FIFA 2022 world cup

[slackovic]

The reflection of Spain's weakness in the tiebreaker that was seen in yesterday's match. Their misfortune of Spain did not end in the World Cup this time. In the 2002 World Cup, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing to South Korea in a tiebreaker. In the 2018 World Cup, Spain failed to reach the quarter-finals after losing to the host Russia in a tiebreaker. In Euro 2020, they lost to Italy in a tiebreaker in the semi-finals. The same tiebreaker-disappointment in the last sixteen of the World Cup against Morocco tomorrow. But sadly they prepared them self in this World Cup only to win the tiebreaker. It is known that every footballer in Spain scored about 1000 tiebreaker goals as practice but luck did not help them. Morocco won the tiebreaker 3-0.

When you lose a penalty shootout by one goal, then you can call it lack of luck. But when you lose because three players didn't manage to score from the penalty box, that's not bad luck. That's something to be worried about. Morocco players were probably less nervous because losing in this stage would not be disastrous for them. But for the Spain players it should be normal to play under pressure. I really don't understand what happened to them yesterday during the shootout.

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[execijutiere]

If we look at the results of yesterday's matches, I want to say that it was a surprise for me. Especially the Morocco vs Spain match was a surprise for everyone. Nobody expected Morocco to eliminate Spain. This completely changed the course of the world cup in a way. It is the fault of the Spanish team that they played such a pressing football and didn't score. In penalties, it was the last point that they didn't score any penalties.
Portugal got a result that I never expected. I honestly didn't expect so many goals from this match. Gonçalo ramos showed his difference and led Portugal to victory.

Spanish team played like they are always playing - endless passes and no one to actually score a goal. I'm glad that it costed them because now they will have to change something. Yes, it's nice to see them passing the ball in the center of the field, but you can't win if you don't shoot at the goal. Too bad for some of the older players for which this was probably their last World Cup.

Yes, for some players it will be the last World Cup. In fact, Spain has a young squad, but I think the coach has been incompetent. It doesn't make sense to me that he put in a young and talented player like Ansu fati in extra time. It's just strange that when Olmo and Torres are playing so badly, the other young players on the bench are not given a chance. They have a lot of things to change for sure. I hope they were very disappointed to lose to a team like Morocco.

I'm sure that the coach will be the first thing Spain will change. Maybe they already change him. I didn't read the news today. The problem with Spain is their style of play. You can't play like that against Morocco. Endless passes and no shooting on the goal leads nowhere. And what the hell was with their penalties? None of the Spain players scored from the penalty.

I absolutely agree, first of all the manager must be changed and someone with a mentality that will change the style of play and the quality of Spain's game. This style of play is not good for them. Not to mention the penalties. I can't understand why they took them when there are players who can take them better. If Spain and Japan took penalties until the morning, I don't think they would win. I wouldn't expect such bad penalty kicks from a team like Spain.

[skarais]

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Portugal with all the advantages of its players will not have too much trouble facing Morocco. I'm sure Portugal is very capable of beating Morocco even though Morocco played defensively such as holding Spain to a draw for 120 minutes.

Portugal's game pattern is much better than Spain's and I don't think Morocco's strategy will be able to survive without conceding. Spain lacked punch in the Moroccan area, but Portugal was clearly different. Portugal have a lot of great strikers, so of course they will benefit.

[slackovic]

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Portugal with all the advantages of its players will not have too much trouble facing Morocco. I'm sure Portugal is very capable of beating Morocco even though Morocco played defensively such as holding Spain to a draw for 120 minutes.

Portugal's game pattern is much better than Spain's and I don't think Morocco's strategy will be able to survive without conceding. Spain lacked punch in the Moroccan area, but Portugal was clearly different. Portugal have a lot of great strikers, so of course they will benefit.

Portugal's game was different than Spain's game because they were facing different opponents. Morocco only concentrated on not conceding a goal and attacked rarely. Switzerland on the other hand attacked more often and that opened them to Portugal's counter attacks. Morocco is a good team but them remind me a little to Greece when they won the Euro championship in 2004. They were playing anti-football with no attack.

