⚽ International Football Prediction and Discussion Thread ⚽

[snipie]

[Friendlies]
Argentina 2 - 1 Mauritania
Seriously Argentina? I didn't expect less than three - four goals difference in that match!

Someone even predicted hatrick for Messi alone 

That wasn't me for sure but I wouldn't be against this prediction either because it looked feasible at that time

Like in the 2022 world cup where Saudi Arabia beat Argentina 1:0, people screamed and shouted how is that possible, but the same Argentina later proceeded to winning the world cup.
So don't judge this team by how their performance was against Mauritania.

I expected Argentina to be eliminated after seeing the humiliation of the Saudi team to them. That match shaken them for good otherwise they might not play as serious as they did back then.
The match against Mauritania was a friendly one, they can even dance in the field if they want no one cares. What we want to see in the World Cup is a serious Argentinian team willing to defend the Cup. That's all.

[Sandra_hakeem]

It will be a very big mistake to judge Argentina based on how their performance was during their game with Mauritania, and this is because one thing I've personally discovered about Argentina is that when they are playing a match that is not very important, that is, a match where their winning or losing doesn't make any difference, they usually will not apply energy to playing such a match, they will play it casually while retaining their strengths and over all, making sure the match is injury free since they see that the match isn't worth breaking legs and bones for..

Wow, Argentina must be very good at controlling how they react, based on what opponent they are made to face, right?? And don't even try to bring the occurrence in the world cup 22 into this. It doesn't feel like they possess the spirit to dominate this competition this time around, especially since their idol won't be featuring in it. One of the most interesting matches of this international friendlies last week was Switzerland vs Germany. What a game that was! Meanwhile tomorrow, they'll be playing against Norway at home, and Halland loves to score plenty of goals. Additionally, Norway has only lost to the Netherlands in the friendlies recently.

[rezakurnia66]

One of the most interesting matches of this international friendlies last week was Switzerland vs Germany. What a game that was! Meanwhile tomorrow, they'll be playing against Norway at home, and Halland loves to score plenty of goals. Additionally, Norway has only lost to the Netherlands in the friendlies recently.

Interested friendly match between Switzerland vs Germany because both teams played at high intention games success scoring 7 goals during 90 minutes, Germany finally winning the match from the second goals scoring by Florian Writz at late minutes after both teams playing draw until 79th minutes. Usually the friendly match low intention and most of players playing with safety avoid from injury but the match of Switzerland vs Germany most excited how both teams scoring each other goals.

Next friendly match, Switzerland vs Norway if Haaland playing in this match looks interested how many goals will score, actually hoping indeed friendly match but both teams can play with high intention.

[Rikafip]

The Brazilian national team has seen a decline in performance in the last few World Cups. This is because Brazil has begun to abandon its playing style, known as Jogo Bonito.

Football changed. In recent years it became much more physical and tactical, so some things that were working 10-15 years ago simply doesn't work anymore.

Add on that the fact that Brazilian players move to Europe very early, where modern European coaches are discouraging creativity in favor of tactical discipline, and you get what we have now.

[Adiljutt156]

Portugal is so bad especially their attackers. I recall how overrated their attackers are Some big chances missed have proven it all. I'm just saying about the truth if all of their attackers are so garbage. Neto who is pace merchant is always running like a headless chicken. Felix who is so bad average, and he's only good when he played in Saudi. Leao who is jogging anytime. Goncalo who missed big changes in front of their eyes, no doubt he's always being benched at PSG.

I admit they have good midfield and defense.  However, their forwards was the reason why they declinedt them down when they against the top nation. If their attackers can do a bit better. I think they can beat Mexico in this game.
I will expect nothing from Portugal if their attackers are not improving at WC. So it's impossible to win WC with such performance. I'm even doubting them to reach quarter final.  

There was a friendly match between Mexico national football team and Portugal national football team and no team could do any goal in this match which was very bad performance by both teams because we like the team which do goal in every match.  The shots of both teams were comparable as difference was not great in this match between these two teams. Portugal team was favorite to win this match but they could not win this match because their players could not attack on opponent team and opponent team was ready to face the challenges in this match and they could not play impressive in this match.

