FIFA 2022 world cup

[fzkto]

Belgium was rumored to be able to win a trophy some time ago at the previous World Cup as well as the European Cup but that didn't happen, and this will be the last chance for the best Belgian generation as far as it has ever existed, to qualify for the group phase they can but to the quarter-finals or semifinals it's still not clear because they will face teams that are just as good later.

I am not very enthusiastic about Belgium this time. From what I have seen over the years, teams that are dependent on a single player (not just talking about Belgium, but also about teams such as Portugal, Norway and North Macedonia) almost never performs well during global tournaments such as World Cup and Euro Cup. Now some may argue that the case with Argentina is similar. But IMO, that is not the case. For Argentina, apart from Messi, they have very good players such as Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez and Paulo Dybala.

Many always consider Belgium to be a dark horse, but this country never lives up to expectations and only once were they able to finish third at the last World Cup. By the way, it's not a one player team. I take it you are talking about Romelo Lukaku or Kevin de Bruyne. Apart from those players, they have one of the best goalkeepers in the world Thibaut Courtois, midfielder Axel Witsel, strikers Dries Mertens or Eden Hazard. With players like that, they should be successful because it's likely that at the next World Cup, a lot of players will leave the national team.

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[slackovic]

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Looking at Group F seems interesting. Although I am sure that many people will predict Belgium and Croatia who will qualify for the next round. But remember Canada and Maroko also have good players. The Canada team will be with Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David, Tajon Cuhanan while Maroko Hakim Ziyech, Archaf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Youssef En-Nesyri.  I think these two countries have a chance to make it difficult for Croatia and Belgium because Belgium and Croatia are currently filled with a lot of old players.

Mere looking at the countries in group F, there's no single doubt that Belgium and Croatia will qualify in the group but hopefully it's not going to be an easy fight for the both countries. There's still Canada which have quality set of players that are hungered to represent their countries in the world cup. But Belgium and Croatia have set of experience players who also have a master plan of playing high level games, they will easily beat their opponents to the next round.

The biggest problem for Croatia is that they tend to play lousy against weaker teams and good against stronger teams. Also they often play badly in the first games and then as the tournament progress, they play better and better. We will see how matches against Morocco and Canada because there are only three matches in the group stage and one bad match can prove to be a problem in the end. Especially if Croatia will have to beat Belgium to advance to the next round.

[Juggy777]

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Looking at Group F seems interesting. Although I am sure that many people will predict Belgium and Croatia who will qualify for the next round. But remember Canada and Maroko also have good players. The Canada team will be with Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David, Tajon Cuhanan while Maroko Hakim Ziyech, Archaf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Youssef En-Nesyri.  I think these two countries have a chance to make it difficult for Croatia and Belgium because Belgium and Croatia are currently filled with a lot of old players.

Mere looking at the countries in group F, there's no single doubt that Belgium and Croatia will qualify in the group but hopefully it's not going to be an easy fight for the both countries. There's still Canada which have quality set of players that are hungered to represent their countries in the world cup. But Belgium and Croatia have set of experience players who also have a master plan of playing high level games, they will easily beat their opponents to the next round.

The biggest problem for Croatia is that they tend to play lousy against weaker teams and good against stronger teams. Also they often play badly in the first games and then as the tournament progress, they play better and better. We will see how matches against Morocco and Canada because there are only three matches in the group stage and one bad match can prove to be a problem in the end. Especially if Croatia will have to beat Belgium to advance to the next round.

@slackovic while on paper Belgium and Croatia should easily qualify, but both these team’s can lose too as we have seen in the past hence I sincerely believe that we’ll see one or two upsets in this group. Lastly I personally believe that Croatia will end up at the top in this group, but how many of you’ll agree or do you’ll believe that only Belgium will top the group?.

