WORLD CUP 2026 Thread

[Kami40]

Good luck!

Gm U2 my Great Brother

[pavyracer]

My plays for today:

France over 1.5 +125
Spain over 1.5 +160
over +3 +155

Good luck!

[k13]

Better chance of 0-0 than 2-2

[DwightShrute]

Draw +204
Spain vs France


Draw +193
Argentina vs England

[k13]

France+160 now
Wow

[Headsterx]

Spain now needs to show France that great defense! Shut France down!!!!!

[k13]

Zero shots on net from all these overrated clowns.
As expected.

[Headsterx]

It’s time France has fallen behind in this World Cup. Enjoy the next 50 mins.

[k13]

It will be another hour of gayness.

[Headsterx]

It will be another hour of gayness.

The only thing gay are these hydration breaks.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Spain up, 1-0. Will be pretty surprised if this finishes 1-0.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Spain up, 1-0. Will be pretty surprised if this finishes 1-0.

*France to respond on Bastille Day? Guillotine looming.

[Headsterx]

2nd Half of defensive hell!

[packerd_00]

The only thing gay are these hydration breaks.

Commercial breaks that's all it is. That's what many of us use to like about Football is the games never had commercials.

[packerd_00]

As I write this Spain blows it by France. That's gotta put France away surely.

[Headsterx]

26 more mins!

[k13]

Never seen anything more pathetic.
Btts must be crying

[k13]

Mbappe, yamal, kane, Haaland, Messi all useless as soon as they play good teams

[slayer14]

Messi will have his say on this tournament

[ChuckyTheGoat]

As I write this Spain blows it by France. That's gotta put France away surely.

Will be interested to hear what the sports-writers have to say about this game:
1) I mentioned how opinion changed after SPA drew vs CapeVerde. SPA played w/o Yamal. They had a ton of shots but finished 0-0.
2) France's biggest early challenge SHOULD have been Norway. But the Norway HC (strangely) punted a WC match and sat his starters. Not like the country's been waiting 28 years to play a WC match (or anything).
3) If they played FRA/SPA 10,000x in a computer, I wonder what the results would be. FRA had been the in-form team. I always wonder about a lineup where 4+ guys need the ball to be effective.

[lakerboy]

Spain baby. Rounding into form while all the others are dead tired.

[packerd_00]

Will be interested to hear what the sports-writers have to say about this game:
1) I mentioned how opinion changed after SPA drew vs CapeVerde. SPA played w/o Yamal. They had a ton of shots but finished 0-0.
2) France's biggest early challenge SHOULD have been Norway. But the Norway HC (strangely) punted a WC match and sat his starters. Not like the country's been waiting 28 years to play a WC match (or anything).
3) If they played FRA/SPA 10,000x in a computer, I wonder what the results would be. FRA had been the in-form team. I always wonder about a lineup where 4+ guys need the ball to be effective.

I believe France thought they would cruise by all comers to be honest mate. Not many book makers gave Spain much of a chance in this one which I found a tad bit surprising given how crafty they can be with the ball. Mbappe did not came to play today.

Do you remember what the Norweigan managers reasoning was for sitting his starters against France?

[bhoor]

The ball movement of this Spain team is better than that of 2010-Spain WC champion. You need playmakers to counter this style of ball movement.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I believe France thought they would cruise by all comers to be honest mate. Not many book makers gave Spain much of a chance in this one which I found a tad bit surprising given how crafty they can be with the ball. Mbappe did not came to play today.

Do you remember what the Norweigan managers reasoning was for sitting his starters against France?

I don't. I think he just knew they were thru and were happy w/ their draw. With his roster, he surely didn't want to pick up any knocks.

I said b4 the tournament that 32/48 advancing was lame. Would lead to some lethargic Game 3 efforts.

[k13]

Most pathetic game of the world cup as expected.

[k13]

I believe France thought they would cruise by all comers to be honest mate. Not many book makers gave Spain much of a chance in this one which I found a tad bit surprising given how crafty they can be with the ball. Mbappe did not came to play today.

Do you remember what the Norweigan managers reasoning was for sitting his starters against France?

No chance?
They were begging for France money.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

The ball movement of this Spain team is better than that of 2010-Spain WC champion. You need playmakers to counter this style of ball movement.

Nice insight. BARCELONA ran over REAL MAD in La Liga this past season. Right now, the Spain roster is heavier on Barca (than Real Mad).

Some parallels to La Liga. Right now, it's more of a Barcelona nucleus.

I'm fascinated by Lamine Yamal. I watched a Lewandowski interview. Lewa said that he couldn't comprehend how a guy could be that clever at that age. Imagine if he adds a World Cup medal. Seems almost too good to be true, hope he stays injury-free.

[packerd_00]

I don't. I think he just knew they were thru and were happy w/ their draw. With his roster, he surely didn't want to pick up any knocks.

I said b4 the tournament that 32/48 advancing was lame. Would lead to some lethargic Game 3 efforts.

I'm hearing now that their looking to add 64 teams now. How stupid is that.

[lakerboy]

I'm hearing now that their looking to add 64 teams now. How stupid is that.

What's the issue with it?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I'm hearing now that their looking to add 64 teams now. How stupid is that.

Yeah, I heard that. Comes down to a few things for me:
1) Players already play a super-long club season with all the Cups and Champ Lg.
2) Gulf in class when you get down to it. Final 8/4 are mostly predictable.
3) There were only a few true upsets in this year's tournament. Mostly fool's gold.

[pavyracer]

I'm hearing now that their looking to add 64 teams now. How stupid is that.

I think they will still play the same amount of games for each team to reach final with 64 teams. What will happen is have 16 groups of 4 and best 2 advance so you still start with 32 teams the knockout round.

[k13]

Nice insight. BARCELONA ran over REAL MAD in La Liga this past season. Right now, the Spain roster is heavier on Barca (than Real Mad).

Some parallels to La Liga. Right now, it's more of a Barcelona nucleus.

I'm fascinated by Lamine Yamal. I watched a Lewandowski interview. Lewa said that he couldn't comprehend how a guy could be that clever at that age. Imagine if he adds a World Cup medal. Seems almost too good to be true, hope he stays injury-free.

Next season Barcelona will lose la liga
Book it.

[lakerboy]

What's the issue with it?

Shrute ?

[bhoor]

I'm hearing now that their looking to add 64 teams now. How stupid is that.

They simply want Indians and Chinese in the pool of 64 teams, aiming for big money.

[DwightShrute]

Shrute ?

I didn't mind this year's number of teams, but that is the absolute ceiling IMO, don't you think? Otherwise, you cheapen the tournament. I don't think having the Cook Islands or Tahiti in the tournament is a good thing. Plus it takes 3 years to qualify now as it is and that is part of the Word Cup.