2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[CryptocurencyKing]

A short summary of the situation of the European qualifying groups for the World Cup:

Group A:  Struggle between Serbia and Portugal for first place. Serbia has one more point than Portugal and only one game remains. Portugal still have two games to play, so two draws are enough to finish first. But with the quality they have shown, they should win the two games that are missing, one of them against Serbia.

Group B: Spain and Sweden fight together for first place, and Greece look to reach the play-offs.

Group C: Italy and Switzerland have the same points, with Switzerland having the advantage of the goals scored. The next two games will be fundamental. Especially Italy-Switzerland on November 11th.

Group D: Four teams fight to get the first place in the group: France, Ukraine, Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Either of these teams can come in first, depending on the results of the next two games. At the moment, France has the advantage.

Group E: Belgium leads the group with 16 points, and should qualify without any problems.

Group F: Denmark are already through, with Scotland and Israel fighting for the play-offs.

Group G: Netherlands are first, but Norway and Turkey are close.

Group H: Fight for two between Russia and Croatia to get first place. The next games will be decisive.

Group I: England, Poland and surprising Albania, either of these teams could finish first. The next games will be very interesting.

Group J: Germany is already through, and four countries are fighting for the play-off: Romania, Northern Macedonia, Armenia and Iceland

Portugal should be able to win against Republic of Ireland and either a win or draw against Serbia will make them override them from the top spot.
I think Sweden might maintain their top spot because their next two games will be a deciding one. They have Greece and Sweden to play, and how they managed to play out a draw with Greece in the first leg should tell you it will be difficult to take over Sweden who has Georgia and the decider between Spain.
Italy will definitely maintain their top spot regarding the fact that they have a less stronger opponent (Northern Ireland) to play than Switzerland who will be playing Bulgaria. They have been in top form despite their Nation league loss to Spain.
I think Norway will maintain their second spot behind the Netherlands. Turkey is not a serious team. Even with the caliber of players they still can not produce anything tangible.
This Russia and Croatia group is a very tough one. At the moment Russia is at the top with 19 points and leading with 2 points. Croatia might want to top the group and i guess it is very possible.
I think Scotland will maintain the second place behind Denmark who has already qualified. 4points is a big gap to lead.
Poland will definitely continue to stay behind England. Albania is just two points behind Poland and i dont see anything force from them.

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[3meek]

Another match from South America will be today - Colombia vs Ecuador... Judging by Colombia's recent games, we can expect a draw today! By the way, bookmakers are giving great odds that Ecuador won't lose - 2.2... I don't understand where the odds are coming from when Ecuador is higher in the standings and has more wins than Colombia! I also expect both teams to score....

[poldanmig]

Another match from South America will be today - Colombia vs Ecuador... Judging by Colombia's recent games, we can expect a draw today! By the way, bookmakers are giving great odds that Ecuador won't lose - 2.2... I don't understand where the odds are coming from when Ecuador is higher in the standings and has more wins than Colombia! I also expect both teams to score....

I think Colombia has a more capable squad than Ecuador at the moment, and in terms of head-to-head between the two sides, it is clear that Colombia is still far superior, from 51 matches, Colombia has won 25 matches, lost 13 and drawn 13. Other times, besides that, Colombia performance when it was able to hold Brazil to a 0-0 draw a few days ago made me very sure that Colombia would win against Ecuador with a score of more than 1.

[kro55]

Another match from South America will be today - Colombia vs Ecuador... Judging by Colombia's recent games, we can expect a draw today! By the way, bookmakers are giving great odds that Ecuador won't lose - 2.2... I don't understand where the odds are coming from when Ecuador is higher in the standings and has more wins than Colombia! I also expect both teams to score....

I think Colombia has a more capable squad than Ecuador at the moment, and in terms of head-to-head between the two sides, it is clear that Colombia is still far superior, from 51 matches, Colombia has won 25 matches, lost 13 and drawn 13. Other times, besides that, Colombia performance when it was able to hold Brazil to a 0-0 draw a few days ago made me very sure that Colombia would win against Ecuador with a score of more than 1.

Colombia are certainly stronger than Ecuador, at least in terms of their past performances. Colombia have drawn strong teams Brazil and Uruguay in their past matches. They adopted a defensive strategy and drew 0-0 in two matches. But they will not expect a draw in the Ecuador match. They will definitely want full points in this match. Ecuador is very weak compared to past opponents.

