FIFA 2022 world cup

[izsara]

Well we know Messi is targeting this one whatever he will do to achieve it but it won't be easy croatia has a good defense and goalkeeper
The Brazil team tested it last week until they were finally eliminated so if the match ends in a draw then Argentina must be more careful
Because we know Croatia has won 2 times on penalties they have a strong mentality.

Currently, the Croatian goalkeeper is one of the enemies that is quite difficult to face. Livakovic always looks neat when Croatia shoots penalties. The 2 previous teams Brazil and Japan had to admit this because indeed his intuition in saving was really very good and Argentina needed to overcome that if they really wanted to be in the final after so long trying.

On the other hand the OP looks like you need to change the options for your last poll because France and Morocco will never be in the final for either of them. The funny thing is there were 5 people who voted for that lol.

[og kush420]

I would put Morocco and Croatia on one side and Argentina and France on one side.  If defense department wins the match then I will put morocco and croatia ahead here. On the others hand if any teams won by their attacker's department then I will put Argentina and France here. Cause if we saw the previous match where Croatia and Morocco won then we will find that they used their defense department for bringing the match to tie-breaker and the successfully able to do this and then they win and qualified. So I think Argentina and France will face to each other in the final if they can broke those two team defence department.

this world cup is full of surprizes - the morrocco coming so far and Ronaldo and Neymer leaving the field in tears.
Spain and Germany leaving so early - anything is possible in love and game

[BitcoinAccepted]

Argentina's goalkeeper isn't bad either. Has been a real penalty killer in the match against the Netherlands. Many people will have missed it, but Morocco has only conceded 1 goal in the entire tournament and that was also an own goal. They also beat Morocco 2-0, Belgium still has a strong team. It didn't matter much if Belgium had continued instead of Croatia. And then we might have had Belgium - Argentina. How nice would that have been? Too bad the tournament is already starting its last week. So you see that a World Cup is also over in no time. Tuesday is the first semi-final between Croatia and Argentina.

[Vinaa77]

But the match between France and England was pure drama. Portugal and Morocco was a real match
England missed the penalty and that was the worse mistake they did.

It's a world cup. If playing drama, of course 11 English players have sacrificed their country. I'm not sure it's a drama. This is not a league that can play drama because it has another chance to win games. World cup match if you lose then go home.
Failing a penalty kick was not only done by H. Kane. Many other players missed the penalty at the Qatar world cup.
Spain missed 3 penalties against Morocco, was that a drama?

[ILuckyGuyI]

It was a really dramatic ending for Ronaldo I'm afraid. He just burst into tears after Portugal were eliminated by Morocco. His final tournament with his national team really shouldn't have ended like this. They had such a potential for even the final round in fact. They were a very productive team in offense which was giving confidence to their fans also. But they were just desperate against Morocco defense. They shared the same fate with Spain as a result. I was really hoping to see an Argentina - Portugal finale.  

Now it is time for Messi to do his best for Argentina. This could be his last tournament with his national team just as Ronaldo. At least Messi should be able to make it to the finale at least. But considering Croatia's tough defense I'm really worried about Argentina's fate.

[DaNNy001]

Great confidence has been created in the Argentina team. Because they lost the first match, after that they came back brilliantly. Now they have confirmed the semi-final. All the players of the team are playing with their maximum. All football fans are very hopeful that Lionel Messi's team will secure the World Cup title this time.

It will be a good record for Messi and will be a great of memory, when he will retired from the world of football he can lead Argentina to get the third trophy of world cup. According the history Argentina already get two trophy, it could be 2022 this world cup for Argentina. But the matches is still tough for them because Croatia will be aiming for victory too, so messi will not be easy to score at this match semis.

This years world cup is full of surprises and i would be expecting nothing lesser or different in the game between Argentina and Croatia. We can only hope that Argentina would win the trophy win lionel messi but i think Croatia would have a different say on the matter, the same way Argentina have buckled up after their first loss thats the way croatia has also been super in terms of their game play and they are the runners up of the previous world cup.  Croatia will be hoping to settle a score in this years competition and with the strong unity in their team i think they can be able to win the trophy this time around. The other semi finals will be seeing France and the record setting African nation morocco facing off to secure a place in the finals. For once it will be very nice to  see  an African nation compete for the trophy in the finals.

