2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[Imran232]

In my opinion, the following matches are interesting from the betting point of view:

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For me, every match is interesting. I just loved football. You know, every time a player has the ball and he wants to dribble, but in front of him, someone wants to take that ball from him. This is the scene that I loved to watch. I was just crazy about my feelings about football. Though the format you shared for the match is really interesting, I will wait to see the match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland. This might be more interesting. I hope so. 

[joker_josue]

It's their fault and there's no doubt about it. But at the same time, we can't overlook the fact that they were just plain unlucky. In the first phase, they were included in a group that had strong teams like Serbia. And now for the playoffs, they need to face a super-strong Italy. I have already posted about this, but just feeling bad that so many good teams from UEFA and CONMEBOL are failing to qualify. It's not their fault that they're being placed along strong teams, unlike the case with AFC or the CAF.

You're being ironic, aren't you? Portugal is in 8th place in the FIFA ranking, while Serbia is in 25th.

Since when is Servia a strong enough team, so that life is difficult for Portugal?
Of course, Serbia has quality, but the Portuguese team has a much higher quality. Portugal has one of the best midfielders in the world, if not the best - Ruben Dias, in addition to João Cancelo. He has a midfield that is the envy of any team: Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva. And in attack there's Diogo Jota and Ronaldo.

But because of the coach's stubbornness, he always set up the team with players out of their usual positions, and that only harmed the team in the decisive games. Portugal should never have drawn 0-0 with Ireland, let alone lost the last game with Serbia.

It is true that he was wronged in the first game against Serbia, where they drew 2-2, having been a goal badly canceled in the last minute. But honestly, will Portugal draw or lose with Serbia?

If Serbia is strong, then what about Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina or Brazil? It's better if they don't go to the world cup, it's less shameful for the country.

He believes that in Portugal, many are unhappy with the coach's tactical choices.

[Sithara007]

^^ I wasn't saying that Portugal is a weaker team when compared with Serbia. I was just implying that they were placed in a much stronger group, when compared to the other UEFA participants. And even for the playoffs, they got the toughest possible opponents. During the preliminary phase, apart from Serbia they had to deal with Republic of Ireland as well. Now compare this to groups D or E, where the top teams had to deal with much weaker opponents. And my final point was the hypocrisy from the FIFA, which allows weak teams from Asia and Africa but don't allow enough slots for UEFA.

[KTChampions]

In my opinion, the following matches are interesting from the betting point of view:

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For me, every match is interesting. I just loved football. You know, every time a player has the ball and he wants to dribble, but in front of him, someone wants to take that ball from him. This is the scene that I loved to watch. I was just crazy about my feelings about football. Though the format you shared for the match is really interesting, I will wait to see the match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland. This might be more interesting. I hope so. 

Getting pleasure from the game and betting are completely different things, apparently you did not understand what I wrote about in that (by the way, very old) post. Often I place bets without even following the teams, but simply focusing on the odds and the mood of the crowd, and even more so, I don’t watch all the matches I bet on.

[joker_josue]

^^ I wasn't saying that Portugal is a weaker team when compared with Serbia. I was just implying that they were placed in a much stronger group, when compared to the other UEFA participants. And even for the playoffs, they got the toughest possible opponents. During the preliminary phase, apart from Serbia they had to deal with Republic of Ireland as well. Now compare this to groups D or E, where the top teams had to deal with much weaker opponents. And my final point was the hypocrisy from the FIFA, which allows weak teams from Asia and Africa but don't allow enough slots for UEFA.

Yes, compared to other groups, Portugal group was a little tougher. But Portugal had all the conditions to have passed this group with some ease. He might not score many goals, but he had the obligation and conditions to win Serbia and Ireland.

At least win both games against Ireland, and draw only with Serbia. It didn't make any sense to draw with Ireland and lose against Serbia, considering the quality of Portuguese players.

Looking at Italia's performance, things didn't go too well either. But honestly I think it will be difficult for Portugal to win Italy, if they are going to play the same way they played in the group stage.

[alegotardo]

Getting pleasure from the game and betting are completely different things, apparently you did not understand what I wrote about in that (by the way, very old) post. Often I place bets without even following the teams, but simply focusing on the odds and the mood of the crowd, and even more so, I don’t watch all the matches I bet on.

