2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[Pokapoka124]

Messi will be playing his best for this world cup as it's probably going to his last opportunity to grab this cup for Argentina.

A similar story appears with Cristiano Ronaldo, for Portugal.

Both are excellent players but both have failed to win the world cup for their country. This is their chance.

A Portugal Argentina final would be incredible.

It is every player's dream the attain that height in their career,  winning the world cup and for these two legends in the sport have not achieved that. They would do their best to win the world cup this year as it could be their last opportunity with their national team but thinking about it, Messi has had the upper hand and in the best team to win the world cup this past years with Argentina but couldn't, their team is much stronger than the Portugal team and has more stars than the Portugal team but has failed to do so. Maybe they could surprise the world this time in Qatar.

[nullama]

It is every player's dream the attain that height in their career,  winning the world cup and for these two legends in the sport have not achieved that. They would do their best to win the world cup this year as it could be their last opportunity with their national team but thinking about it, Messi has had the upper hand and in the best team to win the world cup this past years with Argentina but couldn't, their team is much stronger than the Portugal team and has more stars than the Portugal team but has failed to do so. Maybe they could surprise the world this time in Qatar.

Yeah, absolutely agree with that.

I think Argentina would win against Portugal in a final. It would also be an incredible final to watch, but yes, I agree that as a team, Argentina is better than Portugal, even though both are excellent teams

[SatoPrincess]

Argentine players do not have enough stars to now, they rely more on Messi to play, while soccer games have developed enough for now, Europe has a much greater potential for the future World Cup, if you see the players they have, placement that is obsessed with Idol in the past, no longer a guarantee for the current soccer style, because the progress of football is far more developed for now, almost all countries have potential stars

The Argentine team still have many star players, they have always relied on Lionel Messi in the past and even now just the way Portugal are relying on Ronaldo to lead them to victory all the time. Argentina has kept a very good form recently and look to be one of my favourites to get to the final of the world cup and it will be really trilling to have a final with Argentina playing against Portugal.

[Joca97]

I would say France has the most star players in this World Cup. But in Euro, we have not seen a better performance than France. Moreover, the performance of France in the last few matches was weak. On the other hand, Spain has a lot of talented players, but they are not experienced enough. And so to me, the squads of Brazil and Argentina seem the most stable and strong. Because there is continuity in the performances of these two teams, which I do not see in the performances of France or Spain.

Surprised that you have mentioned Argentina. I have checked their recent record, and honestly, I couldn't find any consistency. One good thing with Argentina is that whatever issues they had with team bonding seems to have got resolved. There was always an argument that Lionel Messi performs better with Barcelona (and now with Paris Saint-Germain), when compared to the Argentine national team. With Brazil, I have never heard about any such issues. Their team bonding seems to be perfect.

I still think that Argentina has a lot of problems and that those problems are getting slowly resolved. On next world cup i dont thimk they can give their 100%. They have an amazing attack but they suck at defence and i think the entire team just wont go well togheter

[mia_houston]

It is every player's dream the attain that height in their career,  winning the world cup and for these two legends in the sport have not achieved that. They would do their best to win the world cup this year as it could be their last opportunity with their national team but thinking about it, Messi has had the upper hand and in the best team to win the world cup this past years with Argentina but couldn't, their team is much stronger than the Portugal team and has more stars than the Portugal team but has failed to do so. Maybe they could surprise the world this time in Qatar.

Yeah, absolutely agree with that.

I think Argentina would win against Portugal in a final. It would also be an incredible final to watch, but yes, I agree that as a team, Argentina is better than Portugal, even though both are excellent teams

Argentina and Portugal both have the world's best players in their squads, the ability of Messi and Ronaldo so far we certainly can't doubt but compared to Portugal, Argentina has a more complex squad depth both in defense and attack at the moment, In addition, the ability factor Argentina in winning the Copa America trophy and also the Finalissima made me even more convinced that Argentina would win if they met Portugal later.

[snipie]

Argentine players do not have enough stars to now, they rely more on Messi to play, while soccer games have developed enough for now, Europe has a much greater potential for the future World Cup, if you see the players they have, placement that is obsessed with Idol in the past, no longer a guarantee for the current soccer style, because the progress of football is far more developed for now, almost all countries have potential stars

What happens is that soccer like any sport is always evolving, when Argentina won the world cup in 1986 they depended almost exclusively on Maradona to accomplish that goal, of course they also had some other good players but they were nowhere near the level of Maradona, and now we are seeing they have been using the same formula and they have tried to win it all with Messi, however soccer has evolved and unless you can field a very good team around a star then the chances of winning the world cup are not very high, especially now that Messi is not as good as he once was

Having a couple of stars might increase the chances of a team to win but they won't stand if their opponents control them or play harmoniously and quite aggressively, otherwise how could we explain medium teams won many cups.
World Cup is always hard to predict. Argentina and Portugal aren't facing top teams so they can advance. Brazil will have harder games but they will most likely advance then the games will depend on the quality and how much the players are ready rather than having 1 or 5 stars.

