FIFA World Cup 2022 Discussion Thread

[kro55]

As expected netherland team managed to qualify for the next round, despite the 3 1 score the game was close USA team played really good if it wasn't for their defensive mistakes they let netherland players free on the box and that coast them two goals in the first half, netherland team will likely face argentina next that would be a great game.

I agree with your comment about the mistakes in the defense of the USA football team. Especially, the players playing on the left wing of the USA football team were very ineffective today. The Netherlands made many attacks from this region and scored their goals from this region. Dumfries stood out in the game with 2 assists and 1 goal, but we must say that the USA football players gave him this opportunity. On the other hand, the Netherlands will probably face Argentina after this win. Argentina are most people's favorite teams. The Netherlands are not covered enough by the mainstream media, but they wink at winning the cup with the football they play. It's too early to tell because Argentina haven't played yet, but in the next round we can watch a game set in an early final mood. If the Netherlands continues this good football, they can destroy the dreams of many by eliminating Argentina.

I wouldn't say USA's performance was bad today. The only weakness in their performance is their poor defense. The USA played completely attacking today. And this was their main mistake. In the knockout rounds, performing in such important matches and against strong opponents requires a good strategy. The performance of the players in these matches plays an even more important role than their match strategy. USA's match strategy was not good. At the same time, they gave more importance to attack rather than keeping the defense strong. And taking advantage of the USA's weak defense, the Netherlands players easily scored two goals in the first half. And the Netherlands easily won this match.

[dwminer1]

The rivalry between the Netherlands and the USA ended as expected, i.e. the promotion of the team from Europe. On the pitch, however, the advantage of the Dutch was not as clear as the result might indicate. In today's second match, Argentina is the clear favorite to advance. Australia had six points in the group thanks to victories over Denmark and Tunisia, but against a really strong opponent like France, the skill difference was clear. It may be similar today. Leo Messi will not allow his colleagues to underestimate the rival, because we know how much this great footballer wants to crown his career by winning the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

[CLS63]

Argentina have just scored and get ahead by 1-0. It was a classic Messi goal after a nice team organization but it was lovely to watch anyway. Messi is fully ready to make up for his mistakes in the previous match. He is a legend in the end and I didn't even doubt him about improving his performance. This is most probably his last World Cup so he wants to do his best for becoming the champion in the World Cup after 36 years.

The last year Argentina won the World Cup was 1986. It has been a really long wait since then. Messi has been their biggest luck but they still couldn't manage to do it as a team. Otherwise Messi has always been doing his best with an amazing effort.

[Minor Miner]

Argentina have just scored and get ahead by 1-0. It was a classic Messi goal after a nice team organization but it was lovely to watch anyway. Messi is fully ready to make up for his mistakes in the previous match. He is a legend in the end and I didn't even doubt him about improving his performance. This is most probably his last World Cup so he wants to do his best for becoming the champion in the World Cup after 36 years.

The last year Argentina won the World Cup was 1986. It has been a really long wait since then. Messi has been their biggest luck but they still couldn't manage to do it as a team. Otherwise Messi has always been doing his best with an amazing effort.

Argentina's squad has not been strong enough in the last few World Cups. Their defense was quite weak. But Argentina has an excellent squad in this World Cup. Argentina has many talented players in defense, midfield and forward. And the understanding between the players is excellent. Therefore, the team was able to continue its good performance consistently.

This is Messi's last World Cup. And Argentina has the biggest chance to become champions in this World Cup. Although defeated in the first match of the group stage, Argentina played well in the next two matches. Today they are playing very well in the first match of the knockout round. Argentina is now leading 2-0.

[Pulsar77]

Argentina's second goal came due to a big mistake by Australia's goalkeeper. He tried to make very risky moves while there were two Argentina players around him and he failed. It must be one of the easiest goals for Alvarez.    We are clearly seeing that Australia can't take a big pressure much. Argentina needed to raise the pressure level to secure the win and it is what they have done so far. This is still an achievement for Australia to reach this round of course. Because they weren't among the favourites to qualify from their group.

