unfortunately morocco lost so they had to accept the defeat and admit the greatness of the french game which really could penetrate the morocco defense which so far was known to be very strong, mbappe really damaged their defense, but morocco also played quite well even every attack they almost scored a goal, congrats to France
indeed. The Morocco team has really fought very well. They have tried to give France a strong offense and attack. However, France was able to control it and fend it off with the power of their back line so Morocco failed to score. France is indeed extraordinary, they have a very strong and solid squad, and they even have a strong reserve squad. So there is no doubt that they return to the final. Morocco himself, I'm sure they are disappointed, but on the other hand, they are very proud because they have entered the semi-finals. This is their best achievement so far. So, they will compete even better in the race for third place later against Croatia. Likewise, Croatia, of course, they don't want to lose another chance. It will be an interesting match. 
Topic: Candidates for the WORLD CUP 2022 Winner - page 4. (Read 2996 times)
This has been one of the most surprising world cups ever. A lot of surprises from teams we were not expecting. For Morocco was the biggest surprise and one of the best teams in the competition. That said, it would besoamaxing to see Morocco hitting the finals
unfortunately morocco lost so they had to accept the defeat and admit the greatness of the french game which really could penetrate the morocco defense which so far was known to be very strong, mbappe really damaged their defense, but morocco also played quite well even every attack they almost scored a goal, congrats to France 
To be honest, because Argentina made it to the final, I think I'm pretty sure Argentina will be a candidate for the World Cup title this time, even though I doubted Argentina at first and I didn't think Argentina would be able to go this far. But because Argentina has succeeded in proving its quality, for me the passage of Argentina to this final is quite a surprise to me too.
Because in the beginning I was more sure about France and not about Argentina, but since France will play against Morocco then I think any result looks like it could happen.
But even so, I personally am quite sure that the final match will bring together Argentina v France, but whoever the opponent Argentina will face in the final match I will still go ahead with Argentina.
Because at this moment I will probably acknowledge Messi's huge contribution to Argentina, because previously Messi had decided to retire to play in the Argentina national team but now Messi can still play well for Argentina. With that great support, of course Messi will really be able to provide good results for Argentina, so I think Argentina will indeed be the strongest candidate at this moment.
Because in the beginning I was more sure about France and not about Argentina, but since France will play against Morocco then I think any result looks like it could happen.
But even so, I personally am quite sure that the final match will bring together Argentina v France, but whoever the opponent Argentina will face in the final match I will still go ahead with Argentina.
Because at this moment I will probably acknowledge Messi's huge contribution to Argentina, because previously Messi had decided to retire to play in the Argentina national team but now Messi can still play well for Argentina. With that great support, of course Messi will really be able to provide good results for Argentina, so I think Argentina will indeed be the strongest candidate at this moment.
Yeah, I wasn't sure Argentina was going to make it to the final, but since it's there already I now kinda want Messi to actually win the world cup.
The alternative would be to have France as the winner, which is great and all, but will come with the cost of not having Messi winning the world cup ever, which I think he deserves it.
So yeah, I hope Argentina wins it.
To be honest, because Argentina made it to the final, I think I'm pretty sure Argentina will be a candidate for the World Cup title this time, even though I doubted Argentina at first and I didn't think Argentina would be able to go this far. But because Argentina has succeeded in proving its quality, for me the passage of Argentina to this final is quite a surprise to me too.
Because in the beginning I was more sure about France and not about Argentina, but since France will play against Morocco then I think any result looks like it could happen.
But even so, I personally am quite sure that the final match will bring together Argentina v France, but whoever the opponent Argentina will face in the final match I will still go ahead with Argentina.
Because at this moment I will probably acknowledge Messi's huge contribution to Argentina, because previously Messi had decided to retire to play in the Argentina national team but now Messi can still play well for Argentina. With that great support, of course Messi will really be able to provide good results for Argentina, so I think Argentina will indeed be the strongest candidate at this moment.
Because in the beginning I was more sure about France and not about Argentina, but since France will play against Morocco then I think any result looks like it could happen.
But even so, I personally am quite sure that the final match will bring together Argentina v France, but whoever the opponent Argentina will face in the final match I will still go ahead with Argentina.
