AlkemestRedux: World Cup 2026

AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	Need to find a band for Morocco if anyone has some suggestions! Also go Norway and Morocco now that Mexico and Egypt are out.
Hawks 07.07.26	Let's go Norway!!!
Retter42 07.07.26	My wife and I decided that we are travelling to the winning country for our next vacation. Lets go Morocco!
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	Let's goooo! Just tracked down a pretty cool Moroccan black metal band too. They're also apparently touring the US right now, so that's pretty rad.
budgie 07.07.26	france
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	We watched the last France game against Paraguay and they definitely look strong. The USA was flailing yesterday so hard, pretty striking seeing the difference between a top-tier team and one that's not there, coming from someone who hasn't watched a ton of soccer.
Cormano 07.07.26	LFG ARGENTINA
Gfunk839 07.07.26	Bro what the FUCK just happened to Egypt in the last 20 minutes??? Anyway pulling for Norway. Haaland my goat
bighubbabuddha 07.07.26	Come on England. Sir Harry Kane to win it in extra time
bigweinerdon 07.07.26	jumping on the norway wagon
gabba 07.07.26	true Norwegian black metal
Pooter9000 07.07.26	US went out humiliated in more ways than one, that was fun to watch. Egypt just... collapsed I guess. Rooting for Morocco!
facupm 07.07.26	messi wth
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	Colombia vs Morocco world cup would be lit
bigweinerdon 07.07.26	Too bad the USA fell apart against Belgium. Would've been cool to see them go on a run.
Calc 07.07.26	^agreed. With them gone I guess I'll root for Columbia, they've had it rough this year.
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	Colombia would be a fun winner too. Calc did you make it to any of the Seattle viewings in Pioneer Square? Was pretty wild when we went.
Calc 07.07.26	I went to 2 games and a bunch of those activations. Shit was wild. I didn't make the Shaq concert though, I am sad about that lol
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	Yeah that woulda been awesome lol Seattle really went all out and it was sick
zakalwe 07.07.26	England till I die
budgie 07.07.26	poor egypt
rockarollacola 07.07.26	2 girls wor1d cup
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	If USA vs Belgium was cake farts, which matchup do we think will be peanut butter farts?
budgie 07.07.26	man i really wanted france to 10-0 usa that would have been such a fun match
unclereich 07.07.26	https://x.com/IsraelinSpanish/status/2074572746281955531
AlkemestRedux 07.07.26	Damn that shootout was crazy. Don't understand why they don't just let them keep playing though instead until someone gets a goal.
Calc 07.07.26	sudden death OT would be sick.
DominionMM1 07.08.26	i’ve always hated knockout games being decided by penalties. I’d rather see a sudden death ot after 120 minutes. I think it could be viable if they didn’t put a limit on substitutions.
Voivod 07.08.26	When my team Hellas is not competing, I root for teams with blue shirts, Italy/Argentina/Uruguay. Italy didn't made it, Argentina is competitive but it's running on fumes, whereas Uruguay just isn't the same after the Diego Forlan breed retired. Rooting for Norway (and Bodo Glimt in the Norwegian league), because besides Haaland, these guys seemingly came from nowhere, yet they stop at nothing.
zakalwe 07.08.26	You slags have some short term memories There was the first goal wins it scenario in extra time only a few years ago. It was shit.
Voivod 07.08.26	It was shit. [2]
gabba 07.08.26	Sudden death was anticlimatic af. I prefer seeing the slow suffocation that teams usually go through in extra time, and then see how many mess up the penalties.
zakalwe 07.08.26	As agonising as it can be a penalty shoot out is one of the greatest things in sport.
bighubbabuddha 07.08.26	England are going to spank Norway's bottom. We have Judeeeeeee
DominionMM1 07.08.26	“You slags have some short term memories There was the first goal wins it scenario in extra time only a few years ago.” pretty sure fifa ditched the golden goal rule over 20 years ago
zakalwe 07.08.26	Blimey. Time flies. I’m also well aware my penalties comment is clearly going to bite me on the arse when I’m blubbing when England are knocked out on pens.