[Queentoshi]

English national team been eliminated in the World Cup does not mean that the play shity football. Those guys are all professional players, and they had a good ride up through the quarterfinals.

England did well in this competition, they played and looked like they were going to win the game against france, but France managed the game properly to the end. We cannot say any team were more dominant in the game, both teams had their moments from what I saw. There are many young players in the England National football team, they have a good future ahead with the performance they were able to show in this world cup. They will have a better chance in the next competition with the little experience that these current young players will gain before that time.

[og kush420]

But the match between France and England was pure drama. Portugal and Morocco was a real match
England missed the penalty and that was the worse mistake they did.

It's a world cup. If playing drama, of course 11 English players have sacrificed their country. I'm not sure it's a drama. This is not a league that can play drama because it has another chance to win games. World cup match if you lose then go home.
Failing a penalty kick was not only done by H. Kane. Many other players missed the penalty at the Qatar world cup.
Spain missed 3 penalties against Morocco, was that a drama?

oh hold on. Relax.
everyone has has their opinion - the match b/w france and england was full to fouls and both the players were trying to get free kicks and penalties
Relax -you are overreacting

[Gosgosking]

One thing I discovered about Morocco is that they play football to score goals, they are in the game to defend. It is very hard to score Morocco because of their good defence.  If Morocco tries to score a goal that is the end of the because they will try as much not to allow their opponents score.

[Issa56]

On the other hand the OP looks like you need to change the options for your last poll because France and Morocco will never be in the final for either of them. The funny thing is there were 5 people who voted for that lol.

I just checked again and I noticed that was a mistake, Morocco will be playing against France in semi final, definitely one country will have to go home, it's not possible for the two countries to meet in final, maybe those 5 people that voted didn't check well, I think the OP should edit that, Morocco and France can't meet in final. I don't know the reason why the OP didn't add Croatia in his poll, did he forget about Croatia or did the OP think that Croatia will be defeated by Argentina? I think Croatia should be added, no country should be underestimated, don't be suprise that Croatia is going to defeat Argentina.

[TheGreatPython]

I think it's strange. Because it shouldn't normally be like this. Surprise is always strange to me. Who knew Morocco would get this far?
I don't think even they themselves could have known. It's pure luck and surprise. That's what's strange. If there are teams like Spain, Portugal and Brazil, but Morocco has come this far, I find it strange. Because it is not very normal. When we look at the squads and their values, the difference is already obvious. There is no need to say much.

Maybe it's strange for many but still its fact they have done amazing stuff in this world cup and beat teams like Belgium, Spain and now Portugal which is never been easy for any weak side and with this no one can call them a weak or unexpected because they have few top quality players those are involved in top clubs around UEFA and there were talks about them that Morocco could be DARK HORSE for this cup and they already in last four which is surely amazing stuff even now things are not easy with they are going to face one of the toughest sides but still a good and quality performance from them against world's best sides.

Now mostly feeling we will be having France vs Argentina but here still we can expect upsets because both Croatia and Morocco are on good run with positive attitude which can give them good encouragement and positive results which helps them for having spot into last two even just one or both can go.

[arallmuus]

Yes England tried, it was evident, but still the French team scored from the game, and England penalties. Of course you can blame Kane for not scoring the second penalty, but if he did, everything could have gone differently,

It would be way different both for England and for Kane. Harry Kane has scored 53 goals alongside Rooney as England top goalscorer, if only he had scored the 2nd penalty than he would have been the England top goalscorer as well as being the hero that save England on that day. He is still one of the best penalty takers though but he wasted his chance on that day and that would have haunt him

[Google+]

On the other hand the OP looks like you need to change the options for your last poll because France and Morocco will never be in the final for either of them. The funny thing is there were 5 people who voted for that lol.

I just checked again and I noticed that was a mistake, Morocco will be playing against France in semi final, definitely one country will have to go home, it's not possible for the two countries to meet in final, maybe those 5 people that voted didn't check well, I think the OP should edit that, Morocco and France can't meet in final. I don't know the reason why the OP didn't add Croatia in his poll, did he forget about Croatia or did the OP think that Croatia will be defeated by Argentina? I think Croatia should be added, no country should be underestimated, don't be suprise that Croatia is going to defeat Argentina.

