World Cup 2026

[Threviel]

Fair enough.

[HVC]

Did he only blow the whistle after the goal? That seems odd.

[HVC]

Feel kind of bad for the ivory coast.

[Sheilbh]

Feel kind of bad for the ivory coast.

Same Good game though.

[Maladict]

I don't care who wins expect for two teams, Netherlands and England.

Obviously the opposite for me, but we can certainly agree on England. 

[HVC]

Curaçao Vs Cabo Verde final.

[HVC]

Really entertaining game. Ivory coast breaths a sigh of relief.

[Syt]

The government is ruining the World Cup for me with this Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Team shit.

But I was worried this would happen if our team started to do well.

I guess it's good that they post "OUR SOIL" and not (yet) "OUR BLOOD, OUR SOIL".

[HVC]

Also:


Newsweek

Six players on the U.S. men's national soccer team at the 2026 World Cup were born outside the country. More than half the 26 men on the roster hold dual citizenship. And the striker who scored twice in the Americans' opening 4-1 victory over Paraguay is eligible to play only because of a legal provision the Trump administration has sought to eliminate.

So much for one nation, one homeland

[Josquius]

The government is ruining the World Cup for me with this Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Team shit.

But I was worried this would happen if our team started to do well.

I guess it's good that they post "OUR SOIL" and not (yet) "OUR BLOOD, OUR SOIL".

Well that's pretty messed up.

I do note the missing part of the phrase and the picture containing black players.... They no doubt mean to protect their soil from these chaps.

[Duque de Bragança]

The government is ruining the World Cup for me with this Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Team shit.

But I was worried this would happen if our team started to do well.

Queen's One Vision in German was already done by Laibach, anyways.

[Sheilbh]

Almost all Norwegian commentators start out at 10 and have nowhere to go when there's anything exciting happening.

I've only heard and seen Dixon and Shearer on clips, and Dixon seems to whisper and have no emotional register.

Believe me when I tell you, your experts and pundits are miles better than Norwegian ones.

Yeah Dixon has no emotional register and doesn't really seem to enjoy the games he's watching, football, the World Cup, life. He also doesn't really add much that's interesting in other ways either

Every single big tournament the best pundit is Emma Hayes (now of USWNT but formerly of Chelsea). There's been a furore over the production maybe being a bit sexist (which I think is a little unfair).

But (apologies for X link, couldn't find it elsewhere) this was her breakdown in the first hydration break of what Brazil were doing v Haiti. And I know she's a top-level manager but being able to see this, analyse and clearly, eloquently explain it in the space of a two minute hydration break after 20 minutes is an incredible skill:
https://x.com/itvfootball/status/2068139897572012251?s=20

She does general punditry on other games but honestly I actually prefer her at a tactics board explaining to the standard three people going through talking points format.

[Josquius]

I guess this is a unexpected positive side effect of the growth of women's football.
You can have top managers who arent doing much the summer of major tournaments available to present.

And yes. Alan shearer is awful. How the bbc keeps giving him jobs.... It must be because his politics are "right".

[Sheilbh]

I know it was a long time but Belgian still feels very Roberto Martinez to me (nicest possible way can't believe two European countries have given him their golden generations)

[Sheilbh]