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I feel like it would be fair to let the teams that host have some advantage but also not give them automatic group stages as well. Give them some higher chance to be qualifying for the position, I do not know what would be the chance, but let them have a higher chance and that would be lovely but after that let them also have a potential to be not there as well.
That complies with what is stated in the FIFA rules and providing an automatic qualification opportunity could give an advantage to the hosts who have been preparing for a successful World Cup run. After that they will determine the fate of their country through matches and whether or not they qualify for the next round is largely determined by the quality of the players they have.

However, it's always better to have the host team to play so that you get to see the full might of a world cup tournament. Not sure how much USA fans care about football, they have a different type of football there, so maybe it won't be too many fans but I am sure all the people around the world would love to go there if they can, it's the land of the free, and will be better.
The United States does have other sports besides football, but football has also developed rapidly there, so that the enthusiasm of the people there is also great about their team competing in the world cup, let alone being able to give satisfactory results. The world cup is also a concern for many people in all corners of the world, apart from football activities and there are many other things that can benefit the host because it might talk about the huge flow of money during the world cup process going on.
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If we look at things from a positive perspective, then we will see something positive, conversely, if we look at things from a negative perspective, then all we will see is the negative. It's the same with the World Cup, I would say there is no perfect World Cup without any problems or anything like that. So it's just a matter of how we look at it.
I agree with you that each country has its own characteristics, we can't compare the World Cup held in country A with the World Cup held in country B, because those are 2 different countries. It might make more sense to compare World Cups held in the same country in different editions.
I would say world cup without any problems is one thing, but world cup with a ton of problems is another. Qatar one never felt like a true world cup to me, not because of any religious stuff but because not that many fans went there, that's the biggest issue. I mean normally what I understand from world cup is that when Brazil is playing, there will be tens of thousands of brazil fans cheering on the stadium, and when France does then French ones.

When you look at Qatar world cup, you will see that it was like made for the Qatari people and it was mostly them that was watching it and that's an issue if you ask me. It is not made for a nation, it's made for every nation, and if there aren't tens of thousands of fans of that nation there, then it makes no sense.

The biggest problem we had in Qatar was the lack of freedom and we all knew Qatar couldn't be a good host mostly because of the rules they have. We know Qatar as a Muslim country where you are not allowed to during in some places and in the other hand this country is very rich-friendly, which means if you have the money you can do anything you want, otherwise you should respect all the rules and you won't have freedom there.


That is the same in any country,even in the most well developed western society money can bypass laws and this is a big flaw of the human population in the world,corruption is everywhere and people are bribed commonly through rich persons to persuade them to give them what they want.Qatar has no difference in this,even in the most difficult country regarding rules which is Saudi Arabia with the right acquaintance you can open doors there too,so in this context the World Cup was let's say normal even in Qatar but of course in USA will be much better.

Indeed but the standards in European are not the same as in other Asian countries, for example as far as I know in most of the countries in Europa you won't have a problem if you drink alcohol in public but that's not allowed in Qatar.
I was hoping to see Qatar change some rules or at least make some expectations for the people who visit this country during the world cup.
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Well.. that is the point. For the next world cup in 2026, the defending champions need to go through the qualification route, while the three hosts would be given automatic qualification. I can understand if the United States is being given direct entry, because they are hosting more than 80% of the matches. But then what is the point in giving automatic entry for teams like Canada, who are going to host just 10 out of the total 104 matches? And it is so unfair to the other teams in CONCACAF, such as Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica.
Only the hosts benefit because they qualify automatically, but what's the point if the hosts are not able to qualify for the next round via grub, like the previous world cup in Qatar and they only played until the grub preliminary round because they were unable to collect points to qualify for the next round. Argentina has no problem in terms of qualifying, because they have great players and have always been able to get through the qualifying preliminary phase.

The organizers have the rules in place and although in our opinion there is no point in giving Canada the opportunity to qualify automatically, they do have an assessment that is adjusted to the rules of holding the next world cup match. So like it or not, that's the rule that will probably apply.
I feel like it would be fair to let the teams that host have some advantage but also not give them automatic group stages as well. Give them some higher chance to be qualifying for the position, I do not know what would be the chance, but let them have a higher chance and that would be lovely but after that let them also have a potential to be not there as well.