Taxt 07.08.26	Gotta agree, pens can be agonizing but it's way better than golden goal. France looking unstoppable tbh, but still hoping for an upset from Norway or Morocco
DominionMM1 07.08.26	deciding a match with penalties just seems antithetical to a team sport
DoofDoof 07.08.26	Maybe the best world cup since the '90s
AlkemestRedux 07.08.26	It's the first one I've really paid attention to as a mostly baseball fan, but I gotta say, it's been pretty cool. Might have to check out more Sounders games.
Voivod 07.08.26	Maybe the best world cup since the '90s [2] Compared to the establishment, outsider national teams have gotten much much stronger, compared to previous world cups. This is probably what FIFA saw beforehand, and expanded the final tally of competing teams. Especially some African teams could reach the final, if they had better coaching (looking at you Senegal and Egypt). Match between France and Morocco is already a premature final.
DoofDoof 07.08.26	Yeah - Senegal, Japan, Cape Verde, Morocco, Egypt and Ivory Coast were all varying degrees of impressive. Norway becoming the new Denmark, love their spirit but the journey has to end vs England. England are the only team that side of the draw I can see beating Spain or France in the final on their day. Argentina were my favourites before the tournament kicked off but they are too all over the place. England have the manager and bench to be unpredictable and adapt against those two.
Relinquished 07.08.26	England’s going down
DoofDoof 07.08.26	France winning would be dull. Spain winning will be dull. Messi winning would be dull and will spawn another 5000 conspiracy theories. No one else can win other than England and there would be nothing dull about England winning. Ergo, England must win it's coming home.
zakalwe 07.08.26	Cursed it
DoofDoof 07.08.26	Shame Norway aren't the other side of the draw because they're definitely my second team in this.
DoofDoof 07.08.26	'Cursed it' After the last Spurs season I'm not sure what I believe in terms of curses. This is also one of my favourite World Cups because if England were knocked out I can concentrate on the insanity of Spurs transfer window which has mostly been background noise and taken a backseat to the WC so far. I'm in a no lose situation in football which is extremely rare. Loving it.
zakalwe 07.08.26	Don’t know what to make of 100 million for Tonali Bit gutted Palhinha has gone back to Bayern. Come on England
DoofDoof 07.08.26	We're buying a ticket, we're taking part now, that's all you can ask. Tonali is just a statement that time has arrived, I don't see the club rowing back if some of these lads flop. We're going to keep on going now, once you join the game properly you're in there. Every year there's a number of teams in the PL who spend big and underperform but all you know is all the team's who really join in...their time comes. Spurs have joined that group...so our time will come. It's like a cycle, take the last ten years of the PL - Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool, City and Arsenal have all been in the winners pile at some stage. Spurs have not but now we've joined the game. That's massive.
budgie 07.08.26	cant fkn wait for norway to beat engayland
Kusangii 07.09.26	What do you guys think of the disallowed Egypt goal Think it was incredibly harsh and that it probably wouldn't have happened if it was Argentina tbh
DoofDoof 07.09.26	Disallowed goal...I've seen those before but I think they should have a tighter rule on how far back in play you can go after a goal is scored to retrospectively award a foul. It kills the spectacle of the game going back twenty passes or three minutes or whatever. Usually back the underdog but I'm not a big fan of Morocco so looking forward to them getting tonked 5-1 tonight.
zakalwe 07.09.26	Yep, the disallowed goal was ridiculously harsh. A good 15 seconds had elapsed from the ‘foul’ taking place before the goal and what a goal was scored. Fuck Argentina, Fuck Messi and Morocco as well as Egypt can get to fuck as well for good measure.
garas 07.09.26	I'm not really following the matches, but I'd like to see Norway winning (and Morocco beating up France).
gabba 07.09.26	Messi and his team can gtfo. Egypt played great, but I agree with the referee’s decision about their goal, it was preceded by a clear fault. England plays the most impressive football on this tournament, so they’d deserve to win. But I’m hoping for the vikings to do another miracle on Saturday.
AlkemestRedux 07.09.26	Let's go Morocco!
