# FIFA World Cup 2026 - discussion etc **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [October 14, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962 "2025-10-14T15:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 138
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2741 "2026-07-04T00:45:59Z")
What an incredible match. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2742 "2026-07-04T00:49:11Z")
Wow! What a game. So a player falling into the goal is not a point?! Huh. That was quite that flat out flip. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2743 "2026-07-04T00:50:59Z")
Frodo lives… ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2744 "2026-07-04T00:51:04Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > By the end of this, Frodo will have a new kitten. He needs a lot of kittens to soothe his soul after that game, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2745 "2026-07-04T00:51:07Z")
Oh Diego I have the shakes I love this sport I hate this sport. Oh god. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2746 "2026-07-04T00:52:20Z")
You survived! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2747 "2026-07-04T00:52:30Z")
👍 I’m glad you’re alive and well! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2748 "2026-07-04T00:53:43Z")
I told my family “I better post in the forum right now or they’ll think I’m dead” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2749 "2026-07-04T00:56:17Z")
Did you have a cow or a kitten? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2750 "2026-07-04T00:57:20Z")
I thing I had a herd of Buffalo ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2751 "2026-07-04T01:00:28Z")
Well, you’ll have wings for the next round. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2752 "2026-07-04T01:03:15Z")
One word of comfort for you, @Frodo: I’ve seen many German games in early rounds that were atrocious, barely beating a much lesser rated team, in agonizing games, only to see them making it at least to the final or even winning the Cup. Maybe you can learn from today and pull it through. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2753 "2026-07-04T01:04:53Z")
Thanks! we better learn from this or we’ll not go far. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2754 "2026-07-04T01:10:17Z")
That’s for sure! I don’t know who will be your next opponent, but you need a different attitude! Hey, you have Messi in your squad! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2755 "2026-07-04T01:11:25Z")
Egypt, on July 7 if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2756 "2026-07-04T01:11:42Z")
Damn, that was a great game. Surely the type that makes the WC worth tuning in to. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2757 "2026-07-04T01:12:46Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Egypt, on July 7 if I’m not mistaken. A much better team than Cape Verde, and you know it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2758 "2026-07-04T01:35:09Z")
Ghana has cool uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2759 "2026-07-04T01:39:09Z")
Last month I was at the wedding of my oldest friend’s daughter. She married a Ghanaian and I love him and I met a lot of his friends from back home. I am heavily rooting for them. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/2760 "2026-07-04T01:47:33Z")
Quite a few injuries. And now Colombia is 1-0. The stadium is full yellow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=139)