2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[snipie]

Congratulations to France and England for being the only European teams to get good results. Netherlands won too but with difficulty. The other teams got a draw and surprise surprise, Germany lost vs Japan with 2 goals to 1!! Teams and fans are speechless
Spain and Belgium next, hopefully they will not continue bad results

And we thought that the biggest surprise was Argentina having lost to Saudi Arabia, but in the end we have more surprises. Of course, this does not mean that these teams will not qualify, but they made their lives difficult in games that were theoretically more accessible.

What will be tomorrow's surprise? Portugal lose with Ghana? Or a defeat by Brazil?

Basically Portugal is better than Ghana, Switzerland better than Cameroon and obviously Brazil is superior to Serbia. Now considering the performance of African teams and the weird results we see, I wouldn't be surprised if a draw happens, just like Morocco and Tunisia did. I said draw and not victory since Spain and France boosted a little the psychology of European teams after all the bad results.

[Sithara007]

Among the UEFA teams, only Germany has so far underperformed, right? I expected Senegal to give tough fight to the Netherlands, but then one of their top players (Sadio Mane) couldn't play in the tournament as a result of injury. Also, I expected trouble for France as well, due to the absence of Paul Pogba and Karim Benzema. But in the end, they pulled out a very easy win over Australia. For today we have 3 matches involving UEFA teams. Out of them the most exciting on will be between Brazil and Serbia. The latter are in very good recent form, but can they challenge the no.1 team in the world?

[Daniel91]

At this world cup, we already have a lot of unexpected results and surprises.
Germany and Argentina lost their matches, and Croatia and Denmark failed to win. I was also delighted by Canada last night even though they lost to Belgium unfortunately and undeservedly.
It seems to me that it is very possible that all the favorites will not make it to the knockout stage of the competition. Currently, Germany and Argentina are in a very difficult situation.
Messi's dream of winning the world championship seems very far away at the moment.
Germany now faces a very difficult match against Spain, in which they are not favorites.

[makishart]

Ball possession was nothing for me. Goal meant everything. I think that any team must not need to put the ball possession as something that must be done. The team needs to learn about how to win by creating so many goals and it's not about how big ball possession that already acquired. Ball possession meant nothing if you are not even making a goal while your opponent has perfect execution to make so many goals. I think that any team must think about how to win the match.
I didn't like a team that played a lot in the ball possession but it will be losing caused by it was not making any goal.

Exactly. Yesterday Argentina had the maximum ball possession, but they failed to convert that to goals. And in the end, the outcome will be decided by the number of goals scored by each teams and not by the % possession. To their credit, Saudi Arabian defense was like a iron wall. Argentines were repeatedly frustrated by the strong showing from Saudi Arabian defenders. The big lesson from yesterday's match between KSA and Argentina is not to under-estimate any of your opponents, no matter how poorly they performed in the previous editions.

That's why making goal is much more important than only getting big percentage of ball posession. As far as i know if any team who have been loosing against underrated team has always good ball possession but these big team like argentina and german have very bad result in the execution at the end of chance. The way of japan was defending its goal from german was so hard. Japan deserves the win against german. Luck can also plays a lot in this case. I do like how MBS was reacting about the win of KSA against argentina as whole of players in KSA got roll royce phantom as bonuses.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Among the UEFA teams, only Germany has so far underperformed, right? I expected Senegal to give tough fight to the Netherlands, but then one of their top players (Sadio Mane) couldn't play in the tournament as a result of injury. Also, I expected trouble for France as well, due to the absence of Paul Pogba and Karim Benzema. But in the end, they pulled out a very easy win over Australia. For today we have 3 matches involving UEFA teams. Out of them the most exciting on will be between Brazil and Serbia. The latter are in very good recent form, but can they challenge the no.1 team in the world?

With the upset many of the bigger teams have gotten in their first encounter/match, I see Brazil trying their best to fall into same category. They would play their hearts out against Serbia and get their 3points. Am not stating a confirmatory win for Brazil. Argentina and Germany matches taught me a better lesson.
I however would opt for an above >2.5 goal margin in my bettings for the day.

[Lafu]

Congratulations to France and England for being the only European teams to get good results. Netherlands won too but with difficulty. The other teams got a draw and surprise surprise, Germany lost vs Japan with 2 goals to 1!! Teams and fans are speechless
Spain and Belgium next, hopefully they will not continue bad results

I am not speechless as Germany was playing good for 60 Minutes and they have got enough chances to score more Goals.
Saddly there was this big mistake from Schlotterbeck and Japan scored there second Goal.
If the German team dont improve there playing for the next game against Spain i see black for them.

Am not stating a confirmatory win for Brazil. Argentina and Germany matches taught me a better lesson.

We know now that there all can be happend in this World Cup , bit i guess that Brazil will win.

