Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 23. (Read 65610 times)

Regarding Graham Arnold, he actually has lot of experience with Australia but indeed for the current edition they performed less than satisfactory but Graham Arnold departure is also quite unfortunate because he is not bad coach, now Australia and Saudi Arabia will continue the third round with each of their new coaches, I quite curious about how they will finish in this third round.
Of all this, only Saudi Arabia is quite worrying, Herve Renard knows very well what he has to do for Saudi Arabia and I sure that Herve Renard return can help Saudi Arabia to still have chance to participate in the 2026 World Cup and for Japan itself they are the strongest and it will be difficult for anyone in Asia to beat them.

We understand how difficult it is to win the World Cup when we watch Brazil in every World Cup tournament. 

In every tournament of the world cup Brazil team wants to ignite the world cup tournament with the best team from all the other teams and in every tournament they have a dream to fulfill the mission hexa but till now they could not win the world cup for the sixth time. Germany won the 2014 World Cup, France won the 2018 World Cup and Argentina won the 2022 World Cup. Although Argentina is a good team in the 2026 World Cup tournament, there is no guarantee that they can win the World Cup title, so Messi must think about these things and decide whether he will stay in the next World Cup team or announce his retirement before the World Cup.

I'm not sure but I feel Mancini was better for Sadi Arabian and now they will feel regret for getting Mancini fired because the performance of Mancini was good enough and they were about to get themself into the 2026 World Cup which is a great achievement for them.
Also, Mancini had a good reputation in this country and now Renard is going to return. Maybe because Renard they got their coach fired because Renard was working there before until he left Saudi Arabia because getting another offer.

It's a fact that things with Brazil are different now, the player that has caused me the most curiosity is the improvement of Rapinha, he has scored goals with the national team and also with Barcelona, ??wow this player has been key, I think that Brazil has recovered its level, the bad thing is that it is recovering it and it has to play against Venezuela and with the players being at full speed against Venezuela it is probable that they will beat them easily, and that is what I do not want lol, however we have to wait, there I saw that Ney joined Al Hilal, and of all the Brazilians the one I have the most respect for and I would not want him to face is Ney, because Ney represents the joga bonito in Brazil, it is a problem that he shines a lot.

Neymar will take a few months to perhaps return to being what he was, I still think he should expose himself less in the plays and try to retreat his positioning on the field and try to be a kind of classic number 10, the one who sets up the plays for the attackers to finish or else try to be a finishing center forward... if he continues playing as he is used to, he will get injured again... a serious injury like his if it happens again at his age will be the end of career.

The Brazil team will play the World Cup qualifiers again in November.  Prior to that, Gabriel, who was strong against the attack defense in the Brazil team, was injured in the last match.
 Earlier, another center break, Bremer, was ruled out for the season due to injury.
 Brazil's right ringer Rodrigo has been injured in the Champions League stage, Alison Brecker, the regular goalkeeper of the team, has been injured in the Brazil team.
 Vinicius was out of the field due to injury in the last World Cup qualifying match.  This is one of the best stars of the Brazil team after getting injured after playing a match for Real Madrid.
 However, Vinicius jr recovered before this World Cup qualifying round.
 Vinicius jr recovered but another Brazilian ringer Rodrigo was injured during the Champions League.  It is not yet known exactly how long he will be out of the field.
 Gabriel suffered the injury while playing for Arsenal against Liverpool.  Meanwhile, Brazil's main goalkeeper Alison Brecker, who is injured, has been injured for a long time. This Liverpool star last played for Liverpool on October 5 and left the field after playing 79 minutes. Due to a hamstring injury, there is no guarantee when Alison will return to the field.
 Meanwhile, Bremer of Juventus ended this season due to injury
 Brazilians are worried.
 All in all, the Brazilian team is plagued with injuries.  The return of Neymar Jr. among them is good news for the Brazilians, but Neymar Jr. is back in the team after a year.  Old matches that have not been played yet, there are a number of injuries again.
 I am hopeful that the Brazil team will recover from injuries and come back in formidable form in this year's tournament.  Will win the hearts of fans with their game.

After certain age, there isn't any lower division that would matter because they would not be able to play. Remember, most of their life these players played with other great players as well, sure they were always the best player but they didn't had terrible players around them, they had some great players around them most of their life. Sure right now maybe they do not have the greatest players, but they still have "some" decent players with them as well, so they are benefiting that too.

But if they go to for example like 4th division of Spanish league, just to score goals, the hard tackle defense of other teams would hurt them a lot and would injure them, age would stop them, and their terrible teammates would not be able to pass them well enough. So after a certain age, there is no way they can keep scoring, not like they can be 50 and go to lower league and score. Unless they just need like couple goals, then they can do that for a few games, score a few goals and be done.

Mancini is not a bad coach. but there is dissatisfaction with the results that Saudi Arabia currently gets in the qualifiers. of course, they want a ticket to the World Cup finals with the hope that Hervé Renard can provide positive results from several remaining Saudi matches in this 3rd round.
Japan I think will secure the first ticket to qualify, while Australia and Saudi Arabia currently have the same points. the next meeting between Saudi Arabia and Australia will be a tough step for Hervé Renard.

59 years old Roberto Mancini not bad coach, but he fails to adopt conditions here in Saudi Arab which bring Saudi Arab down which was not acceptable for the Saudi soccer authorities so with mutual understanding we have this contract ended, and now they are back in business with Hervé Renard who is having good experience with this team and his performance was also much better than Roberto Mancini.



