Ok so this begs the question... If it was England - win the euros but miss two straight world cups? Worth it?
That reminds me of both when Leicester won the FA Cup and just missed out on 4th, and when Wigan won the FA Cup and then got relegated a few days later
Ok so this begs the question... If it was England - win the euros but miss two straight world cups? Worth it?
That reminds me of both when Leicester won the FA Cup and just missed out on 4th, and when Wigan won the FA Cup and then got relegated a few days later
Personally I'd take the trophy.
Understand where you are coming from, Think I agree with yourself and the others on this one.
I do wonder how failure to qualify for two consecutive world cups might effect their status as a seed going forwards in future WC qualifying groups. Could become a tough hole to get out of if they end up being bumped down to a second seed in future off the back of this.
Edit scratch that, just looked it up - its done on fifa world rankings not previous qualification.
Tomorrow is the first leg of the African playoffs:
DR Congo v Morocco (3pm UK time) Cameroon v Algeria (5pm UK time) Mali v Tunisia (5pm UK time) Egypt v Senegal (7:30pm UK time) Ghana v Nigeria (7:30pm UK time)
DR Congo 1-1 Morocco FT Cameroon 0-1 Algeria FT Mali 0-1 Tunisia FT
Qualifying resumes on Sunday evening with the penultimate CONCACAF games:
Canada v Jamaica (9pm U.K. time) El Salvador v Costa Rica (10pm U.K. time) USA v Panama (midnight U.K. time) Honduras v Mexico (midnight U.K. time)
- Canada only need a point to confirm their second ever WC appearance (after ‘86).
- USA and Mexico will both be hoping for wins and a stress free final round of fixtures. Mexico should manage it against Honduras but I have a feeling Panama won’t be easy to breakdown.
If Costa Rica win their game and the US can’t beat Panama, it would all be resting on the next and last fixture, which happens to be between the two sides.
Ok so this begs the question... If it was England - win the euros but miss two straight world cups? Worth it?
Tough one because in 15-20 years time you'd always be able to look back and say remember when we won the Euro's. In 20 years time Italians will still remember winning the Euro's and won't care they didn't go to the world cup a year later.
But in the actual present day missing 2 consecutive world cups is huge, especially these days when 32 countries qualify. Watching a major tournament and not being a part of it is shit.
I don't have much sympathy for Bale being called out by the Spanish media. It makes me think of Chris Gunter. There is definitely a generation of Wales players who are only interested in playing for Wales.
There was some interest in the NZ matches. Attendances depend on the team, there are 3 maybe 4 'big' clubs here that can get up to 10k a couple of times a season, but in general the numbers are fairly low for the league, Cup finals are usually full though. Too many Barca, ManU supporters here and everything is shown live on tv.
Besides Qatar, do you expect Saudi Arabia to have a big turnout in numbers at the tournament? I know it’s a neighbouring country but wasn’t too sure if there was much following for the international side in the region at all.
Yeah i think there will be a fair few heading across from Saudi for their matches. Its good for the tournament that the Saudis have qualified.
There was some interest in the NZ matches. Attendances depend on the team, there are 3 maybe 4 'big' clubs here that can get up to 10k a couple of times a season, but in general the numbers are fairly low for the league, Cup finals are usually full though. Too many Barca, ManU supporters here and everything is shown live on tv.
Besides Qatar, do you expect Saudi Arabia to have a big turnout in numbers at the tournament? I know it’s a neighbouring country but wasn’t too sure if there was much following for the international side in the region at all.
Not sure there's much love lost between Saudi and Qatar.
There was some interest in the NZ matches. Attendances depend on the team, there are 3 maybe 4 'big' clubs here that can get up to 10k a couple of times a season, but in general the numbers are fairly low for the league, Cup finals are usually full though. Too many Barca, ManU supporters here and everything is shown live on tv.
Besides Qatar, do you expect Saudi Arabia to have a big turnout in numbers at the tournament? I know it’s a neighbouring country but wasn’t too sure if there was much following for the international side in the region at all.
Not sure there's much love lost between Saudi and Qatar.
I don't have much sympathy for Bale being called out by the Spanish media. It makes me think of Chris Gunter. There is definitely a generation of Wales players who are only interested in playing for Wales.
I'm of a similar mindset with Bale. Someone of his quality, if fully committed like he always seems to be Wales, would make himself undroppable for pretty much any side in the world. Seems odd that these Madrid managers would all have some kind of vendetta against him.
Strange how Bale managed to play 34 games for Spurs back in 2020-21 though
Has only played five games for Madrid since.
That is one club I really do hate outside of England, their fans have never seemed to like Bale, even after he won them the Champions League in 2018 - They even had a love / hate relationship with Ronaldo at times.
I don't have much sympathy for Bale being called out by the Spanish media. It makes me think of Chris Gunter. There is definitely a generation of Wales players who are only interested in playing for Wales.
Agree. The opposite to the days of Ryan Giggs who on more than a few occasions had a "knock" when it came time for a Wales call up, but was fine to play for Man U a week later..
Scenes of the Canadian team bus arriving for their match against Jamaica were pretty amazing. They just need a draw to qualify for their first World Cup in decades (or they can lose and still qualify if other results go their way). Currently 1-0 up after 35 mins.
Canada 3-0 up with less than 10 to go. Currently 1-1 in the El Salvador v Costa Rica game. Costa Rica fighting with Panama over 4th spot, who will go on to play NZ or Solomon Islands.
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Personally I'd take the trophy.
I do wonder how failure to qualify for two consecutive world cups might effect their status as a seed going forwards in future WC qualifying groups. Could become a tough hole to get out of if they end up being bumped down to a second seed in future off the back of this.
Edit scratch that, just looked it up - its done on fifa world rankings not previous qualification.
Cameroon 0-1 Algeria FT
Mali 0-1 Tunisia FT
Egypt 1-0 Senegal (30 mins)
Ghana 0-0 Nigeria (30 mins)
Second legs to be played in a few days time.
Ghana 0-0 Nigeria FT
Aribo (no.10) and Lookman (no.12) both featured for Nigeria
Canada v Jamaica (9pm U.K. time)
El Salvador v Costa Rica (10pm U.K. time)
USA v Panama (midnight U.K. time)
Honduras v Mexico (midnight U.K. time)
- Canada only need a point to confirm their second ever WC appearance (after ‘86).
- USA and Mexico will both be hoping for wins and a stress free final round of fixtures. Mexico should manage it against Honduras but I have a feeling Panama won’t be easy to breakdown.
If Costa Rica win their game and the US can’t beat Panama, it would all be resting on the next and last fixture, which happens to be between the two sides.
Has only played five games for Madrid since.
That is one club I really do hate outside of England, their fans have never seemed to like Bale, even after he won them the Champions League in 2018 - They even had a love / hate relationship with Ronaldo at times.
New Zealand are currently 0-0 with Tahiti, 60mins go.
Upset on the cards perhaps? - Maybe not, New Zealand just gone 1-0 up
Solomon Islands vs New Zealand in the Final - Being played on Wednesday.
Winners to face the fourth placed team from CONCACAF
https://twitter.com/azorcanglobal/status/1508171305324986372?s=21&t=2tZyc1vKWASiDl2T5VNZ2A
Currently 1-1 in the El Salvador v Costa Rica game. Costa Rica fighting with Panama over 4th spot, who will go on to play NZ or Solomon Islands.