Who hasn't done that?
I love the European championships, but I'm far from being able to keep up with all the ones I bet on. My bets are often based only on team statistics and on some biased website material.
If it helps me? Definitely not, but I don't bet to make money, it's more for fun and to force myself to keep up to date with what's going on anyway in footbal.

[KTChampions]

Getting pleasure from the game and betting are completely different things, apparently you did not understand what I wrote about in that (by the way, very old) post. Often I place bets without even following the teams, but simply focusing on the odds and the mood of the crowd, and even more so, I don’t watch all the matches I bet on.

Who hasn't done that?
I love the European championships, but I'm far from being able to keep up with all the ones I bet on. My bets are often based only on team statistics and on some biased website material.
If it helps me? Definitely not, but I don't bet to make money, it's more for fun and to force myself to keep up to date with what's going on anyway in footbal.

Yes, I also do this to tickle the nerves and test some mathematical assumptions. Hoping to make money here regularly is a big naivete. But I think that any person is visited by thoughts that it would be good in some way or another to be able to predict much stronger than bookmakers. But most of the time dreams remain dreams 

[joker_josue]

Getting pleasure from the game and betting are completely different things, apparently you did not understand what I wrote about in that (by the way, very old) post. Often I place bets without even following the teams, but simply focusing on the odds and the mood of the crowd, and even more so, I don’t watch all the matches I bet on.

Who hasn't done that?
I love the European championships, but I'm far from being able to keep up with all the ones I bet on. My bets are often based only on team statistics and on some biased website material.
If it helps me? Definitely not, but I don't bet to make money, it's more for fun and to force myself to keep up to date with what's going on anyway in footbal.

Who doesn't? Who usually bets on the team of their heart. 
In fact, the best source of revenue for bookmakers are the fanatical bettors for their teams. They will always think that their teams will win, even when they are in a very bad phase of the season.

And who really earns money from betting, is not who bets on teams, but on what people will bet. But this is already a very advanced level of betting, which I know exists, but I don't know how it works.

[bering]

If i'm not mistaken play off schedules for European zone has been officially released that first semi-final will be Portugal vs Turkish and Italy vs North Macedonia so if Portugal can beat Turkish and Italy beat North Macedonia then possible in the final match Portugal vs Italy and this will be big match and unfortunately one of them will be failed go to world cup it can be Portugal or Italy

[Shasha80]

Getting pleasure from the game and betting are completely different things, apparently you did not understand what I wrote about in that (by the way, very old) post. Often I place bets without even following the teams, but simply focusing on the odds and the mood of the crowd, and even more so, I don’t watch all the matches I bet on.

Who hasn't done that?
I love the European championships, but I'm far from being able to keep up with all the ones I bet on. My bets are often based only on team statistics and on some biased website material.
If it helps me? Definitely not, but I don't bet to make money, it's more for fun and to force myself to keep up to date with what's going on anyway in footbal.

Who doesn't? Who usually bets on the team of their heart. 
In fact, the best source of revenue for bookmakers are the fanatical bettors for their teams. They will always think that their teams will win, even when they are in a very bad phase of the season.

And who really earns money from betting, is not who bets on teams, but on what people will bet. But this is already a very advanced level of betting, which I know exists, but I don't know how it works.

Because sports betting is just entertainment for me, so I am one of those people who often bet on my favorite team. Even though statistically
my team is weak, but there is a certain pleasure in betting for the victory of the team that I like. Except for gamblers who make sports betting
as a source of income, they will do an analysis before betting. But in the world of football there are often surprises, so it does not guarantee that
we win bets by choosing a team that has good statistics. In the end, sports betting is a gambling game which is determined by luck.

[Ratash]

^^ I wasn't saying that Portugal is a weaker team when compared with Serbia. I was just implying that they were placed in a much stronger group, when compared to the other UEFA participants. And even for the playoffs, they got the toughest possible opponents. During the preliminary phase, apart from Serbia they had to deal with Republic of Ireland as well. Now compare this to groups D or E, where the top teams had to deal with much weaker opponents. And my final point was the hypocrisy from the FIFA, which allows weak teams from Asia and Africa but don't allow enough slots for UEFA.