[nikola22]

I had the opportunity to watch the matches in Group D last night. Ukraine Bosnia and Herzegovina match ended 1-1. Ukraine made a very fast opening to the match and was able to score with Yarmalenko. After the golden, Bosnia and Herzegovina tried very hard to equalize the score, entered the position, but they could not find a goal, Ukraine closed 1-0 ahead in the first half. In the second half, Ukraine started the match again under pressure. At the end, Ahmedhodzic scored at 77 minutes. Bosnia and Herzegovina managed to score even if it was 1 point away.

Finland - Kazakhstan match ended 2-0. Finland caught back-to-back positions in the first half, put pressure on their good play and got the result before the end of the first half, pukki scored. At the beginning of the 2nd half, the ball bouncing off the goalkeeper fell in front of Pukki and completed the goal. Finland got a comfortable win against Kazakhstan.

Ukraine shows stable performance in World Cup qualification: they drew 6 matches out of 7 and 5 of them with score 1-1. but they still have good chances to take the 2nd place in the group.

[BuNga_cute]

Another match from South America will be today - Colombia vs Ecuador... Judging by Colombia's recent games, we can expect a draw today! By the way, bookmakers are giving great odds that Ecuador won't lose - 2.2... I don't understand where the odds are coming from when Ecuador is higher in the standings and has more wins than Colombia! I also expect both teams to score....

I think Colombia has a more capable squad than Ecuador at the moment, and in terms of head-to-head between the two sides, it is clear that Colombia is still far superior, from 51 matches, Colombia has won 25 matches, lost 13 and drawn 13. Other times, besides that, Colombia performance when it was able to hold Brazil to a 0-0 draw a few days ago made me very sure that Colombia would win against Ecuador with a score of more than 1.

Colombia are certainly stronger than Ecuador, at least in terms of their past performances. Colombia have drawn strong teams Brazil and Uruguay in their past matches. They adopted a defensive strategy and drew 0-0 in two matches. But they will not expect a draw in the Ecuador match. They will definitely want full points in this match. Ecuador is very weak compared to past opponents.

If we look at the players that Columbia has, most of them are players who have played in several popular European teams. This means that
the quality of Columbia's players is much better than Ecuador's. Moreover, as we all know Columbia has managed to draw with a strong team,
this indicates that Columbia is indeed a strong team. So the Columbia vs Ecuador match will be easy to predict, because after all Columbia should be
able to beat Ecuador. If Columbia fails to beat Ecuador, it means the strategy used is not effective.

[poldanmig]

Another match from South America will be today - Colombia vs Ecuador... Judging by Colombia's recent games, we can expect a draw today! By the way, bookmakers are giving great odds that Ecuador won't lose - 2.2... I don't understand where the odds are coming from when Ecuador is higher in the standings and has more wins than Colombia! I also expect both teams to score....

I think Colombia has a more capable squad than Ecuador at the moment, and in terms of head-to-head between the two sides, it is clear that Colombia is still far superior, from 51 matches, Colombia has won 25 matches, lost 13 and drawn 13. Other times, besides that, Colombia performance when it was able to hold Brazil to a 0-0 draw a few days ago made me very sure that Colombia would win against Ecuador with a score of more than 1.

Colombia are certainly stronger than Ecuador, at least in terms of their past performances. Colombia have drawn strong teams Brazil and Uruguay in their past matches. They adopted a defensive strategy and drew 0-0 in two matches. But they will not expect a draw in the Ecuador match. They will definitely want full points in this match. Ecuador is very weak compared to past opponents.

Although currently Colombia are below Ecuador in the standings, they have a fairly small difference in points and we can see from the 11 matches that have been played in the Conmebol zone, Colombia has only lost 2 times while Ecuador has suffered 5 defeats and this clearly proves that Colombia have a better squad.
I agree that in the match Colombia will try to win and get full points to be in the top four of the standings, so that they can maintain their chances of qualifying for the 2022 world cup.

[Minor Miner]

Ukraine shows stable performance in World Cup qualification: they drew 6 matches out of 7 and 5 of them with score 1-1. but they still have good chances to take the 2nd place in the group.

