# 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:** 156
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3101 "2026-07-06T02:36:18Z")
I said a lot, but I really meant twice. I didn’t think he was a diver so it might have just stood out to me because of that. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3102 "2026-07-06T02:38:29Z")
Mexico got to exploit that 1-man advantage hard with 20 minutes left. ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3103 "2026-07-06T02:38:38Z")
Maybe he’s having a bad day (some good, netting a penalty, some bad causing a penalty). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3104 "2026-07-06T02:39:01Z")
And if they get one goal, 50 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3105 "2026-07-06T02:39:13Z")
I want extra time. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3106 "2026-07-06T02:40:08Z")
The Fox commentators said he’s the third person in World Cup history to score and concede a penalty in the same match. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3107 "2026-07-06T02:41:34Z")
Mexico are pretty effortlessly getting deep crosses. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3108 "2026-07-06T02:42:01Z")
England look exhausted. It would be amazing if they can hold this for 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3109 "2026-07-06T02:43:12Z")
That header coulda been better. ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3110 "2026-07-06T02:43:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > The Fox commentators said he’s the third person in World Cup history to score and concede a penalty in the same match. I’m talking out of my ass here, but I bet one of the other two was Lothar Matthäus. He just was that kind of guy… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3111 "2026-07-06T02:47:44Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Or an awkward offside. Ok - I dropped in not ten minutes ago and reading back to catch up. 👏 ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3112 "2026-07-06T02:49:01Z")
It’s about midnight here and there’s been power blackout, but neither me nor my wife can sleep for following this game thru our cell phones. We are genetically incapable of wanting England to win, but the Mexican fans have become so irritating in the last 4 years that one is reluctant about wanting Mexico to win too. Fascinating match anyway. ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3113 "2026-07-06T02:53:56Z")
+11 minutes. I knew it would be big. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3114 "2026-07-06T02:55:43Z")
Mexico have had 48 crosses. whoa. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3115 "2026-07-06T02:56:13Z")
Bellingham tries to lob over the keeper. Cheeky - and would have finished it off had it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3116 "2026-07-06T02:56:39Z")
Mexico WILL get a big chance. Can they take it? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3117 "2026-07-06T02:56:46Z")
Mexico getting sloppier. Looking less likely the last couple minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3118 "2026-07-06T02:56:54Z")
Whaty was _that_ for a service? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3119 "2026-07-06T02:58:02Z")
I’m pulling for England, but just for how amazing it would be, I’d like Mexico to tie this up. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/3120 "2026-07-06T02:59:16Z")
Mexico not trying to get penetration. Just cross and long shot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=157)