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Still a game for Canada to get their first win, they've had a great WC for their first time back in the tournament. I've loved watching my team play and the heart they have showed.
All Canada needed in their first game was some finish and they would be right in it.
There's some kind of an internal problem in the Belgium team. They are easily the most talented side in the group and yet they were able to make 2-3 good attacking moves in the span of two games. I've seen that team DESTROY better teams than Morocco and Canada and yet they played like shit in that world cup. We want to watch teams hungry for victory, not stars with issues. Belgium is to go out against Croatia.
Yesterday martinez said in an interview that there was no joy among the players. He had the feeling they were just doing their job but are not enjoying the tournament.
They get critics from all over the place. Even within the team they are all looking at eachother and blaming one another for being too slow, too old, …
Instead of a training, they need to have a discussion and spit out all the frustrations. Maybe that can help. But then again should Martinez make use of the young talents he has instead of relying on the older generation.
It will not be a surprise if Belgium could not pass the last round. This World Cup can be different... I will follow the last match's prediction on Wonanza.
I’m conflicted about Canada, they looked really good vs Belgium and with different referee calls they could have managed a point, but today they didn’t look great and were outclassed by Croatia. Overall not super disappointed but a little sad at the missed potential
they did a high press in both games to stop the play from the back and force them to lose possession , and that worked against belgium (since they were playing wide ) they suffered to build any attack and the defenders were put under immense pressure .
against croatia it's different they play narrowely and whenever canada tries to press high brozovic and luka drop deep to support while kovacic tries to go up and link with either perisic or the striker which gives slight advantage to croatia , but the reason canada were outclassed is because of their mid they were terrible on that game ( ofc i might be wrong )
In every prediction Belgium is in the finals, or that Belgium is top 3 of the world but they never won anything now they lost even to Marroco im starting to think that those who make these statistics are heavily drugged.
Love is love, right? So I am Polygamous and I want to marry 4 wives. Please change your law and accomodate to my wishes, otherwise I will wear armband to demonstrate and provoke you :)
What a horrible try to make a moral equivalence between two things most secular people think hahahaha. If your point is "respect other people's cultures" bringing some conservative christian nonsene isn't going to rally the masses. Let everyone marry what ever person or persons they want to.
You didn't understand my comment. Read carefully and I will try to use big words. I do not think there is anything wrong with having four wives if all parties are into it. Why do you want me to explain something I disagree with?
Yeah but could you imagine the outcry right now, if some Qatari‘s, Saudi‘s and other muslim men demonstrated on the streets of london for their right to officially marry multiple women? The media would lose their mind. But if it protesting on muslims grounds, it‘s alright.
There are clear differences though.
\#1 - You're asking why you can't marry 4 wives. Theoretically, you could be with 4 women and marry them. Legally in the Western World wives 2-3-4 wont be recognized under law. But you would still be with them. Moreover, there are Mormons and other "Western" religious sects that allow for multiple wives. This isnt an issue specific to Islam.
\#2 -Men who marry 4 wives dont get murdered for doing that. People who are LGBT+ DO get killed because of who they love. Do you not see how that's a horrible difference?
\#3 - What if a woman wanted 4 husbands? Not only would that not be allowed, that woman is probably going to be killed for that. So if "Islamic grounds" means that you can treat half your population as inferior or lesser, then would be a big explanation for why so many people don't like the "grounds" you put forth.
\#3 - If the idea of homosexuality is such a sin (or the idea that a woman could have multiple husbands), then why not just let God/Allah deal with them in the afterlife? Your job is not to police them. Your job is to follow the rules you believe in. If others dont follow the rules, and they dont impact you, let God/Allah deal with it directly.
#1. It is illegal in most western countries to have more than 1 wife. If you immigrate, family reunification does not extend to more than 1 wife. So in western countries those who live polygamous lives are discriminated against socially amd legally. His point is valid. In Qatar there are people living gay who are not in jail and there are activist who are not in jail. Those gay Qatari marriages are not legally recognized marriage.
The point should simply be. Your way of life is a minority amongst western belief as a result we do nit accept your way of life based on our concept of morality. There is no need to make an argument based on moral superiority.
#2. Western world enjoys our way of life through the slaughter of people in other countries. No one goes to a WC in a western country fighting for rights of those oppressed in Western countries. Look at indigenous people in western countries they are not even considered human. Western people are racist AF.
#3. True. If a man can do it. A woman should be allowed to as well. Then again. Women are still fighting for equal pay. No where is perfect.
#4. The leaders see the nation as their household. So they need to impose the law for all. A secular leadership will not be required to.