[aylabadia05]

The Brazilian national team has seen a decline in performance in the last few World Cups. This is because Brazil has begun to abandon its playing style, known as Jogo Bonito. We have seen a decline in Brazil's performance for a long time, even though they have never lacked great players in their squad and have even performed well in European teams. However, when they play for their country, their performance is actually not as good as when playing for their clubs. The federation must make major changes to the Brazilian national team to restore Brazil's dominance in international football, because Brazil has not won the World Cup for a long time, last winning the 2002 World Cup, when Brazil had a golden squad.

Key players who perform well for their clubs don’t play as well for the national team. Ancelotti is expected to restore what Brazil has long been missing. In modern soccer, the current Brazilian squad—especially the first-team regulars—is physically different on average from the Brazilian squad during its golden era when it won the 2022 World Cup, though physical stature isn’t a primary factor, given that soccer isn’t a wrestling sport. If they play a lot for European clubs and their coaches there have already devised strategies so that when they return to the national team it will be like this, I don’t think that’s the right factor to explain what they’re experiencing right now.

[Minor Miner]

There was a friendly match between Mexico national football team and Portugal national football team and no team could do any goal in this match which was very bad performance by both teams because we like the team which do goal in every match.  The shots of both teams were comparable as difference was not great in this match between these two teams. Portugal team was favorite to win this match but they could not win this match because their players could not attack on opponent team and opponent team was ready to face the challenges in this match and they could not play impressive in this match.

I was very disappointed with portugal's performance. I knew that Mexico was not a weak opponent. But I still bet on Portugal to win. Because Portugal managed to score 9 goals against Armenia in their last match.

Portugal did not score any  goals against Mexico. The match ended in a goalless draw. The target of both teams was not to concede goals. Neither team's players made much of an  attack. Portugal's players managed to make only 2 on target shots in the entire match and Mexico's players managed to make only 1  on target shot.

[Nahl]

The Brazilian national team has seen a decline in performance in the last few World Cups. This is because Brazil has begun to abandon its playing style, known as Jogo Bonito.

Football changed. In recent years it became much more physical and tactical, so some things that were working 10-15 years ago simply doesn't work anymore.

Add on that the fact that Brazilian players move to Europe very early, where modern European coaches are discouraging creativity in favor of tactical discipline, and you get what we have now.

Right.
Admitted or not brazil have lost their soul that because this team have attempt to adapt with modern football which tactical and the result is more important than playing beautiful but unfortunately this condition make brazil performance have decrease although for almost every world cup tournament the people put brazil as the favourite but in fact Brazil always be eleminated early and currently Brazil have began new era under Ancelotti and the federation put heavy target on his shoulder which they want Ancelotti can bring brazil to gets world cup trophy

[Roseline492]

There was a friendly match between Mexico national football team and Portugal national football team and no team could do any goal in this match which was very bad performance by both teams because we like the team which do goal in every match.  The shots of both teams were comparable as difference was not great in this match between these two teams. Portugal team was favorite to win this match but they could not win this match because their players could not attack on opponent team and opponent team was ready to face the challenges in this match and they could not play impressive in this match.

Players who could have make the game not to be a draw was present for Portugal but the game was hard for them, although I justify Portugal performance on the friendly as something that is caused by the world Cup because some countries do not care if they win there friendly or not, so actually all the players would need to reserve themselves on the big game. Portugal was more on the possession part than scoring intentions but however if it was on a serious match don't expect them this way to Mexico. France took their own friendly serious with Colombia and both Mbappe and Olise was in the match together with some France prominent players.

[Creeper0]

Right.
Admitted or not brazil have lost their soul that because this team have attempt to adapt with modern football which tactical and the result is more important than playing beautiful but unfortunately this condition make brazil performance have decrease although for almost every world cup tournament the people put brazil as the favourite but in fact Brazil always be eleminated early and currently Brazil have began new era under Ancelotti and the federation put heavy target on his shoulder which they want Ancelotti can bring brazil to gets world cup trophy

Brazil is not the favorite to win the FIFA World Cup. Their recent performance has been very inconsistent and they also have problems with their morale. Why players who have excelled in club football cannot perform in the national team is a big question! I don't know what their problem is, but it is not normal for them to fail to perform despite having talent and skills. After the uncertainty created by Neymar Jr., I don't see any reliable players in the Brazil team, it would not be wrong to say that the Brazil national team is now without legends. Whereas their neighboring country Argentina has got talented players like Julian Albarez, Mac Allister and Enzo Fernandez who are even better in the national team.

