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Remembering that there are 8 more days until the 2022 world cup, here I will share a list of players from 8 major countries who have the opportunity to win the World Cup 2022 .

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Who deserves to advance to the semi-finals? and which 2 countries will meet in the final round?

Of the 8 countries above, which country will be the winner? Do you have any other winners that I didn't mention above?

Let's have a discussion dude ;)

My prediction is that the strong candidates for this year's world cup trophy are Brazil and Argentina. I hope these two can meet in the final and determine which one of them will be the best.
both of these teams have good squads this year. both of them will likely get through the group phase with ease. but like previous editions of the world cup, there are dark horse teams like Croatia that surprise. the favorite countries have to consider the other strengths of the underdog. South Korea is quite scary it seems.

I don't know why I'm fixated on these two countries, Argentina and Portugal, these two countries have players who are quite famous and play in prestigious leagues, that's what makes me predict that these countries will meet in Fina even though that's just my guess, but hopefully it will it can be true, even though these two countries have predators like Messi in Argentina, and Cr7 in Portugal, of course this will be an unforgettable and historic Final.

i think france will enter the final again to meet brazil this will repeat the history of 1998 then where france humiliated brazil in the final with 3 - 0, these two countries are very strong when viewed from the talented players there, even there are many predictions out there about these two countries in the world cup

Brazil and Argentina have generations of good young players, we take an example from Brazil, there are Martinelli, Vini Jr, and the third Rodrygo has played a very important role for Arsenal and Real Madrid. From Argentina there are Lautaro Martinez, Correa and Alvarez, all three of whom were very sharp on the front lines for Inter Milan and Man City. So the two countries really deserve to compete in the 2022 world cup final.

We might see other teams to enter semis just like what happened in 2018 World Cup.
France is still a good contender here to defend the title, though Croatia had a great opportunity to enter the finals last time I believe this time it will be a big challenge for them since they are not the favorite country. I want to see Argentina to bounce back stronger, but I’m also excited to see how the other countries prepared for this year world cup, few more days left and exciting matches will happen again.

Everyone has the same dream as you want to see Argentina against Portugal in the final before Messi and Cristiano start to retire from football. But it's quite difficult because almost every country has a young and talented generation, so they also compete to be the best to represent their country. Let's see if this will become a reality for Argentina vs Portugal in the 2022 world cup. :)

Germany, Brazil and Argentina has better chance of advancing to the semi-final. For the finals it will be fierce but i for such either Brazil nor Argentina will play in the finals but not between them only one out of the two will make it to the final. Portugal might get to the semifinal but i doubt if the can face the heat to make it through the finals.

For a very long time I have been seeing France at the finals. I used to see France and Belgium, but the time of Belgium has past. I remember when they were supposed to do it. They had Hazard, Lukaku and KVD but these players are not in their prime anymore.
Apart from Brazil who has a complet and dedicated young squad. I will suggest that no one should underrate England, they will go very far.

I have the following bet...
For the semifinal matches, I expect a super classic between Brazil and Argentina, on the other side of the bracket I believe that France should face Belgium.
The final would follow with a dispute between Brazil and Belgium, where obviously Brazil should be the big winner of the 2022 World Cup.

Obviously Brazil will face other great teams along the way, as well as the entire selection.... It's difficult to predict something, but my bets at this moment are the ones I described.

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In this match French star Zinedine Zidane managed to score 2 goals through headers from corner kicks and 1 goal from Emmanuel Petit. In that match the French goalkeeper Fabian Barthez also appeared very elegant because he managed to catch and parry all the kicks from the Brazilian players. With this result, Rivaldo and friends had to accept their crushing defeat to France. It will be quite interesting if the second final will be presented again at this year's world cup, let's wait and see.

I think majority of the teams in the world cup asides the ones that you have listed can be considered candidates to win the world cup. Most of teams in the world cup deserved to qualify, fought for their place there and are coming to the world cup to win it, not just to participate even if they have never won it before and are not even considered as winners. As I have always heard that anything is possible in football, we can see maybe another country win the world cup this time around.

Right now, you can bet on each match and they have long list of money betting lines.
Just like the 1st goal, double chance, asian total, asian handicap and more.
If you are rooting for certain country, you can check which country they will face first.
I am sure, there's a lot of money bets during this world cup. Most casinos/bookies are offering some contests on this event.
But for now, there are several teams that has the possibility to enter in the finals like Brazil, Portugal and Argentina.
We can't be so sure at the moment. Let us wait maybe after 3 days of this event, and we will see which ones are winning their matches.

There are other countries that can actually compete and offset these top countries, so better not to expect that much but I would like to see Argentina to be on the finals before Messi retires. The best thing that we can do right now is to enjoy the matches and place some bet as well, this will be an exciting World Cup and I know other countries prepared for this, Brazil also have the chance for a good finish this time.

If we have to name a number of outsiders, then Croatia is also one of them. They get odds of around 50.0 no less. Quite a lot for a team that reached the final 4 years ago and that has a lot of quality in its team. And Modric is still one of the best midfielders in the world. There are more countries that are contenders such as Belgium, but then you are already talking about odds of 12.0. You could make quite good money with Croatia. Brazil seems to be even more the top favorite with odds around 4.00. Very little for a favorite when you consider how strong this tournament is.

It can be said that Lukaku and Hazard are in bad form, but for Kevin De Bruyne it is still very good performance so far. England is a bit difficult to predict, but they have a young star player in the Bundesliga, Jude Bellingham as one of the central axis, while the attack line by famous players in the English league. But you also have to be careful because England also called Harry Maguire in defense, I hope he doesn't cause embarrassing incidents when he is in the world cup.
A good choice of bets, placing the leading country in the bet maximizes your winnings. Indeed, things are difficult to predict, we have to wait for all the countries to play in the game first, then we can decide what we will take next.

if the final of the world cup in qatar will meet again these two countries of course this will be a great match because of course Brazil will pay for defeat in the previous final, I think Brazil will again qualify for the final later

As per the current schedule, Brazil need to defeat Argentina in the semi-finals, if they want to proceed to the final (given that both these teams win all their matches until the SF stage). France is placed in Group D, which means that they will most probably face England in the QF stage, and then either Portugal or Belgium in the semi-final stage. The other semi-final will be between Brazil and Argentina. But if one or two upsets happen, then all these assumptions will be wasted. Personally I don't believe that France will reach the SF stage.

Yeah, they are good players because if not then they won't become a candidate to compete in the world cup but it would be better if we will be specific and say the exact name of our picks just like what the op did. This is for other users to see and compare because some of us here are going to place a bet. Seeing if which most of the teams are mentioned, could help them decide to pick that team if they are unsure with their own picks.

No matter how badly we want most of the teams to win, sadly that is not possible but there will only be a few who will be honoured as the best player at the end of this event. This makes the game more intense and exciting. It pushes the players to give their best in each of their plays.

It is a very interesting thread and the truth is that I limit myself a lot to those that I would really like to be the scorers and that they always stand out, among them are CR7, Messi and Modric, it seems to me that they are players who deserve the best recognition, the Others they still have a lot to prove, but these legends deserve a grand prize for giving us their talent to see them play their great game, demonstrate the great style of football of their country, and this is something that will be missing in a few years, so for now In this World Cup that promises a lot, I have so many good expectations that everything beautiful can happen, because after this World Cup the Christmas dates come, I think that better things cannot be asked for, well only one (that BTC reaches more than $100k ::))

However, there are some players who stand out, such as the case of Richardlison from Brazil, who has scored an incredible piece of goal, until now I think it is the best goal in the World Cup, and to think that the Brazilian coach was in doubt between him and Firminho.

Honestly, it's hard to predict right now, but I think the final match is likely to be between England and Brazil. Actually, my heart goes out to the Portugal national team, because I really want Cristiano Ronaldo to win this World Cup. This wish of mine is not on a realistic basis for now, but we do not know what the future will bring us. Also, we see that Asian teams are doing very well. I don't think anyone will deny that. One of the Asian teams can make their mark in the final by surprise. Football is a game open to surprises, that's why I love this game...

Yes, without us noticing, these legends will appear for the last time at this world cup. It's been so long they provide fantastic entertainment through television screens every week. True, Christmas is coming in the next 1 month and it looks like people still want the BTC price to 100k, but that could be a very long time away. :D

Talking about Brazil, at first, Richarlison was underestimated, but he proved it by scoring 2 goals and one of them was through a beautiful and precise bicyle kick. If no player has scored more spectacular goals than him in this world cup. Richarlison deserves a puskas award. Firminho is actually still good, but it's better for him to be a supersub.

The list above contains strong teams which makes it difficult to choose a winner. However, Brazil and England tend to have a better chances of wining the game. Brazil won on two outings while England draw to the USA is not favouring to the English team.  Argentina on the other hand could win the tournament but losing to Saudi Arabia is not encouraging, yet its not a complete defeat they'll bounce back. looking at Neymar on injury, which may derail strategies for the Brazilian team, though Neymar will heal soon,  he may not play superbly as he did before he sustained the injury. I'd say that England is at a better chances of wining the world cup though Brazil is doing perfectly well in this tournament. Let's keep watching.

In fact, if we look there are many football fans who predict their favorite team to enter the semifinals and finals in the current 2022 world cup, but what is called football that determines all the teams that make it through to the next round is the way the players on the field.
For me personally there is a possibility that 4 teams can qualify for the semi-finals & final at the 2022 world cup this time, namely: Argentina, Brazil, Germany & England.
The reason:
I see Argentina from the title they won at the 2021 Copa America, they are also currently an unbeaten team for about 32 matches, then Brazil they also have the best players, My Germans too, they are very excited and confident as well as the players, Germany also has top players who can make it to the semi-finals, England also cannot be underestimated in this world cup.

That's the short reason and the team that goes to the semi-finals in the world cup Qatar 2022.

I believe in Germany vs. Brazil who qualified for the final this time.

For now, there are 5 leading countries that have qualified for the round of 16, namely England, France, Netherlands, Brazil and Portugal. Still waiting for the results of the next match, can Germany, Spain, and Argentina qualify for the next round? ::)

It seems that Germany failed to qualify for the play-off round, with this remaining 7 candidates for the world cup title. Today there will be a match between the Netherlands against the USA and followed by a match between Argentina and Australia, will the two of them be able to advance to the quarter finals this time? A match worth waiting for, considering the many surprises in this edition of the world cup.

This world cup matches are very difficult to predict. We have seen results that are very unbelievable. Imagine Saudi Arabia winning Argentina and Cameroon beating Brazil. The USA team have been outstanding in the competition, while Holland grabbed seven points from the group stage. From their current performance Holland have a better team but this match is still unpredictable. Argentina will grab the win against Australia because the Albicelestes seems to have rediscovered their rhythm after the shocking loss against the lowly rated Saudi Arabia.

We have some clear names of strong teams Spain, England,Argentina, Portugal,  Netherlands and Brazil . All of them are leading in their tables and are capable of winning title.

This is a good thread but the problem is that is widely unknown who the World Cup winner will be for this 2022.First of all it is the first time the World Cup is being held during the month of December despite temperatures in Qatar being equal to those on summer in other places.The quality of all the teams mentioned here is truly great and I find it difficult to give an insight of who could be the probable winner but personally I am a fan of Argentina and I will vote for them consequently.

Argentina and Brazil always are one of best candidates for World Cup title. It is not different in the tournament this year and it's special for Argentina as they just had a unbeaten streak and came very closely to break the current one holds by Italy. Eventually they failed by a shocked defeat with Saudi Arabia. This tournament is special for them because of two more reasons:

• They won a first title with Messi in Coppa America and it is a first title for Argentina after many years too.
• It can be a last World Cup for Messi.

Brazil are strong too but the injury of Neymar and some swing defenders can impact them in rest of this tournament.

Germany is a good example that from theory to realistic, things can be very different. Germany was considered as one of strongest team this year and they can win or fail but was out after only three matches is unbelievable.

the German team in the thread doesn't seem to be the favorite anymore because they didn't qualify for the group and had to go home early


yes, maybe at least what the OP meant is that we predict the winning candidate who will get closer to the semi-finals or the final of the world cup later, I'm also not a football expert but I might be interested in Argentina and Portugal meeting in the final match because both of them have better performance than from the others

What criteria have you made this prediction? I hope you are not only considering that the two key players from the teams will be ending their world cup career after this world cup. If you think that Messi or Ronaldo will lift the cup because they are going to retire, it doesn't work like that. Football is not a game of sympathy, every country want to be the winner of the tournament and so they will evenly struggle it out. France is still good for the cup, they have shown good committment from the beginning. Moreover, kylian mpappe and Antoine Griezmann are fit and leading the attack very well.

I didn't expect Spain to be one of the leading countries this season but that isn't questionable because they have shown off real resilience and strength. I'm also rooting for other countries like Brazil and Argentina. They have been consistent in almost every WorldCup which always make them on top of the whole season. But to be honest, there are still other strong teams that we shouldn't disregard. There are new countries that are on top of this surprising season.

Before the first stage, we could say Germany could be a big and strong candidate for the world cup, and personally, I would bet on it but I'm shocked and I think my second priority for the world cup winner is England before they played very well so far, against other teams like Iran and scored many goals against them, also players like Kane and Saka are in their excellent form and we can expect good plays from them. However, Brazil can be considered as another chance for the world cup after what we have seen so far.

doesn't this world cup always have surprises, maybe people will not agree with me nor will they agree with what you believe, once again I say that the world cup always has surprises, you can save and choose the candidate you believe in and I am also in this thread

yes of course like japan and korea need to watch out because they worked really hard to get to this knockout round so shouldn't underestimate that but for the candidate i believe hope argentina will meet portugal in the final

Before the start of the World Cup, many predicted that Germany and Belgium were candidates for the title of world champion, and those national teams did not even manage to win the knockout phase of the competition.
England is not too convincing for me in this World Cup, regardless of the first game and the great victory against Iran.
So far, Brazil and France have shown the most and they are the main favorites for the title of world champion.
Argentina started with a loss against Saudi Arabia, but they are playing better and raising the level of their game.
Spain is also very good, regardless of the unexpected defeat against Japan.

After the end of the group stage i think there are three teams with high chances of winning the world cup based on how well they played and they are argentina , england and brazil they have the players and the performance and seeing the draw table i expect a final between england and brazil.

From that names, the Netherlands, Brazil, Spain, and Portugal have a bigger chance than other countries, but this all depends on how each team from that country can show good performance. If they can do it, they can continue until the next round by beating teams from other countries. It is still a mystery who will be the winner of each round and this can also make it difficult for us to analyze each team. So be careful in analyzing and make sure you can get valid information in analyzing it.

I'm not sure, the weather factor will affect the candidates who will win this championship. at least, the selection of the date and month has been calculated in advance in preparation for this event to be held. facilities such as, air conditioning "air conditioning" has been prepared by the Qatar to reduce the extreme weather. and as we see in every match, it seems that the players have no significant problems on the field when playing matches due to hot weather.

