Topic: Candidates for the WORLD CUP 2022 Winner - page 9. (Read 3001 times)

Even coming into the world cup, they didn't have too many strikers, they are famous for all the other positions but the striker position had just Jesus and Richarlison as far as I am aware, maybe I am wrong but that’s the only two pure strikers in the whole squad isn't it? Others are just forward players and they would have to replace, like if Richarlison gets injured (hope not) then it could be a huge trouble for them because they would not have any strikers at all.

This isn't an easy decision to have, it’s definitely a hard one but the moment they realize that it's enough, they will make sure that they use the most out of it, probably already realized it actually.

Yes, there is still France and also Argentina. We have to consider another national team that is currently in such impressive performance, although Brazil has more potential to win this world cup, but the way will not be easy. You are right Croatia did not want to lose here against Brazil, we are watching a tough matches for Brazil this time.

I completely changed my mind from Brazil winning it all and now , I'm going with England to win it all. Why ? Well , no one seems to be hyped for the best squad of England of all time so that's something to talk about in every sport talk show and not only so I think this silence is to not disturb them from winning and so far is working amazingly. 

Brazil - Croatia seems like a very boring game to watch but I had no other expectations as soon as I saw Croatia qualifying with Japan...

well whoever will win the world cup he is the best even though i hope argentina, but no one knows about this world cup which always has surprises in every match, i believe messi can bring the world cup like the legend used to be Maradona, well at least Messi et al can make history in this year before retiring later

Are you sure the Netherlands will use the 3-5-2 scheme, or are you writing the wrong one that should use the 3-4-1-2 pattern. the strategy scheme that Van Gal always implements in every match, always through Daley Blind and Frenkie De Jong. the combinations that Van gal's strategic scheme does, don't have much variety. except that Van Gal rotated his players several times, including rotating Cody Gakpo. but the results, quite satisfactory. The Netherlands only experienced difficulties once, against Spartan resistance from Ecuador.

On the Argentine side, Argentina often changes its formation. so far, they have only implemented a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 pattern scheme. and it seems, in this fight Argentina will use 4-3-3. Scaloni always varies his attacks, depending on the needs and weaknesses of the opposing team. Argentina always plays offensively, but Lautaro Martinez does not show his abilities to the fullest. in the end, Julian Alvarez was given more opportunities. and this time, Di Maria will be sure to be included in the main starting line-up.

As I said in many previous threads, football is not only based on statistics and on paper. Regarding the results later, will be determined after the game starts. one mistake, will be fatal for both.

Yes, we agree that Brazil has a bigger chance than other countries but we still should consider other national teams because we have seen what happened before. Brazil's match with Croatia, which will start, is really curious because Croatia doesn't want to lose against Brazil. But let's hope Brazil can give a good performance against Croatia. Otherwise, Brasil can not continue the next game.

Yes, everyone has different thoughts, I respect that. But still, Brazil and Argentina are very influential countries in the world cup, each of them has the all-time football legends Pele and Maradona, everyone knows about their history. Regardless of who will win later everyone will surely be entertained by the beautiful football from both of them.


Even Richarlison uses the jersey number 9 and it is a great number and has been used by the Brazilian legend Ronaldo. It seems he has begun to be possessed by the soul of a Ronaldo, since the previous match he was so dangerous for the opponent's goal. Apart from that, all of Mbappe and Richarlison have made great contributions for their respective countries and this is a match worth waiting for among other matches.

Mbappe was a football player with great potential before the tournament, but Richarlison shone in this tournament. He managed to surpass even Neymar with his performance in this tournament. Tottenham did the right thing by signing him. If we watch a final between Brazil and France, we will identify the tournament with these two players years later. I think Brazil play more compact football. I consider them as favourites. I think they will reach the final by winning their matches against Croatia and Argentina. I have not seen any other team that influenced me as much as they did in this tournament.

Yeah, that's the funny thing about points. It is possible to lose a match and still have six points, but not five. 


Yes, you are right about that.