[Bobrox]

Big respect to France national captain team Hugo Lloris about his statement not any ideas try to boycott FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar after several countries and personal person try to boycott with human right reason. I think he has been the first player said to public about support for Qatar become host of World Cup and suggest not wear rainbow armband. Seems he most understood player know what the culture and and majority people in the Qatar.

FIFA have been prohibit with all national team used their own armband and actually Denmark become first country deny by FIFA used T Shirt training with named human right.

All clearly there are nothing bad happen in Qatar as host World Cup.

TheGuardian

[shogun47]

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Looking at Group F seems interesting. Although I am sure that many people will predict Belgium and Croatia who will qualify for the next round. But remember Canada and Maroko also have good players. The Canada team will be with Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David, Tajon Cuhanan while Maroko Hakim Ziyech, Archaf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Youssef En-Nesyri.  I think these two countries have a chance to make it difficult for Croatia and Belgium because Belgium and Croatia are currently filled with a lot of old players.

Mere looking at the countries in group F, there's no single doubt that Belgium and Croatia will qualify in the group but hopefully it's not going to be an easy fight for the both countries. There's still Canada which have quality set of players that are hungered to represent their countries in the world cup. But Belgium and Croatia have set of experience players who also have a master plan of playing high level games, they will easily beat their opponents to the next round.

The biggest problem for Croatia is that they tend to play lousy against weaker teams and good against stronger teams. Also they often play badly in the first games and then as the tournament progress, they play better and better. We will see how matches against Morocco and Canada because there are only three matches in the group stage and one bad match can prove to be a problem in the end. Especially if Croatia will have to beat Belgium to advance to the next round.

@slackovic while on paper Belgium and Croatia should easily qualify, but both these team’s can lose too as we have seen in the past hence I sincerely believe that we’ll see one or two upsets in this group. Lastly I personally believe that Croatia will end up at the top in this group, but how many of you’ll agree or do you’ll believe that only Belgium will top the group?.

I think Belgium is pretty much out of the question here. They will qualify for the next round 99% as they are always able to switch gears considering the overall quality of their squad. In most cases Croatia is also going to the next round in this group. Canada has had rather weak performances recently so I don't think they can just change gears and play on a totally different level. That's why it will eventually come down to whether or not Croatia is able to show a realistically positive performance or whether they might have a bad day or be unlucky against Canada. Morocco is a bit unknown to me, but I just noticed they had some strong performances in friendlies against Chile and Paraguay.

[Z-tight]

Many always consider Belgium to be a dark horse, but this country never lives up to expectations and only once were they able to finish third at the last World Cup. By the way, it's not a one player team. I take it you are talking about Romelo Lukaku or Kevin de Bruyne. Apart from those players, they have one of the best goalkeepers in the world Thibaut Courtois, midfielder Axel Witsel, strikers Dries Mertens or Eden Hazard. With players like that, they should be successful because it's likely that at the next World Cup, a lot of players will leave the national team.

Belgium have a good team that were capable of winning an international trophy for the country, i feel if they were to win something it would have happened either in the 2014 or 2018 world cup, or the Euro tournaments that have been played between that time, because that was when their star players were at their best, since they didn't win it then, they can't win it now, most of their best players are not as good as they were around 8 years ago, like Hazard for example, kevin de bruyne is still a great player, but i think he was better around 4 years ago. Belgium still have a good team, but i feel they are incapable of winning the 2022 world cup.

[slackovic]

Many always consider Belgium to be a dark horse, but this country never lives up to expectations and only once were they able to finish third at the last World Cup. By the way, it's not a one player team. I take it you are talking about Romelo Lukaku or Kevin de Bruyne. Apart from those players, they have one of the best goalkeepers in the world Thibaut Courtois, midfielder Axel Witsel, strikers Dries Mertens or Eden Hazard. With players like that, they should be successful because it's likely that at the next World Cup, a lot of players will leave the national team.

