World Cup 2026 After Hours Thread

It just shows our collapse from being 2-0 in front was even worse than it looked. They are a very limited side and we did not play well for most of that play off.

It was that stupid penalty that brought them back in it. Plus home advantage and they won on penalties. They beat Denmark at home after that.

Haven’t seen either Mexico or SK

Just to be there though!

Not doubting it, just think it was a group we could have qualified out of.

We will never know

Definitely a loss to South Korea, their energy alone is incredible. I think we'd be fit to beat South Africa though.

Just before the waterbreak Bosnia have a bit of momentum come close to scoring , have a throw in in the opposition half just after this and then the water reak is called before they can take the throw and all their momentum is stopped by as the waterbreak interrupts it

Since the waterbreak Switzerland have turned things around, its obvious how much a negative impact it had on the team who were pushing .

FIFA are **** ,no need for it at all on indoor stadiums but of course they decide to go ahead and have a negative impact on the sport for a small but more money.

Subs made all the difference

Didn’t think we’d see 5 goals

What’s the story with players and staff going around talking into their hands. It’s it a new carry on?

Been a thing for a while. I thought there was a rule for the world cup to cut it out.

Lightning fast reaction from tge Canadian there

Having watched a lot of the Portugal match earlier, they need to drop Ronaldo. He should have been dropped during qualification. He's an unbelievably selfish player who got away with it for most of his career (obviously had crazy incidents like the Higuain tackle) by virtue of talent. He's now older, less mobile and tries to do things that he can no longer do.

His presence is detrimental to the team, there was a point where he could have moved into space to open things up but instead ran back in front of Fernandes and completely ballsed up a shot that would have been a potential tap in for Fernandez.

He is a player that I have disliked for a long time, I agree incredibly skillful and an amazing athlete, but he has shown time and again that he is selfish and classless (see refusing to shake hands with Congo players last night at the end). I think this selfishness is getting worse because he knows his career is done, he cannot accept that it's time to retire. Especially when looking at Messi who is having an absolute blast and still has the ability to play at this level.

Two poor enough teams here, along for the ride

Qatar press is useless Canada playing it around at their leisure. A better team would be 7 or 8 ahead

That's a nasty tackle. They're not showing replays. I rewound it and watched it again, I think you can quite clearly hear the break.

What am I saying? Look at his leg immediately after and the player looking at what has happened to him. That's sickening. No need for that.

Watching again. It wasn't a malicious tackle. The Qatari player has kicked through the back of the Canadian player's left standing leg just as he had played a pass. The Canadian players and management knew straight away he had a broken leg.