World Cup 2026 - Official Thread

Cannot give this the volume of likes it thoroughly deserves,

Was at the pub for most of it. Friends daughter died yesterday. Not unexpected and had dignity. But to come back and see the Argies twat fuckers around in front of s blind referee. Cunts. Utter cunts.,

The fact that even with FIFA and the refs desperately trying to get Argentina the win they couldn't manage a single shot on target in 120 minutes, or even one off target in the regulation 90, just makes that German cunt's spineless capitulation look even worse.

This was so gruesome to watch I forgot the half time show. which was hyped to bollocks and then 6 minutes long. Everything that is bad in football came out to play. VARgentina got away with murder when hilariously Fernandez got sent off for two yellows (he should have got a red for elbowing Ando in the last game). One of which wasn't even for a foul but complaining a decision. The dirty little fuckers realised they had not chance in an actual football match so decided to give Spain the England treatment. Didn't quite work out for them even though they got away with absolute murder until the ref had had enough of Enzo. What was with Tom Cruise blabbering on before the game? How in God's name did the first goal not get given. I mean, they tried to give it to brand Messi but the smell got too much even for FIFA which was hilarious. Half the Spanish players ignoring Trump at the end was funny too.

Anyway after the third place classic comedy game you just knew this was going to be awful and so it came to pass. I hope the Euros don't go all hollywood or I will just give up.

Oh yeah, and have we sacked Tuchel yet?

Chicago: Knackered.

Christan Romero redemption arc starts here.

www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1v14bce/romero_completely_ignored_trump/

Still a fucking prick with a long way to go, but a little bit less than before today.

The best thing that Infantino has done is make Platini and UEFA look like the good guys. It's hilarious how much they hate each other, I don't think there's any danger of UEFA adopting any of the things we've hated about this World Cup - quite the opposite.

Congratulations on the use of the word 'hagiography'.

I had no idea what it means until I googled, but I like it a lot.

It's all about him...

Do you think Nico Dominguez didn’t get selected for the Argentina squad because he’s not a big enough cunt?

This should cheer everyone right up.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8xng9894z0o

Supposedly UEFA nations are having an emergency meeting this week to discuss boycotting the 2030 World Cup en masse. The head to head between FIFA and UEFA has been coming a while.

I feel bad for players who don’t get many chances to play in world cups.. and probably were just seeing a power-struggle for the sake of power itself, rather than the good of the game.. but you can’t have the global authority under the defacto control of a cadre of easily-bought bureaucrats who show no regard for the countries who actually generate the wealth of the game.

Not that there’s much chance of a boycott actually happening… but if some of the Euro-bigwigs are serious enough then Infantino may blink first.

Has to be a chance they could just say fuck it we will do the Euros every two years. See how many folks are interested in investing in a world cup with out Europe.

Bring South America in as a bi continental and FIFA will fold straight away.