FIFA 2022 world cup

[terrorJR]

I'm still in shock how we can't see Italy in this tournament. They were just eliminated by North Macedonia and couldn't even fight for their World Cup ticket against Portugal in the last round of the qualification. This is definitely unacceptable for me. Because Italy have a wonderful squad normally. They were the champions of the Euro 2020 too. A team like this shouldn't even struggle against a team like North Macedonia. I would have really liked to see them here.

This is not the first time they have failed because in 2018 they did the same thing and failed to go to Russia at that time.
Actually there is nothing wrong with Italy but indeed they are a big team and with above average quality players which makes them overconfident and this is the second period they have failed and interestingly they failed towards the end. It's a shame but we can't do much because from an individual point of view they were good but from a team perspective they were lacking and they failed.

[junmisakiro]

I'm still in shock how we can't see Italy in this tournament. They were just eliminated by North Macedonia and couldn't even fight for their World Cup ticket against Portugal in the last round of the qualification. This is definitely unacceptable for me. Because Italy have a wonderful squad normally. They were the champions of the Euro 2020 too. A team like this shouldn't even struggle against a team like North Macedonia. I would have really liked to see them here.

This is not the first time they have failed because in 2018 they did the same thing and failed to go to Russia at that time.
Actually there is nothing wrong with Italy but indeed they are a big team and with above average quality players which makes them overconfident and this is the second period they have failed and interestingly they failed towards the end. It's a shame but we can't do much because from an individual point of view they were good but from a team perspective they were lacking and they failed.

this is football, a lot of unexpected things happen, italy there is no regeneration of players and currently in their team there are a lot of old players, i think their failure is not surprising. In almost every World Paila event, the favorite team failed in qualifying.
despite their achievements that can win the EURO 2020 title but in terms of performance and also the composition of the players, italy is still very far behind the other favorite teams in the world cup Qatar.

[muratsink]

I'm still in shock how we can't see Italy in this tournament. They were just eliminated by North Macedonia and couldn't even fight for their World Cup ticket against Portugal in the last round of the qualification. This is definitely unacceptable for me. Because Italy have a wonderful squad normally. They were the champions of the Euro 2020 too. A team like this shouldn't even struggle against a team like North Macedonia. I would have really liked to see them here.

This is not the first time they have failed because in 2018 they did the same thing and failed to go to Russia at that time.
Actually there is nothing wrong with Italy but indeed they are a big team and with above average quality players which makes them overconfident and this is the second period they have failed and interestingly they failed towards the end. It's a shame but we can't do much because from an individual point of view they were good but from a team perspective they were lacking and they failed.

we can't understand why a team like the European champions can't qualify for the world cup, this failure repeats the 2018 edition of the Russian world cup where Italy also failed to qualify for the finals in 2018, of course this is a disappointing result considering the last match when they faced Switzerland where Jorginho's penalty bounced over the crossbar so that they had to go through the play-offs.but in a surprise flyover they lost to North Macedonia so Italy had to re-impair their dream of playing in this year's Qatar world cup, even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with being as strong as Italy, exactly the same as when they won the European cup one year earlier, but Dewi Fortuna has not sided with the pizza nation so that they failed to qualify again this year

[Cnut237]

we can't understand why a team like the European champions can't qualify for the world cup

I suppose the answer is that for a World Cup of 32 nations to truly be a World Cup, it can't just have the best 32 nations. It has to have representatives from all around the world. If it was just the best 32 nations, then no doubt Italy would be there... but Italy's gain would be the tournament's loss, because a best 32 World Cup would be mostly European, with a few South American nations, and maybe a couple from elsewhere.

The thing that makes a World Cup so great is that there are teams from everywhere, and a decent number of them, not just one token team from Africa, for example, but many.

And this also makes qualification more exciting. If most European nations qualified, then there'd be little sense of jeopardy in the qualification process. Far better to have limited spaces available.

[Sithara007]

Yeah, there will be more countries playing in 2026, but the whole tournament will be structured in a different way.

We'll see how it goes, but I'm not sure bringing more countries is always a good thing. The World Cup is the highest level of football in the world, so there's a minimum of skill expected.

I guess bringing more countries bring more money as well, but that's another story...