Because at this moment I will probably acknowledge Messi's huge contribution to Argentina, because previously Messi had decided to retire to play in the Argentina national team but now Messi can still play well for Argentina. With that great support, of course Messi will really be able to provide good results for Argentina, so I think Argentina will indeed be the strongest candidate at this moment.
This has been one of the most surprising world cups ever. A lot of surprises from teams we were not expecting. For Morocco was the biggest surprise and one of the best teams in the competition. That said, it would besoamaxing to see Morocco hitting the finals
I think there is a good chance for Brazil vs England final, but imo England vs Portugal is pretty possible too. It's interesting to me that most bettors think that France is more likely to win the next match. I'm almost 100% sure the winner will be England, as well as in the finals, but who England will be playing with in the World Cup Final, I don't know, I think it can be Portugal.
Hopefully this world cup would be different for the English side because in recent times they have always been unlucky. They always have some of the best players and most qualified coaches but they seem not to have luck on their side. They have a vey good them in Qatar that can win this world cup but I think they need more than quality.
Well, apparently, it wasn't. Once more they were unlucky, but it's a great team, so hopefully they will win next time.
France is also a potential winner of this world cup because they have a very balanced team. Their midfield is one of the best and the attack would be a threat to any team.
But my expectation in this world cup is that a new country's name would be engraved on the trophy. Holland is one of the best teams of the world that have never won the world cup even though they have been at the finals for three times (1974, 1978 and 2010). It would be a great joy for the Dutch to clinch the world cup. Morocco would be my second choice team to win the world cup. Winning the world cup would bring so much joy and pride to not only Morocco but to the entire continent of Africa.
Now I'm rooting for Argentina. No matter who they are playing with, France or Morocco, probably France, Messi will definitely score one, and will assist with a couple more. 3:1 is my prediction for the World Cup Final, in favour of Argentina, of course.
Wow, that was some win! Messi was unbelievable in that match, his passing game was impressive
and his input for Alvaraz' goals were too.
France v Morocco tonight! France afe and have been the strongest team so far and have a
lot of attack options, Morocco on the other hand have only leaked 1 goal and OG so their defense
is impressive. This will be a massive upset, the biggest of the tournament if France are beaten,
which is possible if it goes to penalties.
I want to see Morocco's defense against France later, is their defense as strong as it was against some of the great teams they beat before, I hope Morocco doesn't disappoint many people because now Morocco is the top team to win in the semifinals because of their game which impressed many people , but besides that I hope France will qualify for the final to meet Argentina as what I expected and predicted, BTW congrats to Argentina for qualifying for the final and I already expected they would beat Croatia without a penalty shootout and his input for Alvaraz' goals were too.
France v Morocco tonight! France afe and have been the strongest team so far and have a
lot of attack options, Morocco on the other hand have only leaked 1 goal and OG so their defense
is impressive. This will be a massive upset, the biggest of the tournament if France are beaten,
which is possible if it goes to penalties.
I'd like to bet on Morocco winning the World Cup just to change this monotony a bit, since the same European or South American teams always win. Of course it will be a very difficult challenge to defeat France but we have become accustomed to small miracles these days and who knows if it will end like this.
There is no harm to bet on any kind of team because that is your money. Morocco is one team as a black horse where maybe can make the surprise going to final or maybe be Champions, but it's seem like mission imposible when we have to read on the paper where the team like France and Argentina has filled the best player on the world, Messi, Mbappe, Alvarez, etc which I thing only miracle which can make Morocco be world champion. 
Wow, that was some win! Messi was unbelievable in that match, his passing game was impressive
and his input for Alvaraz' goals were too.
France v Morocco tonight! France afe and have been the strongest team so far and have a
lot of attack options, Morocco on the other hand have only leaked 1 goal and OG so their defense
is impressive. This will be a massive upset, the biggest of the tournament if France are beaten,
which is possible if it goes to penalties.
and his input for Alvaraz' goals were too.
France v Morocco tonight! France afe and have been the strongest team so far and have a
lot of attack options, Morocco on the other hand have only leaked 1 goal and OG so their defense
is impressive. This will be a massive upset, the biggest of the tournament if France are beaten,
which is possible if it goes to penalties.
