2022 Qatar World Cup

I have no intention of watching it. Decided that some time ago.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Mexican woman on World Cup committee in Qatar sentenced to 7 years in prison and 100 lashes after being sexually abused

https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2022/2/17/mexicana-sufre-abuso-sexual-en-qatar-la-condenan-100-latigazos-281101.html

And just like that this reminder put cold water over any WC fever.

Holding this in Qatar is such a fucking travesty

Damn man just caught up with this. Not saying we aint strangers to this but they really went over the top with the the whole marrying the aggressor to wipe her "crime". Fucking insane...

Canada is officially qualified

I will watch the world cup and have somebody to root for. My mind is struggling to process the information.

First time since 1986

Congrats!!!!

Warrior wrote:Canada is officially qualified

I will watch the world cup and have somebody to root for. My mind is struggling to process the information.

congrats.
Namibia, on the other hand, will never reach the world cup.

The qualifiers in Africa are cruel, especially the second stage with 10 groups and only the 1st place advances over 6 games makes it very hard for smaller teams.

Concacaf is also cruel you have USA/Mexico clearly above everyone else + a bunch of gritty central american teams all that for 3.5 spots

Never really followed the national team because i never had a reason believe in them. Maybe as a teenager when i was avid consumer of football i did watch some games and we always sucked terribly, struggling against Belize etc.

As i grew up most of us played hockey in winter and the most popular summer sport was baseball. Soccer was also popular but just as amateur sport it was nothing serious. There was no relevant league to follow, barely a media coverage except Champions League at 3PM on week days or the Barclays PL at 6AM on week ends.

BUT there is a change of culture in the process, soccer is on a fast rise in the country, most subscribed sport by the youth... our women are olympic champions, we have a pro division 1 with academies that develop talent, canadian players now perform in top europeans leagues. We co-host the world cup. There was none of that before. Shit's getting serious and i think we can be on par with USA/Mexico within 5-10 years.

USA vs England and Iran spicy

My favorite group imo alongside Canada-Croatia-Belgium

Myesyats wrote:USA vs England and Iran spicy

The 4th can be Wales or Scotland as well. Insane group not that I will probably watch the tournament though

God help our fullbacks, Mbappé is gonna run rings around them

BTW, is it just me or there are truly no groups of death this time?

Group A: Qatar (hosts), Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador

Group B: England, United States, Iran, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine

Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia

Group D: France, Denmark, Tunisia, Peru/Australia/UAE

Group E: Spain, Germany, Japan, Costa Rica/New Zealand

Group F: Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, Canada

Group G: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon

Group H: Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana

You can predict for almost every group which teams are going to the knockout rounds.

We potentially got Denmark again man, I seriously do not want to relive the 2018 match.

Group H is the GOD, no question

Yeah group H is maybe not group of death but could be full of surprises

group A is interesting

and battle for 2nd place in group G

Wish I could say the same about group C, hopeful we can get results vs Mexico and Saudi Arabia

Nishankly wrote:

Myesyats wrote:USA vs England and Iran spicy

The 4th can be Wales or Scotland as well. Insane group not that I will probably watch the tournament though

true ffs

What a treat

Love our group

By all logic we finish 4th but i hope to scrape a draw or even a win. We will face great stars such as Lukaku, De Bruyne and Modric. It's time to show that canadian grit, and get some World Cup experience ahead of 2026.

Love our group

Sorry I've mistaken thread

Robespierre wrote:Love our group

Sorry I've mistaken thread

Italy India China and Paraguay in the real group of death imho

Nishankly wrote:

Robespierre wrote:Love our group

Sorry I've mistaken thread

Italy India China and Paraguay in the real group of death imho

Group of football death Also i am afraid we would still crash out of the group stage lol.

Warrior wrote:Love our group

By all logic we finish 4th but i hope to scrape a draw or even a win. We will face great stars such as Lukaku, De Bruyne and Modric. It's time to show that canadian grit, and get some World Cup experience ahead of 2026.

I hoped we would get Canada but Mexico, Argentina & Saudis is a very nice and exotic group with no other team being european that we face on a daily

Shit groups shit groups everywhere

USA and England fans gonna be insufferable for the next 8 months, that's for damn sure.

I really hope the US does well here.  Best talent ever for this team imo.  It could really kick start a few things.  

I really dislike how football is run in the US.  A big damn shame frankly.  Instead of giving money to develop the academy and attract young players (basically any young player around the world; but best chance is in South America)...  the money goes to over the hill stars for marketing reasons.  Really annoys me.

But anyhow, rooting for the US big time.  2nd team after France.

McLewis wrote:USA and England fans gonna be insufferable for the next 8 months, that's for damn sure.

True, and also very odd because football is really not that popular in the US. People there seem to be more into Basketball, Baseball and American football. Yet when the WC comes, they lose their minds and turn into die-hard fans.

I guess it's because they are excessively patriotic and if they see their NT enter a very popular competition, they will support them in an insufferable way even if they deep down, they don't give a damn about the sport.

McLewis wrote:USA and England fans gonna be insufferable for the next 8 months, that's for damn sure.

True, and also very odd because football is really not that popular in the US (unless things have changed recently). People there seem to be more into Basketball, Baseball and American football. Yet when the WC comes, they lose their minds and turn into die-hard fans.

I guess it's because they are excessively patriotic and if they see their NT enter a very popular competition, they will support them in an insufferable way even if they, deep down, don't give a damn about the sport.

Let's not watch this

Hapless_Hans wrote:Let's not watch this

Agree

Yeah I really love international football, but I've quietly resolved to boycott Qatar. Shame.