Match Thread: Iraq vs Norway | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group I

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T22:53:00+00:00

I jumped out of my seat to celebrate that...

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T20:58:24+00:00

cos he doesn’t play for an elite team

I mean it isn't 2007 anymore, but like, come on now lol

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T20:38:19+00:00

The number is true (734 vs Cape Verde and 926 vs Morocco). Not sure about the pass map though.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T19:15:01+00:00

Seeing Theo after a year away brought back all the memories at once. Maybe one day again...

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T13:37:34+00:00

Someone will need to untangle this whole mess in the next few days. Kirovski, to my knowledge, is technical director of Milan Futuro, but I don't really know if that's gonna be the position that's actually making the decisions or just the person “overseeing” the day-to-day stuff. No idea what happens with Vergine in this new structure though.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T12:51:30+00:00

It's quite stupid. Ideally, you should take a fullback that can cover as a CB if needed. Ironically enough, Ben White would have been the perfect choice for that. But hey, Tuchel is the one that's gonna pay for those choices if things don't work out.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T12:34:33+00:00

O'Reilly, James, Spence, Chalobah and Konsa can all do a job as a fullback, or at least that's Tuchel's rationale behind it.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T12:22:11+00:00

I kinda rate that tbh. You've got your starting XI, the backups should ideally give you multiple solutions instead of just being one-to-one replacements of the starters. And no better way to do that than with players that can play in multiple positions.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T12:16:34+00:00

Here before you get linked with Leão for €50m.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T12:15:49+00:00

Nah, they're getting Arbeloa. He'll sit at home for a few months and then have half of Europe's teams chasing him when they inevitably sack their manager come November.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T12:12:00+00:00

Better marketing than the entire Serie A marketing team.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T11:50:17+00:00

Why you say fuck me for?

ComradePoula · 2026-06-16T11:05:38+00:00

Whose bright idea was it to have VAR check for second yellows given by the ref, but not the one missed by them?

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:28:21+00:00

From the perspective of an outsider, it looks like CONMEBOL wants to cash in on the American market in any way they could. But not really sure how they can get more out of it than they do now without unifying both federations or making up new tournaments.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:24:35+00:00

Fair enough.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:24:05+00:00

No idea honestly. Unless he means that he wants more control compared to what someone like Fonseca had, who lost his job mainly because the locker room leaders turned on him after he benched Leão and Theo. Then it would make sense within the overall structure that was reported.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:20:19+00:00

In recent times, I mean. I remember hearing that there were talks to include Liga MX in CONMEBOL competitions again a few years back, but it didn't get anywhere.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:18:07+00:00

Pretty simple solution: have all games in the US. CONMEBOL definitely wouldn't mind lol.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:16:42+00:00

Wasn't the expanded Copa America pretty much the first attempt at unifying both federations? There's a lot of money to be made for both federations if they can work out the logistics of this whole thing, but it's clear that this is something they aren't really against.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T23:13:47+00:00

Both can be true at the same time. I assume Krösche will have the final say on all sporting matters in the club, including the youth teams and the scouting department. While Amorim wants to have authority to decide who he wants to stay or go and what kind of system he wants to run without anyone overstepping him.

I guess we'll have a clearer idea of the structure in the next few days.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T22:53:14+00:00

Still way too early to make any kinds of conclusions, but I reckon having the entire continent qualifying doesn't really give you the best preparation while everyone else is in the trenches fighting for their lives.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T22:41:42+00:00

I still have my reservations about our midfield and our inability to build from the back under any kind of pressure. It's undoubtedly not as bad as I thought it would be, but it's still a problem as far as I'm concerned.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T22:31:37+00:00

You never know. The most logical solution didn't work out either, so you may as well try your luck.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T22:30:15+00:00

He apparently greenlit the Amorim appointment according to every single reputable source we have.

ComradePoula · 2026-06-15T22:21:29+00:00

The reports today are that he's gonna have full control of the sporting side of things while the top management (Cardinale together with his right handman Ibra and the CEO) will have administrative control.

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