2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[snipie]

France are doing great...

well, they are in a group where there are only very weak teams and yet this is their performance:

5 games, 2 wins and 3 draws

they are in a group where there is no strong team and even so they only get that performance

I see that France are playing better than their competitor.

if they had started with Benzema, martial and Kingsley Coman I think they could have scored more than 1 goal

What I think is Didier Deschamps want to leave (get kicked from) his job!
France is showing very very weak performance honestly in these international games. They are supposed to win vs these weak teams, no offence but players level are very different and thanks to the tactics used by France, you feel like there is no advantage at all and here is the result. This team won't go anywhere with such poor results.
I wasn't very shocked by the result vs Ukraine personally, what surprised me a lot was Austria total failure

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[ingiltere]

It shouldn't be a big problem for France because their group is already easy enough and having 1 point against Ukraine in their home is not bad when you think in bigger picture. France is leading their group with 9 points. The problem is their competitors didn't finish 5 games so standings may change. It's all about Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina now. By this draw France hold their one of the toughest opponents Ukraine to 5 points only after 5 matches. So their main threat would be Finland in the group for first place. If they beat Finland in both matches they probably finish the group as the leader.

[Pulsar77]

It shouldn't be a big problem for France because their group is already easy enough and having 1 point against Ukraine in their home is not bad when you think in bigger picture. France is leading their group with 9 points. The problem is their competitors didn't finish 5 games so standings may change. It's all about Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina now. By this draw France hold their one of the toughest opponents Ukraine to 5 points only after 5 matches. So their main threat would be Finland in the group for first place. If they beat Finland in both matches they probably finish the group as the leader.

France really have one of the easiest groups in this stage. I don't see any team other than Ukraine to be able to make them difficulties. I know that France got a draw against Bosnia but it was an unlucky one. Because they played with ten players for a long time. But I still didn't like their performance especially in the game against Ukraine. They must be much better than this to end the group as the first.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

It shouldn't be a big problem for France because their group is already easy enough and having 1 point against Ukraine in their home is not bad when you think in bigger picture. France is leading their group with 9 points. The problem is their competitors didn't finish 5 games so standings may change. It's all about Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina now. By this draw France hold their one of the toughest opponents Ukraine to 5 points only after 5 matches. So their main threat would be Finland in the group for first place. If they beat Finland in both matches they probably finish the group as the leader.

France really have one of the easiest groups in this stage. I don't see any team other than Ukraine to be able to make them difficulties. I know that France got a draw against Bosnia but it was an unlucky one. Because they played with ten players for a long time. But I still didn't like their performance especially in the game against Ukraine. They must be much better than this to end the group as the first.

There's no doubt that France can take 1st or 2nd place they can manage it themselves because there really is no strong opponent there
One thing I noticed when France played was that against weak teams the results were not optimal on the other hand when against a strong team they play as potential champions, at least I saw this in their last few games and sometimes I avoid betting there.

[Sithara007]

It shouldn't be a big problem for France because their group is already easy enough and having 1 point against Ukraine in their home is not bad when you think in bigger picture. France is leading their group with 9 points. The problem is their competitors didn't finish 5 games so standings may change. It's all about Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina now. By this draw France hold their one of the toughest opponents Ukraine to 5 points only after 5 matches. So their main threat would be Finland in the group for first place. If they beat Finland in both matches they probably finish the group as the leader.

France is quite lucky to be included in such a weak group. Ukraine and Bosnia used to be strong teams in the past, but they are just a shadow of their former self. And for comparison, Finland looks stronger than these two teams. The 5th team (Kazakhstan) is just to make up the numbers.

BTW, Group G is looking extremely interesting. Turkey is currently leading with 11 points from 5 matches, with the Netherlands and Norway trailing with 10 each. And in two days, Netherlands will be facing Turkey at home. If the match ends in a draw, then Netherlands will be relegated to the 3rd position, as Norway is having a match against Gibraltar on the same day.

[laurenB7742]

BTW, Group G is looking extremely interesting. Turkey is currently leading with 11 points from 5 matches, with the Netherlands and Norway trailing with 10 each. And in two days, Netherlands will be facing Turkey at home. If the match ends in a draw, then Netherlands will be relegated to the 3rd position, as Norway is having a match against Gibraltar on the same day.

Turkey has been able to build itself very well. They are not as weak as in the past. As a team they are stable enough now. I don't think they will lose against the Netherlands. The match is likely to be a draw. My prediction is this match will be a draw. The Netherlands is a strong team. They will try their best to win the match.

[uneng]

Next game is Armenia versus Germany. Surprinsingly Armenia is leading group J, closely followed by Germany. The european titan needs no comments, as everyone is aware about the tradition of perfectionism germans have in soccer, but regards the asian nation Armenia it's something new for me: 4 games, 3 winnings and 1 draw.