Portugal group was not a tough one aside from serbia who is a medium team not a strong one the others are all weak teams who african and asian teams can beat i think 13 european spots are fair enough considering other continents get around five.

[joker_josue]

^^ I wasn't saying that Portugal is a weaker team when compared with Serbia. I was just implying that they were placed in a much stronger group, when compared to the other UEFA participants. And even for the playoffs, they got the toughest possible opponents. During the preliminary phase, apart from Serbia they had to deal with Republic of Ireland as well. Now compare this to groups D or E, where the top teams had to deal with much weaker opponents. And my final point was the hypocrisy from the FIFA, which allows weak teams from Asia and Africa but don't allow enough slots for UEFA.

Portugal group was not a tough one aside from serbia who is a medium team not a strong one the others are all weak teams who african and asian teams can beat i think 13 european spots are fair enough considering other continents get around five.

Exactly. It was Serbia that should be playing these play-offs and not Portugal.
But football is just that, not always the theoretically stronger team wins or has better results. This is the beauty of this sport, which attracts millions of fans all over the world.

If Portugal doesn't manage to reach the World Cup, what will be a pity is that we don't see Ronaldo last chance to play in a World Cup. Certainly he will not participate in this competition again.

[og kush420]

For me, every match is interesting. I just loved football. You know, every time a player has the ball and he wants to dribble, but in front of him, someone wants to take that ball from him. This is the scene that I loved to watch. I was just crazy about my feelings about football. Though the format you shared for the match is really interesting, I will wait to see the match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland. This might be more interesting. I hope so. 

Likewise I love watching Football whosoever is playing. It gives me immense pleasure and excitment. But I don't bet on any country, since I have lost so many times and dont wanna lose more money.
Switzerland and Northern Ireland have meet twice last year for World Cup Qualifier. Switzerland won by 2-0 on 9 Oct 2021 and on 8 Sep 2021 there is draw 0-0. Is there any match lined up between them? I dont think.

[Sithara007]

If Portugal doesn't manage to reach the World Cup, what will be a pity is that we don't see Ronaldo last chance to play in a World Cup. Certainly he will not participate in this competition again.

Ronaldo is already 37 years old and by the time of next world cup he will be 41 years old. It is not theoretically impossible to have him in the next world cup (players older than this age have participated in the tournament previously). But the chances are extremely low, even in case Portugal manages to qualify. Anyway, this discussion is premature, because the playoff matches have not started yet. We are just assuming that Italy will be able to defeat Portugal. That assumption may be realized. But there is a small chance that Portugal may still be able to qualify by beating Italy.

[Juggy777]

If Portugal doesn't manage to reach the World Cup, what will be a pity is that we don't see Ronaldo last chance to play in a World Cup. Certainly he will not participate in this competition again.

Ronaldo is already 37 years old and by the time of next world cup he will be 41 years old. It is not theoretically impossible to have him in the next world cup (players older than this age have participated in the tournament previously). But the chances are extremely low, even in case Portugal manages to qualify. Anyway, this discussion is premature, because the playoff matches have not started yet. We are just assuming that Italy will be able to defeat Portugal. That assumption may be realized. But there is a small chance that Portugal may still be able to qualify by beating Italy.

I don’t know if anyone here is seeing Ronaldo play for Manchester United, because he’s missed some really easy goal scoring opportunities, and had it been any other player then he would have been warming the bench for those kind of performances, therefore I doubt that we can see him at the next World Cup.

Also key for Portugal will be Fernandes as he can master a win for them, but then again @Sithara007 is right we should wait till the match is over to discuss about this.

[LUCKMCFLY]

In my opinion, the following matches are interesting from the betting point of view:

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For me, every match is interesting. I just loved football. You know, every time a player has the ball and he wants to dribble, but in front of him, someone wants to take that ball from him. This is the scene that I loved to watch. I was just crazy about my feelings about football. Though the format you shared for the match is really interesting, I will wait to see the match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland. This might be more interesting. I hope so. 