However, it's always better to have the host team to play so that you get to see the full might of a world cup tournament. Not sure how much USA fans care about football, they have a different type of football there, so maybe it won't be too many fans but I am sure all the people around the world would love to go there if they can, it's the land of the free, and will be better.
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If we look at things from a positive perspective, then we will see something positive, conversely, if we look at things from a negative perspective, then all we will see is the negative. It's the same with the World Cup, I would say there is no perfect World Cup without any problems or anything like that. So it's just a matter of how we look at it.
I agree with you that each country has its own characteristics, we can't compare the World Cup held in country A with the World Cup held in country B, because those are 2 different countries. It might make more sense to compare World Cups held in the same country in different editions.
I would say world cup without any problems is one thing, but world cup with a ton of problems is another. Qatar one never felt like a true world cup to me, not because of any religious stuff but because not that many fans went there, that's the biggest issue. I mean normally what I understand from world cup is that when Brazil is playing, there will be tens of thousands of brazil fans cheering on the stadium, and when France does then French ones.

When you look at Qatar world cup, you will see that it was like made for the Qatari people and it was mostly them that was watching it and that's an issue if you ask me. It is not made for a nation, it's made for every nation, and if there aren't tens of thousands of fans of that nation there, then it makes no sense.

The biggest problem we had in Qatar was the lack of freedom and we all knew Qatar couldn't be a good host mostly because of the rules they have. We know Qatar as a Muslim country where you are not allowed to during in some places and in the other hand this country is very rich-friendly, which means if you have the money you can do anything you want, otherwise you should respect all the rules and you won't have freedom there.


That is the same in any country,even in the most well developed western society money can bypass laws and this is a big flaw of the human population in the world,corruption is everywhere and people are bribed commonly through rich persons to persuade them to give them what they want.Qatar has no difference in this,even in the most difficult country regarding rules which is Saudi Arabia with the right acquaintance you can open doors there too,so in this context the World Cup was let's say normal even in Qatar but of course in USA will be much better.
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If we look at things from a positive perspective, then we will see something positive, conversely, if we look at things from a negative perspective, then all we will see is the negative. It's the same with the World Cup, I would say there is no perfect World Cup without any problems or anything like that. So it's just a matter of how we look at it.
I agree with you that each country has its own characteristics, we can't compare the World Cup held in country A with the World Cup held in country B, because those are 2 different countries. It might make more sense to compare World Cups held in the same country in different editions.
I would say world cup without any problems is one thing, but world cup with a ton of problems is another. Qatar one never felt like a true world cup to me, not because of any religious stuff but because not that many fans went there, that's the biggest issue. I mean normally what I understand from world cup is that when Brazil is playing, there will be tens of thousands of brazil fans cheering on the stadium, and when France does then French ones.

When you look at Qatar world cup, you will see that it was like made for the Qatari people and it was mostly them that was watching it and that's an issue if you ask me. It is not made for a nation, it's made for every nation, and if there aren't tens of thousands of fans of that nation there, then it makes no sense.

The biggest problem we had in Qatar was the lack of freedom and we all knew Qatar couldn't be a good host mostly because of the rules they have. We know Qatar as a Muslim country where you are not allowed to during in some places and in the other hand this country is very rich-friendly, which means if you have the money you can do anything you want, otherwise you should respect all the rules and you won't have freedom there.
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If we look at things from a positive perspective, then we will see something positive, conversely, if we look at things from a negative perspective, then all we will see is the negative. It's the same with the World Cup, I would say there is no perfect World Cup without any problems or anything like that. So it's just a matter of how we look at it.
I agree with you that each country has its own characteristics, we can't compare the World Cup held in country A with the World Cup held in country B, because those are 2 different countries. It might make more sense to compare World Cups held in the same country in different editions.
I would say world cup without any problems is one thing, but world cup with a ton of problems is another. Qatar one never felt like a true world cup to me, not because of any religious stuff but because not that many fans went there, that's the biggest issue. I mean normally what I understand from world cup is that when Brazil is playing, there will be tens of thousands of brazil fans cheering on the stadium, and when France does then French ones.