Voivod 07.09.26	I like France and Morocco the same, but I'm rooting for Morocco because theoretically, it's the weaker team. I expect a lot of goals to be scored from either side.
bighubbabuddha 07.09.26	Morocco to spank France 3-1 you heard it here
bigweinerdon 07.09.26	both teams are greasy
bighubbabuddha 07.09.26	Your mum is greasy
AlkemestRedux 07.10.26	RIP Morocco.
gabba 07.10.26	Morocco didn’t deserve to win yesterday, but now we don’t have any African teams left, sadly. There are some great recs in this list btw, I’m onto 8 now.
razeen 07.10.26	Lol i forget last time Italy won was 20 years ago... that was the most memorable world cup to me after 1998
razeen 07.10.26	I'm rooting for Spain and Norway
AlkemestRedux 07.10.26	Yee I'm pulling for Norway now, we'll see if they can deliver. But France was looking pretty strong yesterday. Mbappe injury though maybe? And hell yeah gabba, glad you're digging the tunes! It was fun pulling that together. Had to dig a bit for a Moroccan black metal band.
Futures 07.10.26	spain are so fucking boring to watch but i do respect the hell out of them
Futures 07.10.26	and they are inevitable. will be interesting to see if they can control the pace vs france. i doubt it but good style clash there.
anarchistfish 07.10.26	Thoughts on last week France Vs England is still on as it was at this point in 2018. Still don't know what a final between my two parent countries would feel like. The Balogun red card thing is insane and also a hilarious own goal by Infantino. I can never shake the feeling that Argentina get the rub of the green with refs. I can't remember when Iast watched an Argentina world cup game and thought "mmm the refs did them a bit dirty here". France had two blatant pens not given in the group stages, before the Paraguay game, which for about two days was the most disgraceful thing I've seen in football. We've seen FIFA openy favour Ronaldo and the USA while giving in to the American advertising and media industries. I don't think it's necessarily rigged but it stinks. I'm pretty happy with France so far but we haven't had a real test yet. Spain will be a big one. Think they're a level below what they were in the Euros but still a stronger midfield than us and a very good defence. Also Yamal vs Digne makes me nervous... England have been about what I expected, maybe slightly below. I think many English have been underrating them, especially up to the Mexico game, but they still seem so shaky at times and that RB spot is a problem... Kind of annoyed it took two injuries for Belgium including Courtois for Spain to beat Belgium in 90. And I don't wanna talk about the Argentina Vs Egypt game. I haven't felt like that since the Pedro Pascal fight scene in game of thrones (you know the one). Norway have been very impressive but also crazy how dogshit Brazil's midfield is. Won't be an easy game for England but they have to win this
anarchistfish 07.10.26	"France winning would be dull. Spain winning will be dull. " Ofc you'd say this you're English lol
DoofDoof 07.11.26	I'm old enough to remember both winning a load of trophies, it's par, it's Federer winning his 15th Grand Slam. It's what it is.
zakalwe 07.11.26	I’m old enough to remember ‘86 I was actually there in ‘98 Argentina in the semi final. Please!!!
Voivod 07.11.26	-- nothing dull about England winning. I humbly beg to differ, you should be grateful a certain Spanish and German manager came to the island and taught you modern football. On your own, you couldn't even play the Italian catenaccio that got world/euro cups to Italy and a euro cup to Greece, because even that system takes killer midfielders AND attackers to fully work. I struggle to bring into mind an English midfielder with the talent of Pirlo, or Modric.
anarchistfish 07.11.26	Prior to 2010 Spain only had one Euros win in 1964 and had never reached a WC semi final so idk how old you're talking doof lol
bighubbabuddha 07.11.26	Paul Scholes was better at passing than Pirlo or Modric. Gerrard was a more complete player too
Voivod 07.11.26	^^Probably, but based on results, they didn't assist in many critical match winning goals with the national team, did they?
budgie 07.11.26	norway england in the afternoon and then the return of connor mcgregor in the evening. what a day
bighubbabuddha 07.11.26	That's because England's team was dysfunctional. Says nothing about the quality of the individual players
DoofDoof 07.11.26	'I humbly beg to differ' ...and the precedes to tell an interesting story of why England winning would be a great story arc and progression for the nation.
Voivod 07.11.26	-- That's because England's team was dysfunctional The quality of the coaching team in coordinating the players and in devising a way of playing that makes the current talent pool a winning armada, is critical though. Greece wouldn't have won the 2004 euro, if Rehhagel and crew hadn't been at the helm, to take the most of the talented roster in every position.
bighubbabuddha 07.11.26	I didn't say it wasn't, I don't get why you are argumentative
zakalwe 07.11.26	Greatest team of my lifetime Buffon Maldini Baresi Campbell Thuram Giggs Zidane Maradona - captain Figo Ronaldo 🇧🇷 Batistuta Manager - Bobby Robson
Voivod 07.11.26	-- I don't get why you are argumentative That wasn't my intention, we are just killing time here.