I don't think Ukraine will be able to qualify for the world cup. Their performance has probably improved from before. Because they only play to draw. However, I think the Finland team is better than Ukraine. If Finland can win their next match, they will come second in the points table. Finland's next match is against Bosnia. I believe Finland will win the match.

[hahay]

Ukraine shows stable performance in World Cup qualification: they drew 6 matches out of 7 and 5 of them with score 1-1. but they still have good chances to take the 2nd place in the group.

I don't think Ukraine will be able to qualify for the world cup. Their performance has probably improved from before. Because they only play to draw. However, I think the Finland team is better than Ukraine. If Finland can win their next match, they will come second in the points table. Finland's next match is against Bosnia. I believe Finland will win the match.

Basically Ukraine only has one match left and the last match is against Bosnia, if Ukraine fails to win then it is very likely that Ukraine will be eliminated. But if Ukraine can win in that last match, then I think the position will no longer change and Ukraine will be runner up. But regarding who is the best, for me these three teams Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia have the same ability and capacity for now. So for me, because Finland and Bosnia still have two matches to go, I think both of them have a chance to fill the second place at the end. But unfortunately, in the last match Finland will play against France which of course will be a difficult mission and as such, Bosnia is a strong candidate to be runner up in this group.

[KTChampions]

Ukraine shows stable performance in World Cup qualification: they drew 6 matches out of 7 and 5 of them with score 1-1. but they still have good chances to take the 2nd place in the group.

I don't think Ukraine will be able to qualify for the world cup. Their performance has probably improved from before. Because they only play to draw. However, I think the Finland team is better than Ukraine. If Finland can win their next match, they will come second in the points table. Finland's next match is against Bosnia. I believe Finland will win the match.

Finland has practically no chance in reality. As you can see Ukraine is one point ahead, Finland has a match in reserve but this is an away match with France:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2022-qualifiers/table
 Thus, both Finland and Ukraine, having won the remaining match against Bosnia, remain in their positions. In theory, Finland can take points from France, which will lose motivation for this match, but this is unlikely.

[rozak]

Basically Ukraine only has one match left and the last match is against Bosnia, if Ukraine fails to win then it is very likely that Ukraine will be eliminated. But if Ukraine can win in that last match, then I think the position will no longer change and Ukraine will be runner up. But regarding who is the best, for me these three teams Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia have the same ability and capacity for now. So for me, because Finland and Bosnia still have two matches to go, I think both of them have a chance to fill the second place at the end. But unfortunately, in the last match Finland will play against France which of course will be a difficult mission and as such, Bosnia is a strong candidate to be runner up in this group.

there is no other choice but to win for Ukraine in the match against Bosnia. if it draws again, of course, it is not a safe position for Ukraine. Bosnia could have taken the 2nd position in the standings if they appear consistent with the victory.
the biggest chance of position 2 standings I believe between Ukraine and Bosnia. because France will be a tough opponent for Finland in their last match. France is the favorite to win the Group. they are very strong. second place will be a struggle for 3 countries that can appear consistent with the victory.

[kro55]

Colombia are certainly stronger than Ecuador, at least in terms of their past performances. Colombia have drawn strong teams Brazil and Uruguay in their past matches. They adopted a defensive strategy and drew 0-0 in two matches. But they will not expect a draw in the Ecuador match. They will definitely want full points in this match. Ecuador is very weak compared to past opponents.

If we look at the players that Columbia has, most of them are players who have played in several popular European teams. This means that
the quality of Columbia's players is much better than Ecuador's. Moreover, as we all know Columbia has managed to draw with a strong team,
this indicates that Columbia is indeed a strong team. So the Columbia vs Ecuador match will be easy to predict, because after all Columbia should be
able to beat Ecuador. If Columbia fails to beat Ecuador, it means the strategy used is not effective.

If Colombia plays attacking then they will win. Because I know their players, they have the ability to score goals. Moreover when the opponent is Ecuador, the Colombian players should easily score against them. Ecuador's defense is not very strong. Mar guess Colombia will win 2-1 today.
In another match, Brazil will face Uruguay. Brazil is a strong team, Uruguay is having a bad time now. Uruguay conceded 3 goals against Argentina. I am also expecting Brazil to win this match.

