OT: The 2026 World Cup Thread

[mosi's man]

Agreed; not a good game today. Kinda like the average Sunday in the NFL (Before last year, how exciting was it to watch the Patriots for the prior couple years? I watched every game and they were generally awful viewing). There have been great games in this World Cup nearly daily. Regarding the idea of watching replays, what would you estimate as the percentage of NFL fans who only watch the Red Zone? I'm not trying to convince you to watch something that you clearly don't appreciate, but in comparison to lots of other sports, I don't think soccer is worse than lots of alternatives, never mind if you're watching a three and a half hour baseball game from the point of view of "action". In fact, given continuous play, there is much more action in soccer than most professional sports by any objective assessment. Ultimately, different strokes for different folks. By the way, there has never been more talent in basketball than in today's NBA. You might want to give it a second chance.

 

[bormio]

Adios, Canada. Now everyone can return to not caring about what Jesse Marsh has to say.

 

[Guts]

I have no idea which game I watched, I believe I remember a lot of red, perhaps some yellow stripes. Most of the players on both teams were black, if that helps.

you probably watched a Belgium game or Egypt lol which have been boring

 

[Tunescribe]

If they could just start penalizing all the flopping and faux writhing in agony, the watchability factor would improve.

Also, too much moving backward to move forward. (Yes, I understand that's all about "strategy," but still ... )

 

[Triumph]

France has no shots on goal.

Hell of a coaching job by Paraguay.