FIFA World Cup 2022 Discussion Thread

[EarnOnVictor]

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.

The match is one of the few I can repeatedly bet my money upon, there is nothing to doubt about it. I even thought it was going to be a win-to-nothing on the defeating side of the Australian team because I had carefully studied the form of the two teams before concluding that Argentina would win. Thanks to the beautiful goal from Messi and Julian, I believe the team deserve the winning. Australia has a lot to do in building their team, their attacking should have been more aggressive in such a match as they defend more.

[redsun114]

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.

Soccer is never been favorite game in the USA as they have their own games like Basketball, Baseball and American Football with this they have never been quality soccer team which give them trophy but good thing happening as we have some good popularity of soccer in the USA in last few years which is having good impact and now next world cup is also going to play in Canada, USA and Mexico with now we will have 48 teams in this event which will help to increase popularity of this game in North America.

Even we have South America as best region for the soccer, but North is also had good potential and can give massive development to do good things for this game in this region now in last few years many big names from Europe also transferring into MLS which is also good for the development of this game in the USA.

[Daniel91]

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.

Soccer is never been favorite game in the USA as they have their own games like Basketball, Baseball and American Football with this they have never been quality soccer team which give them trophy but good thing happening as we have some good popularity of soccer in the USA in last few years which is having good impact and now next world cup is also going to play in Canada, USA and Mexico with now we will have 48 teams in this event which will help to increase popularity of this game in North America.

Even we have South America as best region for the soccer, but North is also had good potential and can give massive development to do good things for this game in this region now in last few years many big names from Europe also transferring into MLS which is also good for the development of this game in the USA.

America has invested a lot in soccer in recent years, ever since the 1994 World Cup in America.
The progress of the American national team is obvious and their results at the world cups are getting better and better.
This World Cup also showed great progress of the Asian and African national teams, and I think it's only a matter of time when an Asian or African national team will play in the final of the World Cup.
The successes of Japan, South Korea and America at this world cup are not accidental, but the result of a large investment in football.
We have never had more Asian teams in the World Cup round of 16. Obviously, the football map of the world is changing.

[hd49728]

America has invested a lot in soccer in recent years, ever since the 1994 World Cup in America.

They need more than just financial investment for their soccer. It is good but not enough. They need to have talent basically and have to find talented youth players in their country. They have some good players but they need more. In their squad I only can consider Pulisic as a star player. McKenzie is good but he is not good enough to be considered as a star player.

The progress of the American national team is obvious and their results at the world cups are getting better and better.

It's a good improvement for them and it is a foundation for their confidence in next World Cups.

This World Cup also showed great progress of the Asian and African national teams, and I think it's only a matter of time when an Asian or African national team will play in the final of the World Cup.
The successes of Japan, South Korea and America at this world cup are not accidental, but the result of a large investment in football.
We have never had more Asian teams in the World Cup round of 16. Obviously, the football map of the world is changing.

The differences among biggest teams in World Cup history like Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, France, Spain with other teams are decreasing. With globalized transfer market and more investments into soccer in the US and in football in other nations, we will see more surprising results in future World Cups.

Though the US soccer team will need luck to make surprising result. Just like to win World Cup, team don't only have to be strong but also need a lot of luckiness.

[RockBell]

Morocco won first place and met the requirements. Senegal placed second and earned qualification. Tunisia defeated France despite being eliminated
Ghana missed the cut but Suarez also didn't make it, so they are happy. Cameroon failed to qualify but overcame Brazil.
The World Cup is going well for Africa so far. Cameroon merits recognition because they have produced some of the best football ever played. Congratulations to Cameroon, even if they eliminated my country, Algeria, I'm delighted an African team took action.

[ilovealtcoins]

Morocco won first place and met the requirements. Senegal placed second and earned qualification. Tunisia defeated France despite being eliminated
Ghana missed the cut but Suarez also didn't make it, so they are happy. Cameroon failed to qualify but overcame Brazil.
The World Cup is going well for Africa so far. Cameroon merits recognition because they have produced some of the best football ever played. Congratulations to Cameroon, even if they eliminated my country, Algeria, I'm delighted an African team took action.

