Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 5. (Read 65447 times)

FIFA is one of the most powerful sports organization around the globe with having nearly 200 members and their available sources are also huge with now due to new format of FIFA World Cup their income is also going to increase, so things are surely going well for them, and we have no check and balance for them which is giving them huge advantage with they are doing things which are suitable for them and covering for their corruption as well.

Inter Miami entry into Club World Cup is surely joke but no one will be having any objection as Messi is blue eye son of FIFA so they will keep favouring him as things are happening in last few years we all know with no one can stand against them as they are having power and all things which are helping them for having things as they wanted.

Messi went on vacation and went to Disneyland, sportingly what still keeps him at a high level is his extreme quality as a player, but competitively he should have looked for another team, or even returned to Barcelona. But choices are choices, right... and you're right, he'll probably still win several gold balls even though he's retired, like a gold ball for "lifetime achievement" lol

FIFA is a gang of corrupt people who do their dirty business. It doesn't matter what the exact details are, but I'm sure we'll see Messi on the FIFA list. This son of FIFA will probably continue to receive awards even after he retires 
By the way, Inter Miami got a ticket to the Club World Cup only because Messi plays there. Ironically enough, Inter was knocked out in the first round of the MLS playoffs.

The mentioned indeed have their very good chance of getting included in the list of qualifiers. But they should still work on it and not get too confident as one mistake can get them out of the game. They need to make sure they will get the slot within their confederation. So consistently winning is the key. But if not, as much as possible eliminate some of their weak opponents and be included in those allocated slots.
 And if they can win critical matches like their supposed strong opponents, I guess, they will have good assurance that they can be in the qualifying teams.
It will be interesting year next year for them, as we will see the strongest teams who can be on those list.

The Fipro team of the year was released earlier today and since then, we've seen so many reactions from football fans across the globe in regards the names on the list. So people believes that they're are omitted names that should've made it into the first XI while others believe that the list is very accurate. Do you think this list of going to affect FIFA's decision when they'll release their own official team of the year during the Best awards? Let me get your thoughts.

Because the difference in points between each team is quite small which will result in the fate of those who will accompany Japan being determined in the remaining matches.
I see a big chance that Australia can accompany Japan to automatically qualify. But we also don't know how a surprise can be made in the group.
For Indonesia's chances, I think it's quite difficult to qualify directly. Position 3 or 4 might be more realistic for them who are currently the team with the lowest FIFA ranking in the third round of this qualification.

The dynamics of the Group C competition are indeed quite fierce, especially in competing for second place in the standings, while Japan is certain to be able to qualify comfortably. The fate of the Indonesian National Team is very dependent on the match against Australia, on paper the host is indeed more favored. This is the time for Indonesia to fight to the limit of its ability, because overall the squad coached by Shin Tae yong is getting good momentum. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and China actually have the same chance, basically it is quite difficult to predict who will accompany Japan to qualify from Group C.

According to the performance of each team in the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier matches, two teams Iran and Uzbekistan from Group A, South Korea from Group B and Japan from Group C have great chances to qualify for the next round i.e. World Cup. Among these three teams I mentioned, they have won almost most of the matches against their opponents.
In Group C, Japan is the only team performing better as they have more wins. But while other teams were strong, they could not win many matches. Australia and Saudi Arabia are two very strong teams in the Asian Qualifier round but managed to win only one match, Based on the performances of these two teams, I doubt whether they will actually qualify for the next round.

No doubt with how most compete of Group C for qualifying to World Cup have one spot left after Japan dominance and looks easily to secure first standings position, but Indonesia team have advantage after victory over Saudi Arabia last match and have two home matches left against Bahrain and China national teams will make easily reach the 2nd place or get spot for next round qualifying by finish on 3rd to 4th position standings.

Indonesia team have one point remaining awhile from Australia at the 2nd place and upcoming match qualifying is most important both team face each other and opportunity for Indonesia if can defeating Australia will make easily upcoming two consecutives will play at home. Australia have many difficult match to face against Japan and Saudi Arabia at last match qualifying. Indonesia team although have match left against Japan but looks opportunity Japan have been qualify will play most of second composition teams.

Yes I have got the point you are referring to. And I want to discuss some of the things you have mentioned. First I think Indonesian people will still watch the world cup even if Indonesia does not qualify for the world cup. The reason is simple, Indonesian people really like football but they also know that Indonesia does not have a chance to play in the world cup. I see many people who stay up late to watch football such as UCL, EPL, UEL, EURO and the World Cup even though they have to wait until 3 am.

But I agree that if Indonesia plays in the 2026 world cup it does not mean that there will be 200 million Indonesians who will watch. The reason is because of the time zone. It is very unfortunate because the 2026 world cup is in a time zone where it is working hours. If it is outside working hours such as 6 pm to 4 am (like in Brazil 2014) there may be an increase in viewers.

