Interestingly Morocco will play the round 16 with their European neighbor Spain in a match I give equal chances to both country basically both country have similar style of play, if the Moroccans can go all the way to top their group which include a star-studded Belgium and Croatia then I knew they have a lot to offer in the competition and not mere pushover, honestly more upset is bound to be unleashed in many matches ahead just like the way Camerounian defeated Brazil in yestarday match, I must commend the African countries that participated in this World Cup for putting up a brilliant performance and representing the continent well.
African teams played good in this World Cup but unfortunately they made a mistake in a game that costed them a lot. Tunisia underestimated Australia. Cameroon should regret Serbia game mainly. After all from 5 teams, there is two that will face quite hard teams. Morocco - Spain and Senegal - England, the winners will avoid Brazil and Argentina but will have to face France at some point. |
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Has any player in the Premier League been seriously injured after played for their country?
AFAIK, there is Gabriel Jesus who were injured during Cameroon match and risk to not continue playing in World Cup games. There is uncertainty about resuming the first matches with Arsenal after the break end.. Hopefully there will not be more players to risk knee injuries like him. Otherwise in other leagues, there is many players who were injured mainly Neymar but it seems to be a mild one. |
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Australia started good especially in defence up to the 30th minute then they dropped, took the first goal then the second one was a huge mistake from the goalkeeper, otherwise the result could be a draw unfortunately for Australian.
For the moment, Argentina 2 - 1 Australia, only few minutes left in the game. For a team playing rarely in World Cup, Australia did pretty good job.
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Germany elimination from this year world cup quickly surprised us all, even though previously Germany was considered one of the favorite teams to win this year world cup but in fact they were eliminated in the group phase, so far Germany has been dominated by Bayern players but somehow as if there is not visible cohesiveness in the German national team like when the player played for Munich, I think the current German era is over and Germany must evaluating their players and it is better to focus on young talents in the European Championship later.
Germany knocked out of worldcup early due how things really become unluck for them , they had a lot of opportunities missed and too often , you can't even count how many times they hit the bar during the last three matches of the group , they supposed to scored a lot of goals but here they are. Luckily at the other side , the players could resting early to prepare for the domestic league resumed , bayern would be in huge advantage for this. Germany elimination, was a joke and very humiliating one regardless of how good players they have, how good they did and how many opportunities they made. A defeat remains a defeat and Japan kicked them off twice. First time by winning vs them, second time by winning vs Spain and nullified their efforts in this version of World Cup. Now getting more time to rest and train is a good thing of course, but World Cup is also important internationally, financially and superior to the domestic league by far. |
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At the moment, Napoli is the most likely, but when you look in the mirror from last season, like when Milan was far enough ahead or Inter, who were already safe with 7 points at that time, but had to get worse due to clear consistency, this must be taken into account, in my opinion, even though so far Napoli has been very strong but the chances they are still there to lose but the problem is that there are no other clubs that have shown their capacity, especially for big clubs.
As I mentioned before in Bundesliga and Ligue 1, the problem with Bayern and PSG dominating titre for long, isn't the fact that they are winning all games but it is the problem with the other teams losing easy ones! Serie A is different on the team that is leading while the others aren't that far but are far from staying consistant and stop losing their games. If this happens then Napoli could risk its place. |
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Vincent Aboubakar scored a good goal today, but he made a very unprofessional move on goal celebration and was ejected by receiving his second yellow card. Cameroon said goodbye to the tournament with a good match and a good win... It was a big surprise that Brazil lost today, but like all the teams that used player rotation in the previous matches, they lost the match today. In fact, if we look at the result from this perspective, there is nothing too surprising. I am already looking forward to the match between Brazil and South Korea...
I will not call that an unprofessional move. His perspective is different than European one simply. He scored a goal vs BRAZIL, his team will leave since Switzerland won and they are leading with not much time left. He celebrated the good exit of his national team like a hero, for them. He was saying I did my best, I scored vs Brazil and it is time to leave / rest. It is hard to imagine I know. Brazil was a strong team but lost to a normal team like Cameroon.
