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World Cup 2026 Thread

23 of the 26 in the French squad were born in France One was born in the UK one in Italy and one from Uganda I think, maybe Congo
And most of them are blood mixed, good exemple with Mbappe his father is french of camerounese origin, his mother is french of Algerian origin. Olisé NigerianXalgerianXfrench. These kind of blood mixings cannot happen in Northern Africa due to very high & traditional racism, they're typically french or western.
But most importantly, they could play for any team in the world, they chose France ❤️
 
And most of them are blood mixed, good exemple with Mbappe his father is french of camerounese origin, his mother is french of Algerian origin. Olisé NigerianXalgerianXfrench. These kind of blood mixings cannot happen in Northern Africa due to very high & traditional racism, they're typically french or western.
But most importantly, they could play for any team in the world, they chose France ❤️
They were born and raised in France, why would they want to play for any other team?
 
They were born and raised in France, why would they want to play for any other team?
Well, life is complicated and there may be many things at play.
Olise was born in England to a Nigerian father and Franco-Algerian mother, and was eligible to represent France, Algeria, England or Nigeria internationally.[63] When asked why he chose to represent France rather than England, Olise said, "I have always had a connection with the France national team, that is why I play for France."[64] "It's been my dream since I was a kid" to play in the French team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Olise

If the French team would not have been an option, Olise might have chosen differently.
This complex background applies also to many of the Moroccan players.
 
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They were born and raised in France, why would they want to play for any other team?
Well, Olisé was born and raised in the UK.
We also got examples like Pierre-Eymerick Aubameyang, born and raised in France but yet Plays for Gabon as his father born in Gabon was part of the Gabonese national team, there's family history to take into account here.
Also many players with bi-nationality who just don't have the level to play for team France chose to play for another team, like Andy Delors ( very french name) playing for Algeria or Robin Le Normand (can't make that sh*t up lol) playing for Spain.
 
I sure picked a time to take an off-grid, no-signal holiday. Last time I got online, they were half way through the Round of 32. o_O

6 Euro nations, one African, one South Am for the QF's. Hmm. They should rename one team to Messi-tina.

Brazil out to Norway! Did they deserve it? How has the Viking superman been going? He started very well before I 'vanished'.

Was there any controversy in Mexico 2-3 England? In Mexico City no less, that stadium would have been erupting.

Portugal-Spain, gee those two could have played one another blindfolded. Any surprises?

cheers
 
Well once VAR called in, it was impossible not to sanction that obvious foul at the beginning of the action leading to the goal.
I wonder how many goals had fouls at the beginning of action where VAR was never called in.

This whole thing stinks. There needs to be some new rules regarding VAR, otherwise it'll just be used as a tool to manage outcomes rather than enforcing rules.
 
I wonder how many goals had fouls at the beginning of action where VAR was never called in.

This whole thing stinks. There needs to be some new rules regarding VAR, otherwise it'll just be used as a tool to manage outcomes rather than enforcing rules.
There was a big foul, without that foul there wouldn't have been this egyptian movement, however nice it was.
When the foul happened so long ago, it becomes really weird to come back to it though. I've heard people blame the referee here, but it's the VAR people that made the choice, once the VAR gets in, the referee can only go check and judge what has been presented to him. And that was a foul.
My personal opinion is it could have gone both ways I wouldn't have screamed to an injustice, VAR needs some improvement, still a work in progress.
 
When the foul happened so long ago, it becomes really weird to come back to it though. I've heard people blame the referee here, but it's the VAR people that made the choice, once the VAR gets in, the referee can only go check and judge what has been presented to him.
That's the problem. As far as I can tell there's zero transparency on exactly how the decision is made to go back and check.

As someone pointed out during a different panel discussion, there was another instance where there arguably should have been a card, but we didn't see that in slow motion, close up, re-wound on TV. So there's both the decision to not go for VAR review and not replaying with the interaction close up or frozen by frame.

