Beyond the 90 Podcast

Several England players have fitness concerns most notably Declan Rice and Reece James so Thomas Tuchel has rotated accordingly.

The second-to-last matchday of the Group Stage in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as it finally came down to the nitty-gritty. History was made with Cabo Verde, disappointment with Iran and Uruguay, and other games that were in between. Reviewing GROUP G: New Zealand Vs. Belgium & Egypt Vs. Iran. GROUP H: Uruguay Vs. Spain & Cabo Verde Vs. Saudi Arabia. Group I: Norway Vs. France & Senegal Vs. Iraq

NOTE: During the broadcast, my camera connection died, and I had to use my smartphone to put myself back into the show. Grateful for my co-host, Michael Martinez, for holding the fort while I was scrambling to get back into the show.

Bielsa for all his brilliance and professorial-like insights into football has had a last decade and a half (outside of his Leeds United tenure) that have featured firing well below expectations or discord repeatedly at club and national team jobs.

On this Matchday Review show of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, we discuss the teams that just lost out on the knockout stage, those who celebrated, and we also review the USMNT just falling at the death against a disgraced Turkiye.

The matches we discussed: Group D: Paraguay Vs. Australia &Turkiye Vs. USAGroup E: Ecuador Vs. Germany & Curacao Vs. Ivory Coast; Group F: Tunisia Vs. Netherlands & Japan Vs. Sweden

Why is it we never have this conversation?

I would love everybody’s opinion on this!

How should we view records being broken in the FIFA World Cup. There is more than meets the eye.

It wasn’t just about playing a second unit but Türkiye presents the type of challenge at the USMNT hardly if ever overcomes historically . And it’s not a big deal because first off we are not going to play them again since they are out of the tournament and secondly there aren’t many other sides in our portion of the bracket with the midfield technique and shape that they posses- the next time we face a side with that tactical setup and that sort of movement from midfield will be in the in the quarter-finals at the very earliest!!!

Now that is not to discount Egypt who have Mo Salah who is one of the five best players in the world in the last decade in my opinion but they don’t have the sort of movement from other parts that should trouble us.

In addition South Korea is at a low ebb. Could they have beaten us in a previous World Cup? Absolutely, but not in this one.

I am writing this all out because unlike other videos I make where people will genuinely watch the video I’ve learned with many USMNT fans they look at titles or thumbnails and react without actually watching or listening to what is said and the case being made so I figured I would write this out also…

The Final matchdays of the Group Stage have begun with Groups A, B, & C playing to see who will qualify for the knockout stage and which teams might get that special best eight teams going to the round of 32.

Group A: Mexico Vs. Czechia & South Africa Vs. South KoreaGroup B: Switzerland Vs. Canada & Bosnia & Herzegovina Vs. QatarGroup C: Scotland Vs. Brazil & Morocco Vs. Haiti

This is a quick take to fit into the short video format of social media, but if you want a deeper dive on why I’m such a backer of Steve Clarke feel free to message me privately if you are a paid subscriber!