Argentina are about to be Netherlands' opponent in quarter final round. Argentina would still have the upper hand on them as well because Netherlands don't seem very reliable in defense still.

[Issa56]

USA is a big country, but we haven't seen USA in the list of world cup winners since 1930.

When it comes to football we all know USA is not a strong country, I was suprised they even qualified from group stage, but I knew they won't go far, I knew USA is going to lose today's match against Netherlands. USA is one of the least country which I believe can win world cup for now.

The netherlands have reached to the final thrice in the history - but has never won the world cup

Even this year I believe Netherlands won't still win the world cup, with their performance I don't think they can win the world cup this year, the only thing that can make them win is if they are lucky, because in football anything can happen. Argentina are already winning Australia 2-1, if Argentina can win then they will be facing Netherlands in their next match which I don't believe Netherlands will win Argentina.

[MoonOfLife]

Argentina are about to be Netherlands' opponent in quarter final round. Argentina would still have the upper hand on them as well because Netherlands don't seem very reliable in defense still.

Probably the Netherlands team will face Argentina in the next round. But these two groups have the same problem. Both their attacks are strong but their defenses are weak. There is no reason to think that Argentina's defense is strong. They lost against KSA due to poor defense. In today's match, they conceded a goal against Australia only because of a defender's mistake. Therefore, the Netherlands vs Argentina match will be one of the most competitive matches of this year's World Cup.

[Ratash]

What a game that was between argentina and australia especially on those last minutes a lot of missed chances from both sides especially argentina and they almost payed the price if it wasn't for their goalkeeper who pulled a stunning save in the last minutes of the game, they will face netherland in the quarter final that will be a really good game.

[ILuckyGuyI]

This game could have turned to a nightmare for Argentina in fact. Because Australia wasted a huge opportunity to score in the last seconds of the game. It was an absolute goal chance on a one-on-one with the goalkeeper but Martinez saved it really great. Even if they played extra time I was still going to favour Argentina of course. But if Australia managed to carry the game to penalty shoot-outs then things could have been really interesting. Messi missed a penalty in the previous game and missing one here would have been a fiasco.

I will be waiting for Argentina to be victorious against Netherlands also. Argentina have a better attacking line on paper. Most probably, we can watch a goal duel there. Both teams to score and Argentina win are nice choices for this game I think.

[gagux123]

Another reason Asian and African countries have managed to qualify for the round of the last 16 and managed to beat a strong European team is because they realize they are facing a very strong team, so they put all their energy and focus in every match, plus their fans are also aware of facing a European team very difficult, so the fans don't want to burden the players, the fans never criticize the players, even though they lost when they faced European teams, while European teams always looked at teams from Asia and Africa as weak, maybe because of that factor the European team was eliminated from the world cup.

Yes, I believe this is also a possibility.
I believe that many countries around the world are training and taking football seriously, it's not just some European countries and some countries in Latin America. Asian and African countries are evolving and the level of their football.
Another example was Brazil's last game, which practically started with the reserve team (or most of the players were reserves). He managed to play against Cameroon, but in the last minutes, Cameroon scored the goal

[NdaMk]

What a game that was between argentina and australia especially on those last minutes a lot of missed chances from both sides especially argentina and they almost payed the price if it wasn't for their goalkeeper who pulled a stunning save in the last minutes of the game, they will face netherland in the quarter final that will be a really good game.

It's going to be a very good and fascinating game. Both teams have shown a high level of skill in their play to meet in the quarterfinals. The game will be exciting because both teams will make every effort to advance to the competition's semifinals. So far, the competition has been unpredictable, and I expect this match to be the same.

[minime0105]

USA were unfortunate today, they have a young team, they’ll have to go prepare and come back in 2026.

USA is a big country, but we haven't seen USA in the list of world cup winners since 1930. It is possible that in 2026 USA is also not present as a winner. If we look at today's young players, Brazil is one of the countries that has produced young, European-class players. When it comes to sports, especially in the field of football, Europe is the benchmark. Most of the world's stars play in the European class.

