The impact on South America is interesting. With that many places there's a real lack of jeopardy in the current format where it's all one league.
Wonder if Brazil/Argentina would back splitting it into two groups of 5? Get one of them in each and then they can justify playing a friendly in Europe, the US or Asia for massive $$$ as they're not meeting in qualifying as regularly.
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Re: World Cup 2026
Whether there has been a levelling out, or levelling up in
International football over the past 4 years, there have been a few surprises to have made it through to Round of 16. A few of the usual suspects fell by the wayside, Belgium, Germany and Uruguay, but I can't say I am totally surprised. Belgium have been on the wain ever since thd last tournament with many of their players aging with no not enough younger talent. Germany have been bang average and do not appear to have made progress since 2018, but I think Uruguay can count themselves slightly unlucky to have been eliminated.That said, it makes for an interesting draw with some intriguing looking ties :
Netherlands v USA
England v Senegal
Argentina v Australia
Poland v France
Japan v Croatia
Morocco v Spain
Brazil v South Korea
Portugal v Switzerland or Serbia
International football over the past 4 years, there have been a few surprises to have made it through to Round of 16. A few of the usual suspects fell by the wayside, Belgium, Germany and Uruguay, but I can't say I am totally surprised. Belgium have been on the wain ever since thd last tournament with many of their players aging with no not enough younger talent. Germany have been bang average and do not appear to have made progress since 2018, but I think Uruguay can count themselves slightly unlucky to have been eliminated.That said, it makes for an interesting draw with some intriguing looking ties :
Netherlands v USA
England v Senegal
Argentina v Australia
Poland v France
Japan v Croatia
Morocco v Spain
Brazil v South Korea
Portugal v Switzerland or Serbia
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Re: World Cup 2026
The 2046 World Cup will have 200 countries competing all at once
Scotland will still miss out though :lol:
Scotland will still miss out though :lol:
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