When you look at Qatar world cup, you will see that it was like made for the Qatari people and it was mostly them that was watching it and that's an issue if you ask me. It is not made for a nation, it's made for every nation, and if there aren't tens of thousands of fans of that nation there, then it makes no sense.
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Well.. that is the point. For the next world cup in 2026, the defending champions need to go through the qualification route, while the three hosts would be given automatic qualification. I can understand if the United States is being given direct entry, because they are hosting more than 80% of the matches. But then what is the point in giving automatic entry for teams like Canada, who are going to host just 10 out of the total 104 matches? And it is so unfair to the other teams in CONCACAF, such as Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica.
Only the hosts benefit because they qualify automatically, but what's the point if the hosts are not able to qualify for the next round via grub, like the previous world cup in Qatar and they only played until the grub preliminary round because they were unable to collect points to qualify for the next round. Argentina has no problem in terms of qualifying, because they have great players and have always been able to get through the qualifying preliminary phase.

The organizers have the rules in place and although in our opinion there is no point in giving Canada the opportunity to qualify automatically, they do have an assessment that is adjusted to the rules of holding the next world cup match. So like it or not, that's the rule that will probably apply.
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We are not saying these three teams should not be in the 2026 world cup but the only thing I say about these three countries is mostly about taking three spots that other countries and other teams can use.
In the 2026 world cup, it is possible that another team with a higher quality will not be able to participate just because these two have taken up a spot.

It seems to me there is some confusion about how the spots to the world cup are given, CONCACAF has 6 direct spots to the world cup plus 2 spots for the inter-confederation playoffs, while the USA, Canada and Mexico were given 3 direct spots as the hosts, the spots given to CONCACAF did not increase, so 3 direct spots are still available, and while some may think this is unfair, those three teams made it to the previous world cup and would have qualified anyway as they are the three strongest teams on that zone, and if anything this helps the rest of the countries on their confederation as now they do not have to face them and instead there is a more level playing field for them.
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We are not saying these three teams should not be in the 2026 world cup but the only thing I say about these three countries is mostly about taking three spots that other countries and other teams can use.
In the 2026 world cup, it is possible that another team with a higher quality will not be able to participate just because these two have taken up a spot.

Well.. that is the point. For the next world cup in 2026, the defending champions need to go through the qualification route, while the three hosts would be given automatic qualification. I can understand if the United States is being given direct entry, because they are hosting more than 80% of the matches. But then what is the point in giving automatic entry for teams like Canada, who are going to host just 10 out of the total 104 matches? And it is so unfair to the other teams in CONCACAF, such as Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica.
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this is a kinda unique situation, because they used to have only 3 direct slots, and now they changed two things: They added extra 3 direct slots for a total of 6 (because now there are more teams in the world cup), but also at the same time they removed the extra slots for the hosts.

It's a bit of a trick for this time because they literally added 3 extra slots, but it's not really for the hosts, it's in general from now on.
What do you mean, you are telling us that USA/Canada/Mexico will not automatically go to world cup because of this? I mean normally when you are a host of the world cup then you go to world cup, that is how it works and has always been working that way.

If there is a new rule that says that there are 3 more slots but there is no guarantee for the host nations then I am pretty sure that at least one of these nations may end up missing the cup chance as well. That would be a new thing that I have never heard of before but if what you are saying is true that means there would be more fair situation, teams will actually have to fight to get what they are owed and should be very important to make a difference in the end as well.


We are not saying these three teams should not be in the 2026 world cup but the only thing I say about these three countries is mostly about taking three spots that other countries and other teams can use.
In the 2026 world cup, it is possible that another team with a higher quality will not be able to participate just because these two have taken up a spot.
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Here we go with the Qatar thing again Grin

I pretty much sure that I didn't read any comments above that is saying that Qatar did a terrible job in hosting the recent world cup and that they did not made the event as fabulous as it can be because we all know that money was not a problem in that country, they even built new stadiums just for the world cup, and so there is no stopping them by making the event extraordinary. But we should be open minded in this topic because every hosts have their own distinctive flavor that can make another world cup unforgettable.

Looking back, I can't remember a really bad World Cup (even in a miserable country like Russia it was held at a good level). In fact, it is always a holiday and probably everyone (except those who were very disappointed like Brazil at their home World Cup  Grin ) always remembers such an event in a positive way. The World Cup in such a big and rich country like the USA will certainly be good too.

Certainly mate and there won't be such thing as the worst world cup ever because the hosts will surely make everything possible to make the world cup unforgettable while they are the host. Besides, there should be no problems at all and it will happen just like how they imagine it (except for the little things of course because they cannot guarantee everything) because they are given a lot of time to prepare. In fact, North American countries already know that they will host the 2026 world cup as early as 6 years prior to the event.
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this is a kinda unique situation, because they used to have only 3 direct slots, and now they changed two things: They added extra 3 direct slots for a total of 6 (because now there are more teams in the world cup), but also at the same time they removed the extra slots for the hosts.

