FIFA World Cup 2022 Discussion Thread

[og kush420]

Football always brings surprises.
Predictions for Group A
1. Netherlands
2. Senegal
3. Qatar
4. Ecuador

The result of the match has been determined by Qatar vs Ecuador, in my opinion both countries want to buy and sell attacks, even though Ecuador is everyone's favorite, but we have to be wary of the Qatar host game, because they are playing at home so anything can happen in football so , I hope that Qatar can win its first match in this World Cup..

Qatar hosted this year's World Cup on its home turf. So we must count Qatar.We all know that Ecuador is a very strong team. But depriving Qatar from here is also very foolish for us.Because they will never underestimate the game in this field of their home. Of course, Qatar will do whatever it takes to win.We left the win of the first match for Qatar.

Qatar has build 100 hotels and 7 stadium for the world cup - 2 ships will remain docked during the tournament.
They will dismantle the stadium and gift it to the developing countries. 

[terrorJR]

There is this amazing atmosphere when you play in the world cup, and Qatar would have an insane advantage over all other teams, I mean like a whole stadium filled with their supporters, whereas the other team would just have maybe a few hundred at best. That means we are going to see Qatar overachieve, but even with that Senegal and Netherlands are still far superior, so it would be difficult for them to lose.

At least it can be a whipping material for their enthusiasm even though it seems difficult.
But indeed, with these conditions, they also get more opportunities. lots of pairs of eyes who of course now know that they are not in the favorite but indeed it will be a real surprise if they can talk a lot.
Their first match must be all out because this can be another encouragement for them, especially if they can win.

[Rabi3]

The result of the match has been determined by Qatar vs Ecuador, in my opinion both countries want to buy and sell attacks, even though Ecuador is everyone's favorite, but we have to be wary of the Qatar host game, because they are playing at home so anything can happen in football so , I hope that Qatar can win its first match in this World Cup..

I have mixed feelings about that first game. I really like Ecuador and therefore I would love to see them win. However, it would be a great boost of confidence for Qatar players and fans if Qatar wins the opening game. We have two more days and I can't wait for the tournament to start. Too bad that the first games in every day are scheduled for the time when I'm at work so I probably won't be able to watch

I don't think Qatar will win their first match against Ecuador, a draw will be a good result for them, because I also predict that they can beat Senegal who will be playing the world cup without Sadio Mane, Qatar have a chance to qualify in the second place, their group is not the toughest out there.

[Sithara007]

I don't think Qatar will win their first match against Ecuador, a draw will be a good result for them, because I also predict that they can beat Senegal who will be playing the world cup without Sadio Mane, Qatar have a chance to qualify in the second place, their group is not the toughest out there.

My prediction is that Ecuador will end up with 7 points (wins against Qatar and Senegal, and draw against Netherlands). They are one of the most under-rated teams in this world cup. I don't have much hope for Senegal, as Sadio Mane is not part of the squad. Netherlands is a volatile team, and I am not sure whether they will manage to win the matches against Qatar and Senegal. A draw in either one of the matches would make their progress to the next stage more difficult. In that case, Qatar will have a good chance of qualifying for the PQF stage.

[coinerer]

I don't think Qatar will win their first match against Ecuador, a draw will be a good result for them, because I also predict that they can beat Senegal who will be playing the world cup without Sadio Mane, Qatar have a chance to qualify in the second place, their group is not the toughest out there.

My prediction is that Ecuador will end up with 7 points (wins against Qatar and Senegal, and draw against Netherlands). They are one of the most under-rated teams in this world cup. I don't have much hope for Senegal, as Sadio Mane is not part of the squad. Netherlands is a volatile team, and I am not sure whether they will manage to win the matches against Qatar and Senegal. A draw in either one of the matches would make their progress to the next stage more difficult. In that case, Qatar will have a good chance of qualifying for the PQF stage.

My brain keeps telling me that today's match seems to be a draw but meanwhile Ecuador is not a bad team they have a good performance and some predictions think that Ecuador will win and most of them think that the match will be a draw. Everyone is very excited for this as the first match to start the World Cup so there are various predictions about one but I think the match is likely to be a draw. Or if not a draw then Ecuador looks likely to win in my prediction

[bering]

I don't think Qatar will win their first match against Ecuador, a draw will be a good result for them, because I also predict that they can beat Senegal who will be playing the world cup without Sadio Mane, Qatar have a chance to qualify in the second place, their group is not the toughest out there.

