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Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2026


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3 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Lol Sweden qualifies without a win during the group stage. Europe gets way too many teams !!!11

I agree, definitely more concacaf nations should have qualify instead. The tournament is there, and many teams did not have the chance because 3 of them got host spots :(

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Two awfully weak teams ( :CZE & :BIH) let into the world cup because of this weird uneven format. And :SWE who are okayish but shouldn't be going either.

 

And oddly enough they have a shot to make the knockouts cuz they will be in some of the weakest groups.

 

 

A side note: in 2017 Italy had two more world cup participations than Argentina.:whistle: now they're one down.

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Absolutely knew it... Scared morons. The fear of not making the WC again led to Italy not making the WC yet again. :facepalm: I'm astounded how often players and teams forget how to play the game.

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4 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

At this rate they are closer to being a baseball nation than football 

Italy no longer cares about football, it’s a baseball and cricket nation now.

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2 minutes ago, LDOG said:

Two awfully weak teams ( :CZE & :BIH) let into the world cup because of this weird uneven format. And :SWE who are okayish but shouldn't be going either.

 

And oddly enough they have a shot to make the knockouts cuz they will be in some of the weakest groups.

 

 

A side note: in 2017 Italy had two more world cup participations than Argentina.:whistle: now they're one down.

Europe, CONCACAF and Africa all have awful qualification systems where luck is a huge factor :/

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We're in a golden age for all sports outside of football, so perhaps this is the price? We faced the easiest opponent in history, led 1-0 and were eliminated. It's our fault. Türkiye would probably have beaten Bosnia 1-0 today. They're simply better than us.

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Italy can only qualify for the World Cup through the group stage in the future. Play-offs are impossible because the pressure is too great, especially in this format. In the group, we has two clear defeats to Norway – we had to advance there.

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What's more, the match was started brilliantly today. Bastoni was a complete disaster. What's more, Bosnia must have had 30 shots on goal. They're simply the worst Italy team ever – worse than Norway, Turkey, or Bosnia.

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