Fifa World Cup 2026

stefan9 said:
Btw. Why are we playing Canada when both of us finished second in our groups?
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The groups and knockouts don't line up like normal. It is a odd number especially with some 3rd place teams going through.

Best place 1st would play, worse place 3rd. And then 2nd place teams play each other
 
Great result to wake up to. Well done lads. Important thing now to realise that the work isn't done. World Cup only starts here. Onwards and upwards.
 
I crashed at 2.55am, the hour break between the Scotland game and SA game broke me.

Pity. Sounds like it was a good watch.

Gratz Bafana Bafana!
 
TheChamp said:
Aren't you guys imagining things though? There is a good reason why South Africa is there, we competed and qualified, our local teams are very competitive in CAF championship, Sundowns are the current champs, when last did you see a team from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon or Ivory Coast in the higher stages of CAF champion's league?

There is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary with us compared to the other African teams competing there, Tunisia is the one that is already eliminated having conceded a lot of goals, sometimes I think there is a lot of self hate on South Africans, for some odd reason.
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To be fair and not to take anything away from Sundowns, the best players from the countries you listed do not play in their domestic leagues. Ghana and Ivory Coast do not have a single domestic player in their World Cup squads, they all play in foreign leagues.

The PSL and clubs like Sundowns, Chiefs and Pirates also have an enormous advantage over most African clubs because of the resources available to them. I'd imagine only the North African clubs come close to the facilities and resources available to the local Big 3.

We should be dominating African football, or at the very least be perennial contenders, purely off of the resources (money and facilities) available to us.

Anyway, the above aside, it was awesome to wake up to us winning. I couldn't watch the game, but the first thing I done when I picked up the phone was check the result and it was a lekker way to wake up. Going by the highlights and based of the limited commentary in the highlights, we dominated the game and could have come away with a couple more goals. But a good result nevertheless. I think we can take Canada as well if Broos sticks to a positive gameplan.
 
thestaggy said:
To be fair and not to take anything away from Sundowns, the best players from the countries you listed do not play in their domestic leagues. Ghana and Ivory Coast do not have a single domestic player in their World Cup squads, they all play in foreign leagues.

The PSL and clubs like Sundowns, Chiefs and Pirates also have an enormous advantage over most African clubs because of the resources available to them. I'd imagine only the North African clubs come close to the facilities and resources available to the local Big 3.

We should be dominating African football, or at the very least be perennial contenders, purely off of the resources (money and facilities) available to us.

Anyway, the above aside, it was awesome to wake up to us winning. I couldn't watch the game, but the first thing I done when I picked up the phone was check the result and it was a lekker way to wake up. Going by the highlights and based of the limited commentary in the highlights, we dominated the game and could have come away with a couple more goals. But a good result nevertheless. I think we can take Canada as well if Broos sticks to a positive gameplan.
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Got this feeling too listening to the match report. It is a good sign that we created chances. Against more top tier opposition though, those chances will need to be converted.
 
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