OT: The 2026 World Cup Thread

[XLIX]

Nice to see FIFA admit the red card was bogus. Wouldn't have mattered quite so much if the USA lost the game, but I guess this'll do.

 

[rochrist]

You do not understand the game.

Familiar territory for Triumph.

 

[Gumby]

FIFA should make it easier to identify each team by jersey.

Some teams are self expandatory, but other are not.

Ok, here I don’t have a problem.

If you notice the colored dot next to the country name on the screen blended scoreboard, you will notice each team has a different color. Magically, it appears to be same color as [jersey for] all but the goalie.

 

[Gumby]

The septic in me says….



…..They just want him to play and collect another yellow so he sits the game after.

 

[Gumby]

I don't dislike that Paraquay played with a more conservative style. That is fine. My issue is they kind of just played scared. They didn't try to gain control on the French side traditionally once. They kind of just waited to lose hoping against hope they could get to penalties kicks. That was not going to happen. They need to at some point get a real offensive push going. Did they threaten France 1 time? If so i forget.

They didn’t play conservative. They played dirty and in your face. I think you confuse conservative with no real intent to play offense, just to counter if a good opening presents and “ park the bus” otherwise.

 

[Triumph]

Ok, here I don’t have a problem.

If you notice the colored dot next to the country name on the screen blended scoreboard, you will notice each team has a different color. Magically, it appears to be same color as all but the goalie.

I never noticed that dot.

What they ought to do is list the country up in the scoreboard with the goal that theyre defending. At the HALF reverse the names on the scoreboard to coincide with the reversal of the goals. For TV of course.

 

[Tunescribe]

Hopefully the referee who issued that red card is disciplined or reprimanded somehow ... at least spanked.

 

[Gumby]

I never noticed that dot.

What they ought to do is list the country up in the scoreboard with the goal that theyre defending. At the HALF reverse the names on the scoreboard to coincide with the reversal of the goals. For TV of course.

Yes cause that definitely helps the viewers in an oval stadium. Lol

Amazing that your arguments are so poor that a non-fan is taking the positions to defend soccer. Lol

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Ok, here I don’t have a problem.

If you notice the colored dot next to the country name on the screen blended scoreboard, you will notice each team has a different color. Magically, it appears to be same color as all but the goalie.

On Fox, instead of a dot, a stripe beneath each country shows the color.

 

[mnpatfan]

Haaland looks bored.

 

[mosi's man]

Norway beats Brazil. Shame it's so boring.

 

[bormio]

Brazil is a shell of what they used to be. Neymar never led the team to a title. Sure there was a missed PK, but Norway dominated Brazil

 

[BTTA]

Nice to see FIFA admit the red card was bogus. Wouldn't have mattered quite so much if the USA lost the game, but I guess this'll do.

Is that what happened? What's the precedent? I'm new to FIFA.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Is that what happened? What's the precedent? I'm new to FIFA.

They didn't call it bogus, per se; they just "suspended" enforcement of it for a year.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

 

[Tunescribe]

Is that what happened? What's the precedent? I'm new to FIFA.

Precedent ... or, President? Chances are $$$ had a say ...

Trump called FIFA president asking to review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension

President Donald Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to review the suspension of US men’s national team breakout star Folarin Balogun.

nypost.com

 

[Guts]

 

[Guts]

Precedent ... or, President? Chances are $$$ had a say ...

Trump called FIFA president asking to review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension

President Donald Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to review the suspension of US men’s national team breakout star Folarin Balogun.

nypost.com

We got Daddy Trompas now meddling?
We winning the WC lol

 

[bormio]

Trumps gonna make our liberal friends hate soccer. He’s all-powerful

 

[BTTA]

Precedent ... or, President? Chances are $$$ had a say ...

Trump called FIFA president asking to review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension

President Donald Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to review the suspension of US men’s national team breakout star Folarin Balogun.

nypost.com

Has that been done before? If it isn't routine, how can the rest of the world see it as anything other than a bully cheating?