Kane on 5 with Haaland.
Harry Kane showing up when the team needed him to show up, a characteristic of great players.
Ah, gave him one more than he scored. But he will catch up.
No, indeed, your avatar does not look like a fighting dog. Cute, yes. Ferocious? Nope.
I have decided that instead of rooting for someone I will root against France. Whoever they play against.
I read an article the other day in which one of the current English squad was quoted saying that “Harry is the best footballer England ever had” (I don’t remember who it was, maybe Jude Bellingham). Sorry, Sir Bobby Charlton and other legends, I think he was right.
Ah, interesting, even if France plays the final against the USA? 
That. Is. Not. Possible. 
Surely God in his infinite mercy would save us from such horrid fate.
I find it so hard to talk about very old players because the game was so different then. The early 2000s England team was considered a golden generation though, with Gerrard, Scholes, Lampard, Ferdinand, Cole, etc. I’d put Kane above all those guys for sure.
And miles above a wanker like Beckham.
Godott does not play dice, EinsteinsHund master once said, but he set up the crossings in such a way that they would meet in the semis (I had to check it, the thought! Oh, the thought!). There, and ony there, I might root for France.
Beckham’s a weird player, his position has basically completely left the game. Maybe some wingbacks fill similar roles?
He was super popular when he was playing, then everyone said he was overrated, then some some analysts have said advanced stats show that went to far and he was fine.
But my master was wrong! (in the physical sense, I don’t know what he thought about football, which we all know has its own laws)
Anyway God did not like the U.S., He had bad experiences there (that whole doping kerfuffle) so He would not allow them to reach the final.
According to my bracket USA can only meet France in the final. And to do so they would have to beat (most likely) Spain in the QF and Argentina in the SF
That is the picture I based my statement on:
It is in Spanish, but the flags are clear, I believe. France and the USA can only meet in the semis on Tuesday, the 14th of July (isn’t that a national holiday somewhere?). The USA and France can only meet Argentina in the final.
Or England!, or Brazil!, or Colombia!..
Damn it Pardel-Lux don’t jinx us!
That bracket looks wrong to me. It looks like the top right and bottom left quadrants should be switched.
The bracket simulator I used is here:
FIFA World Cup 2026 Simulator & Bracket Predictor
ETA - but it matches the one on the FIFA site. So don’t use worldcuppass.com for simulations.
Link to the FIFA site in English, which agrees with the picture I posted in Spanish. In is a bit down and you have to scroll left and right, but it is clear and official.
First, Copilot was wrong in fact checking the announcers and then the bracket predictor Microsoft sent me to had the brackets reversed. Clearly I have relied too much on technology. I’ll just shut up now.