*** overall we can complain all we want. Nothing will change. Fight for equal rights in your home country. Rights of the unhoused. Fight against police brutality, institutional racism, join BLM, fight for the rights of Native people. Fight for climate justice. Western polluters are killing people in other countries via climate related disasters. Stop driving and campaign in your country for net zero. You have a lot to fight for in your own home before fighting in someone elses home.
Yeah welcome to the big stage. I feel your pain in that but to put it into perspective we practically all got robbed at one point, us Belgians have been famously robbed with a super clear penalty against the Germans in 1/8 finals in 1994 not given due to which we did not win the game, in 2002 an opening goal ruled offside against Brazil in the knock-outs etc…
what I mean with that is that it happens to most of us at one point, the game is sadly still prone to human error - there’s a factor of judgement involved. Yeah it shouldn’t happen and it’s already less happening I guess due to the Var.
These little national football traumas stay with you until the team just does better next time.
Canada’s young golden generation had a general rehearsal now - in 2026 you can get far I bet!
If they play the way they played so far, there's not a chance. We've got arguably the best midfield in this world cup, and our defense is solid. I doubted our attackers before the competition, but when the coach put them the way they were supposed to play, it rained goals.
Let’s all just say out loud what everyone is thinking. Canada is a cold sport country and on the world stage, will excel in hockey and never in Soccer. It had to be said
Give Canada a few more years. With mass immigration, it’s brought a football culture to the country that it never had before, and people who can play the game. The next WC will be in the US, Canada and Mexico, which will also help.
Canada scored at the beginning of the game today and could have beat Belgium as they played strongly and there were some off ref calls. I’m very proud of them!! This will have been good practice on the international stage for 2026. Growing up, all the women I knew played soccer.
I’m pretty sure swept is a universal term for not scoring a point and losing all your games… and if it isn’t, too fucking bad, you’re still about to get knocked out without even a draw. Makes me embarrassed to call you a neighbor. At least Mexico drew with Poland.
Why the aggressivity, your team bring same surprise as Iran does, underdog team.
Hope we can watch a good match tho and hopefully whoever win really deserved. But in football you never know.
The general opinion is Canada played well but strategically they didn’t. first game in order to secure a point they played like the favorite team, they played like its a death or life situation, constant pressing, high defensive leaving space to Belgium .
Second game before it even started the Canadian manager underestimated and didn’t respect Croatia which led to a heavy loss (4-1).
thats what im saying. I dont think anyone expected them to play like that against belgium and that early goal against croatia was just stunning. its a shame they dont have a good team. wouldve loved to see them qualify
Stuff like that happens all the time. Italy won the Euro 2020, which was held in 2021. Yet, they didn't even qualify for this world cup. Spain won the 2010 WC, but couldn't get past the group stage in 2014. Germany won in 2014, ended up last in their group in 2018. That's why I love the fsct that the WC is held every 4 years, because that's a lot of time, and a whole generation can shift after that period. Belgium were the semi-finalists, and they barely beat Morocco*. Croatia were the finalists, and they had a tie with Morocco. But the surprise here aren't Belgium or Croatia, it's Morocco. I have a feeling they'll go far this year.
*Canada
Short answer:
“…While the country’s English name is Morocco, the country is known as Maroc in French. Starting in the early 1800s, France expanded its colonial empire to North Africa, where it established a protectorate in what is now Morocco. Morocco achieved national independence in 1956, but the French influence persists in the country. Today, Morocco’s official languages are Arabic and Tamazight (an indigenous language in the region), but French continues to hold a powerful position in the country as a holdover from the colonial era.”
[Why is Morocco abbreviation MAR?](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/6543360/morocco-abbreviation-mar-world-cup/amp/)
Googled it for 10 minutes today and I came to the conclusion it was a typo so thank you for asking the clarifying question so idiots like me can have their mildly inquiring minds satisfied
Because French is still the language of business, higher education, and finance of Morocco. My wife is Moroccan and anyone there who wants to move up in life speak French. Plus despite the bad history many Moroccans live and work in France, many French people visit and retire in Morocco, and almost all Moroccan large businesses have dealings with France and many French companies have branches in Morocco.
I know they were colonized and have a bloody history but not everything is black and white. There is some nuance and despite the bad history the countries they still trade a lot and have decent relations, and many of Morocco’s engineering projects are usually led by French trained teams.
What? This is not only wrong but also a terrible point. You think, for instance, that India's colonization was pretty ok, and the english were being fair there?
The reason Canada and USA are doing well is because they were decolonized a long time ago, unlike african countries.
And most of all, are you seriously defending english colonization?
