Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 8. (Read 44997 times)

We already have some teams that will have no chance of qualifying for 2026, they've already been disqualified  :

• Guam
• Mongolia
• Maldives
• Sri Lanka
• Macau
• Cambodia
• East Timor
• Brunei
• Bhutan
• Laos
• Turks and Caicos
• US Virgin Islands
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong
• Turkmenistan
• Pakistan
• Nepal

Seeing the Asian teams having a surge in their love towards football is great. Normally we see them in other sports that they enjoy, and they are great there, but they do not care about football as much as we do, and that's why it's such a tough thing for a title team to come out of there.

Not that there would be any now, almost every world cup winner will be either a European team or a Latin American team, that's always the case, but at least we are now seeing other continents to send teams that can beat or go out of the group stages, which is fine and makes it more fun. Not at the championship level yet, but it is good to have like last sixteen or even maybe quarter finals, that means there is an improvement all around the world.

Here I agreed with your all view but with this now we need to check few other things as well like this gape of quality is not happening only for the Brazil it's also happening for the many other teams as well like Germany and Italy which are going down with things are also not stable in long run.
Brazil's these friendlies were just for the things to be checked and have fix in near future because we all know these friendlies are never been going to work for the big event matches which are play by teams with full force and these are just for the practice or maintaining their strategy with all players those are going to be part of the future team but still we have some positive change which will work for them, and they will be able to have good results.

Friendly matches could give an idea about the potential change in the future of the team performance but it doesn't mean that there will be certainly a change.
I am pretty much disappointed from Brazilian national team results in the previous months. There was some changes done and we hope they will get back their form. When you see the quality of the old players and the current ones, you see a huge gap with Ronaldo9, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Ronaldinho and the others comparing to the new ones.

Brazil play two matches under new coach supervision and have won one against England at the Wembley, and then they ended on draw against Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu mean now things are coming back on track even this all is too early long way to go for them but as we watch their quality had good improvement and players confidence level is also high, so this could be good for the ending of too many rumors which were going around due to their recent poor results in few matches.
Now we will have Copa América after few months which are going to be big test for the new coach and these players after this we will be having preparation for the next world cup which is another big test case but as we have some improvement we can expect good results and improvement into their game which can bring good results and smile on faces of their fans.

Well, actually the things that can happen are very good if they decide to put a coach, don't believe it, Pep Guardiola would be the ideal coach for Caraninha, for me Brazil has the best team in the world, wherever you see it they have quality, They have the best defenders, the best attackers, the best midfielders, but they have not found the ideal coach, I remember the Lobo Zagalo era, that Brazil was another level, in the last friendship between Brazil and Spain it was 3 to 3, I saw a better Brazil.

I am sure that Brazil will do a very good job in the next matches that are coming up, because they have a very high level, so the next phase of the playoffs will be open, but we cannot forget that a great day of football is coming, the Cup America, the Euro is coming, we will see these teams playing great football, this excites me.

Endrick is a much easier person to get along with than Mbappé, just look at all the behavior that Mbappé has had in recent years, especially with his teammates, maybe he could end up in a good team environment in one of his “ego attacks” . ... I wouldn't sign Mbappé for my team, despite his talent, what counts most is the daily interaction with the other players.

Endrick scoring a goal at this age is definitely amazing, and he was with Vinicious Jr when he did, it was the rebound of his shot, so they celebrated together. Endrick is one of the main reasons why I believe that Mbappe may not be a great choice, or he might be not sure.

Because they have Vini at left, and Jude at behind the striker, and Rodrygo at right side, so at the striker position they will either have Mbappe or Endrick, they already paid top money for Endrick anyway, so not getting him is not an option anymore, Mbappe would be futile there. Doesn't mean that he is not better, Mbappe is definitely better than Endrick, at least for now, but that doesn't mean that they "need" him, it would be too expensive for no good.

Is Philiphine a strong team? I remember seeing them lose to Vietnam in this qualifier, so I believe that would be the priority for Indonesia if they want to go through the qualifier. Seeing Iraq win 5-0 against the Philippines might affect how they play against Indonesia, but it shouldn't differ much as long as Indonesia's team doesn't change too many players. If I'm not wrong, they fielded many new players against Vietnam, if they can improve their teamwork they should be able to play better against Iraq or the Philippines.

Do you think the nationalization strategy will be sustainable in the long run? I'm not confident if we see a change of leadership or coach in the national team this good trend will continue. I guess time will tell if the national sports organization will continue to prioritize our national team's development or if they will focus more on making money through deals, ads, etc.

Happy to see the Indonesian national team successfully beat Vietnam and this time with a convincing score and because this is an away match, it is even more convincing that Indonesia is experiencing very good development so far, no longer being a team that is easy to beat but becoming a team that must be taken into account by any team, including Iraq is the strongest team in this group, maybe in the match in June Indonesia will have difficulty beating Iraq but they will be motivated to at least get one point especially since the match against Iraq is a home match where Indonesia will get full support from Indonesian football fans in the future so it will further motivate them to perform well and try to get maximum results.

The victory against Vietnam make Indonesian team one step closer qualifying to the next round as runner up standings position behin Iraq national team, its very good result become the first time since 20 years ago the last time Indonesian team can defeated Vietnam and make Shin Tae-yong success become the first manger after twenty years ago take three points on Vietnam's home. Next match Indonesian team has opportunity for securing next round place if can beat Iraq on their home, I think two winning back to back against Vietnam at home and away match give more motivate for Indonesian team continue the winning trend on their home.
Indonesia team has two matches left and take three points is enough to secure one place on third round qualifier, wish Indonesia has opportunity for the first time will play in FIFA World Cup after new regulation additional teams up to 48 participants.