Belgium have a good team that were capable of winning an international trophy for the country, i feel if they were to win something it would have happened either in the 2014 or 2018 world cup, or the Euro tournaments that have been played between that time, because that was when their star players were at their best, since they didn't win it then, they can't win it now, most of their best players are not as good as they were around 8 years ago, like Hazard for example, kevin de bruyne is still a great player, but i think he was better around 4 years ago. Belgium still have a good team, but i feel they are incapable of winning the 2022 world cup.

I don't agree that stars in the Belgium team are too old. De Bruyne is 31, Curtois is 30, Lukaku 29... All of them are around 30 years of age and that is the time when a football player should still play at their best. Especially for the star players like the ones I mentioned. OK, Mertens is a bit old with 35 but he is one of rare players that old in the team.

[bering]

I think Belgium is pretty much out of the question here. They will qualify for the next round 99% as they are always able to switch gears considering the overall quality of their squad. In most cases Croatia is also going to the next round in this group. Canada has had rather weak performances recently so I don't think they can just change gears and play on a totally different level. That's why it will eventually come down to whether or not Croatia is able to show a realistically positive performance or whether they might have a bad day or be unlucky against Canada. Morocco is a bit unknown to me, but I just noticed they had some strong performances in friendlies against Chile and Paraguay.

The favourite indeed belongs to Belgium and Croatia but in my opinion Morocco cannot be underestimate because some people thought the current squad is one of the best generation for Morocco team and at their squad Morocco have several players who played at big teams in europa such as Achraf Hakimi from PSG, Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich and Chelsea player Hakim Ziyech so these players were familiar with European football style and with their experience i am sure they can bringing Morocco becomes an dark horses team who possibly can makes strong teams such as Belgium or Croatia slipped

[OcTradism]

I don't agree that stars in the Belgium team are too old. De Bruyne is 31, Curtois is 30, Lukaku 29... All of them are around 30 years of age and that is the time when a football player should still play at their best. Especially for the star players like the ones I mentioned. OK, Mertens is a bit old with 35 but he is one of rare players that old in the team.

Belgium has a golden generation but they did not achieve anything from them. This World Cup and Euro 2024 might be last big tournaments for this golden generation. If Belgium can not win this World Cup or the next Euro, they will likely see the end of this generation without any big title.

It is a bit odd to see a very terrible performance of Hazard after his transfer from Chelsea to Real Madrid. He is about 20% of this best in Chelsea a few years ago. Belgium now is more relying on De Bruyne but Hazard is no longer important for them.

Belgium have a good team that were capable of winning an international trophy for the country, i feel if they were to win something it would have happened either in the 2014 or 2018 world cup, or the Euro tournaments that have been played between that time, because that was when their star players were at their best, since they didn't win it then, they can't win it now

They are like England in the past with Gerrad, Lampard, Joe Cole, Rooney, Owen, Beckham, Ferdinand, Campell. Those players did not bring England to any title and they usually ended big tournaments very soon.

most of their best players are not as good as they were around 8 years ago, like Hazard for example, kevin de bruyne is still a great player, but i think he was better around 4 years ago. Belgium still have a good team, but i feel they are incapable of winning the 2022 world cup.

De Bruyne now is very dangerous with finishing, not only with his key passes and free kicks. His upgrade in the past season when he was motivated to shot more, shows that he can take advantage of open space and opportunity to shot and get goals.

[budi691]

German no doubt will perform well in Qatar, as well as Argentine but their not favourite for the title. We should watch Portugal and France closely their are favourite for the title to me.

everyone has their own favorite team. like you see that Portugal and France are the favorite teams. but for my version, I favor Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. these three national teams are what I think are the most superior. But to be honest I was expecting the final between Argentina vs Portugal. because there will be a meeting of two big stars who will play for the last time in the World Cup. namely Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. and I think a lot of people want that too.

