KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
2026 FIFA World Cup Thread
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
Extra time and still 0-0...
Should have put some sort of money on Cape Verde.
Cape Verde's keeper was singlehandedly the reason they drew in that match.
The Cape Verde keeper had 45,000 followers on Instagram prior to today's match. As of earlier this evening, he had over 2.7 million followers.
Tunisia have sacked manager Sabri Lamouchi. Move had been coming for awhile as there were issues between him and their FA in the lead up to the tournament.
Herve Renard, who will be managing his 3rd separate nation in as many World Cups (Morocco 2018, Saudi Arabia 2022), has been hired as Lamouchi's replacement.
Herve Renard, who will be managing his 3rd separate nation in as many World Cups (Morocco 2018, Saudi Arabia 2022), has been hired as Lamouchi's replacement.
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
A story like this wouldn't have been written if the field hadn't been expanded.
That's not necessarily true. Cape Verde won their group in CAF qualifying and finished directly over a side in Cameroon that likely would have been the favorite to come out of that group.
Messi with a hat trick tonight against Algeria. Has now tied Germany's Miroslav Klose for the most World Cup goals all-time.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
Mbappe being only 2 behind and 12 years younger is crazy.
He could have had 4 if he wasn’t slightly offsides early in the match.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
He should have only had 1 if he had been properly given a red card.
That’s true as well. He definitely got the benefit of the doubt on that call.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
As a soccer official who just stepped away from the the field and who stays up to date with forums discussion like this one, the overwhelming consensus among officials was missed caution for that play. Not enough speed or force to override the location of contact. I agree with the consensus.
There have been a lot of great stories coming out of this tournament but this may be favorite: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_...rink-boston-dry-local-bars-run-beer-world-cup
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
Having lived in Scotland for three years from 2013-2016, that is no surprise to me...I might just ask what took them so long.
I recall many flights I took that left at 6 am, requiring to get to the Aberdeen airport at 4:30. The airport bar was usually packed at that time of the morning, and they weren't just eating breakfast. Just read that article. Looks like they cleared out the everything except Bud Light. Well, Boston Lager and Tennent's. The story I saw last night said they cleared out all the Tennent's. One could argue that there isn't much difference between Tennent's and Bud Light...
What's crazy is that Mbappe is only 2 goals behind and 11 years younger.
8 fewer games and only 2 less goals is impressive
Yeah it's pretty crazy. Breaking it down into games/goals really makes it clear.
Messi - 27 games, 16 goals - 0.59 goals per match
Mbappe - 15 games, 14 goals - 0.93 goals per match
Christiano Ronaldo - 23 games, 8 goals - 0.35 goals per match
I will say, Messi is much more of a facilitator than Mbappe, so this is not to slight Messi at all. Still the GOAT and if I'm building a team, I take prime Messi over prime Mbappe any day (particularly when you consider their contributions on the club level). But yeah, Mbappe is very likely going to end his career as the most prolific World Cup scorer of all-time, since he easily has at least 2 more left in him after this one, and a third one does not seem ridiculous.