Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3

[THEREALBRAND]

A woman got killed at the Flamengo/Palmeiras game by some idiot after she got hit by a glass bottle. This was bound to happen, because fans have been getting worse and worse and nobody has done anything about it. Football in Brasil needs a major overhaul.

 

[dtownreppin214]

Wedi Erey with Pele @JDH

 

[International Playa]

Have a weird feeling that he's staying for one more season...

No one wants him or willing to pay his current Man Utd salary

 

[Liu Kang]

No Mbappé ? He was all over the last 2 covers

 

[MikelArteta]

No Mbappé ? He was all over the last 2 covers

 

[TobiOT]

 

[THEREALBRAND]

 

[gho3st]

Good luck to DDG. There were times where he saved united's blushes. Hes only had a decent backline recently. Im surprised he doesnt have PTSD with all the balls he had to stop.

Hope he goes to a top team.

 

[TobiOT]

 

[phcitywarrior]

CAF reveals new format for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers | CAFOnline.com

fifa-world-cup-2026tm-african-qualifiers-official-draw-on-13-july

The official Draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026™African Preliminaries Qualifiers will be conducted on Thursday, 13 July in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

www.cafonline.com

This new WCQ format is very good from CAF. Simple and straight forward. Gotta give them their kudos for this one.

54 member nations for 9 groups of 6. 10 games played and winner of each group goes to the WC.

The top 4 group runner-ups enter playoffs for the 1 intercontinental WC playoff spot allocated to CAF.

Jul 13th is the draw for WCQ groups. Starts at 3PM GMT/11am EST and can be watched on CAF online.

Not too many surprises in terms of seeding although Burkina Faso will definitely be the team everyone in Pot 1 wants to avoid.

At least no BS Cameroon vs CIV in the group stages like in the 2022 WCQ

Learn all about 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying in the CAF region and the seeds

panafricafootball.com

 

[phcitywarrior]

Copa takes place during a similar timeframe and you rarely see NTs take it with so little seriousness. AFCON is held in the middle of the European club schedule and still get strong sides. Even the Asian Cup is taken seriously. I think it’s weird that big sides have decided to prioritize the nations league over the federation cup.

Gold Cup is honestly a comp between USA and MX. Every now and then one of the bigger island nations (Panama, CR) might crack a final but IIRC, only Canada has won a gold cup outside of USA and Canada

AFCON, especially with how hard qualifying for WC historically had been for african nations, is a really really big tournament for CAF. Yaya touched on this during the last WC as well.

 

[thatrapsfan]

CAF reveals new format for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers | CAFOnline.com

fifa-world-cup-2026tm-african-qualifiers-official-draw-on-13-july

The official Draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026™African Preliminaries Qualifiers will be conducted on Thursday, 13 July in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

www.cafonline.com

This new WCQ format is very good from CAF. Simple and straight forward. Gotta give them their kudos for this one.

54 member nations for 9 groups of 6. Winner of each group goes to the WC.

The top 4 group runner-ups enter playoffs for the 1 intercontinental WC playoff spot allocated to CAF.

Jul 13th is the draw for WCQ groups. Starts at 3PM GMT/11am EST and can be watched on CAF online.

Not too many surprises in terms of seeding although Burkina Faso will definitely be the team everyone in Pot 1 wants to avoid.

At least no BS Cameroon vs CIV in the group stages like in the 2022 WCQ

Learn all about 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying in the CAF region and the seeds

panafricafootball.com

This format will be great for development of weaker NTs in Africa that struggle to get regular friendlies and comp, outside of preliminary qualifiers. Guaranteed 10 matches for each country. Can’t wait for draw.

 

[TobiOT]

 

[The ADD]

 

[Givethanks]

Amrabat is going to Atléti no?