Topic: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers - page 210. (Read 35015 times)

Colombia are certainly stronger than Ecuador, at least in terms of their past performances. Colombia have drawn strong teams Brazil and Uruguay in their past matches. They adopted a defensive strategy and drew 0-0 in two matches. But they will not expect a draw in the Ecuador match. They will definitely want full points in this match. Ecuador is very weak compared to past opponents.

I think Colombia has a more capable squad than Ecuador at the moment, and in terms of head-to-head between the two sides, it is clear that Colombia is still far superior, from 51 matches, Colombia has won 25 matches, lost 13 and drawn 13. Other times, besides that, Colombia performance when it was able to hold Brazil to a 0-0 draw a few days ago made me very sure that Colombia would win against Ecuador with a score of more than 1.

Another match from South America will be today - Colombia vs Ecuador... Judging by Colombia's recent games, we can expect a draw today! By the way, bookmakers are giving great odds that Ecuador won't lose - 2.2... I don't understand where the odds are coming from when Ecuador is higher in the standings and has more wins than Colombia! I also expect both teams to score....

Portugal should be able to win against Republic of Ireland and either a win or draw against Serbia will make them override them from the top spot.
I think Sweden might maintain their top spot because their next two games will be a deciding one. They have Greece and Sweden to play, and how they managed to play out a draw with Greece in the first leg should tell you it will be difficult to take over Sweden who has Georgia and the decider between Spain.
Italy will definitely maintain their top spot regarding the fact that they have a less stronger opponent (Northern Ireland) to play than Switzerland who will be playing Bulgaria. They have been in top form despite their Nation league loss to Spain.
I think Norway will maintain their second spot behind the Netherlands. Turkey is not a serious team. Even with the caliber of players they still can not produce anything tangible.
This Russia and Croatia group is a very tough one. At the moment Russia is at the top with 19 points and leading with 2 points. Croatia might want to top the group and i guess it is very possible.
I think Scotland will maintain the second place behind Denmark who has already qualified. 4points is a big gap to lead.
Poland will definitely continue to stay behind England. Albania is just two points behind Poland and i dont see anything force from them.

I have confidence that Portugal will win this match easily. If you look at Serbia's games in the group, you can see that they occupy their current position only thanks to shaky and uncertain results, which to some extent were achieved by accident: win over Ireland 3-2, over Azerbaijan 2-1, over Luxembourg 1-0 and so on, only one major win - i find it very difficult to call such results a confident game and compare it with the performance of the Portuguese national team.
As for the fact that the Serbian national team can concentrate on patronizing Ronaldo and not letting him play, it is possible, but it requires a lot of resources and in other parts of the field will greatly weaken Serbia, so one way or another Ronaldo will fulfill his role.

Portugal is having a better goal difference when compared to Serbia. So even if their match against Ireland ends in a draw, Portugal will be elevated to the top of the points table. Ireland has performed pathetically in the qualifiers so far, but this time they will be having the home advantage. Serbia needs a win in their match against Portugal, while the latter just needs a draw. When these two teams met each other earlier, the match ended in a 2-2 draw (Serbia came back from a score of 0-2 at half time to equalize).

it will be interesting in last match
Portugal is certainly a favorite, but Serbia has a chance to win in Portugal, or to get a draw, if Portugal do not win in Ireland
will be important to see what Portugal will do in Ireland, since that will have much influence on Portugal - Serbia match, team that has to win and which will be satisfied with a draw, Serbia is playing really good in this qualifications, and I would not be surprised to see it on first place

Not to take away anything from this talented lad I want to believe that the fact the he has been put up for penalty duties has really positioned him to get some easy goals in all the teams his playing in, provided these penalties are won,otherwise open goals for Ronaldo don't easily come by maybe because his gotten older.

Don't you think we give him too much credit sometimes such that his more of a role model too many than a footballer...

Serbia is a really strong team and I won't be surprised if they defeat Portugal in the final match. Portugal is one of the top teams in UEFA, but they are overdependent on one player. Others would disagree, but I still believe that if Ronaldo can be properly marked, then it will be difficult for Portugal to win. Anyway, everything will depend on the last match between these two teams. Even if one of them finish at the second place, qualification should not be too hard given the number of points they have.

I am very much interested in the group I game,where England will be playing.The team has emerge as one of the best teams in the world now.They make use of young players who are very good and are productive on the field.
I tip them for the winners of the tournament.