Regarding the winning candidate. So far, the Brazilian national team is always the favorite as the strongest candidate to lift this championship trophy. but unfortunately, one of the injured players could have a different impact on Brazil's performance. yes, Neymar's absence due to injury has made it difficult for Brazil to win matches, such as against Switzerland and Cameroon. and even if Brazil qualify until the next round without Neymar, Brazil will meet Argentina in the semifinals. at least like that, the table that I see if Brazil and Argentina qualify and will meet in the semifinals later.

like you, I am also a fan of Argentina from time to time. I hope Argentina can qualify for the final round later. instead, a worthy opponent for Argentina is France. yes France, is one of the strong candidates who will compete in the final round of Qatar.

I’m surprised how France is always being ignored as category for a possible back to back champion for the world cup. They have the best players and has a very good performance base on the group stage. I believe they will be on par with England and Brazil in case they will meet on the next round or the Grand finals. Kylian Mbappe is the rising star that take place the legacy that will left by Messi and Ronaldo.

The Round of 16 is the real match for all teams to test there true capabilities since they will now face a strong team that requires 100% effort to move on the semis. I’m expecting Brazil V France on the finals.

I hope Argentina and Portugal get to the 2022 World Cup final, the reason I chose (not predicted) these two countries is because the 2022 World Cup will be the last for Messi and Ronaldo. The competition between these two players has been going on for a long time, Messi and Ronaldo have always competed to be the best. The only trophy these two football legends have yet to win is the World Cup Trophy.
If one of them succeeds in lifting the World Cup trophy it will be clear who is the best between the two and the one who wins the World Cup can retire in peace because he has proven that the rivalry between the two ends with the most prestigious trophy in football.

The Netherlands are playing very stable football. England have very high potential. France seem very calm. Argentina are improving their performance in every match. There are some very good teams in the World Cup. All of these teams can also win the tournament. It wouldn't be surprising to me. But I think Argentina are better than other teams. Because Messi can change the fate of the match at any moment. And he shows on the pitch that he really wants to win this World Cup. If his teammates adapt to him, Argentina will win this World Cup in my opinion. Also, their odds on the bets aren't bad either. I've already used my luck for Argentina. And if they don't become champions, my other favorites are England, France and the Netherlands.

This is a technical discussion concerning this, because i believe that the winner will not fail to be Portugal or Brazil because i believe that Portugal is making well in this tournament, and sometimes the country that we think that will make well is the country that will lose mostly, one or two of the African countries that have qualify from the group like Morocco and Senegal one can make well, despite that Morocco is going to battle with Spain which it will be surprised for them to win, so a country like Senegal can be easily expected to win this match.

I heard Argentina have lost some games already and there's even one user here in the forum who got disappointed about them because he also think that Argentina can easily win the match against its competitors. So, don't be overconfident about your picks because there is still a chance that they can end up as a loser. While those teams who are less favoured by the public can win this time.

I think Germany is also a strong team but you forgot to include it there but speaking of Germany, there is another user who whine about its performance. He thinks that Germany is composed of great young players but in the end the opposing team still takes the victory.

Argentina was the name spelled by most of the fans from the beginning because of their players. They are top most team over a decade. It’s not easy to keep their name in top 3 over a decade. It happened only by the new players replaced the old players exactly. Germany had a big chances for now. I don’t know why you had skipped the Germany name in the, it’s Germany was the top performer for now. Most of the young football fans was favour towards the Germany next to Argentina. The Argentina will be their option for sure because of the players in it.

Actually football is based on the 11 players game, not the key players do full effort all the time. Argentina will have Messi, when other players help the Messi with the connection. Surely he will make the shot. Because game is purely depend on the entire team. We can’t predict the same with our beloved Messi. Ronald in the same way of listening. His music will be audible only when background fit to correct tune. So the voice of the singer alone doesn’t not work without the background music. The team background music is needed one. Because it won’t be sounds good at all.

Argentina showed today that it is the favorite to win the tournament together with Brazil. Messi is of course very good, but this team has more quality than just Messi. they also have very strong players in midfield and in defense. And then Di Maria is also injured. Messi was in good shape today, and in the Netherlands they do not have the toughest opponent of the tournament. Didn't watch the semi-finals, but I think Argentina has a very nice draw at the moment.

Well Germany was eliminated two days ago and while many fans had them as favorites to win the tournament their bad start against Japan has basically cost them their chances to make it to the next round, this is the second instance in a row in which Germany has been eliminated on the first round of the tournament, so I suppose big changes are coming for them as they cannot allow this to continue, and about the teams that are the favorites to win the cup I will put France and Brazil ahead of everyone else.

Well, in view of everything that has happened, I think that one of the countries that have the most in their sights to see their development is Argentina and Portugal, one of the things that they take into account the most is that they have Messi and CR7, making this The World Cup is one of the most controversial since both players will retire from soccer and this is their last World Cup. That detail alone is what makes many keep up with what they give. For me it would be great if they could reach the final. It would be a dream final, but anything else is reality, we have to wait and see what things we can live with, I like this World Cup, it is different, it has been full of much controversy, the forecasts are difficult because the most logical ones turn out to be very erratic.

World Cup Power Rankings 2022: USA on cusp of top 10 ahead of knockout stage; Argentina not far behind Brazil

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Source: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/world-cup-power-rankings-2022-usa-on-cusp-of-top-10-ahead-of-knockout-stage-argentina-not-far-behind-brazil/ (https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/world-cup-power-rankings-2022-usa-on-cusp-of-top-10-ahead-of-knockout-stage-argentina-not-far-behind-brazil/)

Always have everything worldwide People seek to see everything related to Brazil, Argentina, they are the most renowned countries in the world, both teams are quite famous and are highly sought after by fans.

Previously, congrats to the Netherlands and Argentina for qualifying for the quarter finals and of course the two of them will face each other this time.

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Furthermore, there are still matches in today's play-off round. There are 2 candidates for the 2022 world cup, namely France and England. Can both of them beat their opponents and secure tickets to the quarter-finals?

I thought I would bet on Argentina, because I was sure that Argentina would qualify for the final to meet Portugal or France compared to other teams, everyone had guessed that the Netherlands and Argentina were able to beat their opponents in the last 16 last night and it was proven that many won bets too in the match last night, can't wait for the next game france vs poland

First of all, Portugal has to beat Switzerland first. after that, it is very likely that Portugal's next opponent will be Spain, which in fact is not an easy team to beat by Portugal. but let's just say, Portugal won against Spain. the next toughest opponent is England or France. I quite doubt that Portugal is capable of defeating England or France. if, Portugal is able to topple the strong teams I mentioned. that way Portugal will qualify for the final round of this world cup.

On the other hand, Argentina's toughest opponent is Brazil if they meet. however, before that game at least Argentina must beat the Netherlands first. after that, Argentina will face Brazil. if the scenario is like this. then the meeting between Argentina vs Portugal will occur. sadly, all that's been said is just a scenario. the reason is, that the other national teams that I mentioned here have a greater chance of advancing to the final round of this world cup.

My favourite country to win titlew this world cup is obviously Brazil because of their overall squad quality which is definitely the best. I think France would follow them with very very solid squad. Portugal is probably third, not beceause of Cristiano Ronaldo but consistent players and strategy. I think Argentina would follow them because of Messi influence. I feel like England and Spain will be eliminated to their upcoming opponents at Quarter Finals (not this round).

the chance that Argentina will meet Brazil is in the semifinals. that is if Argentina can beat the Netherlands. not to mention that there was Krosia who was a contestant in the previous final.
if we look at the current chart, it is difficult to predict the final round. France, which is certain to qualify for the quarter-finals, is also likely to meet England if it can beat Senegal.

just speculation, maybe the final match is Portugal vs Brazil. or Argentina vs France.

Well, i will prefer to talk on individual FIFA knockout matches and then see who goes through. There may be a possibility that you or I think one team can win the final but what if that team loses in any of the knockout matches before the final?

For me, Argentina, France, Spain, and Brazil are the strongest team and one of them is likely to win this world cup.

Argentina vs Netherlands is a little difficult to predict but anyone can see they will beat each other to qualify for the semifinals which is certain in our scenario it is possible that the semifinals will meet Argentina vs Brazil in this World Cup, Croatia is indeed a contestant that cannot be predicted even though he has reached the top of the Finals with France but this time I will assume in a different scenario for Croatia.

France and Portugal are strong candidates from those who will advance to the final. It is certain that Brazil is more predicted to go to the final because with some of the players they have are quite good and it seems like my scenario is Brazil vs France will meet in the final.

Talking about with World CUP 2022 winner candidate seems not easy because have several national team with consistency performance, last one hour I watched France won against Poland and seemed not really interested because Poland have poor performance. I am watching at the first knock out match and think France is the close candidate for winning World Cup based on top performance against with Poland, I don't Underestimate with Argentina, but last match they faced difficult how to beat Australia as not favorite national team.

However Argentina still facing Netherland at quarter final and still left several matches before going to final round, actually still with France is my favorite national team become candidate for World Cup 2022 winner.

Actually Messi is the goat here and everyone knows that, even Elon Musk tweeted about Messi being the Goat which was obviously funny many persons which are not even fan of Messi. Argentina is a great country when we talk about football just like we have other countries too like Brazil, Portugal, England and other great football countries.

I hope to see much from the world cup because the winner of the cup is going to be very surprising to know. For now we still don't know who the winner is going to be but if Argentina or any country form Europe wins then that will be very impressive.

the Netherlands has had a very good performance since the beginning of this tournament,, I don't even see the potential for the Netherlands to lose but I'm afraid the Netherlands will still bring their curse to the world cup this time, it's a team that has always qualified for the final but has never won the world cup. I'm really looking forward to the match between Argentina and the Netherlands, it will definitely be a match full of tension.

Senegal vs England will take place soon,, if wins then one of the teams will face France. I still have faith in England, since the beginning, they have also shown very good performance, and they are one of the champion candidate teams too in.

I don't know why but I have a feeling that this time the Netherlands will come up on top. And it would be about time too! They have a tradition of botching things at the final, vital moments in the past. Lets see if history will finally break the cycle of repeating itself for the dutchies :D

Argentina is a very strong opponent. I am betting on the Netherlands but its a bet that makes me very nervous. Too bad Germany is no longer in the running. I would have otherwise bet Germany getting its butt kicked by Argentina.

Also, OP, your images are all messed up and cannot be seen. You should reupload them to imgur or some other image uploading site which is allowed/processed correctly by Bitcointalk.

I have the feeling that Argentina will win over Netherlands, but they will have hard time in my opinion.
The bookies are slightly favoring Argentina but it can easily be an upset or a draw if Netherlands step up their game.
Who knows, this is their time to break the cycle or not?  :P
But with the current game between, England and Senegal, I will go for England here.

The Netherlands this time are really strong, very different if we look at the group stage where they had quite a hard time. So many options that make you confused from some of these candidates, it's just that Germany again gave a bad performance making them have to go home first. ;D

But thanks for reminding me about the unseen image, I've updated it now. ;)

This will be Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's last Soccer World Cup, so it would be nice to see them end on a high, with Argentina and Portugal going to the final, but my head is telling me something different.

I think the final is going to be between France and Brazil, with an outside chance for England to come through. I do not know why I have that feeling, but I am going to put my money on it. (Back your gut feeling.... right?)  ::)

So far France is the biggest favorite for winning the World Cup. Brazil didn't impress at all against Switzerland and they lost against Cameroon. They also have a bunch of injured players. Maybe Brazil can reach the semifinals at least. I don't believe that England is going to achieve something big on this World Cup. The English team played against weaker opponents and won, but they fail at winning against a better opponent most of the time. I can't see how England could possibly win against France. The rest of the teams seem mediocre, even Spain and Portugal.

I would rather France meet Brazil in the final, but they have to beat England in the quarter-finals later, I'm sure France can give their best game against England later, at least a narrow win is enough to deliver France to qualify for the semifinals

Based on individual attacking powers, England can eliminate France in that meeting. The attacking strength of England is more powerful than the attacking strength of France. But the attacking strength of France is more dangerous than the attacking strength of England because of Kylian Mbappe. That guy is so deadly and can put out wonders that you wouldn't expect at any time.

In my opinion, the main favorites to win this world cup are"

1 - Brazil, without a doubt they are the number one favorites, they have a team with many good players, they don't depend on just one player to win the games, that is their great advantage

2 - France is the second favorite to win the world cup, but the problem is that they depend a lot on mbappe's performance, but without a doubt they are number two to win the world cup

3 - England, they are without a doubt number 3 to win the world cup, england's problem is that they are a little inconsistent, but they have a strong team

4 - Argentina, if they can beat the Netherlands

Yes, Messi and Ronaldo cannot be used as a benchmark for their national team to advance to the final and even to win the World Cup at this moment, because in my personal opinion, even though Argentina has many great players in every line, they often get stuck. At least that often makes me lose bets, so my confidence has disappeared for Argentina.
But for Portugal it's something different and Portugal is still better than Argentina in personal terms, but at this moment for some reason I personally don't believe Portugal can reach the final.

But even so I personally still have three teams which are very difficult for me to make a choice of, the three national teams are Brazil, France and Spain. I think these three teams are the strongest candidates for the World Cup title at this moment, but it looks like France and Spain will meet in the semifinals and so I would consider the final match to be Brazil v France.

So the difference is "Powerful" as opposed to "Dangerous", England's attacking is Powerful
and Frances attacking is Dangerous, apologies I don't follow.

For me the World Cup is only getting interesting now when the lesser teams are eliminated.

Of course Brazil can never ignored at any world cup along with the other South American
team Argentina. Based on the Statista.com website the top 3 teams most probable to
win are Brazil, Argentina and France.

From what I gather Brazil and Argentina are relying heavily on both Neymar and Messi,
whereas France have more options, I would pick France.

Also I would love to see Netherlands at least get to the final!

If we talk player data scenario, statistics and ranking. The Netherlands is not the biggest obstacle for a team of Argentina's level. both Holland and Argentina, not here with players as popular as France and Portugal and even England. Argentina only has Messi and D Maria who have big names, while Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez are not too popular for a line of shining star levels.  As for Dybala, so far there is no certainty whether or not he will play in this world cup. Injury problems, too, are rarely exposed to sports media.

on the Netherlands side, the schemes and patterns they played during the group phase were quite readable by ordinary people like us. Van Gal's pattern and strategy scheme, always relying on his midfielders. variants of the Dutch playing pattern are effective when playing against teams below them, but against Ecuador, how difficult it is when the Dutch play very openly.
The Netherlands has a young player who is starting to shine, Cody Gakpo and several names like Depay and De Jong, Van Dijk at the back. On paper, Argentina will beat the Netherlands. However, in football it is not only based on statistics, when on the field it requires readiness, mentality and teamwork that determines victory, plus a little luck.

