>Iran’s ambassador to Mexico said Saturday the squad had been notified that under the conditions of their visas, the team must enter and leave US soil on the same day as their matches.KEK what a shitshow
>Worlds biggest and most important sporting event>Let the Trump administration plan itWhat were they thinking unironically
>>155047995>>155048009Frenly reminder, Mein Hosts literally stated, 'We won't stop Iran playing in the World Cup. But we can't guarantee their safety'. Literal 3rd World Banana Republic.
Best part is that if Iran were to either withdraw or no-show, FIFA is going to punish them. It's a powerplay straight out of Russia
North Korea would host a better World Cup at this point
>>155048704That would be genuine kino
>>155047995This has to be some of the most naked corruption in Fifa history What happens if Iran makes it out of groups, or even makes it to the quarters
it's crazy but it's just a 2-hour drive, or maybe by planesome teams have longer distances between camps and stadiums
>>155049419They could even meet USA iirc
>>155047995How is that fair? US squad should be forced to follow the same schedule as punishment
>>155049419It might play america on round of 32
iran will get out of the group with egypt
>>155047995To be fair they shouldn't be allowed to compete at all. Russia is banned too.
>>155049663>>155049663wish i had enough money to bribe someone so this could happen
>>155049688>To be fair they shouldn't be allowed to compete at all???They are more analogous to Ukraine than RussiaIsrael and US attacked them
>>155049688>they shouldn't be allowed to compete at all.But they're hosting it...
Inshallah they will make them taste the soil of their boots
>>155049688They're unfortunately hosting it and I doubt they will shift it to only Canada and Mexico last minute
>>155049640US squad isn’t allowed into Iran so frankly the Iranians are lucky they get in at all
>>155050109Because Iran is not hosting the World cup, if they were they'd have to let USA in.
>>155049997Lulz, but true
>>155050095FIFA had the chance to move Iran’s matches to Mexico but refused to do so
How likely is it that US and Iran will play each other?
>>155050672iran has belgium, new zealand and egypt in their groupus has paraguay, australia and turkey in their groupif both iran and us finishes 2nd in their groups, they meet each other in R32i have no idea about the quality of iran's team, but i can see them reach 2nd, it's an open group below belgiumnot sure about us group. with home advantage i can see us winning their group. if not certainly 2nd
>>155050672US soccer fans will be vehemently anti-war. If they do play each other it will be very anti-trump, wouldn’t be surprised if they walk out holding hands and the US kneels before kickoff
>>155048253I think they got butthurt because the Iranian team posed for a photo holding little pink schoolbags as a protest for the USA blowing up a school for little girls.
>>155053216Hopefully they bring them to their games, or wear pink armbands or something
>>155053384I hopeIt would be great for the bald cunt and the orange idiot to face some reckoning
>>155053462Iran is playing all their games in Seattle and LA, it's not like they're gonna be surrounded by Trump's biggest supporters. (Outside of LA Persians)
>>155050664When Iran asked the bulk of the tix had been sold already. Fans will have booked flights, hotels, etc. FIFA and Iran's FA would have been liable. Same for S.Korea if these two switched groups for example.Iran have broken FIFA rules time and again. Government interference should lead to a ban and despite a bunch of breaches FIFA never stepped in. Well the Iran FA were forced to amend their statutes but even after that the regime kept dictating every FA decision. If FIFA wanted an out then they had more than enough on Iran's FA to slap them with a lengthy ban.
>>155049614And Iran would lose just like 2022
>>155051009Egypt is better than them and Saleh is the type of star and at the age that he definitely wants to show off for Americans to get a cheeky fat MLS contract.Belgium is a clear winner and NZ isn't "good" but definitely a sleeperThe US's group is a mixed bag of teams that are all around the same talent level.
>>155055182No disrespect to Paraguay or Australia but they're far far below the US players in level of talent. US has multiple Champions League starters.
>>155055299For Italian Clubs.
>>155055617They also have multiple CL starters for non Italian clubs too
>>155055617BalogunPepiDestWeahTillmanAll CL starters for non Italian ClubsNot to mention the EPL startersRichardsAdamsRobinsonAaronsonThe talent level is way way higher than Australia or Paraguay
>>155049419>naked corruption in Fifa historyListen man, there are two kind of people in this world. The one who are humans and the other are "murricans".
>>155047995Lol
>>155048009Money
>>155050672>USA vs Iran>american player receives a career ending injuryWhat would happen?
hope team USA gets booed nowpiss poor sportsmanship
>>155055841You will lose because soccer is played on grass not paper
>>155053706>LA Persiansdo they really cheer on bombing their own country of origin?
>>155071479Who will boo them when nobody is willing to buy a ticket to any of the matches?
>>155073092Yes. They are massive simps for the Shah, which is why they all had to rapidly flee the country in 1979.
>>155049663Imagine if Iran win, does Trump meltdown or claim if it's not handegg they don't care?
Omar Artan, the 2025 Confederation of African Football men's referee of the year, was barred from entering the US because he is Somalian
>>155073211Both.
>>155073023Soccer is played at the World Cup, an event youre nation is not at
>they will be tired from travelling and the lengthy and humilliating body checks they will be subjected to every single time they have a match in the US>they will be stressed by being in a literal enemy country on top of all the shit going on in their country to begin withI don't care what the scoreboard says they already won the moment they show up for me.
>>155048009americans don't think.
>>155048009They made the selection in 2018 (in Moscow lol). It was very unlikely Trump would be president since that would require him to lose then win.
>>155050672They would need to end on the same position, USA ending 2nd and Iran ending 2nd would make them face each other immediately, both ending 1st would need them both to get to the round of 16, outside that it would require them both to get to the semis to meet.
>>155068178Nothing... Maybe a forced headline? USA doesn't really care about soccer on any level. I expect to see half empty stadiums unless there are discount tickets up for grabs. Even the whole Iran VS USA show down would be a shrug. As the war barely registers here outside of higher gas prices.I'm a little surprised the USA won the world cup host. I get it's all about $$$$$ but you would think a more hyped upped up sort of local fans etc would be a better fit. I still have a cool embroidered USA World Cup 1994 duffle bag I scored at a thrift store. I remember it being a perfect fit for the gym being I knew nobody would bother to steal soccer merch...