[alegotardo]

Having a couple of stars might increase the chances of a team to win but they won't stand if their opponents control them or play harmoniously and quite aggressively, otherwise how could we explain medium teams won many cups.
World Cup is always hard to predict. Argentina and Portugal aren't facing top teams so they can advance. Brazil will have harder games but they will most likely advance then the games will depend on the quality and how much the players are ready rather than having 1 or 5 stars.

I agree, because lately we have seen many teams "without great expectations" winning matches against important opponents, a situation that we could even observe in the qualifying games for this year's world cup.
The number of stars can put some psychological pressure on the opponent, but it is not decisive to indicate a favorite in this world cup.

[Razmirraz]

Yes, you're right, but Argentina still has Messi and I think that a player as complete as he is is very lucky, at least he has the DiMaria and Dybala noodles who, when they serve separately, are stars who are in very good shape, the others players only have to complement them, but in terms of stars I don't see it as bad. And if they get a good coach where they can mesh each skill of these players well, they could easily reach a cup final and win it, in fact this is the last chance Messi has to do it.

I agree that Messi is a complete player and he is very lucky to have such an extraordinary talent, although Messi's performances were not very good playing at PSG last season. I believe Messi will present the best spectacle for fans at the Qatar World Cup, the quality of Dimaria and Dybala cannot be underestimated. They have talents that are not much different from the many stars who will compete in the Qatar World Cup, I am sure Argentina and their squad will perform the best game.

Messi will be one of the Argentine players who will compete with other countries' teams for the Qatar 2022 World Cup trophy, previously Messi has participated and played in the World Cup four times, the first time Messi made his debut at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Messi and the Argentina team must show their best performances to become champions in this big event, because the 2022 World Cup is said to be Messi last appearance in this most prestigious competition. At the next World Cup, Messi will be 38 years old, I think Messi will have a hard time playing his best at that age. So the 2022 World Cup will be Messi last chance to win a trophy he has never won as a professional footballer.

[Sithara007]

Argentina and Portugal both have the world's best players in their squads, the ability of Messi and Ronaldo so far we certainly can't doubt but compared to Portugal, Argentina has a more complex squad depth both in defense and attack at the moment, In addition, the ability factor Argentina in winning the Copa America trophy and also the Finalissima made me even more convinced that Argentina would win if they met Portugal later.

It will be better not to compare the players. If you claim that Messi and Ronaldo are the best players in the world, then I can also counter that by saying that Neymar, Pogba and Lukaku are the best players. The problem with Argentina is that I still have some doubt about the ability of other players to give proper support to Messi. But the fact that they won Copa America this time proves that they are having the right momentum. And in the case of Portugal, the less said that better. They are basically a one-man army.

[SirLancelot]

Surprised that you have mentioned Argentina. I have checked their recent record, and honestly, I couldn't find any consistency. One good thing with Argentina is that whatever issues they had with team bonding seems to have got resolved. There was always an argument that Lionel Messi performs better with Barcelona (and now with Paris Saint-Germain), when compared to the Argentine national team. With Brazil, I have never heard about any such issues. Their team bonding seems to be perfect.

I still think that Argentina has a lot of problems and that those problems are getting slowly resolved. On next world cup i dont thimk they can give their 100%. They have an amazing attack but they suck at defence and i think the entire team just wont go well togheter

Argentina is surely having few problems, but recently they are working on them and most of the issues are resolved, even still looking for more things which can give them better results Lionel Messi factor is also always in talk why he mostly fails in national duty and having much better results in leagues still need something about this.

With no other team is having any argument like this in their ranks but in coming world cup we will watch some better game from them as they are also looking for good ending of their legendary player from international soccer but no one sure can they give shock to world with title.