Can't agree with you. Even with 32 teams, there will be a lot of mismatches. What do you really expect, when Saudi Arabia plays against Argentina, or when Cameroon plays against Brazil? Adding more teams would mean more diversity. Anyway, the real competition will start from the PQF stage onwards. I wholeheartedly support the decision from FIFA to expand the world cup. If they had implemented it in 2022, then teams such as Italy and Chile would have been able to qualify, along with New Zealand.

[Velvet78]

Argentina's last championship in the World Cup was in 1986. By saying this I would like to bring the topic to Messi's not winning any World Cup with his national team yet. When it comes to whether he deserves a World Cup championship I'd say that he definitely deserves with his own performance. He has tried his best so far to carry Argentina to successes. Their closest moment to the championship was in the 2014 finale but Germany defeated them by 1-0. Messi must be still targeting to win a World Cup before his retirement and they don't have a small chance in this one.

One big difference between Maradona's era and the current era is the level of professionalism. It was far easier back in the 80s for one exceptional player to carry a team, as Maradona did particularly in Italia 90. Nowadays teams are a lot more professional, with better tactics, better fitness etc... and it's tougher even for the best player in the world to make the same difference. Messi is certainly at the Maradona level, it's just that the opposition has improved.

I definitely agree at that point. Football has changed compared to those times on a large scale. I also believe that Messi is as skilled as Maradona however his job is much tougher. He has got quite old too which makes things a little more difficult for him. Argentina will need to make a huge effort like they have never done before. It isn't impossible for them to make it again after a very long break. They just need to believe in themselves first and go for it. Messi also wouldn't like to carry the team only by himself.

[Boristhecat]

There are a few teams missing out. Russia and Italy are missing from UEFA, Chile from CONMEBOL and Nigeria from the CAF. Unfortunately world cup only have 32 slots and one or two of the best teams miss out during qualification every time. Anyway, the chances will be lower for 2026 edition, as the number of participants is going up from 32 to 48. But the increase is mostly coming from AFC and CAF, so we may still witness a few of the good teams from Europe and South America failing to qualify for the main tournament.

I think it's better when a couple of strong teams miss the tournament due to the high level of competition than when the tournament turns into a huge number of meaningless games (due to a large difference in the teams' classes) and interesting games can only be expected in the 1/4 finals. Even in the current tournament, the group stage will not be very interesting, and in the next one everything will be much worse.

[hahay]

There are a few teams missing out. Russia and Italy are missing from UEFA, Chile from CONMEBOL and Nigeria from the CAF. Unfortunately world cup only have 32 slots and one or two of the best teams miss out during qualification every time. Anyway, the chances will be lower for 2026 edition, as the number of participants is going up from 32 to 48. But the increase is mostly coming from AFC and CAF, so we may still witness a few of the good teams from Europe and South America failing to qualify for the main tournament.

I think it's better when a couple of strong teams miss the tournament due to the high level of competition than when the tournament turns into a huge number of meaningless games (due to a large difference in the teams' classes) and interesting games can only be expected in the 1/4 finals. Even in the current tournament, the group stage will not be very interesting, and in the next one everything will be much worse.

I think the world cup event will always be interesting even though sometimes the big teams or the top teams are absent at this moment, but there are still many other top teams that make the world cup event always interesting. The absence of one or two seeded teams does not mean that the world cup will be unattractive, because this is an event every four years and becomes a biennial event which will of course always be an event to look forward to. Because with an event like this there will also be a lot of talented players popping up although indeed, when we idolize a team that is not part of the world cup, then at least it will be boring but in the end we will still watch the game.

[NdaMk]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

[suryana]

we can't understand why a team like the European champions can't qualify for the world cup

I suppose the answer is that for a World Cup of 32 nations to truly be a World Cup, it can't just have the best 32 nations. It has to have representatives from all around the world. If it was just the best 32 nations, then no doubt Italy would be there... but Italy's gain would be the tournament's loss, because a best 32 World Cup would be mostly European, with a few South American nations, and maybe a couple from elsewhere.

The thing that makes a World Cup so great is that there are teams from everywhere, and a decent number of them, not just one token team from Africa, for example, but many.

