Pre-World Cup Friendlies

[JeffBrad12]

Morocco was success to hold Norway with the draw. They improved a lot, and it makes me team any african teams play in WC is just far stronger than what they used during Qatar WC. They scored first, but a little mistake made Norway able to equalize the score.
They're good in attack, but terrible in finishing. Also way too many drama showed by the during the game such as doing diving. They're a good team, but they have to be a less dramatic team.

Was there someone watched this game?

I just hope this same momentum continues till the beginning of the WC because holding Norway to a draw like you said shows that these guys are ready to represent Africa at the highest level in football, not am easy task but yes Morocco are not ready to be eliminated from the group stage or even leaving the WC too soon, love the energy they are going with, it should motivate other African countries too because with number of good players African have, they need to let the World know that is not only in their club side that they are good but also in their various national teams respectively.
What a game, I thought Morocco was going to receive more goals but after the first goal I had to watch the game from a different angle because the Moroccans still played like the World Cup has started not until that error happened, too bad it ended in a draw but they shouldn't see it as a disappointment but a positive way forward.

Yeah, it's unexpected Morroco played well. As far as i saw they miles better than Norway during the first half. However, i only criticize how they also played long balls against a club which has so many tall fotballers as its members. They should have done it better by using short passes.
There is also good part when the draw against Norway is pushing their ranking to be above Netherland and Belgium.

I think current WC is gonna be very competitive. Who knows african country can go to the final. It will be so good if it happens.

[Silence Scream]

Morocco was success to hold Norway with the draw. They improved a lot, and it makes me team any african teams play in WC is just far stronger than what they used during Qatar WC. They scored first, but a little mistake made Norway able to equalize the score.
They're good in attack, but terrible in finishing. Also way too many drama showed by the during the game such as doing diving. They're a good team, but they have to be a less dramatic team.

Was there someone watched this game?

I just hope this same momentum continues till the beginning of the WC because holding Norway to a draw like you said shows that these guys are ready to represent Africa at the highest level in football, not am easy task but yes Morocco are not ready to be eliminated from the group stage or even leaving the WC too soon, love the energy they are going with, it should motivate other African countries too because with number of good players African have, they need to let the World know that is not only in their club side that they are good but also in their various national teams respectively.
What a game, I thought Morocco was going to receive more goals but after the first goal I had to watch the game from a different angle because the Moroccans still played like the World Cup has started not until that error happened, too bad it ended in a draw but they shouldn't see it as a disappointment but a positive way forward.

Yeah, it's unexpected Morroco played well. As far as i saw they miles better than Norway during the first half. However, i only criticize how they also played long balls against a club which has so many tall fotballers as its members. They should have done it better by using short passes.
There is also good part when the draw against Norway is pushing their ranking to be above Netherland and Belgium.

I think current WC is gonna be very competitive. Who knows african country can go to the final. It will be so good if it happens.

Morocco has had successful tournaments in the past. They can be successful in this tournament as well. I think they will represent their country, which they represent from Africa, in the best way possible at the World Cup. Morocco has many great players, and once they find some team chemistry, they can progress in the World Cup.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

[Marvelockg]

unfortunately, the match was not completed and was stopped in the 61st minute with the score 2-1 in favor of Denmark. Christian Eriksen felt bad and collapsed on the pitch. then Danish Federation confirmed that he’s doing well. many football fans remember similar incident with Eriksen during Denmark's opening Euro 2020 match against Finland. I think it's time for him to retire from football because playing it becomes too dangerous.

I agree with you, for his medical healthy better Eriksen to retire from football because its second time for him felt bad and collapse on the pitch, IFGC as football federation have heavy regulation for the players get problem medical healthy not allow playing at their domestic league and why Eriksen moving from Inter Milan to Brentford as Premier League club. 

For a player of his class that has achieved the major thing an average footballer dreams of, there's no point playing with a bad health condition and risking dieing on the field of play just because you love football. We all know that gets going to be deficult to walk away and bid farewell to football but it will look rather stupid to wait till you die on the pitch.