Croatia today, not Croatia 4 years ago. even if they win against Japan, it will be Brazil who will stop them from advancing to the next stage. even if Portugal wins against Spain, it will be difficult for them to beat England, especially if the opponent is France. I am quite optimistic, France and England will wait in the final round later. which is quite tense and difficult to predict is, Argentina vs Brazil in the semifinals.

by the way, Argentina and Netherlands are my two Favorite teams in this championship. unfortunately, they will meet in the round of 8.

I think at this point the main teams with the potential to win the world cup are france, england argentina and brazil the one with less chance in my opinion are argentina based on their performance so far and the opponents they faced.

My bias is starting to lean toward France and Brazil. But I want to see how Brazil performs again. If Neymar will play again and is back to his usual form and can remain healthy throughout the remainder of the tournament then Brazil should be able to beat its rivals including Argentina and France. Although I will never take for granted the Argentines knowing they are performing well too except for that Saudi Arabia setback which only happens every 100 years. This is also Messi's last World Cup. The French seem unstoppable too with Mbappe and his fellow stars capable of exploiting every mistake.

My take in the final 4 up to the finals. The semi-finals will be Argentina vs Brazil while France vs Spain on the other side. Then Brazil and France will face each other in the finals. In a 50/50 game, Brazil will barely edge France and win the World Cup.

My extensive list is close to that. I think we can add Spain here as well. They have a team of very young and talented players. They easily managed to get the results they wanted in the group stage. We have not yet tested them with a strong team. But they are the easiest scoring team of the tournament.

Favorite teams shocked us all with surprising results in the group stage. But we are watching more serious matches in the qualifying stage. At this stage, we did not encounter any surprising results. Argentina, England, France and the Netherlands won their matches. Spain will win tonight in my opinion. I think we will watch a more serious and disciplined Spain tonight. And they will remain among the teams that can win the World Cup in my opinion.

Rumors that Neymar is training and may not compete against Korea later, he is not in the line-up list and we really hope for him to strengthen Brazil, but I am optimistic that Brazil will qualify for the game against Korea even without Neymar in the line-up.

My prediction is a little different, Spain will not qualify for the semi-finals, I predict that Argentina vs Brazil and France vs Portugal, the four strongest teams, although France has the opportunity to enter the list for the finals and they must be ready to face Argentina or Brazil in the final match, I can't wait for the list quarter-finals after 3 more matches in round of 16.

England had so far played not too strong and not too  formidable team however playing against France will be their first major test which will make or mar their qualification to the semi finals of course I don't think they will defeat france with World class Kylian Mbappe and in-form Giruod spearheading their attack they look unstoppable, meanwhile I am predicting France and Brazil to reach the final in this World Cup provided that they will not met at the semifinals though Brazil lost narrowly to Cameroun without injured playmaker Neymar jr. now that he is back the team is now strong.

Unfortunately for Spain we finally watched a team which was able to give the surprise, Morocco was able to eliminate Spain in penalty shoot-outs, and while we had huge surprises on the group stage this is without a doubt the biggest surprise of all, as it is a completely different thing to win a game to a team that is one of the favorites to win the cup on the group stage of the world cup than to beat them during the knockout stage, today is an historic day for soccer at Morocco as this is the first time they have advanced to the quarterfinals and they will face Portugal next, and while they will most likely be the underdogs again their chances to beat them are not zero.

A lot of upsets have had happened in this World Cup. The first surprise for me was Argentina vs Saudi.
But yes, it is without a doubt that Morocco will be the underdog when they face Portugal.
But Portugal should not be very contented as this recent win for Morocco will give them a very good motivation.
Who knows, they can topple a big team and pull off  a surprising result? This is why this event is getting interesting.

If I'm the Portugal team I wouldn't be confident that they can past Morroco that easily, the team shows no stops of perseverance. During this World Cup they have a good run and I think momentum was likely on their side by now. But, I am rooting Portugal will pull this up.

This is still a difficult prediction. On one side, Brazil and Portugal may be the candidates for the next semi-finals. And Argentina - France may be also the candidates for the semi-finals. Between those four, I really hope that Portugal vs Argentina may be in the final, as the gift for the last World Cup for Messi and Ronaldo. But, Brazil and France are not clubs that will be easy to defeat. So, this will be still unpredictable. Portugal this match really plays very well. But other teams are also performing very consistently.

Actually, It is quite surprising when Spain must go home after being defeated by Marocco with penalties goal. But here, Marocco also deserves the victory they have a strong squad and start. I am sure that they are also not easy to beat, moreover, they have confidence after beating Spain.

Spain had played well until the end of extra time, losing on penalties was not something to be ashamed of, either, one of the superior teams, Spain had come home and Morocco had the right to advance to the next round in the quarter-finals meeting Portugal, it was clear that it was a difficult match for Morocco.

This time the semifinals will be very interesting. From the quarter finals I believe Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and France to reach the semifinals. We can't be judgemental on the semifinals easily. Every match will be that hard as the four teams are in their best position.

I think the next winners will be these teams:

Then the final will be Brazil vs France

And the winner will be France

I agree with that.

Brazil and Portugal have the easier draws next so Brazil should beat Croatia and Portugal
should be Morocco. Does anyone see an upset happening there?

The other two draws are tough ones England v France, I think France will come through that
one but the other is going to be close, Netherlands v Argentina, The Netherlands have a
chance to go through to the semi's.

Things are definitely hitting up in the Netherlands, they have been big under-achievers in
many tournaments when there have been big expectations on them

I keep believing if Argentina will become a winner in this world cup because Messi will try his best to win, this is his last trophy that he need to collect to become a perfect football player. Although every teams will try their best too, but I think Argentina have learn a lesson on their first match where they lose against Saudi Arabia. It must give a big lesson for them to not underestimating any teams.

Argentina didn't score many goals, but they're playing very discipline among other teams.

One thing that I've noticed in this world cup is that all the superstars are under-performing a bit. Maybe it's because there's a huge expectation on them, but still...

Many of the best plays and goals have been actually done by players in their twenties, not the superstars which are almost 40.

For example, the first hat trick was done by 21 year old Gonçalo Ramos, replacement of Cristiano Ronaldo, 37.

Messi hasn't been exceptionally good either. He even missed a penalty, and a game with Saudi Arabia...

At this point , whoever wins between France and England has the first choice but Brazil will make the final in my opinion as I don't see neither Argentina or Portugal to be a problem to have a final between Brazil vs France/England. If this will be the case , I might chose England in this one ...because these squad right here , is the best England had since inception and this generation will end up as a World Cup winner even if it will be in Qatar or USA next or even 8 years from now. ;D

In the end, if Argentina passes, they will still meet Brazil, a super strong team, not only Messi will fight for this World Cup, but Neymar and their friends have great abilities, Mbappe is also with his team, Hary Kane is with his team, Ronaldo will also try the best because this might be the last World Cup in Qatar after that he won't be making any more appearances.
So every team has the same mission to bring their title in this competition and our scenario will definitely be different considering that the favorite choices will be different but this is the world cup which is quite interesting from the quarter-finals to the final they will fight each other for the trophy.

Two candidates for the 2022 world cup, Germany and Spain, must go home first. Now the remaining six champion candidates, who do you think will qualify for the semifinals? ::)

Below is a recap of the matches from the round of 16 to the quarter final schedule.

https://i.ibb.co/6PwK0r6/16703614908510.jpg

Some semifinalists may come as a surprise; some may not. Either way, I'm rooting for:

Netherlands vs Croatia and France vs Portugal 

That way, we'll have a chance to see a replay of the WC 2018 final! ;D

Oh no FatFork...are you the only one that is not seeing Brazil at the world cup finals? That is too bad. The only two countries that would have stopped Brazil from getting to the finals are France and England and luckily they will not meet with Brazil unless at the finals.
Even Argentina cannot stop Brazil from getting to thr finals. That Brazilian team is too complete. From the Silva defence to thr Casemiro midfield and to the Neymar attack is so sound.
Don't even make the mistake of betting against Brazil if you are a gambler.

Well... I'm proud to be Croatian! So, of course I'm a big fan of my country's national team. What did you expect?  :D

As for expectations, I bet Spain didn't expect to be knocked out by Morocco, or Japan to knock Germany out of the group stage. By the way, guess who beat England in the 2018 semi-final?  ;)

Argentina vs Brazil
France Vs Portugal

I think these 4 teams are superior to the others, even though there are always millions in the world cup, for some reason I'm sure the 4 teams will meet in the semifinals later and will get rid of their opponents in the quarter finals, I believe Argentina will win the world cup this year ;)

LOL
Will you have a bet with me that France won't be the champion this time? In fact, I would bet for Portugal to play final vs Brazil (Maybe Argentina) and Portugal will win. Portugal is in quite good rhythm & they are playing a complete football as a team. Apart from the off form (age isn't a number LOL) of Ronaldo, they are walking in the right path. Did you see what Portugal played last night? I believe they will be able to continue this form.

After the game yesterday, I am strongly in favour of seeing the portuguese team on the world cup's final. The portuguese new player generation seems to have a lot to give, so hopefully they'll easily get to the final and if everything goes well we will take the cup home!

It is my first coming across this topic/thread, and as it is currently, Spain is already of the equation with them being defeated by Morocco yesterday, if I saw this topic earlier than now, I probably would have choose them to advance to the semi finals together with Argentina and Brazil, but then, football is a sport where anything is indeed possible.
Spain suffering a defeat from Morocco yesterday was a surprise to me, right now, it is really hard to predict the team that we will see in the semi finals, but if I am forced to, I would pick Brazil, Argentina, Morocco(if they don't get knocked out In the quarter finals) and, maybe, just many France.

France and Brazil will play the finals, France are very good,likewise Brazil but I strongly believe that Brazil will win France in the finals. My fear for Brazil is that the team is filled with young players and might face difficult challenge to win when they come in clash with a team with experience matured players,just like the way France team are mixed up with both young and matured experience players.

France will do anything to make sure they gets to the final stage. Netherland are good and I love their games but I can't guarantee them winning their semifinal match.

Argentina vs brazil is, a premature final match. this match should have been the final match. if these two teams from Latin America qualify from the quarter-finals, they will meet in the semifinals. it would be a shame if these two teams had to meet in the semi-finals. But make no mistake, the quarter-final match has not started yet. although the Netherlands and Croatia, do not have a high probability of winning their battle in the quarter-final match. does not mean, they will be easily conquered. on paper, these two teams from Latin America will meet in the semifinals. but what happens later, could be otherwise.

France vs Portugal, a pretty ideal match. but once again I have to say, Marocco is not a team they will beat easily. I'm quite optimistic, Marocco will provide a fierce resistance against Portugal later. as well as, The Three Lions. In terms of team strength, England is a balanced opponent with France. these two teams, have their own advantages, and have the potential to overthrow each other.

If we talk from statistics, on paper France vs Brazil is the ideal team that will compete in the final round later. however, football is not only based on statistical results. that the result will be determined when the match has started. a team that is not too favorite, still has potential and opportunity plus a little luck. let's just enjoy it, when this match is held.

We are heading towards the end of the world cup now. The quarter-final matches were also very good. Morocco made a big surprise. Apart from them, it is obvious that other teams are very strong and favorite to win the cup. In my opinion, the semi-final matches will be Brazil - Argentina and Portugal - England. The team that wins the world cup will be Brazil.

in this world cup not many people guess correctly because there are always surprises in the final result, the semifinals would be better to see brasil vs netherlands and france vs portugal because i think in the final there will be a brasil vs france meeting

but that's just a prediction, it doesn't have to be right, because it's also not profitable for me if my prediction is right

This is interesting and I am sure that they have big chance if we consider how strong their squads in every element. Both Brazil and France are string candidates for the finals. But, I think that Brazil may become the winner  :D
But, once more, this is only a short prediction, there are still some ways and conditions where some unexpected things may happen during this World CUp. that is why it will be more interesting to see eveyr prorgess of the World Cup matches.

My ideal final would be Brazil vs England. I think Brazil has a great chance to qualify for the Final if their opponent in the semifinals is Netherlands. But if it turns out that Argentina can beat Netherlands, then Brazil's journey to the Final will not be easy. Meanwhile, for England, I think they will make a surprise. France is indeed a very strong opponent but I feel that England has a good chance to win against France, and they will also win again in the semifinals whoever the opponent is.

I think Brazil will have no issues with either Netherlands, or Argentina. They are just much better technically. Having said that, Brazil lost to Cameroon, so anything can happen really.

On the other leg we have strong contenders, France and England are probably going to be the best ones there. England arrives unbeaten, while France lost against Tunisia, again, anything can happen.

So, I think a Brazil vs France final would make sense, but who knows, maybe Morocco ends up winning the whole thing, they are unbeaten so far. Only England and Netherlands share that with Morocco.

LoL. So you agree with me about Brazil, but not with England. It's very reasonable because France is a strong team and they do have the capability to beat England. Whoever is the winner of this match, I think that team will have a big chance to qualify for the final. While Morocco really became a dark horse in the World Cup this time. Even though they looked overwhelmed in their match against Spain but the sheer effort they showed could take them so far, and that makes me think that they also have a chance to beat Portugal (as you said anything could happen)  ;D.

People will guess Brazil and France to the final, but like you said anything change can happen, and all guesses will have wrong when Morocco and Netherlands make the surprise. As we know the Netherlands is a big club that makes great achievements every world cup, but so far they didn't yet get the trophy which is possible for this time, they will try hard even have a mediocre squad which maybe got help by other hand to make it happen.

It is very difficult to make predictions, because the Croatian national team and Morocco have surprisingly managed to qualify for the quarter-finals. final, but in my personal opinion, Brazil has a great chance to qualify for the final, because their game from the start of the competition was very promising, plus Neymar has recovered from injury, maybe one more team that has managed to qualify for the finals is Portugal, but I dare to place a bet on the teams that have made it through to the finals are Portugal and Brazil.

I’m on the same page with you on this prediction. England has shown to be a very serious contender for the trophy. They have all it takes to win France. The defense, midfield and attack are all functional. They got to the Finals of the Euros 2020 and that alone has proven that Gareth Southgate has his tactics and strategies on how to go far this time again. France are over dependent on few key players but England have been playing as a team and it’s been showing through out their games. For me Brazil vs England plays the finals.

I think there is a good chance for Brazil vs England final, but imo England vs Portugal is pretty possible too. It's interesting to me that most bettors think that France is more likely to win the next match. I'm almost 100% sure the winner will be England, as well as in the finals, but who England will be playing with in the World Cup Final, I don't know, I think it can be Portugal.

With the pace at which the Moroccans are now playing, they could move much further than they are now, but it will still be astonishing if they win the entire competition, which we all believe is almost impossible. Portugal, their next opponent in the semifinals, played some excellent football against Switzerland in the round of 16. We know that Portugal is not a weak team in the World Cup, having lost only one match in the group stage to Korea Republic. Morocco has been unbeaten for a while now, and I doubt they'll bow to Portugal's pressure and allow them to pass through easily.

Brazil has a big chance to be the winner of the World Cup 2022, but that will be challenging because every country has the same opportunities. We will see the performance of the other countries, including Brazil, and if Brazil has the best performance, they will beat every country and stay at the top.