Relinquished 07.11.26	“I don't get why you are argumentative” that’s all we do here lol wtf hello???
bighubbabuddha 07.11.26	England will smash Norway. Expecting big Hazza to get two goals and a cheeky assist
zakalwe 07.11.26	I’ve warned the neighbours if we win I’m running up the street starkers
Futures 07.11.26	is football coming home zak?
zakalwe 07.11.26	It’s never left mate. Fucking South American slags cheating their way through it. African teams bulldozing their way into it Rest of Europe fart arsing their way around it. Forever 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
anarchistfish 07.11.26	Brave words when England barely squeezed past one African nation and drew with another
zakalwe 07.11.26	Didn’t say there’re not half decent did I
budgie 07.11.26	there're
zakalwe 07.11.26	3 Stella’s in mate
bighubbabuddha 07.11.26	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 God save the King
zakalwe 07.11.26	England till I die
budgie 07.11.26	are english the only people left in europe who are unironically patriotic
zakalwe 07.11.26	Europes last stand pal
Futures 07.11.26	do you think haaland has listened to darkthrone
anarchistfish 07.11.26	English are far from the most patriotic Euros lol. Try Eastern or southern Europe
zakalwe 07.11.26	Bunch of tarts
budgie 07.11.26	tbf as an american when i say europe i mean western europe, aka good europe
Futures 07.11.26	goddamn madueke stinks lol
Confessed2005 07.11.26	Zakalwe - that is a formidable team with your choice of players and manager.
budgie 07.11.26	OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHH
Futures 07.11.26	goal of a lifetime holy shit
Futures 07.11.26	turned into a hell of a game out of nowhere
naughtcturnal 07.11.26	I hope Argentina gets fucking rocked
budgie 07.11.26	the better team lost
Futures 07.11.26	brutal man. they just ran out of gas. happy for zak and doof tho! give me the falklands in the semis.
Futures 07.12.26	but also rig job! https://x.com/MelissaReddy_/status/2076070315449286902
zakalwe 07.12.26	Let’s invade GET IN!!!!!! WE ARE COMING FOR YOU YA CHEAT CUNTS!!!!!!
DoofDoof 07.12.26	Norway my second favourite team of the tournament, they played well. I knew one game England's superior bench would defeat a team....this was the game. Good night Vienna.
zakalwe 07.12.26	Semi Finals. Did the business against Croatia Done Mexico at their place Beat an organised Norway. Will fuck Argentina up. Lose the final but who knows I will die happy
DoofDoof 07.12.26	Winning the World Cup wouldn't taste as sweet without beating Argentina along the way so we need this game.
zakalwe 07.12.26	Dan Burn head first into Messis chinless wonder face VAR that slags
bighubbabuddha 07.12.26	Ooga booga England smash Norway, give us Argentina and France 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Futures 07.12.26	feels like a swiss goal is coming. argentina sleepwalking again.
Futures 07.12.26	and away we go!
AlkemestRedux 07.12.26	Oof brutal games today peeps
Futures 07.12.26	right call to send off embolo but man. robbed of a great finish. swiss were completely in control.
Dmax28 07.12.26	Robbed of a great finish for sure
budgie 07.12.26	anyone watch the mcgregor holloway fight
bighubbabuddha 07.12.26	budgie I luv you
budgie 07.12.26	u dont deserve me
bighubbabuddha 07.12.26	But.. we fart and poop together so romantic
budgie 07.12.26	U KILLED JOAN OF ARC
bighubbabuddha 07.12.26	My farts too stinky they suffocated her
rockandmetaljunkie 07.12.26	unfortunately, ALL of the teams in the final 4 are absolutely despicable, so I can't support anyone...