[rahmad2nd]

I think Argentina would win against Portugal in a final. It would also be an incredible final to watch, but yes, I agree that as a team, Argentina is better than Portugal, even though both are excellent teams

The match hasn't started yet we will never know which team will compete in the final, I don't think the European continent should be underestimated, France is the holder of the champions on the occasion of 2018, there is also Germany or maybe Spain, the Netherlands for example, maybe even with England.  The match that will be held later will certainly be very interesting for football people, Argentina and Portugal have big stars who will become iconic in their teams, but other teams also have big names who are very talented. I don't think it will be easy to get the world title.

[LittleBitFunny]

I would say France has the most star players in this World Cup. But in Euro, we have not seen a better performance than France. Moreover, the performance of France in the last few matches was weak. On the other hand, Spain has a lot of talented players, but they are not experienced enough. And so to me, the squads of Brazil and Argentina seem the most stable and strong. Because there is continuity in the performances of these two teams, which I do not see in the performances of France or Spain.

Surprised that you have mentioned Argentina. I have checked their recent record, and honestly, I couldn't find any consistency. One good thing with Argentina is that whatever issues they had with team bonding seems to have got resolved. There was always an argument that Lionel Messi performs better with Barcelona (and now with Paris Saint-Germain), when compared to the Argentine national team. With Brazil, I have never heard about any such issues. Their team bonding seems to be perfect.

I still think that Argentina has a lot of problems and that those problems are getting slowly resolved. On next world cup i dont thimk they can give their 100%. They have an amazing attack but they suck at defence and i think the entire team just wont go well togheter

Some problems exist in all teams. To solve these problems the coach will need good match strategy. If the match strategy and bonding between the players is good then the result of the match will be in their favour. You think Argentina's defence is weak, but Argentina's defence is much more stable now than in the past. The Argentina team is full of talented players. However, if you want to be a world champion, you have to strengthen the bonding between the players

[karabiber]

I'm planning to go to Qatar to watch the world cup. However, the bans taken by Qatar for the trophy make me stop going. We don't just go there to watch a game. I go to see the culture and experience our own culture. Qatar most recently banned the sale of alcoholic beverages but they later waived the ban. Citizens of different countries will go to Qatar and have to abide by Qatar's ridiculous bans. It's just a sports organization. People go to Qatar both for a nice organization and for having fun. If the bans continue, they are candidates to become the worst World Cup organization in history. I don't think anyone would want a World Cup with empty stadiums.

[Juggy777]

I would say France has the most star players in this World Cup. But in Euro, we have not seen a better performance than France. Moreover, the performance of France in the last few matches was weak. On the other hand, Spain has a lot of talented players, but they are not experienced enough. And so to me, the squads of Brazil and Argentina seem the most stable and strong. Because there is continuity in the performances of these two teams, which I do not see in the performances of France or Spain.

Surprised that you have mentioned Argentina. I have checked their recent record, and honestly, I couldn't find any consistency. One good thing with Argentina is that whatever issues they had with team bonding seems to have got resolved. There was always an argument that Lionel Messi performs better with Barcelona (and now with Paris Saint-Germain), when compared to the Argentine national team. With Brazil, I have never heard about any such issues. Their team bonding seems to be perfect.

I still think that Argentina has a lot of problems and that those problems are getting slowly resolved. On next world cup i dont thimk they can give their 100%. They have an amazing attack but they suck at defence and i think the entire team just wont go well togheter

Some problems exist in all teams. To solve these problems the coach will need good match strategy. If the match strategy and bonding between the players is good then the result of the match will be in their favour. You think Argentina's defence is weak, but Argentina's defence is much more stable now than in the past. The Argentina team is full of talented players. However, if you want to be a world champion, you have to strengthen the bonding between the players

I believe that one should wager big on Brazil to win the World Cup, but if the odds are good then one can also wager a small bet on Argentina too because as you’ll rightly said these two teams are the favourites to win this World Cup. Also this might be Neymar’s final World Cup with Brazil hence he’ll want to win it, therefore my money is on Brazil to lift the World Cup, and lastly I’m keen to know what specific reasons you have for selecting your favourite team.

[Daniel91]

Argentina and Portugal both have the world's best players in their squads, the ability of Messi and Ronaldo so far we certainly can't doubt but compared to Portugal, Argentina has a more complex squad depth both in defense and attack at the moment, In addition, the ability factor Argentina in winning the Copa America trophy and also the Finalissima made me even more convinced that Argentina would win if they met Portugal later.

It will be better not to compare the players. If you claim that Messi and Ronaldo are the best players in the world, then I can also counter that by saying that Neymar, Pogba and Lukaku are the best players. The problem with Argentina is that I still have some doubt about the ability of other players to give proper support to Messi. But the fact that they won Copa America this time proves that they are having the right momentum. And in the case of Portugal, the less said that better. They are basically a one-man army.