Even though Cameroonians won, they didn't advance from their group, thus this is still a well-deserved victory for them. However, they will go down in history as the first nation from Africa to win against Brazil in the world cup in. Cameron played admirably to prevent the Brazilians from scoring the entire game. Despite playing with their second 11 players, Brazil (fixture 9 new players in the match). No country was able to secure a 9-point total at the conclusion of the group stage matches(winning their 3 matches) of the Qatar world cup. It's unexpected Yeah Cameroonian made the history in Africa with their victory in this match  Brazil, just like France +/- Portugal were sure they advanced first in the Knockout phase so they rotated their players and with some underestimation of their opponents or maybe a hype to their second teams, they lost which was embarrassing for them, for their supporters and in their history. No team was able to collect 9 points is obvious in this version of World Cup since most teams were comparable in terms of performance and chances to pass. |
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I don't think Deschamps underestimated France's opponent, it's just that first place was guaranteed for France so he wasn't worried about the outcome of this game at all. In fact, this is very sad, since it is dishonest from the point of view of sports principles (the team that plays with a demotivated opponent in the last round obviously has an advantage) and does not give a damn about the fans.
Unfortunately it was the case. Imagine 5 minutes after the goal, Deschamps made 3 substitutions at the same time, including Mbappe, then 10 minutes later he added Griezmann then Dembele. Half the team was changed in like 15 minutes after the goal. It is true that he was confident that his team will win or get even a draw but that goal surprised the French team. Anyway that was a lesson for them. Well no... applying such reasoning, we can conclude that the League of Nations was a super important tournament for Deschamps, but the teams of Denmark (LOL) and Croatia were head and shoulders above the French team. We all know that yesterday's game was optional for France and they didn't care about the result. Indeed it was optional but France didn't want to lose it for historical and social reasons mainly. Anyway no need to argue more about that since even Cameroon won vs Brazil  At some point, when Serbia was leading, there was a hope but Switzerland killed it literally and Cameroon players were happy for winning the game but sad to be eliminated even before the end of the match.. The best ending goes to Aboubakar with the red card. He knew that game was the last one for his team in the Qatar World Cup version so  |
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If Manchester United want a random and impossible transfer, they should go for Musiala
You say it yourself that it is 'impossible', yet you want Manchester United to bid for him, i think they'll be seen as being unserious should they make a bid for the youngster. Musiala is a precocious talent that Bayern Munich can never let go of, just like Foden in Manchester City for example, there's no bid that could make City sell Foden right now. I'd advise Manchester United to make bids for players they can possibly sign, last summer they chased some players for a very long time without signing them, Frankie de Jong is one of such players, they wouldn't want to make the same mistake in the next transfer windows, Musiala is Bayerns "golden star", and i am pretty sure clubs would know this isn't the right time to bid for him, an opportunity might come in the future, but certainly not now. Indeed, in no way Bayern will let Musiala leave the club unless they get an offer of +€100m which is unlikely to happen. ManU has to recruit new talented players and find a plan to make the team competitive in the next seasons. This season objective is to pick an european spot, ideally CL even it looks quite difficult. @Docnaster: you mentioned in an early post that Chelsea is much favourite to pick a CL spot more than Liverpool? I find that difficult with the actual team, maybe things will improve for them after the winter transfer window.. |
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I really enjoyed tonight's games despite Germany's being eliminated from the World Cup. Their game was still incredible as we watched two great comebacks from them and Costa Rica in total. Germany showed a dedication example but this 4-2 win was still not enough for continuing to be a part of this tournament.
Because meanwhile Japan did an amazing job by defeating Spain by making a comeback. Doing this against a team like Spain and while Spain weren't able to secure themselves in the group was really impressive. Germany were just desperate to watch this happening. This must be a big lesson for them.
Each team of Germany and Costa Rica shared the time on dominating the game. I mean sometimes it is Germany which is basically controlling the game and scoring while Costa Rican are watching, and other times, Costa Rica is controlling without feeling the presence of Germany. At the end, Japan surprised everyone, winning vs Spain and kicking Germany from World Cup was a record for them! |
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Denmark is already out. Belgium can be the next one.