Croatia; Due to a lack of a prolific striker, they scored few goals in the tournament, which can cause problems if an opponent leads by two goals
Although they have produced a good performance from the midfield that keep high possesion.
Argentina: Despite showing signs of being very good, their defense concedes too many cheap goals
Argentina showed improvement in the defence and were able to kill the game even with Croatia 61% possession yet 2 shots on Target whereas, Argentina made 7 (almost 4x) shot on target. Although I am unsure which team will win today's match, I don't see Argentina losing in the final. Although they have produced a good performance from the midfield that keep high possesion.
Argentina: Despite showing signs of being very good, their defense concedes too many cheap goals
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Argentina was really a better team today. We can debate if that was a penalty or not, but even if the penalty wasn't awardes I have a feeling that Argentina would still have won the game. Even though Croatia had the possession of the ball, Argentina managed to score from counter attacks.
Now for the France vs Morocco game, it's really difficult to predict. Of course that France is favorite but you never know with Morocco. I'm definitely not betting.
Argentina was really a better team today. We can debate if that was a penalty or not, but even if the penalty wasn't awardes I have a feeling that Argentina would still have won the game. Even though Croatia had the possession of the ball, Argentina managed to score from counter attacks.
Now for the France vs Morocco game, it's really difficult to predict. Of course that France is favorite but you never know with Morocco. I'm definitely not betting.
I'm not sure about the penalty, hard to make that call, because the goalkeeper cannot really teleport or something, I don't know. Not penalty in my mind.
And I think that penalty changed the whole game. Before that I would say Croatia was dominating the game, and after that it all changed to Argentina.
But that's how football is, one play can change the outcome of the whole game.
Argentina won in the end, and is now in the final. Now the attention goes to Morocco vs France. Interesting game to watch.
To me the penalty was clear until I saw the slow recording of it. Livakovic did stop the player but it was a collision and not an intend to stop the player. He positioned himself in front of the shooter in order to stop the ball and then the player collided with him. For me that's not a penalty and Orsato could have at least go watch the recording but he decided not to. But even if that penalty wasn't awarded to Argentina, I think that they would have won the match. They were more serious in their attacks while Croatia didn't have a striker that could score a goal. I'm not sure but I think that Croatia had only one or two shots at the goal that didn't go wide. And none of the Croatian strikers tried to shoot from the distance. All in all, Argentina deserved to win and Croatia deserved to lose.
I'd like to bet on Morocco winning the World Cup just to change this monotony a bit, since the same European or South American teams always win. Of course it will be a very difficult challenge to defeat France but we have become accustomed to small miracles these days and who knows if it will end like this.
There is no harm to bet on any kind of team because that is your money. Morocco is one team as a black horse where maybe can make the surprise going to final or maybe be Champions, but it's seem like mission imposible when we have to read on the paper where the team like France and Argentina has filled the best player on the world, Messi, Mbappe, Alvarez, etc which I thing only miracle which can make Morocco be world champion.Morocco in 2022 reminds me of what Croatia achieved back in 2018. But the most surprising thing is that Morocco wasn't even considered as the strongest team from the CAF (that label was given to Senegal and Ghana). And while all the other African teams failed to qualify to the PQF stage, Morocco surprised everyone by becoming the only African/Arab team to do so. Even the other Arab teams (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia.etc) failed to qualify. Now I don't know what will happen today. If they can beat France, then they will rewrite the history books.
Had Argentina to win it all as my selection on the FIFA site when putting in my teams for the bracket.
It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
messi is a GOAT, he became the most man of the match in matches between countries and passed cristiano ronaldo. they only need to win one more match (final) and the world cup trophy is theirs. argentina vs france will be an amazing final match (because messi and mbappe compete for top score too)It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
Messi was always contributing a lot to the team. The match between france against morocco will determine who will become opponent for argentina in the final.
My eyes were watching alvarez as the most contributed player in the match against croatia. Im not even feeling doubt if alvarez will be monitored by some big clubs. He's good but he has not got enough play time in city
I'd like to bet on Morocco winning the World Cup just to change this monotony a bit, since the same European or South American teams always win. Of course it will be a very difficult challenge to defeat France but we have become accustomed to small miracles these days and who knows if it will end like this.