gabba 07.12.26	since Norway has fallen last night, I'll root for England, it's the only reasonable choice
bighubbabuddha 07.12.26	Argentina are cheating bastards so good choice. Dan Burn to headbutt Messi in the semi finals Zidane style, we'll be there to see it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Eakflanderyof 07.12.26	"anyone watch the mcgregor holloway fight" That was the funniest shit ever. And then holloway calling for a 3rd fight in the post fight interview to a crowd who just got fleeced lmao
smaugman 07.12.26	Im norwegian and we were fucking cheated out of the victory, even if the one fella screwed up big time. The referees and fifa are corrupt inshallah
Klekticist 07.12.26	do you think haaland has listened to darkthrone [2]
Dmax28 07.13.26	There's been a lot of really sketchy game changing VAR calls in the last two weeks
Eakflanderyof 07.13.26	Gambling has ruined sports
DoofDoof 07.13.26	The cable thing was odd but also...it hardly directly resulted in a goal, there was still 'a lot left to do' as they say. Way people go on about it you'd think the ball hitched a ride on a drone and flew directly in the net after the Norway keeper was tasered.
DoofDoof 07.13.26	'unfortunately, ALL of the teams in the final 4 are absolutely despicable, so I can't support anyone...' Is this based on political or sporting reasons? lol
Dmax28 07.13.26	That contact in the Egypt game was a foul. Soft, but a foul. But Egypt still had even more to do to score that disallowed goal :(
budgie 07.13.26	yeah that english guy flopping when haaland pushed off against him causing the goal to be revoked was a good reminder why i don't watch much football. it's fucking retarded
DoofDoof 07.13.26	Haaland just looks too obvious doing anything - tall and goofy, it's a curse
bighubbabuddha 07.13.26	When England win the world cup you guys will be first to know from me 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😎
budgie 07.13.26	i dont wanna die for eeengalaaand i dont wanna die at allllllllll i i i i o o o o i i i i
Middle18 07.14.26	Fake International Fixing Association Argentina has already won it, put your life savings on it. Never seen such blatant bias from VAR and the referees. As long as England don't win I'll be happy either way.
lucazade22 07.14.26	I honestly haven't seen any terrible decisions. Even the Argentina-Egypt game, the big calls were correct. Anyway, who cares, come on England!!!!
Demon of the Fall 07.14.26	"Argentina are cheating bastards so good choice. Dan Burn to headbutt Messi in the semi finals Zidane style, we'll be there to see it" I want to see this just for the size difference, I mean... how? lol Maybe he gets sent off, but then it goes to VAR and (miraculously) they overturn it - on the replay no proper contact was made, it looks like Burn was bowing as a mark of respect. Then after leaning too far forward to make himself short enough, he topples over and lands on the floor. No red. ... or maybe he just goes at him on all fours like a rhino idk
bighubbabuddha 07.14.26	Do you have a power off button
DoofDoof 07.14.26	France going home tonight
budgie 07.14.26	they better
anarchistfish 07.14.26	You wish baby
zakalwe 07.14.26	There’s certainly a chance of France being dumped out. There’s also an almighty chance that we rattle four past Argencheater. Come on!!!!
budgie 07.14.26	england france final is the dream
anarchistfish 07.14.26	Didn't you see they gave us both CONCACAF refs man. VARgentina is gonna shithouse their way through and the ref is gonna let them
DoofDoof 07.14.26	Great second Spain goal Porro
zakalwe 07.14.26	Its not over but France have been poor
DoofDoof 07.14.26	If you sneakily think Morocco are a bit shit....then this is the first good side France have faced! The Norway B-Team they put out doesn't count, they threw that game.
AlkemestRedux 07.14.26	Spain vs England Showdown Electric Gravelines 2?
DoofDoof 07.14.26	Mbappe bottled this...one of the clearest bottle jobs I've seen in a long while.
gabba 07.14.26	France were shite, but I disagree with that penalty decision, it was purely accidental. The second goal was a treat, though. Spain vs England will be awesome to watch!