And it should be added that it is the most difficult classification of all, the toughest in the world, because there is no comparison with this, I know that the Europeans and people from other continents say no, but you have to see the level to which many players are subjected, among these are the climates of the countries, each one uses its own strengths which sometimes are the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of some, the altitude of La Paz Bolivia, the heat of Barranquilla in Colombia, are some examples of how difficult it is for many teams to play, those alone are ingredients for which they make them the most difficult qualifiers in the world.

Checking the players in Japan and some other Asian countries you can understand many things about these teams. Japan is a country that tries to care about the younger players more than other countries and they will use these talents to keep the team young and fresh for great tournaments like the World Cup and that's why Japan hopes to have a better performance there.
Also if they check the Japanese players you can understand many players from Japan are working in the Top European teams which is the big difference they have with other countries in Asia.

Korea already have 14 points from 6 games and are currently sitting at the top of the group B so I think it's almost certain that they'll be among the teams that'll feature in the next FIFA World Cup same as Japan who will as well qualify.
What's surprising to me about the AFC FIFA World Cup qualifying table is the current position of Australia who has managed to garner just 7 points from 6 games and sits in the 2nd position of the group C. Australia is one of the best football nations from their region and should be struggling to qualify if you ask me

For a fact, most countries wouldn't care to really see the game if they eventually fail to qualify for the game so it's not a thing to debate, if Indonesia fails to qualify, they are very likely not going to have as much views as they would have if they are participating, literally the fan base will be weak if at all there's going to be any, the last time they had an appearance has been quite a very long time and it will be very interesting and even thrilling for them if they qualify, that will actually cause they to generate more views than they have ever done because this time they are fully involved and not just as spectators alone.

All the countries you just mentioned now are all group leaders in the world cup qualifiers. Japan leads Group C, South Korea is the leader of tops Group B and Iran tops Group A. So there are every possibilities that they would qualify for the next round. Other countries that have the quality to make it to the fourth round is Uzbekistan, Iraq and Australia also could qualifier if they maintain their performance. But the most interesting group for me is Group C where almost all the nations have chances to come to the next round.

If you look at all the possibilities that can happen, of course there is no team that can be 100% certain that they have qualified for the world cup at this time, but with the existing point difference with the team in third position, of course Japan is a team that we can say has been very safe at this time, Japan has so far shown a consistent and solid performance, although each team has 4 games left, but it seems difficult for Japan to lose points in remaining match remember  their performance which is several levels above the team team in group C.

Just like you, besides Japan and Iran, I also see South Korea as a team that has a great chance of qualifying, because so far the performance they have shown is not much different from Japan, besides that, South Korea have a pretty great squad, with support by better experience in the world cup so far than other teams that are their rivals.

Like repeating history, at that time Indonesia had appeared in the 1983 World Cup, but at that time it was still called the Dutch East Indies because it was still the colonial era, and the players were also Dutch. and now Indonesia has the hope of being able to appear in the world cup, by successfully qualifying for the third round of the Asian zone world cup qualification. this is the highest achievement ever achieved by the national team so far and interestingly the Indonesian national team managed to enter the third round of the world cup qualification, it was because the squad was filled with many players of Dutch descent. and even some media said that the Indonesian national team was like the 2nd Dutch national team to play in Asia. However, even so, the large number of diaspora players in a national team is not strange, because we can see, the national teams in Europe are also filled with diaspora players, such as France which is filled with more black players.

And when talking about the Indonesian national team in the age group, the achievements of the Indonesian national team in the age group can be said to be quite brilliant. and even the Indonesian U-12 national team in 2019 managed to finish in 4th place in the Danone Notions Cup World Cup event.

I agree with your view about soccer and Asian region but here we need to check few things which are hurting badly for long time and AFC fail to fix things like these UEFA and other sports organizations are strong and have enough power but here due to geopolitics we have few problems which can fixed but no one taking first step.

AFC needs to go ahead brutally and end few regional events and work on just one event which helps them with they are having enough sources with them AFC can bring many good things and positive results we have in African region, and now they are producing one of the best soccer players for UEFA which are giving them good funds here we have too many events without any specific authority and many countries are lack of facilities which needed good support but nothing happening favourable for them.

And you see that was exactly my point.
If they like football that much then they would have watched the world cup even without Indonesia playing at all, so the team qualifying will not suddenly mean an increase in viewership of 200 million people, also, don't forget about the timezone, matches that will be late night in the USA will be early morning in Indonesia, I don't see that many people stating home at 9 AM watching a game rather than going to work.

1983 was not Indonesia, but still called the Dutch East Indies.
In Indonesia, Football is a very popular sport, especially when the Indonesian National Team plays. In several years I saw when the World Cup was held, several regions in Indonesia welcomed it very enthusiastically and even changed their environment with that theme.
However, I agree that there will definitely be a difference when Indonesia can qualify for the World Cup and if not, it is undeniable that they will be very enthusiastic beyond what is imagined. In age groups alone, we can see the excitement of Indonesia when playing.