There is no harm to bet on any kind of team because that is your money. Morocco is one team as a black horse where maybe can make the surprise going to final or maybe be Champions, but it's seem like mission imposible when we have to read on the paper where the team like France and Argentina has filled the best player on the world, Messi, Mbappe, Alvarez, etc which I thing only miracle which can make Morocco be world champion. 
Had Argentina to win it all as my selection on the FIFA site when putting in my teams for the bracket.
It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
messi is a GOAT, he became the most man of the match in matches between countries and passed cristiano ronaldo. they only need to win one more match (final) and the world cup trophy is theirs. argentina vs france will be an amazing final match (because messi and mbappe compete for top score too)It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
this is a very good match in my opinion. can mbappe beat messi on this world cup in terms of being the top scorer? but hey, we should wait for the results of the match between france vs morocco. though most of us of course are rooting for france. but remember, upset always happen in any sports event. so hold your horses... france is highly favourite. so this is interesting.
Croatia had finally lost to Argentina which is a proof that Messi knows what he's doing and is capable of winning the golden boot. The match was really an amazing one even though Croatia was able to dominate the game but they were not able to win the match.
Argentina really deserves this. they played excellently during the match and gained 3 goals. Now, Argentina becomes one of the finalists of this Qatar World Cup. They really learned much from their failure in the previous World Cup. And now, we are waiting for the match between France and Morocco. I am sure that most people will predict France as the winner because of their string and excellent composition of the lineups. They have all great players in all lineups until their replacement. So, this will be so hard for Morocco to win. This will be magic for Morocco to win and it's really blessed. Whoever the winner This is not about luck, but this is about how every team is able to play effectively and solid so which brings their team to make more goals and make a stronger defense. This is about all their efforts and strengths.
Had Argentina to win it all as my selection on the FIFA site when putting in my teams for the bracket.
It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
messi is a GOAT, he became the most man of the match in matches between countries and passed cristiano ronaldo. they only need to win one more match (final) and the world cup trophy is theirs. argentina vs france will be an amazing final match (because messi and mbappe compete for top score too) It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
Had Argentina to win it all as my selection on the FIFA site when putting in my teams for the bracket.
It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
Croatia had finally lost to Argentina which is a proof that Messi knows what he's doing and is capable of winning the golden boot. The match was really an amazing one even though Croatia was able to dominate the game but they were not able to win the match. At the beginning it looks like Croatia may finally win the match because of the ball possession but it reaches a time that they were not able make use of the PPP and score goals but Argentina was ever ready to make more goals to show the world that it is all about skill and techniques. We hereby await who is going to play with Argentina for the final round. It isn't going to be easy for Argentina against Croatia today in the semis because they beat them back in 2018.
But I believe Messi will have a stellar match and it will bring out the best in him as this just might be his last time he will be putting on the Argentinian jersey for his home country.
Still 5 minutes for the Argentina game to end, but with this 3-0 we can say Argentina is going to the finals. It was a great game and Argentina show us why they deserve to be in the finals. If the final match is Argentina VS France, then it will be a complex match for them because France has been doing a great job so far too, so, let's see if Morocco has a surprise for us tomorrow.
I really hope Messi gets this world cup, is his last chance and he deserves it as the great soccer player he is.
Argentina was surprisingly used the defensive strategy against croatia. Crotia has ball possessions but it would not able making a goal against argentina. The same strategy that being used by croatia. Croatia seems got trapped by dominating the ball possessions and feeling frustated with the defensive strategy that used by argentina. It seems like that this gonna be a very interesting thing to see final. I thought that if counter attack strategy was the most effective stratey caused by when you were giving surprise attack and then your opponent was their focus. I really hope Messi gets this world cup, is his last chance and he deserves it as the great soccer player he is.
The Argentine team is a very much strong contender for the cup because no matter how we see it, fans of Lionel Messi are more right now, and are rooting for him to lift the cup as a complete bonus for his excellence and as the one he added to the collection of accolades and awards before his retirement from the beautiful game of football. The France team is a likely contender because of they are number one of course. If they get to meet Argentina, it is going to be an ultimate classic.
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