FIFA World Cup 2022 Discussion Thread

[GigaBit]

The Golden Boot will be awarded to the top goal scorer in the World Cup. Argentina star Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe are leading the race for this award at the Qatar World Cup. Both have scored 5 goals in this World Cup. Mbappe has played one match less than Messi. Messi's team has already defeated Croatia in the final. Messi has the opportunity to score more goals on the other Mbappe's final is still uncertain. France will take on Morocco tonight in the semi-finals. If Mbappe can score today he will be ahead towards the Golden Boot. France took the cup in the last World Cup in Russia 2018. This time they are walking on the same path. Today, France will against morocco to reach the final.

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[Gozie51]

I am not surprised that Argentina advanced, but I must admit that I expected a better game from Croatia. Croatia had a significant advantage in possession, but little came of this advantage. Coach Dalic's team couldn't create a good scoring opportunity. Any interception by Argentina, on the other hand, immediately created a threat in Croatia's goal. Congrats to Argentina for advancing and the Croats need to play better in the 3rd place match if they hope for a medal.

It was a total whitewash for Croatia yesterday. I didn't see any good play from Croatia from the first half of the game Argentina took possession of the game until around 34 minutes that the first goal came from Messi and within 5 minutes, the second came through Alvarez which they allowed him run the ball through them . It was a very weak defense from Croatia that was a very tough nut for Brazil at the quarter final. They only tried to play in the second half but then a more determined and confidence side took the game.

[Issa56]

and after, in my opinion, an unjustified penalty, the goalkeeper did not move towards the attacker but just stood on two legs, I do not know why the Croats did not request VAR?, well, then the game went wrong and the Croats will play for bronze.

I don't really think yesterday penalty really worth it, the keeper went for the ball and he collided with Argentina player, I don't think the keeper did anything wrong their, the penalty really disorganized Croatia, because Croatia performance was not really bad before the penalty, they were playing very well before the referee awarded the penalty, and immediately Argentina scored their first goal which was penalty, everything changed for Croatia.

It kind of painful but they just have to accept their loss and fight for third position, any country that lose between France and Morroco will play against Croatia for third position and any country that win between France and Morroco will be playing against Argentina in the world cup final.

[darewaller]

In the game against Spain I don't think they let themselves win on purpose because at one point Spain was left out of the World Cup, for me the Spanish lost their compass for a long time, however the surprise was always Morocco if this team entered the round of 16 , then the quarterfinals and now in the semifinals it's because they really have something that the others don't have, this game is really very good, because if they win against France it will be a great success and that is something that nobody knows how to expect, and it may be that the bets fall again as they have in most world cup matches, nothing is written here.

Biggest shock is definitely Morocco there is no doubt about that, but I am also still shocked about Brazil not being able to win against Croatia, that was a bigger shock than Morocco beating Spain if you ask me.

Like there is at least a bit of good players in Morocco, if you ask me aside from Modric there was no great player in Croatia and the difference is that Brazil is 10x better team than Spain, so it was harder to beat them and Croatia still managed to do it. I still can't believe that game. And right after that game, just a game later, they showed how "good" they are by losing 3-0 to Argentina. No team who is bad enough to lose 3-0 against Argentina should be able to play good enough to beat Brazil.

[dwminer1]

In today's semi-final match of the World Cup, the French are the strong favorites, but the Morocco national team has already shown several times at this tournament that it can win against the favourites. It seems to me that today there will be no surprises and in the final match we will see the French, and the Moroccan team will play for the bronze medal against Croatia.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I think there was nothing wrong with the penalty given to Argentia. Yeah, maybe the goalkeeper didn't go towards Alvarez but he tried to stand in front of him for a short time if you look at the incident more carefully. Alvarez didn't try to get the penalty by tricking the referee there. It looks like Croatian players were also aware of it and didn't complain for VAR review. But it was still weird to see them not complaining about it much indeed. That goal by penalty and Alvarez's goal right after that just made things easy for Argentina.

Messi was definitely amazing. Especially his assist on the third goal was fabulous. He is one of the numbered players who keep playing impressively despite getting old. He is a legend at the same time of course. As far as I have heard, Modric made a statement later on like he was wishing Messi to win the World Cup as he was believing that he was the best ever footballer in history.

[rahmad2nd]

I believe Croatia gave their best, though weren't good enough to lower the pressure from Argentina's attackers. They played closely the same way they did against Brazil; same momentum both in defense and attack. But the only difference is that the opponent *Argentina* had its way of breaking the bond binding Croatia's defense, an action which seemed difficult for the Brazilian to execute. I'll still say that Argentina's victory strategy was plotted right from Croatia's victory against Brazil.

We agree. Croatia have given the best they have, they have fought and gone all out since the first half whistle sounded. on paper, we can predict the Argentina vs Croatia match. considering Croatia's journey in this world cup, it doesn't really show stability on their front lines. in the 5 matches before this semifinal party. Croatia was only able to win one match, against Canada. the rest ended in draws and fortunately, Croatia won from a penalty shoot-out against Japan and Brazil.

