I hope the halftime show bombs. I will be doing my part and switching the channel. I hope the rest of the world does also. F the halftime show and F Infantino's US dream. I admit I watched some of the club world cup in 2025 out of curiosity. If it goes back to the US as host in 2029, I will be doing my part to make sure my TV never lands on its broadcast station. Infantino needs stopped and I will be doing my part
@AGomes helped me realize Uruguayhave 4 becuase of the 1924 and 1928 olympics being recognized as FIFA championship for those years
Tuchel is their new hand of god.. they have an excuse locked in for the next 3 decades even though before Tuchel the same thing happened agaisnt Italy Spain Croatia.
( mind you I still think Uruguay should only rock 2 stars as the competition wasn't called the WC when they won in 1924 and 1928 but that's just my opinion dont mind me )
My favorite England excuse of all time is how they freak out over a Ronaldo wink and overlook a clear red card offense by fatboy Rooney
Remind me which game versus Spain is being mentioned next to Croatia 2018 and Italy 2021. I don't recall a match where England had a lead versus Spain and then bunkerd.
No but its funny all of their elimination games practically ended 2-1 (except for us but some say it was 2-1 bc we won in penalties).
I would be going crazy at Tuchel too for telling his team to park the bus after going up 1-0. 12% possession after scoring that goal, this shit is definitely on the coach. He literally had Saka, Madueke, Rasford, and Toney all on the bench and didn't use any of them, I'd be freaking furious.
Tuchel is such a fraud, look at his subs. 72nd min, he puts on Konsa a CB and takes out their only winger and scorer Gordon. 82nd min, he puts on Burns a CB for James their RB. He also puts on O'Reily a LB who replaces Rice their CM. So he is completely out of position. He was playing 5 in the back after they went up 1-0. 12% ball possession then. He literally parked the damn bus. I guarantee you if Gattuso did that shit when we were up 1-0 against an elite team to make the World Cup final, we would throw his fat ass in the sea. I said it before, Tuchel is a coward and all previous English managers were like that. It doesn't matter about his nationality, Southgate did the same shit. They are cowards and frauds. You never ever park the damn bus at 1-0 with so much time to play. Simeone Inzaghi did the same shit against Atletico Madrid with less time to play and they knocked them out of the CL, and that was not like him. This loss is 1000% on Tuchel. No wonder Jude had a falling out with him when they were winning. He knew.
explain the 17minutes between the goal and the first substitutions. explain 2018/2020/2022/2024 or any other time they came up against a top national team post 66. explain why they were dominated by Norways midfield once their pressing and legs went in the 2nd half where Norway scored twice one goal was taken back and smashed the bar. While Englands only goal was off a freak goal kick. I agree Tuchel made it worse and that he selected players that were going to repeat the same pattern but its hard for any England manager because they produce so many box to box number 8s that are top class that it is super tempting to play them all together and not play a Carrick or Wharton etc. Then they run themselves into the ground and you don't have like for like substitutes for them because they all start every game and when the opposition team makes a tactical change as Scaloni did to impose their quality and possession the team crumbles and can't get on the ball long enough to even make a pass or win a foul. If you build a proper midfield then Rice/Anderson can come on for Jude as a substitute and you can retain the ball and break a press. You can literally see Stones pushing Rice out of the box as he collapses on him after the goal because he is scared shitless. For me it is 70% because of Scaloni/Messi/Argentina 20% because of Englands player profiles and 10% because Tuchels changes made it worse which allowed Scaloni to double down. Overall Tuchel selected the squad and set the tactics so in the big picture he is responsible for the tournament but the puzzle of why England can't knock out top teams existed before Tuchel he just did not even come close to solving it and was worse than Southgate in many respects. I would sack him.They were fortunate not to go out to DR Congo and Norway.
for sure Foden Palmer Wharton etc would have helped but instead he chose all runners and they ran themselves into the ground! At some point you need the ball to do the work. Argentina/Spain both eliminated the two most physical teams with ease. Should be a lesson for the world. Bellingham completed 34 passes in 111m vs Norway while Odegard completed 80. One is a 10 and one is a number 8 runner.
France without lord Adrien have no mf. Just brutal destroyers. Perhaps they'll discover another Algerian knob
Swiss and England are top 10 teams. Egypt Austria are top 25 while Algeria is top 30. Cabo Verde drew with Spain and Uruguay. Jordan is the only weak team and that's because the AFC had far too many teams given to its confederation so everyone smacked those teams. For me what Messi is doing is mind boggling at 39. Uruguay Portugal Colombia were punished by the teams Argentina had to face. They did that to themselves and if they could not reach the last 32/16/8 then the teams that did are better than them.
Cannavarro won it based on one performance against Germany and deservingly so.. Usa, Ukraine, Australia??? Ghana??
It should go to the best player at the world cup. Like the old days. How did paolo rossi win it? Because of legendary world cup goals. If messi scores and wins tomorrow he definitely wins it for 9th time. Lmao
Like was said on the football pod by Carlo... They can be allowed to play it but under no circumstances should be allowed to run it. Then Haiti should have been allowed to wear their original kits, etc. ********ing 30 Minute HT's and turning matches into Quarters like their sports. Ugggh. This fool Andrew Giuliani has no idea what he's talking about. This is just because Trump has it in for the UK and Spain whereas Milei is Netanyahu's good graces so of course he's in the US's. Argentina have been given the green light by the White House FIFA task force to display their Falklands banner again if they win the World Cup on Sunday 🚨The head of the task force Andrew Giuliani believes the Argentina players are allowed to express their opinions. pic.twitter.com/pIlm9QkGFI— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 18, 2026
We didn't allow a goal from open play! People forget Czech were ranked 2nd in the world in 2006 they were the 2010s Belgium of their time. Ghana was also in their golden generation. We earned the easier bracket by finishing 1st in the toughest group overall! While France lost to the Swiss and finished 2nd. We were incredible!