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Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
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on 12/08/2025, 01:21:27 UTC
Quote from: Mr Reporter on August 11, 2025, 06:39:26 PM
Quote from: Ale88 on August 08, 2025, 03:57:33 PM
Quote from: Distraction on August 08, 2025, 11:13:46 AM
There is still a month to go for the next qualification matches in UEFA and CONMEBOL. I'm especially wondering what Brazil will do in the future. Ancelotti's arrival has raised the expectations naturally. What do you think?

Quote from: Volgastallion on August 06, 2025, 02:19:20 PM
For all the people in this thread, which team do you think is gonna be the surprise in this world cup? I know we are still far from the start of the competition but we can have some teams in head.

Between the already qualified or the teams who are obvius contenders which team do you believe is gonna ahve a good run. I feel like Norway can be one.
Norway have 66.00 odds for the World Cup winner. What a tempting one!  Cheesy

But I'm not feeling like we'll have that big of a surprise. I see Germany being given quite higher odds than I expected - 11.00. I guess I'd give them a chance. I really like their game in Nagelsmann's control.
Norway could be a surprise just like Morocco was a surprise but I really don't see how they could win the World Cup. If we look at all the World Cup winners we see big names, I don't think there is any surprise. It would have been nice to see Sweden win back in 1958 or Czechoslovakia in 1962 but that Brazil was just too good. And more recently we had Croatia losing to France in 2018. Norway may reach the quarter finals, that's my idea.
I think the under dogs teams like Norway to make a significant impact in the world cup, historically top teams often dominated, but still surprises can happen, Morocco runs showed that smaller nations can achieve remarkable results with right mix of talent, strategy, and determination, the Norway can follow suit remains to be seen but reaching the quarter finals would indeed be a notable achievement.
I really hope to see some underdogs going a long way in the next World Cup, for me that is the most interesting part of the competition! It's always nice to see big teams playing against each other but when we have a team that surprises the whole world is even better.