FIFA 2022 world cup

[BigBos]

Did Spain, Brazil and Portugal lose on purpose to reduce the burden in the knockout stages of the Qatar World Cup championship? Getting Uruguay and Germany home is more important than chasing victory in a game that is already confirmed.
Yes, this is somewhat logical in my opinion, after all they have stated that they will definitely qualify for the next match. And perhaps they are intent on securing their place from getting into the squad they feared early in the play-offs.

And that proved Brazil against Korea, Spain against Morocco and Portugal against Switzerland.

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[mm2543363580]

The team that beat Portugal and Brazil in the last match was quite dramatic. South Korea made a strong candidate to qualify for the last 16, namely Uruguay had to cry even though they won with a score of 0-2.

Group H has very strange point table. South Korea and Uruguay both have 4 points while south Korea GF and GA are 4 and Uruguay GF and GA are 2. I don't understand on what basis South korea is through to next round? I think south Korea and japan are the only asian teams that have qualified for the next round rest all are going home.

[hd49728]

Did Spain, Brazil and Portugal lose on purpose to reduce the burden in the knockout stages of the Qatar World Cup championship?

We can think so and it looks reasonable but at least Japan, Korea did tried too much to achieve such shocked results. Like a winning goal in extra minutes of Korea, Son Heung Min did have a very speedy run and we can see that Portuguese players did tried to stop him. But Son is too fast and his pass to his teammate is simply excellent. The rest task was done well by his teammate too.

The winning of Korea is a combination of many things even in that goal and Uruguay should not blame all on Portugal. They can score more than 2 goals and control their ending but they did not finish it well.

[noormcs5]

Cameroon beat Brazil by 1 goal.  It's really sad for me. I think Brazil didn't lose this match. I lost this match. I'm so sad. After I watched this match, I'm very upset. Now my biggest worry is if Brazil doesn't make it to the final.  I will suffer more.

Why are you so sad about Brazil losing? Although they lose the match against Cameroon, they still managed to make it to the finals. Were you betting on this match ?

I think no one expected Cameroon to lose the match and therefore the majority of the people were betting on Brazil winning. A loss for Brazil meant that a lot of gamblers who bet on Brazil lost all their money. I would call this an unexpected win for Cameroon that still did not let them qualify further in the tournament but made a lot of gamblers lose their money.

[Naficopa]

Brazil lost the group champion. Brazil lost by one goal to Cameroon. But don't worry, the last sixteen has already been confirmed. Five-time world champion Brazil is at the top of "F" group with 6 points after winning against Serbia and Switzerland. In this game between Cameroon and Brazil, neither team could score in the first half. Both teams went into the break in a goalless draw. World champions Brazil attacked many times after the break but could not convert an attack. The goalkeeper of Cameroon protects the team from all obstacles with extraordinary skills. Cameroon, on the other hand, managed only one attack.

The reason why Brazil lost to Cameroon today was that Brazil's goalkeeper was not active and did not realize how the ball passed close to him and didn't try to catch the ball. Cameroon scored the goal in the 90+2' minute. And there was nothing Brazil could do at that time . Brazil never imagined that they would concede a goal like this and lose with Cameroon

Maybe Brazil didn't expect that conceding in the last minute would be a crushing defeat for them. But it must be underlined that Brazil only played second-tier players in the match against Cameroon, so they are not too bothered to think about winning or not, for them qualifying for the play-offs is everything at the moment.

Another surprise of this fifa world cup and another shock for Brazilian fans , Brazil the strongest and unbeatable have been defeated by Cameroon by just 1 goal just because of the goal keeper and his absence of mind.
This happens when you are non serious with your game for even a second and your victory becomes defeat in that very moment .

[Lordhermes]

Did Spain, Brazil and Portugal lose on purpose to reduce the burden in the knockout stages of the Qatar World Cup championship? Getting Uruguay and Germany home is more important than chasing victory in a game that is already confirmed.
Yes, this is somewhat logical in my opinion, after all they have stated that they will definitely qualify for the next match. And perhaps they are intent on securing their place from getting into the squad they feared early in the play-offs.

And that proved Brazil against Korea, Spain against Morocco and Portugal against Switzerland.

Spain, Portugal and Brazil lost because their opponents outshined  them, they did not lose on purpose. Regardless they had already qualified for the round of 16. They didn't take those matches too serious. They just play to complete their game.   