My prediction is that Ecuador will end up with 7 points (wins against Qatar and Senegal, and draw against Netherlands). They are one of the most under-rated teams in this world cup. I don't have much hope for Senegal, as Sadio Mane is not part of the squad. Netherlands is a volatile team, and I am not sure whether they will manage to win the matches against Qatar and Senegal. A draw in either one of the matches would make their progress to the next stage more difficult. In that case, Qatar will have a good chance of qualifying for the PQF stage.

My brain keeps telling me that today's match seems to be a draw but meanwhile Ecuador is not a bad team they have a good performance and some predictions think that Ecuador will win and most of them think that the match will be a draw. Everyone is very excited for this as the first match to start the World Cup so there are various predictions about one but I think the match is likely to be a draw. Or if not a draw then Ecuador looks likely to win in my prediction

As a host Qatar has been playing several friendly matches and mostly they were against African teams such as Morocco or Ghana and the results of those matches actually not quite bad because Qatar has several times to wins and for opening match against Equador later actually this match hard to predicted because Qatar also can able to playing well against South America teams even the latest they can playing draw against Chile but indeed this result cannot be used as the reference because that match is not from real tournament but as a host i feel Qatar can playing surprising because they have more motivation and Equador might be will hard to win from them

[rahmad2nd]

I don't think Qatar will win their first match against Ecuador, a draw will be a good result for them, because I also predict that they can beat Senegal who will be playing the world cup without Sadio Mane, Qatar have a chance to qualify in the second place, their group is not the toughest out there.

My prediction is that Ecuador will end up with 7 points (wins against Qatar and Senegal, and draw against Netherlands). They are one of the most under-rated teams in this world cup. I don't have much hope for Senegal, as Sadio Mane is not part of the squad. Netherlands is a volatile team, and I am not sure whether they will manage to win the matches against Qatar and Senegal. A draw in either one of the matches would make their progress to the next stage more difficult. In that case, Qatar will have a good chance of qualifying for the PQF stage.

So let's see what scenario will happen.

my estimation, in the opening match of the world cup for the initial match. Qatar vs Ecuador, will most likely end in a draw with a score of 0-0. the bad scenario, Ecuador will lose the opening match of this world cup with a score of 1-0.

Senegal will be in trouble against the Netherlands later, the probability of the Netherlands is higher to overthrow Senegal even if Sadio Mane is not injured. The Netherlands are one of my favorite teams in this championship, even though they don't have a lot of star players. however, the teamwork they have built shows quite promising progress in this group phase. in the end, the Netherlands will win group A.

As for Qatar, Ecuador and Senegal, if we refer from the statistics we have, from the depth of the players, the FIFA ranking. flying hours of players who play in European leagues. so, Senegal has the right to be a companion to the Netherlands who passed in this group phase. in other words, Qatar and Ecuador will be overthrown by Senegal.

yes, we will witness it in just a matter of days. So, let's wait and enjoy this most prestigious tournament championship celebration.

[Daniel91]

Portugal has been in crisis for a long time and is playing badly.
In the qualifiers for the World Cup, they lost at home to Serbia and took only second place in their group, so they had to play additional qualifiers.
Ronaldo also played in all those matches for Portugal, but he did not really help the Portuguese team.

I do not agree that Portugal has been in crisis; no not at all. Yes they struggled during the qualifying stages for the worldcup but you cannot compare that form to now. Why? Now Portugal is going to the worldcup with a complete 11 in view (compared to qualifiers where they chop and change tactics and players as related to available players due to either fatigue form or injuries).

In my opinion, portugal have a very solid defense; if they can take their chances, they will have a good run in the worldcup. Same with Argentina, france and the Netherlands

Portugal has enough qualified player resources, they have almost complete depth of players on all fronts. it's just that, their problems are on the front lines. yes this is just my opinion, does not determine the real truth. So far, we have only talked based on existing statistics and data. if we observe, Fernando Santos tends to use a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 formation.

only in the trial match against Nigeria, Portugal used a different formation with a 4-3-1-2 pattern. the results are quite effective, despite the fact that Nigeria is not as resilient as it used to be.

as @Daniel91 said, Ronaldo didn't contribute too much throughout Portugal's matches in the Nations League or Qualification in the World Cup. throughout our assessment, Ronaldo's performance has really dropped dramatically. not infrequently he always has difficulty performing at his best, we can refer to the statistics when Ronaldo played with his club. this shows that his sharpness has decreased dramatically, plus as he is not young anymore.

