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The 2026 World Cup Thread

Is Gareth Southgate the best local
England coach??
He led England to the 2018
FIFA World Cup semi-finals, the UEFA Euro 2020 final, the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, and the UEFA Euro 2024 final. In 2018 and 2021 he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award.

He was sacked by Middlesbrough when it was relegated to championship league in 2009. England hired him in 2016 after Sam Allardayce was sacked.
 
hottest reporter chick in wc.
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After 2 matches
Group A
Mexico with 2 wins- Proceed R32
S. Korea 1 win, need a draw game with S. Africa should be enough.
Cze 1 draw game with S. Africa, need to win Mexico.
S. Africa need to win S. korea.

Group B
Canada 1 win 1 draw-R32
Switzerland 1 win 1 draw-R32
Bosnia 1 draw, must win Qatar
Qatar 1 draw must win Bosnia
 
After 2 matches
Group A
Mexico with 2 wins- Proceed R32
S. Korea 1 win, need a draw game with S. Africa should be enough.
Cze 1 draw game with S. Africa, need to win Mexico.
S. Africa need to win S. korea.

Group B
Canada 1 win 1 draw-R32
Switzerland 1 win 1 draw-R32
Bosnia 1 draw, must win Qatar
Qatar 1 draw must win Bosnia

8 of the 12 third placed teams will advance to the R32 knockouts.
 
Group C
Brazil 1 win 1 draw-R32
Morocco 1 win 1 draw-R32
Scotland 1 win, at least a draw game against Brazil to progress.
Lose to Brazil, maybe....
Haiti lost 2 games-Bye bye
Even a win against Morocco
still bottom of the table.

Group D
USA 2 wins-R32
Australia 1 win, a draw with Paraguay is enough.
Paraguay 1 win, a draw with Australia is enough.
This game can manipulate.
Turkey baleh kumpong.
 
Group E
Germany 2 wins-R32
Ivory Coast 2 win, a draw with Curacao is enough.
Ecuador 1 draw, must win Germany.
Curacao 1 draw, must win Ivory Coast. Ecuador and Curacao both final game draw, both baleh kumpong

Group F
Holland 1 win 1 draw-R32
Japan 1 win 1 draw-R32
Sweden 1 win, at least a draw game with Japan.
Lose to Japan, maybe...
Tunisia baleh kumpong.
 
Group G
Eygpt 1 win 1 draw-R32
Belgium 2 draws, need to win
N. Zealand, a draw might not be enough.
N. Zealand 1 draw, need to win against Belgium.
Iran 2 draws, need to win Eygpt
same as Belgium a draw might not enough.
This group is complicated.
FIFA will base on these criteria.
1st. Points
2nd. Goal difference
3rd. Team Conduct
4th. FIFA World Ranking.

Group H
Spain 1 win 1 draw-R32
Uruguay 2 draw, need to win Spain. a draw might not enough.
Cape Verde 2 draw. Need to win
S. Arabia, a draw might not enough.
S. Arabia 1 draw, need to win against Cape Verde. A draw game is baleh kumpong.
 
Group I
France 2 wins-R32
Norway 2 wins-R32
Last game Senegal and Iraq
play each other. Winner might just
sneak in.

Group J
Argentina 2 wins-R32
Austria 1 win, draw with Algeria might be enough.
Algeria 1 win, a draw with Austria might see them both progress.
Can manipulate, but a win guarantee R32.
 
Group K
Portugal 1 win 1 draw-R32
Columbia 2 wins -R32
Congo DR 1 draw. A win against Uzbekistan should be enough.
Uzbekistan 2 loses baleh kumpong.

Group L
England 1 win 1 draw-R32
Ghana 1 win 1 draw-R32
Croatia 1 win, need at least a draw against Ghana, lose might sneak through as best 3 place.
Panama 2 loses, should BK, even if they defeat England. Head to head with Croatia is inferior.
FIFA criteria apply.

Hope my analysis are correct.
International sport journalists are paid handsomely. I do it FOC.
 
PL Players that score goal
in World Cup Final so far.

Raul Jimenez. Mex. Wolves.
Ladis Krejci. Cze. Wolves
John McGinn. Sco. Aston Villa
Kai Havertz. Ger. Arsenal
Crysencio Summerville Hol
W.Ham
Virgil van Dijk. Hol. Liverpool
Dachi Kamada Jap C. Palace
Daniel Munoz Col. C. Palace
Amad Diallo. Ivory Coast. Man U
Yasin Ayari. Swe. Brigthon HA
Alexander Isak Swe. Liverpool
Viktor Gyokeres. Swe. Arsenal
Erling Haaland. Nor. Man City
Yoane Wissa DR Congo Newcastle
Granit Xhaka Swi. Sunderland
Cyle Larin. Can. Southampton
Brian Brobbey Hol. Sunderland
Cody Gakpo. Hol. Liverpool
Anthony Elanga. Swe. Newcastle
Matheus Cunha. Bra. Man U
M. Salah. Eygpt. Liverpool
Ismalia Sarr Senegal C. Palace

3 players from Liverpool,
M. Salah included.
3 players from. C. Palace
 
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