2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[decodx]

Well Armenia should be doable for Germany. An end tournament without Germany will be very strange. Same we had a few years ago when the Netherlands didn't qualify

Don't think so, what's so special with Germany that the tournament won't be the same without them in the finals? Didn't they lose at last World Cup and it was Croatia vs. France that was fighting?

Germany is a traditional power when it comes to soccer so to not have them would be a very strong hit for the tournament not only in terms of ratings but also in terms of the quality that we can see being displayed on the field, however this sort of thing happens all the time, it is not rare for one of the favorites to not only make it to the World Cup but also to win the World Cup doesn't qualify, however I think Germany has more than enough time to correct the situation and will qualify.

There's a famous Gary Lineker's quote that often rings true, "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."
The German national team has won four championship titles, four second-place finishes and four third-place finishes and has been one of the most successful national teams at the FIFA World Cup (source wikipedia). Germans have finished 8th or better (quarterfinals) in 17 out of 19 tournaments which is the most in FIFA World Cup Final history. So yeah, we tend to do OK at the tournament.  

[LGD2Business]

Norway and Netherlands draw but Turkey missed a big chance. Montenegro scored a free kick goal in last minute of extra time and stole 1 point. This is second time in group Turkey blew a 2-0 lead. They had 2-0 in Latvia game and it finished 3-3, now this game they were leading 2-0 but it finished 2-2.
Erling Haaland scored in Norway again, he scores every match. Now Turkey have 8 points, Netherlands, Norway and Montenegro have 7 points, Latvia have 4 points. It's one of the toughest groups and every team have a chance to qualify except low quality small country Gibraltar.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Finally, we have some national games also.    France are going to be hosting Bosnia & Herzegovina and they are the absolute favorite of the game. They should be able to destroy Bosnia here. Portugal on the other hand are going to play against Ireland. Ronaldo got an arm injury but it looks like he bounced back. If he plays in this game, Portugal would win this game very easily.

Both the games are going to be close and I won't be surprised if an upset occurs with either of them. France is very strong on paper, but they are the same team who couldn't even qualify for the Quarter-finals stage in Euro 2021. And remember all the controversy after the match? The family members of Adrien Rabiot and Paul Pogba insulted each other and fought in public, with Kylian Mbappe's father also joining in later. Same goes for Portugal as well, but at least in their case they lost against the no.1 team in the world.

France is always unpredictable. Sometimes they are very good and sometimes they are really bad. It's actually hard to see the national team in an average position. For the next game I guess it won't be a difficult challenge for France, because the adversary Bosnia hasn't won a single dispute since 2019. They have scored only 1 point in two games, while France has won two games in group D, including one game against Bosnia last march already.

There isn't much at Bosnia's favour besides the fact french national team will be composed by many first-timer players, as the regular ones are treating injuries, or maybe Deschamps just want to preserve their strength, effort and energy for a stronger opponent ahead.

Well France has a great advantage and they are its stars, nothing else Mbappé is a player who defines any game at any minute, if we add Benzema it is another level, for me France is already safe in the World Cup, just like Italy , I see that this Italian generation has a great team with players who are on another level, of course I miss that Italy with Totti, Maldini, Buffon, Del Piero, the bull Vieri, Inzaghi, those were the players that I admired since my childhood, The rhythm of football has now changed, I see that it is very demanding, its level is very high.

I would like to see Sweden in this World Cup, Sweden in the 1994 World Cup was an example, I would like to see the next World Cup to European countries with that level.

[ingiltere]

France normally should get the win at home but their group is too easy, they don't even have a problem with this draw. Griezmann must be happy to score after his transfer to Atletico. If Jules Kounde didn't see that red card France could easily flip this game but being one man down limited their attacking capacity. France is lucky that Ukraine left two points in Kazakhstan, otherwise things could've been uglier. Now Finland have two missing games but I don't think they can be a threat to France. Bosnia should be happy about that one point, this is the best you can hope for a game in France. They have to beat Kazakhstan in both games if they want to be in conversation for second place.

[Spack17]

We got really nice and interesting matches today. I really liked watching Haaland at Norway against Netherlands. He scored one goal and missed an absolute goal chance. But it was really unlucky that it bounced off the post. France couldn't beat Bosnia and it ended 1-1. If they didn't get a red card, maybe the result would be different. And Portugal - Ireland match was really interesting. Ronaldo missed a penalty and after some time Ireland got 1-0 ahead. While entering the last minutes, there was still no goal from Portugal side and I said that was it. But Ronaldo literally saved and secured 3 points by himself. He scored 2 goals consecutively in the last moments and they won 2-1.

