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FIFA World Cup 2026 - It's Called Football, Not Soccer!

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Y'all think the USA - Belgium match will be lit? It's at 2a.m. here and while I dont need to go to work tomorrow, I don't know if it'll be worth it. I can imagine seeing some sparks though.
 
Trilobit said:
Y'all think the USA - Belgium match will be lit? It's at 2a.m. here and while I dont need to go to work tomorrow, I don't know if it'll be worth it. I can imagine seeing some sparks though.
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Jeez, my friend, go to sleep, a healthy body and brain starts in the comfortability in the bed
 
IDKFA said:
It certainly did. I remember the uproar when Qatar "won" the world cup 2022 vote, meaning the tourney moved to the winter months. Then there was the 2015 corruption scandal.

This is just another one to chalk up for FIFA, but for some it's the straw that broke the camels back.

My wish is that UEFA and others breakaway and reform. I understand UEFA aren't saints, but FIFA is rotten to the core and beyond redemption.
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And yet, we're all still here pissing and moaning and watching it. My comment was mainly the last few weeks/days. We all know this had been going on longer than any of us have been alive.

Corruption is part of sport, sadly. Bread 🍞 and circus 🎪 , my good men. Bread and circus.
 
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Bitmap Frogs said:
I'm debating... I do have to work tomorrow and for, well, reasons, it won't be an easy day. I really shouldn't.
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Agave said:
I do love Coffee (I onced owned a Coffee shop) but those sweet dreams tops it at times
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I can operate on 4-5 hours of sleep without coffee. I went to sleep 4am yesterday woke up at 8:30am, went about my day, and I'm still awake. If you have responsibilities, you should obviously prioritise them.
 
near said:
I can operate on 4-5 hours of sleep without coffee. I went to sleep 4am yesterday woke up at 8:30am, went about my day, and I'm still awake. If you have responsibilities, you should obviously prioritise them.
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Oh. Bbbiuuuuuttttt I do make some good coffee 7v7
 
deriks said:
There's a list on which countries we can choose to cheer if we loose, and we learn since the first infancy that Argentina is only an option if we can go after them later
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Giving your historic (Brazil then Portugal) you better start to cheer for them. Don't waste the chance :)
 
Avid Reading Horse said:
USMNT just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Football culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Soccer where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Football, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the football public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FIFA World Cup Tickets for any stadium, nor will they watch any of USMNT's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but USMNT has alienated an entire market with this move.

Balogun, publicly apologize and cancel playing against Belgium or you can kiss your World Cup goodbye.
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Understand Captain America GIF
 
On TSN, the panel discussed Ronaldo 15 min ago saying he's not as good as 8-9 years ago and he cant keep up with elite players on Spain or his teammates.

No doubt makes sense he'd be worse since the guy is 40, but was their criticism valid and he's that bad now? Or unjust and they are just ragging on him losing?
 
StreetsofBeige said:
On TSN, the panel discussed Ronaldo 15 min ago saying he's not as good as 8-9 years ago and he cant keep up with elite players on Spain or his teammates.

No doubt makes sense he'd be worse since the guy is 40, but was their criticism valid and he's that bad now? Or unjust and they are just ragging on him losing?
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I mean yeah he's 40, he's definitely not prime Cristiano. When you have a golden team but compromise it just to satisfy Cristiano, you will look bad. Now it should be the opposite, it should Cristiano of the bench and he plays for his team and not the other way around
 
StreetsofBeige said:
On TSN, the panel discussed Ronaldo 15 min ago saying he's not as good as 8-9 years ago and he cant keep up with elite players on Spain or his teammates.

No doubt makes sense he'd be worse since the guy is 40, but was their criticism valid and he's that bad now? Or unjust and they are just ragging on him losing?
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He's remarkable for a 41 year old. But there's a reason he's no longer playing for a top European team. He's probably not the singular reason Portugal haven't done better, they have a lot of talent but haven't quite been able to put it together. But personally at this point I think that having Ronaldo in the first team is more of a hindrance than an advantage for them.
 
StreetsofBeige said:
On TSN, the panel discussed Ronaldo 15 min ago saying he's not as good as 8-9 years ago and he cant keep up with elite players on Spain or his teammates.

No doubt makes sense he'd be worse since the guy is 40, but was their criticism valid and he's that bad now? Or unjust and they are just ragging on him losing?
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Not to get into the comparison thing but you can see the impact at those 39y old legs of Messi and the greater good that he can still bring to this day versus how a team has to play to appease a Ronaldo. It worked better when he was younger. Messi is 1 of 1. One of the few players that doesn't need to run and people recognize it.

Watch the countless interviews of players who've played with him who have said the exact same thing. He's a genius.
 
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