World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

[Zavod 311]

looks like its up to England to knock this clamish team out

 

[yiddo37]

All Jon Champion's fault...Egypt 2 nil up camera pans to Simeone and he mentions the '98 game and says, "looks like we won't be seeing a repeat this year!" or words to that affect as I was walking out the room at the time. Bang 3-2!!

 

[Daisuk]

Well done, Argentina! What a comeback. Hopefully Colombia wins tonight and it’ll be a hell of a quarter final between the two.

 

[Baleforce]

Ha ha, well done Argentina, I hope that dipper clam is in tears.

 

[Mikey10]

A Pharaohnuff result in the end.

 

[Baleforce]

A Pharaohnuff result in the end.

I sphinx so too

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Up next. as some twitterite put it :
Charlie vs the Chocolate Factory.

 

[BrentwoodSpur]

Up next. as some twitterite put it :
Charlie vs the Chocolate Factory.

Actually lol’d

 

[NaijaSpurs]

Gwan Egypt

All the hype around messi heheh.

Yeah, nothing but hype

 

[NaijaSpurs]

VAR can fudge right off! That only happens because it's Argentina and Messi! That goal would never ever be disallowed if it was against Egypt or Norway or England! This is not football! This is not how the game is supposed to be!

There is no denying there have been some questionable decisions

 

[NaijaSpurs]

Not watching game but Messi was past it when playing for PSG .

 

[Baleforce]

Fair bit of it online. BBC article linked above drives at it.



It was impressive they overcame the conditions without doubt. Altitude is a factor in football games, Ecuador and Bolivia's home records would attest to that. However, Rooney and Hart did say on Sunday that despite a lot of talk of it in 2010, they didn't really feel any effects from it.

Mexico are a good side, they play lovely football. Technically, they are excellent and I enjoyed watching them. But they aren't France. England were the bookies favourites beforehand. The game also veered into unusual territory when England went to 10 and just packed the box for the last 15 minutes. That won't happen in most games.

I don't want to tinkle on the result or performance. I really enjoyed the game and England did well to win. But I look at, say, the 4-1 win over The Netherlands in 1996, the semi-final v West Germany in 1990, the 5-1 away to Germany and they were all better performances IMO. England will still need to be better than they were on Sunday if they want to win this tournament.

Mexico's third defeat at home in 60 years or something, I think the altitude is a massive factor, it must be like playing with 1 punctured lung, the oxygen content is 30% lower or something crazy

I think its up there, even more so considering how limited this squad is

the 96 and 01 teams put in great performances yes, but how many of the current squad, beyond Kane and Bellingham, get in those squads, let alone the starting 11?