2026 FIFA World Cup

[Hongbit]

Another baffing move by Tuchel.  This is a bs game that nobody is trying and nobody cares about and he’s actually trying to make changes to win it.  What a complete idiot.  

[Hongbit]

Fun and exciting game to watch for the fans.   

[lordstanley]

Turned in for the World Cup and the NHL All-Star Game broke out.

[romad1]

54 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Now England is ****ting the bed. 

Well, then England put in Bellingham and they achieved a satisfying finish. 

[romad1]

40 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Another baffing move by Tuchel.  This is a bs game that nobody is trying and nobody cares about and he’s actually trying to make changes to win it.  What a complete idiot.  

Tuchel didn't play Saka against Argentina?  That's insane in retrospect.  

[Hongbit]

 

[buddha]

45 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Why are Bellingham and Anderson about to come on for England? 

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did you watch the game and see all the tackling and defense?

come on, man.

[Hongbit]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

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did you watch the game and see all the tackling and defense?

come on, man.

You said they weren’t trying and nobody cared.   The All-Star game comp was perfect.  They didn’t play defense but it was fun and in the end both sides were trying to win.  

[buddha]

Just now, Hongbit said:

You said they weren’t trying and nobody cared.   The All-Star game comp was perfect.  They didn’t play defense but it was fun and in the end both sides were trying to win.  

well yeah, it was an nba all star game.

to each his own.  nba all star games are fun on a certain level.

[buddha]

do you think bringing on anderson and bellingham meant the teams were playing hard for 90 minutes?

it was an exhibition game.  it was what it was.

[GalagaGuy]

What the hell is this halftime show?   Madonna, Muppets, Boy Bands..........

[buddha]

yawn.

argentina with a 0.0 xg with 66 minutes gone.

[DTroppens]

The World Cup that just keeps producing awesome games.

 

How Argentina survived the first 90 was pretty amazing.

[DTroppens]

35 minutes ago, buddha said:

yawn.

argentina with a 0.0 xg with 66 minutes gone.

That cross late in the second half must have given them at least .1 for the first 90.

 

But they've done nothing offensively.

[buddha]

spain deserve to lose for their horrible finishing.

its the only weakness on the team: no true #9.

[buddha]

On 7/14/2026 at 5:02 PM, buddha said:

argentina will struggle against spain.  england have the kind of team that can beat them with harry kane at the top, bellingham in behind, and gordon running the wing.  

england's defense is weak, but spain dont have a number 9 to take advantage like mexico did.  or norway for that matter.

it will be an interesting match if its england.  i thinm spain will overwhelm argentina as long as the refs dont make it a lifetime achivement award for messi.

pretty much.

[DTroppens]

Great ending to a great World Cup. Spain clearly deserved that victory. But it was a thriller to the final seconds.

[DTroppens]

Spain was the rightful winner. Did Messi have a shot? Was he even on the pitch? 

Wasn't Spain the team that held Argentina to no shots and maybe one dangerous cross the first 90 mins? 

Spain held possession how much of that game? How much in Argentina's side of the field? 

And when it mattered, Spain scored.

 

I'd give the point more merit if it went to a shootout and Spain lost then. But they had 120 mins with that defense to score and they did. 

[buddha]

so glad argentina lost.  with all their flopping, cheating, whining, and all the var calls they got to make sure messi won.

but you cant score without the ball.  ask anyone who played spain.

[buddha]

25 minutes ago, DTroppens said:

Spain was the rightful winner. Did Messi have a shot? Was he even on the pitch? 

Wasn't Spain the team that held Argentina to no shots and maybe one dangerous cross the first 90 mins? 

Spain held possession how much of that game? How much in Argentina's side of the field? 

And when it mattered, Spain scored.

 

I'd give the point more merit if it went to a shootout and Spain lost then. But they had 120 mins with that defense to score and they did. 

spain didnt really do much today except shoot right at martinez and miss gilded chances.

but they held down argentina the same way they held down france.

i'm glad they won and it didnt go to penalties.

[Hongbit]

Now that Messi is done there’s no reason to like anything about the Argies.  

They play a cheap and dirty style and constantly whine and complain whenever they can.    They can take their bad tattoos and drift off into history hopefully to not be heard from for a few decades.  Would love for them to become the next Italy.  

[romad1]

13 hours ago, buddha said:

so glad argentina lost.  with all their flopping, cheating, whining, and all the var calls they got to make sure messi won.

but you cant score without the ball.  ask anyone who played spain.

Concur.  Argentina with the Falklands banner showed just how self-indulgent and entitled those pricks were.  Wish Bellingham and company had played in that game but alas.  

[buddha]

15 hours ago, Hongbit said:

Now that Messi is done there’s no reason to like anything about the Argies.  

They play a cheap and dirty style and constantly whine and complain whenever they can.    They can take their bad tattoos and drift off into history hopefully to not be heard from for a few decades.  Would love for them to become the next Italy.  

messi sullied himself by trying to get cuccarella sent off for covering hia mouth.  same ol **** argentina have been doing for a long time.

there have been 6 red cards in world cup finals, 3 of them to argentina.

its not just them.  lots of teams get frustrated by spain.  not every team acts like little babies like argentina did.  all they did this tournament was be bad losers and bad winners.  

1) we'll see if messi actually retires.  he has "retired" from international duty multiple times before.

2) if he does, it may not be that bad.  argentina has a lot of talented players, and if they dont revolve the entire team around an old man who no longer runs (albeit, a very talented man who no longer runs), they may actually be better off.  they destroyed brazil 4-1 in qualifying without messi in a game that could have easily been 7 or 8 to 1.

if they ever get over the national chip on their shoulder and actually play football, they can be really good.

[lordstanley]

 

 

[buddha]

oh boy.  a FIFA investigation.  lol.