But this World Cup surprised me as some underdog countries can beat their favorite countries in the beginning, and if, in the next match, those countries can beat the other favorite countries, that will be another surprise to all of us.

Other teams like Portugal and others have also a high chance of winning this World Cup but since they are close to fighting with other contender teams, it will be a randomized result since we know how these teams completely dominate others with their outstanding offense and defense. This is uncertain but Brazil has also one of the favorites to win this year's World Cup and everyone seems to enjoy it right now so far. I think the Arabs will be rooting for Morocco this December 10 and will do all they can to support their team no matter what the result will be against Portugal.

Hopefully this world cup would be different for the English side because in recent times they have always been unlucky. They always have some of the best players and most qualified coaches but they seem not to have luck on their side. They have a vey good them in Qatar that can win this world cup but I think they need more than quality. France is also a potential winner of this world cup because they have a very balanced team. Their midfield is one of the best and the attack would be a threat to any team.

But my expectation in this world cup is that a new country's name would be engraved on the trophy. Holland is one of the best teams of the world that have never won the world cup even though they have been at the finals for three times (1974, 1978 and 2010). It would be a great joy for the Dutch to clinch the world cup. Morocco would be my second choice team to win the world cup. Winning the world cup would bring so much joy and pride to not only Morocco but to the entire continent of Africa.  

Brazil has a chance to win the World Cup; according to their upcoming fixtures, they will face Croatia in the Quarterfinals, and if the scales tip in their favor, they will face either Argentina or the Netherlands, depending on the results of the matches. Brazil has a better team than Argentina, Croatia, and the Netherlands in this competition, so they will almost certainly qualify to the final to face either France or Portugal depending on the results, but they have a better chance.

Brazil is the most favourite for this world cup and they will be able to beat any country that comes their way. The underdogs have no power over Brazil. They can pull surprises on other countries but not on Brazil and France. Brazil is the favourite, followed by France and England.  But England and France one has to fall which makes it even less work for Brazil because both of them are in the other arm of qualifying

Brazil has already lost one match (their last group match against Cameroon, which the latter one by one goal to nil). So we can't say that they are invincible. Despite their good team balance, they still have a lot of dependence on some of their star players. And it was very evident during the match against Cameroon. Before the start of the world cup, I was thinking that Argentina may lift the trophy this time. But after their pathetic performance against Saudi Arabia during the group phase, I decided not to make any bets in their favor.

Very good teams such as Brazil, France, Argentina are candidates for the final.  In fact, all the teams that make it to the quarterfinals are the biggest candidates.  Maybe I can keep Morocco separate from the favourites.  Morocco had a great success by eliminating Spain, but can it do the same again?  This probability is very low.  That's why other teams are seen stronger for the championship.

France is likely in my mind, but Brazil confuses me a bit as well.  Due to Netherlands not looking great, and Argentina looking better, I feel like Argentina will come out of there, but they are the team that lost to Saudi Arabia in my mind, so Brazil should beat Croatia and then beat Argentina.

On the other side, Portugal should easily defeat Morocco, seems like child’s play but you never know, and England is great but France looks even better, Mbappe factor is big and he could get the game himself if he plays wonderfully, then beat Portugal. So, finals of Brazil and France is on everyone’s mind. I am guessing anyone could win at this point but this is likely situation.

but I believe Argentina has learned quite a lot from the defeat of Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the world cup some time ago and after that Argentina played better just like Brazil, I'm sure Argentina will win against Brazil in the semi-finals later, well that's if it will meet there , everyone has their own predictions about how they see a team, I predict that Argentina will meet France or Portugal in the final later

People predict that Brazil and France will go to the final and that's very reasonable. because after all, they have a player depth that is above average than the Dutch players let alone Marocco. even from the beginning, before the world cup was held. I have said many times, that the Netherlands will be one of the strongest challengers in this championship. and it was proven, they were able to step up and overthrow their opponents even though they were not filled with players like those of France and Brazil.

unfortunately, the Netherlands will meet Argentina where these two teams are my favorite squad. statistically, the Netherlands is still behind Argentina and we can see that from their matches in this world cup. The Netherlands really struggled, against the Senegal squad and struggled against Ecuador. so on paper, Argentina will enter the semifinals.

on the Marocco side, this team is unique, they gave us a surprise in this world cup. holding Croatia to a draw is not an easy matter, toppling Belgium 0-2, Canada, and finally holding Spain to a draw. the question for now is whether Portugal can overthrow Marocco easily. especially if Ronaldo becomes the main strater player, which he doesn't contribute much.

for France, I told you, they deserve to be in the final. however, don't be surprised if The Three Lions are able to overthrow them in 2x45 minutes of the game.
In conclusion, anything can happen because this match is a life and death match for all the teams that enter the quarter-finals.

I think you made a mistake there. As far as I know, Croatia has been undefeated so far in this tournament as well.

https://i.imgur.com/UrKvF1d.png

Three wins and two draws, just like England.

I would like to see a duel between Argentina and Brazil but for me Brazil is really strong and Argentina without Messi is nothing. So other teams really need to focus mostly on Messi because everything is played around him. Portugal has the easiest opponent out of all other matchups

Yeah, you're absolutely right. Croatia is also undefeated

I just quickly glanced over the teams points in the group stage and passed Croatia because they only had 5 points! (just focused on 6+ points teams). By the way, England only has one draw.

Checked the losing stats and confirmed Croatia is the only team missing from that list.

So, these are the undefeated teams so far: Morocco, England, Netherlands, Croatia.

Everyone has their own choice and everyone has their own team to be proud of, as well as myself, because of course I also have my own candidates. the world cup trophy is Brazil, while one more team that has managed to get a ticket to the final is Portugal, although no one dares to bet on Portugal to reach the final, I am optimistic that Portugal has a strong mentality to penetrate the final.

Well, Portugal still hasn't gotten to the final.

Anything can really happen, and there's no free passes in this tournament.

Every single team has to play their best and actually score and win in the field to actually get to the final.

This tournament has shown that even the best, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France, etc, have lost to other teams that are way below their skills. Hell, Italy didn't even qualify to this one.

So, we'll have to just wait and see how Portugal does.

another surprise may come from Morocco. Portugal is highly favored, but it's also the same as Morocco's against Spain. if Portugal struggled to score goals and was forced to shoot penalties, it would be a nightmare for Portugal. Morocco certainly has good confidence in this regard.
but my guess is, Portugal will at least make it to the semi-finals, and meet England or France, this is a much more difficult match to predict.

Yes, when we look on paper, Argentina will win the match, but this is football where anything change can happen. This time for the Netherlands for getting the first trophy of the world cup. The Netherlands is a strong team from Europe that never once to feel that, so with a mediocre squad, the Netherlands will be carefree to play offensive with a scheme of 3-5-2. While Argentina was burdened with Messi's mission to achieve in what his dream.

https://i.postimg.cc/vHBfrBLh/qq.png

The match of Portugal and Morocco is coming soon today. In this world cup no team is under the feet of big team. The smaller teams are winning bigger team and taking them out from the tournament like Germany lost to Japan and at the world cup, can you believe that? Spain is sent out by Morocco. Morocco has confident players reading to play out extra time and good with penalty incase it will decide the match like Spain. We can see another surprise.

https://i.ibb.co/RPV80tm/richarlison-x-mbappe-disputam-artilharia-da-copa-do-mundo-veja-lista-widelg.jpg

Considering that the 2022 world cup will end in a few days and will soon be heading to the finals, I am here favoring Brazil and France in the final. Maybe without reason if the two countries deserve to be in the final because almost all the players are evenly distributed from all positions and their coaches also have no doubt to cultivate these talented players.

Kylian Mbappe and Richarlison are the top scorers of the world cup while of course they will both compete for the golden foot award later. France is the defending champion at this event and they definitely want to defend it at this year's world cup.

To be honest I'm not sure Brazil can beat Argentina in the semifinals if indeed the two will meet later in the semifinals, but I still respect your predictions as well as all the predictions of everyone here because in my opinion it is Argentina that will get the world cup this year

Yeah, that's the funny thing about points. It is possible to lose a match and still have six points, but not five.  ;)


Yes, you are right about that.

Mbappe was a football player with great potential before the tournament, but Richarlison shone in this tournament. He managed to surpass even Neymar with his performance in this tournament. Tottenham did the right thing by signing him. If we watch a final between Brazil and France, we will identify the tournament with these two players years later. I think Brazil play more compact football. I consider them as favourites. I think they will reach the final by winning their matches against Croatia and Argentina. I have not seen any other team that influenced me as much as they did in this tournament.

Yes, everyone has different thoughts, I respect that. But still, Brazil and Argentina are very influential countries in the world cup, each of them has the all-time football legends Pele and Maradona, everyone knows about their history. Regardless of who will win later everyone will surely be entertained by the beautiful football from both of them.


Even Richarlison uses the jersey number 9 and it is a great number and has been used by the Brazilian legend Ronaldo. It seems he has begun to be possessed by the soul of a Ronaldo, since the previous match he was so dangerous for the opponent's goal. Apart from that, all of Mbappe and Richarlison have made great contributions for their respective countries and this is a match worth waiting for among other matches.

Yes, we agree that Brazil has a bigger chance than other countries but we still should consider other national teams because we have seen what happened before. Brazil's match with Croatia, which will start, is really curious because Croatia doesn't want to lose against Brazil. But let's hope Brazil can give a good performance against Croatia. Otherwise, Brasil can not continue the next game.

Are you sure the Netherlands will use the 3-5-2 scheme, or are you writing the wrong one that should use the 3-4-1-2 pattern. the strategy scheme that Van Gal always implements in every match, always through Daley Blind and Frenkie De Jong. the combinations that Van gal's strategic scheme does, don't have much variety. except that Van Gal rotated his players several times, including rotating Cody Gakpo. but the results, quite satisfactory. The Netherlands only experienced difficulties once, against Spartan resistance from Ecuador.

On the Argentine side, Argentina often changes its formation. so far, they have only implemented a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 pattern scheme. and it seems, in this fight Argentina will use 4-3-3. Scaloni always varies his attacks, depending on the needs and weaknesses of the opposing team. Argentina always plays offensively, but Lautaro Martinez does not show his abilities to the fullest. in the end, Julian Alvarez was given more opportunities. and this time, Di Maria will be sure to be included in the main starting line-up.

As I said in many previous threads, football is not only based on statistics and on paper. Regarding the results later, will be determined after the game starts. one mistake, will be fatal for both.

well whoever will win the world cup he is the best even though i hope argentina, but no one knows about this world cup which always has surprises in every match, i believe messi can bring the world cup like the legend used to be Maradona, well at least Messi et al can make history in this year before retiring later

I completely changed my mind from Brazil winning it all and now , I'm going with England to win it all. Why ? Well , no one seems to be hyped for the best squad of England of all time so that's something to talk about in every sport talk show and not only so I think this silence is to not disturb them from winning and so far is working amazingly.  8)

Brazil - Croatia seems like a very boring game to watch :( but I had no other expectations as soon as I saw Croatia qualifying with Japan...

Yes, there is still France and also Argentina. We have to consider another national team that is currently in such impressive performance, although Brazil has more potential to win this world cup, but the way will not be easy. You are right Croatia did not want to lose here against Brazil, we are watching a tough matches for Brazil this time.

Even coming into the world cup, they didn't have too many strikers, they are famous for all the other positions but the striker position had just Jesus and Richarlison as far as I am aware, maybe I am wrong but that’s the only two pure strikers in the whole squad isn't it? Others are just forward players and they would have to replace, like if Richarlison gets injured (hope not) then it could be a huge trouble for them because they would not have any strikers at all.

This isn't an easy decision to have, it’s definitely a hard one but the moment they realize that it's enough, they will make sure that they use the most out of it, probably already realized it actually.

And just like that the biggest favorite of a great deal of people has been eliminated by Croatia, Brazil had a lot of trouble to get a score and when they finally did so in extra time they relaxed themselves too much and allowed Croatia to comeback and lost to them in penalties, and in the game of Argentina vs Netherlands, the Netherlands came very close to making an amazing comeback as well, but they lost in penalties against Argentina again, this means that one of the semifinals is finally ready, Croatia vs Argentina, and while Argentina will be the favorite, it would not be easy as Croatia was the runner-up during the previous world cup

My first favorite candidate has been lost, Brazil. Croatia deserves the victory in the penalty. They are more ready.
And Argentina continued to the semi-finals. This is as predicted although they also had the penalty kicks.
Now, I am now really thinking of having Portugal vs Argentina in the finals, it will be very exciting because this may be the last World Cup for Ronaldo and Messi. But, can they?

France also has a very strong squad. But now, strong is not enough because there were many surprises during this World Cup matches, stronger teams will not guarantee to be the winner of the match. Those who are really ready and can utilize every chance will win. But this is of course not easy. Moreover, the pressure of the World Cup is different.

Almost everyone was disappointed as Brazil was eliminated. Of course, football is a game that is open to surprises, but they played a great game until this round and won the appreciation of everyone because they were the most aesthetic football playing team of the tournament. I think Brazil played better football than Croatia, but because Croatia played the right football, they managed to get to the next round. As a result, our enjoyment of watching Brazil ended in this world cup. As a football lover, I would like to state that this is a sad situation. :(

Yes, that I just look on every match, or maybe I was mistake to read betweem 3-5-2 and 3-4-1-2, but whatever the formation, in fact Nettheland and me has lost last night. I also accept reality when Argentina excellent 2-0 until minutes 80, and prepare to lost my bet, but I get little hope when Netherland able to same the score, this like a miracle when they make the pinalty shoot, still this not my luck. And, lucky me i won the draw in another match which back all my capital.

At the end of the day Brazil didn't manage to score in penalties. You could see some players were not very sure about their penalties, and it showed when they missed.

Croatia was much better at the penalties, and therefore deserved to win.

That's just how football is, the team that scores more, wins.

that's why football doesn't always have to look at which one is great but see how they play skillfully, I saw Croatia was really surprising at the last minute being able to equalize the score until it was a draw, if the Brazilian players had lasted of course they would have come out victorious last night, but in fact the result awas a draw and losing on penalties is sad, but last night's match was greatly appreciated in the brasil vs croatia and argentina vs netherlands matches because they had played well to entertain all audiences around the world

Despite the Dutch formation, I'm a little annoyed with Scaloni. I think Scaloni is not too confident to face the Netherlands in the match early this morning. btw, at my place this fight is broadcast at 02:00 AM. Scaloni implemented a 5-3-2 formation, I don't think the Argentinian coach has the confidence to face the Netherlands with the formation he used before. this formation, tend to focus on defense. although when Argentina build attacks, patterns and formations change.