And this also makes qualification more exciting. If most European nations qualified, then there'd be little sense of jeopardy in the qualification process. Far better to have limited spaces available.

Italy's absence from the 32 contestants who will take part in Qatar's 4th annual event this year is indeed a surprise to many, but that is football which is full of drama and surprises, especially since Italy was the European champion last season but they failed to qualify for the second world cup. after previously they also failed to qualify for the Russian world cup, this is also very disappointing for the Italian public but every match and also football provides drama and also a disappointment for their respective supporters.the world cup is not only represented by the European continent but almost all The world also participates in the 4th annual event but Italy's failure to qualify may be a disappointment for football lovers considering that Italy has a pretty good history in the world cup event.

[onecall123]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will feature semi-automated offside technology. Everything would be so much easier then. The presence of a chest or arm offside does not give anyone any big advantages. However, who will control it? Because a machine cannot produce information that has not been input by a human, any problems along the way have still been caused by people. Technology is necessary, but it is also ruining the game. Voluntary assistant referees already fail and face controversy. This further discourages job employment. Such a system cannot succeed. Could it be considered progress?

[Davidvictorson]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

Well, why am I not surprised? AI is taking over most jobs. However, since this is going to be the first time this semi-automated offside technology will be used in a FIFA World Cup, I expect to see one or two errors in judgement because there's is going to be new and unique scenarios that may prove quite difficult for the machine to interpret. Well, I'd wait to watch how it plays out during the games in November. It will still the a humans with the technical-know-how to operate it.

[Jody.Drummer]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

With the development of technology, there will always be new innovations in the world of football. In my view, this will slightly reduce the drama that exists in football which we usually play with controversial decisions that cause debate. But on the other hand it will be an accurate decision in certain situations. I'm not going to say much about this, but I hope it goes well.

[fzkto]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

Well, why am I not surprised? AI is taking over most jobs. However, since this is going to be the first time this semi-automated offside technology will be used in a FIFA World Cup, I expect to see one or two errors in judgement because there's is going to be new and unique scenarios that may prove quite difficult for the machine to interpret. Well, I'd wait to watch how it plays out during the games in November. It will still the a humans with the technical-know-how to operate it.

I too find this innovation unnecessary, at least for determining offside. Maybe for determining out, arm play or a questionable moment when hitting the goal. But it's not quite clear to me how the AI will determine offside. That would require chips on each player for accurate positional detection.

[rahmad2nd]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

Well, why am I not surprised? AI is taking over most jobs. However, since this is going to be the first time this semi-automated offside technology will be used in a FIFA World Cup, I expect to see one or two errors in judgement because there's is going to be new and unique scenarios that may prove quite difficult for the machine to interpret. Well, I'd wait to watch how it plays out during the games in November. It will still the a humans with the technical-know-how to operate it.

I too find this innovation unnecessary, at least for determining offside. Maybe for determining out, arm play or a questionable moment when hitting the goal. But it's not quite clear to me how the AI will determine offside. That would require chips on each player for accurate positional detection.

let me explain briefly. It's true that the world cup will be equipped with semi-automatic offside innovations, visual tools that can help referees accurately, although Colina said that the final decision remains with the referee, I think this innovation is very helpful at least it can reduce the ridiculous drama that often happens in football. semi-automatic offside technology supported by 12 cameras that can detect 29 data points of the players as well as the world cup ball will be equipped with sensors that have high accuracy. so according to the source I read the data will be automatically sent automatically with a video visualization to the offside operational room. quite complicated but at least FIFA claims this technology will be faster and more accurate.

[NdaMk]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

Well, why am I not surprised? AI is taking over most jobs. However, since this is going to be the first time this semi-automated offside technology will be used in a FIFA World Cup, I expect to see one or two errors in judgement because there's is going to be new and unique scenarios that may prove quite difficult for the machine to interpret. Well, I'd wait to watch how it plays out during the games in November. It will still the a humans with the technical-know-how to operate it.

I too find this innovation unnecessary, at least for determining offside. Maybe for determining out, arm play or a questionable moment when hitting the goal. But it's not quite clear to me how the AI will determine offside. That would require chips on each player for accurate positional detection.

