FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 - DISCUSSION AND WATCHALONG THREAD ⚽️. Part 4

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Follow on from the last thread.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/world-cup-2026/5549045-fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-and-watchalong-thread-part-3?page=10&reply=153357111

Rooney called it "an absolute disgrace" and he's not wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cp8rr2px3rwo

One can imagine how that would go down with the Stretford End in Old Trafford 😀

Micah Richards called it corruption (Kelly Cates/BBC panicked about that)

All pundits, BBC and ITV, were in agreement that is very wrong.

FIFA need to be given a red card!

You know how it is with certain parts of the media here.
You’re perceived as too big for your boots so regardless of your ability they’ll try to cut you down to size.
His parents are very smart and I expect that the risk of media mistreatment here may have played a part in guiding him to play his club football overseas.

Trump admits lobbying Fifa over Balogun

I know we were all counting down the last 11 minutes this morning - anyone else counting down the next 73 minutes until 5pm? 😴

Don't want to jinx the game this evening by saying who I would like to win. If course I can say that it may well go to a penalty shootout 🙂

If USA lose in the morning he will probably declare it void and demand a rematch
stupid interfering orange man baby

He doesn't have a clue and is doing the team no favours at all.

He is already 'joking' that if Belgium win, he will claim the match was rigged.

I feel sorry for the US players to be put in this position

What's happening at 5?

work finishes!!

I could leave now but if I go home now, I'll just go to bed and I'm out tonight!

Well Portugal v Spain is this evening. Belgium v USA in the early hours of tomorrow, i.e the night.

I feel like I need to watch Belgium v USA now after all the nonsense, another broken night coming up!

No way am I watching that!

I'd like to watch it too but it's just too late. I really hate these times. Last night's in particular was really the worst with the hour's delay. Neither very late night nor very early morning. Just right in the deepest night!

I want to watch it to see USA get absolutely slammed. But it’s too late. I’m going to be so pissed off tomorrow if they end up knocking Belgium out after this red card shit with trump getting involved 🤬

The newly hatched American 'soccer' fans will be utterly obnoxious if they make it into the last 8. We'll never hear the end of how 'as an American', they believe the offside rule should go.

I think we can at least settle the argument about whether FIFA is completely corrupt or not now, once and for all.

I think I'll just do some low-level monitoring from my bed and get up if it looks interesting.

I have to say that I have absolutely loved this World Cup, even more than usual. I have ordered a nice 3 lions style flag to put out of our window today, so tricky to fly the flag anymore without appearing to be a Reform voting racist!

That fucking idiot Infantino. The same one of the FIFA peace prize.

Did we expect any different?

Looking forward to Portugal v Spain. It's always nice when it's not your own team at stake. Happy to watch pens tonight.

Today feels like the longest day ever ! 🥱😩😴🫩!

Early food and prep for bed and hope I stay awake for Portugal and Spain .

Don't think I am hard core enough to do any more of these silly time for the UK kick offs ! 😅😅