[Silence Scream]

If we look at the results of yesterday's matches, I want to say that it was a surprise for me. Especially the Morocco vs Spain match was a surprise for everyone. Nobody expected Morocco to eliminate Spain. This completely changed the course of the world cup in a way. It is the fault of the Spanish team that they played such a pressing football and didn't score. In penalties, it was the last point that they didn't score any penalties.
Portugal got a result that I never expected. I honestly didn't expect so many goals from this match. Gonçalo ramos showed his difference and led Portugal to victory.

Spanish team played like they are always playing - endless passes and no one to actually score a goal. I'm glad that it costed them because now they will have to change something. Yes, it's nice to see them passing the ball in the center of the field, but you can't win if you don't shoot at the goal. Too bad for some of the older players for which this was probably their last World Cup.

Yes, it was the last world cup for some players.  For example, Sergio Busquets will probably never see the world cup again.  I think he's sad because he missed the penalty.  A bad world cup remained in his memory.  However, they had a great world cup start with the Costa Rica match.  The Moroccan national team must be congratulated.  They really did their job perfectly.  They passed Spain, which is seen as one of the favorite teams.

[onecall123]

The reflection of Spain's weakness in the tiebreaker that was seen in yesterday's match. Their misfortune of Spain did not end in the World Cup this time. In the 2002 World Cup, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing to South Korea in a tiebreaker. In the 2018 World Cup, Spain failed to reach the quarter-finals after losing to the host Russia in a tiebreaker. In Euro 2020, they lost to Italy in a tiebreaker in the semi-finals. The same tiebreaker-disappointment in the last sixteen of the World Cup against Morocco tomorrow. But sadly they prepared them self in this World Cup only to win the tiebreaker. It is known that every footballer in Spain scored about 1000 tiebreaker goals as practice but luck did not help them. Morocco won the tiebreaker 3-0.

But all three consecutive penalties were missed, and no goal was scored. After practicing 1000 penalties before the World Cup, the Spain team ended up scoring zero in the shootout against Morocco. Obviously, 1000 penalties practice didn't make a difference. The selection of Coach Enrique also failed. If this side had been more youthful, even Thiago might have been useful. There is a difference between 2010 and 2022. A winning strategy, technique, and skill set are needed. You cannot score goals with ball possession unless you adopt speed and hungriness.

[Jackl87]

Portugal with all the advantages of its players will not have too much trouble facing Morocco. I'm sure Portugal is very capable of beating Morocco even though Morocco played defensively such as holding Spain to a draw for 120 minutes.

Portugal's game pattern is much better than Spain's and I don't think Morocco's strategy will be able to survive without conceding. Spain lacked punch in the Moroccan area, but Portugal was clearly different. Portugal have a lot of great strikers, so of course they will benefit.

I would not be to sure if Portugal will really not having much trouble to beat Morocco in the quarterfinal. I mean we basically were all thinking the same about Spain before they have faced Morocco a few days ago and we all know how it went down in the end. Even though Spain was the dominating team in that match, Morocco also showed a great performance and they even had a huge chance to win the game in the overtime.
Portugal showed a great performance yesterday but we also have to take into account, that they were extremely efficient yesterday. If you are up with 2 goals after 30 minutes then everything becomes so much easier. I think it will be a very tight game up until the end unless we see early goals of Portugal again.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Portugal with all the advantages of its players will not have too much trouble facing Morocco. I'm sure Portugal is very capable of beating Morocco even though Morocco played defensively such as holding Spain to a draw for 120 minutes.

Portugal's game pattern is much better than Spain's and I don't think Morocco's strategy will be able to survive without conceding. Spain lacked punch in the Moroccan area, but Portugal was clearly different. Portugal have a lot of great strikers, so of course they will benefit.

I would not be to sure if Portugal will really not having much trouble to beat Morocco in the quarterfinal. I mean we basically were all thinking the same about Spain before they have faced Morocco a few days ago and we all know how it went down in the end. Even though Spain was the dominating team in that match, Morocco also showed a great performance and they even had a huge chance to win the game in the overtime.
Portugal showed a great performance yesterday but we also have to take into account, that they were extremely efficient yesterday. If you are up with 2 goals after 30 minutes then everything becomes so much easier. I think it will be a very tight game up until the end unless we see early goals of Portugal again.