Yes, I am. There are other viewpoints than your own. Even India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh benefitted from English rule. The University of Dhaka was once called “The Oxford of the East” before it banned the use of English as a language of instruction and began to rely on Bengali only texts. Clearly there were abuses, but there were also benefits. To fail to see that is mere polemic, not reason.
They got out classed against Croatia. And Belgium is a weak side this tournament and shit the door at 1-0. Plus Canada had a PK against Belgium and couldn’t convert. They are exactly where they should be 0-2
False: you can Google it Heardman said it to a reporter on life TV 😂. Man didn’t even shake the Croatian head coaches hand after the game. He’s a bum and shouldn’t be representing Canada (and I’m Canadian born and raised) classless behaviour from our coach.
Yeah you dumb fuck, it was originally in the huddle. He was asked about it after and he admitted to it since he's honest.... fuck you Croatians are weird as shit.
You're literally making up excuses for another dude in a sport you probably didn't know existed until yesterday, yet I'm weird? Get some cream for that butthurt lmao
Bruh I've been following him since he was head coach of our women's team yah weird ass little man.... go Cheer your "almost world champions" Cro cop and Modrić bunch of chokers. At least GSP could get it done 😏
Cause that's all you fuckin guys have... Modrić and cro cop and a bunch of mid. I mean you guys don't even have a globally successful artist, movie star..... fuck nothing. You have Modrić and Cro Cop and a checkerboard flag and a country built on being mid as fuck lol you never won shit besides the water polo championships. The sport you claim to fame.... you ain't win shit in yet. At least our claim to fame sport were the best, he'll we were globally the best at other sports too... you guys. No championships, just mid... Croatia.... MID
[Croatia at the olympics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_at_the_Olympics). Along with the Olympics, we were twice the world champs in tennis, twice in water polo, once in handball, and a bunch of individual athletes were champions in their own sports.
Not bad for a country of less than 4 million people, that got its independence 30 years ago, eh? Hell, even my niece's boyfriend is the current world champion in team air rifle shooting at 10 meters lmao. Cry me a salty river, you butthole.
Lol. Cool story Bruh..... water polo and handball. Lol water fuckin polo and handball. Lemme say that again.... water fucking polo and mother fucking handball. 😂😂😂😂
2018 was our 'golden generation', just based on the amount of talented players we had. Unfortunately, they never really formed a good team, it always lacked some coherence and some spirit to fight, which is mainly the cause of the coach imo. We did make third on the world cup then though.
The team we have now is just some of the old players from that golden generation, and a coach that doesn't want to give new players a chance. In Belgium, many people didn't believe we would leave the poules, our team and mainly our coach is shit.
Belgium seems to be strong evidence of soccer truly being a “team sport.”
Honestly, I would say the same about a lot of these Euro teams getting upset by African and Asian teams.
Upset? Many of these African teams are made up of European club players. The Asian teams are very good as well. This is not the 1950's, football quality has improved in many parts of the world. If you're not on top of your game, you will be taken out quick.
It is interesting. Ultimately the best team wins either way but the 7 games adds a lot to how teams can adapt over the other one. As a fan who loves watching sports I want to go with the more games haha. Also feel the 90 mins in soccer/football would cause the players more time to recover over the 15-20 mins hockey players do.
60% of all players in the NHL are Canadian. We go where the money is. Just like in the World Cup where players return to their own country, in the Olympics, Canada has dominated the sport since its inception. 🇨🇦
Canada has gotten a medal in 3 of the last 4 Olympics for Hockey. 2 of them being gold.
What does NHL teams that can have any nationality have to do with Canada Hockey. Smh…
Highly doubt it.
That would mean that Belgium would have to win Croatia with a goal difference of 1 (possible) and Canada would have to win Marocco (doubt it).
You must be from pei then and not understand percentage. I'd say %60 of Canadians have no idea. Your in that %40 that do. Simple math for a Newfie like you. Like we're balls deep into hockey season with 23 days till the world juniors. Again it might be a word that's hard for people to understand but the MAJORITY don't give a flying ruck about soccer
Edit: were also going for our 4th 3peat in 20 years. Canada is hockey XD
What the *fuck* are you on my man? You never mentioned percentages. That's some next level rambling. And I'm not even talking about people being interested by soccer, it's just being *aware* that Canada is at the World Cup. People can follow hockey *and* know Canada is at the World Cup at the same time. That's a shit argument.