Regardless how he loves football, there are different ways he can still get engaged in football without neccesarily playing. Imagine the world cup hadn't started and things gets worse with him and a death is recorded? That will be a very bad entry into the world cup. He has managed to survived the first and then this second. If he continues and experienced the third, he might not survive It.

[KTChampions]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

I saw that Kane said in an interview that high temperatures and humidity are hindering good play, and in addition, the condition of the fields in the USA is disgusting (i saw pictures on Twitter of pitch with obviously damaged grass and patches made from pieces of other pitch on it haha).  Maybe this affects the quality of play? I don't know how much the temperature and humidity affects everyone (players from these countries should be used to it), but the quality of the pitch definitely affects it. Happy for Endrik, his goal gave Brazil the victory.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Morocco was success to hold Norway with the draw. They improved a lot, and it makes me team any african teams play in WC is just far stronger than what they used during Qatar WC. They scored first, but a little mistake made Norway able to equalize the score.
They're good in attack, but terrible in finishing. Also way too many drama showed by the during the game such as doing diving. They're a good team, but they have to be a less dramatic team.

Was there someone watched this game?

I just hope this same momentum continues till the beginning of the WC because holding Norway to a draw like you said shows that these guys are ready to represent Africa at the highest level in football, not am easy task but yes Morocco are not ready to be eliminated from the group stage or even leaving the WC too soon, love the energy they are going with, it should motivate other African countries too because with number of good players African have, they need to let the World know that is not only in their club side that they are good but also in their various national teams respectively.
What a game, I thought Morocco was going to receive more goals but after the first goal I had to watch the game from a different angle because the Moroccans still played like the World Cup has started not until that error happened, too bad it ended in a draw but they shouldn't see it as a disappointment but a positive way forward.

Yeah, it's unexpected Morroco played well. As far as i saw they miles better than Norway during the first half. However, i only criticize how they also played long balls against a club which has so many tall fotballers as its members. They should have done it better by using short passes.
There is also good part when the draw against Norway is pushing their ranking to be above Netherland and Belgium.

I think current WC is gonna be very competitive. Who knows african country can go to the final. It will be so good if it happens.

As it stands, Morocco are the best when comparing African countries that will play this upcoming WC, they have been doing pretty well to make every countries not only African countries but Europe side too to feel their presence. All what you said are try, going against a much taller side you keep a low pass and surprise them on the counter if there's any chance to do so because I bet you that the smaller players have more advantage while hitting the ground more than the taller guys. The Moroccans will definitely do well and what you just marked out as the error they made against Norway, it will be for the coach to change his plans when it comes to countries like that when the world cup start but for now these guys are really on the right path to greatness, who knows if they can boost their way to the finals in this World Cup edition.

[Frankolala]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

Don't be pissed off on how Brazil performance was like in that game because it's just a friendly match and I believe that they will play better with all seriousness. A lot of people are expecting too much from Brazil this time and I believe that they wouldn't disappoint their fans because they currently,have a good and well experienced coach

[Daniel91]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

Friendly matches are not official matches. Such matches are used by selectors to experiment with new players and tactics, and the result is irrelevant.
If you look at the other results, many other favorites also played poorly in the preliminary matches, France for example, but that really doesn't mean much.
The world cup will be a completely different story, without experiments and a complete focus on the result.
Then we will see how ready Brazil is for this World Cup and whether they can make it to the end and finally win the World Cup trophy again after 24 years.

[Minor Miner]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

Egypt's players attacked very little  in this match. Even so, the weakness of brazil's defense was clearly evident. If Egypt had not played so defensively, brazil would have conceded more goals.

Brazil's attack is  strong. They have some talented and star  players. Brazil's midfield and attack are strong. But in this world cup, they will probably face problems with their shaky  defense. I doubt whether Brazil's defense will be able to  put up a strong resistance against  strong teams.

