FIFA World Cup 2026 Results & Discussion Thread [R]

On that I fully agree. That's why I also try to not use strong wording in my posts, as agree to disagree is a perfectly fine outcome.

 

80% - @England have won 16 of their 20 matches under Thomas Tuchel across all competitions, giving him the best win rate of any manager to take charge of more than 10 matches with a single European nation.

Standards. pic.twitter.com/GjW6TYubOQ

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 12, 2026

Massive difference between a freak infrastructure anomaly and systemic refereeing bias.
He probably confused FBI investigating Argentina football federation for money laundering being the biggest scandal with a rogue spidercam cable touch.

Trying to equate a wire getting in the way to a ref practically wearing a Messi jersey under his uniform is peak comedy

Acting like that toxic ex who goes like "I'm deleting this app goodbye foreverrrr" status only to be back online 3 hours later stalking everyone's stories.

 

Same reason why the majority of drug cases are from the inner city. Benefits the elite who we support in this case Messi and Adidas. And disenfranchises someone the majority of us don't care about... Switzerland. Selective use of laws has been used for centuries. That's why politicians live in nice places and have nice stuff lol.

 

They're cooking France v Argentina rematch, I'm not complaining.

 

@4x4s this is incredibly spot on and well put.

 

But of course he chooses to focus on the obvious yellow card but forgets the penalty the Swiss should've had during the 1st half.

 

What was not surprising was how the broadcast brushed that aside and didn’t even do a slow motion reply on it nor mention that it was a penalty shout.

Had it been the other way…..

 

Some money is going to FIFA????)

 

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Ibrahima Konaté responds to Lamine Yamal’s comments ahead of France vs Spain!

"He can say whatever he wants. We'll prepare in the best way possible, and at the end of the match, we'll see who it works out for.

Are we afraid of Spain? No, no, no.

Honestly, we… pic.twitter.com/SNtCMuLZIG

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) July 12, 2026

 

Here’s Thierry Henry talking more sense about England’s World Cup mentality than some of the English media right now. pic.twitter.com/VXXICz4b0c

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) July 12, 2026

Thomas Tuchel clarified his post-match comments on England's win over Norway 🎙️ pic.twitter.com/WAS5qPi75K

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 12, 2026

Tuchel explaining exactly what was driving me bananas watching the game yesterday. pic.twitter.com/u8OSH4iBz9 https://t.co/JojVaG0HCT

— David Garcia (@IJaSport) July 12, 2026

 

Frank Lebouf is a cock btw.

 

Jude and Tuchel are probably pissing themselves laughing

 

The on-pitch data showing favouritism for Argentina is unequivocal and undebatable, whether one looks at real-time metrics comparing them to tournament rivals, historical data across a century of World Cup football, or their own gigantic statistical shift between the 2006–2018 and 2022–2026 periods. Argentina’s past failures and sudden recent international successes completely coincide with such statistical shifts.

Rather than tackling these irrefutable statistical anomalies, we are seeing a dude or two on here desperately trying to label anyone who reveals these discrepancies as a 'crazy conspiracy theorist', even going as far as questioning their life choices, which is just absolutely ludicrous.

So, what is the true motive for these dudes desperately disparaging anyone who brings forward unassailable, evidence-based findings? Is it pure sports idealism and a desperate need to protect the illusion that this vaunted theater can never be compromised? Is it a psychological coping mechanism to protect the validity of their fandom, shielding their worldview from collapsing? Is it hero worship or simply an inability to form analytical arguments vis-a-vis the data? By the way, World Cups have been rigged before (the 1978 farce with Argentina and the officiating scandals in 2002 involving South Korea). Moreover, FIFA’s corruption is nothing new.

Rather than disparaging those discussing the overwhelming statistical discrepancies and circumstantial evidence revealing favouritism, the focus should be on trying to understand the behind-the-scenes motives, which are currently based on highly correlated facts such as:

• The FBI investigating the Argentine Football Association (AFA) for fraud and money laundering involving Miami-based shell companies (where several Argentine players conveniently play), with the source of the laundered funds being FIFA.
• Multibillion dollar sponsor overlap between the brands funding FIFA/the tournament and the ones sponsoring the concerned team/player.
• A widely recognized commercial framework where tournament organizers, broadcasters, and primary sponsors accrue maximum financial benefits from keeping certain teams in the tournament for as long as possible, which also helps drive Infantino’s $11 billion tournament revenue target.
• Coincidentally, the AFA President serves as the official CONMEBOL representative on the FIFA Council, helping secure Infantino's South American voting bloc (which is also why Paraguay will be a host for the next World Cup for no historical reason other than the fact that CONMEBOL President and FIFA Council Vice president is from Paraguay).

 

I don't think you can have correctly VARed penalties without creating as many dubious calls, that's the issue. I think that the overall experience of the game would be much better with VAR only for offsides and goal line technology. Also, the refs would not be able to hide behind VAR. This tournament really demonstrated not the necessity for VAR, but rather how shocking the refereeing is with VAR.

 

Sounds like peak Jose “the special bus parking one” Mourinho.

 

All will be forgotten about when England kick them back to Buenos Aires.

It’s coming home.