You are right, Morocco and France will not meet in the final because these two teams will face each other in the semifinals, which is certain one of them will go home or fight for third place. op should make morocco vs croatia and morocco vs argentina as well as france vs croatia and argentina vs france.

I'm sure the quarter-finals team still has the same chance but for Morocco they have to face the seeded team again in the semifinals, that's the tough road they have to go through to reach the final. aside from that argentina has a bigger chance to step into the final.

[sana54210]

If you have been following Morocco from day one you will understand that those guys are playing good football and they are playing even one of the best footballer in this world cup.
Their attackers are used to destroying defenders one-on-one I remember one match, probably the match before the Portugal that the attacker single-handedly destroyed the defender of Spain.
I can also tell you that Morocco is the best team in terms building up the game from there own 18th and end up in the other people's 18.
They always play defensive and when they get possession of the ball they don't shoot out, the to play pass even from their 18 box to the opponent.
They have strong players and strong team and good coach and strong fan base and success is also in their side.

They are playing a football that gets good results, but not a football that is fun to watch. These days football teams figured out that if you do not have a much better team than your opponent, the best thing you could do is have one striker that is fast and can shoot well, and have 2 super fast wingers, and all else will just defend.

That means 7 defenders, 2 wingers, 1 striker and 1 goalkeeper, sure it doesn't look like "7 defenders", it looks like 4 defenders and 3 midfield, but those 3 midfield players are usually all going back and defending all game. This allows them to counter perfectly with 3 people, and that is what Morocco did, and what Croatia did too, and all smaller clubs do everywhere.

[doomloop]

English national team been eliminated in the World Cup does not mean that the play shity football. Those guys are all professional players and they had a good ride up through the quarter-finals. Think about it in the other way that France is the defending champion of the World Cup so been able to eliminate England should not mean that England play rubbish or less efficient football assuming it is a lesser country like Morocco you would have had the freedom to say what you said about England. France is not a lesser country and should not be seen that defeating England is easy.

There is no doubt about English team's quality because they are still best in business but still they are one of the unluckiest teams in sporting history as they lost seventh quarterfinal and again fail to have any positive result which is surely one of the saddest thing for English fans which were looking for better results from this team after many years but Harry Kane's one missed penalty give them another shocking exit which is now going to take time for recovery.

But, surely now things looking positive with many youngsters having good potential for giving their best in coming years France was surely better but still England were also in command, and they have done good job for having good result but at the end they are eliminated and now have to wait for another four years.

[Iroh]

It was a really dramatic ending for Ronaldo I'm afraid. He just burst into tears after Portugal were eliminated by Morocco. His final tournament with his national team really shouldn't have ended like this. They had such a potential for even the final round in fact. They were a very productive team in offense which was giving confidence to their fans also. But they were just desperate against Morocco defense. They shared the same fate with Spain as a result. I was really hoping to see an Argentina - Portugal finale.  

Now it is time for Messi to do his best for Argentina. This could be his last tournament with his national team just as Ronaldo. At least Messi should be able to make it to the finale at least. But considering Croatia's tough defense I'm really worried about Argentina's fate.

Very dramatic, I must say. Ronaldo was very bitter as he shed some tears at losing out of the tournament after playing so well from the start. In football, the better team usually wins and the Moroccans were the better team of the game hence why they won. It was a tough game for Ronaldo and the loss might take a toll on him. He has now lost out of winning the World Cup with Portugal and also lost out on staying with Manchester United. I’m alarmist moved to feel sorry for him.

I’m cautiously optimistic about Argentina winning the game against Croatia. I do not want to have my hopes all the way up for Argentina only to have Croatia smash them. We’ll see how that goes.

[SatoPrincess]

Morocco have made the rest of African countries proud tonight after they qualify for the semi finals of the world cup, I was not expecting the level of skillful performance that the team put up today and I am very sure that if the marocains meet with the top country's in the world cup lime France in the final it will be a strong final that only the lucky team will win.

Morocco has only made Morocco proud - if they win - it is Morocco winning not the whole Africa
But yes - many people are happy - but on the other hand its very sad seeing the legends like Neymar and Ronaldo crying
I have now lost the interest in matches because Ronaldo is not in the tournament any more

If you read through Christana Ronaldo social media post today you will see how heart breaking it was for the legend to retire from active football without winning world cup for his country, but this is football anything can happen so Ronaldo has to man up and be grateful for all he has achieved in his football career.