There's going to be a lot of cases where you can find fouls leading to cards or free kicks and the question becomes do we want those penalties, not if they are justified, because the question is do we check VAR. And for those who think there's a lot of corruption it's then a tool that's perfect for the purpose of making sure the right teams win. The wrong team scores and you can now go back to the other side of the field and find a foul. It's about making the decision to check that and when not to check it that's the issue.
 
That's the problem. As far as I can tell there's zero transparency on exactly how the decision is made to go back and check.

As someone pointed out during a different panel discussion, there was another instance where there arguably should have been a card, but we didn't see that in slow motion, close up, re-wound on TV. So there's both the decision to not go for VAR review and not replaying with the interaction close up or frozen by frame.

There's going to be a lot of cases where you can find fouls leading to cards or free kicks and the question becomes do we want those penalties, not if they are justified, because the question is do we check VAR. And for those who think there's a lot of corruption it's then a tool that's perfect for the purpose of making sure the right teams win. The wrong team scores and you can now go back to the other side of the field and find a foul. It's about making the decision to check that and when not to check it that's the issue.
Frankly, if you've seen the France Paraguay match, you see it can go both ways. The referee was totally one sided during the game, didn't say anything while the paraguayans were throwing punches left and right, didn't see a first penalty, and only had to acknowledge de obvious second only because of the VAR, the VAR saved football that day. In the end without VAR we would have a referee making more mistakes. But I see your point, mine is that it's not the VAR, it's just how it's being used, and I think you agree with that.
 
I watched the Argentina–Egypt match, and Egypt had a perfectly legal second goal disallowed.

After 60 years of watching football starting on black and white TVs :facepalm: I have little faith in FIFA. Under Infantino's openly corrupt questionable leadership, I wouldn't be surprised if those five Argentine referees found a way to help Morocco against the France team. In a match that's likely to be decided by the smallest margins, one or two controversial decisions can make all the difference.

No offence to the Moroccan team they've been playing excellent football and certainly don't need any favours
Oh, a Dutch guy complaining about Argentina. How original!
 
To be fair there was at least one red card possible for Argentina. But seeing Messi cry at the end of the game made me forget it.
 
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I don't know what more I can say. You don't seem stupid so I must conclude you're refusing to understand what I wrote.
It's the owners who set the rules for there enterprises, so maybe something fishy is going on for Frances next game. I understand the same kind of thing happens in all of big money sports.
 
It's the owners who set the rules for there enterprises, so maybe something fishy is going on for Frances next game. I understand the same kind of thing happens in all of big money sports.
It was a red card.
 
What's the going rate to get red-carded player un-suspended? We could have a whip-round and send a brown envelope to FIFA....
 
Yes and I'm referring to the Argentine refs. Like this thread, let's move on.
You're preaching a converted, FiFA is corrupted, I've been saying just that all along this thread. But it doesn't mean that if an argentinian referee gives a red card to a french player, he doesn't deserve it. We have to use the principle of parsimony here (and everywhere actually). If I see a lot of things happening outside of the rules, then and just then I'll start to make conspiracy theories ;) .
France Paraguay was one of the worst refereeing I've seen in my lifetime in a World Cup, and also the most toxic game I've seen.
You can check the internet, it's unanimous everybody agrees on this. We've earned the right to get paranoïd there.
 
You're preaching a converted, FiFA is corrupted, I've been saying just that all along this thread. But it doesn't mean that if an argentinian referee gives a red card to a french player, he doesn't deserve it. We have to use the principle of parsimony here (and everywhere actually). If I see a lot of things happening outside of the rules, then and just then I'll begin making conspiracy theories ;).
Okay, but back a few posts it seemed like you were the one saying conspiracy. Sorry if I got that wrong. So far a great World Cup.
 
Okay, but back a few posts it seemed like you were the one saying conspiracy. Sorry if I got that wrong. So far a great World Cup.
Man back a few post i said consider the fact that the rules were perfectly applied here before making conspiracy theories. That's a typical application of the principle of parsimony.
That's a very important nuance you have to understand.
 
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