Today, Netherland vs USA and Argentina vs Australia for the first game of the round of 16. I predict USA and Argentina to win today's match.

[Docnaster]

Cameroon beat Brazil by 1 goal.  It's really sad for me. I think Brazil didn't lose this match. I lost this match. I'm so sad. After I watched this match, I'm very upset. Now my biggest worry is if Brazil doesn't make it to the final.  I will suffer more.

Why are you so sad about Brazil losing? Although they lose the match against Cameroon, they still managed to make it to the finals. Were you betting on this match ?

I think no one expected Cameroon to lose the match and therefore the majority of the people were betting on Brazil winning. A loss for Brazil meant that a lot of gamblers who bet on Brazil lost all their money. I would call this an unexpected win for Cameroon that still did not let them qualify further in the tournament but made a lot of gamblers lose their money.

He is not sad because he lost his bet, it could be that he didn't gamble. He is just sad because Brazil lost. He might be a Brazilian and you know how those people act as if they invented football. They start playing from the womb. A lose to Cameron will make a big damage in their football history, I think that is why he is sad. If I am wrong he can tell.

[Rruchi man]

People often call Neymer names and say he dribbles too much but that's part of his game.
If Neymer doesn't get back to full fitness and Brazil meet a top, well organized team, I'm afraid they'll be knocked out.

I agree that brazil has not been their best, they have been struggling without him and it is very obvious. Neymar dribbles and makes way, Anthony dribbles and waste time, looking like he is more concerned about dribbles than moving the ball forward. Martinelli and Raphinha are better players.

Did Spain, Brazil and Portugal lose on purpose to reduce the burden in the knockout stages of the Qatar World Cup championship? Getting Uruguay and Germany home is more important than chasing victory in a game that is already confirmed.
Yes, this is somewhat logical in my opinion, after all they have stated that they will definitely qualify for the next match. And perhaps they are intent on securing their place from getting into the squad they feared early in the play-offs.
And that proved Brazil against Korea, Spain against Morocco and Portugal against Switzerland.

It is possible but I don't think any team that has made it this far in the tournament should be underestimated. There have been lots of twist in this world cup, these coaches of the so called big teams and even the players know this so no team should be looked down upon.

[1kodumtek7]

I think that it is the end for USA. I don't think that they can deal with Netherlands' effective game in this round. It was even a surprise for me to see USA qualifying from their group. I know that they have good players in their squad but the general quality is not good enough to reach further stages. They just need to show an extraordinary team performance to surprise us.

It is the same for Australia. They have a very little chance against Argentina. They even barely qualified for this round as they had a big difficulty in defeating Denmark. It is still an achievement for them of course but Argentina are not Denmark. They will face a much fiercer opponent. Argentina are doing just fine thanks to their attacking strength. They pulled themselves together after the shocking Saudi Arabia loss. They should be getting past Australia nicely.

[Uzairjutt275]

Cameroon beat Brazil by 1 goal.  It's really sad for me. I think Brazil didn't lose this match. I lost this match. I'm so sad. After I watched this match, I'm very upset. Now my biggest worry is if Brazil doesn't make it to the final.  I will suffer more.

So sad Brazil will lost the match. I also disappointed for this match. Now Brazil doesn't play Final match. So Cameroon won the match by 1 goal. On other hand, Switzerland also win the match against Serbia by 3-2 goals. Congrats both Team and will play in next matches.

[shawon01]

Serbia vs Switzerland these two teams didn't play very well. I saw Switzerland scored 3 goals in the match. I thought Serbia will score 3 goals to draw the match but Serbia managed to score 2 goals. Now let's see what Switzerland can do in the next match.  .I hope Switzerland will do very well.

[Zilon]

Group H has very strange point table. South Korea and Uruguay both have 4 points while south Korea GF and GA are 4 and Uruguay GF and GA are 2. I don't understand on what basis South korea is through to next round? I think south Korea and japan are the only asian teams that have qualified for the next round rest all are going home.

It is a simple logic South Korea has more goals than Uruguay despite sharing the same points. South Korea scored a total of 4 goals in three matches which gave them  GF of 4 and conceded 4 goals a GD of 4 both canceled themselves leaving them with 0 GD. Uruguay scored only 2 goals in 3 matches and conceded 2 goals from Portugal giving them a GA of 2 and scored 2 against Ghana giving them a GF of 2. If both cancels Uruguay is left with a GD of 0. In summary South Korea has more goals than Uruguay that qualified them to play Brazil in the round of 16.