Belgium, considered number 1 in FIFA classification was kicked badly in a group considered to be an easy one including Canada, Morocco and Croatia. It was a shameful result and a shocking one. After all, Morocco deserved to be in the first place, Croatia did good and Belgium made a pity exit, just like Denmark! |
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Denmark has become the main disappointment of the World Cup, not only for itself, but also for Tunisia  I do not want to belittle the victory of Tunisia, but the main reason for this event is the French team. Their manner to play poorly “unimportant” games (such as the League of Nations), and try well in important games, once will play a cruel joke with them, as the winner mentality is lost in such “unimportant” games. Tunisia performance vs Australia made Deschamps decide to play with literally the second team. He underestimated his opponent and paid that the hard way although the changes he made in the second half. Otherwise Tunisia played good too. ~ I don't think Deschamps underestimated France's opponent, it's just that first place was guaranteed for France so he wasn't worried about the outcome of this game at all. In fact, this is very sad, since it is dishonest from the point of view of sports principles (the team that plays with a demotivated opponent in the last round obviously has an advantage) and does not give a damn about the fans. Unfortunately it was the case. Imagine 5 minutes after the goal, Deschamps made 3 substitutions at the same time, including Mbappe, then 10 minutes later he added Griezmann then Dembele. Half the team was changed in like 15 minutes after the goal. It is true that he was confident that his team will win or get even a draw but that goal surprised the French team. Anyway that was a lesson for them.
Morocco won and officially joined Senegal in the Knockout phase. We will see if Ghana and Cameroon could follow them. |
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Argentina won but Messi missed the penalty. In the first match against Saudi Arabia, Messi scored from the penalty but Argentina did not win.
No problem, still have plenty of time for Messi to create any goal for his country. The missed penalty is not the biggest mistake when the team still won and is able to the next round. Now, what Messi must prepare as Captain is giving spirit to the squad for the next 16-round match versus Australia, We know Australia is an underdog team, but they can make a surprise like they beat Denmark last night. Denmark is a weak team in this World Cup version so we cannot really rely on it. Australia is a good team, way under Argentina but definitely it shouldn't be underestimated. Argentina defeat vs Saudi Arabia made them more serious while Australia will play under stress since they will face a top team and they don't have history to move further. I expect Argentina to pass here. |
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The latest talks about Ronaldo is that he is about to sign a 2.5 year (remainder of this year and then 2 more seasons) with Al-Nassr for 200 million dollars a year. That really doesn't look like a good deal to me, not because Ronaldo would say no to that much money and all, but because Al-Nassr shouldn't really pay that much to Ronaldo, bigger clubs could offer less, and Al-Nassr owners also have teams all around the world, with some of them being big names, and they could offer less to him to play there?
All in all, if this 200 million a year is true, that is going to be biggest I have ever seen or heard and it will make big news, dude probably didn't make 500 million from salaries all his life, that's just way too much to sign.
Do you think those who offered this huge amount of money care a lot about it? No! He will regenerate only a part of it from T-shirts, ads, and other stuff. I will give the example of those who collect old things, collectors, not traders, do you think they really care about the money? No! They will make an achievement. They brought the best player for them to the gulf region, everyone will come watch him, so full stadium without paying people to applause, and so on... |
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England played well in the second half against Wales. I hope they can go as far as they did in the Euros last year. I think Kane needs a rest and Southgate should play Foden more with Rushford on the right.