I hope he can show his prowess again in this world cup event. So, let's see what he can do with his national team.

Personally, I'm not sure how much Ronaldo can help the Portugal national team right now.
He has not played at a high level for a long time, in fact he doesn't play in Manchester at all, he is in conflict with the club and the fans, and it is questionable how physically and mentally he is ready for this World Cup.
I think coach Portugal will make a big mistake if he puts him in the team to play based on his old glory and if he is not fully ready to play.
The best players must always play in the team, regardless of the old glory.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Yeah, I guess Qatar would need to be lucky, say win with a surprise 1 - 0 to the Netherlands, or something like that. It can happen, but in my view the Netherlands and Ecuador are the two teams going forward under normal circumstances.

The first group is very unpredictable and has 4 strong teams. Senegal is the strongest team from CAF and therefore we can't underestimate them. Qatar has the home advantage and their recent form is really good. Although I don't think that either Senegal or Qatar may be able to defeat Netherlands, it is quite possible that one of the matches may end up as a draw. And if Ecuador manages to defeat Netherlands, then qualifying scenarios for the next round will get very interesting. And Netherlands do have a history of suffering big upsets in the world cup.

Well, I have always seen that the home players always do an arbitration that is not so radical because it is focused on making them look good at home, however the Qatar vs. Venezuela match, Venezuela won them with a wide margin and that is something that should have set off Qatar's alarms, because if that's the case, then Ecuadra can position itself very well, of course the Netherlands is a team with a very high level in terms of football, and I think it could appear and be seen as the strongest team, but Even so, I would classify Qatar as the weakest, Ecuador second, and as another option to qualify would be Senegal and the Netherlands.

Portugal has been in crisis for a long time and is playing badly.
In the qualifiers for the World Cup, they lost at home to Serbia and took only second place in their group, so they had to play additional qualifiers.
Ronaldo also played in all those matches for Portugal, but he did not really help the Portuguese team.

I do not agree that Portugal has been in crisis; no not at all. Yes they struggled during the qualifying stages for the worldcup but you cannot compare that form to now. Why? Now Portugal is going to the worldcup with a complete 11 in view (compared to qualifiers where they chop and change tactics and players as related to available players due to either fatigue form or injuries).

In my opinion, portugal have a very solid defense; if they can take their chances, they will have a good run in the worldcup. Same with Argentina, france and the Netherlands

Portugal has enough qualified player resources, they have almost complete depth of players on all fronts. it's just that, their problems are on the front lines. yes this is just my opinion, does not determine the real truth. So far, we have only talked based on existing statistics and data. if we observe, Fernando Santos tends to use a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 formation.

only in the trial match against Nigeria, Portugal used a different formation with a 4-3-1-2 pattern. the results are quite effective, despite the fact that Nigeria is not as resilient as it used to be.

as @Daniel91 said, Ronaldo didn't contribute too much throughout Portugal's matches in the Nations League or Qualification in the World Cup. throughout our assessment, Ronaldo's performance has really dropped dramatically. not infrequently he always has difficulty performing at his best, we can refer to the statistics when Ronaldo played with his club. this shows that his sharpness has decreased dramatically, plus as he is not young anymore.

I hope he can show his prowess again in this world cup event. So, let's see what he can do with his national team.

Personally, I'm not sure how much Ronaldo can help the Portugal national team right now.
He has not played at a high level for a long time, in fact he doesn't play in Manchester at all, he is in conflict with the club and the fans, and it is questionable how physically and mentally he is ready for this World Cup.
I think coach Portugal will make a big mistake if he puts him in the team to play based on his old glory and if he is not fully ready to play.
The best players must always play in the team, regardless of the old glory.

Yes, it is like that, what apsa is that if he does not get to put it in the headline it will cause more controversy and I think the last thing this technical director wants is for much more controversy to be generated with what has happened, CR7 has many problems for Now, I don't know if they can do something to him at the legal level, but I'm sure they can do something and that is to not get into more trouble, I know that there are many players in Portugal who play for Man United and they have maintained a very good relationship with CR7. to the limit and as not to generate controversies, I think he will be the captain of Portugal and that is something that they must respect, in that case I would not complicate myself, I would put CR7 as his last starter in all games, I would only scar him if asked me, it's really to avoid problems.