Currently, Saudi Arab in third stage of FIFA World Cup qualifiers they are having not good results from their 4 games their next game is against Australia which is also not easy, so things were going not favourable for their qualification which allow bringing changes at this level now we will have Hervé Renard for another qualification into world cup because Saudi Arab not want to lose their spot with their vision and things are surely allowing them to stay in good.

Winning the world cup is very very difficult. After failing in the 2014 world cup final Messi needed 8 years to play in the final again and luckily he was able to win it. That is a very long time. I agree with you that there is no guarantee that Messi will win the world cup again. Even the record for most world cup winners is currently held by Pele with 3 world cup titles and no player has been able to break it. But I think Messi will still be an important player for Argentina in the 2026 world cup. He may be old but I am sure he will be called up for the 2026 world cup. Unless Messi chooses to retire.

To make it even bigger, Ronaldo is pursuing a 1k career goal before retirement. The only time their stay will become a burned to the team would be when their productivity drops of which with Ronaldo it doesn't seem so jus yet, literally I say on a news long ago that he even wishes to play along side with his son of which he has been working towards, keeping fit and never relenting in his career, if he's at 900 already, typically he need about 60 games where he will consistently score two goals or more and could be excused with some of which a typical analysis on his anticipated time of his career both for the club side and rhe country side could give him that time but it will entail so much hard work which i can't tell if hes ready for already.

After Cristiano Ronaldo came to the Saudi League, it became easier for him to touch the milestone of 1000 goals. Currently his goal tally is over 900 but if he had stayed in Europe by now he would not have reached 900 as the competition there is definitely tougher than the Saudi league. 
Cristiano Ronaldo has set the target of completing 1000 goals and then ending his football career. The Portugal superstar is still far from the goal of 1000 goals, so he will have to play football for a long time to reach this milestone. As his fitness is still fit and he is doing well for the team, Saudi club Al-Nassr might give him that chance.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have given us unforgettable memories as far as the FIFA World Cup tournament is concerned. These two superstars with their incredible football qualities have lit up the tournament in five different editions with Lionel Messi finally winning the competition in the last edition that was held on Qater. A lot of people are speculating that Cristiano Ronaldo is most likely to feature in the next edition that'll be coming up in less than two years from now. For Lionel Messi, I don't know if he'll be fit enough to play in the next edition. Now, I want to read your opinions about this topic. Do you think Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will be featuring in the next edition of the FIFA World Cup?

There is no heart emoji here, but reading Messi's stats astonishes me every time I come across them. But there is so much more to his game. The beautiful assists, which is not only playing an easy pass or so, but pure genius whenever he has the ball. Or all the brilliant free kick goals while he is never using force like Ronaldo. Messi does it the classy way with ultimate precision. He is a player who will remain unmet for a very long time.

Qualification stages is really has a victim because before Roberto Mancini reported Australia manager Graham Arnold also has been withdraw from his position and Graham Arnold feel he was failed to bringing Australia to performing well so that's why he was withdraw from his position as a manager and for Roberto Mancini the loses from Japan and draw result from Bahrain is really unacceptable for Saudi Arabia president so that's why they have been decide to sacked Roberto Mancini and new manager of Saudi Arabia Herve Renard is not new for this team because on 2022 Herve Renard can bringing Saudi Arabia to playing at world cup and under him too at that time Saudi Arabia can able to beat Argentina at group stage

There have been rumors about Saudi Arabia changing coach to Mancini for some time now when Saudi Arabia performance was considered less than satisfactory, but now it all over and Mancini has left the coaching chair which has now been replaced by Herve Renard, he was also previously the Saudi Arabian coach.
Moreover, Herve Renard was also the one who brought Saudi Arabia to qualify for the 2022 World Cup and with the return of Herve Renard, it is hoped that Saudi Arabia can qualify again and really show much more competitive increase in performance, but this is only short-term contract until 2025 with an extension option until 2027, I think the competition for Group C will be even more interesting with the return of Herve Renard with Saudi Arabia.

Not like that in my opinion, because when they play in a lower league they must have very good teammates who can help them score more goals. It should also be remembered that when they are in a lower league they may get more challenges because they will be the first players to be guarded tightly by the opposing players. And now to reach the level of 1000 goals it takes how many more games, because not in every game they can create goals. Let's assume that Ronaldo can score 1 goal in every game, that means he needs at least 2 more seasons in the Saudi Pro League, that's if it goes smoothly, if he gets injured and the like it could be even longer.

In what league do they have to play in order to score valid goals for the total counter? Well, if there aren't any restrictions, I think it's quite possible for them to hit the 1000 goals milestone yet. They just have to play at lower leagues where their age won't be an obstacle for their performance. They could even score a dozen goals in a single match.

For Cristiano Ronaldo who needs to score additional 94 goals to reach the 1000 mark, I think he can do it if he continues to stay fit like he's been in recent years but for Lionel Messi, I don't see him reaching 1000 goals. Lionel Messi who is currently playing for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, getting such amount of goal I think is almost impossible but for Cristiano Ronaldo, his current scoring streak is more likely to help him achieve that feat.

Just like you rightly said, age is no longer on their sides which I think is the major factor that might stop them reaching that milestone.

Really can these both legends reach to that milestone ? Cristiano Ronaldo had around 900 goals (Ronaldo reaches 900 career goals) while Messi have scored around 849 goals according to different sources, but for both these gentlemen to make it to a 1000 goals, they need a lot of matches and i am afraid their age won't permit them to achieve this record. Also if they stay in the team for prolonged period of time, only because they want to get this target, it will eventually become a burden on the team as young people need to fill in their space as early as possible.