Switzerland and Northern Ireland are countries that really catch my attention for all kinds of views, both their strategy and to see the style of football they show, I would like Northern Ireland to win, because it is a country that deserves victory, without However, I remember when Switzerland was in the 1994 World Cup in USA, where they showed impressive power as well as Swedish soccer, it is something that I really like to follow because they are countries that are emerging a lot in fútbol.

[joker_josue]

I don’t know if anyone here is seeing Ronaldo play for Manchester United, because he’s missed some really easy goal scoring opportunities, and had it been any other player then he would have been warming the bench for those kind of performances, therefore I doubt that we can see him at the next World Cup.

Also key for Portugal will be Fernandes as he can master a win for them, but then again @Sithara007 is right we should wait till the match is over to discuss about this.

But therein lies the difference between a great player and others. You only talk about the failures he had in good opportunities, because he is Cristino Ronaldo. Everyone is waiting for him to score all the time, but that's not always the case. He's had moments like this before, but he got over it faster because he had a team that helped, which is not the case with Man United.

He might miss some opportunities, but he's there. If he wasn't there, would another player be there to take the opportunity? Maybe not. One thing is for sure, looking at Ronaldo, I continued to see an integration in the game and a search to help the team, which I don't see in other players, and that is very important.

As a Portuguese, I can say that I don't think Portugal will qualify, not for lack of good players, but for lack of the right attitude on the field and the poorly assembled strategies on the part of the technical team. Now if Portugal is capable? Yes it is, overall I think they even have a better squad than Italy, but tactically they are very weak. If your attitude changes, then yes, we can see the best of Portugal.

[swogerino]

If Portugal doesn't manage to reach the World Cup, what will be a pity is that we don't see Ronaldo last chance to play in a World Cup. Certainly he will not participate in this competition again.

Ronaldo is already 37 years old and by the time of next world cup he will be 41 years old. It is not theoretically impossible to have him in the next world cup (players older than this age have participated in the tournament previously). But the chances are extremely low, even in case Portugal manages to qualify. Anyway, this discussion is premature, because the playoff matches have not started yet. We are just assuming that Italy will be able to defeat Portugal. That assumption may be realized. But there is a small chance that Portugal may still be able to qualify by beating Italy.

I also think that this will be his last world cup if Portugal qualifies.In theory he could still play at 41 year old in the next world cup after this one as he has an awesome body,does adhere to strict diets and these are things to be taken into consideration.One thing is for sure though and that is he will give 101% in this upcoming World Cup as most probably he will retire from football if he wins this World Cup but that will be very difficult for a team like Portugal who relies heavily on Cristiano to win games.

[BuNga_cute]

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I also think that this will be his last world cup if Portugal qualifies.In theory he could still play at 41 year old in the next world cup after this one as he has an awesome body,does adhere to strict diets and these are things to be taken into consideration.One thing is for sure though and that is he will give 101% in this upcoming World Cup as most probably he will retire from football if he wins this World Cup but that will be very difficult for a team like Portugal who relies heavily on Cristiano to win games.

Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed an extraordinary player, even though he is 37 years old but still has good physical strength. So maybe Ronaldo is
still playing football in the next World Cup, unless Portugal plays in the 2022 World Cup and becomes a World Cup winner, Ronaldo will most
likely retire from the Portugal national team. The problem is Portugal will not necessarily qualify for the 2022 World Cup, and also even being
able to finally play in the 2022 World Cup wouldn't go too far. Because if we look at the game Portugal does not have a solid cooperation
between players, most Portuguese players rely too much on individual ability. Even though the current Portugal squad has good quality players,
but if there is no good cooperation between players, it will be difficult to win the match. I believe Ronaldo will not retire from the Portugal
national team, if it turns out that Portugal failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. My prediction is that Portugal will lose against Italy in the Euro
zone 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs.

[onecall123]

It looks like Agüero won't be leaving football anytime soon, after he announced he was retiring due to doctors' advice. He is interested in working as a staff member or in any other role, but not as a player. Sergio Agüero, a retired professional soccer player from Argentina, has confirmed that he will be joining the Argentina national team in Qatar for the World Cup in 2022. As a player he won't be there, but he'll play some other role. He may be a member of the coaching staff.