[Xxmodded]

my estimation, in the opening match of the world cup for the initial match. Qatar vs Ecuador, will most likely end in a draw with a score of 0-0. the bad scenario, Ecuador will lose the opening match of this world cup with a score of 1-0.

Senegal will be in trouble against the Netherlands later, the probability of the Netherlands is higher to overthrow Senegal even if Sadio Mane is not injured. The Netherlands are one of my favorite teams in this championship, even though they don't have a lot of star players. however, the teamwork they have built shows quite promising progress in this group phase. in the end, the Netherlands will win group A.

Have good scenario with Group A match schedule and actually Qatar get beneficial with first match against Ecuador, its seems favorite for Qatar as the host get full points and another match Senegal in faced difficulty against Netherland at the first match, another advantage because Qatar will face Netherland with favorite national team qualify to next round at last match, actually if Qatar can effective win on first and second match actually easy qualify to next round despite have beaten by Netherland at last match.

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

[jack05]

my estimation, in the opening match of the world cup for the initial match. Qatar vs Ecuador, will most likely end in a draw with a score of 0-0. the bad scenario, Ecuador will lose the opening match of this world cup with a score of 1-0.

Senegal will be in trouble against the Netherlands later, the probability of the Netherlands is higher to overthrow Senegal even if Sadio Mane is not injured. The Netherlands are one of my favorite teams in this championship, even though they don't have a lot of star players. however, the teamwork they have built shows quite promising progress in this group phase. in the end, the Netherlands will win group A.

Have good scenario with Group A match schedule and actually Qatar get beneficial with first match against Ecuador, its seems favorite for Qatar as the host get full points and another match Senegal in faced difficulty against Netherland at the first match, another advantage because Qatar will face Netherland with favorite national team qualify to next round at last match, actually if Qatar can effective win on first and second match actually easy qualify to next round despite have beaten by Netherland at last match.

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

In the match between Qatar and Ecuador, I want to put Ecuador ahead. Although Qatar is the host team, Ecuador's performance is much higher. But it is never right to think that Qatar will play badly. Qatar will never want to miss this opportunity of hosting the World Cup in its home country.

[sana54210]

As a host Qatar has been playing several friendly matches and mostly they were against African teams such as Morocco or Ghana and the results of those matches actually not quite bad because Qatar has several times to wins and for opening match against Equador later actually this match hard to predicted because Qatar also can able to playing well against South America teams even the latest they can playing draw against Chile but indeed this result cannot be used as the reference because that match is not from real tournament but as a host i feel Qatar can playing surprising because they have more motivation and Equador might be will hard to win from them

I have to say the "bribe" discussions could put a big mark on that game. I am not saying that Qatar will win, nor saying Qatar can't win without a bribe, but the reality is that there is now a mark. This is the same nation that killed over 6000 people just to build these stadiums, and proven that they bribed a lot of Fifa officials who are sacked now, all because they let Qatar run the world cup just because they got bribed.

Now all these combined, I doubt it would be unlikely for Qatar to win the first game with bribes, millions and millions of dollars to each players, and considering how much money that is for most people in the world, I am sure it will definitely be shady.

[Asiska02]

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

Tomorrow against Ecuador, Qatar still has an opportunity to win their opening game. They are the hosts, so I'm sure they've gone above and beyond to be ready for this match. Even though Ecuador is a better squad than Qatar, I think they can still win their first game as the host country because it wouldn't be nice for them to lose. There is very little chance that Qatar will advance to the next round, because Senegal and the Netherlands, two other strong contenders in that group, have a higher chance of moving on to the next round than they do.

[EdenHazard]

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

Tomorrow against Ecuador, Qatar still has an opportunity to win their opening game. They are the hosts, so I'm sure they've gone above and beyond to be ready for this match. Even though Ecuador is a better squad than Qatar, I think they can still win their first game as the host country because it wouldn't be nice for them to lose. There is very little chance that Qatar will advance to the next round, because Senegal and the Netherlands, two other strong contenders in that group, have a higher chance of moving on to the next round than they do.

