FIFA World Cup 2026

[Spekulatius]

1 hour ago, Paarslaars said:

https://9gag.com/gag/aXP5oAv

 

The dutch analysing the half-time show.

That show was terrible. I turned down the sound when Justin f’n Bieber showed up with a Guitar. Might as well let Trump dance a tango with Gianni.

 

I would rather watch some Bud commercials if they are decent.

[Gregmal]

The best game of the tourney by a mile was England France. The Final was a lopsided beatdown of MS13 lookalikes. What were the shots again? 20-2? Felt bad for the Argentina goalie, though...played a hell of a game, despite his teammates acting like thugs. 

[Parsad]

4 hours ago, Paarslaars said:

Seeing fat Ronaldo in a car with Madonna was just fkn weird...

 

Spain dominated every match, worthy winners. And proud Belgium was the only team capable of scoring against them 

 

The best chocolates and 7,000 types of beer powered Belgium!  

 

I didn't even recognize Ronaldo!  

 

Cheers!

[Parsad]

3 hours ago, Castanza said:

 

Madonna, Shakira, and the Muppets lmao what a bizarre way to "bridge the global entertainment gap." I'm honestly surprised those three are still popular globally? 

 

 

 

C'mon...Shakira's hips definitely did not lie!  It was the only part of the half-time show I thoroughly enjoyed!    Cheers!

[james22]

Why Soccer Is Boring

 

The Better Team Loses Almost Half the Time

 

One of the best ways to determine how much luck is involved in a sport is to measure how often the worse team beats the better one. If the favourite wins 80 per cent of the time, that’s a high-skill sport: the better side reliably prevails, and the remaining 20 per cent is luck. If the favourite wins 55 per cent of the time, you’re watching something closer to a coin flip.

 

 

 

 

 

https://archive.ph/vSNN3#selection-1033.9-1033.29

[moatrep]

Half of the hate to Argentina is the historical rivalry from Europe to south American's footbal (12 to 10 titles). The other half is the rivalry from South America to Argentina for winning that many American tournaments (this hate changes hands, before it was to Brasil in the 90's).

 

It works looking at fouls from Argentina and making blind eyes to everything else. Fernandez got the first yellow card by talking to the referee, that probably pissed him off, it's a questionable decition. The second was yellow, of corse, but there was a theatrical dive by the Spanish player that made it look much worst than what it was. If Argentina did that dive everyone will be complaining.

 

Spain played better, but the same happened to France and we don't see this level of hate.

 

Other factor is that they had 1 day less to rest, and all the midfield were lessioned. Half of the players are the champions from 22. Same happened to France last final, and may happen to Spain next tournament.

 

The only injustice for me is the biased attack, even from the press, and that Messi didn't got the ballon d'or with his incredible performance at 39 years old.

 

Messi should have the record in goals, if not for Mbappe making two in the bronze match (that he lost). Has beaten many other records. Instead they give to this player in midfield position, that didn't score, and not to this guy that did what was demmed impossible at 39. I think is impressive what Spain did, but I will atribute it to the team, not to a single player. As a single player Messi did the impossible.

 

Compare the foul of Fernandez with this, that was not even called for penalty or yellow card, and cost Argentina the 2014 world cup final. Agree with the yellow, but injustice is this kind of things, not a yellow served.

 

But I agree after the match ended, one argentinian player did the shameless act of assaulting another. What I would say is that the social media campaing against Argentina's team, arguably for nothing up to that point, and througout the entire tournament, affected the players and is something I have never seen before. Enough preassure is playing in a final. More with what was going on outside of it.

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by moatrep