** World Cup 2026 - USA, Canada, Mexico Thread **
Saw no thread was active yet while it starts tomorrow so I'd gave it a go
No real time for an extensive write-up but lets
Ref is letting them play (not complimentary)
pretty insane the Egyptian bloke can put his hands on the ref like this with no ramifications (i know he was trying to showcase the contact but still that's a nogo)
LÖLgium are just as much UEFrauds as are Spain.
Andre,
looks like it's on the two of us to carry the UEFA flag.
It's Unc Day with Vozinha and Lukaku showing out. How the F did Bielsa not bring in Suarez so we could continue the trend??
Fun fact, Norway have only ever been eliminated from a WC by Italy.
1938 - lose to Italy R16
1994 - all 4 teams in group finish on 4 pts, Norway loses out to Italy on GS tiebreaker
1998 - lose to Italy R16
With Italy out of the way, I'm not sure who can stop them.
i can dig it
More exciting facts:
Only 1 match has had fewer than 1.5 total xG (using FotMob's model). Netherlands-Japan
Only 1 match has had both teams score multiple goals. The match? Netherlands-Japan
So CONMEBOL is even more useless.
Mikel Oyarzabal is the first player on record since 1966 to fail to record a single touch in the first 30 minutes of a World Cup game
i legitimately don't know how this is possible when you're on spain playing cape verde. was he literally just doing cardio on the side? did he get stuck in traffic and miss the first half hour? was he being frozen out by a bunch of dudes who hate him? did he take a nap? something else?
[OptaJoe] 1 - Despite Spain having 74% possession, Cabo Verde conceded just one foul in this match - the fewest by any team in a FIFA World Cup match on record since 1966.
cape verde wasn't even doing the foulball time-wasting thing, the ball was in play
The American female commentator keeps calling the Saudi GK Muslera.
Muslera has been Uruguay's GK since the 2010 World Cup...
Finally Uruguay score. Had been coming for a while.
saudi muslera potentially should have been replaced. he looked a mess on that goal
So Hervé Renard took 5 mil per year for 4 years from the saudis before getting fired two months ago.
And now is on a plane to the US to replace Tunisia's coach who just got fired it seems. Dude is the Indiana Jones of African footbal
STRIKER
Who had AFC/OFC as the best confederation after 5 days?
Lol. Ridiculous dive. Give him a yellow for that **** and pretending to be injured.
Honestly impressed with NZ. They're not very good, but they're playing like they believe they are.
