FIFA World Cup 2026 Results & Discussion Thread [R]

It's officially on us to play the Avengers today.

The math is simple. If you enjoy watching football played without a referee's thumb on the scale or if you just don't hold an Argentine passport, you are wearing the Three Lions tonight.

 

You go ahead putting your enlightened Zen monk act and pretend your heart rate won't be spiking when kickoff hits tonight lol

Rest of the football world willing to watch a deserved team go through are with the English. (probably for the first & last time lol)

 

🇪🇸 Rodri (Manchester City, 29)

🎖️ 99th percentile for duels won %
🎖️ 98th percentile for progressive passes
🎖️ 98th percentile for forward passes
🎖️ 93rd percentile for forward pass completion %

📊 vs Premier League Midfielders, per 90
◉ Passes completed – 1st
◉ Short passes… pic.twitter.com/JIL7kzQRfc

— DataMB (@DataMB_) July 14, 2026

This was definitely a top 3 Rodri performances. Incredible

 

Deschamps thought that we were in the 1950's. You cannot play 4-2-4 in the modern game. I don't care people saying that this was 4-2-3-1. He had only two natural midfielders. It won't work against Spain's midfield. Perhaps, Portugal's midfield would even have waken up against the,

 

Curious why since our biggest star was on the France team.

 

Club is heavily invested in their players winning BDR as Vini saga proved. Lobbied hard for Modric after Ronaldo left for Juve as well. Jude will need MOTM performances in both semis and final to have a shot at BDR due to no titles with the club though.

 

Can't see a scenario where Kane doesn't win Balon dor if England lift it. No matter Jude's heroics. Kane has had an excellent tournament so far so not like he has flopped. I think Jude winning it is wishful thinking. He might do what he did with RM though which is take away votes from Kane and having somebody else win it because Kane and Jude split the votes.

 

At this point I just hope Jude wins it. He deserves it,

 

Shame Foden flopped in Euros else he'd have taken a lot of votes away from Rodri.

 

But this Spanish side arguably has no Madrid representation. If anything, doesn't it look worse for the club if they come home with the trophy?

 

Ref tonight • Carpe Diem

 

If Madridistas are actually out here swallowing their pride to cheer for a squad full of barca teenagers on Sunday, it’s simply because Spain actually earned their spot in the final by playing brilliant football and surviving a gauntlet of heavyweights. I don't think it has anything to do with la liga season ticket sales in Getafe

They didn't need a VIP escort from the refs. If England reach finals, you'll see people here actually cheer for Jude. Cause what matters is choosing actual meritocracy over Infantino’s heavily scripted reality show/

 

🚨 Fabian Ruiz: “Cucurella, you ATE him (Olise) ALIVE, now take him OUT of your POCKET.”

🗣️ Cucurella: “What a F***ING MASTERCLASS.” pic.twitter.com/rbFAw2imkF

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) July 15, 2026

 

🚨 BREAKING: The halftime for the World Cup final will be THIRTY MINUTES long.

It will feature performances from BTS, Justin Bieber, Shakira, Coldplay and Madonna, and WILL have time for the first half analysis as well. @thetimes pic.twitter.com/uhWMclDvuN

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) July 15, 2026

The WC cant leave the US soon enough.

 

🚨🇫🇷 French Federation plan to sign all formal documents with Zinedine Zidane after the end of the World Cup.

Zidane never considered any other proposal over last 8 months; only wanted France job. pic.twitter.com/nertH356Ue

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 15, 2026

 

Awful.

 

Olise is probably my favorite player to watch in the world

buuuut this is 2 consecutive huge semifinal matches where he’s been a non factor

that PSG one he actually looked like he was playing bad on purpose for a player of such quality