# 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:** 206
**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 12, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4101 "2026-07-12T03:42:51Z")
Argentina can’t play like this against any of the remaining teams. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4102 "2026-07-12T03:44:18Z")
That holds true for all of the semi-final teams. There hasn’t been a lot of magic going around lately. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4103 "2026-07-12T03:47:24Z")
Welp. My personal picks for the quarterfinals were Morocco, Belgium, Norway, and Switzerland. So if anyone wants me to root against your team, I take Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4104 "2026-07-12T03:50:23Z")
Well, on the one side I think that yellow/red changed the game completely, Switzerland was on rare form and Argentina wasn’t playing well, I hope y’all simulation-haters are happy, I don’t like it. On the other hand WE ARE PLAYING THE FRIGGIN 8 GAMES! THANKS DIEGO IN HEAVEN!. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4105 "2026-07-12T03:50:59Z")
Both of the semifinals are indoors however the final will be outdoors. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4106 "2026-07-12T03:58:12Z")
Embolo screwed his team with a simulation call on a second yellow/red card. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4107 "2026-07-12T04:05:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Argentina can’t play like this against any of the remaining teams. My new worry is that if we play like this against England we can get humiliated. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4108 "2026-07-12T04:07:11Z")
I’m having trouble following the Embolo thing. The wrong yellow on Parades had to go against Embolo? I don’t know what I am missing… ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4109 "2026-07-12T04:10:44Z")
This worries me also ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4110 "2026-07-12T04:10:48Z")
It’s sort of a new rule, if a player gets a yellow card for a foul and VAR detects it was a simulation the yellow card gets applied to the simulating player, since Embolo already had a yellow card, he got a red card because 2 yellows = one red. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4111 "2026-07-12T04:28:24Z")
Se embolo… 🙂 (In Spanish, it can mean fed up, or getting drunk.) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4112 "2026-07-12T04:32:22Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > They do > They show the time > Then the added time > The added time is not added to the total clock > So if the ref added 5 minutes ( plus whatever extra ref added on top of that ) to the first half, the second half clock still starts at 45 mins , not 50. The clock doesn’t represent what is actually happening. a 90 minute game with 5 minutes added at each half is now 100 minutes plus 30 more minutes if it goes to overtime. That’s over 2 hrs of playing time. I think the clock should show this and not a running total. My personal preference would be an updated clock with all the time to be played plus a countdown clock. This is a grueling sport made much harder in the heat and humidity which has been present in the recent games. It’s not like American Football where the play stops ever 20 seconds and they turn halftime into a music festival. I’ve said my piece. But I like to know how long they’re going to play (updated as it changes) and I want a countdown clock. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4113 "2026-07-12T04:32:38Z")
Hahaha, in Rioplatense Spanish it means getting royally bored. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4114 "2026-07-12T04:46:39Z")
Comedian James Corden’s take on England’s coach was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4115 "2026-07-12T05:15:04Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > My new worry is that if we play like this against England we can get humiliated. At least it won’t be played in Estadio Islas Malvinas. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4116 "2026-07-12T05:23:08Z")
So if there were no yellow card being called against Parades then Embolo would not have received the second yellow? ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4117 "2026-07-12T05:29:57Z")
Almost certainly not, which is what a number of observers are grousing about. Theoretically, any dive could be given a card, but in reality they are almost never given for dives except in the penalty box. But with the way VAR is working for this tournament, if you do dive to the point of fooling the ref into giving a yellow card to the opposing player, then VAR can review it and bring the dive to the referee’s attention, in which case the referee has to card the dive instead. If the referee had given just a foul but no card, the VAR wouldn’t have reviewed it and the dive would have been successful. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4118 "2026-07-12T05:30:56Z")
This. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4119 "2026-07-12T05:33:11Z")
Thank you. That clears it up for me. Without the yellow card, would VAR have said anything about Embolo’s simulation? ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/4120 "2026-07-12T05:36:43Z")
I don’t think so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=207)