[Shussainshah]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

One thing is true Arab team can Be a big underdogs for this worldcup . And all of the team are very well prepared.  I think the main advantage for Arab team is the environment and the weather is same is most of in the Arab countries.  So that's why Arab team can't take pressure in that's Hot Weather. People have very high expectations from Brazil but I think at the end the will be disappointed. Brazil have very good squad and have good talent but you know there are some kinda miss management issue in the team so that's the main Reason.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Don't be pissed off on how Brazil performance was like in that game because it's just a friendly match and I believe that they will play better with all seriousness. A lot of people are expecting too much from Brazil this time and I believe that they wouldn't disappoint their fans because they currently,have a good and well experienced coach

Brazil's squad was very strong in the last World Cup. Even their bench team was strong. Even then  they could not win the world cup. After being eliminated from the world cup, they blamed the  coach.

In this World Cup, they have an experienced manager like ancelotti. At the same time, they have a squad full of star players. We will not notice any weakness in the squad. That is why all the fans have high  expectations from Brazil in this World Cup. It has been more than 2 4 years since Brazil won the world cup.

Since Brazil is considered the favorite to become the world champion, it is natural to be sad to see their performance against or against Egypt. Then hopefully they will be able  to play better in the world cup matches.

[Roseline492]

unfortunately, the match was not completed and was stopped in the 61st minute with the score 2-1 in favor of Denmark. Christian Eriksen felt bad and collapsed on the pitch. then Danish Federation confirmed that he’s doing well. many football fans remember similar incident with Eriksen during Denmark's opening Euro 2020 match against Finland. I think it's time for him to retire from football because playing it becomes too dangerous.

Even if his recovery is confirmed but since collapsing is usually not common in the field they need to be sure before anything especially since it wasn't Christian Eriksen first time of collapsing in the field, his system could be weak to withstand a lot of exhausting of stamina or something might be wrong and besides he is not a young player who is far from completing his career to retired. However If it was in a match that was real even if they abandoned it but they would fixed it another time to be completed because they wouldn't give Denmark that was leading in a goal a winner because is possible that Ukraine team could score back.

[rdluffy]

3 more matches today

Netherlands vs Uzbekistan
France vs Northern Ireland
Spain vs Peru

Only the Netherlands game where both teams will be in the World Cup

I'll try to watch it today since the Netherlands could be an opponent for Brazil in the Round of 16

[DanWalker]

3 more matches today

Netherlands vs Uzbekistan
France vs Northern Ireland
Spain vs Peru

Only the Netherlands game where both teams will be in the World Cup

I'll try to watch it today since the Netherlands could be an opponent for Brazil in the Round of 16

The Netherlands vs Uzbekistan match is likely to be  enjoyable. This is a true warm up match for them. Both teams will be playing in the World Cup. So they will try to perform well in this  match. Both teams will try to boost the confidence of their players by winning this match before the World Cup.
The France vs spain match will be one-sided. Their opponents are  weak. But france lost  2-1 to Ivory Coast in a friendly match last week. France will try to win against Northern ireland. My guess is that France will secure a win by at least  2 goals.

[icebar]

3 more matches today

Netherlands vs Uzbekistan
France vs Northern Ireland
Spain vs Peru

Only the Netherlands game where both teams will be in the World Cup

I'll try to watch it today since the Netherlands could be an opponent for Brazil in the Round of 16

The Netherlands vs Uzbekistan match is likely to be  enjoyable. This is a true warm up match for them. Both teams will be playing in the World Cup. So they will try to perform well in this  match. Both teams will try to boost the confidence of their players by winning this match before the World Cup.
The France vs spain match will be one-sided. Their opponents are  weak. But france lost  2-1 to Ivory Coast in a friendly match last week. France will try to win against Northern ireland. My guess is that France will secure a win by at least  2 goals.

Netherlands vs Uzbekistan Both teams are on the field today to justify their preparation. They will investigate their strength in today's friendly match as there will not be enough time to correct any flaws in the team after the World Cup starts. If there is a need to strengthen it a little more, it will be easy to do it before the group stage. But you will not feel this kind of excitement when you watch France or other big teams play. Because they are strong enough, they can turn a small flaw in the team into strength in an instant. So, they will show their real strength in the group stage field without revealing it to everyone. So, I think France will not try their best to ensure their victory now. Because they need enough practice and rest without putting the main players at risk.