The performance of African teams in this World Cup was very good. They have won against big and renowned teams from Europe and America. Generally African groups are always neglected by Europeans. But in this World Cup African teams have proved that they are not behind. I would expect Morocco and Senegal not to be eliminated from the round of 16. They will qualify for the quarter finals.

[xzone]

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.

I think everyone knew that Argentina would win this match, Australia didn't have much of a chance and at the end of the match we saw that Argentina won the match without too much difficulty. Messi played incredibly good football in the last half hour, I still felt like I was in his 20s. It also made me happy that he scored a goal in such a match.
I don't know if we can say that it is one of the best playing teams of the tournament, but I think I want to watch Messi in the final match

[W Jr.]

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.

Australia was not as strong as Argentina. Still, Argentina managed to win with difficulty. The real important test will be against the Oranges. The Netherlands really want this match and they have a squad that includes the best players in the world in every line. I'm sure it will be a match in the final mood. I don't know who will be the winner, but it seems that we will watch a pleasant match for sure.

[dwminer1]

In today's first match, I can't imagine a different outcome than a convincing victory for France against Poland. In the match against Argentina, Poland presented itself badly, they did not create any convenient scoring opportunities, and they owe their promotion to a favorable outcome in the Mexico-Saudi Arabia match. France, on the other hand, seems to me to be an even better team than Argentina.

[erep]

Netherland is not joking around at all. This is how a good team should play Play-offs game. Don't play around when you get the chance, you have to punish your opposition. I remember int he beginning of the tournament. Someone said Netherlands have been riding on luck. I was trying to tell him that they aren't, they may not have the best squad in the tournament but they certainly have a manager who knows what he's doing with the few talents he has at his disposal. And he's playing to the strength of the squad. That is not luck. USA were unfortunate today, they have a young team, they’ll have to go prepare and come back in 2026.

The Netherlands played to the maximum in every game because they took every opportunity to score and punished the opponent with more goals, I like their game strategy to make sure they can win the match and compete for the next match. I criticize the problem of luck in every match, actually it doesn't make sense to say the statement of the opposing team that they only have luck without hard work from the team, the Netherlands didn't win because of luck but they won because they tried hard to get victory.

[hahay]

In today's first match, I can't imagine a different outcome than a convincing victory for France against Poland. In the match against Argentina, Poland presented itself badly, they did not create any convenient scoring opportunities, and they owe their promotion to a favorable outcome in the Mexico-Saudi Arabia match. France, on the other hand, seems to me to be an even better team than Argentina.

Yes indeed, Argentina in personal judgment is not too strong but of course, having Messi in the Argentina squad will make Argentina look like a strong team. Even though I personally don't think so at all, because even when Argentina plays only in the South American zone it's also often difficult for Argentina to win matches.
Also about Poland, I think it's not much different from Argentina which is always difficult to score goals.

Therefore, in the match between France v Poland, I personally really believe that France will win and also, I am confident that France will win with clean sheets. Because in the first two matches of the round of 16 no one managed to win with clean sheets, the Netherlands won with a score of 3-1 and Argentina won with a score of 2-1.
I'm sure France will be the first team that will probably win with clean sheets in this round of 16 and no matter how big the final result is, I personally really believe France will win.

[rahmad2nd]

~snip~
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.

We cannot simplify what happened on the ground. I think, what Messi and his colleagues are planning is a pressing that succeeds in making the Australian goalkeeper make a blunder. this is a technical problem and a strategy implemented by Scaloni, when the national team from Australia tried to play the ball in their defensive area. starting from a blunder made by the Australian defender, Rowless when giving a back pass to the goalkeeper, Alvarez managed to steal the ball and release it into Mathew Ryan's goal. Australia tried to play to build attacks from the defense to find gaps, to aim to open gaps from Argentina's formation.

Australia, trying to offset the style of play from Argentina. but unfortunately, they are different levels in terms of readiness, skill, mentality and ranking. Naturally, last night's match only went one way. however, Australia tried to bounce back after they got a second half goal in the 77th minute. fortunately, the Argentinian goalkeeper performed brilliantly to block the kick from the attack by Garang Kuol. I'm glad my favorite team won, but unfortunately Lautaro Martinez was unable to convert his chances into goals.

[yudi09]

In today's first match, I can't imagine a different outcome than a convincing victory for France against Poland. In the match against Argentina, Poland presented itself badly, they did not create any convenient scoring opportunities, and they owe their promotion to a favorable outcome in the Mexico-Saudi Arabia match. France, on the other hand, seems to me to be an even better team than Argentina.