Messi and Ronaldo were the best footballers in the world, but they haven't been for several years and their peak has passed.
Messi had a very bad season at PSG and Ronaldo can't leave Manchester because no club is willing to pay his big salary.
Currently Lewandowski, Benzema and Mbappe are much better footballers than them and in fact last year Lewandowski deserved the title of the best footballer in the world, not Messi.
I don't think Messi or Ronaldo will be able to help their national teams much at the World Cup and I expect a lot more from Mbappe and Benzema in the French team.
This is why I believe that France is again the favorite to win the world title, regardless of the weaker performance in the League of Nations.
Brazil also has a strong national team and, along with France, they are the main favorites of the competition.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I don't think Brasil is the biggest favorite for this tournament but they are always in the discussion. They used to have more powerful squad but now they are mid team at best. Neymar is not the ideal leader, they are far away from real Ronaldo and then Ronaldinho era.
England never had an achievement for years, they always say maybe this time but it never happens. I'll probably stick with Argentina this time as I want Messi to finally lift the trophy before he retires.

Wishful thinking  For all his shortcomings, Neymar is clearly a better leader than Messi, and Brazil is clearly a stronger team than Argentina. I do not think that Brazil will become champions (one of the European teams should become). As for England, I would say that they are in the position of Spain before they made the treble (two European Championships + World Cup in a row), I don’t know if they will be lucky this time, but the possibility of this cannot be ruled out.

Well, to tell the truth, when we talk about Messi and Neymar, I think I consider them in the same range, because both have done practically nothing for their teams, and both are also at PSG and do not contribute what they should, on the other hand, Brazil It's not just Neymar, they have many players who make the difference and who are capable of defining a match at any time, if we take into account that it is Messi's last World Cup, of CR7 in general we will have who else wants to get ahead In terms of motivation and team, he could win the cup, but I can't put aside Germany, France, even England (who haven't shown that much, but are strong in World Cups.)

I would say France has the most star players in this World Cup. But in Euro, we have not seen a better performance than France. Moreover, the performance of France in the last few matches was weak. On the other hand, Spain has a lot of talented players, but they are not experienced enough. And so to me, the squads of Brazil and Argentina seem the most stable and strong. Because there is continuity in the performances of these two teams, which I do not see in the performances of France or Spain.

Surprised that you have mentioned Argentina. I have checked their recent record, and honestly, I couldn't find any consistency. One good thing with Argentina is that whatever issues they had with team bonding seems to have got resolved. There was always an argument that Lionel Messi performs better with Barcelona (and now with Paris Saint-Germain), when compared to the Argentine national team. With Brazil, I have never heard about any such issues. Their team bonding seems to be perfect.

I still think that Argentina has a lot of problems and that those problems are getting slowly resolved. On next world cup i dont thimk they can give their 100%. They have an amazing attack but they suck at defence and i think the entire team just wont go well togheter

Some problems exist in all teams. To solve these problems the coach will need good match strategy. If the match strategy and bonding between the players is good then the result of the match will be in their favour. You think Argentina's defence is weak, but Argentina's defence is much more stable now than in the past. The Argentina team is full of talented players. However, if you want to be a world champion, you have to strengthen the bonding between the players

I believe that one should wager big on Brazil to win the World Cup, but if the odds are good then one can also wager a small bet on Argentina too because as you’ll rightly said these two teams are the favourites to win this World Cup. Also this might be Neymar’s final World Cup with Brazil hence he’ll want to win it, therefore my money is on Brazil to lift the World Cup, and lastly I’m keen to know what specific reasons you have for selecting your favourite team.

So if this is so, not only is CR7, Messi but now Neymar joins what will be his last World Cup, well the teams of these great players are very good, the ones that had the most problems to qualify was Portugal, but fortunately they managed to pass, As it is the last World Cup for great stars, I hope they will be games of a very high level, it is not long now.

[swogerino]

I would say France has the most star players in this World Cup. But in Euro, we have not seen a better performance than France. Moreover, the performance of France in the last few matches was weak. On the other hand, Spain has a lot of talented players, but they are not experienced enough. And so to me, the squads of Brazil and Argentina seem the most stable and strong. Because there is continuity in the performances of these two teams, which I do not see in the performances of France or Spain.