The netherland is the first Quarter Finalist
The netherlands have reached to the final thrice in the history - but has never won the world cup

I think Netherlands will not lose their next match, because i believe that next team in line that Netherlands will play with is going to be with Spain, and it is believable that Netherlands will can't withstand Spain the way I'm seeing the methods Spain plays and the methods Netherlands plays also. It's not for being a first to emerge finalists in the world cup, because everyone knows that U.S.A have no good performance in soccer games, so many people knew that Netherlands will not withstand Spain if they meet.

[D-law]

True extra time is very likely and even the match must be passed through a penalty shootout, team with the best kicker will be able to step into the quarterfinals, if the match has to go through such stages then everything is like going back to the beginning and it is difficult to predict who will win, but just like you I hope the Netherlands win it's all just because I bet on them.

The Netherlands is going to win in today's game after full time. They will crush USA without stress.. Personally, I feel that they are the strongest team in the World Cup. From their style of play, confidence, aggression and defence one can easily tell that they came with a winning mindset. As a matter of fact, I expect Cody to score because I want him to be awarded the highest goal scorer at the end of the tournament.

I am coming back to this because I said it earlier and some users thought I was never going to happen. As a matter of fact Netherlands was comfortably ahead in the first half with 2 goals. Sadly, my expectation of Gakpo finding the back of the net in this games didn't happen. Maybe next game. I will say it again, the Netherlands is the strongest team in the World cup and will most likely be in the finals. On the other hand we know that Australia is going to give Argentina a run for their money. That team is damn resilient.

Louis Van Gaal has the experience to guide them to the finals I believe
But you have to take it back that Netherland are the strongest and most likely to win that is no way correct
Even if they are they can not win the World Cup . I will agree if they should beat Argentina

[bitcampaign]

This game could have turned to a nightmare for Argentina in fact. Because Australia wasted a huge opportunity to score in the last seconds of the game. It was an absolute goal chance on a one-on-one with the goalkeeper but Martinez saved it really great. Even if they played extra time I was still going to favour Argentina of course. But if Australia managed to carry the game to penalty shoot-outs then things could have been really interesting. Messi missed a penalty in the previous game and missing one here would have been a fiasco.

I will be waiting for Argentina to be victorious against Netherlands also. Argentina have a better attacking line on paper. Most probably, we can watch a goal duel there. Both teams to score and Argentina win are nice choices for this game I think.

Australia has worked hard to mobilize all its energy to provide resistance against Argentina, that can be proven by Australia by scoring 1 goal against Argentina with a narrow score of 2 - 1 won by Argentina, congratulations to Argentina and the next step in the top 8 Argentina will be against the Netherlands where it is are the underdog team

[nullama]

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Australia has worked hard to mobilize all its energy to provide resistance against Argentina, that can be proven by Australia by scoring 1 goal against Argentina with a narrow score of 2 - 1 won by Argentina, congratulations to Argentina and the next step in the top 8 Argentina will be against the Netherlands where it is are the underdog team

In my view the game was basically decided by the mistake of the Australian goal keeper.

You just can't make those mistakes at this level, it is really unfortunate for Australia, but the Argentineans players managed to score from that with all their experience and skill.

At the end of the day this is the world cup, the most prestigious and competitive tournament in the world, so there's no space for mistakes here.

[Zanab247]

Argentina VS Australia game ended up for the favour of Argentina, because Argentina players were very ready to use all their skills to play Australia to ensure they move ahead to another phase of the game, which they did it yesterday that made them to beat Australia 2:1. One of the PSG striker called Messi open the goalpost in the first half to alert their fans that they have what it takes to withstand any strong teams in this FIFA world cup competition to win the trophy in this season.

[Silberman]

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Australia has worked hard to mobilize all its energy to provide resistance against Argentina, that can be proven by Australia by scoring 1 goal against Argentina with a narrow score of 2 - 1 won by Argentina, congratulations to Argentina and the next step in the top 8 Argentina will be against the Netherlands where it is are the underdog team

In my view the game was basically decided by the mistake of the Australian goal keeper.

