FIFA World Cup 2022 Discussion Thread

[Maestro75]

Sadio Mane might not be on that team, but Senegal has talented players who can advance the team to the next round even without him.

That is what I also tell those who think the Senegalese team revolves only around Sadio Mane. That is not true. For those who hope the team should be without him, they should also imagine that any of the opposing teams will be without their key players too. We must not wish someone ill luck because we want success for ourselves. Let every team be with their best players, we want to see entertaining football and not some one sided and disadvantaged game. Am eager to see their match with Netherlands.

[Anguwa]

That is what I also tell those who think the Senegalese team revolves only around Sadio Mane. That is not true. For those who hope the team should be without him, they should also imagine that any of the opposing teams will be without their key players too. We must not wish someone ill luck because we want success for ourselves. Let every team be with their best players, we want to see entertaining football and not some one sided and disadvantaged game. Am eager to see their match with Netherlands.

There is no doubt, Sadio Mane have a very good influence in the team, and the players feel very comfortable and confident with his presence, his absence might not change anything because they are team that have good teamwork and can do without him in their squad. And again, there opponents Netherland will fear the match if he is available because of his big name, but again, anything can happen in the match.

[izsara]

That is what I also tell those who think the Senegalese team revolves only around Sadio Mane. That is not true. For those who hope the team should be without him, they should also imagine that any of the opposing teams will be without their key players too. We must not wish someone ill luck because we want success for ourselves. Let every team be with their best players, we want to see entertaining football and not some one sided and disadvantaged game. Am eager to see their match with Netherlands.

There is no doubt, Sadio Mane have a very good influence in the team, and the players feel very comfortable and confident with his presence, his absence might not change anything because they are team that have good teamwork and can do without him in their squad. And again, there opponents Netherland will fear the match if he is available because of his big name, but again, anything can happen in the match.

Still when star players leave it will feel different to them.
It can be said that Mane is currently an icon for the Senegal national team, so if he is not there, doubts about this team will be very large.
But indeed in this case it is too naive to rely on Senegal only on Mane because there are still many players there that can be used even though my level of skepticism is still very large and now I may be quite doubtful that they can fight for position 2 in this group phase.

[masulum]

England has managed to score 5 goals against Iran so far ('73). This is a victory that most football fans have predicted. Even though Iran managed to score 1 goal, they are still find it difficult to catch up to the other 4 goals. I don't think there are any strong teams in Group B, and I'm sure England will have no problem getting 9 points in this group stage.

[dwminer1]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match. Gareth Southgate opted for an attacking game and that worked great in this match. The remaining two matches today will probably be more evenly matched, but I'm betting on the victories of the teams of the Netherlands and the USA.

[nara1892]

Ecuador scored 1 goal within 3 minutes but it was considered offside and it really surprised everyone, hopefully there will be no bribes in this match, of course many people bet on Ecuador of course and hope to win in this match, but it looks like the hosts are lucky

Now Ecuador has won 2 goals (should have been 3:D ) But indeed the first goal was annulled but this does not affect the current position because they are already quite favored with this 2 goal victory condition.
Qatar remains in difficult condition because in any case they lost and Ecuador played comfortably for this first game.
For the first half maybe this will end with the score 0-2 for Ecuador but by looking at the possession now it is not impossible that Ecuador can add to the score in the second half later.

The rest of qatar matches are difficult indeed.

And failed to get point from ecuador making their chance to qualify for the next phase getting small , yet it's football where unexpected things often happened , wish the host get something rather had zero win at the end of the competition , it would be shameful.

Actually, from the start I felt that they had no hope of being in the group stage even though they were the hosts in this world cup.
The three clubs who are now in the same group are clearly above them both in terms of quality and quantity of players.
No matter what the Netherlands is the strongest candidate to win in this group phase. Ecuador and Senegal are fighting for 2nd place and Qatar can't deny the fact that they are most likely bottom of the table.

On the other hand, England are currently partying against Iran and there are 8 goals scored in this match.

[BobK71]

Ecuador scored 1 goal within 3 minutes but it was considered offside and it really surprised everyone, hopefully there will be no bribes in this match, of course many people bet on Ecuador of course and hope to win in this match, but it looks like the hosts are lucky

Now Ecuador has won 2 goals (should have been 3:D ) But indeed the first goal was annulled but this does not affect the current position because they are already quite favored with this 2 goal victory condition.
Qatar remains in difficult condition because in any case they lost and Ecuador played comfortably for this first game.
For the first half maybe this will end with the score 0-2 for Ecuador but by looking at the possession now it is not impossible that Ecuador can add to the score in the second half later.

The rest of qatar matches are difficult indeed.

And failed to get point from ecuador making their chance to qualify for the next phase getting small , yet it's football where unexpected things often happened , wish the host get something rather had zero win at the end of the competition , it would be shameful.

Actually, from the start I felt that they had no hope of being in the group stage even though they were the hosts in this world cup.
The three clubs who are now in the same group are clearly above them both in terms of quality and quantity of players.
No matter what the Netherlands is the strongest candidate to win in this group phase. Ecuador and Senegal are fighting for 2nd place and Qatar can't deny the fact that they are most likely bottom of the table.