Just like I really want to see the final match between Argentina against Portugal. I grew up in a football civilization at a time when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo took the world by storm with football. I really like Cristiano Ronaldo, but I also respect Lionel Messi. Both are great players in these decades. Of course everyone wants these two to be on top of the final before they retire.

yes it could be everyone's dream final when Argentina meets Portugal in the WC2222 final, and we'll see who is really great. Between these two players, when at the end of their career and the last world cup they will be able to meet in the world cup final, although it is not certain but at least the Final that many people expect, and only the world cup title which they have never won in their great career, if Seeing the performance of these two countries, I see Argentina has more chances to get it

[cilembu]

I think Belgium is pretty much out of the question here. They will qualify for the next round 99% as they are always able to switch gears considering the overall quality of their squad. In most cases Croatia is also going to the next round in this group. Canada has had rather weak performances recently so I don't think they can just change gears and play on a totally different level. That's why it will eventually come down to whether or not Croatia is able to show a realistically positive performance or whether they might have a bad day or be unlucky against Canada. Morocco is a bit unknown to me, but I just noticed they had some strong performances in friendlies against Chile and Paraguay.

The favourite indeed belongs to Belgium and Croatia but in my opinion Morocco cannot be underestimate because some people thought the current squad is one of the best generation for Morocco team and at their squad Morocco have several players who played at big teams in europa such as Achraf Hakimi from PSG, Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich and Chelsea player Hakim Ziyech so these players were familiar with European football style and with their experience i am sure they can bringing Morocco becomes an dark horses team who possibly can makes strong teams such as Belgium or Croatia slipped

I agree with your opinion that I cannot think that the participating countries of the 2022 world cup are weak because for me it will be able to give a shock beyond what other countries think that it is possible to reach the semi-finals and even the final, therefore I will always support all countries to play as much as possible to bring their country to become champions in the 2022 world cup, and in this event there will be many field stars that will be hunted by club managers, and hopefully this event goes well.

[lizarder]

I don't agree that stars in the Belgium team are too old. De Bruyne is 31, Curtois is 30, Lukaku 29... All of them are around 30 years of age and that is the time when a football player should still play at their best. Especially for the star players like the ones I mentioned. OK, Mertens is a bit old with 35 but he is one of rare players that old in the team.

In terms of age indeed De Bruyne, Curtois and Romelu Lukaku are getting older, but these three players are key players for the current Belgian team, the experience of these three players can make a difference for the Belgian squad. The biggest problem for Belgium is whether Romelu Lukaku will recover before the World Cup takes place, because there are still many who doubt his recovery ahead of the World Cup.

[Luzin]

Mere looking at the countries in group F, there's no single doubt that Belgium and Croatia will qualify in the group but hopefully it's not going to be an easy fight for the both countries.  

Remember there is always a chance before the final whistle blows. The first game is always a lot of surprises and maybe it can happen. Especially for Croatia vs Morocco, this match looks less one-sided. Morocco still has a chance to Draw.

The biggest problem for Croatia is that they tend to play lousy against weaker teams and good against stronger teams. Also they often play badly in the first games and then as the tournament progress, they play better and better. We will see how matches against Morocco and Canada because there are only three matches in the group stage and one bad match can prove to be a problem in the end. Especially if Croatia will have to beat Belgium to advance to the next round.

Yes Croatia Vs Belgium was held at the end of Group F. It would be the deciding match if it was true that they lost the previous match. The two early wins should have secured Croatia and Belgia Teams if they win.    

[fachant]

German no doubt will perform well in Qatar, as well as Argentine but their not favourite for the title. We should watch Portugal and France closely their are favourite for the title to me.

everyone has their own favorite team. like you see that Portugal and France are the favorite teams. but for my version, I favor Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. these three national teams are what I think are the most superior. But to be honest I was expecting the final between Argentina vs Portugal. because there will be a meeting of two big stars who will play for the last time in the World Cup. namely Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. and I think a lot of people want that too.

