World Cup 2026

[jimmy olsen]

 

[crazy canuck]

Nice goal, let's see if Cabo can come back one more time

[HVC]

Unfortunate. This Argentina has no chance against France though. Maybe not even Colombia.

[HVC]

Need that Norwegian ref to come along and give 20 minutes of extra time

[crazy canuck]

Need that Norwegian ref to come along and give 20 minutes of extra time

[HVC]

CV did themselves very proud.

[crazy canuck]

Sure did

[HVC]

Sure did

They'll be talking about this game for decades at home. Island of 500,000 people. Hope they're back, but the magic of vozinha will be hard to replace, if only the confidence he provided.

[HisMajestyBOB]

First Japan and now Cape Verde. 
At least Morocco beat Netherlands and Paraguay beat Germany.

[Norgy]

I have a partial media blackout before tomorrow's game against Brazil. It is just too much.

The Cabo Verde story is much like Cameroon 1990 and Iceland's, brave and something most fans will remember. 

[Josquius]

Not sure if it's just the media or fifa actually being their usual quality but they switched the England kick off to a reasonable European hour then changed their mind and u turned

[HVC]

Not sure if it's just the media or fifa actually being their usual qualify but they switched the England kick off to a reasonable European hour then changed their mind and u turned

Reasonable euro time would put the game at early afternoon in Mexico City. In an open stadium. That's ok if you don't mind the English players passing out from heat stroke which I guess could work if you want an easy excuse for a loss


*edit although I guess the elevation would help with the heat.

[Sheilbh]

Not sure if it's just the media or fifa actually being their usual qualify but they switched the England kick off to a reasonable European hour then changed their mind and u turned

Reasonable euro time would put the game at early afternoon in Mexico City. In an open stadium. That's ok if you don't mind the English players passing out from heat stroke which I guess could work if you want an easy excuse for a loss


*edit although I guess the elevation would help with the heat.

There are many - altitude, the Azteca (I don't think Mexico has lost any of its last 80+ home games ).

So much so I've seen a fair few pundits expecting a defeat - but Ana amazing chance to play in one of the great stadiums. Saw Theo Walcott saying he thinks it might be helpful that England are underdogs

Weirdly on Spanish internet I've seen Mexico fans acknowledge that comments by journalists and Tuchel and Kane are "showing respect" in contrast to the Ecuadorians and I have no idea what the beef was there (will research) but I see the Ecuadorian FA have made a formal complaint to FIFA (Always love this with tournaments where there are so many different subplots you might not know are going on ).

Edit: Incidentally not sure heat would be an issue. Mexico City is high and dry. I think hydration breaks would be needed, but Miami seems like the hellscape for the players.

[HVC]

Mexico and Ecuador had a "spat" recently in regards to an embassy being raided. Ecuador's corrupt vice president claimed asylum.


As to the heat, yeah I wasn't 100% sure because of the elevation as my edit indicated, but based on your edit I guess it isn't.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah I'm not an athlete so don't know But I didn't find Mexico City that bad and looking at the forecast it's low twenties and will be very dry. But the players at all the games I've seen in Miami look like they're really suffering.

I think the altitude and atmosphere are real issues though. Interestingly I'd heard a podcast about how Ecuador had improved as a team recently and apparently part of it was moving their national stadium, or at least some of their games, which was at a very high altitude (I assume Quito) to the coast. Basically in the Copa America and CONMEBOL qualifiers there's been a sense they were relying too much on altitude at home and then when they played in, say, Argentina or Brazil or Uruguay, they couldn't compete. By being lower altitude the theory was they'd have to focus more on skill etc. No idea if true or if it worked but interesting.

Edit: And thanks that makes sense on the bit of needle in the game.