On the other hand, England are currently partying against Iran and there are 8 goals scored in this match.

Before the World Cup begins ‍spactators were in confusion about Qatar's position but last day all are known what can be or what will be the position of the top or bottom in Group-A. Qatar will remain at the bottom of this group. On the other a competitive matches between Senegal and the Netherlands can be expected. But the Netherlands will be ahead in this group. After all we can easily guess that in the group-A Ecuador and Netherlands will stay at the top position. Already England vs Iran match have been completed and England scores 6 and Iran 2. Lets see what will happen in the next match Netherlands vs Senegal.

[Yawa2020]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match. Gareth Southgate opted for an attacking game and that worked great in this match. The remaining two matches today will probably be more evenly matched, but I'm betting on the victories of the teams of the Netherlands and the USA.

Great game from the English boys! They really played to win. Iran had a good side, but they are lacking a goal scorer. They kick every ball with so much power that they go way off target!
However, the Iranian team is weak and is not a criterion to know how serious the English team is in competing for the title. The coming days shall reveal this to us.

[Masplanc]

Ecuadorian football had a great start to its World Cup. At least we should expect a winning mentality on the field from Qatar, even though we know it won't go anywhere. They're playing utterly meaningless football. Qatar will likely not win or draw any matches during this World Cup if they continue to play like they did against Ecuador. Neither Netherlands nor Senegal have yet played Qatar. To get better results in their upcoming matches, Qatar's manager needs to work on his strikers' ability to work together.

We all expected Ecuador to win the match and the country won it, the South American countries are just good and Ecuador can not be compared with Qatar at all, if they play again and again, Ecuador would win over and over, they have better players with more strength and accuracies. About Qatar, being with other countries like Netherlands would make it difficult, Senegal is the best in Africa now too, it would makes things not easy for Qatar too, I think Qatar should just have the fun of hosting the world cup and nothing more because they are going not far.

I never expected Qatar to win the match because Qatar players are not too strong.  Ecuador performance was very impressive  with 2 goals without no stress, Qatar performance tells they can't  be consistent in performance.

[poldanmig]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match. Gareth Southgate opted for an attacking game and that worked great in this match. The remaining two matches today will probably be more evenly matched, but I'm betting on the victories of the teams of the Netherlands and the USA.

Great game from the English boys! They really played to win. Iran had a good side, but they are lacking a goal scorer. They kick every ball with so much power that they go way off target!
However, the Iranian team is weak and is not a criterion to know how serious the English team is in competing for the title. The coming days shall reveal this to us.

So far we have watched three matches, Ecuador and England have managed to win the match very easily, playing against easy opponents allows England to get points easily and even they can destroy Iran with a large enough score, as well as Ecuador who faced Qatar yesterday, even though facing Qatar which is the host but this did not frighten Ecuador and even Ecuador was excited to win its first win, I personally have watched the first three matches but from these three matches frankly the Senegal match against the Netherlands was really the most interesting because the two teams are equally great both in attack and defense in my opinion.

[kro55]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match. Gareth Southgate opted for an attacking game and that worked great in this match. The remaining two matches today will probably be more evenly matched, but I'm betting on the victories of the teams of the Netherlands and the USA.

Great game from the English boys! They really played to win. Iran had a good side, but they are lacking a goal scorer. They kick every ball with so much power that they go way off target!
However, the Iranian team is weak and is not a criterion to know how serious the English team is in competing for the title. The coming days shall reveal this to us.

Iran is a weak team. We already predicted that the England team will win against Iran. But England will give 6 goals it was beyond expectations. England boys played very well. Every player has contributed to England's victory in this match. The England squad has a strong attack and midfield. If their defenders can perform well then England has the potential to reach the final. Also the teams in Group B are not strong. I think the England team will be able to win every match very comfortably.

[fachant]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match. Gareth Southgate opted for an attacking game and that worked great in this match. The remaining two matches today will probably be more evenly matched, but I'm betting on the victories of the teams of the Netherlands and the USA.

Great game from the English boys! They really played to win. Iran had a good side, but they are lacking a goal scorer. They kick every ball with so much power that they go way off target!
However, the Iranian team is weak and is not a criterion to know how serious the English team is in competing for the title. The coming days shall reveal this to us.

Iran is a weak team. We already predicted that the England team will win against Iran. But England will give 6 goals it was beyond expectations. England boys played very well. Every player has contributed to England's victory in this match. The England squad has a strong attack and midfield. If their defenders can perform well then England has the potential to reach the final. Also the teams in Group B are not strong. I think the England team will be able to win every match very comfortably.

England's opening match was brilliant. They won by a margin of 6-2 goals. The England team has great players, for whom Iran is being defeated like this. I hope this kind of performance from England continues till the end of the World Cup.

