What PFT Commenter has said about 2026 FIFA World Cup

PFT Commenter argued the final would have been more entertaining had Argentina conceded early.

“If they had given up a goal in the first 20 minutes, I feel like that could have been like a 3-2 game”

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PFT Commenter predicts a France–Argentina World Cup final.

“And so I think we're on a collision course for France and Argentina”

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PFT Commenter criticizes stadiums reinstalling artificial turf after the World Cup as disrespectful to players.

“It's such a slap in the face to every player that plays on the stadiums where it's like, yeah, they could put grass down for a month if they really wanted to”

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PFT Commenter doubts that the ball's sensor data is synchronized with stadium cameras for offside calls.

“there's no chance that it is perfectly aligned with the 50 cameras that are running concurrently in the stadium on live TV at any given time”

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PFT Commenter calls a World Cup played in American time zones the best tournament in sports.

“The World Cup, when it's in your time zone and you can watch it at the time that God meant you to watch sports, there's no better tournament in the world than this”

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PFT Commenter argues the rule suspending red-carded players for the next match is unfair.

“I think it's just a terrible rule that if you get a red card from a game that you're also suspended for the next game”

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PFT Commenter calls Kylian Mbappé the best player in the world right now.

“And Mbappe is just – I think he's the best player in the world right now”

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PFT Commenter called FIFA corrupt and said host countries get favorable groups.

“I've been telling you that FIFA is the most blatantly corrupt rig organization in the world for the last four years”

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PFT Commenter said he planned to bet on the Netherlands once the bracket settled.

“I think I'm going to put down some money on the Dutch”

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PFT Commenter expects the U.S. to press aggressively against Australia as it did against Paraguay, leaving it vulnerable to counterattacks.

“our strategy is going to be pretty similar to what we saw against Paraguay, which is just like fuck them up and press and attack and press”

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PFT Commenter ranked the win over Paraguay as the best U.S. men's soccer performance of his lifetime.

“And then number one was the game against Paraguay in the World Cup. I've never seen the U.S. look that good at soccer”

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PFT Commenter plans to bet on a draw in every World Cup group-stage game.

“I'm going to bet a draw for every single game”

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PFT Commenter criticized FIFA for openly embracing greed with high World Cup prices and $400 host-city jerseys.

“They don't care how corrupt you say they are. They don't care how greedy you say”

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