Quote from: Agbe on Today at 08:26:12 AM

Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 03:41:22 AM

Quote from: nullama on Today at 03:01:14 AM

I think most of the world kinda hoped that Messi retired with the world cup trophy.

It was like a happy ending of a story, everyone loves a happy ending

And now we just need to wait four more years to see the next version of the world cup, with many more teams qualified, and in North America: Canada, USA, and Mexico will be hosting it in 2026.

I am super-excited for the 2026 edition. There will be a total of 48 teams and we can expect more and more upsets against the top teams. And there will be a lot more diversity, with additional teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania. Teams such as New Zealand and Nigeria deserves to be in the world cup, and so does China and Indonesia. Let the FIFA world cup be more representative. The current format gives too much importance to teams from UEFA and CONMEBOL. There is a lot of talent in Asia and Africa, and it will be showcased during the 2026 edition.

Yes 2026 tournament will be a great tournament, because many of the teams that did not play for the year edition will play in the 2026 version. But this one you mentioned China, I have not seen china played in a world not even in the qualification stage including India. These two countries are always excepted. I think because of their inability to quantify at the qualification level that making then not to appear in the world cup tournaments.

@Agbe it seems that Messi doesnt wishes to retire from playing for Argentina for a while at least, but theres no way possible for him to play for Argentina at the next World Cup hence they should immediately start planning for his replacement for the 2026 World Cup.

Furthermore I brought this up before and Ill repeat again i.e. will fans really be happy to see so many teams, because I personally feel that itll make the World Cup boring to watch as therell be many one sided matches.