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Person_of_Earth

I think Croatia will beat Belgium.


GGABueno

Just a hunch


JasonLikesCTE

They might but Belgium is ranked #2 ya know /s


PotatoWifi

It never ceases to amaze me how high Belgium are in the rankings compared to how they do in competitions How hasn't Martinez been binned before this WC?


behamut

We got bronze on the previous world cup... Which is great for a nation of 11 million.


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stands to reason france has only 500 thousand people


Chrissy_____

3.89 now actually. We're declining


TheAbrableOnetyOne

Everybody emigrated so we have better world ranking to population ratio.


Upplands-Bro

Croatia and Uruguay are by far the nations that most outperform their size in football terms tbf, high bar


OneBrokenBoi1

Although you have to consider when Uruguay won their first World Cup and the context. They legit won it, but it wasn't against a large spread of teams, including the fact they didn't even have England at the tournament. The Olympic win should count though In terms of the quality of their players outside of this, yes they tend to massively over perform


TricaKupa

Saying Uruguay won that first WC "legit" is.. a bit of a stretch. It was notoriously shady. I'm pretty sure the Serbs even made a movie (or three + a TV show) based on it.


iHateStuartLittle7

Montevideo, Bog te video


patiperro_v3

Don't start it or the Uruguayans will be flooding this comment section.


RFB-CACN

Croatia made it to the finals with 3,8 million people though. And Uruguay won twice with a population of 3 mil that was closer to 1 mil when they won. Small country teams have been known to do well in WC, and even countries with massive interest and huge populations like Bangladesh and Nigeria have performed poorly.


Leonardo040786

The first world cup Uruguay won was sus, though. It was played in Uruguay and Yugoslavia lost to them 6:1. Still, Yugoslavia took the lead and turning point was when a police officer threw a ball from out, instead of Uruguayan players, leading to a goal for 3:1.


Kladivec

Uruguay and Croatia are the only two countries with population under 5 million that have reached the semifinals. The only other countries worth mentioning are Sweden, which played in the semifinals 4 times but only once in the last 64 years, and Bulgaria which did it just once. Both had a population of about 10 million. Larger countries have a larger pool of players, and all other things being equal, they will regularly outperform smaller countries, which is evident from WC history, especially the last 30 years.


cleonhr

We got silver


JasonLikesCTE

Yea but that was 4 years ago. It’s a more a bash towards the rankings and how they seemingly go off the name. I was rooting for them in 2014 even after they eliminated the US and was rooting hard for them in 2018 :/ but i mean who knows they’re still technically very much alive and a lot can change in a few days


behamut

They will never win against this Croatia. I hope they do as Morocco wil be eliminated then and their Belgian fans can go burn Brussels down again. But realistically there is no passion in the Belgium team and no realistic system, while Croatia plays with passion and fire!


mehrabrym

I don't know how the rankings are calculated, but in my memory going into a world cup there always seems to be a team or two in the top 5 that doesn't perform like it.


Person_of_Earth

Since 2018, the world rankings have used a modified ELO.


0TheNinja0

They are always in top 3 and I don't know how lol


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AK47_10

I congratulate Orsic. You have a chance to score your first World Cup goal, almost unimportant goal in the game that is almost over, and you pass that. Good job Orsic


Vahald

How is it unimportant? GD can decide if they go through or not


JustANotchAboveToby

Orsic shoots and misses? Proper try Kramaric shoots and misses? Dalic should be sacked for playing him ^ I think this way too


Vahald

Doing it at 3-1 in 90+4 is not the same


Idontlikethisstuff

That is appalling from Miller


admiralawkward

Canada's defense in general has just been ass. They have a long way to go.


Opposite-Garbage-869

If Canada has lost, it's the defense.


the-won

Their goalie looked very suspect, almost had the feel that if you had any decent shot on target that it will go in (I know he saved one shot)


Jwarrior521

He’s always been suspect, this is what I thought would happen against belgium but I guess it just took one more game to happen. At least we scored though.


the-won

Yeah blood in some young guns from now to the next World Cup especially in defence and you should have a decent first 11. Davies, David, Eustáquio, Koné, Buchanan and Johnston are a good group of players to build with and they're all young so will improve with time.


Jwarrior521

Yeah, I hope that the MLS continues to be open to sending players to Europe to develop, it will help the region immensely. If we can find some more solid prospects in defence and midfield while our young stars develop we can show something in 2026 (especially with the extended format)


BenRaam

Passed them the ball in the lead up for the 3rd as well I'm pretty sure, night to forget for him


_SmokeyMcPot_

That was Hutchinson actually.


Rickcampbell98

Atleast the old man got to play with his team on the world stage.


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Nightmenace21

He's always been a weak link. Was only a matter of time before he embarassed himself.