And yes, as we can see from this fight. ball possession, from both teams is fairly even. and as I said, the attacks built by Van Gal's troops always started from Daley Blind and then combined with De Jong, and so on. this pattern really didn't work until the Netherlands trailed 0-2. the entry of L. D Jong, the Netherlands began to be aggressive and in the end the score was a 2-2 draw.

seriously, this fight is very stressful for me. these two teams, are my favorite in Qatar world cup championship. but this is football, we can only enjoy rare moments.
by the way, I'm happy if you win the bet on another match and return all your initial capital. well, what do you think about Morocco vs Portugal.

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According to statistical data from transfermarkt, Portugal is the country that has scored the most goals, while Morocco is the country with the fewest goals conceded. This quarter-final match will be very exciting, especially which of these two countries will qualify for the semifinals. We know that the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was so great because he managed to block the kicks from his opponents, while Portugal has some dangerous young players and the extraordinary performance of Goncalo Ramos managed to score a hat trick in the previous game. It is possible that Portugal will have a little trouble this time considering that the Moroccan goalkeeper has kept a clean sheet several times and it seems that it is an advantage for Morocco to strengthen its victory. With the dominance of these two countries, it seems that the match will last 120 minutes and might end in a penalty shootout. But I hope Portugal can win this match.

Brazil were eliminated from the tournament. Now my favorites are Argentina and France. Argentina and Messi are an unstoppable team. As long as Messi wants the trophy, Argentina remains favourites. I have no doubt about it. Because he shows that he wants it on the field. That's why they are my biggest favourite.

I think it will be a miracle if France wins the World Cup without star players like Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante, Mike Maignan, Presnel Kimpembe, Karim Benzema, Christopher Nkunku. I wonder what would have happened if they had come to this tournament with a full squad. We would definitely watch a different France.

Messi is a legend. But he is yet to become a world champion. This is probably going to be Messi's last World Cup. And so Messi will try his best to win this World Cup. Argentina made a great comeback after the defeat against KSA in the first match. They are performing well in every match. Argentina is one of the favorites to win this year's title.

I would say if only Benzema was in the France squad then the France team would have been unstoppable. France needed Benzema in this World Cup. Even then, Mbappe is not letting Benzema understand the lack. He is playing well in every match. But if Mbappe doesn't play well, it looks very difficult for France to win.

I don't understand why every time Croatia wins a World Cup match it is said that it was purely due to luck and that the opponent was better. I think it's about underestimating the team that is the current world runner-up from Russia and the winner of the Nations League group stage ahead of France and Denmark.
Is every big victory of Croatia in the last 4 years, like against Argentina and England in Russia or against France and Denmark in the league of nations, or now against Brazil just plain luck?
I think the time has come for the Croatian national team to get the respect it deserves for all these extraordinary results it has achieved in the last 4 years.
Brazil played beautiful football and should have won? Is this a figure skating or soccer competition? lol :)
Croatia played a great game, and the Croatian midfield took the ball away from the Brazilians and had more possession than Brazil, which no one has managed to do to Brazil until now.
Croatia was losing the game and managed to score a goal and come back, which shows their great mental strength and character. Pure luck? Think again.

A few hours ago, I talked with my little sister about the World Cup candidates who are currently competing or who have been eliminated. And after that long conversation, I told my little sister what if the national teams that entered the Final were Morocco and Croatia? Surely the results will be beyond everyone's expectations.

It would be a real shock to see all the teams from the top seeded countries not being able to pick up a ticket to the World Cup Finals in the end. It can happen because the World Cup is not only happening at this moment but has been going on for a long time. And each country must have prepared it for a long time.

The winner of France - England is in my opinion the favorite for the final victory. Argentina may have Messi, but otherwise they showed little against the Netherlands yesterday. Without Messi, they would have been eliminated by now. Or would we see another outsider in Portugal? I do not assume that Morocco can provide a surprise. Speaking of outsider, Croatia should also not be erased. Losing finalist of the World Cup in 2018. Who knows, it will succeed this year. After all, they have the best midfielder of the tournament: Modric.

Brazil actually scored two goals from the penalties and missed two for the records while Croatia converted all four penalties into goals and at the end of the match, Croatia defeated Brazil 4:2 in the penalty kick. For the players who missed the penalties for Brazil, I didn't see any sign of unsure feelings before they took the penalties they missed, and am sure they had the confidence to score but, in the end, they missed it due to the good form of the Croatian goal keeper who was too good in the game.

The loss of Brazil yesterday in the penalties reminds me of the popular saying which says penalties are a body game you could win today and lose the next day so no one should blame them for missing the penalties.

I won't be surprised if Morocco are champions in this World Cup. It also has the potential. Because before the World Cup, most football experts thought that the most qualified teams to win the championship were Belgium and Brazil. These two teams have a lot of star players. France was in third place. Many players are out of the France squad due to injuries. So they are a bit behind. Morocco on the other hand is playing very well. Today's match also leads with Portugal 1-0. Argentina had a dramatic win over the Netherlands yesterday. And therefore, which team will be the champions, it cannot be said for sure in this World Cup.

Even before the World Cup tournament started I already had three favourite to win the World Cup which we are Brazil France and England but as it stands now Brazil is eliminated and this evening either of France or England would also be eliminated. This means only one of my favorites is capable of getting to the final. it is a clear message that even Morocco has chances of winning the World Cup as it stands now

underdog country morocco won against portugal and first time ever they reach semi of world cup this is a real surprise beyond everyone thought that morocco can beat underdog team but they have to meet france or england later in semifinal and if they can Beating England or France in the semifinals of course this will be history for Morocco, congratulations to Morocco

It think that Morocco will have an even harder job against England or France,with France leading 0-1 now its more likely that Morocco will play against France and that would be the hardest challenge yet to overcome. If they beat someone in the semi final they can win the world cup

If France win england in this match that means that Morocco is going to face them, and it will not be easy for Morocco, because since they have defeated Portugal without penalty France will add more strategies to win them, so i believe that Morocco it's will fine a possible measure to win, so the match is not what someone is sure of it's prediction, so i believe that everyone is aware that this matches is something that is no longer sure of particular country wining a match.

France is making a good impression so far. Argentina did not play well yesterday. Croatia was also the lesser of Brazil, but then you also name a team. I think France - Morocco will be half a walk over, France has little trouble against Morocco if they play like tonight. England are not beaten yet, but Mbappe doesn't need much time or space to score. I no longer see Argentina as the number 1 candidate for the title. They could be eliminated by Croatia. Croatia - France would be a repeat of the 2018 final.

My heart was with Portugal because of Ronaldo, but they came back home. Brazil were the team playing the best football of the tournament but they came back home. While my real favorites are saying goodbye to the tournament one by one, other teams are advancing towards the final. :) France came to the tournament with a lot of shortcomings, but despite all these shortcomings, they managed to maintain their identity as a winner team. They manage to score even in the parts of the match that they do not play very well. It is not easy to stop such a team.

this world cup has many stories and surprises that no one can understand, i also think portugal can easily win against morocco last night but in the end portugal has to go home and let morocco advance to the semifinals, they have to admit that morocco played better than portugal

I understand Ronaldo's sadness because he might not play again for Portugal in the next world cup because maybe he has retired from the world of football, that's why he looks sad, but this is a ball there must be winners and losers, so you have to be open to accept defeat , Morocco will meet France and I want to see if France can beat Morocco which is currently the seeded team now

Portugal story has passed, now there are only four teams left who still have a chance to win the 2022 World Cup. Argentina vs Croatia and France vs Morocco. Between these two games, I hope Argentina and France will make it to the final. I don't want the final 4 years ago to be repeated if Croatia goes to the final.
An interesting game will be presented if France and Argentina get to the final, on the one hand France wants to maintain its status as world champion, while on the other hand Messi really wants to lift the world cup trophy before he retires from the Argentina team.

Messi et al have worked hard to get to the semifinals so they won't miss that and let Croatia win in the semifinal match later, especially since this is Messi's last world cup match, I also predict the final later Argentina vs France or Portugal, but unfortunately Portugal has to go home because morocco, but morocco is also not the underdog anymore now they are playing well from all their lines, i'm not surprised if morocco reach the final but i want argentina and france to reach the final, still stick with my prediction that argentina will come out as cup winners world this year

This scenario is no longer a fantasy but a possible reality.
African national teams have long been underestimated by world football experts and analysts, as well as Croatia, the current world runner-up.
Once again it has been shown that the football map of the world is changing, that everyone knows how to play football and that national teams with great individuals win no more, but teams with better game organization and stronger mental strength.
Of course, Argentina and France are still slight favorites against Croatia and Morocco, but not big, and in those matches anything is possible.

Seeing CR7 crying last night I was very sad to see him, especially since it was the last world cup for him, but congratulations to Morocco for winning against a country like Belgium, Spain and Portugal so they have the right to advance to the semifinals. For France, they were still consistent against England, even though the result could have been a draw, but in the second penalty, Harry Kane failed to execute the penalty kick which made England lose against France. Once again, football does not come home to England, France as the defending champion of the world cup will certainly fight hard to advance to the semifinals against Morocco.

It was an absolute shock to him, but at the end of the day, Morocco scored and Portugal didn't. They had plenty of opportunities, and a legendary player like Cristiano Ronaldo should have scored in that match.

It's a sad day for him, because he leaves the world cup without being an actual legend. And worse, in the previous game his replacement got a hat trick.

Who knows, maybe Portugal would have won without CR7 in the field.

France won't be easy against Morocco. As we have seen in previous matches, Morocco's defense is very effective against a strong attack. Along with the defenders, Morocco's goalkeeper also performed very well. The France team is strong. But France's performance largely depends on Mbappe's performance. If Mbappe doesn't play well, it will be very difficult for France to win. So if Morocco's players can only resist Mbappe, their chances of victory will increase. However, the France vs Morocco match will not be one-sided. Both teams are likely to win.

I was surprised to see that Mbappe didn't get on the scoreboard for France,
not surprised that they beat England.

If Morocco can hold off France and take the match to penalties anything could
happen as per Croatia v Brazil. I think they will be too much for Morocco though.

With Brazil now despatched I think Frances chances of winning the tournament
have increased IMO.

Yes, it seems my guess can come true because the Croatian team managed to win the match. The next matches will be even tenser, namely Argentina against Croatia and France against Morocco. And if Croatia and Morocco can win the match, there will be a massive change in the world of football because the big countries can no longer be the strong countries they were before.

And sure enough, it surprises those of us who watch every match. The pace of Croatia and Morocco seems unstoppable but let's wait and see who wins in the end.

It will be a great game later, France as usual they are the favorites with such a famous team, but Morocco gave a big surprise in this world cup and you are right both still have a chance to win. Maybe we'll see a match full of penalty drama, or full of injuries because this semi-final situation is going to be hard on both of them.

Actually there was one shot on target opportunity for CR7 but it was successfully blocked by the Moroccan goalkeeper. Bruno and the Portuguese players weren't tall enough to give a long pass to CR7, so he found it difficult to score goals through heading. Coach Fernando Santos was really confused about what kind of strategy to implement seeing their opponents only defend and there was no other choice but to enter CR7 in the second half to change the pattern of attack, unfortunately the result still couldn't change the score and marocco won the match with a narrow score of 1- 0.

It doesn't matter if this world cup is the last for Messi or not, everything will be proven on the field later. we are talking about football, not just the wishes of the fans. in fact, Croatia was able to overthrow the Brazilian squad which was initially predicted to be the strongest candidate in this world cup championship. Croatia wants to win, it could be that Croatia is able to overthrow Argentina and enter the final phase or maybe vice versa.

So far, Croatia and Marocco have really been underestimated by the big teams. even unique, Croatia and Marocco are in the same group phase. Both of these teams were able to advance to the semi-finals. something we have to appreciate, even though the matches don't offer interesting matches.
I support Argentina, and hope they qualify for the final. and I don't want Scaloni to belittle Croatia. because after all, as long as the match is still 2x45 minutes in progress, anything can happen. so let's just enjoy it, when this semifinal match is held.

At this point in the competition it is fair to say that all the teams that have made it this far are potential winners and no team should be underestimated. Croatia can win, Argentina can win, Morocco can win and even France can defend their title. We will be able to be more accurate in predictions when we have just two teams left, as of now, all the teams are likely winners.

Everyone sees Argentina and France as the strongest candidates. Honestly, they're my strongest candidates, too. I have supported Argentina since the beginning of the tournament. But in this World Cup, we faced a lot of surprise results. I would never be surprised if Morocco beats France with an unexpected result. And such a surprise makes the tournament better. Also, Croatia made a surprise against Brazil in the previous round. They can do the same against Argentina this round. And such a result would add a nice anecdote to the tournament in my opinion.

If Morocco can beat France and reach the final then I think it will still be a surprise, although Morocco now reaching the semi-finals is definitely a surprise, but that doesn't mean the surprise will disappear if Morocco can beat France. But regardless of surprises or not, I think France and Argentina certainly have a way to break through the Croatian and Moroccan defenses which have been very good so far.
Because so far the big teams have stalemate when playing against Croatia and Morocco, because Croatia and Morocco have also successfully implemented a good defensive strategy and good discipline.

Therefore, if Argentina and France have a way to overcome this then of course Argentina and France will win as predicted.
Even though Argentina and France are title contenders but still, when playing in the semi-finals the difficulty will increase. Therefore, they really have to be able to have a different strategy if they want to get the expected results, because if their strategy remains the same then of course the opponent will be able to overcome it quickly because they have learned it.

Of all the teams that are in the semi-finals, France left the best impression. They are the favorite to win the title, of course it helps that they now have to play against Morocco, while Argentina will have a hard time against Croatia. If the final is Argentina - France, I still think France is the big favourite. Just look at recent times, France has clearly performed much better than Argentina. It would be a nice battle between Mbappe and Messi. That animosity will surely be noticeable in the field, although Mbappe and Messi will not meet much on the field.

I think this is as far as morroco goes despite having a tough defense there are many flaws in it both portugal and spain could've scored against them on multiple occasions and if they do the same mistakes against france they will surely lose the game i see croatia chances much higher in reaching the final i don't see a significant gap between them and argentina i still think stoping messi will completely render argentina team helpless.

I feel like Brazil felt the same way but they lost, so it is not really up to them. Sometimes you just have to play and see how it will go, doesn't mean that Brazil played badly, or didn't care, they tried all they can, even scored and looked like they were about to win at the last second, I mean 105th minute goal seems like as sure as it gets, and yet they got scored on at 116th minute, which changed everything.

All in all I have to say that I truly believe that Argentina has a bigger chance but that doesn't mean that they can't lose, we have seen plenty of teams fail to win games they should during this period, even including Argentina as well.

Of the 8 countries you mentioned, the remaining two are France and Argentina. And I think that's a strong candidate to play in the final round. What might not be included in everyone's predictions is Morocco. They are still fighting and now. They entered the semi-finals. If Morocco can beat France and win the 2022 world cup, of course this will be a new historical record in the world of football. We know that Morocco's game is not very good, but their defense is very strong, and counter-attacks endanger the opponent's goal.