Deez 07.14.26	Whole team did. Very good team Spain ofcourse but French didnt turn up. My heart bleeds
AlkemestRedux 07.14.26	Wasn't able to catch this game but I'll hopefully be tuning in tomorrow for England vs Argentina. Would be cool seeing England advance. For the 3rd place game on Saturday, do we think France will bring the heat against whichever team they face?
anarchistfish 07.14.26	Shocking France performance "Mbappe bottled this..." Elite ball knowledge bro... Olise, Dembelé, Tchouameni were far worse
Taxt 07.14.26	France got absolutely bossed by Spain, I thought it would be closer. Spanish midfield had them chasing shadows for 90 minutes.
budgie 07.14.26	def my least fav match of the wc, retarded penalty and constant flopping and whistles anytime france had possession near spain goal funny the replays show a player get their foot stepped on then they roll five times clutching their shin anyway at least now i can go back to not caring about football forever
DoofDoof 07.14.26	'Elite ball knowledge bro... Olise, Dembelé, Tchouameni were far worse' Bro Mbappe was supposed to be player of the tournament, leader of the favourites and a potential ballon d'or winner - but go ahead and be super condescending. If Kane plays as badly tomorrow no one will care if Reece James played 'even worse', that's not how it works...
arthropod 07.14.26	Mbappe took the stage like two or three times and blew each of them. But it was a very fun match, the fouls looked excitingly ridiculous.
Dmax28 07.14.26	Remember when the Spain goalkeeper wasn't touched and he rolled around on the ground like he needed to be airlifted to the hospital and would never play again
Dmax28 07.14.26	The penalty just summed up what is stupid about the sport too
budgie 07.14.26	all that and then the bullshit mcgregor fight, sports suck
Deez 07.14.26	UFC card was great. Joint most first round finishes I think. If you had your hopes on a steroid riddle rapist coke head pushing 40 turning up thats on you and all the other suckers. Nothing wrong with the penalty its football, you kick the ball, you kick the man in the box its a pen. Best thing about this being nearly over is exactly what you just said. North americans not giving a shit about footy again or telling the world on twittter how we should should into empty goals from 60 yards instead of pens or no offsides or some ideas for more breaks so they can shove hotdogs in their fat faces. Helmets
anarchistfish 07.14.26	I just wouldn't blame Mbappé when we could barely get the ball to him all game
Dmax28 07.14.26	I just wish the game was more exciting than baiting a foul being what caused the essential first goal. But it is what is it
Deez 07.14.26	yeah Im with ya but semi finals can be tense and let downs on the whole as can finals. Its why the france argentina was so great because theyre rarely like that and I dont this one will with Spain in the final
razeen 07.15.26	"UFC card was great. Joint most first round finishes I think. If you had your hopes on a steroid riddle rapist coke head pushing 40 turning up thats on you and all the other suckers." "Mcgregor gets what he want" I think over their it's much worse than US, despite the negative PR US is currently leads in.
zakalwe 07.15.26	Right bunch of helmets
budgie 07.15.26	"If you had your hopes on a steroid riddle rapist coke head pushing 40 turning up thats on you and all the other suckers. gaethje is a year younger than mcgregor and gave us one of the best fights ever last monthe also had to sit through that paddy retard doing his teletubby dance for 30 minutes holy fuck i can't stand that guy
AlkemestRedux 07.15.26	Let's go England!
Voivod 07.15.26	Gooooooooooaaaaaal
Voivod 07.15.26	Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaal
DominionMM1 07.15.26	oh england you never fail to meet my expectations
AlkemestRedux 07.15.26	Man I left for 15 minutes and come back to England losing lol My Welsh ancestors would be proud though I suppose.
Taxt 07.15.26	Tactical disaster by England Let's fucking GOOOOOOOO Lads: It's NEVER coming home
rockandmetaljunkie 07.15.26	IT'S COMING HOME IT'S COMING HOME IT'S COMMIIIING
Dewinged 07.15.26	England what the hell
Dreamflight 07.15.26	I wanted England to win but that 2nd half was pathetic.
Voivod 07.15.26	-- Tactical disaster by England Instead of filling the court with as much midfielders as possible, Tuchel put all the bodies in the small box and let the initiative to Argentina. Well…
Shuyin 07.15.26	Gotta play to win if you wanna move on to the final
AlkemestRedux 07.15.26	Kind of a toss up between who to root for now, for me at least. I just hope it's a good game. I like Teitanblood more than Downfall of Nur, so I suppose I might as well root for Spain. ¡Vamos La Roja!
trilo 07.15.26	it's a blessed day thank you argentina. disasterclass from england there at the end
zakalwe 07.15.26	Tried to soak it up and double down cos Argentina were toothless for 70mins but do what they do. Gutted.
