Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 42. (Read 68958 times)

Brazil's current times are not going well at all but that doesn't mean they won't be able to qualify for the main stage of the 26th World Cup. Brazil are showing signs of improvement in the last few matches they have played.  Since Brazil still has enough time, if they can still plan properly and perform in the next matches, it will not be difficult for them to qualify for the main stage of the World Cup. Either way Brazil will qualify for the main stage of the World Cup but they should plan in advance how they will perform in the World Cup and under which manager they will play in the World Cup. Because after working so hard to qualify for the main stage of the World Cup, if you have to come away without doing anything good, then it is a failure for the whole team.

I agree when I say that statistically currently China is much worse than Indonesia. Indonesia they have never lost but also never won in the last 3 matches. But China they lost in 3 of those matches. China's defense is a big problem that the coach there still seems to have to improve on. Meanwhile, Indonesia actually has a pretty good defense. And Indonesia has a very quality goalkeeper. It's just that Indonesia is quite minimal in building attacks. But I appreciate the effectiveness of the attacks built by the Indonesian National Team. Because every time they make an attack it always manages to cause quite a lot of trouble for the opponent. I think favoring Indonesia could indeed be a good choice.

For the other matches, I will favor Japan against Australia, then I will also favor South Korea against Iraq and finally I will favor Saudi Arabia against Bahrain. For the other matches I'm not sure. And probably will miss it.

China squad were dominated by the players who playing at their domestic league and their manager Branko Ivankovic is still new to managing this team and actually if we see based on FIFA rank China is far above to Indonesia but i don't know why for qualification stages China is so weak even from 3 matches China have already to conceded 12 goals and this makes their situation is very difficult and if tomorrow China lost from Indonesia then their chances to advances to the next round will be compeletely closed and automatically Branko Ivankovic possibly will be sacked and regarding their squad update actually China has facing storm injured because their players such as Fernando and Xu Haoyang will be doubtful to play and the condition Alan and Wu Lei also still not certain so probably China will playing without some of their key players so let see it later whether Indonesia can able to utilize this condition to gets the winning result or not

let's say that these teams are certainly not excellent in terms of the number of victories, they are teams that will never go to play in a world championship, it is already difficult for very strong teams to participate let alone these teams that would only make a bad impression, so I hope for them that they think to other competitions

You are right. The Indonesian national team must not continue to think about the results that were detrimental to them in the previous match. because the Indonesian national team has to get used to conditions like that. And actually this should also be a lesson for the Indonesian national team that they must maintain their focus in the match until the referee blows the whistle to signal the end of the match. Because it is useless for players to protest against the referee and this will only make the players less focused. And because they weren't focused, we saw that the Indonesian national team ultimately couldn't maintain their lead in the match. Now they have to prepare to face China tomorrow. And I hope they can win the match.

And you are right that Indonesia is lucky to have an extraordinary goalkeeper like Maarten Paes.

China is worse than Indonesia, they have a sequence of 3 defeats, and their defense is the worst defense in the group, in 3 games they conceded 12 goals, and it is as if in each game they conceded 4 goals, while Indonesia, despite not having shown to have a good attack in the first 2 games, they managed to have a good attack in their last game to the point of having scored 2 goals. Indonesia has a good defense. In my opinion, a draw or victory for Indonesia seems to be a good option for me to include in my Muitibet parlay. I am still analyzing which games I would also include. But I see this odd of @1.30 for a draw or victory for Indonesia as being very good to include in my parlay.

Yup, like I said man, the table doesn't lie. And the table shows everything after one season. Sometimes you have a bad game bad decision bad referee bad luck but in a season and even in a short table, everything eventually evens out.

I am first to say Brazil is nowhere near where they used to be but same goes for Argentina, and other teams can also be stronger why not?

So we have what we have, lets just enjoy

I will enjoy Brazil losing games as much as possible, that's ending at some point, same as Argentina winning, it will end

China current coach is Ivankovic Branco and indeed under his coaching China has experienced many defeats and no good results and real developments have been obtained, there have also been several rumors about the dismissal of Ivankovic Branco if in the future there are no changes whatsoever.

Tomorrow is the day where the China vs Indonesia match is and of course this is difficult match for China to win, even from several trusted media that I follow, they gave several statements about the interview session with Ivankovic Branco who said that Indonesia is not an opponent that they can easily defeat.
It seems like there is concern in Ivankovic Branco mind and of course with Indonesia increasingly strong development and its continuously developing performance, China must face difficult conditions that are predicted to make them suffer defeat again.
In this match I take Indonesia as the favorite and get odds @2.33 and hopefully this will be the right prediction according to expectations.

I remember when Brazil had to swallow a very bitter defeat at their home ground, at that time they had to swallow a 7-1 defeat from Germany. It was a dark time that they had to accept, even though it happened in the semifinals. Their defeat in that match was very embarrassing, even though they were also filled with good player material. Brazil has long been in decline and they can't even compete tightly, even though they are one of the countries that have many very good players. I can't say that their regeneration has failed, because until now there are still many famous players in their squad, but there are other problems that make them like that.

Yes, it is. In 2020/2021, UEFA adjusted the UEFA Nations League. It's now linked to qualifying for the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. This adjustment has already applied since 2021.

And this thread is still very relevant to discuss the UEFA Nations considering it provides a way to qualify for the World Cup 2026.

So I am just confused about Nation League EUFA which features a European country's match from last week ago. I watched the match is the same time with all branch FIFA, AFC, Conmebol, Concacaf, and others. So, is the National League EUFA also included in the World 2026 qualifications? Because when I read this thread no one is discussing the Europa match from last week where Germany, Spain, Portugal, and England just won the match a while ago.