Their motivation will be different in the match, even though Lewandowski did not appear very convincing against Argentina which ended in defeat. Playing against France later at the Al Thumama Stadium, they will certainly perform to their fullest potential and avoid mistakes that could cost them a goal.

France and Poland will play with caution. Yes because whoever loses can no longer play because this is a knockout system. It is on this basis that I say that the motivations of the two teams will be different in this last 16 round.

[RaltcoinsB]

~snip~
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 .

We can say that the Australian defense gave Argentina's second goal as a gift.  You shouldn't make such a mistake in such an important game.  Argentina's quality is already evident.  Argentina will not forgive you if you make such a mistake when you need to be more careful.  Meanwhile, Lionel Messi, who played in the 1000th game and scored a goal in his career, was the most important name of the match.  Messi is a football player who means a lot to Argentina.

[Strongkored]

In today's first match, I can't imagine a different outcome than a convincing victory for France against Poland. In the match against Argentina, Poland presented itself badly, they did not create any convenient scoring opportunities, and they owe their promotion to a favorable outcome in the Mexico-Saudi Arabia match. France, on the other hand, seems to me to be an even better team than Argentina.

From the H2H meeting of France vs Poland, France has won more often than Poland also France's performance this time is very great the defeat in the third match I think does not need to be counted because they did not take the match seriously, my prediction is Giroud and Mbappe will score this time and so will Lewandowski, I bet on over 2.5 in this match.

[Yogee]

....Ghana missed the cut but Suarez also didn't make it, so they are happy.

Ghana was in a good position and result could have been better but it is what it is. I guess that part I quoted is the silver lining in their WC 2022 journey. It must be good for the fans seeing Suarez crying on the big screen hehe.

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Both Senegal and Morocco are in a rough spot but that's to be expected in the round of 16. I can't see either of them move to the last 8 but I'd be glad to be proven wrong.

[ajochems]

In the first match, most of the people think about the Poland will win the match. But as surprise to many people, the game was unique from France. They made a good game, it’s only reason for the France to over take the Poland. Poland game should be improved on the future matches, it game against the Mexico was good enough. If they make such a placement in the France game, they may win. Even Poland make the good goal try in all his short. They are unlucky to complete the goal. The France game was impressive and improved as before. We can compare the France game with the Argentina game. In recent past.

[D-law]

In today's first match, I can't imagine a different outcome than a convincing victory for France against Poland. In the match against Argentina, Poland presented itself badly, they did not create any convenient scoring opportunities, and they owe their promotion to a favorable outcome in the Mexico-Saudi Arabia match. France, on the other hand, seems to me to be an even better team than Argentina.

From the H2H meeting of France vs Poland, France has won more often than Poland also France's performance this time is very great the defeat in the third match I think does not need to be counted because they did not take the match seriously, my prediction is Giroud and Mbappe will score this time and so will Lewandowski, I bet on over 2.5 in this match.

Poland has lot of work to do this evening if they are to qualify
They are just lucky the loss to Argentina didn't see them leaving the tournament
France though will be very agile since they used the second squad during the last match they lost
I expect them to win but still expecting a shocker.

[Warkop]

....Ghana missed the cut but Suarez also didn't make it, so they are happy.

Both Senegal and Morocco are in a rough spot but that's to be expected in the round of 16. I can't see either of them move to the last 8 but I'd be glad to be proven wrong.

Talking about Morocco, I think this country will hold Spain to a draw in the round of 16, because from the group stage, Morocco has played consistently and held several draws and even won important matches. This country cannot be underestimated by its opponents, because this World Cup can give us a surprise without us knowing it..

[Mate2237]

In the history of football in Africa, which is also concerning world cup, Cameroon is the only African team who defeated Brazil in world cup. It was Vincent Aboubakar, who is a old player in the team that score the goal to break the yoke and Cameroon team also prevented Brazil to score them. Although, Cameroon didn't qualify for the round of 16 but they were excited for winning Brazil...The Vincent Aboubakar to pull out his jersey on the pitch and he was given a red card. And after the red card, the referee and Vincent Aboubakar shook hands for the celebration of the goal.