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FIFA World Cup 2026

Corefile said:
Speaking from personal experience of playing physical sports in the Rockies much higher than Mexico City, the altitude differential is overrated.
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There are thousands of scientific papers that would dispute your anecdotal opinion. Considering there is major sports teams, and individual athletes who take themselves off to locations such as Eldoret in Kenya and Flagstaff in USA for this very purpose.
 
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I'm happy to still see Messi doing his magic 🪄
No he doesn't run as much as he used to, but he know the game and where the ball will go.

Looking forward to Brazil - Norway tomorrow 😱
 
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About Messi, what I want to know is why the American was red carded but Messi wasn't for his horror tackle to the Algerian. We all know why and it's the repulsive corruption that FIFA executes to as the game is rigged.
 
Bravo, Cabo Verde! What a run, and what an incredible performance last night. We wanted ET with a house full of neutrals and everyone screamed when CV scored that second goal. Pure magic.

If they were going to get beat by anyone, at least they got beat by Licha Martinez, who had an incredible game for Argentina. A rock on defense plus an assist and a goal.

Today I expect Morocco to handle Canada, and France vs Paraguay? Defending well against France is levels ahead of shutting down Germany. Should be a fascinating game.
 
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Corefile said:
About Messi, what I want to know is why the American was red carded but Messi wasn't for his horror tackle to the Algerian. We all know why and it's the repulsive corruption that FIFA executes to as the game is rigged.
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I think refs are just scared to be the one to give him red. Not only because of FIFA, but the fans will have his head.
 
Silencio said:
Bravo, Cabo Verde! What a run, and what an incredible performance last night. We wanted ET with a house full of neutrals and everyone screamed when CV scored that second goal. Pure magic.

If they were going to get beat by anyone, at least they got beat by Licha Martinez, who had an incredible game for Argentina. A rock on defense plus an assist and a goal.

Today I expect Morocco to handle Canada, and France vs Paraguay? Defending well against France is levels ahead of shutting down Germany. Should be a fascinating game.
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France is incredibly stacked right now, they're probably my first pick to go all the way. The Brazil and Norway game is going to be interesting just for the interactions between Haaland and Gabriel.
 
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France through.
But the standard of referring was pretty poor.
Lots of incidents between the players that could have been managed a lot better with a yellow or two.

Paraguay had a game plan to get a reaction. But it didn’t make them look good in any light. If it was a PL game they would have had 2-3 players sent off.
 
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France deserved to go through. Only team that came to play.

I get Paraguay playing to their strengths but their antics became almost thuggish and outright illegal. And it still didn't work.
 
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That ref should never again be allowed to officiate over a world cup game. Two obvious yellows right in front of his nose (see ref cam) and he misses it. And that’s the tip of the iceberg, terrible, terrible ref.

How in the name of the great pumpkin did France get THREE yellows while Paraguay got NONE?!
 
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Cuesca said:
France is incredibly stacked right now, they're probably my first pick to go all the way. The Brazil and Norway game is going to be interesting just for the interactions between Haaland and Gabriel.
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It hurt when France knocked us (Sweden) out, but a bit later it's pretty clear how good they are.
I still prefer any of 🇳🇴 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 to win 🙂
 
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