Rowhaus 07.15.26	England? AFUERA!!!
gabba 07.15.26	I was sure Tuchel wouldn’t play the same dumb, defensive game at 1:0 as Southgate, but here we are. No one to be blamed, but themselves.
Dmax28 07.15.26	So true so true. Always so weak to lose a match where you are not at all outmatched and yet you decide to defend for an entire half because you are up by 1 goal
DoofDoof 07.15.26	I predicted Argentina before the thing kicked off. Their brand of forty year old walking pace ‘footy’ is something I can get behind tbh
DoofDoof 07.15.26	I’m 47 and I have the fitness to play for this Argentina side. Tuchel - they hated pace, why hand them the ball for 30 minutes unchallenged 🤦‍♂️
anarchistfish 07.15.26	I'm not gonna recover from this in a while Might not watch the final
Kusangii 07.15.26	Put a 100 dollar bet on Argentina winning the cup before it started, will win 1000 if they do lol Give me one more magic moment Messi please
Hyperion1001 07.15.26	no beans for the boys tonight lmao
arthropod 07.15.26	It was ridiculous.
rockandmetaljunkie 07.15.26	NO WAY you're 47, Doofus
DoofDoof 07.16.26	Watched 75% of the games up to this point…going to skip the last two lol Always the way, hardly ever watch the final
anarchistfish 07.16.26	England had one fucking job man. Now I have to watch this shit team of racists and cheats throw their weight around for the next 4 fucking years cos France also fucked it. Never been this pissed off after a football game. Fuck off
Dmax28 07.16.26	They could have played them straight up like it was 0-0 after having the 1-0 lead but instead they park the bus and play full of fear. That only played into Argentina's hands. It was so lame to see that. You are outclassing them on the pitch. Don't just hand them the ball to see what attacks they can come up with for 45 minutes. If there was 15 minutes left or even 20 I get it. But that was way to much time to play so defensive. You don't expect teams of that caliber to make such obvious mistakes
Dmax28 07.16.26	They had loyal supporter Mick Jagger looking like his new album cover. And that was BEFORE the winning goal
anarchistfish 07.16.26	Every team will just roll over for this Argentina team at the crucial moment. So sick of it
Relinquished 07.16.26	it’s just a game lmao
anarchistfish 07.16.26	What's the point of celebrating when you win if you're not a salty fuck when you lose
Shuyin 07.16.26	Honestly, I would be salty af if my team handed the win like that
Hyperion1001 07.16.26	it is ironic for a British person to call another nationality racist tho.
budgie 07.16.26	it's ironic for an american to say it's ironic for a british person to call another nationality racist tho
Gfunk839 07.16.26	the British can't be racist .. they made colonies of all the colors of the rainbow /s
anarchistfish 07.16.26	"it is ironic for a British person to call another nationality racist tho" Yeah the day the whole France or England squad chant racist shit about Argentina in a competition they aren't even in and our politicians excuse them, I might give consideration to this opinion
gabba 07.16.26	Today a pigeon dropped some shit on my head, tried to colonize me that racist lil’ twat.
anarchistfish 07.16.26	This is the most polite I can be considering the circumstances and the quality of that take
Kusangii 07.16.26	I try not to be biased because of my bet but I just don't see Argentina losing the final. Their plot armor is insane and they have won 3 out of the 3 last finals (4 if you count finalisma). They remind me so much of that Real Madrid team that won 3 straight UCLs that just refused to lose no matter what. Plus the one time Spain played a South American team this tournament against Uruguay they looked terrible and only won because of a goalkeeper mistake.
bigweinerdon 07.16.26	We’re all a little racist…and that’s alright
Eakflanderyof 07.16.26	@kusangii If anything, being down two that close to the end of regulation shows they arent superhuman. Sure, they came back but i honestly think espana takes it
Kusangii 07.16.26	They are definitely weaker than in 2022. That team was dominant af in every game. They just have Messi that is somehow even better now. It's insane because a lot of the players are in their supposed prime age now while Messi is freaking 39. Idk, they just feel like a team that doesn't lose. Spain didn't look impressive in the group stage and if it's one team that can exploit their weakness it's Argentina.
