Worldcup 2026 thread

[OFFSIDE_1]

Watching the Qatar- Switzerland game. 1/3 of the stadium is empty. Ticket prices are the main reason. It’s mind boggling why they would hold a 12noon game in Levi stadium known to have zero shade. Clearly an advantage for Qatar

The South Korean team was very impressive.

[Iran_19]

Qatar just scored the equalizer at 94 min vs Swiss!
that is what a good coach can do! Defended very well . Amazing GK and what an equalizer header!

[Sam van Dam]

Hopefully this draw inspires TM

besides giving up penalty, Qatar goalie played well

[Iran_19]

JL benched vets GK Barsham and started rookie keeper’ Abunada! And he was MOM!

[Iran_19]

No Moez Ali for Qatar today! Not sure injury or it was technical!

[persiangodfather]

8 years ago we beat Morocco and now they are beating Brazil. We keep falling lower and lower

[Iran_19]

Morocco just neutralized 18 yrs old CM Ayyoub Bouaddi who was probably going to get the call from France soon as he was already part of France U21!
what a player! So calm and composed despite young age! Will hear more from him!
still on field min 80 vs Brazil!

[Iran_19]

8 years ago we beat Morocco and now they are beating Brazil. We keep falling lower and lower

You can’t even compare!
i know quite few Moroccan and i have been told their federation have a department dedicated to scout players born aboard and they have alotttt!
most of their squad born and raised aboard!

[OFFSIDE_1]

Both Brazil and Germany are not the powerhouse they were 10+ years ago. Look at Italy, they’ve missed 3 world cups in a row and in 2014 they could not get through the group stages.

[Shahin K]

You can’t even compare!
i know quite few Moroccan and i have been told their federation have a department dedicated to scout players born aboard and they have alotttt!
most of their squad born and raised aboard!

their king ans regime is investing like hell. Unlike IR

[Sam van Dam]

Haiti isn’t backing down

entertaining match 15 minutes in

[maziar]

Thank you for creating a World Cup thread. The US looked fantastic yesterday. I was also impressed with Korea. Haiti has surprised me honestly.

[Damavand]

War or no War, if Iran doesn’t beat NZ who is clearly below them in every way convincingly, they should turn around and go home immediately.

[a_m]

The difference between winning and losing is scoring ,… a team that scores wins, in the game look at Haiti , They had so much possession, but They couldn’t create a single chance and they couldn’t create a single decent shot on net no matter how much possession you have and no matter how much Technical flare , you need to shot and you need to score that’s the only thing that matters at the World Cup, winning games and getting points, so far Asian teams have done much better

S.Korea big win over Czech and Qatar got a very respectable draw from a hard team…..

[Damavand]

This US team has clearly improved drastically since Iran faced them. And playing in front of home crowd makes them even stronger.

I rather Iran not face them in the next round if they advance.