It's a bit of a trick for this time because they literally added 3 extra slots, but it's not really for the hosts, it's in general from now on.
What do you mean, you are telling us that USA/Canada/Mexico will not automatically go to world cup because of this? I mean normally when you are a host of the world cup then you go to world cup, that is how it works and has always been working that way.

If there is a new rule that says that there are 3 more slots but there is no guarantee for the host nations then I am pretty sure that at least one of these nations may end up missing the cup chance as well. That would be a new thing that I have never heard of before but if what you are saying is true that means there would be more fair situation, teams will actually have to fight to get what they are owed and should be very important to make a difference in the end as well.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.

I don't think if Brazil ever had a non-Brazilian coach in their history because they mostly tried to use Brazilian for their football team mostly the reason for using Brazilian coaches is they think Brazil is the strongest team in the world and they believe Brazilian coaches are better the other coaches in the world.

Brazil has never appointed anyone from a foreign country as a coach of their team, that is, the main condition of Brazil before appointing the last coach was that he must first be a citizen of Brazil to take charge of Brazil because most of the footballers do not understand English outside of their national language and Brazil never wanted their football secrets to be shared with the people of other countries. But due to worse performance than expected in Qatar World Cup 2022, they are finally forced to appoint a coach from Europe as their national team coach. I think Brazil finally made a good decision. Because to properly use the type of players that the Brazil team has, a coach like Carlo Ancelotti was definitely needed.

They don't have to have any foreign coaches from other countries mostly because Brzeil thinks they are in a situation where they have many famous and skilled coaches in their county and that's why even Ancelotti is not needed.
A few days ago their president, said he is unhappy about choosing Ancelotti.


https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/news-brazilian-president-unhappy-current-real-madrid-boss-carlo-ancelotti-s-appointment-national-team-manager

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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.

I don't think if Brazil ever had a non-Brazilian coach in their history because they mostly tried to use Brazilian for their football team mostly the reason for using Brazilian coaches is they think Brazil is the strongest team in the world and they believe Brazilian coaches are better the other coaches in the world.

I think I've heard someone say this similar thing some where out this forum, just around my locality here.
what I can say is that, if it really be true that brazil had never used a non-Brazilian coach before and even until now, it is very understandable based on the reason you already shared, a nation that believe that they are the very best worldwide when it comes to football, them seeking a coach outside their country will simply means they are mocking themselves, and if any other nation mocks them for doing so, it is understandable to be honest, wont blame such a nation.
I guess it's not about the nation, it's about a really good coach. If he can coach the team better than any other national coach, it is better for the country first of all. The belief that only a national coach should coach a team is wrong in my opinion and can have a bad effect on the team's play and as a result on the performance at world championships.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.

I don't think if Brazil ever had a non-Brazilian coach in their history because they mostly tried to use Brazilian for their football team mostly the reason for using Brazilian coaches is they think Brazil is the strongest team in the world and they believe Brazilian coaches are better the other coaches in the world.

I think I've heard someone say this similar thing some where out this forum, just around my locality here.
what I can say is that, if it really be true that brazil had never used a non-Brazilian coach before and even until now, it is very understandable based on the reason you already shared, a nation that believe that they are the very best worldwide when it comes to football, them seeking a coach outside their country will simply means they are mocking themselves, and if any other nation mocks them for doing so, it is understandable to be honest, wont blame such a nation.
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Looking back, I can't remember a really bad World Cup (even in a miserable country like Russia it was held at a good level). In fact, it is always a holiday and probably everyone (except those who were very disappointed like Brazil at their home World Cup  Grin ) always remembers such an event in a positive way. The World Cup in such a big and rich country like the USA will certainly be good too.
If we look at things from a positive perspective, then we will see something positive, conversely, if we look at things from a negative perspective, then all we will see is the negative. It's the same with the World Cup, I would say there is no perfect World Cup without any problems or anything like that. So it's just a matter of how we look at it.
I agree with you that each country has its own characteristics, we can't compare the World Cup held in country A with the World Cup held in country B, because those are 2 different countries. It might make more sense to compare World Cups held in the same country in different editions.

