2026 FIFA World Cup Thread

[TentakilRex]

Dembele first half hat trick:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2070591873144525011

https://twitter.com/x/status/2070588595488928097

https://twitter.com/x/status/2070585624990765283

What Norway did was coward crap. Benching Haaland is stupid when a win means you win your group. It wasn't a Team USA situation where the result meant nothing. Enjoy the Cote D'Ivoire elimination, guys hehe.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

What Norway did was coward crap. Benching Haaland is stupid when a win means you win your group. It wasn't a Team USA situation where the result meant nothing. Enjoy the Cote D'Ivoire elimination, guys hehe.

I'd disagree to a certain extent. If guys like Haaland or Odegaard get hurt in a match where they were probably big enough underdogs as it is, then they don't have them for the first knockout match. If any of the players on yellows get one today, they don't have them for the first knockout match. Plus there's a quicker turnaround time than they've had between this last match and the knockouts than what they've had thus far. They basically only have 3 days between today's match and the knockouts and one of those will be a travel day since they'll have to go to Arlington now.