FIFA World Cup 2026 Results & Discussion Thread [R]

My push back here is football is a game that is supposed to just flow, no breaks for water, no stops for commercials, even substitutions are supposed to happen in a dead ball situation. Between ever increasing schedule and the hyper commercialization the sport is losing its identity.

 

Spain is a bit overrated because of Barca PR. France, Portugal, and England are all more talented.

 

Egypt’s coach looks like Dana White.

 

Belgium have been terrible. Doku turnover machine so far.

Egypt with a nice goal

 

England LMFAO

They've been overrated since the Norman conquest..

 

Egypt's goal

EMAM ASHOUR 19’

Belgium 🇧🇪 0 : 1 🇪🇬 Egypt pic.twitter.com/hLc7ShnjE8

— World Cup Arena (@WC2026Arena) June 15, 2026

 

I agree. I pretty much stopped watching American football as it’s a tedious process to wait for only a few moments of action.

Football is gravitating to the Americanization of it unfortunately, not for the better IMO.

 

Pedri highlights vs CV

 

Belgium have been shocking

 

They usually are overrated, but even with Tuchel subtracting big names from the squad, they are about even with Spain in talent.

England PR is large, but seeing as Pedri is often listed as being better than Bellingham, I’d argue Barca PR is even greater.

 

I don’t like the Americanization of the game, either.

I’ve read analyses that, after Russia and Qatar were given World Cups, the US government or associated entities made a concerted effort to bring FIFA under its control, and what we’re seeing now accords with that.

 

Different midfielders but Pedri is better than Bellingham. The last time Bellingham was consistently good was Dec 2023.

Let's be real, we'd be shitting on him non-stop if he was a Culer that cost €120m and did fvck all on the pitch..

 

My original comment was about the broadcast and commercial breaks.

One way of the “growing” the game here in the US is getting more people to watch it, unfortunately the broadcast production and overall packaging is awful. Monetizing every possible moment makes sense when live sports are the only thing people are watching (thus command the ad revenue) and how much they pay for the rights.

I’ve been a sports fan all of my life but I can’t watch NFL/College football anymore, only NBA finals and Football for me.

 

Tunisia have just sacked their manager. Ouch, brutal!

 

Cape Verde’s goalkeeper Vozinha had 50k followers on IG before the match vs Spain

He has over 1.6M followers now 😭

MAN OF THE MATCH 🏆 pic.twitter.com/sRsiO7O2ce

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) June 15, 2026

🚨🇨🇻 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Cape Verde captain Ryan Mendes' reaction to Vozinha (Cape Verde goalkeeper) reaching 1M followers on Instagram after the game vs. Spain. pic.twitter.com/eYsOtgLe9z

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) June 15, 2026

 

Lukaku coming on..he'll get the equalizer

 

I’m not gonna sleep tonight pic.twitter.com/FUEogJOyIo

— Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) June 15, 2026

 

Salah not happy to come off

 

Tupac if Ferran Torres was the shooter pic.twitter.com/nXhKlqVPQQ

— ່ (@pxrcyishim) June 15, 2026

 

Salah is never happy..

 

Poor Marmoush. Has had to deal with low quality balls all game after starting attacks himself

Belgium will be eliminated by the first big team they play. They are horrendous