They were actually much more efficient against another strong rival, North Macedonia, than germans who lost their match, while Armenia achieved a difficult draw at least. I won't say Armenia is going to overcome germans because they are still the favorite ones despite the loss against North Macedonia, but for gamblers who are looking for interesting odds, that is an opportunity...

[Swordsoffreedom]

I'm eagerly waiting to watch the match of Argentina vs Brazil. Brazil has not lost a World Cup qualifier at home, while Argentina is unbeaten in their last 21 matches. It will be a very competitive match. Although I am a fan of Messi, I would say that the Brazilian team is strong enough now. They have a chance to win this match. On the other hand, I also think that, if Messi can score, Argentina will be able to manage the win.

[ingiltere]

Turkey has been able to build itself very well. They are not as weak as in the past. As a team they are stable enough now. I don't think they will lose against the Netherlands. The match is likely to be a draw. My prediction is this match will be a draw. The Netherlands is a strong team. They will try their best to win the match.

Actually Türkiye is in a crisis right now. They need at least draw to get out of this crisis. Euro 2020 performance was the worst and since then they missed chances to win a game against Montenegro. They blew a lead against Latvia as well, it could've been five perfect games for them but now it's on the thin edge. If they lose to Netherlands this crisis will be deeper. Hopefully we will watch a good performance and Hakan Çalhanoğlu and company will give their %100 this time. I feel like he is very picky about games and don't give much against weaker teams. Netherlands game will be a big test for him. Burak Yılmaz will be back after card suspension so we can watch an ideal Türkiye squad there.

[cygan]

today the next qualifying matches take place - and also this time there are games where the favorites play against a supposedly very small country.
switzerland vs. italy and belgium vs. czech republic are the top games for me this sunday.
i would trust kosovo to draw against greece, and the match between england and andorra might end with double digits

[jakdanyel]

One of the games today is going to be played between Ukraine and France. France got a surprising draw against Bosnia the last time. After getting a red card, things got harder for them to win it. In this match, I believe that they will show their best performance and beat Ukraine here.

France surprisingly had a very difficult match here. I didn't expect this to happen. Ukraine got ahead and made things difficult for France. France finally found the goal in the 50th minute with Martial. However, they replaced him with Martial unexpectedly. I would prefer Griezmann to be replaced with Benzema. And in the remaining minutes, they fought for the win but they couldn't prevent it from ending 1-1. France need to do something about their recent terrible form.

It wasnt a big surprise honestly. Ukraine is a really good national team and is playing really good. France just keeps struggling in the qualifications. But this point pushes them really close to the World cup. What is shocking that Denmark bearly won against Faroe Islands.

Denmark played incredibly dominant in that match actually. They barely scored the goal when Faroe Islands got a red card. They found the goal right after this incident. Faroe Islands are normally not a powerful team and we saw it in this match also. But I appreciate them that they resisted really well against Denmark. By this win, Denmark won all of their five group matches so far.

[buwaytress]

The game ended 1-1. As I was saying the odds were ridiculous but Ireland failed, I might underestimated a little Azerbaijan
Lucky who bet on a draw for that match at 3.7 - 3.9
For Luxembourg, it was trashed by Serbia and Norway won easily it seems vs Latvia.
20 minutes before the start of Ukraine vs France.

This has been the story of my entire week's WC qualification campaign. If I had just turned my 1x2s into handicaps I'd be about 15 units up already from all these draws. I mean, seriously, even betting on double chance on France, Italy, Netherlands, these big boys have been just underwhelming.

@jakdanyel indeed, no longer a shock for French upsets. I loved Didier Deschamps as I grew up watching him and France during Zidane days, plus were the first EURO and World Cup I watched properly as an adult but he needs to find a way to get the most out of their talents. It's a damn crying shame to see all that firepower not scoring.

[Kusman]

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Anyway, they've got a goal ahead and deservedly so. Let's see if they keep it up like this.

The game ended 1-1. As I was saying the odds were ridiculous but Ireland failed, I might underestimated a little Azerbaijan
Lucky who bet on a draw for that match at 3.7 - 3.9
For Luxembourg, it was trashed by Serbia and Norway won easily it seems vs Latvia.
20 minutes before the start of Ukraine vs France.

Azerbaijan can make surprises sometimes against teams like this. They are not the worst club really. In fact, they were nearly winning this game with the goal they scored in the last minutes of the first half. They performed well in the first half. After scoring the goal, they started playing very defensively to maintain the score till the end. And it was the wise choice for them. They were so close to getting a win but Ireland finally found the equalizer in the 87th minute. Both teams got their first points after this result.