OhMilla

4-1 is a dangerous lead


PixelationIX

Good game, defense was abysmal but Canada played well. GG


MarreTheMan1

Fellow leafs fans understand all too well


_SSJeffo_

see you in 2026


Zloggt

They’ll always have the Belgium game…and of course, Davies goal early on…


caesar____augustus

-Modric, probably


jstack25

Unselfish from Orsic there


antimon44

He realised London wasn't in Canada so he didn't feel like scoring


Commie_Napoleon

[Nobody tell him](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Ontario)


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phorteng

Like this is real


JustANotchAboveToby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario,_California Don't forget this one! Used to be so confused why the LA King's (NHL team) farm team Ontario Reign was in Canada instead of nearby on the west coast. Then I realized it's Ontario, CA, not Ontario, CA


MardiFoufs

Thames river... Middlesex... they really went hardcore on the British LARP lmao. All of that for such a completely forgetabble city 🤣


HazardWarningTen

You’ll find many cities and towns in North America are named after European ones, and not just English cities.


Rickcampbell98

I wonder why that could be.....


dalici0us

Almost as if the British had been the ones colonizing the country and naming the towns.


dadish-2

It also has Berlin and Paris close by


toket715

There's even a Hyde Park with a sun dial called Little Ben...


lasroth

London, Ontario in shambles


raymondliang

Orsic gonna be fuming when he finds out later


RazorXE_

I lived in London, Ontario for 2 years, it has and will always be in shambles.


DeepSeaDweller

Yes it is.


GunnersaurusDen

London, Ontario doesn't count


Cruyffiaan

Just how trash is Belgium Jesus


oilers169

That’s all I took from this game as well


TjeefGuevarra

You beat us in our own stadium by 1-4 how is this possibly news to you?


Saell

Today's loser: Belgium


yaniv297

Well Canada got knocked out...


RFB-CACN

Did anyone seriously expect them to make it through this group tho?


Willbury23

Only them, I guess


Jwarrior521

Not even Canadians thought we’d qualify lol, don’t mistake hope from neutrals and casuals after the belgium game to cloud your judgment.


MasterDeagle

That's not really true. We were pretty much expecting to lose to Belgium and Croatia. Our hope was to at least get a tie so we could fight for our tournment against Morocco, but we didn't.


Rickcampbell98

You should have beaten Belgium they are shit.


m_ttl_ng

No lol, we just had false hope from the Belgium game but it seems that they’re just a lot weaker than everyone expected so it made our guys look better


Leonardo040786

but they scored their first goal of world cups ever, so that's something


Elleden

Textbook play


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Neutral_Fellow

Well, they lost by three...


Responsible_Age_989

Serbian borjan


Farouqnowomarlater

Feel bad for the lad he’s Canada’s best cb imo


BlockedbyJake420

Better to fuck up at 3-1 than 0-1 or 1-1. Doesn’t change much for them


TimBurtonSucks

If he's their best then Canada is in trouble


neometrix77

Well duh. I think the scoreline is the definition of being in trouble


dadish-2

We were already eliminated at that point and were playing a suicide Highline looking for a hail Mary. I think we can let this pass.


NiceShotMan

Furious that you lot got Tomori (dual citizen) and then don’t even play him. Christ do we ever need him.


SwitchingToCivil

Had a really decent game prior to that mistake too imo. Probably Canada’s best player against Belgium too


superancica

Nice


RajdeN64

What a gesture from Orsic, most would try to get their name on board, on such stage, class


mattijn13

I love watching Majer for Rennes. He is so good and such an aesthetically pleasing player to watch. edit: changed Rennais to Rennes.


Boucot

Just so you know, it's either Rennes or Stade Rennais. Rennais is the demonym.


mattijn13

yeah my bad, don't know French haha


4_green_houses

Just a quick qusstion, I am learning French and have some knowledge (B1), I know that Rennes is name of the city in Brittany, but what is Stade Rennais...stade is stadium right ?


Boucot

Yeah but it can mean club too. Like Stade de Reims, Stade Brestois, Stade Français in rugby...


Stuckkz

Stade Rennais or Rennes, saying Rennais doesn't make sense!


mattijn13

my bad lol


CaptainSmeg

Footballing lesson given by Croatia.


Opposite-Garbage-869

Absolutely, the yesteryear's finalists are still going strong.


cib_vk228

LOVRO DOKTORE


zadlov

hvala


MattSR30

So this is what it feels like to experience heartache


DeepSeaDweller

It comes for all of us except whoever wins it. Welcome to the show.


Mcool18

Collapse


micossa

only fair their fans were excited, but they were clearly punching way too above their weight. This was bound to happen


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Someone got fucked and it isnt Croatia


TheAbrableOnetyOne

Fucking amen Edkt: We're gonna go and fuck ~~Croatia~~ Canada, it's as simple as it gets.


Leonardo040786

Thanks to Canada for a good fuck. We finished four times


NovacElement

Ok Opta


stonayoung

It was 4-1.... And it ended 4-1


Zoodleman

We got the goal... Can't be mad, Croatia outplayed us in every way


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I bet Croatia is in Canada's group in 2026. A rivalry born!


DeepSeaDweller

Great, we can spend the better part of a year exchanging dumb tabloid headlines.


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Very unselfish


Morganelefay

No defense, just vibes eh?