Now we have to wait and see the actual game between Portugal and Morocco as nothing is definite and sure that who'll win either chances of Portugal to win Is fairly higher than Morocco but yesterday chances of Spain were also higher than Morocco so we cannot say anything for now.
Portugal efficiency ,attack ,strikers and defense is definitely more than their opponent. So we'll see an interesting game and may be unexpected too.

[bering]

well, Portugal can still play well even though in the first round Cristiano Ronaldo was not played. overall every player has a very good skill. but the individual skills of the Brazilian players may be superior. and in teamwork Portugal and Brazil are really solid.

Portugal manager has learn from his previous mistakes that when Portugal defeated by Tunisia on group stage actually Portugal has gets several good chances to scoring goals but unfortunately Ronaldo at that time who played as striker cannot utilized that even he was displayed poor performance and wasted those chances and after that Fernando Santos realized one of Portugal weaknesses is their forward lines has failed to performing well and yesterday he has decide to put Ronaldo on the bench and the results is Portugal without Ronaldo can playing more effective although Switzerland has slightly dominated the match but Portugal is good in the term of Shots on goals

[slackovic]

Portugal with all the advantages of its players will not have too much trouble facing Morocco. I'm sure Portugal is very capable of beating Morocco even though Morocco played defensively such as holding Spain to a draw for 120 minutes.

Portugal's game pattern is much better than Spain's and I don't think Morocco's strategy will be able to survive without conceding. Spain lacked punch in the Moroccan area, but Portugal was clearly different. Portugal have a lot of great strikers, so of course they will benefit.

I would not be to sure if Portugal will really not having much trouble to beat Morocco in the quarterfinal. I mean we basically were all thinking the same about Spain before they have faced Morocco a few days ago and we all know how it went down in the end. Even though Spain was the dominating team in that match, Morocco also showed a great performance and they even had a huge chance to win the game in the overtime.
Portugal showed a great performance yesterday but we also have to take into account, that they were extremely efficient yesterday. If you are up with 2 goals after 30 minutes then everything becomes so much easier. I think it will be a very tight game up until the end unless we see early goals of Portugal again.

Now we have to wait and see the actual game between Portugal and Morocco as nothing is definite and sure that who'll win either chances of Portugal to win Is fairly higher than Morocco but yesterday chances of Spain were also higher than Morocco so we cannot say anything for now.
Portugal efficiency ,attack ,strikers and defense is definitely more than their opponent. So we'll see an interesting game and may be unexpected too.

I'm eager to see how Portugal will respond to Morocco's play style. Switzerland players were more attacking than Morocco and it's hard to attack a goal when there are 5-6 players defending their goal and not thinking about going forward to attack. I might bet on a game with under 3 goals, but I will decide later.

[Davidvictorson]

I would not be to sure if Portugal will really not having much trouble to beat Morocco in the quarterfinal. I mean we basically were all thinking the same about Spain before they have faced Morocco a few days ago and we all know how it went down in the end. Even though Spain was the dominating team in that match, Morocco also showed a great performance and they even had a huge chance to win the game in the overtime.
Portugal showed a great performance yesterday but we also have to take into account, that they were extremely efficient yesterday. If you are up with 2 goals after 30 minutes then everything becomes so much easier. I think it will be a very tight game up until the end unless we see early goals of Portugal again.

I do not team that Morrocco stands a chance against Portugal. Portugal in my estimation are the most in-form team in this tournament. In addition they have the finest players in world football. They are the team to be beat in other words they are the favorite in the competition. With top players such as Bruno Fernadez, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, ect and also they are all player for Ronaldo becasue they want him to retire with the world cup trophy.

[Falconer]

Spanish team played like they are always playing - endless passes and no one to actually score a goal. I'm glad that it costed them because now they will have to change something. Yes, it's nice to see them passing the ball in the center of the field, but you can't win if you don't shoot at the goal. Too bad for some of the older players for which this was probably their last World Cup.

I never thought Spain would be World Cup favorites in Qatar to reach the final. The Spanish squad is not strong enough especially on strikers, and this is not their era to win it. I even firmly believed that Spain would never have reached the final had they beaten Morocco in yesterday's game, but their journey ended much sooner.

Brazil has the advantage of reaching the final, as well as Argentina, Portugal and France. I have my doubts about England but their football has developed well in this generation. I think Spain and the current generation of young players still have a chance at the next World Cup or in another competition, so they just need to prepare for another competition from now on.