[Minor Miner]

Ukraine shows stable performance in World Cup qualification: they drew 6 matches out of 7 and 5 of them with score 1-1. but they still have good chances to take the 2nd place in the group.

I don't think Ukraine will be able to qualify for the world cup. Their performance has probably improved from before. Because they only play to draw. However, I think the Finland team is better than Ukraine. If Finland can win their next match, they will come second in the points table. Finland's next match is against Bosnia. I believe Finland will win the match.

Finland has practically no chance in reality. As you can see Ukraine is one point ahead, Finland has a match in reserve but this is an away match with France:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2022-qualifiers/table
 Thus, both Finland and Ukraine, having won the remaining match against Bosnia, remain in their positions. In theory, Finland can take points from France, which will lose motivation for this match, but this is unlikely.

I can't agree with you. Finland will win against Bosnia. I assume that Finland will lose against France. Yet their points will be 11. On the other hand, Ukraine has drawn 6 out of 7 matches. I think they will draw in the last match too. They are less likely to win. Both teams have a chance to go to the next round. Let's see which team can afford it. But I would be happy if Finland could qualify. Because Ukraine's matches are very boring.

[slackovic]

Ukraine shows stable performance in World Cup qualification: they drew 6 matches out of 7 and 5 of them with score 1-1. but they still have good chances to take the 2nd place in the group.

I don't think Ukraine will be able to qualify for the world cup. Their performance has probably improved from before. Because they only play to draw. However, I think the Finland team is better than Ukraine. If Finland can win their next match, they will come second in the points table. Finland's next match is against Bosnia. I believe Finland will win the match.

Finland has practically no chance in reality. As you can see Ukraine is one point ahead, Finland has a match in reserve but this is an away match with France:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2022-qualifiers/table
 Thus, both Finland and Ukraine, having won the remaining match against Bosnia, remain in their positions. In theory, Finland can take points from France, which will lose motivation for this match, but this is unlikely.

I can't agree with you. Finland will win against Bosnia. I assume that Finland will lose against France. Yet their points will be 11. On the other hand, Ukraine has drawn 6 out of 7 matches. I think they will draw in the last match too. They are less likely to win. Both teams have a chance to go to the next round. Let's see which team can afford it. But I would be happy if Finland could qualify. Because Ukraine's matches are very boring.

Wait, you are saying that Finland or Ukraine will qualify but as far as I know only the team that finishes first in the group qualifies. The second team goes into some kind of tournament that will decide who will qualify. Isn't that right?

[KTChampions]

Finland has practically no chance in reality. As you can see Ukraine is one point ahead, Finland has a match in reserve but this is an away match with France:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2022-qualifiers/table
 Thus, both Finland and Ukraine, having won the remaining match against Bosnia, remain in their positions. In theory, Finland can take points from France, which will lose motivation for this match, but this is unlikely.

I can't agree with you. Finland will win against Bosnia. I assume that Finland will lose against France. Yet their points will be 11. On the other hand, Ukraine has drawn 6 out of 7 matches. I think they will draw in the last match too. They are less likely to win. Both teams have a chance to go to the next round. Let's see which team can afford it. But I would be happy if Finland could qualify. Because Ukraine's matches are very boring.

At first, you speak as confidently as if you saw the future, and then you return to the fact that both teams have a chance to qualify. But I think objectively the team that has one point more has the best chances, right?

Wait, you are saying that Finland or Ukraine will qualify but as far as I know only the team that finishes first in the group qualifies. The second team goes into some kind of tournament that will decide who will qualify. Isn't that right?

Right. To the 10 teams that took second place in the group stage of the European qualifiers, the two best teams from the League of Nations are added (which obviously do not yet have a ticket to the World Cup) and there are two elimination rounds (12 -> 6 -> 3). As a result, there are 3 teams that get a ticket.

[slackovic]

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Wait, you are saying that Finland or Ukraine will qualify but as far as I know only the team that finishes first in the group qualifies. The second team goes into some kind of tournament that will decide who will qualify. Isn't that right?

Right. To the 10 teams that took second place in the group stage of the European qualifiers, the two best teams from the League of Nations are added (which obviously do not yet have a ticket to the World Cup) and there are two elimination rounds (12 -> 6 -> 3). As a result, there are 3 teams that get a ticket.