[RapTarX]

If the German team dont improve there playing for the next game against Spain i see black for them.

Did you see Spain yesterday? They seem playing good and it will be hard for German to beat them; in that case, German will be out of the tournament if they can't. Apart from that, Japan will look for a big margin win against Costa Rica; German will be out once again. I can't see Germany is qualifying. Nevertheless, anything can happen in football.

[rahmad2nd]

At this world cup, we already have a lot of unexpected results and surprises.
Germany and Argentina lost their matches, and Croatia and Denmark failed to win. I was also delighted by Canada last night even though they lost to Belgium unfortunately and undeservedly.
It seems to me that it is very possible that all the favorites will not make it to the knockout stage of the competition. Currently, Germany and Argentina are in a very difficult situation.
Messi's dream of winning the world championship seems very far away at the moment.
Germany now faces a very difficult match against Spain, in which they are not favorites.

So far, only two big teams have slipped, Argentina and Germany, their chances of qualifying for the next round are very dubious. especially for the German squad, they have a tough match against Spain. Meanwhile, Spain already has one win. a very tough match for Germany, to win the fight against Spain. moreover, the probability that Spain has is higher to overthrow Germany in the match later.

On the other hand, Argentina inevitably has to win its last two matches. that way, they still have a chance to qualify for the next round. Likewise with the Danish and Croatian matches, these two teams were unable to gain full points and not even a single goal was created in these two matches.
Belgium vs Canada, this match was not very interesting for me when I watched it. particularly the games featured by the Belgian squad. Canada is better but luck favors Belgium.

next, Uruguay vs South Korea. where Uruguay is the favorite in this match, but I'm pretty sure South Korea will provide a very fierce resistance. In my estimation, South Korea has the potential to win this fight.

[BigBos]

If the German team dont improve there playing for the next game against Spain i see black for them.

Did you see Spain yesterday? They seem playing good and it will be hard for German to beat them; in that case, German will be out of the tournament if they can't. Apart from that, Japan will look for a big margin win against Costa Rica; German will be out once again. I can't see Germany is qualifying. Nevertheless, anything can happen in football.

Indeed, Spain played very brilliantly in their first match, they scored 7 goals without reply, showing their ferocity. Luis Enrique was very brave to bring out his young players to destroy Costa Rica in the first game. Meanwhile, Hansi Flick only relies on players who can be said to be old. The Group E stage is likely to be dominated by Japan and Spain, while Germany and Costa Rica will be the spectators of the Qatar World Cup.
Hansi Flick must completely reconstruct his strategy against Luis Enrique in the next match to get rid of his embarrassment against Japan.

[cilembu]

If the German team dont improve there playing for the next game against Spain i see black for them.

Did you see Spain yesterday? They seem playing good and it will be hard for German to beat them; in that case, German will be out of the tournament if they can't. Apart from that, Japan will look for a big margin win against Costa Rica; German will be out once again. I can't see Germany is qualifying. Nevertheless, anything can happen in football.

Indeed, Spain played very brilliantly in their first match, they scored 7 goals without reply, showing their ferocity. Luis Enrique was very brave to bring out his young players to destroy Costa Rica in the first game. Meanwhile, Hansi Flick only relies on players who can be said to be old. The Group E stage is likely to be dominated by Japan and Spain, while Germany and Costa Rica will be the spectators of the Qatar World Cup.
Hansi Flick must completely reconstruct his strategy against Luis Enrique in the next match to get rid of his embarrassment against Japan.

It's true that in the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers yesterday there were many unexpected things because I was also surprised by the final score of Germany vs Japan yesterday, it was really unexpected even though if you saw the first half Germany controlled the match but after the second half the situation turned around in the middle of the second half .

In these two events, Japan had reversed the position to 1:2 from Germany until after the match.
But there is no way Germany can qualify for the next round because this is the start of the game and there is still a chance because I see Germany will be better in the next match.

[oneal.ngeplox]

Argentina's record of 36 matches unbeaten ended in today's match. Maybe many fans still can't believe that Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia. Argentina's game today was really random, I don't know why they played like that. The next game is against Mexico, who are a very good team, Argentina will have to work hard to improve.

I also did not expect and was very surprised when I saw Argentina defeated by Saudi Arabia today. Even though in possession of the ball on the field, it was very clear that Argentina was far superior to Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia managed to make a very good surprise in this match so that they got the win. This is really something I never expected before the game started.

Ball possession was nothing for me. Goal meant everything. I think that any team must not need to put the ball possession as something that must be done. The team needs to learn about how to win by creating so many goals and it's not about how big ball possession that already acquired. Ball possession meant nothing if you are not even making a goal while your opponent has perfect execution to make so many goals. I think that any team must think about how to win the match.
I didn't like a team that played a lot in the ball possession but it will be losing caused by it was not making any goal.