Don't underestimate Senegal the way Deschamps did with Tunisia and France ended up losing with 1 goal. From now on you don't have a second chance, it is whether you qualify or you are out! Rotating his players when he is leading comfortably is a thing and risking a whole game due to miscalculation is another thing. France will play vs Poland next and I think they took the lesson the hard way. |
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Denmark has become the main disappointment of the World Cup, not only for itself, but also for Tunisia I do not want to belittle the victory of Tunisia, but the main reason for this event is the French team. Their manner to play poorly “unimportant” games (such as the League of Nations), and try well in important games, once will play a cruel joke with them, as the winner mentality is lost in such “unimportant” games. Tunisia performance vs Australia made Deschamps decide to play with literally the second team. He underestimated his opponent and paid that the hard way although the changes he made in the second half. Otherwise Tunisia played good too. Denmark performance in the other hand was shocking. I was expecting them to win or at least to get a draw but they kept doing very badly. It was the second disappointment of the World Cup for the moment after Argentina defeat against Saudi Arabia of course |
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It was such a hard-fought win for USA as well. Their performances in the first half and second half were completely different. Iran started to be a part of this match in the second half and they even found more chances to score as well. But somehow USA managed to keep the match at 1-0. I didn't like their trying to secure a 1-0 score instead of going for more in the second half. Conceding one goal could have been their end in the World Cup.
Iran ruined its chance to progress in the World Cup easily although they only needed a draw to qualify.. They weren't focusing much on the game, they let US players play freely in many opportunities. They missed easy goals and so on. They deserved to lose. |
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Senegal best Ecuador 2:1 today, a very big congratulations to the team, they have not just made only the citizens of Senegal proud, but the entire Africa, they have made it to the round of 16, this is really outstanding and I congratulations the team ones again.
Now waiting for Ghana vs Uruguay match on the 2nd of December, I really hope Ghana have the same good luck that Senegal had today..
Wishing the team the best.
It is nice to see an African team moving to the next stage of the World Cup after a hard start. They finished second so they have to face England. It isn't impossible to win vs them but it will require a lot of efforts and luck. I hope to see Senegal advancing more. Tunisia will play vs France today and things aren't promising for them even though that Deschamps will play with the second team.. |
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This will obviously affect everyone at Juventus in my opinion, not only the higher-ups but also the coaching staff and players and of course this will make matters worse.
At the moment, even though Juventus have started to improve in terms of performance, but with things like this it will obviously change because inevitably they have to go back into a more severe storm than before.
Juventus performance recovered again by successfully getting five wins in a row but had to be destroyed again when there was bad news that attacked the club, hopefully this will not be a coincidence to destroy the mental state of the Juventus players and remain enthusiastic to always win in every match. A very bad news that was hidden under the matches of the World Cup! I didn't hear anything about that before now. I checked news and apparently it is a manipulation of the financial status of the club. The resignation of the board was just the start. This affair will have bad consequences on the team, whether by a huge fine or points reduction. I highly doubt about relegating Juve again!! |
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The match was exciting between the Netherlands vs Qatar. The Dutch attack on the host occurred and scored a goal. In the 26th minute, the Netherlands managed to score a goal with a score of 1:0 and I believe it will be even more interesting, can Qatar respond to this situation. I'm sure the Netherlands will win this game.
It is known that Netherlands will win that game without too much effort, they are already 2 - 0 now and there is enough time left to add another. Senegal match is the challenging one, until now they are leading with 1 goal to 0 vs Ecuador which seems less effective. So far Netherlands and Senegal are gotta go to the next stage unless a surprise happens in Senegal game. |
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Next game now is between Netherlands and Qatar, who else feels that this match might be the last for Qatar in this 2022 world cup?
There is no way I see them winning Netherland except the shock of Argentina vs Saudi Arabia happens again.
My personal opinion though.
Qatar has already been eliminated, and I doubt that they have a national team capable of defeating the Netherlands. But let's wait and see what happens; while it's possible, Qatar might not be as fortunate as Saudi Arabia against Argentina. Netherlands won't let Qatar get a single point. They are basically the weakest team in World Cup along with Canada in number of points only since Canadian are playing good mostly for a nation without history here but they were unlikely to have a hard group like that. Ecuador - Senegal is the real challenge. Ecuador will play comfortably since they only need a draw to qualify while Senegal will try to attack and score. Otherwise the other two games would suit more in Command and Conquer rather than FIFA 2022  |
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