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Personally I would be happy with this World Cup being a repeat of the last with Messi humiliating the "French" tranny fucker. Also happy with Spain or England winning. If the US wins just once in my lifetime I'll be happy but I'm just gonna keep dreaming on that one.
I think that was part of the problem tbh. Brazil was up against fairly easy teams for the better part of that World Cup and even then their performance wasn't great. By the time you get to the semis, there's no more bullshit teams to weed out, you're facing a serious opponent.
No, it isn't about strong teams or not, that entire game was an anomaly that we never saw before and after. Few days ago I rewatched the best moments of this very same match and would you believe me that Brazil played a more offensive game and had more dangerous moments than any of the 2026 WC games? Surprising but true.
But even then the real problem lies in two gigantic elements: Brazil was automatically qualified for that WC so we weren't playing at the qualifiers so we had to play against weaker teams in friendlies and the second problem is that that Germany team was BRED to win that WC, they played together from childhood and was a tight team. The fact that Germany fell off after that WC even harder than Brazil is something to be studied. What went wrong with them is something that even us can't really understood.
The teams that won and will win the next WCs are teams that are tight and played together for years, France and Spain are my favorites precisely because of this. Spain still didn't concede a goal because their team is tight.
Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo are gone now, huh? Feels crazy to witness a changing of the guard like this. I'm not even a football guy and I feel sad witnessing two big names put out to pasture. These two were singlehandedly holding the hope of their entire nations on their backs for decades and I don't think either country will ever recover whether spiritually or competitively.
This World Cup represented Ronaldo's final opportunity to remain significant. It's done now. No level of PR, damaging interviews, Saudi awards, false narratives, or Instagram followers can preserve his legacy now. From this point forward, Messi Niggas are in charge.
As far as crying Ronaldo moments go, it's pretty low on the list, imo
Nowhere near the "kek what a bitch" energy from the 2022 world cup. Or the missed penalty kick vs Slovenia in 2024.
I watched 7-1 live while also shit posting on /sp/. Was one of the best times I have ever had watching a soccer game. You zoomers have no idea what a glorious day that was.
I watched 7-1 live while also shit posting on /sp/. Was one of the best times I have ever had watching a soccer game. You zoomers have no idea what a glorious day that was.
I think whoever wins tonight's game is going to lose to (most likely) Spain in another 4 or 5 days anyway, so I'm rooting for an American W purely on the basis that it'll generate maximum seething on shitholes like Reddit.
This is me. I don't give a fuck about the most boring, brown sport in the world full of the most retarded arbitrary bullshit and random ass vibe-Refereeing asspulls. But I want the US to win because it will create the greatest amount of global seethe while the majority of the US gives zero fucks.
My first memory in life was my grandma taking me to KFC and then me sitting on the gravy container and it exploding all over my ass because she left it in my car seat.
I say that's far better than forever having my first memory being losing to fucking France.
Its not the goals. Its the almost goals that people come for. Especially those last few minutes of the Mexico game where they try again and again to score, even sending the Goalie to the end field as a last resort in the final minute. Those are fun games to watch. When the teams play keep away and aren't running for the ball like their lives depend it, then yeah, it becomes super boring and starts to resemble a game of golf.
COMNEBOL and CONCACAF were being rumored to merge and create a bloc powerful enough to create, at best, a parallel WC, and at worst, attempt to usurp FIFA outright.
My very American opinion is that merging COMNEBOL and CONCACAF wouldn't be the worst idea for both continents. It's not like CONCACAF is suddenly going to take over the Copa America. Really the only teams that have a shot of winning it are the US and Mexico, and even Canada came 4th in the 2024 Copa, which was the 2nd to be hosted in the US. There are even murmurs of hosting the 2028 Copa in the US, but not to overlap with the LA Olympics. As for the big 3 of CONCACAF (the CUM nations), they'll get even more regular exposure to more serious contenders instead of beating up on Panama, Costa Rica, or Honduras.
Its not the goals. Its the almost goals that people come for. Especially those last few minutes of the Mexico game where they try again and again to score, even sending the Goalie to the end field as a last resort in the final minute. Those are fun games to watch. When the teams play keep away and aren't running for the ball like their lives depend it, then yeah, it becomes super boring and starts to resemble a game of golf.
I don't get Americans, really. Sometimes I think they have a short attention span. Like they expect football to be like basketball, where both teams seem to score every 8 seconds back and forth. But I've watched baseball, so I know they also have an incredible tolerance for tedium.
At the end of the day, I think they will love football if they just learn to watch it properly. Yes, some matches will drag on and be boring, but you just have to kind of make your own fun. Chanting. Racially abusing your opponents. There's still a lot of drama and excitement, especially at the world cup.
I feel like this one is heading towards a USA v England final, and that would be truly epic.
Eta:
I wasn't going to stay up for the USA game, but I might now just because I want them to win.
They should let Canada back so we can watch them lose again. Make it like a half time show where every team still in gets to beat Canada to build their confidence.
I don't get Americans, really. Sometimes I think they have a short attention span. Like they expect football to be like basketball, where both teams seem to score every 8 seconds back and forth. But I've watched baseball, so I know they also have an incredible tolerance for tedium.
I've always theorized its institutional rather then cultural. Sports in America is big business and a large portion of the business is advertisement on TV. Network television HAAAAAAAAAAATES Association Football because its a dynamic game with almost no breaks. Baseball, Baketball and American Football all have extensive breaks in play that are used to run advertisements on Network TV. So in the early days when professional leagues were setting up, those games structurally were more profitable. So that is what was played on television in the USA. Association Football got absolutely zero air time. Because there was no money from advertisement to be made.
This may change in the coming decades though, thanks to streaming models for sports media which has less reliance on advertising revenue to turn a fat profit. The dynamic nature of Association Football with its lack of advertisement breaks will also help it in this respect. Ironically, the very thing that killed it in the 20th century with the North American market may be what puts it over the top in the 21st century.
