Football Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[Thagard 85]

Even if there are still a few matches postponed to be played, it's incredible how tight  Extraklasa is this season!

Only 11 points are separating surprising leaders Gornik Zabrze to equally surprising 16th and 1st relegation spot Legia Warszawa!

And not forgetting Poland has 4 teams playing in European groups: Jagiellonia, Rakow, Lech and Legia, so there are not weak teams.

[bestmen 2,904]

Arab cup 2025 in Qatar is running now

 

Insane final ranking in this Group :

Palestine + Syria qualified under the war , Tunisia and Qatar the host eliminated 

 

 

[Henry_Leon 1,587]

FIFA Arab Cup 2025 quarterfinals

 

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[NearPup 3,496]

This is absolutely ridiculous. If you aren’t willing to celebrate Pride then you should simply not come to Seattle. You have to respect local customs.
 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c208392884jo

[Monzanator 4,768]

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

This is absolutely ridiculous. If you aren’t willing to celebrate Pride then you should simply not come to Seattle. You have to respect local customs.
 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c208392884jo

 

The problem is, the World Cup is not a local event. Overall it's another storm in a teacup. LGBT rights in Muslim countries won't change a damn inch becuse of one soccer match in Seattle 

[NearPup 3,496]

Just now, Monzanator said:

 

The problem is, the World Cup is not a local event. Overall it's another storm in a teacup. LGBT rights in Muslim countries won't change a damn inch becuse of one soccer match in Seattle 

Well ya, which is why the Egyptian and Iranian teams can shut up and dribble :P

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On 12/6/2025 at 4:16 PM, Thagard said:

Even if there are still a few matches postponed to be played, it's incredible how tight  Extraklasa is this season!

Only 11 points are separating surprising leaders Gornik Zabrze to equally surprising 16th and 1st relegation spot Legia Warszawa!

And not forgetting Poland has 4 teams playing in European groups: Jagiellonia, Rakow, Lech and Legia, so there are not weak teams.

 

Wisła Płock just assumed 1st position after five consecutive draws. Must be first time ever a team on a five match winless streak actually moves up to league top.

[Monzanator 4,768]

Just now, NearPup said:

Well ya, which is why the Egyptian and Iranian teams can shut up and dribble :P

 

Ah, yes but that's not how pro athletes are taught in North America these days? Shut up & dribble is xenophobic, racist or whatever? The hypocrisy of some of these policies were exposed during 2022 World Cup already where the Saudis played it smart and waved their own "Free Palestine' slogans. Forget LGBT rights for a moment, how many 'Free Palestine' flags will be waved in 2026? Or will those be confiscated by default? Somehow I feel this won't be met with similar backlash when China clamped down on 'Free Tibet' in 2008 OG. Saudi Arabia is more important to global markets than Iran & Egypt 

[NearPup 3,496]

Just now, Monzanator said:

 

Ah, yes but that's not how pro athletes are taught in North America these days? Shut up & dribble is xenophobic, racist or whatever? The hypocrisy of some of these policies were exposed during 2022 World Cup already where the Saudis played it smart and waved their own "Free Palestine' slogans. Forget LGBT rights for a moment, how many 'Free Palestine' flags will be waved in 2026? Or will those be confiscated by default? Somehow I feel this won't be met with similar backlash when China clamped down on 'Free Tibet' in 2008 OG. Saudi Arabia is more important to global markets than Iran & Egypt 

Oh I assure you FIFA dodger a bullet with Israel not qualifying…

 

But ya that’s kind of the thing, shut up and dribble is a mantra anti LGBT people have used often. I don’t think it’s hypocritical to remind them of their position

[Monzanator 4,768]

6 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Oh I assure you FIFA dodger a bullet with Israel not qualifying…

 

But ya that’s kind of the thing, shut up and dribble is a mantra anti LGBT people have used often. I don’t think it’s hypocritical to remind them of their position

It's all hogwash especially in the short attention span generation. Like nobody cares about Free Tibet anymore either. Free Palestine will last a lot longer due to Saudi Arabia becoming a sponsorship force in sports.

 

Israel is too weak in soccer to qualify from UEFA zone. The only time they qualified was from the Asian zone and they only beat Australia & New Zealand who were complete nobodies in the 1960s. No such luck in the 60 years since.