News: 2026 World Cup Thread — Hope, Hype & Heartbreak™

stressful month ahead so we'll probably need it

 

Who do you think will be our top scorer in this tournament ? Does any of our current players have a chance to break Klose's record ? Havertz already has 2 goals and still have 1 tournament at least . Musiala, Wirtz, and Woltemade have 3 tournaments at least to play.

 

We will see many goals in this tournament due to the extended number of countries and the many weak countries. So who knows if any german player can score a super Hattrick like Klose did against KSA in the first match in WC 2022.

 

It would be far more accurate to say Germany were cheated out of the SFs by Spain with UEFA's complicity. I really hate Spain.

 

So Ivory Coast wins by scoring the type of goal that we are vulnerable against - fast break with a cross to trailing man. Both Ecuador and Ivory Coast are also known as defensive teams. I believe we will probably allow at least one goal against Ivory Coast, we must be able to break them down and score.

 

OK, Ivory Coast and Ecuador will be VERY hard to break down, so Germany need to take both matches seriously.

Sorry, but the last two World Cup catastrophes have left me paranoid.

 

Dude, Sane! He plays Sane for 90 ********ing minutes. I have no hope.

 

Germany had already overtaken Brazil in this statistic when the 7:1 happened in 2014 (another record that day, which was overshadowed by the result itself and Klose's World Cup record), but due to Germany's bad performances in 2018 and 2022, Brazil was able to reclaim the record. Seeing as it's so close, there might be some more back and forth now, before one of the two extends the lead.

 

Germany and Italy both 4 time World Champions but with 17 more goals Germany would double Italy's goal tally.

 

Brazil's next game is against Haiti so exremely likely they reclaim the record in the next match.
Ultimately it might depend on who progresses further in the tornament.
Not much to choose between them in that department.