Like everyone else, I would like to see the Ronaldo - Messi final, but Cristiano Ronaldo and his team Portugal were eliminated. They were defeated by Morocco. Of course, we have to say that Moroccan goalkeeper Bono was also outstanding in this tournament. CR7 was in reserve. Because of this, we did not have the opportunity to watch him much. Still, he contributed positively as long as he was in the game. I couldn't understand why Portugal left the CR7 in reserve.

I prefer morocco to be in the final at the qatar world cup, they look strong from what many people out there are saying. they just need to maintain complete consistency against france. Mbappe is an opponent that must be guarded super strictly by Moroccan players because he is a figure who is a big differentiator in France body at the Qatar world cup. on the other hand i want to see argentina make history in this qatar world cup because i hope lionel messi becomes a big hero for argentina when they fight croatia.

In that context I will choose this final from the Latin American team and the African team, namely between Morocco and Argentina. if this comes true i think messi will have a great chance to kiss the world cup trophy in football career.

It is possible for me to identify the weaknesses of each team that other teams could exploit
Croatia; Due to a lack of a prolific striker, they scored few goals in the tournament, which can cause problems if an opponent leads by two goals
Although they have produced a good performance from the midfield that keep high possesion.
Morocco; their main focus is on counterattack and compact defense, however, they have a lot of loose passes and have lost many players to injury.
Argentina: Despite showing signs of being very good, their defense concedes too many cheap goals
France: Equally good, but can the midfielder handle Croatia's strong midfield?

Well, I don't know about every other team, but whatever Morocco has been doing, that is whatever way they've been playing, it seems to be working for them, no body expected them to make it close to the quarter finals, but here they are at the semi finals, if they are lucky, we might see them in the grand finale.
I think Morocco has a really strong defence and that has helped them win the two matches that qualified them for the semi finals, they might not know how to keep the ball in their possession long enough, but they are good at defending and also good at turning opportunities to goal though they sometimes still missed a greater number of potential goals.
In their coming game against France, if they play better than they have played in their previous two matches, it is possible they could win the world cup.

Morocco only needs to win 2 matches and they end up getting the world cup.

They already won against Spain and Portugal, so they have the confidence that they can win against France if they play their cards right.

We'll see how France plays this game, if they underestimate Morocco like Spain and Portugal did, maybe they also end up losing against them.

The truth is, I would play extremely carefully against Morocco, but they are a great team, Spain's mistake was evident, and it was their technical director, he chose not to put the best players in Spain but those who are good for him and that is a bad perception and on the other hand we have the example of Portugal that the tencio director did not include his best star, and that is why they lost, it is impossible for me as a technical director to have a world star and leave him on the bench, what did I want to demonstrate? that a rookie like Gonzalo is better than CR7? Never, on the other hand, Morocco brought the best players from their country and that is why they are obtaining these victories and although I believe that Morocco will get there, I cannot rule out that there will be another surprise.

Comparing the squads of Morocco and France, France is definitely stronger. Mbappe is playing fantastically. Griezmann is back in form. France is very strong now with these two strikers. However, Morocco's defense is much more stable and strong. It is difficult to score against such a defense. As against France, Morocco will try their best to draw the match. I think the match is most likely to be a draw. Because I watched all the matches in the knockout round of Morocco. Their goalkeepers and defenders have performed best in this World Cup. So they have the ability to stop France.

I'm surprised you don't think Croatia or Argentina are favorites for the title. I consider Argentina the favorite to become champions. After losing the first match, their performance in each match was outstanding.

I agree with you when you talk about Morocco having a good defense, they managed to win all the games thanks to their good defensive strategy but also because they found opponents with some internal and strategic problems, so that all made it much easier for Morocco to go far, but France is also a good team in terms of defense and they are excellent in terms of scoring goals, so this is a game in which France will win, even if not by many goals, but France will win this game, Morocco is on Congratulations for having come a long way, but for me this is the end of the line for them, for me Franca will be champion of this world cup

One of the strongest teams will face Morocco in the semi finals, I'm not sure they will be able to provide a better resistance than what they have shown in the previous match. I also don't rule out that they will lose that match directly, but they will have bigger difficulties when they have to face the defending champions, but if Morocco can beat France, then they will be the strongest team to become champions.
the quarter-finals are certainly more pressing than any of the remaining teams because this is a very crucial moment to advance to the finals.

That's right, even though Morocco appeared so superior in the previous few matches, it's not certain that against France later in the semifinals they will win easily. France is the defending champion with an almost even composition of players and their players also contribute to the club they defend. So this match will be difficult if Morocco hopes to take it to extra time or a penalty shootout, but if this match goes to the penalty shootout round, it is certain that France will lose.

The Moroccan national team has elements that close all the ports that are difficult for the opponent to penetrate. I think France will find it very difficult to get into the net. I expect this match to end in a draw, and penalty kicks will be the master of the situation.

the team that entered the semifinals is not a team to be underestimated, and I'm sure the French squad is well aware of that. With the squad that Francis currently has, I'm sure the Moroccan defense can be penetrated properly

for this year's champion candidate, I'm more sure that France's chances are really big, they are a great team

the Belgian team has a pretty good attacker but doesn't penetrate the Moroccan defense as well as Spain and even Portugal, each attacker always has their own character, so do attackers from France, of course it will be different too, how do they play and penetrate the opponent's defense, Mbappe et al have their own way of playing. Of course it's different, so it's better to see the match later whether France can conquer the Moroccan defense and randomize it to become a goal feast or not  ;)

The result of this year's World Cup in Qatar may go to France or Argentina.  Because now France and Argentina are slightly stronger among the four teams.  But I wouldn't call Morocco and Croatia weak teams because they are very strong and have managed to hold themselves until the semi-finals.  So they can't be ruled out but I think France and Argentina are possible teams.  But let's see which team qualifies in the final

Croatia took advantage when the match was in penalty shootouts, they were always successful in penalty shootouts because Croatia had a reliable goalkeeper in saving during penalty shootouts, that's why from their several matches against Japan and Brazil they always won it, not quite likely, that they would do the same thing the same when meeting Argentina later.

Talking about Morocco, this country is truly complete in its defense, having attackers who know when to make goals in relying on counterattacks, and their midfielder Azzedine Ounahi always breaks down the opponent's defense to open up space for their attackers, this is why Morocco has always been the top seed of some their matches from the round of 16 to the World Cup Semi-Finals, they always surprise all the big countries, even Portugal has to be defeated by Morocco.

Greece did the same thing in Greece 2004 and they won the Euro tournament. They relied on counterattack and stayed in defence, it is described and negative football and it fustrates the opponent when goals are not scored. I dont rule out this with morroco and not just satify with their passes

I predicted a win for Morocco against Spain without seeing any Morocco game, Spain team is not good against African Team. Morocco didnt do well in front of goal and want them to do better in the next game.

Those things that will notice that entered the semifinals are there not the expected him that we expect that can be in finals in this much all this competition but I believe that what is happening now is the curiosity of any of the country who indulges or who take it over serious to make sure that they deem it fit to me so that is why they are participating well Morocco is good France is good and any other country

This is going to be tough for them and I hope the Moroccan team will try there very best to make sure that they enter there next match with confidence of winning the match whether by defensive method or by attacking means. Attacking will not help them so they should continue the defensive method they had been using.

I can actually imagine Morocco winning against France.

If France doesn't respect them, and assume they're going to win, they will probably end up losing. The same happened already to Spain and Portugal.

Morocco has created their own respect in this world cup, out of nowhere, just by being diligent and working hard.

It has paid off for them, let's see how far they can go.

Well.. I would love to watch France lose. The timing is a bit inconvenient for me. The match will start by sometime around 12:30am here in India and in case it goes to extra time and penalty shootout, then it will end by 3am or so. And I need to start my office work by next day 8am. But still, I want to watch the two semi-finals. It will be a big disappointment though, if Morocco loses out to France. They have come so far, and just have two more obstacles to cross. That said, if the final is between Argentina and Morocco, then I am going to support the former. This is going to be Messi's last world cup and he deserves to be in a world cup winning squad.

Now there are only 4 remaining candidates, Argentina, France, Croatia, and Morocco. I'm feeling like this is a toss-up. We have good attacking teams Argentina and France against defensive teams Croatia and Morocco. The goalkeepers would favor Croatia and Morocco IMO. And I am tempted again to bet on the underdogs. I won a 5.82 odds when Morroco upset Portugal. I do not want to go against Argentina even though my mind says that Croatia might have a better chance of winning against them than Brazil.

As a fan, I am hoping Argentina will face Morroco in the finals. 

Now all previous predictions are gone and washed out ad Brazil, Germany, Portugal All out of the world cup,  now only 4 teams are left and all are strong and are best in their game . But Argentina is everyone's favourite so is France.  Morocco has written its name in the history and now I think Morocco might win the cup and fifa trophy as he's unbeatable till now.
Waiting for next game France vs Morocco let's see how that goes.

That's right, two teams with an attacking strategy and two teams with a defensive strategy, the four countries that are competing are the best at the moment. It is still a question of who is superior in this kind of strategy. Morocco advanced to the semifinals for the first time and had to meet France, the two were very opposite, while Argentina and Croatia had met before at the 2018 World Cup when Argentina lost with a score of 3-0, but if you talk now, Argentina is still superior against Croatia later. Morocco will be a surprise if it manages to step into the final round and it may be beyond the predictions of most people.

Well with the big names in world Soccer, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Germany and England
for example who are not here now the tournament is still open to any of the 4 teams.

Remember Croatia were in the final in 2018....against France, imagine that was to happen again?

Theoretically Croatia and Morocco are the two weakest teams but I think Croatia have
a bigger chance of beating Argentina than Morocco do against France.

Had Argentina to win it all as my selection on the FIFA site when putting in my teams for the bracket.
It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.

Kind of like a supercomputer calculated the chances of each team winning. France has the best chance of 40%, then Argentina about 35%, Croatia 15% and Morocco 10%.
I think the supercomputer did a good job of calculating all the numbers here, because it's very similar to the truth.
I think the final will be France-Argentina final, where France has 60% more chance of winning.
Morocco might still have a surprise, but I think the miracles ended at the last stage of the playoffs.
The Croats have a better chance, but only if Argentina will make a gross mistake.

nothing is impossible, I believe Argentina will come out as champions in this year's world cup, I think now everyone is waiting for the semifinals to start, if you remember Argentina's defeat in the 2018 world cup by Croatia it seems Messi et al have learned a lot from defeat That, this year belongs to Argentina and I believe that Argentina will meet France in the final

You can't compare the game from the World Cup in Russia four years ago with today's game. Not only the game four years ago was in the group stage and this is the semi-final game, but a lot of players changed in those four years. I really hope that Croatia can win this one, France to win tomorrow and then we will again have Croatia facing Russia in the finals.

Both teams will surely try really hard to perform to satisfy their respective fans and will not underestimate their opponents, considering that at this point, they both have come this far.

And each team will not be willing to give up the top spot to their opponent, making the match even harder. We as the audience, can also support them and if you have planned to place a bet for one of the teams that will compete, don't forget to choose the one you think can win. Hopefully we can all win with our own choices.

Lolz this prediction is a bit hilarious , Croatia is good but wining Argentina when it comes to 90 minutes play time will be difficult except if they end up in playing penalties. Too if you think that France will win Morocco tomorrow then what makes you think that Argentina won't win Croatia?. In the other hands reverse could be the case, don't forget we have been seeing suprises in this world cup and you could see Croatia vs Morocco play in the finals.

Sorry, I mistyped the previous post. Of course it should say that in that case Croatia will face France in the final.

I don't think that it's a hilarious prediction. Besides, I didn't say that Croatia will beat Argentina today (and I especially didn't say that Croatia will win in 90 minutes). I just said that it would be great to see another Croatia vs. France final game of the World Cup. Of course that it could happen vice versa that France loses to Morocco and Croatia loses to Argentina.

It will be similar to me as well and I feel like there is a good chance we could lose just one day worth of sleep and still catch world cup semi finals. I mean think about it this way, this is a once in a 4 year thing and if you really like football then you could sleep 3-4-5 hours or whatever and then go to work and it would certainly be a bad day but you would still be able to get your sleep following night, knowing you watched semi-finals.

I however hope France wins, because they are much better team and they should be easily defeating Morocco, and I hope we end up with Argentina vs France finals, that would be a lot better for me, that's what I want to watch.

Still 5 minutes for the Argentina game to end, but with this 3-0 we can say Argentina is going to the finals. It was a great game and Argentina show us why they deserve to be in the finals. If the final match is Argentina VS France, then it will be a complex match for them because France has been doing a great job so far too, so, let's see if Morocco has a surprise for us tomorrow.

I really hope Messi gets this world cup, is his last chance and he deserves it as the great soccer player he is.

this is a revenge match argentina used to be slaughtered 3 goals by croatia without reply and now argentina slaughtered croatia 3 goals without reply, this was an extraordinary match that people didn't even expect there would be more than 1 goal, argentina played well from the start of the game to the end

Funny how @Franctoshi got a better prediction for Argentina winning against Croatia and it turned out well even when some people thinks that Croatia will surprise Argentina by winning them before 90 minutes or after extra time when them go on penalties. The game is over and Argentina were the better side so they got rewarded by scoring 3 goals to go all the way to the finals on the world cup competition. Well, I think the game between France and Morocco tomorrow will be difficult to predict despite the bookmarkers favoring France with the winning odd I still believe that the African team will not be an easy team for France and their defensive tactics will help them against France so I think but one thing is certain, there will be a winner after 90 minutes.

Unless they go to extra time  ;D

Of course France is the favorite to win against Morocco, but that was also true for Spain and Portugal.

You never really know what's going to happen, we'll have to wait and see.

Argentina was really a better team today. We can debate if that was a penalty or not, but even if the penalty wasn't awardes I have a feeling that Argentina would still have won the game. Even though Croatia had the possession of the ball, Argentina managed to score from counter attacks.

Now for the France vs Morocco game, it's really difficult to predict. Of course that France is favorite but you never know with Morocco. I'm definitely not betting.

I'm not sure about the penalty, hard to make that call, because the goalkeeper cannot really teleport or something, I don't know. Not penalty in my mind.

And I think that penalty changed the whole game. Before that I would say Croatia was dominating the game, and after that it all changed to Argentina.

But that's how football is, one play can change the outcome of the whole game.

Argentina won in the end, and is now in the final. Now the attention goes to Morocco vs France. Interesting game to watch.

I'd like to bet on Morocco winning the World Cup just to change this monotony a bit, since the same European or South American teams always win.  Of course it will be a very difficult challenge to defeat France but we have become accustomed to small miracles these days and who knows if it will end like this.

At the end those kind of plays depend entirely on how you judge them, to me it was a clear penalty, the goalkeeper in his desire to try to stop the shoot at goal took an additional step to reduce the chance of a score, but by doing so he put himself on the path of the Argentinian player and he could not avoid hitting him, so this gave no option to the soccer referee but to call a penalty, this changed the game completely as until that point Croatia had been playing better, and while some may think it is unfair you cannot make those kind of mistakes against such a solid team as Argentina.