Surprised that you have mentioned Argentina. I have checked their recent record, and honestly, I couldn't find any consistency. One good thing with Argentina is that whatever issues they had with team bonding seems to have got resolved. There was always an argument that Lionel Messi performs better with Barcelona (and now with Paris Saint-Germain), when compared to the Argentine national team. With Brazil, I have never heard about any such issues. Their team bonding seems to be perfect.

I still think that Argentina has a lot of problems and that those problems are getting slowly resolved. On next world cup i dont thimk they can give their 100%. They have an amazing attack but they suck at defence and i think the entire team just wont go well togheter

Some problems exist in all teams. To solve these problems the coach will need good match strategy. If the match strategy and bonding between the players is good then the result of the match will be in their favour. You think Argentina's defence is weak, but Argentina's defence is much more stable now than in the past. The Argentina team is full of talented players. However, if you want to be a world champion, you have to strengthen the bonding between the players

I believe that one should wager big on Brazil to win the World Cup, but if the odds are good then one can also wager a small bet on Argentina too because as you’ll rightly said these two teams are the favourites to win this World Cup. Also this might be Neymar’s final World Cup with Brazil hence he’ll want to win it, therefore my money is on Brazil to lift the World Cup, and lastly I’m keen to know what specific reasons you have for selecting your favourite team.

My bet as I said will be for Argentina as they have now the best 11 that they have ever had since the time of glorious days with Maradona winning them their last World Cup if I remember correctly.They have Messi which may play his last World Cup,they have Di Maria,Dybala and Martinez to name just a very few of the hottest players at the moment enjoying a great form in their local leagues throughout Europe.There are many other good players which complement the team and as I said this is the reason that I am betting on them,because they have the best 11 from quite a long time,better from quite a long number of years.

[Sithara007]

My bet as I said will be for Argentina as they have now the best 11 that they have ever had since the time of glorious days with Maradona winning them their last World Cup if I remember correctly.They have Messi which may play his last World Cup,they have Di Maria,Dybala and Martinez to name just a very few of the hottest players at the moment enjoying a great form in their local leagues throughout Europe.There are many other good players which complement the team and as I said this is the reason that I am betting on them,because they have the best 11 from quite a long time,better from quite a long number of years.

I will be making a bet in favor of Argentina, partly because they are one of my favorite teams and partly because they are sending a very strong squad to Qatar later this year. For the finals, a match between Brazil and Argentina is having the highest probability IMO. And I would like Argentina to beat Brazil in the final. They are waiting ever since 1986 for the trophy and this maybe Messi's last attempt. And the last time when world cup was held in Asia (2002), it proved to be lucky for the South American teams. Let's hope for a repeat this time as well.

[3meek]

I'm planning to go to Qatar to watch the world cup. However, the bans taken by Qatar for the trophy make me stop going. We don't just go there to watch a game. I go to see the culture and experience our own culture. Qatar most recently banned the sale of alcoholic beverages but they later waived the ban. Citizens of different countries will go to Qatar and have to abide by Qatar's ridiculous bans. It's just a sports organization. People go to Qatar both for a nice organization and for having fun. If the bans continue, they are candidates to become the worst World Cup organization in history. I don't think anyone would want a World Cup with empty stadiums.

I think that for the duration of the World Cup in Qatar no harsh laws will be applied to those who come to the World Cup... It will be something like any resort town, where tourists are almost never criticized unless there is outright criminality... Everyone is well aware that people from all over the world will be coming for a short time, so the organization should be of the highest level...

[Pokapoka124]

Argentina and Portugal both have the world's best players in their squads, the ability of Messi and Ronaldo so far we certainly can't doubt but compared to Portugal, Argentina has a more complex squad depth both in defense and attack at the moment, In addition, the ability factor Argentina in winning the Copa America trophy and also the Finalissima made me even more convinced that Argentina would win if they met Portugal later.

It will be better not to compare the players. If you claim that Messi and Ronaldo are the best players in the world, then I can also counter that by saying that Neymar, Pogba and Lukaku are the best players. The problem with Argentina is that I still have some doubt about the ability of other players to give proper support to Messi. But the fact that they won Copa America this time proves that they are having the right momentum. And in the case of Portugal, the less said that better. They are basically a one-man army.

Ronaldo is the centre piece of the team, it's the same result everywhere he plays but I don't think Portugal is a one-man army team. They have good and very talented players on the team, they have good teamwork and with a good coach I can compete in the world cup and have a chance of winning the world. Argentina on the other hand has been in fine form after winning the Copa American, this could also be a chance for both star players from Argentina and Portugal to win the world cup before retiring and I hope to see one of them coming out victorious in the world cup this year.