[makishart]

Cameroon beat Brazil by 1 goal.  It's really sad for me. I think Brazil didn't lose this match. I lost this match. I'm so sad. After I watched this match, I'm very upset. Now my biggest worry is if Brazil doesn't make it to the final.  I will suffer more.

Im sorry for your lose but you will always have another chance to win what you have been losing in the match between brazil against cameroon. I guess it's not only you but mostly of people were putting their bet into the brazil as a winner in that match consider from the statistic of brazil is still above cameroon in anything. Brazil will be facing korea int he knock out stage which can be considered as a very difficult opponent.
We have been seeing how south korea was defeating portugal by making its comeback. Korea can be considered as a team that is playing similarly with japan. The counter attack has become the main play style.
I guess the last 16 will be very difficult matches to predict by anyone.

[DaNNy001]

I think that it is the end for USA. I don't think that they can deal with Netherlands' effective game in this round. It was even a surprise for me to see USA qualifying from their group. I know that they have good players in their squad but the general quality is not good enough to reach further stages. They just need to show an extraordinary team performance to surprise us.

I don't think it's the end for any lower rank team in this world cup because with all what i have seen so far, i don't know if it's football that is getting hard or their is no more fear on the inferior team when playing the tough opponents and this has also made gambling for me alot harder because after predicting the bigger team to win, what you get is just an opposite result.

It is the same for Australia. They have a very little chance against Argentina. They even barely qualified for this round as they had a big difficulty in defeating Denmark. It is still an achievement for them of course but Argentina are not Denmark. They will face a much fiercer opponent. Argentina are doing just fine thanks to their attacking strength. They pulled themselves together after the shocking Saudi Arabia loss. They should be getting past Australia nicely.

Well so far this world cup has been a display of magical wonders and I won't be expecting anything less in this round of 16. The group stages have seen alot of unexpected wins for inferior teams and am also expecting same feat in this round so i won't be writting any team off the chance to win. It would be even more magical if Australia and the usa knocked out the Netherlands and Argentina.

[yudi09]

I think that it is the end for USA. I don't think that they can deal with Netherlands' effective game in this round. It was even a surprise for me to see USA qualifying from their group. I know that they have good players in their squad but the general quality is not good enough to reach further stages. They just need to show an extraordinary team performance to surprise us.

It is the same for Australia. They have a very little chance against Argentina. They even barely qualified for this round as they had a big difficulty in defeating Denmark. It is still an achievement for them of course but Argentina are not Denmark. They will face a much fiercer opponent. Argentina are doing just fine thanks to their attacking strength. They pulled themselves together after the shocking Saudi Arabia loss. They should be getting past Australia nicely.

From the experience of participating in the World Cup tournament, the Netherlands is much better than the USA. Then from the mentality, the Netherlands is also superior to the USA. Because football is a sport that promotes teamwork, it is not surprising that at the 2022 World Cup many top teams did not qualify from the group stage.

I'm also sure that the Netherlands and Argentina will win and will advance to the next round, but teams that will play in the round of 16 like USA, Australia should not be underestimated either because unexpected things can happen in this tournament.

[GigaBit]

Abubakar is widely criticized all over the  world in yesterday's match. This happened when he scored a goal against Brazil and defeated this superpower of football. If we look back 2006 Zidane scored a penalty in the World Cup final against Italy. He showed madness in extra time, Marco Materazzi was shown a red card. Zidane walking past the trophy on the field with his head bowed. That was one of the saddest moments in World Cup history.

Cameroon striker Abubakar reminded of Zidane's match by scoring against Brazil yesterday. In this concern a similarity where Zidane and Abubakar have in common issues, Aboubakar and Zidane in the World Cup to score a goal and also see a red card at that moment. The difference is that Zidane's team lost that day but Abubakar's team won the match. Finally, by defeating Brazil last day, they had to return from this Qatar World Cup with consolation.

[bitpotter]

In the match between Serbia vs Switzerland, Serbia scored two goals. Switzerland played very well in this match from the beginning to the end. Switzerland scored 3 goals in this match. X. Shaqiri scored the first goal in the 20th minute of the game. I think that in this game  If Serbia could have played a little better, they could have easily drawn the match. Switzerland won by 3 goals in this match.