Indeed I agree that if you look at all the matches that have taken place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup this time, it cannot be measured by the number of football stars in the country and the reality is that goals are very difficult. for them to create, therefore all cannot be measured by the number of field stars and possession of the ball, but what is awaited is the execution of a mature goal and making the best score to beat the opponent, and all countries must think of ways to win the match to score as many goals as possible.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Argentina's record of 36 matches unbeaten ended in today's match. Maybe many fans still can't believe that Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia. Argentina's game today was really random, I don't know why they played like that. The next game is against Mexico, who are a very good team, Argentina will have to work hard to improve.

I also did not expect and was very surprised when I saw Argentina defeated by Saudi Arabia today. Even though in possession of the ball on the field, it was very clear that Argentina was far superior to Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia managed to make a very good surprise in this match so that they got the win. This is really something I never expected before the game started.

Ball possession was nothing for me. Goal meant everything. I think that any team must not need to put the ball possession as something that must be done. The team needs to learn about how to win by creating so many goals and it's not about how big ball possession that already acquired. Ball possession meant nothing if you are not even making a goal while your opponent has perfect execution to make so many goals. I think that any team must think about how to win the match.
I didn't like a team that played a lot in the ball possession but it will be losing caused by it was not making any goal.

Indeed I agree that if you look at all the matches that have taken place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup this time, it cannot be measured by the number of football stars in the country and the reality is that goals are very difficult. for them to create, therefore all cannot be measured by the number of field stars and possession of the ball, but what is awaited is the execution of a mature goal and making the best score to beat the opponent, and all countries must think of ways to win the match to score as many goals as possible.

You are right. The good bonding between team players is more important than having star players in the team. The likes of Argentina and Germany were defeated despite having plenty of star players. On the other hand, even though Belgium won against Canada, their performance was not good. The performances of smaller teams like Canada, Japan and KSA surprised everyone. And so I see no reason to think that Brazil or Portugal will easily win the next matches. Every match of this World Cup has become quite competitive.

[onecall123]

Belgium vs Canada, this match was not very interesting for me when I watched it. particularly the games featured by the Belgian squad. Canada is better but luck favors Belgium.

It was a really bad day for Canada! Despite outplaying Belgium, Canada won't appear in the record books. The penalty was horrible and if you fail to take your chances you will not advance. There was clearly no comfort for Belgium fans during the game.

next, Uruguay vs South Korea. where Uruguay is the favorite in this match, but I'm pretty sure South Korea will provide a very fierce resistance. In my estimation, South Korea has the potential to win this fight.

The result is unknown and South Korea should not be underestimated. Another Asian-South American matchup. Uruguay will have a hard time serving a goal to South Korea. Let's see how things turn out.

[oneal.ngeplox]

Argentina's record of 36 matches unbeaten ended in today's match. Maybe many fans still can't believe that Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia. Argentina's game today was really random, I don't know why they played like that. The next game is against Mexico, who are a very good team, Argentina will have to work hard to improve.

I also did not expect and was very surprised when I saw Argentina defeated by Saudi Arabia today. Even though in possession of the ball on the field, it was very clear that Argentina was far superior to Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia managed to make a very good surprise in this match so that they got the win. This is really something I never expected before the game started.

I find it strange what happened on the pitch today, did Lionel Scaloni not coach his team well? Or has the stamina and ability of the Argentine players decreased? In my opinion, the average Argentine player is a world star player, but for some reason today's match I considered it so strange, even though it was only 2-1 I still feel that I have not accepted that Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia.
I feel that there is a big game behind today's Argentina match loss, do you guys feel the same way?

This is beyond my expectation.

It was beyond my expectations because Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia, but it was very interesting because I saw a lot of things happening beyond my understanding even though both countries played well, but all this is not enough to be measured by the abundance of world stars. and possession, but what I'm waiting for is the execution of the goal, as much as possible to win the game and advance to the next round.

If it's considered strange, I don't think so because I can't predict which country will win the group and even advance to the next round, and many miracles will happen in the Qatar 2022 world cup later.

[Tpower19]

You are right. The good bonding between team players is more important than having star players in the team. The likes of Argentina and Germany were defeated despite having plenty of star players. On the other hand, even though Belgium won against Canada, their performance was not good. The performances of smaller teams like Canada, Japan and KSA surprised everyone. And so I see no reason to think that Brazil or Portugal will easily win the next matches. Every match of this World Cup has become quite competitive.

Yes, it is true that a team with star players is not a guarantee to be able to easily beat a team that does not have star players, and in this world cup tournament it can be illustrated that football is almost evenly distributed in its game, both Asia and Africa are always considered class 2 in football. , I'm sure that in the next edition of the World Cup there will be a new champion from Asia or Africa who can win it

[tranthidung]

The performances of smaller teams like Canada, Japan and KSA surprised everyone. And so I see no reason to think that Brazil or Portugal will easily win the next matches. Every match of this World Cup has become quite competitive.