[Karartma1]

Less than two months ago, the best South American futbol teams were competing for the Copa America and y'all know how it went. Now we've the match valid for the sixth day of the 2022 World Cup qualifying round, which was supposed to be played last March but was then postponed due to the health emergency in South America.
Brazil was capable of obtaining seven victories out of seven so far. Argentina's in second place with fifteen points.
I don't expect an interesting game: Argentina should be able to avoid defeat against a Brazil that has many absences. Both are likely to score at least one goal on each side. It might well end 1-1.

[Altryist]

today the next qualifying matches take place - and also this time there are games where the favorites play against a supposedly very small country.
switzerland vs. italy and belgium vs. czech republic are the top games for me this sunday.
i would trust kosovo to draw against greece, and the match between england and andorra might end with double digits

Everything will depend on what kind of squad England will play today, I think today many young players will be given a chance to prove themselves in the national team. Therefore, England will certainly win today, but I don't think it will be a two-digit figure. As for the match between Italy and Switzerland, it will probably really be a match of the tour, if you can call it that. Italy seems to me to be a stronger team and it would be logical if it wins, but Switzerland has shown a very good game in recent years, and may well surprise the Italians.

[Spack17]

Latvia - Norway match has just finished and I see that Haaland scored again. Norway managed to defeat Latvia 2-0 easily. And Norway were too much dominant in this match that they could have scored at least 5 goals actually. They have started waiting for the remaining matches of the group which are:

Gibraltar v Turkey
Netherlands v Montenegro

I expect Turkey and Netherlands to win their matches without having much problem.

Halland is playing really good currently for Norway and is carrying them in every match what is expected from him.Turkey should destroy honestly Gibraltar that mostly unexperienced players play.Netherlands should be aware from Montenegro .They surprised Turkey last time in this match i expect 3-4 goals or more.

Turkey destroyed Gibraltar by scoring 3 goals and conceding none. However, they could have scored more goals than this. But they missed so many goal opportunities. When it comes to Netherlands, they obliterated Montenegro by 4-0. They dominated the game from the start to the end and deserved this huge victory. Turkey are still leading by one point and the 2nd team are Netherlands.

[bitzizzix]

today the next qualifying matches take place - and also this time there are games where the favorites play against a supposedly very small country.
switzerland vs. italy and belgium vs. czech republic are the top games for me this sunday.
i would trust kosovo to draw against greece, and the match between england and andorra might end with double digits

Everything will depend on what kind of squad England will play today, I think today many young players will be given a chance to prove themselves in the national team. Therefore, England will certainly win today, but I don't think it will be a two-digit figure. As for the match between Italy and Switzerland, it will probably really be a match of the tour, if you can call it that. Italy seems to me to be a stronger team and it would be logical if it wins, but Switzerland has shown a very good game in recent years, and may well surprise the Italians.

I'm more interested in commenting between Switzerland vs Italy because both teams only conceded one goal, and that is an indication that the Switzerland vs Italy match will be very interesting to watch.
and apart from that both teams have a solid back line defensively and hard to break down, and it's true that switzerland have been playing really well lately and on the counter-attack to watch out for.

[slaman29]

Everyone talking about French problems now but actually, if you remember, this is an old problem. I'm still backing the Spanish as I did in EURO but the bookies are still looking at France and Brazil to be the top 2 favorites, so they also remember French problems are always at the beginning. Tough to win early games in Group stages and then they improve towards the end of tournament. They will probably feel the same way.

[Spack17]

Today we have really nice matches like Belgium vs Czech Republic and Switzerland vs Italy.

Belgium defeated Estonia the last time by 5-2. Lukaku scored 2 goals in this one. They are still the leader. Czech Republic defeated Belarus 1-0 and they are following Belgium at the 2nd position by 3 points. I think that Belgium are highly the favorite team here and they will win it.

As for the other match, Italy got a surprising and unlucky result against Bulgaria, 1-1. But they are still the leader by 4 points. Switzerland were not too bad in the Euro 2020 but now I think that Italy can defeat them again like they did in that tournament by 3-0.

[bryant.coleman]

Everyone talking about French problems now but actually, if you remember, this is an old problem. I'm still backing the Spanish as I did in EURO but the bookies are still looking at France and Brazil to be the top 2 favorites, so they also remember French problems are always at the beginning. Tough to win early games in Group stages and then they improve towards the end of tournament. They will probably feel the same way.

France may be having the best football players, but it is of no use if there is no bonding between the players. Everyone wants to score on their own, and don't want to pass the ball. Sometimes it work, and sometimes it doesn't. Spain and Italy on the other hand are teams with perfect coordination between the players. The same can be said about Belgium as well. Lukaku may be the best player in Europe, but it is of no use when he fails to pass the ball. Even in the Euro Cup, he wasted some good chances because he wouldn't pass the ball.