The Argentine team is a very much strong contender for the cup because no matter how we see it, fans of Lionel Messi are more right now, and are rooting for him to lift the cup as a complete bonus for his excellence and as the one he added to the collection of accolades and awards before his retirement from the beautiful game of football. The France team is a likely contender because of they are number one of course. If they get to meet Argentina, it is going to be an ultimate classic.

Argentina was surprisingly used the defensive strategy against croatia. Crotia has ball possessions but it would not able making a goal against argentina. The same strategy that being used by croatia. Croatia seems got trapped by dominating the ball possessions and feeling frustated with the defensive strategy that used by argentina. It seems like that this gonna be a very interesting thing to see final. I thought that if counter attack strategy was the most effective stratey caused by when you were giving surprise attack and then your opponent was their focus.

Croatia had finally lost to Argentina which is a proof that Messi knows what he's doing and is capable of winning the golden boot. The match was really an amazing one even though Croatia was able to dominate the game but they were not able to win the match. At the beginning it looks like Croatia may finally win the match because of the ball possession but it reaches a time that they were not able make use of the PPP and score goals but Argentina was ever ready to make more goals to show the world that it is all about skill and techniques.  We hereby await who is going to play with Argentina for the final round.

messi is a GOAT, he became the most man of the match in matches between countries and passed cristiano ronaldo. they only need to win one more match ^(final) and the world cup trophy is theirs.  argentina vs france will be an amazing final match ^{(because messi and mbappe compete for top score too)}

Argentina really deserves this. they played excellently during the match and gained 3 goals. Now, Argentina becomes one of the finalists of this Qatar World Cup. They really learned much from their failure in the previous World Cup.
And now, we are waiting for the match between France and Morocco. I am sure that most people will predict France as the winner because of their string and excellent composition of the lineups. They have all great players in all lineups until their replacement. So, this will be so hard for Morocco to win. This will be magic for Morocco to win and it's really blessed. Whoever the winner This is not about luck, but this is about how every team is able to play effectively and solid so which brings their team to make more goals and make a stronger defense. This is about all their efforts and strengths.

this is a very good match in my opinion. can mbappe beat messi on this world cup in terms of being the top scorer? but hey, we should wait for the results of the match between france vs morocco. though most of us of course are rooting for france. but remember, upset always happen in any sports event. so hold your horses... france is highly favourite. so this is interesting.

There is no harm to bet on any kind of team because that is your money. Morocco is one team as a black horse where maybe can make the surprise going to final or maybe be Champions, but it's seem like mission imposible when we have to read on the paper where the team like France and Argentina has filled the best player on the world, Messi, Mbappe, Alvarez, etc which I thing only miracle which can make Morocco be world champion.

Ronaldo must be in a very worst condition to see messi was able to winning against croatia. The debate about which better between ronaldo or messi will come to its end once messi will able to win the world cup. Ronaldo has been trying so hard with portugal but he was not lucky enough.
Messi was always contributing a lot to the team. The match between france against morocco will determine who will become opponent for argentina in the final.
My eyes were watching alvarez as the most contributed player in the match against croatia. Im not even feeling doubt if alvarez will be monitored by some big clubs. He's good but he has not got enough play time in city

Morocco in 2022 reminds me of what Croatia achieved back in 2018. But the most surprising thing is that Morocco wasn't even considered as the strongest team from the CAF (that label was given to Senegal and Ghana). And while all the other African teams failed to qualify to the PQF stage, Morocco surprised everyone by becoming the only African/Arab team to do so. Even the other Arab teams (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia.etc) failed to qualify. Now I don't know what will happen today. If they can beat France, then they will rewrite the history books.

To me the penalty was clear until I saw the slow recording of it. Livakovic did stop the player but it was a collision and not an intend to stop the player. He positioned himself in front of the shooter in order to stop the ball and then the player collided with him. For me that's not a penalty and Orsato could have at least go watch the recording but he decided not to. But even if that penalty wasn't awarded to Argentina, I think that they would have won the match. They were more serious in their attacks while Croatia didn't have a striker that could score a goal. I'm not sure but I think that Croatia had only one or two shots at the goal that didn't go wide. And none of the Croatian strikers tried to shoot from the distance. All in all, Argentina deserved to win and Croatia deserved to lose.

Argentina showed improvement in the defence and were able to kill the game even with Croatia 61% possession yet 2 shots on Target whereas, Argentina made 7 (almost 4x) shot on target. Although I am unsure which team will win today's match, I don't see Argentina losing in the final.

Wow, that was some win! Messi was unbelievable in that match, his passing game was impressive
and his input for Alvaraz' goals were too.

France v Morocco tonight! France afe and have been the strongest team so far and have a
lot of attack options, Morocco on the other hand have only leaked 1 goal and OG so their defense
is impressive. This will be a massive upset, the biggest of the tournament if France are beaten,
which is possible if it goes to penalties.

Most people don't see Morocco as a difficult opponent in this world cup. Several major countries have experienced defeat when dealing with Morocco and France they will face next. It is not surprising then that Morocco will defend as usual and launch a counter attack as their ultimate weapon. It should be underlined that their striker En Nesyri is exceptional for aerial duels and that should be watched out for by Rapaelm Varane. It is possible that a draw could still occur in this match, considering that both of them are very strong with their respective strategies. But I also hope that whoever will emerge victorious will advance to the final round against Argentina.

I want to see Morocco's defense against France later, is their defense as strong as it was against some of the great teams they beat before, I hope Morocco doesn't disappoint many people because now Morocco is the top team to win in the semifinals because of their game which impressed many people , but besides that I hope France will qualify for the final to meet Argentina as what I expected and predicted, BTW congrats to Argentina for qualifying for the final and I already expected they would beat Croatia without a penalty shootout  ;)

Well, apparently, it wasn't. Once more they were unlucky, but it's a great team, so hopefully they will win next time.


Now I'm rooting for Argentina. No matter who they are playing with, France or Morocco, probably France, Messi will definitely score one, and will assist with a couple more. 3:1 is my prediction for the World Cup Final, in favour of Argentina, of course. :)

This has been one of the most surprising world cups ever. A lot of surprises from teams we were not expecting. For Morocco was the biggest surprise and one of the best teams in the competition. That said, it would besoamaxing to see Morocco hitting the finals

To be honest, because Argentina made it to the final, I think I'm pretty sure Argentina will be a candidate for the World Cup title this time, even though I doubted Argentina at first and I didn't think Argentina would be able to go this far. But because Argentina has succeeded in proving its quality, for me the passage of Argentina to this final is quite a surprise to me too.
Because in the beginning I was more sure about France and not about Argentina, but since France will play against Morocco then I think any result looks like it could happen.

But even so, I personally am quite sure that the final match will bring together Argentina v France, but whoever the opponent Argentina will face in the final match I will still go ahead with Argentina.
Because at this moment I will probably acknowledge Messi's huge contribution to Argentina, because previously Messi had decided to retire to play in the Argentina national team but now Messi can still play well for Argentina. With that great support, of course Messi will really be able to provide good results for Argentina, so I think Argentina will indeed be the strongest candidate at this moment.

Yeah, I wasn't sure Argentina was going to make it to the final, but since it's there already I now kinda want Messi to actually win the world cup.

The alternative would be to have France as the winner, which is great and all, but will come with the cost of not having Messi winning the world cup ever, which I think he deserves it.

So yeah, I hope Argentina wins it.

unfortunately morocco lost so they had to accept the defeat and admit the greatness of the french game which really could penetrate the morocco defense which so far was known to be very strong, mbappe really damaged their defense, but morocco also played quite well even every attack they almost scored a goal, congrats to France

indeed. The Morocco team has really fought very well. They have tried to give France a strong offense and attack. However, France was able to control it and fend it off with the power of their back line so Morocco failed to score. France is indeed extraordinary, they have a very strong and solid squad, and they even have a strong reserve squad. So there is no doubt that they return to the final. Morocco himself, I'm sure they are disappointed, but on the other hand, they are very proud because they have entered the semi-finals. This is their best achievement so far. So, they will compete even better in the race for third place later against Croatia. Likewise, Croatia, of course, they don't want to lose another chance. It will be an interesting match.

Of course everyone would want Morocco in the final against Argentina, but in fact they were unable to stem the attack from France and they had to accept the defeat. Regardless of that result advancing to the semifinals for Morocco has far exceeded expectations, Morocco has proven that all countries have the right to have the same dream to be on a magnificent stage at the world cup.

This is the last chance for Messi to providing as the best player in the world. he just lost and didn't yet have the world cup trophy on his life which I think he will play struggle until the last sweat. but we know is not easy, because when we look at the material player, France is superior for each line, as we can see how they beat Morroco last night, their player is working together to filled up the slit. while Argentina is very hope to 1 person, Messi which I thing will be lock to move to anywhere.

If Morocco can win against Croatia it will become a big history for Middle east nations since this is the first country that become 3rd position in world cup, the previous big achievement only enter to elimination phase, but they lost and can't enter quarterfinal match.

According to bookie the odds for Argentina vs France is really close or we can say same, so this is really a big match since a tough team will fight with a tough team too, not like Morocco that everyone already lost their hope lol. I predict France will win and back to back champion.

France had their best over Morocco and is already at the finals. Argentina vs France will be an amazing match where the two teams will be put to test. So far, both teams have demonstrated to be playing good footbal, so it will not be an easy game for both squads. Even though Argentina seems to be a superior team there is still a slom chance for France to take the cup home.

I already suspected that Argentina and France would meet in the final later, but judging from their predictions that they had met at the 2018 World Cup and Argentina lost in the top 16 by France at that time, I think this final is Argentina's chance to avenge that defeat and defeat france, messi et al won't let france win the world cup for the second time in a row, even though i know french players have good players, but i'm sure this year belongs to argentina who will win the world cup

As the French side is rooting to maintain a title defense against the Argentine side, the former with the captaincy of Messi is hoping to clinch to the title. It is quite easy to say that the pundits staked on Argentina to win, but the only thing I can say is this, let the best team win. Although I see the game between them if possible, jumping into an extra half time after 90mins played.

yes because both of them worked hard to get to this point in the final later of course it will be their chance to win the world cup, but it all comes back to the final result, whereas we know in 2018 and then the match both were very aggressive to score more than 2 goals and I think it will repeat itself in the final, I believe there will be no penalty shootouts either or extra time because they are more attacking than defending

Many Moroccans consider themselves Arabs so a finish in the 3rd spot will be big for the Middle East and Africa of course since the country is part of the African continent. The odds are favoring them a little to the Croatians though maybe because we're the ones that drop the highly touted Brazil.

The finals is absolutely close. Les Bleus as usual is expected to start with its 4 attack-combo while Argentina may continue its 4-4-2 formation.

France. I said this before, I said this during quarter finals, I wasn't sure before that, but when France faced England and all others faced their opponents, I knew that France would win. It was obvious from how good they play, it's really not even close to anyone and their biggest opponent so far has been England and they won that easily if you ask me.

I know if Kane made that penalty then it wouldn't be this easy, but they played so well in that game too. I am guessing that France will have an easy time beating Argentina. I believe no player in France is as good as Messi, he is better than all of France players, including Mbappe, but overall France is better as a squad.

France has good attack tactics against Morocco which really has a strong defense that can be penetrated easily by France, that's why Morocco and other great teams are easily beaten by France, I believe France will give their best game against Argentina in the final later

Morocco mostly defended in this world cup and played on counter attack and France did tacticly an amazing job thats why they easily won against them . Morocco got lucky to go this far and this is still a huge achievement for them on this world cup. France vs Argentina will be a good match and i honestly dont know who will win

france team seems to be better managed so yes i can agree that maybe no player from france is as good as messi, but all the france players combined have a very good chance of beating argentina in the finals. even the odds are equal at stake right now, 2.80x both for france and argentina. so you can say, even bookies are favouring both teams to win or lose.

LOL.. even the sportsbooks doesn't have the courage to pick their favorite this time. I checked many of the gambling sites and all of them have same odds for both Argentina and France, either at +175 or +180. In FOX Bet, Argentina are -111 and France are at -125 for the chances of winning the world cup (they consider the outcome of the match after regular time + injury time + penalty shootout, unlike the other sites). Anyway, I am staying out of the final. I wanted to make a bet in favor of Argentina, but right now it looks too risky.

This world cup is very important for Messi since this is his last chance to win the world cup trophy, he already collect the other international trophy and become the best players in many years, he just don't have a world cup trophy. I think Messi will try his best to win even though he will force himself to the last blood, so I'm pretty sure Argentina will win against France.

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Yeah, the Moroccan team had a defensive counter attack strategy feom the beginning which paid off. The Spanish as well as the Portuguese team failed to see this and were unable to apply a suited strategy that would protect this kind of technique. This was what France did. They have entered the match with an organized strategy that was mostly in place to protect aagianst the opponent team. And it paid off.

I don't agree that France did an amazing job tactically. They were lucky that Morocco couldn't score even though they were really close. The difference between Morocco against France and Croatia against Argentina is that Morocco didn't fell apart after they conceded the first goal. They continued to attack, but unfortunately for them they couldn't score. Of course that attacks opened them to counter attacks from which France managed to score another goal. But who knows what would be if Morocco managed to score an equalizer. Croatia fell apart after that penalty and Argentina didn't have a hard time scoring another two goals.

Morocco looks great, because they have a national spirit. yes, that's what makes Marocco really tough to appear in this world cup. regarding the depth of the team, actually the players of Marocco are mediocre. in fact, I believe more that Croatia's defense is better than Marocco.

As for Spain. as we can see, they were good in the beginning but fell apart in the following games. naturally, currently Spain is in the renewal of its players the same as Germany did. As for Portugal. supposedly, Portugal is one strong candidate. it's just that, they were unable to take advantage of the momentum to subvert against Marocco. I think the coach took the wrong strategy and rotated his players wrong. this is what makes them not have strong bonding and chemistry between the players.

in the end Marocco had to fall in the hands of France, Marocco lost in terms of the depth of his players. next, Argentina vs France.  in terms of the depth of the players, France is superior. but mentally, desire, nationalism, the Argentina squad will appear more ferocious.

this is the official statement that Messi made a few days ago and I see he is very serious about it,
he wants this world cup to be the last for him, and if Argentina manages to become the winner then her achievement is truly extraordinary, we will see him fight really hard in the final later.
in this world cup, Argentina and France have lost 1 time, in my opinion, the achievements made by the two are almost equal, but for the world cup winner this time, my choice leans more towards France than Argentina.


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agree with you because I don't think France will get the world cup in a row even though they also want it, but Messi et al's ambition to win the world cup is certainly bigger than France as the defending champion, I think the final match will be a lot of goals scored and no extension time or penalty shootout, I'll look at that promotion  ;)

True. Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia and France to Tunisia. Both similar teams which share equal performance. Nothing is decided yet for the last game, but I think if Argentina plays aggressively like they did against Croatia there are serious chances they can start scoring and grabbing the advantage on this final. The game against Croatia has shown Argentina can do it. Let's see how it's going to be the strategy adopted by both teams. It's also possible they play defensively to avoid commiting decisive mistakes. One thing is for sure: Messi is going to play like never before, because this is his final chance!

