Football The 2025-26 Football Thread

[Raven]

Fuck that, and fuck VAR.

*In this instance.

 

[Scouse]

 

[Embattle]

Quansah to serve two-game ban at World Cup after red card versus Mexico

England's right-back woes have deepened as Jarell Quansah will serve a two-match ban, beginning with the World Cup 2026 quarter-final against Norway.

www.tntsports.co.uk

 

[Embattle]

Gianni Infantino hints at expansion to 64-team World Cup before 2030 event

Fifa officials will look at the possibility of expanding the World Cup by another 16 teams before the ⁠2030 event, Gianni Infantino said in an interview

www.theguardian.com

 

[Deebs]

 

[caLLous]

Tuchel fucked that with all those defensive changes. It's one thing to sit back and play in a low block but actually taking all the attackers off and replacing them with defenders, we were always going to be screwed if they equalised. We didn't stand a chance of scoring and they were always going to score again.

 

[DaGaffer]

Tuchel fucked that with all those defensive changes. It's one thing to sit back and play in a low block but actually taking all the attackers off and replacing them with defenders, we were always going to be screwed if they equalised. We didn't stand a chance of scoring and they were always going to score again.

England had already fallen apart before the subs, it's like they were mesmerized by Messi.

 

[Embattle]

There luck ran out, they've looked bad all tournament.

 

[caLLous]

England had already fallen apart before the subs, it's like they were mesmerized by Messi.

Sure, but arrest it with positive subs, don't lean into it with negative ones. When they equalised we had 6 defenders on the pitch and it was already over. That kind of thing might work against Mexico but sitting back and waiting to be scored against is suicide against a team of Argentina's quality.

 

[Raven]

WTF was he even thinking?! We were all over them for a period, and unlucky to not score more than one, but then, and I don't even recall when it happened, we just stopped doing anything...for fuck's sake, another semi-final.

 

[Overdriven]

They went full Southgate.

You never go full Southgate.

 

[caLLous]

 

[Embattle]

It is still utterly shocking. Argentina are a tough opponent, but why, oh why, did you go so defensive and leave one of the best players in the world to endlessly cross balls in.

 

[caLLous]

I threw up in my mouth a bit but Michael Owen is right, here: