FIFA 2022 world cup

[KTChampions]

Yes, Croatia struggled a lot against Japan. But as I said, Croatia plays much better against stronger teams that are not only concentrated on defense. Yesterday Japan was very concentrated on defense (they were playing in a 5-4-1 formation if I'm not mistaken) and Croatia always struggle against teams that play like that. I'm not saying that Croatia will definitely beat Brazil. I'm just saying that people shouldn't expect a one sided game like it was yesterday against South Korea.

You may be right but the game could be one sided for another reason: Croatia had a tough 120 minutes against Japan and Brazil played an easy warm-up game against South Korea where the result was achieved quickly and the coach made substitutions to save the players' strength. It seems to me that the superiority of Brazil also in physics can make the game too unequal.

[BALIK]

I don't actually know what to tell people that expected that South Korea Will Survive against Brazil. There is no how South Korea would have done anything better than they did against Brazil. The Brazilian side are too hot and too skillful to be held down.
There is no expected miracle that can happen, in fact let me put it like this, in this world cup the only two teams that has the ability to face Brazil and have a good result is France and England apart from these two countries no other country can defeat Brazil in this world cup

Do you think Argentina, Spain and Portugal are not included in the national team that can beat Brazil in this world cup?
And if you just say the countries that are able to beat Brazil are France and England, then you have to say one of the two national teams because they (England and France) will meet earlier in this world cup. That's exactly five days from now and one of them will definitely lose, so you only have to choose one of them to beat Brazil.

Brazil team is playing very well. It is also true that their squad is very strong. But I can't accept that no team other than France and England can beat Brazil. Argentina, Spain and Portugal teams should not be underestimated. I would say they have the ability to win against Brazil. Brazil team played very well against South Korea in the last match. They won by 4-1. But Brazil struggled to win against Serbia and Switzerland in the group stage. They were very lucky against Switzerland so they won. Personally I think Brazil will be eliminated if they face Argentina in the semi finals.

[Furious 7]

You may be right but the game could be one sided for another reason: Croatia had a tough 120 minutes against Japan and Brazil played an easy warm-up game against South Korea where the result was achieved quickly and the coach made substitutions to save the players' strength. It seems to me that the superiority of Brazil also in physics can make the game too unequal.

But seeing the quality of the Brazilian players at this time it is actually difficult to win even though they have brought most of the reserve players on the field. Nothing is much different when seeing Vini replaced by Martineli or on the other side when Raphinha always alternates with Antony on the opposite side.
Brazil's main squad and reserve squad are really difficult to penetrate at the moment, so it's clear that no matter how strong the opposing team is, it will be difficult.
On the other hand, we also know that for the top 16 and top 8, Brazil is actually faced with an opponent that is relatively easy when compared to the Pot for other teams. It seems that for Brazil only the Semi-finals and Finals will definitely be a bit of a hassle.

[Jody.Drummer]

Morocco cannot be completely underestimated because they demonstrate their strength in their group stage matches, as they are a team that no one expected to qualify and did so by topping their group with seven points more than Croatia, Belgium, and Canada.
Although we know how Spain's football team is, there is a good chance that they will beat Morocco's team because they have more world-class players than Morocco and this stage of the competition requires experience, which will be Spain's main hope today.

Am not underestimating Morocco, we all saw what happened in the group stage, so no country should be underestimated, Morocco performed well in group stage, they played draw in their first match and the won the remaining two matches, so I believe anything can happen today, that was why I said (let's hope Morocco will put smile on Africans face today). But to be honest the chances of Morocco winning Spain is very slim, with the squad that Spain is having, it will be difficult for Morocco to win them. Since we are just having few hours to go, let's see what will happen Morroco might be lucky. When it comes to football anything can happen.

Morocco did provide extraordinary surprises in the group phase but it looks like this might be the same as other surprise teams such as Korea, Australia and Japan.
In terms of players, I really like them, especially with the current conditions, the majority of their players are in a league that is actually quite competitive.
But in terms of compactness and experience, it is clear that Spain definitely dominates in this matter, especially since the young Spanish players are also really quite good, even though they were a little surprised by Japan before.

I am very confident that I will be on the Spanish side in this game.

[piebeyb]

Of course, Brazil's game with Croatia will not be similar to the ones already played and it will not be easy for the teams to beat, in the match with Japan, the Croats decided not to risk and turn the match into an over and a penalty shootout, I think they will have to show more open football with Brazil.

croatia didn't perform well even to win against japan in yesterday's match it looked difficult and only won on penalties, how are they going to fight brasil are they going to focus on defending and make another penalty shootout with brasil, but still brasil seems to be superior in the match next quarter-final 

[Naficopa]

Morocco cannot be completely underestimated because they demonstrate their strength in their group stage matches, as they are a team that no one expected to qualify and did so by topping their group with seven points more than Croatia, Belgium, and Canada.
Although we know how Spain's football team is, there is a good chance that they will beat Morocco's team because they have more world-class players than Morocco and this stage of the competition requires experience, which will be Spain's main hope today.

Am not underestimating Morocco, we all saw what happened in the group stage, so no country should be underestimated, Morocco performed well in group stage, they played draw in their first match and the won the remaining two matches, so I believe anything can happen today, that was why I said (let's hope Morocco will put smile on Africans face today). But to be honest the chances of Morocco winning Spain is very slim, with the squad that Spain is having, it will be difficult for Morocco to win them. Since we are just having few hours to go, let's see what will happen Morroco might be lucky. When it comes to football anything can happen.

Morocco did provide extraordinary surprises in the group phase but it looks like this might be the same as other surprise teams such as Korea, Australia and Japan.
In terms of players, I really like them, especially with the current conditions, the majority of their players are in a league that is actually quite competitive.
But in terms of compactness and experience, it is clear that Spain definitely dominates in this matter, especially since the young Spanish players are also really quite good, even though they were a little surprised by Japan before.

I am very confident that I will be on the Spanish side in this game.

There is definitely going to be a tough match between Morocco and Spain but obviously Spain Is really ahead in experience and efficiency in football as compared to Morocco
 
Both teams will fight to win this game and none of them should be overconfident or underestimate the other team as anything can happen on the ground.
Yesterday we have see a tough fight between Croatia and Japan both of them gave brilliant performance on their end.

[Daltonik]

But I don't understand why it's not bad odds to win in the main time of the Spanish national team 1.55 at the moment, odds 1.87 to win Portugal. I bet on Spain, I think they should win today, although the World Cup can bring surprises

[OcTradism]

Am not underestimating Morocco, we all saw what happened in the group stage, so no country should be underestimated, Morocco performed well in group stage, they played draw in their first match and the won the remaining two matches, so I believe anything can happen today, that was why I said (let's hope Morocco will put smile on Africans face today). But to be honest the chances of Morocco winning Spain is very slim, with the squad that Spain is having, it will be difficult for Morocco to win them. Since we are just having few hours to go, let's see what will happen Morroco might be lucky. When it comes to football anything can happen.

Morocco are a most promising under dog in round of 16. Japan and Korea were eliminated already and only Morocco can be a surprising name in quarter round. Will they make it ?

Spain always have good ball possession but they can have problems too. Sometimes too high ball possession makes their defenders more careless. Sometimes they can not create opportunities and score goals. At the end, they can be beaten by only one goal from their opponent. Morocco with Ziyech and Hakimi can score goals in the match but important for Morocco, keep their goal clean first.

Brazil team is playing very well. It is also true that their squad is very strong. But I can't accept that no team other than France and England can beat Brazil. Argentina, Spain and Portugal teams should not be underestimated. I would say they have the ability to win against Brazil. Brazil team played very well against South Korea in the last match. They won by 4-1. But Brazil struggled to win against Serbia and Switzerland in the group stage. They were very lucky against Switzerland so they won. Personally I think Brazil will be eliminated if they face Argentina in the semi finals.

Brazil and Argentina are in a same branch and they will meet each other in a semi final if they win their quarter matches. I still consider Brazil are stronger than Argentina because they don't have serious dependence on Neymar like Argentina have serious dependence on Messi.

In addition, Brazilian players are better to score goals from opportunities. Both Messi and Neymar can make key passes but Argentinian players are worse as they wasted many chances so far. This factor can be a very important one if they meet each other.

[cygan]

 
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there may well be surprises in both games today, with the supposed underdogs (morocco and switzerland) winning.
in these games now only the daily form counts and if spain and portugal can not develop their own game/tactic/strategy, then so much is possible

[rahmad2nd]

in the quarter finals brazil will face croatia, as we can see croatia felt overwhelmed against japan and until finally it was a penalty shootout, i'm not sure croatia will win against brazil, brasil's steps will reach the semifinals it seems very easy especially since neymar's return from injury will make brasil a team which is superior

I think that it will be a be a pretty close game between Croatia and Brazil. Of course at the moment it looks like Brazil is the clear favorite for that match because the Brazilian team won with 4-1 against South Korea yesterday and was already up 4-0 in the first half, while Croatia had a very hard time against the Japanese team and they even needed to go all the distance with a penalty shootout in order to advance into the quarterfinal.
That being said, yesterday everything worked out perfectly for Brazil. They scored the first goal with the first chance and their second goal with their second chance. We should not expect that they will be that efficient in the next match too. For me it's a 50/50 match and it will depend on the start into the game and also on luck obviously.

Brazil felt more excited, after Neymar returned to the field after being declared recovered from his injury. and in last night's game, South Korea seemed helpless and not like when they fought Portugal last time. as I predicted, Brazil will score at least 3 goals and yes that's what happened. that way, Brazil will meet Croatia in the quarter-finals.
Tough fight for Croatia. I wouldn't assume it was a close match, let alone a 50-50. it's too strange, if we refer to the facts that existed during this world cup. not that we underestimate Croatia, after all I've said since the beginning this world cup has not been held. Croatia will remain a formidable dark horse team, even if it is not filled with their veteran players like they were in the world cup 4 years ago.

However, their opponent is Brazil. a superior team, when compared to the other teams that took part in this year's world cup tournament. Brazil's equal opponent should be France, especially if several of its stars are not out through injury.
on paper, Croatia is not a balanced opponent in many ways, whether it's team depth, readiness, teamwork, a very sharp front line.  statistically, Brazil will advance to the next round phase.

however, in football it is not only talking on paper and statistics. in the end, the decision was finally made as the match began.
I hope Croatia will do its best job and give a fierce resistance against Brazil later.

[Polkeins]

But I don't understand why it's not bad odds to win in the main time of the Spanish national team 1.55 at the moment, odds 1.87 to win Portugal. I bet on Spain, I think they should win today, although the World Cup can bring surprises

Well, Spain has a better chance of going further than Portugal. The Moroccan team is performing well at this championship, but if Spain does not make stupid mistakes, with Gavi, Busquets, Morata, Asensio, who can generally solve the episode on their own, Spain should beat Morocco and pass on.
Portugal, apart from Ronaldo, probably do not have such strong leaders, the team plays well due to their chemistry, but so does Switzerland.
Therefore, I would not say that Portugal is the favorite here, considering how the Swiss beat the Serbs.

[ShowOff]

Am not underestimating Morocco, we all saw what happened in the group stage, so no country should be underestimated, Morocco performed well in group stage, they played draw in their first match and the won the remaining two matches, so I believe anything can happen today, that was why I said (let's hope Morocco will put smile on Africans face today). But to be honest the chances of Morocco winning Spain is very slim, with the squad that Spain is having, it will be difficult for Morocco to win them. Since we are just having few hours to go, let's see what will happen Morroco might be lucky. When it comes to football anything can happen.

Even if I feel Spain really deserves to be favourite, Morocco is not to be underestimated. In the knockout stage every team will fight for everything they have and they will really hope to make the most of every opportunity that comes their way.

Spain have been convincing since the group stage and I don't think there is any reason why I doubted their capacity and ability today to win. But the round of 16 will be very different as Morocco will likely do whatever it takes to win and qualify for the quarter-finals. I would back Spain to win by more than 3 goals but if Morocco score first then Spain will be in trouble.

[BigBos]

The match between Morocco and Spain will also be played today.  I expect the Portugal-Switzerland fight head-to-head, but I cannot say the same for Morocco and Spain.  We will probably see a comfortable win for Spain.

Only two African countries qualified for round 16 and Senegal already lose to England, which the remaining African country left is Morocco and they will be playing against Spain today, I don't think Morroco will be able to defeat Spain in today's match, but let's hope Morocco will put smile on Africans face today. I don't really know but the round 16 of the World Cup this year has been very predictable.

Morocco cannot be completely underestimated because they demonstrate their strength in their group stage matches, as they are a team that no one expected to qualify and did so by topping their group with seven points more than Croatia, Belgium, and Canada.
Although we know how Spain's football team is, there is a good chance that they will beat Morocco's team because they have more world-class players than Morocco and this stage of the competition requires experience, which will be Spain's main hope today.

Yes, indeed Morocco is currently very extraordinary to come out as group winners in the preliminary round, feeling doubts about Morocco's victory over Spain in this match is a natural thing, but underestimating it is wrong considering they have already qualified for the last 16 of the world cup Qatar. I think that's an achievement. Many predict that Spain will win this match, but I think Walid Reragui will adopt a defensive strategy without scoring more goals and will try his luck on penalties.

[alpamar99]

I thought that after going through a difficult phase in the South Korean group stage, at least it would make Brazil feel difficult, but it seems that it was even unexpected that Brazil in the first half managed to score 4 goals and at the same time made the victory for Brazil so absolute. In the second half, South Korea managed to score 1 goal, on the other hand, South Korea also had many opportunities but was thwarted by the appearance of goalkeeper Alisson, who was extraordinary in being able to block shots from South Korean players. But I really salute and respect South Korea, they performed very well in this world cup.

In the second half they attracted a lot of players including one of them was Alisson and gave Waverton a chance to play.
In my opinion, this is very good because they still have a long way to go and of course something like this has to be done, especially given that they are far superior.
Their next opponent is Croatia. It's not too difficult in my opinion to win in this match.

[X-ray]

Of course, Brazil's game with Croatia will not be similar to the ones already played and it will not be easy for the teams to beat, in the match with Japan, the Croats decided not to risk and turn the match into an over and a penalty shootout, I think they will have to show more open football with Brazil.

Croatia was lucky enough when it was against japan but that would be different when croatia will be facing brazil. Brazil has so many stars that can destroy croatia anytime. Brazil has neymar that is playing now. that will become a disaster for modric and friends to face brazil.
I think that brazil will be dominating the match against croatia. I was taking the result against japan as the best case to determine what's gonna happen with the match. Brazil will be surely dominating the ball possessions against croatia.
Croatia can always defend and waiting for the chance to make counter attack against brazil like when croatia against japan.

[bering]

Morocco will be though opponent for Spain today that they have capable to became an dark horses team and not easy to beat Morocco and it proven from group stage that Belgium and Croatia weren't able to beat Morocco even Belgium has lose from them and meetings statistics from Spain and Morocco showed both of teams has been meet each other on world cup 2018 and the results from that match is both of them has been playing draw and for today match although Spain has slightly the favourite but Morocco will attempts to steal goal early and for betting option over 2.5 goals might be good considering Morocco and Spain are quite productive on group stage

[bekti3]

Definately morroco is a good side from the nation cup i saw that team as a team that never up or giving up is not option to them,so i thing if they put in more force they can even draw spain.