To be honest I'm not sure Brazil can beat Argentina in the semifinals if indeed the two will meet later in the semifinals, but I still respect your predictions as well as all the predictions of everyone here because in my opinion it is Argentina that will get the world cup this year

Considering that the 2022 world cup will end in a few days and will soon be heading to the finals, I am here favoring Brazil and France in the final. Maybe without reason if the two countries deserve to be in the final because almost all the players are evenly distributed from all positions and their coaches also have no doubt to cultivate these talented players.

Kylian Mbappe and Richarlison are the top scorers of the world cup while of course they will both compete for the golden foot award later. France is the defending champion at this event and they definitely want to defend it at this year's world cup.

The match of Portugal and Morocco is coming soon today. In this world cup no team is under the feet of big team. The smaller teams are winning bigger team and taking them out from the tournament like Germany lost to Japan and at the world cup, can you believe that? Spain is sent out by Morocco. Morocco has confident players reading to play out extra time and good with penalty incase it will decide the match like Spain. We can see another surprise.

Yes, when we look on paper, Argentina will win the match, but this is football where anything change can happen. This time for the Netherlands for getting the first trophy of the world cup. The Netherlands is a strong team from Europe that never once to feel that, so with a mediocre squad, the Netherlands will be carefree to play offensive with a scheme of 3-5-2. While Argentina was burdened with Messi's mission to achieve in what his dream.

another surprise may come from Morocco. Portugal is highly favored, but it's also the same as Morocco's against Spain. if Portugal struggled to score goals and was forced to shoot penalties, it would be a nightmare for Portugal. Morocco certainly has good confidence in this regard.
but my guess is, Portugal will at least make it to the semi-finals, and meet England or France, this is a much more difficult match to predict.

Well, Portugal still hasn't gotten to the final.

Anything can really happen, and there's no free passes in this tournament.

Every single team has to play their best and actually score and win in the field to actually get to the final.

This tournament has shown that even the best, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France, etc, have lost to other teams that are way below their skills. Hell, Italy didn't even qualify to this one.

So, we'll have to just wait and see how Portugal does.

Everyone has their own choice and everyone has their own team to be proud of, as well as myself, because of course I also have my own candidates. the world cup trophy is Brazil, while one more team that has managed to get a ticket to the final is Portugal, although no one dares to bet on Portugal to reach the final, I am optimistic that Portugal has a strong mentality to penetrate the final.

Yeah, you're absolutely right. Croatia is also undefeated

I just quickly glanced over the teams points in the group stage and passed Croatia because they only had 5 points! (just focused on 6+ points teams). By the way, England only has one draw.

Checked the losing stats and confirmed Croatia is the only team missing from that list.

So, these are the undefeated teams so far: Morocco, England, Netherlands, Croatia.

I would like to see a duel between Argentina and Brazil but for me Brazil is really strong and Argentina without Messi is nothing. So other teams really need to focus mostly on Messi because everything is played around him. Portugal has the easiest opponent out of all other matchups

I think you made a mistake there. As far as I know, Croatia has been undefeated so far in this tournament as well.



Three wins and two draws, just like England.

People predict that Brazil and France will go to the final and that's very reasonable. because after all, they have a player depth that is above average than the Dutch players let alone Marocco. even from the beginning, before the world cup was held. I have said many times, that the Netherlands will be one of the strongest challengers in this championship. and it was proven, they were able to step up and overthrow their opponents even though they were not filled with players like those of France and Brazil.

unfortunately, the Netherlands will meet Argentina where these two teams are my favorite squad. statistically, the Netherlands is still behind Argentina and we can see that from their matches in this world cup. The Netherlands really struggled, against the Senegal squad and struggled against Ecuador. so on paper, Argentina will enter the semifinals.

on the Marocco side, this team is unique, they gave us a surprise in this world cup. holding Croatia to a draw is not an easy matter, toppling Belgium 0-2, Canada, and finally holding Spain to a draw. the question for now is whether Portugal can overthrow Marocco easily. especially if Ronaldo becomes the main strater player, which he doesn't contribute much.

for France, I told you, they deserve to be in the final. however, don't be surprised if The Three Lions are able to overthrow them in 2x45 minutes of the game.
In conclusion, anything can happen because this match is a life and death match for all the teams that enter the quarter-finals.