[mikel_012]

Football changed. In recent years it became much more physical and tactical, so some things that were working 10-15 years ago simply doesn't work anymore.

Add on that the fact that Brazilian players move to Europe very early, where modern European coaches are discouraging creativity in favor of tactical discipline, and you get what we have now.

The last Brazilian player I remember with Jogo Bonito style was Neymar, who spent four years at the peak of Brazilian football before being transferred to Barcelona. Nowadays, these Brazilian players spend a year in the spotlight of Brazilian football and are already transferred to some European club, to play in a totally tactical and disciplined way.

A good example of this mentality happened recently when Rayan Cherki, in a game for Man City, started doing some keepy uppies, and you could clearly see Pep Guardiola's disappointed reaction on the sidelines, as if what he had done was disrespectful. This moment says a lot about modern football.

[7juju]

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Brazil is not the favorite to win the FIFA World Cup. Their recent performance has been very inconsistent and they also have problems with their morale. Why players who have excelled in club football cannot perform in the national team is a big question! I don't know what their problem is, but it is not normal for them to fail to perform despite having talent and skills. After the uncertainty created by Neymar Jr., I don't see any reliable players in the Brazil team, it would not be wrong to say that the Brazil national team is now without legends. Whereas their neighboring country Argentina has got talented players like Julian Albarez, Mac Allister and Enzo Fernandez who are even better in the national team.

You won’t see this same performance from Brazilian players when the World Cup start. At this critical stage of the season, players are being very careful not to pick up injuries. Although it’s true that the Brazilian team is not what it used to be to be decades ago, but they still have some quality players that are doing well in their respective clubs. The coach just have to look for a way to make them perform better at the international stage. But one thing is certain that Brazil team will perform well at the World Cup more than what we are seeing now.

[kriminall]

Right.
Admitted or not brazil have lost their soul that because this team have attempt to adapt with modern football which tactical and the result is more important than playing beautiful but unfortunately this condition make brazil performance have decrease although for almost every world cup tournament the people put brazil as the favourite but in fact Brazil always be eleminated early and currently Brazil have began new era under Ancelotti and the federation put heavy target on his shoulder which they want Ancelotti can bring brazil to gets world cup trophy

Brazil is not the favorite to win the FIFA World Cup. Their recent performance has been very inconsistent and they also have problems with their morale. Why players who have excelled in club football cannot perform in the national team is a big question! I don't know what their problem is, but it is not normal for them to fail to perform despite having talent and skills. After the uncertainty created by Neymar Jr., I don't see any reliable players in the Brazil team, it would not be wrong to say that the Brazil national team is now without legends. Whereas their neighboring country Argentina has got talented players like Julian Albarez, Mac Allister and Enzo Fernandez who are even better in the national team.

Although we're not used to this situation, yes, Brazil is not a contender for the World Cup this year. Brazil has many successful individual players, but because they haven't had a long-term national team partnership, they don't know each other well. However, in the 2002 World Cup, we could call Brazil's Prime. All the players knew each other very well, and as a result, they won the World Cup. The legendary players of that era knew each other very well and were successful in every match without any difficulty in the national team. As Turkey, we participated in the 2002 World Cup last and finished third. There, we faced Brazil twice and played well in both matches, but it didn't work out. In this World Cup, France and Spain are the strongest candidates I see for the championship.

[Amphenomenon]

Well injuries are part of football, you never can tell if they’re playing for their respective club sides they will still end up getting injured, so I absolutely don’t think it’s because of the International break that players are getting injured, when you’re playing football games you’re obviously exposed to getting injured, so it’s not a thing of players playing in the international break, but myself I think it’s just because of so many schedule changes for them that makes them to open to injuries,

If it happens in the club, the national team will somehow blame the club and vice versa, especially when they risk just star who has a minor injury already.
While injury can occur in respective games, like I said risking players and some other factor like the team they are playing against is another to consider. Although, there are still times when things just happen unfortunately.

when you’re talking about clubs restricting their players for going to International matches, I think you can mention Arsenal who are desperate to win the Premier League, are the once who always lie about their players getting injured so they can keep them away from playing for their national teams respectively.

