Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 2. (Read 62497 times)

Dorival Junior should be fired, what's the point of include Igor Jesus in starting lineup? they have Gabriel Jesus, Endrick and Richarlison, while Igor Jesus is playing in shit team in shit league with shit performance.

Raphinha is a great player in this season, but his main position was a left winger, while in Brazil he forced to play as an attacking midfielder.

Draw is a bad result, they should have won.

In the previous match, Indonesia managed to draw when visiting Saudi Arabia with a score of 1-1. So it is not surprising that in the end Indonesia managed to beat Saudi Arabia at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium. Because when Indonesia plays at home, they will get an injection of burning enthusiasm from Garuda supporters, the atmosphere shown by Garuda supporters last night was extraordinary.

And of course this is an extraordinary achievement, this is the first time Indonesia has managed to silence Saudi Arabia in 11 meetings between the two. In last night's match, Indonesia's defense line performed well so that only a little space was given for Saudi Arabia to launch kicks at Indonesia's goal, because it was recorded that out of 23 shots launched by Saudi Arabia, at least only 3 shots were on target. In this match, Indonesia did not dominate the match too much, but the young Garuda managed to maximize every opportunity they got. And Marcelino was the main star in last night's match, he managed to contribute 2 goals in this match.

Facing Australia in the first away match after the match vs Saudi Arabia, I think Indonesia's chance to get 3 points is only 20% or almost impossible even though on the field sometimes unexpected things can happen. Likewise with the away match against Japan later. Hopefully in one of the away matches, Indonesia can get 1 point. Although Japan has ensured that they will qualify with a number of points, they will not underestimate Indonesia and Japan's second-string players will not all be played.

The opportunity may lie in the home matches against Bahrain and China. In these two matches Indonesia must appear all out to be able to secure two wins if they want to maintain their hopes of qualifying.

It is really hard to determine which country will occupy the 2nd to 4th position considering the points they have. Australia has seven points, while China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain all have six points each. The next few games will determine who will make it to the next round among these teams.

Saudi Arabia's next game is with China and they will also meet Japan later in March next year. I think Australia has the quality to maintain their second position if they improve their game. They were the only side that was able to hold Japan to a draw, while others lost to the group leader.       

During International break Brazil got unsatisfactory results this because from 2 latest matches they were unable to gets the winning results and after only playing draw from Venezuela several days ago then today Brazil too failed to gets 3 points because they have to playing draw again from Uruguay and this result makes them have to satisfied to collect 18 points and occupy 5th place but they still have good chances to qualified because the difference points between the team on the 2nd place to 5th place is not too far but some fans are starting to complaining about the performance of Vinicius and Raphinha this because they still unable to in form when playing for Brazil

After the defeat from China and Japan,  Indonesian people began to lose hope when they saw their team at the bottom of the standings without winning a single victory, but after the victory from Saudi Arabia, of course Indonesia began to have a great opportunity at this time,  especially in other matches, Australia and Bahrain actually drew a draw, so it automatically made Bahrain fail again to shift Indonesia position in the 3 ranking, the competition that occurred in Group C in my opinion starting been very tight at the moment after Indonesia victory and only Japan can be said to be safe to qualify, while the other 5 teams still have a great chance to qualify automatically to the 2026 World Cup later because of the narrow point difference, including Indonesia at this time.

Japan needs only three points to secure a direct spot to the world-cup. Meanwhile, the 2nd - 4th still unbelievably open for rest of teams to put their heads ahead. This is the most competitive group to watch ever. It's hard to determine what clubs are gonna secure the 2nd - 4th positions.

Talking about Saudi vs Australia. I remember they drew in the first leg and it happened at Australia's home. So, the second leg is gonna be a toughest game for Australia. They're gonna be playing an away game. I think Australia is potentially losing three points in the second leg,

The Indonesian national team managed to climb to third place in Group C standings, with 6 points from 6 matches. And for the FIFA ranking, Indonesia managed to climb to 127th place from 132nd, and passed the rankings of Malaysia, Malawi, India and Cyprus. Very good for Indonesia's performance in the last match. Even so, Indonesia should not just be satisfied, because there are still 4 matches to come. The Indonesian national team must provide extra performance for the next matches, because Indonesia still has to ensure that they could be qualified for the world cup.

