FIFA World Cup 2026 Results & Discussion Thread [R]

Spain do what England didn’t do because the coach is a shit house and control the ball well. They won’t bunker.

Spain win for me. All day.

 

That cake is already in the oven my man.

 

Spain should win man

but so should have Egypt
And cape
And Swiss
And the Britts


Seems like they just won’t stop playing with peoples emotions

 

I don't care for Argentina and as a Real Madrid I by no means am a fan of Messi. I've grown to finally appreciate him more over the years as I was a bit of a hater growing up like many here. But it's like they are destined to win this one like Madrid was on ucl 22.

 

I'm a neutral. As soon as I saw him clam up after going 1-0 up, I knew and would bet on it that Argentina would score and with so much time left. He clammed up and basically gave Argentina the ball to keep attacking them. why the ******** would you do that, when Argentina were not even having that many chances when England were searching for their goal?

England supporters have every right to be pissed at this guy, it was one of the most boneheaded decisions I have ever seen. Even Egypt kept searching for another goal after they scored.

Luckily and judging from the way Spain played against France, if they go up, they will not close up and I don't expect them to unless maybe there was minutes left for the game to end.

 

Because he was both a coward and a bonehead. I really feel sorry for the English supporters to go out like this. This guy had the game in his hand, if England continued to play like they were when they were searching for a goal, they would be in the Final.

 

They would've been better than broken players.

 

That is so creepy and bizarre. I don't care if it was Messi, who the hell would allow a strange grown ass man to bathe their baby?

 

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You gave it your all, Jordan! pic.twitter.com/5k6K35S3Bh

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) July 15, 2026

 

He's a great coach, but his strategy last night was one of the dumbest strategies you could undertake Vs. a hyper attacking team like Argentina. I can't tell you how many times I've predicted that a 1-0 lead would be overturned by another team because Coaches are too scared to continue to play offensively.

 

Unless you're supporting your own country, it's very strange to me for someone to support Real Madrid and want Spain to lose in the final. Especially when they didn't need to cheat to get there.

 

As long as there is no bullshit controversy. I don't see Spain losing the final. This is a very high IQ team that plays extraordinarily well under pressure. Also France has a scarier strike force than Argentina does and Spain were able to weather it with ease.

If they play the way they did against France where they held on to the ball and tired them out, I just can't see Spain losing. But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some controversy to make sure Messi gets his second.

 

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lip readers have deciphered the CONVERSATION between Leo Messi, Nico González, Senesi and a member of Argentina’s staff after they found Jordan Pickford’s water bottle with a penalty taker list ahead of a potential penalty shootout in the World Cup semi-final against… pic.twitter.com/l6qKUMWjhF

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) July 16, 2026

 

Madridistas from Spain want Spain to win. There are no Madrid players in this team. Why should I have any attachment to Spain?

Argentina, being the villains that they are and all, still represent CONMEBOL and South American football who have recently been downplayed and diminished. So I’ll go for them

 

I think teams have shown the best way to beat ptb teams is to spam crosses into the box. We did it often in 23/24 then stopped doing it after that and we didnt have a plan b once going down and teams shutting up shop.

You are right, Argentina should never have had that many free headers or time and space to take shots but the best way to prevent them is to strangle the source. Montiel, Messi and De Paul were taking turns loading, aiming and crossing for a whole 30 mins with about 6 Argentinian players in the box. At some point one was going to go in even if it had to be by ricocheting or rebound. Pickford is no Tibu who would eat those crosses up.

 

🚨 JUST IN: Barco provoked Jude Bellingham TWICE, which led to him giving him a slap on the back of the head.

The first time was immediately after Enzo Fernández scored the equalizer. Barco left the bench to celebrate the goal, but not with his teammates. He went straight to… pic.twitter.com/6tKLqKPHEa

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) July 16, 2026