They are planning to put the device inside the ball. My major problem is that the controversies in football that makes it fun will be taking away from it

[KTChampions]

On the one hand, you are right about Italy, on the other hand, as we see from the Nations League tournament, everything depends on the motivation and attitude of the teams. If the teams are not too interested in the tournament, then there are no favorites or outsiders and everyone has a chance. Given that this World Cup will be held in the middle of the season, I don't know how this will affect the motivation of the teams.
Different regions of the planet have a different history of priorities in sports. I don't remember non-Asian Go world champions or any non-US baseball super teams.

This issue is being raised again and again. IMO, we should not give preference to club football over international football. If the clubs are having that much problem with the world cup being scheduled during the season, then the FIFA should move towards cancelling the club competitions for this year. How dare these guys can ask FIFA to reschedule the world cup? COVID caused a lot of scheduling issues and clubs should understand that. If they can't adjust their calendar, then they can go ahead with the matches, albeit without the international players.

To be honest, I don't understand this twisted logic. The product is created by clubs. Bastards-scumbag officials from UEFA and FIFA only distribute it, that is, in fact, they are parasites. And in the end we have such bastard crap as the World Cup in a country that is not suitable for this, at a time that breaks the national championships. I think the clubs should do business the way the NHL does it - clubs don't give a shit about world championships and other shit, they're doing business.

[Joca97]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

Wow i didnt know that the sports world has improved by that much. Im really intrested to see if this will actully happen because this would mean that there wouldnt be much pause in the match again due to offside but still intrested too see how it will work

[Sithara007]

There are a few teams missing out. Russia and Italy are missing from UEFA, Chile from CONMEBOL and Nigeria from the CAF. Unfortunately world cup only have 32 slots and one or two of the best teams miss out during qualification every time. Anyway, the chances will be lower for 2026 edition, as the number of participants is going up from 32 to 48. But the increase is mostly coming from AFC and CAF, so we may still witness a few of the good teams from Europe and South America failing to qualify for the main tournament.

I think it's better when a couple of strong teams miss the tournament due to the high level of competition than when the tournament turns into a huge number of meaningless games (due to a large difference in the teams' classes) and interesting games can only be expected in the 1/4 finals. Even in the current tournament, the group stage will not be very interesting, and in the next one everything will be much worse.

Again, I need to disagree with you. We are already having meaningless games. Even top ranked teams from AFC and CAF are unable to compete against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA. I will give you one example. Remember the Russia vs Saudi Arabia match during last world cup? (inaugural match). Russia destroyed Saudi Arabia with a 5-0 margin. Now Russia is not a top ranking team from the UEFA. And yet the match was completely one sided, despite the fact that Saudi Arabia is one of the strongest AFC teams.

[fzkto]

According to reports by Bleacher Reports, the Adidas 2022 World Cup ball will now feature a device for tracking of offside. This ball will give VAR precise data to support offside calls

What are your views about this innovation

Well, why am I not surprised? AI is taking over most jobs. However, since this is going to be the first time this semi-automated offside technology will be used in a FIFA World Cup, I expect to see one or two errors in judgement because there's is going to be new and unique scenarios that may prove quite difficult for the machine to interpret. Well, I'd wait to watch how it plays out during the games in November. It will still the a humans with the technical-know-how to operate it.

I too find this innovation unnecessary, at least for determining offside. Maybe for determining out, arm play or a questionable moment when hitting the goal. But it's not quite clear to me how the AI will determine offside. That would require chips on each player for accurate positional detection.

let me explain briefly. It's true that the world cup will be equipped with semi-automatic offside innovations, visual tools that can help referees accurately, although Colina said that the final decision remains with the referee, I think this innovation is very helpful at least it can reduce the ridiculous drama that often happens in football. semi-automatic offside technology supported by 12 cameras that can detect 29 data points of the players as well as the world cup ball will be equipped with sensors that have high accuracy. so according to the source I read the data will be automatically sent automatically with a video visualization to the offside operational room. quite complicated but at least FIFA claims this technology will be faster and more accurate.

I thought the regular video replay did the same job of fixing offside. It's just not clear to me why the ball should be fixed when the player who was offside should be fixed. So it seems to me that at the same time as the ball, a device should be placed on each player to make this system work clearly.