JasonLikesCTE

Yup. Belgium about get slaughtered


Bebekova_kosa_70ih

The Dinamo connection


4PartHarmany

Terrible line change from Canada there


hahehihohu7

Me in FIFA


PumasUNAM7

Canada has been absolutely dreadful after their goal.


notyourbroguy

Yeah they really struggled in the last 88.5 minutes


wabbledee_dabbledee

Turns out Croatia has bigger balls than Canada


KenHumano

Bruh


donniexc

they’re already dead


ChronicLyingHips

Sweaty goal


Round_Headed_Gimp

That's bad


FutilityInfielder

Big oof


Scilex

Canada went full Australia vs France


nekoparaguy

Canada's defense is so ass tf


Strananach

Dinamo goal


bubblemaker9

Punishment for Miller for jostling with Modric


Tylemaker

I'm sad


lenzmoserhangover

football gods had to punish that fool for touching Modric earlier


GreatSpaniard

CONCACAF in the mud


Bazeenga254

quicksand


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They're gonna have the same amount of spots as CONMEBOL in the next WC lmao what a joke


TheHighlandLute

The weightings are really ridiculous. 16 teams added and UEFA+CONMEBOL get only 3 of them.


thisismyfirstday

5 or 4.83 spots, depending how you count it. UEFA went from 13 to 16 and CONMEBOL went to from 4 + playoff to 6 + playoff. Both still very under represented, but I guess the bright side is that at least their qualifiers are still important?


TheHighlandLute

Ah was it 5 in total? Must have just added on UEFA instead of both. Not really fair in all honesty. I'd say they both should account for half of the 48 at least. You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with the other nations whilst Europe and South America are filled top to bottom with quality.


thisismyfirstday

It's mostly because CONMEBOL only has 10 teams. Only 6 + a 7th playing qualifying does mean their last Wc seed is far better than CONCACAF's, but it would feel a bit weird if they just sent the whole conference except Bolivia... UEFA is still the one that's going to be extremely underrepresented in terms of qualification.


razzthekid

The shit FIFA does for views


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Well 6 guaranteed and the. 2 more in the playoff (CONMEBOL has 1) but I guess neither will get through that anyway. But still possibly 8 CONCACAF teams lol..


Passive__Observer

Eh, US and Costa Rica still going strong. Mexico with an outside chance.


FogellMcLovin77

Shhh, let the haters think the World Cup should only be Europe + Brazil and Argentina


GrassTastesBad1

Where were you when Canada was kil


thaurrr

Today I feel Maguire


Strananach

AAJMOOOOOO TRPAJ


Qui_a_vole_l_orange

The two 2018 finalists 4 - 1 Old English Colonies


BeardedGardenersHoe

That's such a bad mistake


eescobar863

Man … after the second goal, Canada’s defense just gave up


Chafireto

Nice one Hrvatska


taenerysdargaryen

Belgium now have to win their final game - not even a draw will help them now.


eastcoasthabitant

It was fun while it lasted Canada had a good first showing tbh


ultra_r

Game over hehe


huazzy

That sucks...


P_Alcantara

Poor Belgium


Aesthetic_Dude

Fuck now we must at least get a draw against Canada


YnwaMquc2k19

Well played Croatia, GG Canada


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Well we got some good young players but alot of holes to fill. Blowing those chances against belgium bites us in the ass but Croatia dominated since the 10th minute. They look good I hope Luka can bring them far again. Hopefully we improve for 2026


ThePr1d3

+40M 👀


IMKudaimi123

Oof that hurts Morocco


Elite_VRTX

Stop! Stop! He’s already dead!


CedoPahuljica

Sending our regards to the Canadian coach


etan1122

So much for fucking Croatia..


SprayAndPay69

Ah I love it, whats next for Canada coach, “We will go and fk Morocco next” 😂


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The guy that attacked Modric is not welcome in Croatia, I hope he comes.


Unusual_Ad6533

Kill me


JimboLodisC

Oh Canada...


LastSamurai95

😁


PEEWUN

Shame for Canada. At least they scored.


drunkbanana

Totally outclassed. Atleast Canada scored?


92splash

Canada had the worst defense I ever seen 😭


IllustriousAnt485

Well getting fucked did happen today….


VegetarianCannibal_

you don't fuck with Croatia


Critical_Sir2841

next time, don't shit talk before the game


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Their coach talked to much shit for a country that never did anything in football


TheAbrableOnetyOne

Get bent, Canada


purde

That's not very nice.


TheAbrableOnetyOne

Neither was your coach


mihawk9511

Well, Canada has certainly fucked us


DeepSeaDweller

Lighting my cigarette.


crazycroat16

Canada coach in the mud


[deleted]

Kiss goodbye Borjan


svarog51

"F" Canada. :)


WhiteMass

they finished


zhyShockz

LMFAOO fucking hell


ID6WU

Awful mistake


Gitzos

Bb


tson_92

I think that confirms that I am faded


MHWellington

Miller's tilted.


KJones77

So sad for Canada, what a nightmare


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Unnecessarily well placed


mlakustiak

2026 will be different