So far, Croatia has been pushing hard to the best of its ability. one thing we rarely mention here, Luca Modric has done an outstanding job. hard work and leadership ethic, brought Croatia to be able to go this far. something that is difficult for someone with his age that is not young anymore. either at club level, or with the Croatian national team.

But by the way if we talk about Brazil's defeat. should be, a deserving Brazil who is in the top match of this world cup, if we look at the resources of the players. Brazil's only fault is, Tite. yes, he was the one who removed most of the momentum from Brazil's defeat. Brazil, has many choices. unfortunately Tite ruled that out. Firmino, one of the senior players whose performance is far better than Richarlison. Tite also misplaced players, it was clear that Antony was better than Raphinha. in fact, there are several things that we can review from Brazil. even so, since they have fallen. it seems, it is not interesting for us to discuss in detail.

[coinerer]

In today's semi-final match of the World Cup, the French are the strong favorites, but the Morocco national team has already shown several times at this tournament that it can win against the favourites. It seems to me that today there will be no surprises and in the final match we will see the French, and the Moroccan team will play for the bronze medal against Croatia.

Only half an hour left for the game to start.  Most people, including myself, think that France will win today's match against Morocco.  But will this really happen?  Yes France is very good at football and they have the ability to beat Morocco.  But what if something goes wrong in the game? I am eagerly waiting to see this match.  Because the winner of this match will play the final match against Argentina on 18th. Both Morocco and France are under a lot of pressure.

[xzone]

At the beginning of the match, the Croatian national team did not look bad, but could not bring the attacks to an effective conclusion, and after, in my opinion, an unjustified penalty, the goalkeeper did not move towards the attacker but just stood on two legs, I do not know why the Croats did not request VAR?, well, then the game went wrong and the Croats will play for bronze.

If Croatia had managed to score a goal at the beginning of the match, this match might not have ended like this. Argentina would try to attack much more to score and maybe they would score from counterattack.
Croatia started the game well but failed to capitalize on their early positions. After conceding the second goal, there wasn't much left to do anyway. Had it not been for the penalty decision, their chances would have been much higher

[BobK71]

In today's semi-final match of the World Cup, the French are the strong favorites, but the Morocco national team has already shown several times at this tournament that it can win against the favourites. It seems to me that today there will be no surprises and in the final match we will see the French, and the Moroccan team will play for the bronze medal against Croatia.

Only half an hour left for the game to start.  Most people, including myself, think that France will win today's match against Morocco.  But will this really happen?  Yes France is very good at football and they have the ability to beat Morocco.  But what if something goes wrong in the game? I am eagerly waiting to see this match.  Because the winner of this match will play the final match against Argentina on 18th. Both Morocco and France are under a lot of pressure.

All football lovers are waiting for this moment. On the one hand, the mighty France has no chance of being considered weak, while Morocco is in great form. Now whoever wins the match will face Argentina. A team that no one counted out in the beginning but they are now dreaming of winning the World Cup. If they beat France today, Morocco will reach the dream final. The team's coach, Walid Regragui, wants to stop with the trophy in hand. The Moroccan coach is also confident that Ashraf Hakimi will stop his friend Kylian Mbappe. Both these teams will battle it out with maximum effort in hopes of a dream final match. Morocco played well, but i deserve France would be the good competitor for Argentina.

[CLS63]

France are so comfortable with their game at the moment. They scored a very early goal by Hernandez. Morocco got really close to equalizing the score after that actually. Ounahi's shot was very effective to the right corner but Lloris made a great save as well. Some time later, Giroud was also so close to making it 2-0. He targeted the goal post while being one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

Morocco are trying their best by playing more attacking in these minutes. France need to take advantage of the spaces Morocco leave and open the score gap more to relieve.

[lizarder]

In the first half, France played quite effectively, they put pressure on Maroco in a coordinated way, so that their defense had a hard time repelling the attacks that were built by France. While Maroco got a good chance in the last minute of the first half, Jawad El Yamiq's overhead kick almost turned into a beautiful goal for Maroco, but unfortunately the ball still hit Hugo Lloris' right post.

In the second half Maroco started to play pressing, there were several opportunities that could not be used to score. France began to have difficulty controlling the attacks that were trying to be built by Maroco. Until the 70th minute Maroco still dominated the game.

[Shaha98]

In the first half, France played quite effectively, they put pressure on Maroco in a coordinated way, so that their defense had a hard time repelling the attacks that were built by France. While Maroco got a good chance in the last minute of the first half, Jawad El Yamiq's overhead kick almost turned into a beautiful goal for Maroco, but unfortunately the ball still hit Hugo Lloris' right post.

