Last time we were discussing about The Netherlands winning the World Cup 2026, as for the prediction. Meanwhile, the last 32 divided in two, and the Dutch didn’t make it. This was a great shock on paper, but the one putting them out, Morocco, proved not only to deserve the qualification, but also to be…
Tag: world cup 2026
World Cup 2026: what if Norway will become champions?
Starting from this post, I am making an exercise on my own, with huge amount of subjectivism, to determine who can win World Cup 2026. As said, Joachim Klement, the guy who predicted corrected the last three winners (Germany, France and Argentina), shocked and mentioned Netherlands. It seems strange, but not impossible. It would be…
Endless days in Tromsø: how does the polar summer feels like
I can say Tromsø is my favorite place to be. The normal touristic season is during winter, but my dream was to run the Midnight Sun Marathon. No better timing for a long holiday in June, in the undisputed Arctic capital. In our previous two trips, during January, we did a lot of activities, about…
World Cup 2026: why we should not watch football anymore
World Cup 2026 draw its curtains over the first group stage at which a quarter of the worldwide nations participated. Since the competition increased from 32 to 48 teams, it was obvious that more goals will be scored, and countless unimportant records are shattered and enhanced at levels never expected even in 1998, the first…
Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø & the Viking row
The Midnight Sun Marathon is not only a race, but a dream. At least for me. It all happen in 2017, or 2018. Can’t remember exactly when I found details about the race in a running magazine, before a Bucharest Marathon. I do know it was at least seven years and a half ago. Loving…
Vozinha, Yamal… Hislop, Ibrahimovic…
It is clear that the man of the day, on 15th of June 2026, is Vozinha. And it will forever remain as such, at least for the FIFA World Cup. The 40 years old goalkeeper of Cape Verde Islands kept a clean sheet against ruling European champions, Spain. Of course, Spain are also on of…
What’s up with football in 2026?! Aarhus, LASK Linz, Lens and, oh… Hearts
In 2026, not only we will have the first 48 teams World Cup hosted in North America, but we do have a lot of surprises in European football, at club level. I have already explained the astonishment raised by FC Thun in the Swiss league, team which, by the way, celebrated their first title in…
World Cup stories: Lukas Podolski, two decades apart
How well I remember the day, how well I remember Lukas Podolski rising! On 4th of July 2006, the independence day of USA, one of the co-hosts of the World Cup 2026, but two decades back things looked different, but did have some links we might not even expect to find. Germany was back then…
FIFA World Cup 2026: participating nations at the glamourous event
As I wrote before, the FIFA World Cup is on the process of becoming 100% a true festival, rather than a sports competition. From some regards, that is not necessary bad, but if you want still to scale the event in terms of competitiveness, that won’t be possible in a couple of editions. Actually this…
FIFA World Cup is becoming a joke: please stop that!
We are one year away from the FIFA World Cup 2026, held, for the first time in three countries: USA, Canada and Mexico. Also, the first edition with… 48 teams. Almost a quarter of the countries from all the world. A disgrace. Why am I saying that? Because while following to globalize and to offer…