Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 110. (Read 67455 times)

Is always funny to see Belgium at a very high position in the FIFA rankings but always ending up not making great succes in the big tournaments like World CUp and Eurocup, i think they are gonna regret no winning anything after having a few golden generations in this recent years.

For the Asian zone, of course we all know who will qualify and there are teams that always qualify for every World Cup competition that will be held, I don't think Indonesia or Vietnam who win will have big chance of getting to the actual competition.
But this is an interesting match and the match has started with score of 1 - 0, I think if look at the game of both teams and see the opportunities for superiority that exist then Indonesia will be able to win and have the full 3 points.
If Indonesia wins this match then they can save 5 points and could possibly be ranked 2nd in group F and could enter the play-off round.
Indonesia must be able to maintain the 1 goal advantage they have obtained and as much as possible must be able to score more goals and withstand every attack launched by Vietnam so that they can truly win this match.

Moreover, this is good opportunity because in the previous 3 matches Indonesia was only able to have 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Shin Tae-yong has always worked well as coach, he has also done many things for the Indonesian national team for change and towards better direction by participating in various big competitions as one of the strong national team.
Judging from the preparations made, Shin Tae-yong is very optimistic and truly confident that his team, the Indonesian national team players, will be able to achieve victory today.

A good point about Ricardo Teixeira, who was president of the CBF for many years
Even today, the CBF is still complicated, it has been intervened by the courts as you mentioned and this should scare any serious foreign coach a lot, because it shows how the internal part of the CBF is

That's pretty ridiculous in my opinion
If it was just about soccer, I'm sure Brazil could do a great job in any World Cup, without any worries
But these political issues have been getting in the way of the team's mood for a long time now

The coach doesn't have total freedom to do their choices, there are several things that get in the way

I'm really looking forward to seeing what the Brazilian team will play in the 2024 COPA America. It will be a good test for 2026

In fact, Brazil is a good team but this can be very hard for famous coaches like Ancelotti to accept risk and work in that team because they are not in he good situation and people expect too much from them, this can put any coach under pressure and there no coach who wants to take this risk easily. I think the main reason for them to avoid seeking offers for better coaches is because they think the coaches will reject the offer and that's not good for a team like Brazil.
You saw before hiring Dorival, when there were some rumors about Ancelotti, he said he was waiting for an offer from Real Madrid and this means he was not really interested in working for Brazil.
In other words, since all the better coaches rejected the offers they had to choose Dorival and say we wanted to have a Brazilian coach for our team.

Yeah this match will start in the next few hours, as a supporter of the home team of course I hope Indonesia can win moreover, last January Indonesia beat Vietnam in another tournament so it will increase their confidence. Currently Vietnam is in 2nd place in group F by collecting 3 points while Indonesia is in 4th place with 1 point so that means Indonesia needs 3 points to be able to compete, if they only draw then Indonesia's chances of taking 2nd place are even lower.

Overall I see that Indonesia has a chance to finish in 2nd place because only Vietnam is a competitor meanwhile Iraq is confirmed to be at the top of Group F because they are the strongest team in this group, this time Philippines will be excluded because among the 3 other teams Philippines is the weakest team. I have placed a bet on Indonesia win and also for other betting options on corner kick because in the last 3 matches the average corner kick is 10-12. What do you think about both teams to score? Yes or No?

What you said is the purest truth, the CBF is a corrupt entity full of stories of misconduct and money, this entity even had its former president Ricardo Teixeira banned from football by FIFA.

There are many scandals, this current president only returned to the position by a decision of a minister of the Brazilian supreme federal court... So the question remains: which serious European coach would like to work in a place like this? involved in all types of dishonesty.... None.