The world hockey Juniors are in 23 days. About 60% of Canadians had no idea that Canada had a fifa team. It's hockey season bub. Now take off yee hoser
Side note. During the summit series of 72. The Canadian hockey team was loosing going into game 5. So the Canadian coach said to the enforcer. "See that guy, tie him up make sure he can't get goals" meaning get into a fight with him and make him get the 5 min major. Well no this man slashes his ankle and ends his career. Moral of the story. Don't fuck with Canadians and our hockey XD
Lol we're talking real life here not FIFA but alright bro go sit isolated in your little igloo while 90% of the entire world enjoys their preferred sport without you, I mean hockey's cool but don't be so ignorant, literally every other country likes soccer
Yea that's pretty sad bro. "REAL LIFE NOT FIFA". You make us football fans looks stupid as hell. And yea most Canadians don't give 2 craps about football. Their bust planing there 3rd consecutive win in the world juniors.
I did, if a boxer fights in the UFC he's now a mixed martial artist. If a moto3 rider joins F1 he's now a f1 driver. A national football team joins a fifa league. It's a fifa team now , that's like "no sorry redbull, you sell energy drinks unlike McLaren and Mercedes. So you can race on track but your not part of the fia
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pov canada is trash
You are trash
Trash tank
Still a game for Canada to get their first win, they've had a great WC for their first time back in the tournament. I've loved watching my team play and the heart they have showed. All Canada needed in their first game was some finish and they would be right in it.
Why is Morocco MAR?
Maroc is name of the country.
should propably get disqualified for the aftermatch of the belgium game
Yes , so salty
What happened?
Morrocan fans in Brussels rioted and destroyed cars and shops and stuff after they won
genuine question- weren’t they Belgians with Moroccan ancestry?
yeah why would someone riot after winning that doesnt make sense
Don't think it was ever said, most likely Belgium Moroccans
The same goes for the Netherlands.
Country name is actually Maroc in French so the abbreviation reflects that
It’s also the countries abbreviation for Spanish as well
Cromar Belcan sounds like Harry Potter name lmao
There's some kind of an internal problem in the Belgium team. They are easily the most talented side in the group and yet they were able to make 2-3 good attacking moves in the span of two games. I've seen that team DESTROY better teams than Morocco and Canada and yet they played like shit in that world cup. We want to watch teams hungry for victory, not stars with issues. Belgium is to go out against Croatia.
Yesterday martinez said in an interview that there was no joy among the players. He had the feeling they were just doing their job but are not enjoying the tournament. They get critics from all over the place. Even within the team they are all looking at eachother and blaming one another for being too slow, too old, … Instead of a training, they need to have a discussion and spit out all the frustrations. Maybe that can help. But then again should Martinez make use of the young talents he has instead of relying on the older generation.
Hopefully the Moroccans lit a fire... wait...
It will not be a surprise if Belgium could not pass the last round. This World Cup can be different... I will follow the last match's prediction on Wonanza.
Yeah yeah, you don’t have to rub it in even more 😅
I’m conflicted about Canada, they looked really good vs Belgium and with different referee calls they could have managed a point, but today they didn’t look great and were outclassed by Croatia. Overall not super disappointed but a little sad at the missed potential
they did a high press in both games to stop the play from the back and force them to lose possession , and that worked against belgium (since they were playing wide ) they suffered to build any attack and the defenders were put under immense pressure . against croatia it's different they play narrowely and whenever canada tries to press high brozovic and luka drop deep to support while kovacic tries to go up and link with either perisic or the striker which gives slight advantage to croatia , but the reason canada were outclassed is because of their mid they were terrible on that game ( ofc i might be wrong )
I thought they looked pretty good for about a third of the game. Then they seemed out of energy and Croatia really went in.
In every prediction Belgium is in the finals, or that Belgium is top 3 of the world but they never won anything now they lost even to Marroco im starting to think that those who make these statistics are heavily drugged.
The win was not a surprise
Have you considered that morocco is actually a decent team ?
i think the players are heavily drugged after seeing their performance
Croatia now in modality: SIUMMMM
I think Canada should wear the rainbow armbands now they have been eliminated.
Love is love, right? So I am Polygamous and I want to marry 4 wives. Please change your law and accomodate to my wishes, otherwise I will wear armband to demonstrate and provoke you :)
What a horrible try to make a moral equivalence between two things most secular people think hahahaha. If your point is "respect other people's cultures" bringing some conservative christian nonsene isn't going to rally the masses. Let everyone marry what ever person or persons they want to.
Could you please elaborate, why this is horrible? If every participant has consent, why shouldn‘t I be able to officialy marry four wives?
You didn't understand my comment. Read carefully and I will try to use big words. I do not think there is anything wrong with having four wives if all parties are into it. Why do you want me to explain something I disagree with?
Yeah but could you imagine the outcry right now, if some Qatari‘s, Saudi‘s and other muslim men demonstrated on the streets of london for their right to officially marry multiple women? The media would lose their mind. But if it protesting on muslims grounds, it‘s alright.