I also think losing to Japan is almost guaranteed so they should aim for 6 points at least. Winning against China and Bahrain is quite achievable IMO. I believe Indonesia managed to control possession and create many chances against China, so 3 points against them is a must. Bahrain had a lot of shots against Indonesia but I believe they're still a level below Australia/Japan. As long as the coach put the best line-up like yesterday's game I believe it's possible to snatch another 3 points against them. Australia is debatable but I think a draw against them is not that far-fetched considering Australia's result is not outstanding so far.

Current standings of Group C of Asian World Cup qualifier seems easily for Japan secure the first standings position behind the victory over China last night and have 9 points remaining from Australia on the 2nd place by having four matches left. Interested to see who will placed the 2nd position behind several teams have fewest difference points and our national team Indonesia still have opportunity for the first time qualify to World Cup if can secure the second position place.

Indonesia team have two away and home match, its advantage after the victory over Saudi Arabia have opportunity to secure three home points when facing China and Bahrain. But Indonesia have difficult away match against Australia and the top standings team Japan at the last match wish the Japan team will use their second composition after success qualifying to World Cup.

Current standings awhile until games week 6

Personally, I almost couldn't believe it when I saw the Indonesian national team win last night's match with a score of 2-0 against Saudi Arabia because in their last match against Japan with 0-4, I was convinced that Indonesia would not play this well. Yes, what you say is true, because this is football, of course there are always surprises and of course we should not underestimate a team's performance because of course we very often come across teams that are considered weak but end up winning a match.

Yes, now Indonesia has succeeded in fighting Saudi Arabia and of course this is a good achievement for Indonesia considering that Saudi Arabia is of course very different from Indonesia in the FIFA rankings and Indonesia really performed well in last night's match and until the end of the match it was a shame that Saudi Arabia was unable to score. goal against Indonesia.

Yes, because Indonesia's defense was good, Indonesia was finally able to win and finally Indonesia was able to guard its goal, which in the end, there were no goals scored from Saudi Arabia against Indonesia, but there were so many opportunities created by Saudi Arabia, but unfortunately, Saudi Arabia couldn't take advantage of the opportunities well, yes, score 2- 0 for Indonesia's victory is very impressive.

In the other match, Japan played well and in the end Japan was able to end the match with a 1-3 win. To be honest, I thought Japan would increase their goals to 4 but the Chinese players fought hard to maintain the score.

There is no player like him and that is Ronaldo specialty that we rarely find in other players, now everything has been answered with how Ronaldo condition can allow him to remain on Portugal front line for longer time until the 2026 World Cup.
Roberto Martinez has confidence in Ronaldo and that is why he is always called and enters the field in all match played by Portugal, Roberto Martinez certainly will not waste it.

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For other match in Asia I saw Indonesia playing very well, they faced Saudi Arabia but all of this was clearly more structured and could put pressure on the Saudi Arabian players until Indonesia win to save 3 full points and now they are ranked 3rd.
It just shame that Justin Hubner had to receive red card and was confirmed to get suspension in the next match and this will certainly be detrimental to Indonesia because Justin Hubner presence is really very important and I think Shin Tae-yong really has to think about how and determine who will replace Justin Hubner.

After getting hard pressure from PSSI official Erick Tohir, the Indonesia team Energized to get the winning last night. Shin Tae Yong feels his position is susceptible to be fired if the team still gets lost, and he was immediately changes the formation perfectly to defeat Saudi Arabia last night. There are still 4 matches left until June 2024 which means Indonesia's position still has a chance to grow to be in 2nd place to shift to Australia position. I hope Indonesia still maintain his performance, and and can qualify directly to world cup.

The match almost ended disappointingly for Australia. They had a 1-0 lead in the first half and held on until the 74th minute. And the unexpected happened because in less than five minutes Bahrain managed to score two goals against Australia.

