₦airaland Forum

AndSunGorilla:
With a 64 nation WC, we no go miss out. 9ja, Cameroon, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Chile are countries that should be there and for profit purposes, China and India.

I think Africa will be allocated a minimum of 12 automatic slots, in addition to one intercontinental playoff spot. With this arrangement, as you implied, the likes of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Mali would most likely automatically qualify for the 2030 World Cup.

A CAF qualification format of 12 groups of 4 teams, ensures that all group winners advance directly to the mundial. Then, the best 4 group runners-up would all contest for the one IC playoff spot

The Women’s World Cup is 50 days away…..

cococandy:
So… 250 foot became 300 foot which quickly became 350 foot and is now 300 yards (900 foot)?

The jokes write themselves 🤣

patrickmuf:
Spain will control large swaths of the game, but Argentina will choose their moments, and it will be decisive...

Argentina have varied their play so much so that they can score from any sequence of play, whether it's a quick exchange of passes or a cross or a goalmouth scramble. They have the tools to hurt Spain from defense to attack.

Spot on! And Cubarsi, for me, is lightweight in that central defense. He would be easily bodied by Lautaro or Alvarez

Scoring twice against Argentina, at a World Cup, is not for everyone 😎😎

If only England had The GOVERNOR pic.twitter.com/YUogHONIVP

— 🇳🇬 Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) July 15, 2026

E don red!!!!

Tuchel is getting sacked!!!

Thecassanova:
See as messi drag that defender that could’ve block Enzo .. brilliant

Anderson messed up there! There was no need for him to rush out to close down Messi, who was already occupied

Enzo wow

Anthony Gordon with a brain fart there

AndSunGorilla:
Haba, oga, the WAFCON can't be attributed to Madugu, he did nothing. Na the girls select themselves for the tournament. Na the girls decide which position to play, na the same girls dey make substitutions on their own. Madugu just stand like Lumumba for the cameras.

You are talking of flowers, flowers ko, vegetable ni.

😂🤣🤣😂😂

Not bad for a team that barely escaped relegation

BREAKING

Due to the scheduled halftime musical performances, the WC final halftime is expected to last for 26 minutes..

TheSuperNerd:
🚨🇳🇬 MATCHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Super Falcons will take on Ghana's Black Queens in a high-profile international friendly on Saturday, July 18th.

⚽ The fixture forms part of both teams' preparations ahead of the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON)

🔥 A fierce West African rivalry renewed as the Super Falcons continue fine-tuning their squad for the continental showpiece.

👀 All eyes on Saturday, July 18th.

Nigeria will win!

MorataFC:
i think Spain want to write another history, na so dem do in 2010 losing their first game to lift the trophy

True. They lost that first game to Switzerland 😁

Beating Spain at a World Cup is not for everyone 😁

Beating Spain isn’t for everyone pic.twitter.com/14jzDQNT2z

— 🇳🇬 Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) July 14, 2026

Spain have recorded 6 clean sheets at this tournament - a record for a single World Cup 🤯

Funny to believe that it’s only Cape Verde that escaped losing to this Spain 😂

Spain don do am again!

They’ve beaten France in THREE consecutive major tournament semifinals!

Take a bow, Porto, Yamal, Rodri et al 👏👏

No attempts on target for France as of the 86th minute 🤯🤯

Pedro Porto, first Spurs player to score in a WC semi 😮‍💨😁

Carot:
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🤣😂

happney65:
They no born am well. When it is not Nigeria.

🤣😂

happney65:

That was quick lol. I thought he would have stone-walled a lil longer

FOXDOSSIER:
It is not a wasteful project. Achebe international airport will still be there and function, the new airport is an aerotropolis that comes with FTZ, mix industrial city, etc. they serve different purposes. Soludo is an economist and know better than you. He did it in CBN and he’s doing it in Anambra. Anambra shall continue to lead as the most developed Igbo state. You people should leave Anambra alone and focus’s on your states.

Lol
I’m from Anambra. As the Achebe airport barely generates 1 million in monthly revenue, this new aerotropolis would basically finish it off

Based on performances so far, Africa has clearly shown that they rightfully belonged in the tournament. 9 out of the 10 African teams made it out of the first round and most of those that exited in later rounds, made it very tough for their opponents.

So the next time bitter critics such as Gattuso question why Africa deserves 10 World Cup slots, the statistics speak for themselves.

In truth, even 10 places may not be enough. Traditional African heavyweights such as Nigeria and Cameroon failed to qualify for the tournament altogether. Add emerging and consistently competitive nations such as Angola, Zambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and others, and it becomes clear that the continent possesses far greater depth than many are willing to acknowledge.