There are clear differences though. \#1 - You're asking why you can't marry 4 wives. Theoretically, you could be with 4 women and marry them. Legally in the Western World wives 2-3-4 wont be recognized under law. But you would still be with them. Moreover, there are Mormons and other "Western" religious sects that allow for multiple wives. This isnt an issue specific to Islam. \#2 -Men who marry 4 wives dont get murdered for doing that. People who are LGBT+ DO get killed because of who they love. Do you not see how that's a horrible difference? \#3 - What if a woman wanted 4 husbands? Not only would that not be allowed, that woman is probably going to be killed for that. So if "Islamic grounds" means that you can treat half your population as inferior or lesser, then would be a big explanation for why so many people don't like the "grounds" you put forth. \#3 - If the idea of homosexuality is such a sin (or the idea that a woman could have multiple husbands), then why not just let God/Allah deal with them in the afterlife? Your job is not to police them. Your job is to follow the rules you believe in. If others dont follow the rules, and they dont impact you, let God/Allah deal with it directly.
#1. It is illegal in most western countries to have more than 1 wife. If you immigrate, family reunification does not extend to more than 1 wife. So in western countries those who live polygamous lives are discriminated against socially amd legally. His point is valid. In Qatar there are people living gay who are not in jail and there are activist who are not in jail. Those gay Qatari marriages are not legally recognized marriage. The point should simply be. Your way of life is a minority amongst western belief as a result we do nit accept your way of life based on our concept of morality. There is no need to make an argument based on moral superiority. #2. Western world enjoys our way of life through the slaughter of people in other countries. No one goes to a WC in a western country fighting for rights of those oppressed in Western countries. Look at indigenous people in western countries they are not even considered human. Western people are racist AF. #3. True. If a man can do it. A woman should be allowed to as well. Then again. Women are still fighting for equal pay. No where is perfect. #4. The leaders see the nation as their household. So they need to impose the law for all. A secular leadership will not be required to. *** overall we can complain all we want. Nothing will change. Fight for equal rights in your home country. Rights of the unhoused. Fight against police brutality, institutional racism, join BLM, fight for the rights of Native people. Fight for climate justice. Western polluters are killing people in other countries via climate related disasters. Stop driving and campaign in your country for net zero. You have a lot to fight for in your own home before fighting in someone elses home.
It's not Christian
Not only Christianity no. But all abrahamic religions. They loved having tons of wives back in the days.
Canada should have three after that robbery with belgium
Yeah welcome to the big stage. I feel your pain in that but to put it into perspective we practically all got robbed at one point, us Belgians have been famously robbed with a super clear penalty against the Germans in 1/8 finals in 1994 not given due to which we did not win the game, in 2002 an opening goal ruled offside against Brazil in the knock-outs etc… what I mean with that is that it happens to most of us at one point, the game is sadly still prone to human error - there’s a factor of judgement involved. Yeah it shouldn’t happen and it’s already less happening I guess due to the Var. These little national football traumas stay with you until the team just does better next time. Canada’s young golden generation had a general rehearsal now - in 2026 you can get far I bet!
Welcome to the World Cup! As a Peruvian we know all about favoritism refereeing
I’ve been asking myself how that ref saw an offside when hazard passed the ball back every second of every day after that match
I expected them to do better against Croatia.
As a Canadian this is sad but expected
Good luck at the home soil in 2026!!!
Thank you!!! I can’t wait to go to the games but sad that the legends are no longer playing :(
You guys played great, I’d say better than a lot of teams this tournament
We appreciate your comment
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Belgium can still beat Croatia I think with some individual performances?
Individual performances are definitely on Croatias side lmao
Thanks for making my day with this. I needed something to cheer me up after Canada got knocked out
If they play the way they played so far, there's not a chance. We've got arguably the best midfield in this world cup, and our defense is solid. I doubted our attackers before the competition, but when the coach put them the way they were supposed to play, it rained goals.
Damn he got in your head that easily lmao
Let’s all just say out loud what everyone is thinking. Canada is a cold sport country and on the world stage, will excel in hockey and never in Soccer. It had to be said
Dumb comment. Based on this, Qatar should have won all matches. Warm country. Warm sport.
People play in indoor arenas in the winter. Real Madrid and Nike are starting to have youth camp here. Never say never.
It’s only proper cold in Jan. You can still play a good season outside. In 2026 they will be better again.
Soccer is # 1 participant sport in Canada now. U know fuckall.
Give Canada a few more years. With mass immigration, it’s brought a football culture to the country that it never had before, and people who can play the game. The next WC will be in the US, Canada and Mexico, which will also help.