[maju69]

If we look at the results of yesterday's matches, I want to say that it was a surprise for me. Especially the Morocco vs Spain match was a surprise for everyone. Nobody expected Morocco to eliminate Spain. This completely changed the course of the world cup in a way. It is the fault of the Spanish team that they played such a pressing football and didn't score. In penalties, it was the last point that they didn't score any penalties.
Portugal got a result that I never expected. I honestly didn't expect so many goals from this match. Gonçalo ramos showed his difference and led Portugal to victory.

Spanish team played like they are always playing - endless passes and no one to actually score a goal. I'm glad that it costed them because now they will have to change something. Yes, it's nice to see them passing the ball in the center of the field, but you can't win if you don't shoot at the goal. Too bad for some of the older players for which this was probably their last World Cup.

The defense built by Morocco really went perfectly, almost throughout the match they were pressed but they were able to withstand any pressure given by Spain. It's true they won't be able to win because they dominate the game as long as they can't score goals. But they couldn't fix this in this World Cup. They can make up for something that they lacked in this edition because they have a young squad of players they can keep in the future.

[slackovic]

If we look at the results of yesterday's matches, I want to say that it was a surprise for me. Especially the Morocco vs Spain match was a surprise for everyone. Nobody expected Morocco to eliminate Spain. This completely changed the course of the world cup in a way. It is the fault of the Spanish team that they played such a pressing football and didn't score. In penalties, it was the last point that they didn't score any penalties.
Portugal got a result that I never expected. I honestly didn't expect so many goals from this match. Gonçalo ramos showed his difference and led Portugal to victory.

Spanish team played like they are always playing - endless passes and no one to actually score a goal. I'm glad that it costed them because now they will have to change something. Yes, it's nice to see them passing the ball in the center of the field, but you can't win if you don't shoot at the goal. Too bad for some of the older players for which this was probably their last World Cup.

The defense built by Morocco really went perfectly, almost throughout the match they were pressed but they were able to withstand any pressure given by Spain. It's true they won't be able to win because they dominate the game as long as they can't score goals. But they couldn't fix this in this World Cup. They can make up for something that they lacked in this edition because they have a young squad of players they can keep in the future.

The point is that Morocco isn't a bad team like many people think. They have a lot of players that are playing in the best European football leagues. When compared to Croatia, they have one less player in the top five European leagues than Croatia. The problem is what will happen when they eventually concede a goal. How will they play? I just hope that we won't be seeing any more games without goals.

[Davian144]

When Spanish players failed to scored penalties that was a disastrous moment for all the world and Spain,  like what was their state of mind and why they were soo stressed
 Spain played exceptionally in starting games of the world cup and yesterday they were performing total different.
Morocco on other hand were more  confident and how easily they scored penalties was amazing.

Penalties are not that impressive when compared to the matches played by the two teams (Spain and Morocco). The Moroccan national team was only lucky to win via a penalty because they managed to hold back and prevent the Spanish players from scoring in the match. Although on the other hand the efforts of the Moroccan goalkeeper who has been able to save three penalty kicks from Spanish players deserve praise.

[SquallLeonhart]

I feel like better teams are going to next rounds all around. Luck isn't something very influencing in this tournament. If this trend goes on Brazil will very likely bring world cup to their home. I don't think Croatia can go to next round. There is huge power difference between them.
I also want to watch Brazil against Portugal soon. Their match can be the most enjoyable match in whole tournament. Cristiano Ronaldo is key player tho.

It was quite surprising to see that Portugal was able to win with a landslide score from Switzerland and it seems that Portugal didn't need to worry when Ronaldo was no longer defending their national team because new talents kept popping up in Portugal. Brazil is a strong team but Croatia can trouble them in this quarter-final if the Croatian defense can keep out the attacks from the Brazilian attackers it is very possible that it will go to extra time but penalties I don't think I can't remember when Brazil faced that.

You know what would be a shame. Imagine a scenario where we finally get an Argentina vs Portugal finals, that is quite hard, it would require Portugal to beat Morocco first and then whoever comes from England-France game, and Argentina would need to beat Netherlands and probably Brazil, which is all too hard anyway.

