FIFA World Cup 2026

[K2RULEZ]

Switzerland will be a tough opponent for Argentina.

 

[K2RULEZ]

A lot of Germans settled there as well.

They were allies during WW2.

 

[Watandar]

Colombian fans are obnoxious and crude. We saw their behavior in Copa America 2024. So I was rooting for Switzerland in this game and am pleased with the result.

Neither team looked impressive though. It was a boring game.

 

[Master Chief]

The heat map actually suggested Argentina dominating the match, and if not for the Egypt goalie playing an outstanding match, Argentina would have had 2 or 3 more goals than it had (including 1 penalty) on the scoreboard

Egypt was too focused on counter-attack, which scored them the second goal, then they were hardly seen in the Argentinian half, and even in midfield, after the second half.

Sounds about right. Egypt need to work on possession. Can't just be trying to score on dramatic counter attacks especially if you're 2-0 up with 10mins left. The objective there should be to shut the crowd up and shut up shop with boring keep-ball. Risks were not needed at all.

There were moments where Salah should have driven towards the corners and just kept hold of the ball or won throw-ins/corners. Game management!

 

[Master Chief]

VAR has advantages but is calibrated with tolerances which have been under investigation many times before

and the pattern seems to be on play back and few mm of off side

that does not give a meaningful advantage in open play

1 foot in front yes fair play VAR should check but when you are a few mm or play back 30 seconds then it becomes controversial

secondly the VAR also seems to be very inconstant in its application

Paraguay got none

yet Iran and Egypt both robbed

Arsene Wenger raised this exact issue about the offside rule, that it should not apply over a matter of mm's only. Agreed.

Maybe there should also be a time limit of how far the playback can go to "hunt" for fouls?? A statute of limitations, if you will.

 

[SD 10]

Argentinians are very racist. They think they are Europeans.

Egyptians are no saint they always behave like they are some super power. Reality is thaey are just a lapdpg of israel

 

[Master Chief]

Argentina is becoming like Israel in football:

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That's pretty vile behaviour from the Argies.

 

[Raider 21]

Argentina is becoming like Israel in football:

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They have been for a while, doesn't surprise me. I have spent a bit of time in Buenos Aires. But lots of Arabs out there who like them and are in support of them. The tickets would lose sales if Messi didn't go too far into the tournament, call it speculation.

 

[RescueRanger]

Loss is a loss, and every country is going home with one except one.

 

[SolarWarden]

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[LeonBlack08]

A lot of Germans settled there as well.

A lot of former Nazis migrated Post WW2. So racism in Argentine society isn't surprising.

On WC - Switzerland didn't seem convincing. Argentina will very likely go to Semis and face either Norway or England. Although Argentina England will be a classic match up, I will root for Norway. Hope they make it to the Finals. Let's have a new champion this year.

 

[Watandar]

A lot of former Nazis migrated Post WW2. So racism in Argentine society isn't surprising.

On WC - Switzerland didn't seem convincing. Argentina will very likely go to Semis and face either Norway or England. Although Argentina England will be a classic match up, I will root for Norway. Hope they make it to the Finals. Let's have a new champion this year.

Norway or Morocco winning this World Cup would be fine with me.

 

[SolarWarden]

Norway or Morocco winning this World Cup would be fine with me.

England for me but they have to go through hell just to reach the finals which will be hell itself against French.

 

[j_hungary]

They want the big teams to advance, more money for the tournament. VAR will always favour certain teams. They ruin matches, apologise, and move on. Zero consequences on there end. And it’s Embarrassing. Id give you example, England was lucky forget what English fans boys say on here Ghana was denied a clear VAR penalty against England and English playerShould have been sent off. Anyways back to Argentina , Argentinians played like world champions in the last 20 mins ! No denying Brillant Messi absolutely showed why he is the greatest footballer.

VAR had to be used in a way that's fair, as I said before, if the Ref is just going to give it a go whenever he/she likes it, that's not going to be fair. And until they change it, I will always be against VAR.

The game, however, is a different thing. Egypt had its early warning sign that Argentina is going to get them eventually, the goalkeeper kept out 2 very good strikes (one from Messi, no less) and a penalty in the first half of the game alone, which should be the alarm bell that Egypt should focus on the mid-field

This game statistic sum up very well



You can't just come in and let Argentina shoot 17 times, 7 of them on target, that's just not how you play Argentina. And the procession is really bad in the second half, that's why you see the last 20 minutes the Argies play like world class, because they start getting the hit, but that streak starts long before the last 20 minutes of the game.

 

[j_hungary]

Sounds about right. Egypt need to work on possession. Can't just be trying to score on dramatic counter attacks especially if you're 2-0 up with 10mins left. The objective there should be to shut the crowd up and shut up shop with boring keep-ball. Risks were not needed at all.

There were moments where Salah should have driven towards the corners and just kept hold of the ball or won throw-ins/corners. Game management!

I would say Egypt played ultra-defensively almost the entire second half. I was looking at the stats on TV at one point, and they only got 18% possession in the second half. There are only 2 guys from Egypt that would drive into Argentinan half, the first time they succeeded (well, that's the second time, the first time they scored but was disallowed) and Argentina simply close the door, I don't think I seen more than 3 attacks from Egyptian side after the second score, and it's quite obvious the Egyptian was trying to defend the lead.

The problem is a playmaker like Messi, you have to shut him off in midfield or the edge of your turf, otherwise you are going to let him make plays, he loves doing that, and with the skill, they don't lack the people to score, and when you get shot like 17 times, some are going to hit. Especially at the later stage, when your feet started to get tired.

That's why Eygpt can't hold the lead if you ask me