England Forum - FIFA World Cup 2026: Other Teams Thread

What I read was the Arab states were using their influence in Asia to back Morocco too, plus African nations. Conmebol will back the FIFA regime right up to the moment when they don't.

 

Christ, just heard a South African player has died who played 3 games in this World Cup! Heartbreaking news

Heartbreaking news. South Africa international and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams has sadly passed away at the age of 2,5, @SundayWorldZA confirm. 💔🇿🇦

Adams recently made his World Cup debut with South Africa and played a key role in Mamelodi Sundowns’ successful CAF… pic.twitter.com/NfRXLr57q7

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 11, 2026

 

It reminds me of American college football, where the SEC and the Big Ten have become the two dominant conferences, college sports are increasingly controlled by a handful of powerful leagues. Those two conferences have already curtailed the NCAA’s authority by securing greater control over media rights, revenue distribution, and governance. In many ways, the NCAA is no longer the unquestioned power it once was—the biggest conferences now set much of the agenda.

 

Interesting article on the BBC. FIFA refusing to answer questions on the Balogun suspension.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gy1j87e1yo

 

FIFA never answer any questions. People think the IOC are the worse but FIFA make them seem extremely open and honest.

 

Argentina 1-0.

 

Argentina really are dirty shithouses. Can guarantee they'll try and knock Bellingham out the game

 

Gives me great confidence we can get at this Argentina team

 

Argentina fans singing wonderwall. Wankers

 

Argentina playing at only 25% because Switzerland are DEAD without Manzambi

 

Not so sure because they can basically play a training match now of the Swiss don´t drastically change in the second half. Plus the players aand their fans will see the game against England as a game of life and death.

 

How did Fabian Rieder become a professional footballer? Still renember Man Utd were once really interested in him after he scored that worldie against them for Bern lol. Never rated him. Now he´s an average Bundesliga player. Expected Yakin to select Amdouni over him tbh

 

Swiss have coursed them loads of problems

 

I'm not joking Argentina are SHIT

 

Switzerland equalise! Absolutely deserved too.

If it is to be Argentina, as unconvincing as we are and as reliant on star moments as we are, they have those same problems magnified.

 

Some people are slating Ndoye and saying Vargas is better but I don´t see it. He´s a really good dribbler and in general wing play

EDIT lol my internet´s a bit slow so now he did this just when I was typing the above lmao

 

I´ve noticed this Portugese ref didn´t give them every call like they used to and it´s showing so far

 

VAR gets Switzerland down to 10.

 

Argentina get more luck. Can't wait to smash them

 

Lol they going sent a Swiss player for diving

 

Can't ********ing wait till Bellingham rips them apart

 

I mean it´s just pure stupidity from him and nothing you can´t accuse the ref for favoring Argentina in this incident

 

Why on earth would you dive in that position while on a booking