budgie 07.16.26	im racist against rich people
Eakflanderyof 07.16.26	Well I have to say i was wrong though. Dont know why i thought they were 2 down because they were only 1 down. But they've definitely had a couple last minute goals including against egypt. Thats what good teams do but they've also been fortunate that everything has gone their way and they've had some favorable officiating
Eakflanderyof 07.16.26	But yeah props to messi for still being legit
Kusangii 07.17.26	I thought you were referring to the Egypt game because they were down 2-0 there lol. But yeah they have definitely been lucky and not convincing compared to 2022.
henryChinaski 07.17.26	worst World Cup ever
Dmax28 07.17.26	The back half of the knockouts were pretty disappointing. Some great matches here and there. I guess that's pretty typical
Futures 07.19.26	da world cup
Kusangii 07.19.26	Absolute snoozer so far. Argentina look bad. But they have looked bad in the first half before and turned it around in the second. But something has to change.
gabba 07.19.26	Justin Bieber is raping the world cup right now.
Futures 07.19.26	spain has them where they want them but yeah can’t rule out some argentina bullshit lol
Voivod 07.19.26	Argentina is inferior in the second half, but it's Argentina, so anything goes at any point on time.
Kusangii 07.19.26	Most dominant WC final game I've ever seen. Pathetic performance from Argentina. There's no way they get through this
Futures 07.19.26	so hilariously dumb from enzo. argentina snatch and grab win on penalties might cause worldwide riots lol
Futures 07.19.26	thankfully we were spared that! a very deserving champion.
gabba 07.19.26	Huh, this was tense. Argentina winning would have been disastrous with this sneaky and impotent game, but Spain made it, a completely deserved victory. I’ll jam 3 tomorrow.
Futures 07.19.26	yes i'm also going to check out teitanblood in honor! seems like a sweet band.
smaugman 07.20.26	So cringe when infantino tries to pull trump away lol
Gfunk839 07.20.26	Brutal final for the Argies, absolute domination and the deserving team won Why is that stupid orange fuck trying to hog the stage of the winners? What the fuck is wrong with him. Any Americans here, get your moron president in prison. The complete lack of self awareness is staggering and the narcism is off the charts.
zakalwe 07.20.26	Yanks in a nutshell mate.
Kusangii 07.20.26	@Gfunk Trump celebrating with the winning team was the most predictable thing of the whole tournament. The moron did the same thing during the club world cup when Chelsea won. He's a super narcissist and leeches of other peoples success as much as he possibly can. But man fuck this Argentina team seriously. I don't get how they got so much worse than in 2022. That team was the best in the whole tournament. This time they had to rely on a 39 year old to carry them all the way to the final. Embarrassing. Also a disgusting team, Paredes is like Pepe levels of psycho and should be banned from football.
Gfunk839 07.20.26	@kusangii Yea that tracks. In all fairness this is one of the most benign things he's done recently but I hate how he has to force himself in everywhere. I actively try avoid news about him and he comes and squeezes into the football too. And yea, there are many better reasons to hate the fucker but this just really got my blood boiling. Rant over. Yea seeing the Arg performance in the final (and their behaviour on and off the pitch) makes me sad that Messi hard carried them past Egypt and England. They didn't really deserve it. I hate poor sportsmanship, and demonstrating such at the absolute pinnacle of global sports visibility is unacceptable.
Voivod 07.20.26	Argentina was emptied out in the final game, against a better team that didn't flinch throughout the tournament. Saying that Argentina is FIFA's favorite is a travesty, 1990 and 2014 tournaments were stolen from Germany, the proverbial FIFA favorite, with Brazil being a close second.
budgie 07.20.26	"I hate how he has to force himself in everywhere. I actively try avoid news about him and he comes and squeezes into the football too. imagine seeing his name a million times a day on car stickers and shit
facupm 07.21.26	gfunk839 that is bullshit, poor sportmanship? wtf? I believe Argentina was a true example of competition even without playing at their best. Argentina didnt have physic form to reach properly to the final, injuries prove that. The match against England was devastating but no team but Spain actually was better than Argentina on the pitch in 90/120 minutes.
Faraudo 07.21.26	I'm just glad that Pessi the snitch got nothing out of the World Cup, along with all his dirty acolytes. Good fucking riddance to the dirtiest, most unlikeable group of players in history.
Kusangii 07.21.26	Bro did not watch Paraguay