[Sithara007]

Well France has a great advantage and they are its stars, nothing else Mbappé is a player who defines any game at any minute, if we add Benzema it is another level, for me France is already safe in the World Cup, just like Italy , I see that this Italian generation has a great team with players who are on another level, of course I miss that Italy with Totti, Maldini, Buffon, Del Piero, the bull Vieri, Inzaghi, those were the players that I admired since my childhood, The rhythm of football has now changed, I see that it is very demanding, its level is very high.

I would like to see Sweden in this World Cup, Sweden in the 1994 World Cup was an example, I would like to see the next World Cup to European countries with that level.

There is a well known saying: "too many cooks spoil the broth"

This is exactly what is happening with France. They have some of the best players in the world, such as Kylian Mbappé, Paul Pogba, Presnel Kimpembe and Antoine Griezmann. But there is a lack of coordination among them, and a lot of critics accuse some of the team members to be selfish (i.e refusing to pass the ball to others). I believe that this is one of the reasons why they performed poorly in the Euro cup. And from what I could see, there is no easy fix for this issue. Perhaps Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris need to work on this?

[casperBGD]

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Perhaps Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris need to work on this?

they have to work on this, agree, but it is a hard job, and someone needs to be benched in the process

nevertheless, it was a draw round, with so many draws yesterday, and almost every match between two serious contestant for qualification ended up as a draw
Denmark and Portugal made their marks, with a home wins, and Luxembourg proved that win in Ireland was not a one-time victory, with second win over Azerbeijan

since Serbia is playing Luxembourg on Saturday, it is very important to take them seriously, or it could be a blow
after this round, Ireland is definitely out from this qualifications, three matches, three loses

[Juggy777]

Well France has a great advantage and they are its stars, nothing else Mbappé is a player who defines any game at any minute, if we add Benzema it is another level, for me France is already safe in the World Cup, just like Italy , I see that this Italian generation has a great team with players who are on another level, of course I miss that Italy with Totti, Maldini, Buffon, Del Piero, the bull Vieri, Inzaghi, those were the players that I admired since my childhood, The rhythm of football has now changed, I see that it is very demanding, its level is very high.

I would like to see Sweden in this World Cup, Sweden in the 1994 World Cup was an example, I would like to see the next World Cup to European countries with that level.

There is a well known saying: "too many cooks spoil the broth"

This is exactly what is happening with France. They have some of the best players in the world, such as Kylian Mbappé, Paul Pogba, Presnel Kimpembe and Antoine Griezmann. But there is a lack of coordination among them, and a lot of critics accuse some of the team members to be selfish (i.e refusing to pass the ball to others). I believe that this is one of the reasons why they performed poorly in the Euro cup. And from what I could see, there is no easy fix for this issue. Perhaps Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris need to work on this?

@Sithara007 the only way to solve this problem is to drop someone from the team, and send the message out that the team is bigger than the individual. However if France loses due to that decision then the head coach will come under the firing line for dropping that player, hence there’s no easy fix for this problem except that the player’s let go off their ego and play like a team.

[joker_josue]

After yesterday, we had exciting matches and several suppressed results, today we have the following matches:

Group B: Georgia vs Kosovo, Sweden vs Spain
Group C: Italy vs Bulgaria, Lithuania vs Northern Ireland
Group E: Czech Republic vs Belarus, Estonia vs Belgium
Group I: Andorra vs San Marino, Hungary vs England, Poland vs Albania
Group J: Iceland vs Romania, Liechtenstein vs Germany, North Macedonia vs Armenia

[LTU_btc]

Main game of today is Andorra - San Marino. Whole world is waiting for clash of football giants. I'm backing Andorra today.
Seriously, Sweden - Spain is best game today probably. After yesterday's some upsets I'm already not so confident about Spain win.
Estonia - Belgium - over 3.5 @1.80. Expect easy Belgium win and high scoring game.
Italy - Bulgaria - under 3.5 @1.67.
Also, I'm backing Poland and North Macedonia to win their games.

[3meek]

Damned frogmen left me without a win yesterday! Couldn't beat Bosnia with a set of star players! All the super players were on the pitch and could hardly get back on track! Also got a red card! That's a shame!
It's not the first time I've lost thanks to the French national team!

[joker_josue]

Main game of today is Andorra - San Marino. Whole world is waiting for clash of football giants. I'm backing Andorra today.

