The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup has reached its final week, and after a month of thrilling matches across North America, England, Argentina, Spain and France have overcome every challenge along the way, with the biggest one still ahead of them. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan, an avid follower of the tournament, revealed that the match timings have thrown his own daily routine off track. In a long and heartfelt post on his Tumblr blog, he opened up about his World Cup fever and the thoughts running through his mind about the young players getting a shot at representing their nations.
Amitabh Bachchan on ‘unfair decisions’ in the tournament
Beginning his post, he wrote, “The timelines and the idea of time has gone awry .. the reason of course is the WC 2026 .. times to see are weird and makes our days even worse .. but we see we cheer we have remorse .. and we see with great distress the unfair decisions being made for one and not for the other .. and we get excited over the victories of those Countries that we had never imagined would make it to the WC challenge. Most of the renowned and well known Football countries have with great regret lost .. that is surprising .. but elated by the fact that those we never imagined have given fight and gained recognition. They keep saying ‘may the best team win’ .. but we never know who the best team is until the results come out.”He further added, “Most of the teams playing with each other for their Country, have played in Competitions and other Championships and the players have been common .. so many that play for England are also playing in other Championships , with England team members and know each other well and know their game .. friendly off the turf, competitive on it because they represent their Country .. it’s a strange situation, but the game goes on. Like in IPL the players play for different team franchises , and become competitors for each other .. but when they are all put together for the national team they are ONE, needs character.”“The rapidity of change towards betterment is a boon .. the youth see and benefit from it .. the elders express surprise and wonder why this did not occur when they were young .. and now it is too late .. late to be witness to what else shall follow in the years to come .. we won’t we there, but our young will and that is a satisfaction .. of sorts. There is a bit of Sun out around where I live and I need to soak in whatever little I can .. have not seen the Sun for months,” he concluded.
Amitabh Bachchan notes Argentina’s rocky run
Argentina’s last two outings continued to raise eyebrows, especially following their win over Egypt a few days earlier. Despite Switzerland playing over an hour with just ten men, Lionel Scaloni’s side needed extra time for a third straight knockout match, as the European side repeatedly exposed cracks in Argentina’s defence before Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez eventually secured their spot in the next round. Elsewhere, the FIFA World Cup could be on the verge of another significant shift, just a year after expanding to 48 teams, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that a proposal to expand the tournament further to 64 nations for the 2030 edition will be up for discussion.
Amitabh Bachchan’s work commitments
Meanwhile, Amitabh is currently occupied with the shoot of his upcoming project, the sequel to ‘Kalki 2898 AD’.
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