In the second half Maroco started to play pressing, there were several opportunities that could not be used to score. France began to have difficulty controlling the attacks that were trying to be built by Maroco. Until the 70th minute Maroco still dominated the game.

France attacked more in the first half but Morocco tried hard to defend.  However, in the second half of the game, Morocco was repeatedly leaning towards the attack, but the French players were ready to stop the attack.  However, Morocco had a few chances but they couldn't hit the goal post.  I think Morocco still lacks experienced strikers to shoot good star goals.  Although there were many opportunities but the biggest pity was that Morocco could not capitalize on them.

[rendravolt]

France attacked more in the first half but Morocco tried hard to defend.  However, in the second half of the game, Morocco was repeatedly leaning towards the attack, but the French players were ready to stop the attack.  However, Morocco had a few chances but they couldn't hit the goal post.  I think Morocco still lacks experienced strikers to shoot good star goals.  Although there were many opportunities but the biggest pity was that Morocco could not capitalize on them.

The first goal scored by France changed the direction of the next game for Morocco, they were very difficult to defend as usual. The crosses that are often given by Ziyech also cannot be used properly by Moroccan players. Kolo Muani, who entered in the second half to replace Oliver Giroud with his first touch, immediately scored a goal. There wasn't much for the Moroccan players to do after that and indeed they still needed a sharp striker up front. Well, nice try for Morocco I hope they will surprise again in the next edition of the world cup.

[Distraction]

There were really times France were in big trouble. 1-0 score was still a big hope for Morocco players to make a comeback. I think France gave them goal opportunities more than enough already. Morocco were just inadequate to finish up those chances with goals. Actually there were critical chances they used effectively but Lloris just had a great day with his impressive saves. And the second goal by France just ended Morocco's hopes all of a sudden. France could have won this match easier if they wanted actually.

Now we are going to a finale between Argentina and France. This is really going to be great and I'm so pleased not to see another France - Croatia finale. This one should be much more delightful to watch. I hope Messi gets that title.

[Balmain]

Yes, the final match that I dreamed of and wanted will be on Sunday. Will France win the second cup in a row, I think they are better as a team than Argentina, I think they are a little closer to the cup. There is also the Messi factor in Argentina, and he can try something extra by following the whole team alone. Like his excellent comebacks in the third goal against Croatia. France actually did not have an easy win against Morocco today. The Moroccan team maintained discipline until the end of the match. Before the 2nd goal came, France's defense was struggling, against Moroccan attacks.

[JoyMarsha]

This match between France and Morocco was not at all how I had anticipated it to be. Without much difficulty, France defeated Morocco. After receiving so much support from the citizens of their nation, this is the Moroccan team's worst performance. Imagine 60,000 Moroccan nationalists who came to observe and support their nation were present on the pitch. You disappoint them with your weakest defense.

Argentina will play against France on Sunday for the finals, while Morocco and Croatia will now meet for the bronze medal on Saturday.

Croatia defeats Morocco, according to my forecast (bronze title)

Argentina defeats France, (Lifts 2022 Qatar World Cup)

[flipme]

Morocco said goodbye to the tournament with a great football tonight. They played a good game against the last world cup champion. If El Yamiq's aesthetic shot had been a goal, the match could have gone to a different point, but luck was not on their side. With this result, all teams from the African continent were eliminated. Now a European representative and a South American representative will face off in the final. France undoubtedly have a better team image, but Argentina have the Messi factor. Actually, it is not easy to predict the outcome of such a match, but I predict that France will win the cup. Such a result would be disappointing for Messi. However, France play very compactly. I think they will get what they want from the field in the final match.

[Johnyz]

Argentina will play against France on Sunday for the finals, while Morocco and Croatia will now meet for the bronze medal on Saturday.

Croatia defeats Morocco, according to my forecast (bronze title)

Argentina defeats France, (Lifts 2022 Qatar World Cup)

As expected, France advanced to the finals to face Argentina who are more eager to take the win here especially now that this would be the final appearance of Messi in the World Cup.
There’s nothing to be ashamed though if you are a supporter of Morocco, they’ve done a great job here and there’s still a chance for them to at least take home the 3rd spot.

[crzy]

Yes, the final match that I dreamed of and wanted will be on Sunday. Will France win the second cup in a row, I think they are better as a team than Argentina, I think they are a little closer to the cup. There is also the Messi factor in Argentina, and he can try something extra by following the whole team alone. Like his excellent comebacks in the third goal against Croatia. France actually did not have an easy win against Morocco today. The Moroccan team maintained discipline until the end of the match. Before the 2nd goal came, France's defense was struggling, against Moroccan attacks.

A hard fought for Moroccan and a well deserve win for France. Facing Argentina in the finals is indeed a dream for many though Argentina is the favorite team to win here, France still have a good chance of having a back to back title, they are doing great since the start of the world cup and if they are able to play better against Argentina, a higher chance for them to win. Messi should make this more memorable, let’s see if he can still do something better against the younger players of France.