Looking at what that coach has built,he has really done something great,combining those boys at the top of their career,and blending them very well together.Its actually yielding good result for England now.

For me Whether Germany get something or not
just watching kimmich in the World Cup is a benefit for the viewer who likes to watch tactical and technical matters, and not just see the goal scorers. this machine has a terrible integration in the way he plays, and he is one of the few in Currently the world who are good at filling more than one center.
Joshua .. his presence in the field means that your midfield is still fine and still has solutions, and there are few matches in which a formation that includes this machine is defeated.
So his role will be a big part of Germany achievement in the upcoming future.

A short summary of the situation of the European qualifying groups for the World Cup:

Group A:  Struggle between Serbia and Portugal for first place.Serbia has one more point than Portugal and only one game remains. Portugal still have two games to play, so two draws are enough to finish first. But with the quality they have shown, they should win the two games that are missing, one of them against Serbia.

Group B: Spain and Sweden fight together for first place, and Greece look to reach the play-offs.

Group C: Italy and Switzerland have the same points, with Switzerland having the advantage of the goals scored. The next two games will be fundamental. Especially Italy-Switzerland on November 11th.

Group D: Four teams fight to get the first place in the group: France, Ukraine, Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Either of these teams can come in first, depending on the results of the next two games. At the moment, France has the advantage.

Group E: Belgium leads the group with 16 points, and should qualify without any problems.

Group F: Denmark are already through, with Scotland and Israel fighting for the play-offs.

Group G: Netherlands are first, but Norway and Turkey are close.

Group H: Fight for two between Russia and Croatia to get first place. The next games will be decisive.

Group I: England, Poland and surprising Albania, either of these teams could finish first. The next games will be very interesting.

Group J: Germany is already through, and four countries are fighting for the play-off: Romania, Northern Macedonia, Armenia and Iceland

Depay really exploded in this qualifcations with so many goals and assists i think it will end with him being the top goalscorer. Also Portugal wont have an easy match against Serbia. Serbia has some really good players in midfield and attack and they can make surprise in Portugal

Serbia is a bit of a surprise but it didn't last long as soon they dropped to 2nd place after being beaten by Portugal in the next match

Memphis Depay is in the spotlight after being top scorer for a while Ronaldo is 3 goals behind him

Luxembourg is just a normal team, nothing special, they won only vs Azerbaijan and Ireland which aren't top either. In Group A, Portugal and Serbia are fighting for the first place with a clear favourite of Portugal. Of course the last match between them will prove which team deserves it

I'm not too surprised when Portugal can beat with such a landslide score considering the two teams are very different in terms of quality and especially for Ronaldo I can't say anything more about this guy, he always makes people chuckle for what he does in the field.

and for England, they have a lot of work to do, especially for finishing, which is like a scourge that England can't handle, especially during yesterday's match.
they are indeed very good both in possession and pressing but they are always weak in finishing.

The Dutch now don't play like the Netherlands in the past when they appeared in 2010. Even if you glance at how their Latvian history will be, they will be minimal against a Dutch class. However, the Dutch's performance is no longer as good as it used to be, so they deserve to be left behind from the national teams who actually came to the surface with much more aggressive stamina. Who does not know how the Netherlands used to play on the gridiron.

It was easy to score in the first half alone and there were plenty of gaps to get the ball into the net. Either this is a good spectacle or it's not even fun because the resistance looks less balanced. But for Portugal my two cents. Ronaldo hat-trick in a match that is predicted to take the share of the score in all rounds.
We already know that Group A who will really qualify.

I love these qualifiers, it gives us so many easy games, there are some nations that do not have enough football talent and it makes betting easier. I won 5 different bets last night and I am quite happy about it. I wagered on Norway to win, Scotland to win (which I expected more goals but a win is a win), Serbia to win, Portugal to win and Finland to win.

I also lost two as well, I wagered England to win and Greece to win but they were wrong, yet overall, I am in much bigger profit. When it is "qualifiers" there are rarely any surprises, like andorra or moldova or whatever will always end up losing, that is true 90%+ of the time and if they are playing even slightly better team instead of obviously better then it makes betting even easier.

Portugal and Luxembourg match was really enjoyable, we saw a Portuguese playing very well on the field. It was also very valuable for Ronaldo to score three goals, it is not easy to score a hat trick in such matches, even if the goals are from penalties.
I agree with the idea that Ronaldo could win an award this year. I hope he wins a few trophies and gets an award before he gets too old. Actually, he's not my favorite player, but I've been really enjoying his performance and playing style lately