When it comes to Ronaldo it seems like news relating to him brings the internet alive. I think Ronaldo himself will be expecting criticism and speculations after Portugal got eliminated from the world cup especially to an African side who are coming this far for the first time. Its unfortunate his poor games at Manchester United will be a problem getting a team to pay so much wages for his services, I think its best he takes the Saudi deal and enjoys his money with rest of mind but knowing Ronaldo he won’t want to end his career quietly.

[romero121]

It was a really dramatic ending for Ronaldo I'm afraid. He just burst into tears after Portugal were eliminated by Morocco. His final tournament with his national team really shouldn't have ended like this. They had such a potential for even the final round in fact. They were a very productive team in offense which was giving confidence to their fans also. But they were just desperate against Morocco defense. They shared the same fate with Spain as a result. I was really hoping to see an Argentina - Portugal finale.  

Now it is time for Messi to do his best for Argentina. This could be his last tournament with his national team just as Ronaldo. At least Messi should be able to make it to the finale at least. But considering Croatia's tough defense I'm really worried about Argentina's fate.

Very dramatic, I must say. Ronaldo was very bitter as he shed some tears at losing out of the tournament after playing so well from the start. In football, the better team usually wins and the Moroccans were the better team of the game hence why they won. It was a tough game for Ronaldo and the loss might take a toll on him. He has now lost out of winning the World Cup with Portugal and also lost out on staying with Manchester United. I’m alarmist moved to feel sorry for him.

I’m cautiously optimistic about Argentina winning the game against Croatia. I do not want to have my hopes all the way up for Argentina only to have Croatia smash them. We’ll see how that goes.

Looking over each and every quarter finals match, everything looked to be a struggle and a team have won the match. It was England vs France in which France managed to win the match. In the match Brazil vs Croatia, end was unexpected, same is with the Portugal vs Morocco match. Somehow Argentina made it against Netherlands in the penalty shoot. In the upcoming semifinals we can't predict Argentina to be the winner with ease considering Croatia and Morocco the underdogs.

[Z-tight]

One thing I discovered about Morocco is that they play football to score goals, they are in the game to defend. It is very hard to score Morocco because of their good defence.  If Morocco tries to score a goal that is the end of the because they will try as much not to allow their opponents score.

Looking at the statistics in this tournament, Morocco have conceded only one goal, and it wasn't even from an opposition player, it was an own goal, so it can be said that they are yet to concede a goal in this tournament so far. When opposition teams find it difficult to score against a particular team, it means that team has a very good defensive plan and this is something that France have to be really careful about, France can't allow Morocco take the lead, because the moment they do that, all their players fall back and they build a wall in front of their goal, a wall that no team has been able to break so far. Morocco are going to play without some of their most important defenders, as some of them picked up injuries on their way to this semifinal and i don't think they will be fit for it, but they defend as a team, and that can help them eliminate France and make history.

[lixer]

it is very unfortunate that in the end Cristiano Ronaldo's dream of being able to play in the final and win the world cup has ended. And somehow I also see that It's time for Cristiano Ronaldo to retire. I would prefer to see Cristiano Ronaldo become a coach. As a Cristiano Ronaldo fan, I feel a little disappointed at the Portuguese coach for not playing Cristiano Ronaldo since the early rounds against Morocco. although the result may be the same. but I want to honor the legend's last moments in the world cup. and in contrast to Cristiano ronaldo it seems that modric and messi are getting better treatment on their team.

Even it's part of the game one win and second lost, but I am also feeling sad for the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo because this was his last World Cup and there were hopes that he will go into last two for facing Messi, and we will have winner from these two legendary players in this event but now after losing against Morocco one is already back to home and second is looking to face Croatia which is surely one of the best teams in this event.

Now it's really test for Argentina that can they end the dominance of UEFA in this World Cup as they are already ruling for the last two decades and there were hopes we will have champion from South America but sadly power house Brazil is already back and now just Argentina is in with having good chance, but it's never been easy to beat quality teams in last few matches things looking entertaining for both teams.