Surprising results from Saudi Arabia and Japan make this World Cup more interesting. In the next round, big teams like Argentina and Germany will have to play with more pressure and they are no longer have time to enjoy. It's time to fight seriously for them, else they will become World Cup audiences.

The result is unknown and South Korea should not be underestimated. Another Asian-South American matchup. Uruguay will have a hard time serving a goal to South Korea. Let's see how things turn out.

The match is unknown because both teams created chances so far. When it comes to last half of the second half, result is still 0 - 0 and Suarez already was substituted by Cavani. If any team can score a goal from now, they will probably get a final win.

Uruguay is a little bit unlucky because a headshot from Diego Godin hit a keywood pillar of Korea. Valverde so far did not show his ability to create dangerous distant shots like he shown in Real Madrid this season.

Indeed, Spain played very brilliantly in their first match, they scored 7 goals without reply, showing their ferocity. Luis Enrique was very brave to bring out his young players to destroy Costa Rica in the first game.

Young Spanish players remind us about golden era of Spain when they won big titles in-a-row. They destroyed Costa Rica and did not allow that opponent to have a single shot to Spanish goal. Their ball possession time is too high and I am surprised as Barcelona midfielders including Busquet, Gavi and Pedri actually are good trio. They played better than what they did in Barcelona as weeks ago, Busquet received so many bad reactions from Barcelona fans because of his bad performance.

Meanwhile, Hansi Flick only relies on players who can be said to be old. The Group E stage is likely to be dominated by Japan and Spain, while Germany and Costa Rica will be the spectators of the Qatar World Cup.

[Warkop]

The match is unknown because both teams created chances so far. When it comes to last half of the second half, result is still 0 - 0 and Suarez already was substituted by Cavani. If any team can score a goal from now, they will probably get a final win.

Uruguay is a little bit unlucky because a headshot from Diego Godin hit a keywood pillar of Korea. Valverde so far did not show his ability to create dangerous distant shots like he shown in Real Madrid this season.

The match was equally strong in defending their goal, this will be a draw, they saved their points despite sharing the points in this match, the two countries traded attacks to secure their position in the standings, and unfortunately this match ended in a draw, but at least this match was very important for both countries, even if it's a draw, at least they can get points in the next game..

[BigBos]

Yes, it is true that a team with star players is not a guarantee to be able to easily beat a team that does not have star players, and in this world cup tournament it can be illustrated that football is almost evenly distributed in its game, both Asia and Africa are always considered class 2 in football. , I'm sure that in the next edition of the World Cup there will be a new champion from Asia or Africa who can win it

This is very likely to happen, looking at some of the matches that took place, the Asian representative at this year's Qatar World Cup, the Asian representative was able to keep up with the world cup giants as just witnessed between South Korea and Uruguay with a 0-0 result.
Giant squads such as Germany, Argentina, and Uruguay were overwhelmed by the opponents from this year's Asian representatives in the group stage.
I think this shows that the development of Asian football has improved from year to year

[wmaurik]

Yes, it is true that a team with star players is not a guarantee to be able to easily beat a team that does not have star players, and in this world cup tournament it can be illustrated that football is almost evenly distributed in its game, both Asia and Africa are always considered class 2 in football. , I'm sure that in the next edition of the World Cup there will be a new champion from Asia or Africa who can win it

In this world cup, I am still very sure that the title race will be enlivened by several countries in America and also Europe. Because countries in Asia and Africa may not necessarily be able to survive until the semi-finals because some countries such as Brazil, France and Spain will provide better resistance in order to get to the final to fight for the world cup title although in general there is no guarantee sure about this.

[BALIK]

Yes, it is true that a team with star players is not a guarantee to be able to easily beat a team that does not have star players, and in this world cup tournament it can be illustrated that football is almost evenly distributed in its game, both Asia and Africa are always considered class 2 in football. , I'm sure that in the next edition of the World Cup there will be a new champion from Asia or Africa who can win it

In this world cup, I am still very sure that the title race will be enlivened by several countries in America and also Europe. Because countries in Asia and Africa may not necessarily be able to survive until the semi-finals because some countries such as Brazil, France and Spain will provide better resistance in order to get to the final to fight for the world cup title although in general there is no guarantee sure about this.

It is difficult to predict which team will be the world champions right now. Before the World Cup, many considered Argentina and Brazil as the favorites for the World Cup. But Argentina lost their first match. We are getting expected good performance from renowned teams. So it is impossible to predict which team is going to be the champions before the first round is over. But it is easy to understand that Asian teams are not as strong as American or European teams. However, even if Asian teams do not have star players, their team bonding is excellent. So Asian teams should not be neglected.