World Cup Qualifier : Indonesia vs Vietnam

I am expected with my national team Indonesia can beat Vietnam on world cup qualifier on games week 3, its the last opportunity for Indonesia as the first home match and must get three points if want to qualify second round as runner up position.
Indonesian national team head coach Shin Tae-yong is optimistic about getting the first 3 points at the GBK stadium, after several naturalized players are ready to play in the match against Vietnam and is increasingly optimistic about having the opportunity to qualify for the second round as runners up.
Currently, Indonesia has not won in the last two matches, losing to Iraq and only drawing against the Philippines, making Indonesia slump to the bottom of the standings.

The CBF's choice of Dorival JR was not a mistake
However, I don't think he's the best coach Brazil could have had

A serious problem in all of Brazilian soccer is disorganization, corruption and a lack of professionalism. All 3 of these factors have contributed to some coaches not accepting the CBF's offer to lead the Brazilian team
As time went by, they had to make a quick choice and the one who was available was Dorival JR

He's an excellent coach, he'll be able to grow with the Brazil national team and he'll need to show his work soon. I believe he can achieve good results in Copa America

When coaches like Ancelotti, Guardiola or Mourinho receive an offer from the CBF, they don't accept it because there's something wrong with CBF

Dorival Júnior had many achievements in the Brazilian League during his career however any coach could do that after years of coaching in a country and changing many teams. He has worked in every Brazilian team we know and he is a coach who has some achievements in some teams. The last title he got was in 2023 when he won the Copa do Brasil with Sao Paulo.
This shows Dorival Júnior is not a bad coach. But I still think Brazil could have much better and more interesting options than him for their national team.
Brazil was known for their good performance in World Cups we saw from them before but they need much more improvement before the 2026 World Cup or they will get nothing in that tournament with their coach, Dorival Júnior.

I also never understood why the CBF prioritizes only Brazilian coaches, the reality is that all, absolutely all Brazilian coaches are inferior to other elite coaches in world football, although they have evolved a little in recent years, there is still a lack of international experience, the only who made their careers outside Brazil were Vanderlei Luxemburgo at Real Madrid and Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea and the Portuguese national team.

Now that the Brazilian team is one of the worst teams in Brazil of all time, CBF tried to sign Carlo Ancelotti, he wisely didn't accept it, obviously it's a bad deal to exchange Real Madrid for the Brazilian team.

Dorival Júnior achieved some good successes with a few Brazilian teams in his manager career until now. However he has never managed a national team until this opportunity. This is what makes things really doubtful for now. The England - Brazil friendly match in 3 days is going to be his first experience with the team. What would you expect from this match?

My personal opinion is that this is a match that is pretty risky to bet on - on a side at least.    Because we don't know how Brazil players will play in the new manager's control.

As for Neymar topic, I agree. However he is injury-prone and he is injured right now too. This is why Dorival Júnior should make some changes in the way the team play. If you aren't strong in team effort then your chance to achieve something gets much lower.

^^^ Yeah.. it was completely unexpected. Dorival Junior has been named as Brazil's coach in an unexpected development. And he has a very tough challenge in front of him. Because Brazil is in poor position as far as the CONMEBOL qualifiers are considered. There is a very good chance that they may not qualify directly and may need to take part in the inter-continental playoffs. On top of that, the team depends a lot on Neymar. In case he gets injured, then even Dorival may not be able to do much.

I don't know Dorival either. Of course because he is not a coach in Europe. I don't doubt Dorival's quality because of course Brazil chose him not without reason. But from some information that I know, Dorival has only coached in the Brazilian league. His achievements were actually not that extraordinary. Dorival has coached several teams but all of them are not European teams.
This will raise the question from everyone, does Dorival really know the style and tactics of European football? This will be a challenge for Dorival because many of the strong teams in the world cup come from Europe.

I don't really know what to think coach and all I know about Dorival is what I saw on the news or some articles about this Brazilian coach but I know Dorival didn't work in any team outside of his own country and This means Dorival is not even familiar with the foreign teams from other country and what strategy they use in Europe which is not good. Also as I can see from his past experience he never worked as a national coach which is another negative point.
However, you are right Dorival is a good coach and he has lots of experience but I think Brazil could have a much better coach than him if they open doors to the coaches from other countries.