But, let's assume it happened, what if Messi plays 90 minutes, and Ronaldo starts from the bench and only gets in like after 70th minute or something? This game showed Portugal could be better without Ronaldo starting, dude is amazing scorer, but he just slows the fluidity of the team down, and they may keep him at bench and then sub him in later on for the rest of the tournament. That would be the biggest shame of all time.

[coinerer]

When Spanish players failed to scored penalties that was a disastrous moment for all the world and Spain,  like what was their state of mind and why they were soo stressed
 Spain played exceptionally in starting games of the world cup and yesterday they were performing total different.
Morocco on other hand were more  confident and how easily they scored penalties was amazing.

Penalties are not that impressive when compared to the matches played by the two teams (Spain and Morocco). The Moroccan national team was only lucky to win via a penalty because they managed to hold back and prevent the Spanish players from scoring in the match. Although on the other hand the efforts of the Moroccan goalkeeper who has been able to save three penalty kicks from Spanish players deserve praise.

Spain lost on penalties to Morocco due to poor goalkeeping.  But they played very well and both teams battled hard with neither team able to score between full time and extra time so eventually it was decided to decide their victory by panty. Anyway the game was very good and bad luck for Spain that despite playing so well they could not win the game and have no chance in the quarter finals.  But it can be assumed that they will do well in future

[elevates]

Portugal and Brazil in the round of 16 really showed their superiority.
Brazil managed to beat South Korea with a score of 4-1. and Portugal also managed to beat Switzerland with a score of 6-1.
Brazil will next play Croatia. and I think Brazil will win in that match.
and Portugal in the next match will be against Morocco. and of course Portugal too I think will be able to win the match. I imagine Brazil and Portugal will meet in the final.

No one ever thought that without Ronaldo Portugal can perform so much better. They have dominated in almost all the games they have played in this world cup. No doubt they are the favourite and so is Brazil. England is also a better team and the next game that they will play is against France. Either of them will stay in this World Cup and since Portugal has not won a world cup the chance of them getting the cup is high.

Portugal showed some mind-blowing performance 6-1 what a win and without Ronaldo.  This shows Portugal is strong without Cristiano Ronaldo and can win any match easily.
Brilliant performance by . Ramos he did a hatrick .
With this type of game we are looking forward to see Portugal in finals.

It is possible that Portugal might win the world cup this year as I wrote earlier they have never won the cup and they will perform out of their way to win the first this time. The only competitors that can give them a hard time are England and Brazil or may be France. As there have been too many upsets in this world cup till now we can expect more. But, one team will surely go to the finals and that is Portugal. Morocco can be a tough team bu they lack those team coordination when they play.  

[Spack17]

All of the quarter final matchups have been decided finally. My favourite teams for the semi final are Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and France. The most difficult matchup is of course between England and France. The odds of the match can also be considered as proof for this. But I still see France as one step ahead of England. Especially the Mbappe effect is going to play a big role in this match. He is playing on the wing unlike his position at PSG. Walker will have a big responsibility to defend him.

If England stay strong in defense then they can increase their chance to qualify for next round. I expect to watch a close match of which France win at the end.

[Polkeins]

If we look at the results of yesterday's matches, I want to say that it was a surprise for me. Especially the Morocco vs Spain match was a surprise for everyone. Nobody expected Morocco to eliminate Spain. This completely changed the course of the world cup in a way. It is the fault of the Spanish team that they played such a pressing football and didn't score. In penalties, it was the last point that they didn't score any penalties.
Portugal got a result that I never expected. I honestly didn't expect so many goals from this match. Gonçalo ramos showed his difference and led Portugal to victory.

Spanish team played like they are always playing - endless passes and no one to actually score a goal. I'm glad that it costed them because now they will have to change something. Yes, it's nice to see them passing the ball in the center of the field, but you can't win if you don't shoot at the goal. Too bad for some of the older players for which this was probably their last World Cup.

Well they have always done so, it's just that if they get a weak team on the way, then Spain can win easily and usually with a big score. After 2010 there is a certain decline in the game of the Spanish team, since the 2010 World Cup Spain has not beaten serious rivals. In 2014 the Spain lost heavily to the Netherlands, in 2018 they played twice in a draw with Morocco and Portugal and then lost to Russia on penalties, now they are also out after losing 2 matches in a row - to Japan and Morocco, and also dragged Greece behind them.
In general, the crisis in the Spanish team is becoming clearer.