I have a very strong feeling that the match going to end with a draw like 1-1 or goals galore draw on 3-2 or so , the opening match supposed to be entertaining and hopefully this one it is , qatar could provide a huge surprise by qualifying from the group along with netherlands but sure it wont be easy.

There is senegal as well , a strong candidate to qualified.

[GiftedMAN]

Qatar vs Ecuador match will start tomorrow. I can't think which team will win between these two teams. Both teams are a very strong team. We saw Qatar win 1 out of the last 5 matches. And more  Lost 2 matches and drew 2 matches. Ecuador won 1 match out of the last 5 matches. And drew 4 matches. I think Ecuador will win this match.

Based on statices and the number of quality players in the South American team, Ecuador is a better side to win against the host nation Qatar but considering the history of the last two hosts of the world cup Brazil and South Africa which we saw the host nation defeating their opponent in the opening game, I think Qatar will likely get her first three points against Ecuador tomorrow because a preferential treatment may be giving to the host country to motivate their fans to turn up in supporting them and to avoid the stadium becoming empty when matches are ongoing. The bookmarkers may favour Ecuador with a winning odd but the host nation will surprise the whole world tomorrow.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

Qatar are in a tough group. Honestly, I don't know if they could have been in a better group. They will have World Cup experience as they are the hosts. They will play with the team closest to them in terms of strength in the group. They need to manage to score points in this match. Because Senegal and Netherlands matches will be more difficult for them. But they still don't have much of a chance against Ecuador. They will try anything to make a surprise. But I don't think they can make a surprise. I think there is a strong possibility that both teams can score in this match.

[fullhdpixel]

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

Qatar are in a tough group. Honestly, I don't know if they could have been in a better group. They will have World Cup experience as they are the hosts. They will play with the team closest to them in terms of strength in the group. They need to manage to score points in this match. Because Senegal and Netherlands matches will be more difficult for them. But they still don't have much of a chance against Ecuador. They will try anything to make a surprise. But I don't think they can make a surprise. I think there is a strong possibility that both teams can score in this match.

World Cup mean event of the toughest teams which are coming here after passing hard challenges and giving their best for this prestigious event, so Qatar is also already doing preparation for this, and they understand how to face these teams at home even they have no good rank and quality but with the home advantage they can do better performance and their last few matches are also giving positive review about their preparation but still all will be going to happen on ground where 22 players will be going to fight and have to win match for their country and fans.

Ecuador is one of the toughest team in CONMEBOL, and it's not easy for both to have won easily both needs good skills and performance if they are able to have one point from this match then surely it's going to be the best achievement for them as well because this will give them good confidence for the next matches.

[Yawa2020]

Qatar are in a tough group. Honestly, I don't know if they could have been in a better group. They will have World Cup experience as they are the hosts. They will play with the team closest to them in terms of strength in the group. They need to manage to score points in this match. Because Senegal and Netherlands matches will be more difficult for them. But they still don't have much of a chance against Ecuador. They will try anything to make a surprise. But I don't think they can make a surprise. I think there is a strong possibility that both teams can score in this match.

It's really unfortunate and unfavorable for Qatar to be in such group. Their chances of having a point in that group is very minimal and unrealistic to be honest. The highest Qatar can get from today's game is either draw or lose. Due to fair of manipulation, I absolutely avoid the game in my ticket. It's not too bad thou if Ecuador can sacrifice this opening game for Qatar, lol! It will cheer them up at least 

[Pandu Geddon]

Ecuador is one of the toughest team in CONMEBOL, and it's not easy for both to have won easily both needs good skills and performance if they are able to have one point from this match then surely it's going to be the best achievement for them as well because this will give them good confidence for the next matches.

the first fight ended in a draw, it's not bad but it will make the second move even more difficult. Group A has Sinegal and also the Netherlands who are the favorites for this group. a draw for the two would not be great. Ecuador may have a better team than Qatar, but on the field, we cannot underestimate the hosts. I just hope Qatar will talk a lot in this world cup. not only as an organizer but also with a good game.

[3meek]

The World Cup games finally start today... I think there will be a lot of interesting matches and I hope there won't be many boring ones... In the opening match I don't know who can win, the situation is not clear... On the one hand Ecuador got to World Cup from the fourth place, losing only to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay... On the other hand Qatar has had no problems at all in qualifying... I'm going to guess that Ecuador will win...