However, it seems that Serbia cannot reverse the situation and must be forced to return home early. But it should be appreciated for their hard work in the 2022 world cup. Hopefully they will find their best performance in the next four years.

[hahay]

Group H has very strange point table. South Korea and Uruguay both have 4 points while south Korea GF and GA are 4 and Uruguay GF and GA are 2. I don't understand on what basis South korea is through to next round? I think south Korea and japan are the only asian teams that have qualified for the next round rest all are going home.

It is a simple logic South Korea has more goals than Uruguay despite sharing the same points. South Korea scored a total of 4 goals in three matches which gave them  GF of 4 and conceded 4 goals a GD of 4 both canceled themselves leaving them with 0 GD. Uruguay scored only 2 goals in 3 matches and conceded 2 goals from Portugal giving them a GA of 2 and scored 2 against Ghana giving them a GF of 2. If both cancels Uruguay is left with a GD of 0. In summary South Korea has more goals than Uruguay that qualified them to play Brazil in the round of 16.

Moreover, it is clear, we can see from the numbers that South Korea is bigger than Uruguay and thus, it is easy to judge that South Korea is more productive than Uruguay. Also, Uruguay was only able to score in the last match and it is clear that Uruguay is very weak, unless Uruguay wins 3-0 in its last match last night, then Uruguay will be the runner-up because it has an advantage with one goal if Uruguay wins with a score of 3-0.
For example, if South Korea is 4:4 and Uruguay is 3:2 then it is clear, even though the points are the same but Uruguay has a 1 goal advantage, but if it is 4:4 and 2:2 then it is very clear that the team with the high score is the team that has the right is above and you are @mm2543363580 asking about "on what basis". lol!

So, nothing weird there and I think maybe what's weird is you yourself @mm2543363580, because you can't seem to tell the difference between upper and lower numbers.
In fact, apart from all that since the match hasn't started I doubt Uruguay, because previously Uruguay was the only team that had not scored a goal. Also, in this last match Uruguay was 2-0 up since half time and as a team that has a star squad, Uruguay should have scored another goal in the second half.
But yes, I personally am not too surprised even though Uruguay has Suarez, Nunez and Cavani up front, because it is often difficult for them to score goals when playing for the national team. But what's worse is, they still can't score a goal at a very crucial moment like this decisive match.

[Dubaian]

Brazil lost the group champion. Brazil lost by one goal to Cameroon. But don't worry, the last sixteen has already been confirmed. Five-time world champion Brazil is at the top of "F" group with 6 points after winning against Serbia and Switzerland. In this game between Cameroon and Brazil, neither team could score in the first half. Both teams went into the break in a goalless draw. World champions Brazil attacked many times after the break but could not convert an attack. The goalkeeper of Cameroon protects the team from all obstacles with extraordinary skills. Cameroon, on the other hand, managed only one attack.

The reason why Brazil lost to Cameroon today was that Brazil's goalkeeper was not active and did not realize how the ball passed close to him and didn't try to catch the ball. Cameroon scored the goal in the 90+2' minute. And there was nothing Brazil could do at that time . Brazil never imagined that they would concede a goal like this and lose with Cameroon

Everyone was eager to see this match Brazil will win but it turned out differently. Neither team could score in the first halftime game. And in the second half time, the game continued in exactly the same way neither team could score any goal. But when the lost time gave 9 minutes just after 90 minutes to go to 92 minutes a goal suddenly happened and Cameroon's Aboubakar headed the goal and left everyone in misery. But later Brazil tried hard to repay the goal but somehow managed to.

[Mauser]

What a week of football this was, especially the group E had me struggling. I had a small bet on Spain in their match against Japan only to see them lose the match 2-1 with a 83% ball possession. How is that even possible to lose a match like that. Now with hindsight it seems that Spain wanted to get rid of Germany and make sure Japan can get to the next stage. But why didn't Germany just play for a draw before winning to get pressure on Spain to win the match. If Germany had lost than both Japan and Costa Rica would have advanced. With group E I only lost money so far. At least Portugal and Switzerland both advanced to the next match so I could recover my losses. As for today Argentina vs Australia should be a very one sided match. Argentina should take the win home in 90 minutes without problems. As for the Netherlands vs USA match, I do think Netherlands is going to win but I am not sure if there will be overtime or not. And tomorrow France should easily win against Poland. Good way to make some small wins before the quarter finals.