Still, I think there is little hope, we know that even though at the moment Morocco is one of the most unpredictable powers, when you see Spain's strength with all kinds of motivation in it, it is clear that it becomes a little more difficult. I think it's just going to be a win in the same way as some big team games with other unpredictable sides and Spain will stand in this game even if it's going to be a bit of a pain because it's against Morocco now.

[masulum]

You are right, I confirm everything you say
it will be a very tough game

I too will support Japan, if this match passes it will be an incredible celebration for all of Asia but especially for Japan itself

they are still playing

Unfortunately the team we support has been eliminated from the round of 16. For me, Japan still lost with honor. They were able to keep their form up to 90 minutes with a draw and forced Croatia to win on penalties. This is a great world cup for Japan. Unlike in 2018, in this world cup, they are in 1 group with the 2 best world cup teams from Europe, Germany and Spain. they are going to this round with top standing.

[Luzin]

Spain have been convincing since the group stage and I don't think there is any reason why I doubted their capacity and ability today to win. But the round of 16 will be very different as Morocco will likely do whatever it takes to win and qualify for the quarter-finals. I would back Spain to win by more than 3 goals but if Morocco score first then Spain will be in trouble.

Spain's game is almost like Barcelona, ​​they play short passes. In the group stages Spain was always dominant in possession of the ball. The problem for Spanyol that sometimes comes is that they get confused when many players are on the defensive line.
Maybe Morocco will do that and rely on quick counter attacks. Apart from that, Morocco had to lock up Gavi so that he could not be free to create opportunities to giving passes.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Croatia was lucky enough when it was against japan but that would be different when croatia will be facing brazil. Brazil has so many stars that can destroy croatia anytime. Brazil has neymar that is playing now. that will become a disaster for modric and friends to face brazil.

I don't think Croatia was lucky in the match with Japan. Both teams played well and had chances to score winning goals but they couldn't and had to find a winner in penalty. At penalty spot, Croatia simply have more experience than Japan so they won.

I thought that after going through a difficult phase in the South Korean group stage, at least it would make Brazil feel difficult, but it seems that it was even unexpected that Brazil in the first half managed to score 4 goals and at the same time made the victory for Brazil so absolute. In the second half, South Korea managed to score 1 goal, on the other hand, South Korea also had many opportunities but was thwarted by the appearance of goalkeeper Alisson, who was extraordinary in being able to block shots from South Korean players. But I really salute and respect South Korea, they performed very well in this world cup.

Brazil totally controlled that match and they even can win it with a tennis result if their players have more accuracy in finishing. The only goal for South Korea is fantastic and scored outside of the box. That shot is too powerful and Brazilian goalkeeper with limited eye view in that situation, could not make as save.

It is a good goodbye from South Korea in World Cup 2022. They had a first match in Round of 16 after 20 years since World Cup 2002 in their country.

Morocco will be though opponent for Spain today that they have capable to became an dark horses team and not easy to beat Morocco and it proven from group stage that Belgium and Croatia weren't able to beat Morocco even Belgium has lose from them and meetings statistics from Spain and Morocco showed both of teams has been meet each other on world cup 2018 and the results from that match is both of them has been playing draw and for today match although Spain has slightly the favourite but Morocco will attempts to steal goal early and for betting option over 2.5 goals might be good considering Morocco and Spain are quite productive on group stage

Spain will dominate the match again but they must play carefully and avoid giving Morocco too many space to run. In this World Cup, Morata is playing better than in Euro 2020 and it is helpful for Spain to have goals. Their midfielders can create opportunities but a striker like Morata is important for their formation.

If Spain score first, Morocco might collapse when they lift their team up too high to find an equalizing goal. Spanish players are fast and smart enough to get more goals in such situation. Morocco anyway will enjoy the match because it is too long since a last World Cup they can participate in round of 16.