Africa deserves at least 4 additional World Cup slots. If achieving that requires expanding the tournament from 48 to 64 teams, as some have proposed, then so be it. The more, the merrier.

Europe could also receive 6 additional places to accommodate strong footballing nations that missed out, such as Italy, Poland, Serbia, the Republic of Ireland, Wales, Romania, Greece, Ukraine, Denmark and Russia, whose absence stems from non-footballing reasons.

The remaining slots could then be allocated to the other confederations. Asia, in particular, should receive around four more places, not necessarily because of its current footballing strength, but because it is home to well over half of the world's population, much of which is consistently underrepresented at the World Cup. Just imagine the global interest if football giants in terms of population like China and India became regular participants. The commercial appeal and worldwide engagement would be enormous.

CONMEBOL and CONCACAF could then share the remaining two slots.

If this tournament has demonstrated anything, it is that football's competitive balance is broader than ever before. The long-held assumption that Europe and South America alone deserve the lion's share of World Cup places is becoming increasingly difficult to justify.

One of the major advantages of expanding the FIFA World Cup to 64 teams is not just that more nations would qualify, but that more countries would also have the opportunity to host the tournament.

Hosting rights are fiercely contested, and unsuccessful bids often leave deserving countries disappointed after years of planning and investment. A 64-team World Cup would require more stadiums and infrastructure, making multi-nation hosting the norm rather than the exception. This would allow more countries and cities to enjoy the economic, tourism and infrastructural benefits that come with staging the world's biggest sporting event. For example, a future UK bid could more meaningfully involve Scotland and Wales alongside England, ensuring that the benefits are shared more widely.

Importantly, expanding to 64 teams would not increase the workload for the participating teams. The eventual champions would still play the same eight matches: three group-stage games followed by the Round of 32, Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The only structural difference would be the elimination of the current system where some third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds. Every group would simply produce two qualifiers, making the format cleaner and easier to follow.

Neither would the quality of the competition be diluted. As already highlighted, Europe alone had at least ten strong footballing nations miss out on this edition, while Africa had at least six competitive teams fail to qualify. South America also saw Chile miss out despite its rich footballing pedigree. These are countries capable of competing at the highest level and would enhance, rather than weaken, the tournament.

The only confederation where concerns about additional places may arise is Asia. However, the best way to raise standards is through greater participation. Giving more Asian nations the opportunity to compete regularly on the biggest stage would accelerate their development, just as increased exposure has helped African and North American teams improve significantly over the years.

Ultimately, a 64-team World Cup would make football's greatest tournament more inclusive without compromising its competitiveness. It would spread the economic and cultural benefits of hosting to more nations, provide opportunities for deserving teams that narrowly miss qualification under the current format, and further strengthen the global growth of the game.

The Olympic Games cover the whole world, so, nothing unwieldy about Football taking up about a quarter of it with 64 teams..

If FIFA expands the World Cup to 64 teams, I expect Africa’s automatic slots to increase to at least 12. The Super Eagles and Italy will finally qualify for the tournament 😂

The CAF qualification tournament could feature a single group stage of all 54 teams, divided into 9 groups of 6 teams. Here, all the group winners and the best 3 group runners-up qualify directly to the World Cup. Then the 4th best runner up would advance to an intercontinental playoff.

Alternatively, I will suggest that there should be
two phases of the qualifiers, similar to the AFCON qualification format. Here, the final phase will comprise 12 groups of 4 teams. All the group winners automatically qualify for the World Cup; and the best group runner-up advancing to an intercontinental playoff.

Goke7:
This was the original Brazil we knew not the temu version these days

Roberto Carlos’s legendary free kick against France on June 3, 1997, is widely considered one of the greatest and most iconic goals in football history. pic.twitter.com/bXRRCPgHiU

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) July 11, 2026

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As in!

andrewbaba44:
Make day break fully well

The people from the other side of the world will come and tell us how the red card was an ojoro

Lmao
No arguments for ojoro. Ref applied the law correctly 😁

tonididdy:
Na the ref deserve dragging.
He should have subbed that guy long ago

You mean the coach deserves dragging

Embolo should be forever banned from playing for Switzerland

Nemesis0147:
this is a new rule,.
The problem here is that the Argentina player was given a yellow....it is only fair if they gave the Swiss player a yellow card too

And na him complain first

FIFA conspired to give Paredes a yellow card, to ensure that Embolo would be shown a second yellow 😂😂