World Cup 2026 discussion (3 Viewers)

[efil4]

we are a full year away from either and honestly, with this Admin, it feels like an eon. Who knows what will happen.

 

[Sendai]

Paraguay 0 Germany 0

Paraguay was playing this game for a shootout and it worked. Paraguay had two chances in the first 5 shots to win and choked. But they won on first sudden victory shot.

Germany had 75% possession but played uninspired and Paraguay busted 5heit butts on defense.

This is a monstrous upset

Gillette Stadium​

Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA

Attendance: 63,945​

 

[Sendai]

Morocco 1 Netherlands 1

Morocco ties it on a magnificent header in the 90th minute. On to xtra time.
On to a shootout.

Solid Match. Hard defenses.

Morocco wins on final shot of the shootout

Netherlands may have focused too much on defense.

Estadio BBVA​

Guadalupe, Mexico

Attendance: 51,243​

 

[gummbo]

Morocco 1 Netherlands 1

Morocco ties it on a magnificent header in the 90th minute. On to xtra time.
On to a shootout.

Solid Match. Hard defenses.

Morocco wins on final shot of the shootout

Netherlands may have focused too much on defense.

Estadio BBVA​

Guadalupe, Mexico

Attendance: 51,243​

Someone needs to check that Morrocan goaltenders left hand, that thing is massive

 

[Sendai]

Norway 2 Ivory Coast 1

Ivory Coast made it a contest. Norway broke the tie late in the second half

Norway’s first ever knockout win.

AT&T Stadium​

Arlington, Texas, USA

Attendance: 69,665​

 

[Sendai]

France 3 Sweden 0

France was just too much and , of course, Mbappe scored 2 goals.

MetLife Stadium​

East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA

 

[Sendai]

Mexico 2 Ecuador 0

Ecuador just couldn’t mount an offense.

In 4 World Cup matches so far, Mexico has yet to allow a goal.

Estadio Banorte​

Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 80,824​

 

[gummbo]

Mexico 2 Ecuador 0

Ecuador just couldn’t mount an offense.

In 4 World Cup matches so far, Mexico has yet to allow a goal.

Estadio Banorte​

Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 80,824​

Undefeated in the last 16 matches on homebase

 

[Sendai]

England 2 Congo 1

Brilliant match. Congo battled and many, many great saves by the Congo Goalie.

But, as expected, 2 fine late second half goals by Harry Kane. To seal it.

England controlled possession time.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium​

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Attendance: 68,239​

 

[Optimus Prime]

Sorry if already posted
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An Iranian political scientist once accused by the feds of working as an unregistered agent for Tehran has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against FIFA, association president Gianni Infantino, and an unknown number of anonymous FIFA officials after the nation’s World Cup team was eliminated from competition by a controversial on-field call.

Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, who, among other things, served as an official adviser to Iran’s nuclear negotiation team when talks were underway with former president Barack Obama, is petitioning for class-action status on behalf of up to 91 million “Iranian nationals and/or Iranian-Americans who supported the Iran football national team and who were emotionally scarred by the flagrant discrimination against their beloved team,” according to a civil complaint filed June 30 in Boston federal court.

In it, the 68-year-old Afrasiabi, a Massachusetts resident, takes issue with FIFA’s “double standard, hypocrisy and outright discrimination” against the Iranian squad, which was stripped of a game-winning goal last weekend against Egypt following a video review that determined the scoring player had been offside. As a result of the 1-1 tie, Egypt advanced to the tournament’s knock-out stage for the first time ever, while Iran was sent home.

Afrasiabi’s complaint contends there exists “[c]lear and incontrovertible” proof that FIFA’s “VAR” system, or, Video Assistant Referee, made an “erroneous” decision “deliberately designed to deprive Iran of victory” in the June 26 match.

The move to invalidate the goal by centre-back Shoja Khalilzadeh was immediately “slammed by the Fox Sports commentator [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic as a ‘theft’ requiring FIFA’s apology to Iran, in light of the clear evidence that an Egyptian defender was well behind the Iranian players,” according to the complaint.…….

Pardoned Iranian ‘influence agent’ sues FIFA over team’s World Cup loss

Exclusive: Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, who was part of a 2023 prisoner swap with Iran, told The Independent that he considers his $1 billion demand to be ‘very generous,’ if not a bit low

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Belgium 3 Senegal 2

Senegal played a strong 75 minutes but began to fade under a stronger Belgian team.

Belgium scored at the 86th and 89th minutes to tie, then in the late second 15 minute overtime scored on a penalty.

Sensational match

Lumen Field​

Seattle, Washington, USA

Attendance: 66,925​

 

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Belgium 3 Senegal 2

Senegal played a strong 75 minutes but began to fade under a stronger Belgian team.

Belgium scored at the 86th and 89th minutes to tie, then in the late second 15 minute overtime scored on a penalty.

Sensational match

Lumen Field​

Seattle, Washington, USA

Attendance: 66,925​

Sinegal, Atlanta falconed their game

 

[camdudetenger2018]

before the world cup started there was alot of controversies

 

[gummbo]

I don’t have confirmation on this, but given the track record of this administration, this seems plausible

 

[Sendai]

United States 2 Bosnia 0

Well played.

A questionable red card on U S player and goal scorer Balogun at 64’. Down a man the U S kept Bosnia off the board and scrapped out a win.

Levi's Stadium​

Santa Clara, California, USA

Attendance: 68,827​

 

[Maxp]

Trump needs to deport that corrupt brazilian ref who gave us a red card. Redundant, I know.

 

[RobF]

I'm a bit behind, just catching up on threads, but on this topic:

Just posted the video that proves my point, he was definitely on side

The top player was removed on that video because the offside rule depends on the second to last defender, not the last defender. The last defender is usually the goalkeeper, but wasn't in that instance, it was the top guy, because the goalkeeper had rushed out past both of them.

So he was technically offside at that precise moment in time. And I say it like that, because a fraction earlier he's onside (from both those defenders) and a fraction later he's onside (as the goalkeeper is moving back towards the goal), so his being offside depends on that accurately being the precise moment the ball was played by his team-mate.

But that's why he could be considered offside. And not because of this:

The player with the prior touch which moved the ball to the goal scorer was offside. By rule an offside player cannot facilitate a goal.

Because that's what someone who has no idea what they're talking about says. It's gibberish. The team-mate with the prior touch was entirely onside, he had four defenders in front of him including the goalkeeper.

 

[Sendai]

I'm a bit behind, just catching up on threads, but on this topic:


The top player was removed on that video because the offside rule depends on the second to last defender, not the last defender. The last defender is usually the goalkeeper, but wasn't in that instance, it was the top guy, because the goalkeeper had rushed out past both of them.

So he was technically offside at that precise moment in time. And I say it like that, because a fraction earlier he's onside (from both those defenders) and a fraction later he's onside (as the goalkeeper is moving back towards the goal), so his being offside depends on that accurately being the precise moment the ball was played by his team-mate.

But that's why he could be considered offside. And not because of this:



Because that's what someone who has no idea what they're talking about says. It's gibberish. The team-mate with the prior touch was entirely onside, he had four defenders in front of him including the goalkeeper.

If the player passing the ball was offside when the ball was passed to them a pass back to an onside player is still offside.

Granted the offside second player rule was used. There was a contention that the passer was offsides. Either way the call was correct.

 

[MT15]

This is interesting. It’s something we should be proud of IMO.