Australia failed to maintain its lead, several Australian defenders made blunders that left them one goal behind Bahrain. The drama carried out by Bahraini players continued to occur until time was wasted, but fortunately the referee gave a long additional time in this match, the referee gave an additional 10 minutes, in the last ten minutes Australia continued to increase the tempo of the game and in the 90+6 minute Australia finally equalized to 2-2. And both teams had to be willing to share points.

Until now, the Japanese national team still doesn't seem to really feel challenged when facing other teams in Group C. They always play quite relaxed in every match they play. But the important point for Japan is that they always don't underestimate any team they play. against. So that they always get maximum results. And the high level of discipline of the Japanese national team deserves to be appreciated. In terms of the bodies of the players, Japanese players are actually not that big and tall. But regarding speed I think they are always superior. So there is no need to be surprised if they continue to maintain their unbeaten record.

For the Bahrain vs Australia match, it seems like things have turned around. Because Bahrain is now ahead 2-1. And the match will soon be over because it has entered a minute of extra time. I am disappointed with the result of this match because I favored Australia in this match. With Bahrain's victory in this match, Bahrain's position will automatically move up to second place in Group C.

In this group were are sure about Japan being in the 2026 World Cup because so far they were much better than the other teams. But I'm not sure about Australia and Saudi Arabia. Australia is not a bad team and they are always one of the best teams in Asia they could easily go to the World Cup but this time considering the money they spent in Saudi Arabia I think this will be hard for Australia to stay the second place of the table.
Recently Australia got a 0-0 result against Saudi Arabian and now both teams are very close.

The Indonesian national team is still not as solid as other national teams in the current Asian Zone World Cup qualifiers. Especially in the level of pass accuracy and level of ball possession which is not as good as other national teams. It's just that in terms of fighting spirit on the field, I am always truly amazed by the Indonesian national team. They fought very hard even though they were underestimated. And now they have proven they can cause a surprise by beating Saudi Arabia, who are clearly the favorites in the match. And Shin Tae-yong was able to smile broadly again thanks to the victory of the squad he coached.

And Japan has indeed managed to win the match they played. And yes, it looks like Japan will really maintain the unbeaten record they currently have.

And currently the Bahrain vs Australia match is also taking place. And Australia was ahead from the first minute of the match thanks to a quick goal from Kusin Yengi in the 1st minute. And if Bahrain loses this match then Bahrain will temporarily be ranked at the bottom of Group C.

The outcome of the game came as a surprise to me. Saudi Arabia is highly regarded in Asia and they were able to hold Australia to a draw in their last game. So it will be normal to expect them to at least get a draw from this game held in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Senayan, South Jakarta.

But we saw an Indonesian team that was hungry for victory. After mounting much pressure on the defense of the Green Falcons Marselino Ferdinan was able to break the get a goal in the 32nd minute, after his shot had hit the goalpost earlier. Garuda's squad kept dominating the game until they sealed their win with a second goal from the young Oxford United player.

With this win, Indonesia is now well-positioned to compete for a slot in the next qualification round.     

This victory is a revival of the Indonesian national team after consecutive defeats in previous matches, Saudi Arabia is one of the strong teams in Asia but the maturity of the strategy applied by Shin Tae Yong in the match was able to overcome every attack built by Saudi Arabia, I think the solid defence of indonesia today is an important factor that made them win and different from their previous matches, ferdinand became the hero of indonesia victory today with scoring 2 goal in the match and I hope he can continue to maintain his performance in the next matchs, the first 3 points won by indonesia now makes them temporarily climb to position 3 of the group C standings.

20 years old Indonesian Ferdinand M who is playing for the Oxford United scored two goals in each half for his team to beat mighty Saudi Arab in qualifier for the World Cup 2026 this is first win for the Indonesia against Saudi Arab in 8 games with we have 5 wins for Saudi Arab and 2 draws before this game.



This win brings good chance for the Indonesia to have spot into Fourth Stage of the qualifiers for the World Cup 2026, and now we have not good chance for the Saudi Arab to have automatic qualification for the world cup Japan thrash China with score of 3–1 in busy day while we have too many games across Asia and Africa for the World Cup 2026.