I completely disagree with you!

I don't believe that Brazilian players are playing worse than they did a few decades ago, the "problem" is that football is more balanced among all countries in the world.
Once only the best had access to technology and training that made a difference in the field, today knowledge and techniques are spread across all countries.
Proof of this was the impressive performance of African teams in the last World Cup and the terrible results of several European teams that were disqualified much earlier than expected.... did they play worse? Obviously not.

There is practically no favoritism in football anymore and this will increasingly decrease. At each World Cup we will have a new surprise.

All the teams that you say are very competitive, the level of football from a few years ago has been much lower, that has already happened, there are very strong teams, Colombia, the Peruvians themselves, Chile, Venezuela, they all have players who have made careers Also in Europe, just the pure qualifying rounds are to die for, in fact if you start to watch the qualifying rounds Brazil is one of the countries that are strongest, but at the moment it is not in first place nor in second place in the classification for the World Cup, because most countries are no longer Cinderellas, absolutely everyone has raised the level.

They are not countries where football is horrible as you say, each one has their own technique, and their way of defending their style of play, that the game of Argentina and Brazil always stands out and something else, and yet, right now they stand out because they have the help from MESSI, and it cannot be denied that Messi enjoys many privileges worldwide, it is even reflected in the arbitrations, but that is another issue, what matters here is that these countries have a very good level, in fact in one Some days there will be some friendlies with some countries in Europe, we will see what level they are at, although I don't know, it may be that only those on the bench will play.

Of course, the present Brazil players are bad and they have not taken the bold step to defend their country in football and keep the record on, like the past heros of Brazil did. This is why they are now rated 7 on the table because there are countries that have strong players that are determined to win the world cup for their country, no matter the sacrifice that it will take.

Maybe as time passes by, we will see that spirit of football once again in Brazil, by the upcoming players but not these ones anymore, because they hardly go far in the world cup, especially when are playing with strong countries. Brazil is the most recognized country when it comes to football back days, but now I don't think so.

Dorival is an excellent coach, he was coach of the team I follow (Flamengo) and revolutionized the issue of athletes' interpersonal relationships, they all liked him a lot... Flamengo had some players with relationship problems, with the arrival of Dorival this problem has definitely been resolved... He has a way of dealing with athletes that is very important in competitive teams.

Even though Brazil has a shortage of good athletes, I think Dorival will do better than Tite and Dunga, who were the last coaches.

I agree with you. In fact, Brazil should try very hard to be out of the top ten in the world because currently they still have a good amount of points even if they are on the bad days and they could get good results yet. I don't really have any hope in Dorival Júnior and I'm sure this unknown coach won't give anything specially for Brazil but I know Brazil needs a bigger chance because, unlike the old days when they had many superstars in the team, they are not in the good form and Brazil is getting far from the good days they had before. Dorival Júnior is an experienced coach but if you check the teams he coached you can understand he does not have any non-Brazilan experience and worked just in Brazil.

For now, I don't think so, but in the future after the 2026 World Cup, this could happen considering that Brazil is currently different from what it used to be when it was strong team.
But I applaud Brazil for still being able to be at the top of the FIFA rankings even though they have experienced decline, they must really build much better team for the future.
And indeed what you say is true if the Domestic League is not going well because it is experiencing backwardness and they are far behind the League in Europe, this is also the reason why many Brazilian players choose to go to Europe.
Only Brazilian player who has always been mainstay in several seasons is Neymar, it just that he is no longer like he used to be and is currently experiencing several problems related to his physical and health conditions.
Moreover, calling players to come back and defend the national team is not an easy matter, and of course the departure of the players to Europe is also the reason why they rarely get together to train and focus on the Brazilian national team.

Yes, those were great times for Brazil, I also saw it from 1990 to 2002, which was the last time I saw Brazil glory days.
After that, it seemed several times that Brazil had the opportunity to make history again, but in reality all the chances and chances were in vain.
Maybe now we will be very healthy or even impossible to see the times like before.