Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
What a beat by Argentina! 
I was expecting for a win but 4-1 is just an embarrassment for Brazil. It looks like they still have a long way to go ahead. They aren't ready to face a strong club yet.
On the other hand Argentina are still strong without Messi. This is nice to see as they can't rely on him anymore. He is in his last times of his national career. By the way Scaloni used Enzo Fernandez on the front line with Alvarez interestingly but it worked a lot.
I never expected this score. My prediction was that the match would end in a draw since both teams have lots of quality players. It was all over the internet that the absence of Lionel Messi would negatively affect the performance of the Argentina national team. But I was wrong because La Albiceleste put on an extraordinary performance. Dorival Junior is now under pressure to lead this team to the World Cup. I was expecting for a win but 4-1 is just an embarrassment for Brazil. It looks like they still have a long way to go ahead. They aren't ready to face a strong club yet.On the other hand Argentina are still strong without Messi. This is nice to see as they can't rely on him anymore. He is in his last times of his national career. By the way Scaloni used Enzo Fernandez on the front line with Alvarez interestingly but it worked a lot.
The truth is Brazil is playing bad, I don’t know what’s going on, I think the players and the coach are all responsible for such a result, personally they should get serious about this, also yesterday was a very surprising day, Colombia was securing 2nd place in the standings, from 2nd place they went to 6th immediately when they were winning 2-0, on the other hand Uruguay played too well, they got a valuable draw in the altitude of La Paz, at 4150 meters above sea level, something quite hard to breathe there.
Venezuela beat Peru and got into the playoff spots, not bad, definitely these qualifiers for me are the most difficult in the world, and I apologize to my European friends, but they don’t play in La Paz at 4150 meters above sea level and 4 days later they play in Barranquilla with the hottest temperature in the world at 3pm where you can’t stand it humidity and you have to hydrate a lot.