I think you're forgetting the titans clash: Georgia vs Kosovo 
I believe that Georgia may have a small advantage over Kosovo, yet Kosovo may surprise.

[Joca97]

After yesterday, we had exciting matches and several suppressed results, today we have the following matches:

Group B: Georgia vs Kosovo, Sweden vs Spain
Group C: Italy vs Bulgaria, Lithuania vs Northern Ireland
Group E: Czech Republic vs Belarus, Estonia vs Belgium
Group I: Andorra vs San Marino, Hungary vs England, Poland vs Albania
Group J: Iceland vs Romania, Liechtenstein vs Germany, North Macedonia vs Armenia

Group B todays like a group to get away from all close matches so i think they arent good for betting. Group C looks good for goals especially Italy match. Group E looks really good to bet on favorites like Czech and Belgium. Group J look really good for goals as well as Group C

[casperBGD]

Main game of today is Andorra - San Marino. Whole world is waiting for clash of football giants. I'm backing Andorra today.

I think you're forgetting the titans clash: Georgia vs Kosovo 
I believe that Georgia may have a small advantage over Kosovo, yet Kosovo may surprise.

there is a really big difference between Andorra, San Marino on one side, and Georgia and Kosovo on the other side
Georgia and Kosovo are much better teams
will all said, I would back Andorra as well, it is their home pitch after all

would put Belgium over3.5, and thinking about an upset in Budapest, Hungary played really good on Euro, but had no luck to pass through group stage, and have solid motives to win tonight

[iv4n]

Damned frogmen left me without a win yesterday! Couldn't beat Bosnia with a set of star players! All the super players were on the pitch and could hardly get back on track! Also got a red card! That's a shame!
It's not the first time I've lost thanks to the French national team!

The same thing happened with my parlay yesterday... and I thought they are one of the safest bets, what a joke!

there is a really big difference between Andorra, San Marino on one side, and Georgia and Kosovo on the other side
Georgia and Kosovo are much better teams
will all said, I would back Andorra as well, it is their home pitch after all

would put Belgium over3.5, and thinking about an upset in Budapest, Hungary played really good on Euro, but had no luck to pass through group stage, and have solid motives to win tonight

I have a bet on Georgia to win! Just for fun! I also think we can see a surprise in Hungary, I have both teams to score in this game... Interesting for Belgium, they can destroy Estonia, so this sounds like a good bet, I will think about it definitely!

[Barcode_]

It was quite unbelievable to see Japan suffering a loss to Oman when Japan are playing this match in their home country, I guess a lot of gamblers would have lost their money today by staking their bets on Japan to win the match in full time against Oman as Japan are clearly the favorite team to win this match, I think Oman have proven themselves today that they are able to beat strong favorite teams too.

[acquafredda]

There is no team in Group E that can stand in Belgium's way in the race for first place and maybe the only one that will give the Belgians some trouble would possibly be the Czech Republic. However, Schick and his teammates have already lost precious points when they lost against Wales last March. Belgium feel Qatar is now just a step away and, after tonight's match in Estonia, the gap to the Czechs (currently three points) is set to become even wider.
Estonia is not even capable of creating some sort of damage to the Reds and I expect a huge win from them.

[boltz]

But isn't it Japan team a little bit tired ? I know they've played at Olympics with their best squad so they basically had like 3 weeks of pause ? There is no way that they can do the recovery process for the necessary stamina.

For me was a a big surprise that Portugal barely won ( AGAIN ) and it's not because that they're not good or they don't play like a team ...it's because everyone wants to be decisive in that game with a pass towards Ronaldo who eventually scored and broke a record on scoring goals for Portugal.

[3meek]

About tonight's match between Sweden and Spain... I think the home side have an opportunity not to lose this game! The last two matches between these teams ended in a draw... And now Spain are having a difficult time after the change of generations in the team...

[Ratash]

Norway and Netherlands draw but Turkey missed a big chance. Montenegro scored a free kick goal in last minute of extra time and stole 1 point. This is second time in group Turkey blew a 2-0 lead. They had 2-0 in Latvia game and it finished 3-3, now this game they were leading 2-0 but it finished 2-2.
Erling Haaland scored in Norway again, he scores every match. Now Turkey have 8 points, Netherlands, Norway and Montenegro have 7 points, Latvia have 4 points. It's one of the toughest groups and every team have a chance to qualify except low quality small country Gibraltar.

Turkey performance is going down since the euro and it was a disaster with three losses and now they can't even keep their advance they need to review their defensive strategy since they have good players but the positive thing is that they are scoring many goals so it will be easier they just need to focus on the defensive.