When I read this article The 1st position from each group will get a ticket to the final world cup 2026, and for 2nd position will competition to play off to get the remaining tickets. And as far as I know, Nation League EUFA is for Euro 2024 qualification also.

Yeah, spot on. Most people will just talk shit about a team that is one of the best in the world because they just happen to lose a couple of matches.

In reality, Brazil is still one of the best, and will qualify with no issues for this world cup.

People just want to have a the same performance every time, winning every single match. That's just impossible in the long term.

Brazil might even win this world cup, and at that point everyone will start talking about how good Brazil is.

It's just human nature.

The match between Indonesia and Bahrain was indeed very tense but unfortunately the referee decision in favor actually tarnished the match, both teams had quite balanced possession of the ball in the match but indeed we have to admit that if the Bahrain offensive line is actually superior from Indonesia, they were able to record 24 shots in the match with 5 shots on target,  While Indonesia is also quite effective with 5 shots and 5 shots on target, so I think Indonesia is lucky enough to have Marteen Paes who can be a solid wall under the crossbar,indeed the victory that has been in front of the eyes actually has to be destroyed after a controversial decision from the referee, but I think for now Indonesia must rise and not continue to remember the results of the previous match, because the match against China has been waiting for them, China is indeed in a slump at the moment with consecutive defeats, however, it should not be for Indonesia to underestimate them later because after all, football is very unpredictable, so it is possible that they will rise and provide strong resistance when playing at home.

China was good team in the past, but recently their performance is on decline as currently they are having 91st rank in FIFA which is surely not good as they are working on their game their recent results are clearly indicating we are having no development into their game and chances are high as they will be ended at the bottom of this group in 3 games they already conceded 12 goals which are most by any team in this third stage.

Aleksandar Janković currently coach of the China team with have no good changes in team performance is surely going to have problem for him because if he fails to bring good results most chances he will be replaced because now things are going from bad to worse for the China soccer.

We have good performance from Indonesia in last few games which are good sign for them because their last three draws give them good boost for their chances even they are having challenging game against Japan but still they need to be had good result against China which is having one of the worst results in their last three games and not able to bring any improvement here Indonesia can bring better results with this could be.

Their defense is good as they concede only 3 goals from their last 3 games, but they needed to improve their attacking power which is not good because this will be good for them if they have more goals this will be increase their confidence.

People are fickle minded when it comes to football. Remember it was Argentina being pissed on for so long, Messi being pissed on, and then they win World Cup and people move on to the other team that should be winning it.

So yes, a simple win and one that should have happened suddenly sounds like a big deal, but the truth remains, Brazil are a victim of past successes. They need to win big, win nice, win stylish etc.

And yes I agree with the dumb comments, its not even new, they have been talking about it for a while, but they fail to realize the Brazilian leagues are a farce. I wish they would do it tho, and prove themselves wrong or prove us wrong, and give a chance for Brasil football to reboot. Vini and Neymar were always a wrong evolution IMO.

Indonesia can make Bahrain almost lose in front of Bahrain's own supporters. So I'm sure Indonesia will succeed in winning easily when Bahrain visits the GBK stadium belonging to the Indonesian national team. And Indonesia is actually very worthy of being able to progress further. And yes, Indonesia has the opportunity for that. As long as Indonesia manages to win the match against China.

China, which is currently continuing to experience defeat, cannot actually be underestimated. And in the upcoming match, China will also be the host against Indonesia. but I hope Indonesia can win the match with a convincing score.

I don't have too much information about China and their team if they have strong teams or not but all I know is about their recent performance and this is really disappointing to see China losing games like this. In the recent games seen from China, they lost all the games and this can show China will definitely lose the ticket for the 2026 World Cup However, with the current performance they have, they won't have any chance even if they play in the World Cup.
China is not a poor country and I think they could get their coach fired because of the bad performance he had in this team weeks ago.
  

I think, in the end we will see Brazil go to the 2026 World Cup, but they got their ticket the hard way in the qualifying round. The chance to qualify is still very open, because there are still many matches ahead, but as I said it will not be easy. The victory over Chile slightly eased the pressure on Dorival Junior and his players, although we know the match almost ended in a draw. The absence of Vinicius was very noticeable, Brazil looked very difficult to score goals. However, with the latest victory, the players confidence will increase. The next match against Peru is relatively easy, Brazil should be able to win in a more promising way. The chaos within the team is believed to be the cause of Brazil unstable performance so far, even if their changes manager, maybe the situation will not be much different. If the situation is conducive again, I am sure Brazil will find their peak performance again.

After reading too much about this game and few things about referee who was supervising in this game I watch highlights of this game and feeling sorry for the Indonesian team and their fans because surely they deserve to have win in this game with referee were biased and his many decisions were completely wrong which needed to be rechecked with now in coming games we also need to have referee from third region of Asia as we have game between Indonesia vs Bahrain here why they have referee from Oman they needed from Central Asia or another region who can do much better.

We have few things in AFC Asian soccer which are killing the spirit of the game but sadly due to have personal issues and many other problems no one going to fix them which are surely not good deal but good thing for the Indonesia they are still had good chance of going into next round as their next game is against China which is currently worst team in this group and Indonesia can beat them with have chance of jumping above.

Indonesia continues to strengthen the team, especially in the defense line. Having successfully brought in Mees Hilgers and Eliano Reijnders, Indonesia recently also acquired the services of Kevin Diks, a speedster, solid at the back, and his contribution in aiding attacks from the wings. This will surely strengthen Indonesia's back line. At the same time, it will add more to the attack line, which is not too sharp.

To enhance the striking power in the front line, there have been reports that the Indonesian National Team is planning on naturalizing Ole Romeny and Mauro Zijlstra. If that materializes, it might be the solution to the problems of the Indonesian attack line and place a better chance to compete in the match that is coming up soon to win a ticket to the World Cup.