Men's Football world cup 2026

[Franklan]

There are some rule changes being implemented starting with this world cup, FYI:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 8jv326d7vo

[dstanners]

The 5 second for a goal kick seems sensible, but is likely to add controversy as it is entirely up to the ref when to start the 5 seconds.

The increased use of VAR is baffling too.

[LukeSkywalker]

The opening match resulted in 3 red cards. That is highly unusual. Hope this will not become a trend. The hydration breaks were invented to show commercials in the US. In Germany luckily not.

[Franklan]

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[Franklan]

We're here in the thread "Live events"... What's the next game we'll watch (kind of) together?

[Franklan]

OK, tonight, ARD, 1900, Germany's first game in this tournament.

Against Curacao.

Which has 156,000 inhabitants, that's a tenth of Munich's inhabitants.

Sounds like fun. Less that two hours to go.

[Franklan]

5th minute: 1:0 for Germany, Felix Nmecha
20th minute: 1:1, Livano Comenencia
37th minute, 2:1 for Germany, Nico Schlotterbeck
45th+4 minute: 3:1 for Germany, Kai Havertz (Penalty)

Half time...

46th minute: 4:1 for Germany, Jamal Musiala
67th minute: 5:1 for Germany, Nathaniel Brown
77th minute: 6:1 for Germany, Dennis Undav
88th minute: 7:1 for Germany, Kai Havertz