I also know that Messi a player that is better almost all players in the France squad but as a team, France is better than Argentina, and they will likely win the world Cup to join Brazil and Italy as the back to back winners in the world Cup history
Personally, I wanted Messi to add this world cup to his gallery because he is the Greatest Footballer of all time, and have so many records in football history, winning this world cup will be very important for him and made him the greatest Footballer ever.

I predicted that there might be a France and Brazil final, but since Brazil couldn't beat Croatia, we will watch the France and Argentina finals. France came here with too many missing players due to injury. However, they reached the final as they are still a very good team. If they had come here with star players such as Benzema, Kante, Kimpembe and Pogba, I think we would have watched very interesting matches. I think we watched them below their potential in this tournament.

Argentina are taking on a different identity under the leadership of Messi. I think France are better than Argentina, but if France want to win this match, they must stop Messi. Otherwise, they cannot win the trophy. We've all seen what Messi did to Gvardiol.

Morocco had stamina, that is what everyone is talking about. People are talking about heart, or passion, or hard work etc etc to explain that Morocco fought until last second, but the reality is that what they are talking about is stamina. They had a system where everyone ran, and I mean ran more than anyone else,a nd they kept on fighting that way.

If they got tired or anything, manager would replace them right away and the new guy would run even more. That is the way they kept on fighting for so long, a system built around running and having high stamina. When other teams got tired, they saw that as a chance and attacked harder. Look at the first 60-65 minutes of France game, they literally pushed to the limits.

France played with a better strategy than the Moroccan team so that the French team was able to beat Morocco, France was also the only team that was able to score two goals in one match against Morocco because before meeting France none of the opposing teams could score 2 goals against Morocco.
Argentina vs France is the best duel that will happen because there are Messi and Mbappe so this match is very difficult for us to predict who will come out victorious, both teams are equally strong and will probably play carefully.

To me the difference maker is going to be their respective defenses, both have great players which can score out of any part of the field, however I think that Argentina is capable of defending better than France and they can play better than France without the ball as well, and that maybe enough to get Argentina this world cup over France, also even if France had a lot of injuries before the world cup, it has not shown on their performance yet, but against a team like Argentina I have a hunch this will be the case.

I think Mbappe has a long career ahead, and Messi is at the last of his, so it would be nice to have Messi winning the world cup while retiring.

France also has a lot of extremely great players, so it will be interest to see the game. Two great teams playing at their 100% to have a chance to win their third world cup.

In the end I think France will win, but I would rather see Argentina win because of Messi.

The two teams that have shown the most in this tournament so far, Argentina and France, are playing in the final, fully deserved.
Both teams have a lot of quality players who can decide the match and I think we are in for a very uncertain match until the end.
France seems to be struggling due to the health problems of several players, but I hope that everyone will be able to play tomorrow.
The main question is whether the Argentinian players can stop Mbappe and the French players Messi?
Both teams are very good in defense and attack and the current inspiration of Messi or Mbappe will probably decide.
I still give a slight advantage to France because they have more players who can decide the match.

The great final between Argentina and France, one of the finals that was most predicted by the French, I know that the final between Brazil and France in 1998, France demonstrated a great level of football, because Zisu was there, where he gave a great demonstration of good football, for now we have Messi to see what he can bring us, my prediction here is that Messi and Argentina can win, even if France has players of a very good level, really they are all very connected and have the options easy enough to tarnish the game of Argentina.

For now, at minute 14, Croatia vs. Morocco are 1-1, a tie, a very exciting game, in less than 10 minutes two goals, this game promises, I see both teams very well.


Here you can follow the updates:

Croatia vs. Morocco live updates: Who will take third place?

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In the end, Croatia defeated Morocco and fully deserved the third place in the world, as well as at the World Cup in 1998.
Honestly, I think Croatia helped Argentina and France a lot because they beat Brazil in the quarter-finals, in my opinion the best team in this world cup.
A very uncertain match awaits us in the final because both teams have quality players who can decide the match, such as Mbappe or Messi.
The French have had several sick players in recent days, but it is hoped that they will all recover by the time of the game.
I would still give a slight advantage to France because it seems to me that they have more quality players and a more complete team than Argentina.

Morocco being fourth is still a great deal of success for them. Their team didn't had any big names aside from Hakimi, and that is a good approach for sure, without a doubt. I am not saying that it is impossible to be fourth with that type of roster, we have seen teams with not so great rosters end up being in semi-finals before and we will see it again, each tournament there are different teams that end up being better than everyone expected and this time it was Morocco.

But, just because we have seen it before doesn't mean that what Morocco did was normal, it wasn't common in the sense that it's usually different teams meaning each time some team does it, it's a success.

It doesn't feel like the world cup match will soon end, the final round is left today and the match between France and Argentina will begin soon. I'm here to support France, even though some of their players are reportedly sick with the flu, but it's not so confusing for Didier Deschamps to concoct a good strategy and Argentina seems to be playing with a complete squad, considering this is Messi's last match I hope to win or lose he is already the best player of all time.

Morocco had to admit Croatia's greatness in the match for the 3rd place in the world cup yesterday, of course Morocco's great achievement being able to enter the semifinals has become history for them, now in the next few hours the world cup final will begin and of course a lot of people are waiting for that , I bet on Argentina and the opportunity for Argentina to dominate the match if many French players are sick  ;)

That's right, it doesn't feel the world cup will end today, it's also unimaginable that France, previous world cup winner is right in the final again. The world cup this time is more unique and more surprising when we see Morocco, they made it to the semifinals, back to the final lol between Messi Alvarez Giroud or Mbappe who will win the golden boot?

Messi has the record of winning the most golden boots so I think Messi will break this record as well . Mbappé is also a very good player and has many records so he can't be left off the list but Messi is more likely in my opinion. But since this is the final match, it remains to be seen who will win the World Cup this time even though France took the cup last year

France is 2 goals behind and maybe it will be difficult to turn things around and come out victorious, it seems that Argentina is playing much better than France, I bet on France, hopefully there is still hope to make the score a draw in the second half

in the end France followed 2 goals and a temporary score of 2-2.
you say Argentina is much better than France, but I have the opinion that France also played very well at the moment against Argentina to even the score 2-2.
I think this final match will end in a draw and will go to the penalty round.
a few days there was a lot of news that some French players had the camel flu virus, but in reality it was just like FUD for France and France's game performance was not inferior to Argentina.
2 scores for France were scored by Mbappe and for me there will be a chance to win for France if Mbappe is able to keep fighting until the penalty later

Argentina has added more one goals by messi and the time for extra time is remaining few minutes, everyone was happy to mbappe because of it's performance, so we were expecting that the match will end 2:2 and penalty kick will be the final judgement be penalty, so reverse be the case because penalty against Argentina again, which mbappe will not like to miss, the match now is 3:3.

mbappe scored another goal through a penalty, it looks like this will end in a penalty shootout and the match is getting more exciting attacking each other and I stick with my bet for france to win, hope france wins this world cup

The most exciting and fun finale we've ever seen. That is quite different from the boring matches between Spain - Netherlands 2010 and Italy Germany 2014. In 2018, France won the final by force majeure. Now Argentina actually seemed to win the final very easily, but had not counted on the great comeback of France. It turned out not to be enough. Argentina may have needed this title more than France's team, which had been champions more than once in the last 20-30 years. Now can we conclude that Messi has been the best footballer ever?

CONGRATULATIONS ARGENTINA!

And congrats for those who have bet since the beginning of the Cup on the Argentinian team win. You guys must have made some good bucks.

Now, for those who predicted the two teams would go on game extension and would both score during the extension, they must have become rich!

I'm still in doubt about Messi or Mbappe...
Before today's game, Messi had scored five goals and provided three assists, having been named player of the match in four of the six clashes he took part in before the final
Mbappé also scored five goals but provided just two assists, and was named man of the match in three of his six games.

Today Mbappé scored more goals than Messi, but two of them were penalties, which makes things a little easier.

Honestly, if I were to choose someone today, I would choose Messi as a bet for the best in the world.

It was a very sad night indeed for Mbappe. He seemed very upset at the awards ceremony. Tonight he almost resisted alone, but by the end of the night he couldn't reach the trophy. He became the top scorer of the tournament and won the golden shoe. At least that was a consolation prize for him. I like Mbappe's playing style more, but Messi is an undisputed legend. He also completed the biggest missing piece of his career today. With this trophy, he deserved to be the immortal legend of Argentina.

I saw the big disappointing look on his face because he never believed that the outcome of the mat h would not favour him. It was a big disappointment for every fan of the France team and supporters because the game was very interesting at the starting with knowing what is going to be the result of the match.

The match is over and It is very unfortunate that Mbappe did not go home with the world cup just like last time. Could I say Argentina was very lucky to have won the world cup. I thought France is going to go home with the cup but the outcome is just confusing but I have nothing to do now that to accept the defeat.

this is very informative post.
Read it twice and made my notes on them. Very good - thanks for the share.

congratulations argentina for winning the world cup, as a fan i admit that this was a game that made me extremely irritated with the argentina coach, we were already winning by 2 - 0 and we were playing very well, until the argentina coach argentina decided to replace Di Maria, making the argentina's attack non-existent and this opened space for france to start attacking argentina a lot to the point of scoring 2 goals in a few minutes

after that i even wanted to stop watching the game, because argentina wasn't even playing well anymore, it was just frank who was wasting opportunities, until the argentina coach put in Lautaro Martínez who made argentina play well again and With that, they scored the third goal, but unfortunately Franca scored the third goal again and the game went to penalties, and something interesting is that the coach of Argentina did not put Paulo Dybala to play in this world cup, but he was forced to put Paulo Dybala because I needed someone good to take a penalty

Well, he shouldn't feel so sad. Mbappe's France has already won the last World Cup in Russia 2018. He is a pretty young 23 years old player who is going to play another 4 or 5 Cups yet. Plus, he was the best player of the competition, who scored more goals and is going to enter soccer history hall as the most skilled player of the world, more than Messi and possibly more than Pele.

On the other hand, it was the last chance for Messi to win the Cup. It seems fair he finally achieved what he has been waiting for his entire life on his last opportunity. Sometimes we have to put ourselves in others' shoes and fell happy for the achievements of our friends.

Di Maria couldn't play anymore, he was exhausted. Actually, the whole argentinian team was. They have played too intensively the first time. And the age of players like Di Maria become a heavy burden as the time goes by.

Do you that assuming the match France defeated Argentina it should be as results of coach of Argentina error of making a wrong substitution, because assuming that Di Maria was still in the pitch that means the chance of Argentina to win the match without passing this difficult way, because it was noticable that di maria immediately it was substitute it gives chance to France to penetrate to Argentina, so di maria played well and it was not exhausted when they substitute him, it's a coach decision.

After such a performance to score 4 goals in the final and NOT take the trophy home has
to be some sort of shock to the system.

That was one rollercoaster of a match, for Argentina to go 2-0 up and France to take in to
penalties was amazing but alas, penalties is a lottery.

I had France to win but I am also happy for Messi, he really is a legend now. Well done
to him and Argentina.

A very good exit from the World Cup events for Messi. He will remember as a true legend on this sports.
Mbappe has still a lot of years on this sports, so he can still snatch such world cup trophy next time and the Golden Boot Award again.
In any game, you can't really be so sure of the outcome. A lot were rooting for France because of their good team work.
But in the end, Argentina stepped up their game and got what they were all chasing for. I guess, there was some kind of luck on their side.

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congratulations to argentina after fasting for the title finally achieved messi et al's dream of winning the world cup this year, I was happy to see argentina lift the world cup last night and was a little touched by their hard work from the start of the opening of the world cup to last night's penalty shootout, this will be history for messi et al  ;)

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After the 2014 world cup final, Argentina had to lose against Germany, now finally that dream has come true with Argentina and Messi winning the 2022 world cup. Messi was so emotional here he even kissed the trophy, before he could only see and now he is in the final again against France finally argentina won the 2022 world cup trophy, it seems this will make all argentineans so happy.

that's why argentina's hard work has finally paid off and therefore in last night's final match i'm sure they won't let france win last night let alone get the world cup in a row of course it won't be given a chance by argentina, i'm not argentine but i see the cup the world this year is worth it for argentina and at least i won the bet, that's it  ;)

If we refer to last night's match, Argentina's victory over France was really what they deserved. the reason is, Argentina really controlled the game, they dominated from the start the first half whistle was sounded. we could even say, that France was really under pressure in the early minutes until the first half was over. Argentina did not let France dominate the game, they appeared to attack and really dominated.

To be honest, last night's match surprised me quite a bit. I didn't expect that Argentina would play so open. I didn't predict that this fight would be this dramatic. really a very interesting spectacle, and also thrilling.
I myself bet for 2.5 goals, and we won this bet.

I love his confidence,  Argentina was scared of his confidence because they never believed France would be able score 3 goals.  If not for the sake of time it would have been easy for France to score more goals,  because mbappe was ready to score more goals , he was the strength of France.

since Dimaria scored the second goal that's where France started to get depressed, but unfortunately Dimaria was replaced too quickly and was withdrawn from the field so that made Argentina's attack not too pressing and seemed to want to play defensively, that's where Argentina's fault lay and finally Mbappe scored 2 quick goals in the second half very surprising, last night was a tense game but at least we know now that argentina won this world cup  ;)

I think as well that when Di Maria was pulled out of the game that gave France the chance to tie the game, Di Maria was playing really well and since he was so dangerous the French defense had to keep an eye on him, but as soon as he was pulled out and Argentina adopted a more defensive stance this played right into the hands of  France which were able to tie the game really quickly, fortunately for Argentina they still won otherwise such move would be criticized as it was a very obvious mistake by their coach.

I think it's time to admit that Argentina deserves to win the world cup this year, to be honest I still don't believe that France has to lose to Argentina but here's the ball there are always surprises, defeat on penalties is not an embarrassing defeat and France has also put up a good fight pretty good against argentina, but this is where we have to admit it, congrats to argentina

When the match started Argentina was suppressing France and all the France players was nursing an escape of chance to penetrate to the side of Argentina rather Argentina was playing France have failed which France get relieved when they return from the second half and they have already under goods at the vice and substitution plans.

The match yesterday between Argentina and the France has already be predicted and known biography that Argentina will lift the cup because of Messi, so when you look at the beginning of the ball all the match you will notice that ministry was desperately looking for possible ways in order to weaken France players by giving an earlier goal, so I think that with that first impression in first-half shows that the lock or the winning is going directly to Argentina despite that France fight with mbappe to win , which at a point they still lose the match.

Sorry everyone, I just got back after a busy routine at work and I also often don't watch the world cup matches because of overtime work, but for the final match I finally have to watch it all the way through.

I say especially to ARGENTINA who won the 2022 world cup in Qatar and at the same time recorded the world cup title for the third time.

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