It was really unexpected because Indonesia actually managed to beat Vietnam away with score of 0 - 3 and this was big victory for Indonesia because this victory was the first time Indonesia was able to win over Vietnam away.
This was long wait because it had been 20 years this is the first time big away win has been possible.
With this victory, it is clear that Indonesia still has the opportunity to advance to the next round of World Cup qualification, making everyone, especially the Indonesian people, have high hopes for their proud team.
Now Indonesia has managed to save 7 points and has difference of 5 points from Iraq which is the strongest team in Group F, Iraq itself in the 4 matches that have been played in total they have managed to win overall and Iraq is the toughest opponent for Indonesia.
Furthermore, at the beginning of June, Indonesia will compete against Iraq, it is clear that Iraq is not an easy opponent for Indonesia, so preparations must really be made to be able to play this match as well as possible.
If they are not able to beat Iraq, at least Indonesia must be able to draw in this match to still be able to have an additional point even if only one, with draw they can also maintain the difference in points obtained by Iraq.
In this way, Indonesia has the opportunity to remain in comfortable position and still be able to continue to advance to the next round of World Cup qualification in the Asian zone.

This situation in Brazil makes me sad about this team and the young players they have.
In Brazil they have many young talents like Vini and Endrick and but these players need better coaches. You can just understand this when you see a player like Vinicius play in Real Madrid with a better coach he has really improved and helped this player to have better performance but unfortunately, he doesn't have a good coach in Brazil, otherwise, he could have even had better performance than this.
Regardless of that, in the 2026 World Cup, I'm waiting to see a good performance from Endrick because he will be a bit more experienced than this which can help this player to have a good performance.

From what I say in the game between Brazil and England, the Samba Boys are set to conquer the world just as they did in 1994 and 2002. They have some young players who are fast, strong and experienced. England would have conceived more goals if not for some blunders and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. The biggest threat to the Brazilian side is the attack made up of young stars like Rodrygo, V. Júnior, Raphinha and the discovery of Endrick.

The English team didn't play badly because they were able to also push forward and test the Brazilian goalie Bento. But they still have much work to do at the back because we saw some defenders specifically Harry Maguire making some costly mistakes. This World Cup will be action-backed based on the performance of some national teams in these friendly games.

Yep, the 2018 World Cup was actually the best opportunity for Belgium to win their first World Cup.
Unfortunately their progress was stopped by France in the semifinals and had to settle for third place after beating England.
And in the 2022 World Cup they couldnt even get past the group stage because the Golden Generation is starting to age, their stamina is no longer what it used to be and they are prone to injury.
It is time for Belgium to restart the Golden Generation project if they want to go further in the World Cup and Euro cup.

I would say that they weren't really good enough to win at that point neither, look at 2018 you will see how France had a much better squad. Just because it was the best Belgium squad in many years, doesn't mean that it was definitely the best team, it just means that it wasn't all that crazy.

So, we need to remember that we are going to end up with nothing at all just because if it's our best team, because there could be teams that are even better than our best team. Imagine Brazil right now, they are still better than most teams in the world, there could be maybe 5 better teams or not, very rare, but at the same time it's one of the worst Brazilian teams in the end, so just because it's best or worst for that nation, doesn't make it better or worse than others.

How could they not win the match when they hosted a non-seeded country, of course they would have won the match without Messi on the field because the Argentina squad already had the unity from last season's World Cup results, and the mystery of all the games was alive without Messi's presence in the Argentina squad, I  I also hope that in the 2026 World Cup, without Messi, it looks like Argentina will be able to prove that without Messi they are a frightening threat to countries out there and, in addition, their status as defending champions has become a starting point for them in facing strong European countries.

Vietnam vs Indonesia continues the World Cup (AFC) qualifying match.
Indonesia managed to beat Vietnam when they were the home team but only by a narrow score and Indonesia had to win this match to continue to have the opportunity to qualify for the next round of this qualification.
This second match against Vietnam will certainly be different, moreover, Vietnam still has the same chance of getting to the third round so this will be an important match for both teams.
I hope Indonesia wins this match even though they are not favorites in the betting market, but being able to beat Vietnam twice in a row will increase the confidence of the Indonesian squad to win again.

This is true, there really isn't this type of legendary player anymore, the ones that are left are already veterans...

But this phenomenon happens with all teams, you see, years ago the Italy team was made up of Pirlo, Maldini, Vieri , Buffon and many others, England had Owen, Beckham, Scholes, France had Thuram, Zidane, Henry... All the great teams had legendary players, today there is no longer that in any national team

This doesn't just happen with the Brazilian team

Brazil's young talents are very good but I always long for the old legendary squad. Ronaldinho, R9, R.Carlos, Kaka, Robinho, Cafu, Dida... But it's not about missing the old, that squad had a truly unique talent and splendour. If we miss the old, we would praise other old squads as well. Old squat of brazil had 10 times the splendour and quality. Each of them was an iconic player of the club he played for. The current players don't have that. They were by far the favourites in the world cups and dominated the tournaments. No one sees the current brazil as favourites, they don't dominate. They are even behind most European teams.