I do not remember that in one country the World Cup was held 2 times in a row, although even in this case a break of 4 years + the experience gained will greatly change the picture. The USA in 2026 will host the World Cup 22 years after the previous time, I hope I am not mistaken if I assume that simply due to progress it will be a higher level than then. By the way, in technical terms, this will be 100% true - do you remember how poorly TVs showed 20 years ago? For example, in hockey I didn’t even see the puck, but now on replays I can see how the stubble moves on the faces of the players.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.

I don't think if Brazil ever had a non-Brazilian coach in their history because they mostly tried to use Brazilian for their football team mostly the reason for using Brazilian coaches is they think Brazil is the strongest team in the world and they believe Brazilian coaches are better the other coaches in the world.

Brazil has never appointed anyone from a foreign country as a coach of their team, that is, the main condition of Brazil before appointing the last coach was that he must first be a citizen of Brazil to take charge of Brazil because most of the footballers do not understand English outside of their national language and Brazil never wanted their football secrets to be shared with the people of other countries. But due to worse performance than expected in Qatar World Cup 2022, they are finally forced to appoint a coach from Europe as their national team coach. I think Brazil finally made a good decision. Because to properly use the type of players that the Brazil team has, a coach like Carlo Ancelotti was definitely needed.
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Looking back, I can't remember a really bad World Cup (even in a miserable country like Russia it was held at a good level). In fact, it is always a holiday and probably everyone (except those who were very disappointed like Brazil at their home World Cup  Grin ) always remembers such an event in a positive way. The World Cup in such a big and rich country like the USA will certainly be good too.

The World Cup has been hosted in the USA before, for the 1994 World Cup. It was actually quite entertaining, with a young Marc Overmars, and a great Romario that helped Brazil get their 4th title.

Here are the hosting counties over the years:



Brazil is currently the most honorable team in the world and they are the only team with their 4th title in the world cup while they are not in their good form anymore and we can't expect to see the same Brazil were 20 years ago because they don't have the superstar they had before. Also in this world cup, again I think the European team got still better chance of winning the title than Brazil or other teams.
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Here we go with the Qatar thing again Grin

I pretty much sure that I didn't read any comments above that is saying that Qatar did a terrible job in hosting the recent world cup and that they did not made the event as fabulous as it can be because we all know that money was not a problem in that country, they even built new stadiums just for the world cup, and so there is no stopping them by making the event extraordinary. But we should be open minded in this topic because every hosts have their own distinctive flavor that can make another world cup unforgettable.

Looking back, I can't remember a really bad World Cup (even in a miserable country like Russia it was held at a good level). In fact, it is always a holiday and probably everyone (except those who were very disappointed like Brazil at their home World Cup  Grin ) always remembers such an event in a positive way. The World Cup in such a big and rich country like the USA will certainly be good too.
If we look at things from a positive perspective, then we will see something positive, conversely, if we look at things from a negative perspective, then all we will see is the negative. It's the same with the World Cup, I would say there is no perfect World Cup without any problems or anything like that. So it's just a matter of how we look at it.
I agree with you that each country has its own characteristics, we can't compare the World Cup held in country A with the World Cup held in country B, because those are 2 different countries. It might make more sense to compare World Cups held in the same country in different editions.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.

I don't think if Brazil ever had a non-Brazilian coach in their history because they mostly tried to use Brazilian for their football team mostly the reason for using Brazilian coaches is they think Brazil is the strongest team in the world and they believe Brazilian coaches are better the other coaches in the world.

You are right that Brazil has never been coached by a non-Brazilian coach, so Carlo Ancelotti will be the first non-Brazilian coach who will coach the country's national team and actually his appointment is not very encouraging to many parties, including several former Brazilian national team players who feel that Brazil has a coach who is just as good, but it seems that the failure at several world cups has made the Brazilian football organization try to change its strategy by making foreign coaches who are experienced and have good achievements become coaches later.
Of course it will be hard work for Carlo Ancelotti there from starting to selecting his squad later because we know that Brazil is filled with many talented players so he must be observant in his selection later, moreover, the time he has to prepare his team is not long because he has just officially coached Brazil next year so there is only 2 years before the 2026 world cup, but the Brazilian public will really expect that there will be achievements that their national team can achieve later especially this world cup will be played on the American continent the favorite place for CONMEBOL countries.
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