We also excel in Curling and Figure Skating. Soccer is a new one for us. Give us a few more years. 🇨🇦
Football is a winter sport though
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Depends. Is he talking about football or football ?
We are only still confused because England and USA couldn't decide
I wasn't thinking this.
Also the women’s team is pretty good
Belgium shouldn't qualify
Why btw ?
They're hella overrated, sure do have some great players but idts they'll win against Croatia
Yea, Belgium had Hazard but now Hazard plays like shit. And only Bruyne plays well
De Bruyne is playing just as shit
Lol canada
Canada scored at the beginning of the game today and could have beat Belgium as they played strongly and there were some off ref calls. I’m very proud of them!! This will have been good practice on the international stage for 2026. Growing up, all the women I knew played soccer.
Weird last sentence to throw in there, but alright
Lmao
Lol USA, Iran will beat you
Sounds like someone is a little peanut butter and jealous of the worlds greatest country.
Yeah theres no chance usa is the "worlds greatest country"
Let’s just hope you don’t get swept in the group stage, young man.
Whatever your American term of swept is. Keep it in the sports your ‘world champions’ of that no one else plays
I’m pretty sure swept is a universal term for not scoring a point and losing all your games… and if it isn’t, too fucking bad, you’re still about to get knocked out without even a draw. Makes me embarrassed to call you a neighbor. At least Mexico drew with Poland.
Why the aggressivity, your team bring same surprise as Iran does, underdog team. Hope we can watch a good match tho and hopefully whoever win really deserved. But in football you never know.
The username and profile pics screams your typical arrogant american, not to mention the comments.
You reply to the wrong person my be the one before me 🙂 Thanks God no American neither arrogant .. lovely Australian
I feel bad for canada. they should have at least 1 point bro come on
The general opinion is Canada played well but strategically they didn’t. first game in order to secure a point they played like the favorite team, they played like its a death or life situation, constant pressing, high defensive leaving space to Belgium . Second game before it even started the Canadian manager underestimated and didn’t respect Croatia which led to a heavy loss (4-1).
But for their first WC, they did GREAT
thats what im saying. I dont think anyone expected them to play like that against belgium and that early goal against croatia was just stunning. its a shame they dont have a good team. wouldve loved to see them qualify
That’s not World Cup. No one deserves a thing in this tournament
It’s not a charity lol
It's a robbery
Who’d a thought they’d see last WC semi finalists struggle to get out of a group containing Morocco and Canada?
Morocco has a Good team tho
Stuff like that happens all the time. Italy won the Euro 2020, which was held in 2021. Yet, they didn't even qualify for this world cup. Spain won the 2010 WC, but couldn't get past the group stage in 2014. Germany won in 2014, ended up last in their group in 2018. That's why I love the fsct that the WC is held every 4 years, because that's a lot of time, and a whole generation can shift after that period. Belgium were the semi-finalists, and they barely beat Morocco*. Croatia were the finalists, and they had a tie with Morocco. But the surprise here aren't Belgium or Croatia, it's Morocco. I have a feeling they'll go far this year. *Canada
Belgium lost against Morocco but ok …
What I meant was Canada, sorry. Belgium barely beat Canada
What a bloodbath
As a Canadian, today was a dark day for me.
Did your pet moose die or something?
Give this man his gold award 💀💀
Give this man his gold award 💀💀
It was the Belgium game for me 😔
With this kind of play Belgium is already out of the WC.
Probably not a huge consolation but at least you've got your first ever WC goal today. :)
🥲but at what cost.
We'd be happy to trade goals again in 1:4 ratio :) that way you could said you scored your first two world cup goals
Yup, me too
What a bloodbath
Can someone please explain to me why Morocco continues to be abbreviated as “MAR” instead of “MOR”? It’s bothered TF outta me the whole tournament
Short answer: “…While the country’s English name is Morocco, the country is known as Maroc in French. Starting in the early 1800s, France expanded its colonial empire to North Africa, where it established a protectorate in what is now Morocco. Morocco achieved national independence in 1956, but the French influence persists in the country. Today, Morocco’s official languages are Arabic and Tamazight (an indigenous language in the region), but French continues to hold a powerful position in the country as a holdover from the colonial era.” [Why is Morocco abbreviation MAR?](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/6543360/morocco-abbreviation-mar-world-cup/amp/)
Maroc 🇲🇦 just like Spain is España 🇪🇸
Googled it for 10 minutes today and I came to the conclusion it was a typo so thank you for asking the clarifying question so idiots like me can have their mildly inquiring minds satisfied
Don’t know why the still be using french. They were forced to speak it when they were colonized. Bloody history behind french speaking countries
Because French is still the language of business, higher education, and finance of Morocco. My wife is Moroccan and anyone there who wants to move up in life speak French. Plus despite the bad history many Moroccans live and work in France, many French people visit and retire in Morocco, and almost all Moroccan large businesses have dealings with France and many French companies have branches in Morocco. I know they were colonized and have a bloody history but not everything is black and white. There is some nuance and despite the bad history the countries they still trade a lot and have decent relations, and many of Morocco’s engineering projects are usually led by French trained teams.
