrew

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France did get away with a bit of a push on this play, but VAR decided it wasn't enough of a push to be worthy of a call.



 

Lil Nicky Scarfo

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I don’t want a fluke team to win. All my English friends are begging for France to be knocked out because they know how good they are. As good as England is, France on all cylinders is too much for them and others
 
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Lil Nicky Scarfo

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France is just on another level...doesn't mean they can't lose but I'll be surprised when/if they do
Yup. Blame Paraguay all you want for their negative approach but trying to play with France is a recipe for disaster.

It’s like Euro teams trying to run and gun with Team USA in bball. Not a good idea
 
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DaytonRickster

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Just give Frankreich the trophy now.
Is Spain a threat? I don't think they have the offense to quickly and consistently score like France. Watching Spain, Lamine Yamal (18 y/o) gets all the pub but I think their unsung key player is Marc Cucurella. He"s always "mixing it up" around the ball, is reliable centering the ball and is solid on corner kicks, along with good speed. I like how he plays.
 
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BobPSU92

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Is Spain a threat? I don't think they have the offense to quickly and consistently score like France. Watching Spain, Lamine Yamal (18 y/o) gets all the pub but I think their unsung key player is Marc Cucurella. He"s always "mixing it up" around the ball, is reliable centering the ball and is solid on corner kicks, along with good speed. I like how he plays.

España isn’t as dynamic as Frankreich. Neither is Argentina. Frankreich has too many weapons.
 
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NewEra 2026

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Is Spain a threat? I don't think they have the offense to quickly and consistently score like France. Watching Spain, Lamine Yamal (18 y/o) gets all the pub but I think their unsung key player is Marc Cucurella. He"s always "mixing it up" around the ball, is reliable centering the ball and is solid on corner kicks, along with good speed. I like how he plays.
Spain matches up well with France and has had some success against them in recent games. They could definitely win one game against France, as could Argentina who can’t seem to be killed. But France looks really strong and is justifiably the favorite. I see England as a level below those three teams.
 

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Spain should take care of Belgium. We will see how far away we are from a team like Spain. Then it should be Spain vs France in the final but that is a semi. That will be a good one to see. I will take France.

On the other side I see Argentina having a little bit more than the Swiss. I can see England choking vs Norway, a real toss up in my mind. I guess I will take the Brits to get a big win and erase some curses. I think they run out of steam and Messi is more clutch than Kane in the semis.

In the end I see it being France vs Argentina and France wins it.
 
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Bones80

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Last WC France looked like the team to beat until they ran into Messi and company and lost on PKs. Like to see round 2 this time.
 
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Catch1lion

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Erling is really a star to cherish. So many great tweets on him.
"If I fall it's a red card. I would never do that. I could have gotten Gabriel sent off for that headbutt, but my father taught me to stay on my feet."
 
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LaJollaCreek

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Erling is really a star to cherish. So many great tweets on him.
"If I fall it's a red card. I would never do that. I could have gotten Gabriel sent off for that headbutt, but my father taught me to stay on my feet."

Hard to hate him...even as a United fan. Funny, humble, and centered......just a good human.
 

Lil Nicky Scarfo

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Erling is really a star to cherish. So many great tweets on him.
"If I fall it's a red card. I would never do that. I could have gotten Gabriel sent off for that headbutt, but my father taught me to stay on my feet."

There some times when you wish everyone got a free punch/fight without penalty. It would have been satisfying to see Haaland dump that punk on his head
 

LionJim

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Hard to hate him...even as a United fan. Funny, humble, and centered......just a good human.
A good human, yep. I’ve seen some content about Haaland being nice to everyone, no matter who it is.

Edit: I just now saw a commercial featuring Usain Bolt, another very very nice human.
 
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A good human, yep. I’ve seen some content about Haaland being nice to everyone, no matter who it is.

Edit: I just now saw a commercial featuring Usain Bolt, another very very nice human.

My only beef with Erling is that he was too good for Dortmund’s budget.



Loosely translates: If you always carry your opponent, you’ll never be offside.
 
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