[Jossque]

Colombia managed to beat Jordan 2–0 in a friendly match. Colombia were already heavy favourites going into the match, so their victory came as no surprise. They have also managed to win both of their friendly matches ahead of the World Cup. Colombia look ready, and looking at their group, I think they are a team capable of progressing from it. Portugal will finish top of the group, and I expect Colombia to finish second behind them.

[puloweh555]

Just watched the highlights of Brazil vs Egypt and I must say, I am not impressed. They barely beat them 2:1 and after the other loss against Japan where the lead 2:0 but list 2:3 in the end they displayed a lot of defensive errors, and I mean a lot!

If Brazil plays like this at the world cup I think they will have a lot of difficulties. Offensive of course they have a lot of weapons but defensively they look scary bad. Maybe this only happened because the focus was not really on point since it's still only friendly games but still, doesn't look promising .

Friendly matches aren't a good guide as the coach considers them warm ups to try out various formations. Despite losing to Japan and France, Brazil has consistently improved and their performance has improved significantly. I mean, a team like Brazil can't be judged solely on friendlies. When they play tournaments, especially in the World Cup they'll always be better because they have a winning mentality especially since their current coach is very experienced.

Brazil will be a favorite at this World Cup especially with their fearsome attack featuring big names like Raphinha, Endrick and Vini. Their defense is also quite solid, with the Gabriel-Marquinhos duo. My prediction is that Brazil chances of advancing from the group stage are very high even 100% as they are in an easy group. However, advancing to the final will be challenging as they face England (quarter-finals), France (semi-finals) and Spain (finals). But if Brazil's front three can be consistent and the Gabriel-Marquinhos back line is solid, then the chances of winning will be easier.

[eaLiTy]

Colombia managed to beat Jordan 2–0 in a friendly match. Colombia were already heavy favourites going into the match, so their victory came as no surprise. They have also managed to win both of their friendly matches ahead of the World Cup. Colombia look ready, and looking at their group, I think they are a team capable of progressing from it. Portugal will finish top of the group, and I expect Colombia to finish second behind them.

There was no doubt about Colombia winning the match, but they struggled to penetrate Jordan's defensive lineup during the first half and Jordan was counter attacking as well. The second half was completely dominated by Colombia and Jhon Arias scored both goals.
The match between France and Northern Ireland is underway. France has already scored two goals, but Northern Ireland just scored a goal.

[AakZaki]

France vs Northern Ireland

France vs Northern Ireland played its best squad in the first half, and it was proven that 2 goals were created. But after two minutes of substitutions Saliba, Doue, Kounde and Dembele were replaced by France also conceded 1 goal by Patrick Kelly, a Northern Irishman.

But France did not lower the tempo of the game, but continued to attack with the balance of their wingers. Olise was completely unstoppable on the right wing and scored a hat trick for this match.
There are rumours about him that Real Madrid want to sign him, I hope that comes true.

[SuperBitMan]

France vs Northern Ireland

France vs Northern Ireland played its best squad in the first half, and it was proven that 2 goals were created. But after two minutes of substitutions Saliba, Doue, Kounde and Dembele were replaced by France also conceded 1 goal by Patrick Kelly, a Northern Irishman.

But France did not lower the tempo of the game, but continued to attack with the balance of their wingers. Olise was completely unstoppable on the right wing and scored a hat trick for this match.
There are rumours about him that Real Madrid want to sign him, I hope that comes true.

Olise performed very well today, that guy is something else look at that last goal he scored to complete the hat trick, very wonderful goal, Olise is a very talented player and if he continues with this kind of performance he will surely win the ballon d’Or in the future I’m sure of that.

Bayern Munich has made it very clear that they are not ready to sell Olise not even for 200 million euros, so the signing will not work.
No reasonable club will sell such a talent when they are seriously fighting to lift the champions league.
I don’t want him to go to Real Madrid he should remain in Bayern Munich because right now Bayern Munich are doing better than Real Madrid and are more likely to lift the champions league next season than Real Madrid and again with the issue in Real Madrid going their right now may not be the right choice.