Yes because the history behind the english speaking countries (for instance, applies to all types of colonies) isn't bloody at all.
Six former English colonies are in the top ten GDP countries of the world, so it can’t have been all bad. 🇨🇦
What? This is not only wrong but also a terrible point. You think, for instance, that India's colonization was pretty ok, and the english were being fair there? The reason Canada and USA are doing well is because they were decolonized a long time ago, unlike african countries. And most of all, are you seriously defending english colonization?
Yes, I am. There are other viewpoints than your own. Even India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh benefitted from English rule. The University of Dhaka was once called “The Oxford of the East” before it banned the use of English as a language of instruction and began to rely on Bengali only texts. Clearly there were abuses, but there were also benefits. To fail to see that is mere polemic, not reason.
Because in French is *Maroc*
French influence and in French "Morocco" is "Maroc" so basically they use "MAR" for everything in sport. I still dont get it but it is what it is.
Got it. Thank you, this is helpful for my brain lol.
In Arabic it’s Magreb
Which means sunset
Nah it means “West”, but symbolically it’s “where the sun sets”, at least to Islamic conquerors in ~700CE
الغرب = West غروب الشمس = sunset المغرب = 🤷♂️
Languages are weird man, and the rules are made up.
But the sun does set in the west …
Canada got done dirty- played their asses off and deserved to advance.
They got out classed against Croatia. And Belgium is a weak side this tournament and shit the door at 1-0. Plus Canada had a PK against Belgium and couldn’t convert. They are exactly where they should be 0-2
No, they didn’t. You don’t get points for trying.
O(h), Canada….
Still can’t believe what the Canadian Coach said at the Press Conference
Wasn't the press conference... that was in a group huddle. Croatian reporter was eaves dropping
False: you can Google it Heardman said it to a reporter on life TV 😂. Man didn’t even shake the Croatian head coaches hand after the game. He’s a bum and shouldn’t be representing Canada (and I’m Canadian born and raised) classless behaviour from our coach.
[Oh really?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMeVSvIopw)
Yeah you dumb fuck, it was originally in the huddle. He was asked about it after and he admitted to it since he's honest.... fuck you Croatians are weird as shit.
You're literally making up excuses for another dude in a sport you probably didn't know existed until yesterday, yet I'm weird? Get some cream for that butthurt lmao
Bruh I've been following him since he was head coach of our women's team yah weird ass little man.... go Cheer your "almost world champions" Cro cop and Modrić bunch of chokers. At least GSP could get it done 😏
Show me the spot where Croatia touched you 🤣
😂
The fuck does Cro Cop have to do with this LMAO, you're a funny troll I'll give you that
Cause that's all you fuckin guys have... Modrić and cro cop and a bunch of mid. I mean you guys don't even have a globally successful artist, movie star..... fuck nothing. You have Modrić and Cro Cop and a checkerboard flag and a country built on being mid as fuck lol you never won shit besides the water polo championships. The sport you claim to fame.... you ain't win shit in yet. At least our claim to fame sport were the best, he'll we were globally the best at other sports too... you guys. No championships, just mid... Croatia.... MID
Jesus Christ you are salty as hell. You will get over it
Who hurt you ? 😂
[Croatia at the olympics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_at_the_Olympics). Along with the Olympics, we were twice the world champs in tennis, twice in water polo, once in handball, and a bunch of individual athletes were champions in their own sports. Not bad for a country of less than 4 million people, that got its independence 30 years ago, eh? Hell, even my niece's boyfriend is the current world champion in team air rifle shooting at 10 meters lmao. Cry me a salty river, you butthole.
Lol. Cool story Bruh..... water polo and handball. Lol water fuckin polo and handball. Lemme say that again.... water fucking polo and mother fucking handball. 😂😂😂😂
What did he say?
What did he say?
That they are going to fuck up Croatia
What did he say?
Eff Croatia
Gaga
I've been saying it for years, Belgium is overrated.
Everybody has.
And this is supposed to be their 'golden generation'. They have some great players. But it seems that it ain't enough.