You just can't make those mistakes at this level, it is really unfortunate for Australia, but the Argentineans players managed to score from that with all their experience and skill.

At the end of the day this is the world cup, the most prestigious and competitive tournament in the world, so there's no space for mistakes here.

I agree, that is the kind of mistake I could accept at the amateur level but not on a world cup, this is supposed to be the tournament that brings the best of the world to compete for the glory and the goalkeeper of Australia makes that mistake? While they did their best and there was a lapse of time in which they put Argentina in some trouble, especially near the end of the game, the truth is that a team that makes such a mistake does not deserve to move to the next round no matter how good they are.

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Australia has worked hard to mobilize all its energy to provide resistance against Argentina, that can be proven by Australia by scoring 1 goal against Argentina with a narrow score of 2 - 1 won by Argentina, congratulations to Argentina and the next step in the top 8 Argentina will be against the Netherlands where it is are the underdog team

In my view the game was basically decided by the mistake of the Australian goal keeper.

You just can't make those mistakes at this level, it is really unfortunate for Australia, but the Argentineans players managed to score from that with all their experience and skill.

At the end of the day this is the world cup, the most prestigious and competitive tournament in the world, so there's no space for mistakes here.

I agree, that is the kind of mistake I could accept at the amateur level but not on a world cup, this is supposed to be the tournament that brings the best of the world to compete for the glory and the goalkeeper of Australia makes that mistake? While they did their best and there was a lapse of time in which they put Argentina in some trouble, especially near the end of the game, the truth is that a team that makes such a mistake does not deserve to move to the next round no matter how good they are.

It is true that the result of the match could have been different If  that goal wasn't happen. I also initially thought it was just a goalkeeper's mistake but now I don't just blame the goalkeeper for that goal because I think their defenders were also at fault, there were already a few Argentinian players but he took a the risk to pass goal keeper. Even though Australia lost I think their performance wasn't that bar against a big team like Argentina .

[Fara Chan]

Argentina VS Australia game ended up for the favour of Argentina, because Argentina players were very ready to use all their skills to play Australia to ensure they move ahead to another phase of the game, which they did it yesterday that made them to beat Australia 2:1. One of the PSG striker called Messi open the goalpost in the first half to alert their fans that they have what it takes to withstand any strong teams in this FIFA world cup competition to win the trophy in this season.

Australia is not in a condition that can keep up with Argentina, their quality is much different from Lionel Scaloni's team, the second goal occurred due to the goalkeeper making a mistake by trying to make a risky move, while the game was dominated by Argentina, Lionel Messi made a big impact on the match this time and managed to score one goal using a pass from Nicolas Otamendi. Next, Argentina will face the Netherlands, this is just the right stage of the test for the team Tango, because they have quite equal opponents.

[dezoel]

This game could have turned to a nightmare for Argentina in fact. Because Australia wasted a huge opportunity to score in the last seconds of the game. It was an absolute goal chance on a one-on-one with the goalkeeper but Martinez saved it really great. Even if they played extra time I was still going to favour Argentina of course. But if Australia managed to carry the game to penalty shoot-outs then things could have been really interesting. Messi missed a penalty in the previous game and missing one here would have been a fiasco.

I will be waiting for Argentina to be victorious against Netherlands also. Argentina have a better attacking line on paper. Most probably, we can watch a goal duel there. Both teams to score and Argentina win are nice choices for this game I think.

There is no doubt about good performance and quality game from Australia as most of the time they were dominating in this game, but luck was not with them just because of this Argentina able to win this match and now qualify for the quarterfinal of this game against the Netherlands but things now really going to test for them because they are going to face quality team which is also at their best for this spot and now want to end in last four which is surely not easy for the both teams.

Australia were having good performance and quality game, but things were not in their favour, so they lost against Argentina and now their campaign is also ended with this result of 2 - 1 but still they need to improve their quality for having better results in next world cup which is going to play into three countries with 48 teams and surely this is going to be one of the best event in soccer history.