Just like I really want to see the final match between Argentina against Portugal. I grew up in a football civilization at a time when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo took the world by storm with football. I really like Cristiano Ronaldo, but I also respect Lionel Messi. Both are great players in these decades. Of course everyone wants these two to be on top of the final before they retire.

yes it could be everyone's dream final when Argentina meets Portugal in the WC2222 final, and we'll see who is really great. Between these two players, when at the end of their career and the last world cup they will be able to meet in the world cup final, although it is not certain but at least the Final that many people expect, and only the world cup title which they have never won in their great career, if Seeing the performance of these two countries, I see Argentina has more chances to get it

Your idea is really amazing. Two legends in two teams may be their last World Cup. But it's not bad if their team goes to the finals. They will fight to win their last title that football fans around the world will enjoy. If this is true, it will be really good.

[Boristhecat]

The prize fund is really a record (but it will always be so due to inflation) and is 440 million dollars. First place will receive 52.5 million, second 30, third 27, and fourth 25. Plus, separately, FIFA will distribute 209 million between clubs whose players take part in the Mundial.
I don't know about the players, but I'm sure the clubs would easily give up this money in favor of this competition not bothering them in general. The budgets of most top clubs are larger than all these payments, and there are a lot of problems from the fact that players spend time and energy on playing for the national team.

This numbers is a valid one right?

Every nation that qualified for the world cup has been guaranteed a great prize especially if they keep winning games , more prize will came to them accumulatively , it's not only the pride defend the nation but also an insane amount of money as a prize make them more interested to participated.

Yes, these are exact figures, if in doubt you can check on the FIFA website, I think this information is there. I would not say that these are large amounts of money, since part of the money goes to the national federation and the rest is divided among a large number of players. I think that the vast majority of players participating in the World Cup have salaries that are incomparably higher than the income from the World Cup, even if they win first place. Here they compete for prestige, for the opportunity to show themselves and to go down in history.

[samuraijin]

German no doubt will perform well in Qatar, as well as Argentine but their not favourite for the title. We should watch Portugal and France closely their are favourite for the title to me.

everyone has their own favorite team. like you see that Portugal and France are the favorite teams. but for my version, I favor Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. these three national teams are what I think are the most superior. But to be honest I was expecting the final between Argentina vs Portugal. because there will be a meeting of two big stars who will play for the last time in the World Cup. namely Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. and I think a lot of people want that too.

Just like I really want to see the final match between Argentina against Portugal. I grew up in a football civilization at a time when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo took the world by storm with football. I really like Cristiano Ronaldo, but I also respect Lionel Messi. Both are great players in these decades. Of course everyone wants these two to be on top of the final before they retire.

yes it could be everyone's dream final when Argentina meets Portugal in the WC2222 final, and we'll see who is really great. Between these two players, when at the end of their career and the last world cup they will be able to meet in the world cup final, although it is not certain but at least the Final that many people expect, and only the world cup title which they have never won in their great career, if Seeing the performance of these two countries, I see Argentina has more chances to get it

Your idea is really amazing. Two legends in two teams may be their last World Cup. But it's not bad if their team goes to the finals. They will fight to win their last title that football fans around the world will enjoy. If this is true, it will be really good.

In fact, nothing is impossible in the world of football, if it really happens, if we get the predictions that we expect. Regarding the Argentina Vs Portugal Final, there is indeed nothing wrong with that, but that will be everyone's question, and speculation will arise speculation that thinks that all World Cup matches in Qatar, all matches are arranged, of course there will be a lot of debate from world football observers, why Argentina and Portugal could meet in the final, as if everything had been arranged by the organizers of the World Cup Qatar, no one has thought about this problem, even though this is just an assumption that it has not been confirmed to have happened, but if it does happen there will definitely be a lot of talk about this problem, I hope it won't happen.

[MoonOfLife]

German no doubt will perform well in Qatar, as well as Argentine but their not favourite for the title. We should watch Portugal and France closely their are favourite for the title to me.

everyone has their own favorite team. like you see that Portugal and France are the favorite teams. but for my version, I favor Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. these three national teams are what I think are the most superior. But to be honest I was expecting the final between Argentina vs Portugal. because there will be a meeting of two big stars who will play for the last time in the World Cup. namely Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. and I think a lot of people want that too.