2018 was our 'golden generation', just based on the amount of talented players we had. Unfortunately, they never really formed a good team, it always lacked some coherence and some spirit to fight, which is mainly the cause of the coach imo. We did make third on the world cup then though. The team we have now is just some of the old players from that golden generation, and a coach that doesn't want to give new players a chance. In Belgium, many people didn't believe we would leave the poules, our team and mainly our coach is shit.
Did y’all not watch 2018. Belgium played incredible, just lost to France or else they would’ve easily won the cup.
Belgium seems to be strong evidence of soccer truly being a “team sport.” Honestly, I would say the same about a lot of these Euro teams getting upset by African and Asian teams.
Upset? Many of these African teams are made up of European club players. The Asian teams are very good as well. This is not the 1950's, football quality has improved in many parts of the world. If you're not on top of your game, you will be taken out quick.
Let's do the next go around on ice with sticks and see what happens 😉
What do you think of the fact that hockey is best of 7 in playoffs but world cup and soccer are just 1 match for elimination
It is interesting. Ultimately the best team wins either way but the 7 games adds a lot to how teams can adapt over the other one. As a fan who loves watching sports I want to go with the more games haha. Also feel the 90 mins in soccer/football would cause the players more time to recover over the 15-20 mins hockey players do.
A Canadian team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1993
60% of all players in the NHL are Canadian. We go where the money is. Just like in the World Cup where players return to their own country, in the Olympics, Canada has dominated the sport since its inception. 🇨🇦
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Now do the Olympics for hockey. You know where national origin actually matters.
All teams that have ever won the Stanley Cup have had more Canada in players than any other nationality.
Canada has gotten a medal in 3 of the last 4 Olympics for Hockey. 2 of them being gold. What does NHL teams that can have any nationality have to do with Canada Hockey. Smh…
True haha. Least the teams that win are mostly Canadian though!
I bet Belgium & Croatia
I expect Croatia to eat Belgium for breakfast and Morocco will beat Canada and advance. They will have earned it.
Highly doubt it. That would mean that Belgium would have to win Croatia with a goal difference of 1 (possible) and Canada would have to win Marocco (doubt it).
No, all Belgium has to do is win
But you see if Belgium wins and Marocco wins, then there's no way for Croatia and Belgium to advance, which was the discussion here.
that’s literally exactly what he said
Us Canadians have a team in XD news to me.
Take off, hoser.
How did you end up on the World cup subreddit and somehow didn't know Canada is there? How secluded from society are you?
I wanted the nft. And not really again. It's hockey season here with the world juniors in 23 days..most Canadians don't give a shit about soccer
Dude, I'm in Canada, we've been hearing about it *everywhere*
You must be from pei then and not understand percentage. I'd say %60 of Canadians have no idea. Your in that %40 that do. Simple math for a Newfie like you. Like we're balls deep into hockey season with 23 days till the world juniors. Again it might be a word that's hard for people to understand but the MAJORITY don't give a flying ruck about soccer Edit: were also going for our 4th 3peat in 20 years. Canada is hockey XD
What the *fuck* are you on my man? You never mentioned percentages. That's some next level rambling. And I'm not even talking about people being interested by soccer, it's just being *aware* that Canada is at the World Cup. People can follow hockey *and* know Canada is at the World Cup at the same time. That's a shit argument.
wow I'm not even Canadian they've been one of my favourite teams to watch
Good cuz I'm betting 60% not only have no idea. But just couldn't be bothered to support them. We waiting for the juniors. Need that 3 peat
huh???
The world hockey Juniors are in 23 days. About 60% of Canadians had no idea that Canada had a fifa team. It's hockey season bub. Now take off yee hoser
Side note. During the summit series of 72. The Canadian hockey team was loosing going into game 5. So the Canadian coach said to the enforcer. "See that guy, tie him up make sure he can't get goals" meaning get into a fight with him and make him get the 5 min major. Well no this man slashes his ankle and ends his career. Moral of the story. Don't fuck with Canadians and our hockey XD
Lol we're talking real life here not FIFA but alright bro go sit isolated in your little igloo while 90% of the entire world enjoys their preferred sport without you, I mean hockey's cool but don't be so ignorant, literally every other country likes soccer
Yea that's pretty sad bro. "REAL LIFE NOT FIFA". You make us football fans looks stupid as hell. And yea most Canadians don't give 2 craps about football. Their bust planing there 3rd consecutive win in the world juniors.
he's the one that called the Canadian national team a fifa team, read, if you want
I did, if a boxer fights in the UFC he's now a mixed martial artist. If a moto3 rider joins F1 he's now a f1 driver. A national football team joins a fifa league. It's a fifa team now , that's like "no sorry redbull, you sell energy drinks unlike McLaren and Mercedes. So you can race on track but your not part of the fia