Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
There were games that really shocked me with their results, for example:
Lithuania 2 - 3 Netherlands
Honestly, I didn't expect the Netherlands to concede 2 goals in that game, because they weren't playing against a strong opponent; on the contrary, they were a very weak opponent. That was another game.
Turkey 0 - 6 Spain
How the hell did Turkey concede 6 goals? We are talking about a very important game, a World Cup qualifier, but they conceded 6 goals, they couldn't score at least 1 goal. How was that possible? Turkey was supposed to be the second strongest team in that group, but after that defeat, I see them with little chance of qualifying.
Lithuania 2 - 3 Netherlands
Honestly, I didn't expect the Netherlands to concede 2 goals in that game, because they weren't playing against a strong opponent; on the contrary, they were a very weak opponent. That was another game.
Turkey 0 - 6 Spain
How the hell did Turkey concede 6 goals? We are talking about a very important game, a World Cup qualifier, but they conceded 6 goals, they couldn't score at least 1 goal. How was that possible? Turkey was supposed to be the second strongest team in that group, but after that defeat, I see them with little chance of qualifying.
Netherlands is one the decline since the last several years, so this is not that surprising. They are past their prime, when Ruud van Nistelrooy and Patrick Kluivert used to play for them. If you remember, during the 2022 FIFA World Cup also, they performed poorly. And on the other hand, they got unwanted publicity as well, due to the incident between Cheikhou Kouyate and Frenkie de Jong. This time they were lucky and were placed in a relatively weak group with Poland being the only other strong team.