Arsenal are currently giving these excuses in almost every international break, trying really hard to protect their players which sometimes feel like not so smart moved, since many understand the scope but we can not ignore the fact that they have experienced it the other way round where key players end up getting injured and being sideline, making things difficult for them.

[allfriends88]

You won’t see this same performance from Brazilian players when the World Cup start. At this critical stage of the season, players are being very careful not to pick up injuries. Although it’s true that the Brazilian team is not what it used to be to be decades ago, but they still have some quality players that are doing well in their respective clubs. The coach just have to look for a way to make them perform better at the international stage. But one thing is certain that Brazil team will perform well at the World Cup more than what we are seeing now.

One thing I noticed about the current Brazilian national team is their uneven strength, they have too many players for attacking positions but quite few in defense, and some of these players are not in their best form in recent years, maybe this is also what makes some people doubt whether Brazil will appear stunning in the upcoming World Cup, but even so I do not rule them out even though the difference in their quality now with previous eras is quite noticeable, because they are currently in the right hands, namely Ancelotti. A coach whose quality is beyond doubt.

[Solodoski]

I don't know that this thread exist.
The international games are interesting to watch, well not all, only some. I am currently watching Germany against Ghana. The first was incredible, both teams had their chances to score. Germany had the most chances while Ghana had the fewer chances. Before the end of the first half, Ghana conceded a penalty, as Germany takes the lead. On my bet slip, I staked on Germany to win.

[MorganaX]

I don't know that this thread exist.
The international games are interesting to watch, well not all, only some. I am currently watching Germany against Ghana. The first was incredible, both teams had their chances to score. Germany had the most chances while Ghana had the fewer chances. Before the end of the first half, Ghana conceded a penalty, as Germany takes the lead. On my bet slip, I staked on Germany to win.

The international break is always fun when it comes around and this particular one would be extra special seeing how close it is to the world cup which is the most important sporting event currently stream in the world. The teams so far that I have seen, the one that impressed me the most is the French national side although it's just friendly cand can't be too certain but that teams looks like they can take on and win any team very comfortably.

[Stepstowealth]

but even so I do not rule them out even though the difference in their quality now with previous eras is quite noticeable, because they are currently in the right hands, namely Ancelotti. A coach whose quality is beyond doubt.

Ancelloti is a good coach, but club football is very different from country football, this is why Ancellotti may struggle to win something with the Brazilian team despite winning trophies with Real Madrid.

In this World Cup, Spain and France look the strongest than the Brazilian team. They could get better before the world cup, and even France can get Knock out early if they feel too over confident. I do not know what to think of Argentina, I think with Messi, they will always be a threat.

[DiMarxist]

I don't know that this thread exist.
The international games are interesting to watch, well not all, only some. I am currently watching Germany against Ghana. The first was incredible, both teams had their chances to score. Germany had the most chances while Ghana had the fewer chances. Before the end of the first half, Ghana conceded a penalty, as Germany takes the lead. On my bet slip, I staked on Germany to win.

Am following up this game too, and I will say that this game is actually interesting to watch. Ghana has score through Fatawu who came in in this second half. The game is now 1:1 currently we are gradually getting to the end of the game , this game would have been out of sight for Ghana because Germany has controlled this game right from the first half as they have had a better possession of the the ball including shots on target.scoring goals has been the problem of Germany in this game.

[Adbitco]

Miraculously most Arsenal players are all out injured in the international break, Rice and Saka pulled out of the England squad and headed back to their club. In a bid to remain fit for the upcoming league games that resumes next week, Arsenal players has pulled off this stunt. It's just friendlies no doubt but why do players that are supposed to be in the lineup all of a sudden out of it from just one team. It's no coincidence that it happened, I believe there's a higher person in the club that might have told the players to do this. I don't know if this stunt is against FIFA rules or not, if it is then the players that claimed injury should sit out for 2 - 3 weeks l, at least that's the number of time out for minor injuries. If they don't sit out, then it's evident they lied about being injured. They should get their punishment in the upcoming FIFA WC by sitting out mandatory, lol.