[RealMalatesta]

We all expected Ecuador to win the match and the country won it, the South American countries are just good and Ecuador can not be compared with Qatar at all, if they play again and again, Ecuador would win over and over, they have better players with more strength and accuracies. About Qatar, being with other countries like Netherlands would make it difficult, Senegal is the best in Africa now too, it would makes things not easy for Qatar too, I think Qatar should just have the fun of hosting the world cup and nothing more because they are going not far.

yes, Qatar will struggle in this group. Holland is stronger than Ecuador. Senegal is also a strong team, it will be difficult for the home team.
either Ecuador is not serious or what, if you see the game they should be able to add goals in the second half. but that didn't happen. seeing the statistics of the two teams is also somewhat strange. only 6 shots were made by Ecuador. this made me interested to see the match between Ecuador and the Netherlands.

Qatar will not struggle at all, they will just simply lose and get eliminated, it’s not even that weird. They were given an "easier" group to be fair, Ecuador, and a Senegal with no Mane, that was the chance to take and even from the very first game they failed, so it’s not going to be that much of an easy step. They will leave with zero points, and potentially even zero goals scored as well, and just rest of the cup they will just watch other teams, that’s all they can do at this point.

Many claim Qatar improved in the world of football, but to be fair it looks like they are not that much improved yet at all, they need a few more decades to reach up to other nations.

[Maestro75]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match.

Iran is not a footballing nation. England should not flex its muscles and rejoice that it got victory over Iran. Infact, the Three lions are in a very easy group and I expect them to make it through the group stage. The only country I guess can give them a tough time is the USA. But seeing that Wales shared the spoil today with USA in a goalless encounter makes me think again that Wales is also in competition to disgrace any country it confronts.

[Masplanc]

Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match.

Iran is not a footballing nation. England should not flex its muscles and rejoice that it got victory over Iran. Infact, the Three lions are in a very easy group and I expect them to make it through the group stage. The only country I guess can give them a tough time is the USA. But seeing that Wales shared the spoil today with USA in a goalless encounter makes me think again that Wales is also in competition to disgrace any country it confronts.

Iran is not a strong team when it comes to be football. England is a team that has so many football stars and the home of football ,so it is expected England win the match without any stress. As for USA and Wales if not for the penalty Wales succeeded to secure a goal it would have been  a victory for USA.

[EdenHazard]

The rest of qatar matches are difficult indeed.

And failed to get point from ecuador making their chance to qualify for the next phase getting small , yet it's football where unexpected things often happened , wish the host get something rather had zero win at the end of the competition , it would be shameful.

In any case for Qatar even if they host this event it is still difficult.
I personally predicted from the start that Ecuador and the Netherlands would be in this group and put Qatar in 4th place, so this seemed natural to me, especially since the 3 opponents Qatar faced were quite clearly above their level.

Still ... they are looking for more than just a good form but a miracle in case they continue perform bad till the end of the last match of the group , i know that mathematically qatar won't get a place to qualify ... still i insist they have to show something to the qatar supporter.

Meanwhile netherlands just won their first game , i was a bit worry on how netherlands scored goals in the very last 10 minutes of the game.

[DaNNy001]

So far so good for the expected ones in the world cup..when I said expected ones I mean the teams with more world cup  experience. The big teams are not taking any chances of playing a draw or worst loss.

Well I don't expect much from Argentina and Denmark tomorrow.. I am feeling all teams with better experience in this world cup are going to deliver on their first games

Am looking forward to see Ronaldo play in the finals of the world cup.

[Ratash]

Usa team failed to get the three point in the first world cup game despite taking the lead as early as the 36th minutes, they had a good first half but then they backed down on the second one giving the opportunity for wales team to press them until they managed to get the penalty and secure the draw it seems USA players inexperience was a big factor in this result.

[Tumanggor]

So far so good for the expected ones in the world cup..when I said expected ones I mean the teams with more world cup  experience. The big teams are not taking any chances of playing a draw or worst loss.

Well I don't expect much from Argentina and Denmark tomorrow.. I am feeling all teams with better experience in this world cup are going to deliver on their first games

Am looking forward to see Ronaldo play in the finals of the world cup.

argentina will face Saudi Arabia tomorrow, with the argentina squad at this time I really believe they will win easily tomorrow, so you don't need to hesitate

while Denmark will face Tunisia, for this match I'm sure Denmark will win because Tunisia is not a team that is not so strong

[Cookdata]

Qatar is not a high-ranking team but as hosts, they definitely have some advantages. The crowd was definitely one of those advantages, and I think their fans must hope that their national team can achieve good results. Another advantage, Qatar National Team has been acclimatized to environmental conditions, where they are used to playing in sizzling weather. If you still remember, at the 2002 World Cup, South Korea as the host managed to surprise the world (though South Korea was not the favored team at that time).

They already had their advantages and blew it up by conceding to Ecuador because they skipped the qualification stage, they were automatically qualified by FIFA not to struggle for a slot and I think that contributed to why they weren't unable to score even a goal in the match yesterday.

The group A stage is already dominated by Ecuador and England, even though I expected more from England because being paired with Iran was one of the ways to finish this group stage with fair points, the players did a clean job but I'm amazed that Iran manages to have 2 goals unlike Qatar and Senegal, I doubt if Senegal would perform well without Manes present because this is not what they were during the qualification stage.