Precisely. That's why I don't understand why they are talking about Finland or Ukraine will qualify for the World Cup. Or maybe they mean that one of the teams will qualify for the qualification tournament (while I was writing this I realized how stupid it sounds - to qualify for the qualification tournament ).

[bekti3]

I think Colombia has a more capable squad than Ecuador at the moment, and in terms of head-to-head between the two sides, it is clear that Colombia is still far superior, from 51 matches, Colombia has won 25 matches, lost 13 and drawn 13. Other times, besides that, Colombia performance when it was able to hold Brazil to a 0-0 draw a few days ago made me very sure that Colombia would win against Ecuador with a score of more than 1.

Colombia are certainly stronger than Ecuador, at least in terms of their past performances. Colombia have drawn strong teams Brazil and Uruguay in their past matches. They adopted a defensive strategy and drew 0-0 in two matches. But they will not expect a draw in the Ecuador match. They will definitely want full points in this match. Ecuador is very weak compared to past opponents.

Although currently Colombia are below Ecuador in the standings, they have a fairly small difference in points and we can see from the 11 matches that have been played in the Conmebol zone, Colombia has only lost 2 times while Ecuador has suffered 5 defeats and this clearly proves that Colombia have a better squad.
I agree that in the match Colombia will try to win and get full points to be in the top four of the standings, so that they can maintain their chances of qualifying for the 2022 world cup.

victory must be a fixed price for colombia because with it they will be able to overtake the rankings of ecuador and uruguay.
This match will be quite exciting considering they are only one point adrift and this victory will make them more confident to qualify for the next phase.
but ecuador doesn't seem to want to give up just like that even though in the last 5 matches they didn't play well enough

[BALIK]

victory must be a fixed price for colombia because with it they will be able to overtake the rankings of ecuador and uruguay.
This match will be quite exciting considering they are only one point adrift and this victory will make them more confident to qualify for the next phase.
but ecuador doesn't seem to want to give up just like that even though in the last 5 matches they didn't play well enough

Since Ecuador's position in the points table is good enough. So if they can share the points in today's match, it will be a good enough result for them. Because, Uruguay will play against Brazil. Considering Uruguay's performance in the last few match, their victory against Brazil seems not possible. Although Ecuador can score 1 point in this match, they are likely to be ahead of Uruguay in the points table. However, it will not be easy to get points against Colombia.

[poldanmig]

Although currently Colombia are below Ecuador in the standings, they have a fairly small difference in points and we can see from the 11 matches that have been played in the Conmebol zone, Colombia has only lost 2 times while Ecuador has suffered 5 defeats and this clearly proves that Colombia have a better squad.
I agree that in the match Colombia will try to win and get full points to be in the top four of the standings, so that they can maintain their chances of qualifying for the 2022 world cup.

victory must be a fixed price for colombia because with it they will be able to overtake the rankings of ecuador and uruguay.
This match will be quite exciting considering they are only one point adrift and this victory will make them more confident to qualify for the next phase.
but ecuador doesn't seem to want to give up just like that even though in the last 5 matches they didn't play well enough

I think Colombia is currently in high confidence because it managed to draw two strong teams, namely Brazil and Uruguay, so I personally really believe that if in that match Colombia will be able to get full points and overtake Ecuador position in the standings, besides Falcao current performance being very impressive with Rayo Vallecano this season, will certainly make the Ecuador defense will be very difficult to stop him.

[Silberman]

Christiano Ronaldo is no ordinary player. Im not even surprised with the hat-trick. He is absolutely unstoppable in banging goals.  

Not to take away anything from this talented lad I want to believe that the fact the he has been put up for penalty duties has really positioned him to get some easy goals in all the teams his playing in, provided these penalties are won,otherwise open goals for Ronaldo don't easily come by maybe because his gotten older.

He is more than a footballer, he is a role model to any body that is ready to achieve in life, he always make impossible to be possible by hardworking.

Don't you think we give him too much credit sometimes such that his more of a role model too many than a footballer...

I understand if some aspiring soccer player wants to make Christiano Ronaldo their role model when it comes to how he plays soccer, after all he is one of the best we have seen during the last decades so it makes sense that other players want to emulate his style and will grow as soccer players as they do so, but I have never understood why some people make role models for their lives people that they do not know, there are many people that you actually know from which you could take your life lessons and improve yourself that way.