Just like I really want to see the final match between Argentina against Portugal. I grew up in a football civilization at a time when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo took the world by storm with football. I really like Cristiano Ronaldo, but I also respect Lionel Messi. Both are great players in these decades. Of course everyone wants these two to be on top of the final before they retire.

yes it could be everyone's dream final when Argentina meets Portugal in the WC2222 final, and we'll see who is really great. Between these two players, when at the end of their career and the last world cup they will be able to meet in the world cup final, although it is not certain but at least the Final that many people expect, and only the world cup title which they have never won in their great career, if Seeing the performance of these two countries, I see Argentina has more chances to get it

Your idea is really amazing. Two legends in two teams may be their last World Cup. But it's not bad if their team goes to the finals. They will fight to win their last title that football fans around the world will enjoy. If this is true, it will be really good.

We are excited to see the Messi vs Ronaldo final. But the chances of this happening are very low. While Argentina's squad is the favorite to be a finalist, Portugal's squad is not very strong. They have several weaknesses. Also Ronaldo is not in good form now. If Ronaldo does not return to form, it will be difficult for Portugal to qualify for the second round.

[rhomelmabini]

Any predictions guys on who'll be the top scorer in this World Cup? Ronaldo, Mbappe, Pedro, Lukaku, Depay, Messi? Who would you bet to be the top scorer in this upcoming World Cup? I'm rooting for Neymar or Ronaldo but the latter isn't that bad too.

[Z-tight]

I don't agree that stars in the Belgium team are too old. De Bruyne is 31, Curtois is 30, Lukaku 29... All of them are around 30 years of age and that is the time when a football player should still play at their best. Especially for the star players like the ones I mentioned. OK, Mertens is a bit old with 35 but he is one of rare players that old in the team.

It is not only about their age, i agree that they are not too old, but their form as a team is not as good as it was, in my humble opinion many of Belgium's players were better around 8 years ago, and if they should have won a world cup, it may have been the ones held in 2014 and 2018, some of their players are not in form now, like Hazard and even Lukaku, de bruyne and courtois are still very good, but the general team are not as good as they were, that is why many people are not giving them a chance in this 2022 world cup.

Any predictions guys on who'll be the top scorer in this World Cup? Ronaldo, Mbappe, Pedro, Lukaku, Depay, Messi? Who would you bet to be the top scorer in this upcoming World Cup? I'm rooting for Neymar or Ronaldo but the latter isn't that bad too.

If Haaland and Norway had qualified i would have chosen him to be the top scorer, but now that he's absent i would go for Mbappe or Neymar, i think Neymar will win it because the attacking strength in Barazil is so much and they will score many goals and Neymar will be the one to get the most of them.

[slackovic]

I don't agree that stars in the Belgium team are too old. De Bruyne is 31, Curtois is 30, Lukaku 29... All of them are around 30 years of age and that is the time when a football player should still play at their best. Especially for the star players like the ones I mentioned. OK, Mertens is a bit old with 35 but he is one of rare players that old in the team.

It is not only about their age, i agree that they are not too old, but their form as a team is not as good as it was, in my humble opinion many of Belgium's players were better around 8 years ago, and if they should have won a world cup, it may have been the ones held in 2014 and 2018, some of their players are not in form now, like Hazard and even Lukaku, de bruyne and courtois are still very good, but the general team are not as good as they were, that is why many people are not giving them a chance in this 2022 world cup.

It just confirms claims that no team in the World Cup can be considered as a certain champion. In 2018 Belgium lost 1-0 against France who later became a champion. Fortunately for them, later they won against England in the match for the third spot and at least they got a medal. England on the other hand was not that lucky and you can't say that they were bad in Russia.