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legendary
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December 10, 2022, 08:37:05 AM
i hope for just as exciting 2 quarterfinals today as they were yesterday. since i'm always in favor of the supposed underdogs at big tournaments, i've been supporting croatia and morocco since the quarterfinals.
can well imagine today that mar again creates the surprise via a penalty shootout and maybe eliminated tonight then even with france the reigning world champion
I see Morocco playing well too they have a strong defense and I saw it against Spain a few days ago, but I hope Portugal wins this match so they can advance to the semifinals with France or England because I predict Argentina will meet Portugal or France in the final later and argentina who won the world cup trophy this year, but I'm not surprised if morocco won this match against portugal if the end of the match had to be a penalty shootout

Portugal is the favorite by bookmakers, but looking at the result of both teams so far, I think both Morocco and Portugal has equal chance to win.
Will this match ended with a draw in normal times + extra time the winner will be determined by penalty shootout like the first 2 quarter finals matches?
Too many surprised result in this world cup, so it is really hard to predict which team to win on every single match.
I am hoping to see an interesting match regardless who will win the match, if I have to bet then I'll bet on both team to score in this match.
Although the odds is like a trap since it is more than 2, but I think it is better than to bet on which one to win the match or which one to advance to semifinals.
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December 10, 2022, 08:35:26 AM
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The tension was so high in both of matches. Morocco and portugal will become a very important match. Portugal needs to win against morocco. I hope that the final will be cristiano ronaldo against messi. That will be making a very high tension of match caused by it's the final that has been waiting by so many people. It seems like that the good performance during the previous match didn't guarantee if the team will win in the current match. brazil has proven if the performance was going up and down. Very sad for brazil must gone from world cup this fast.

based from the poll on this thread, brazil was the favourite getting a 38% from the users who cast their votes. unfortunately, the favourite one was dumped out from world cup. not expecting also about this twist of events. if ronaldo and messi will have a face off in the finals, that would really get a very large audience. for sure, betting sites will get their huge income from the bettors. let's see how this will pan out in the coming days...
We are really surprised by the unusual results, betting sites have already made a lot of profit, I guess. Yes, if Ronaldo against Messi in the final, it would be a spectacular match, but against Morocco which successfully winning against Spain before, is it possible Portugal will win today? Let's just hope they can get a win without a penalty shoot-out like yesterday's match, to be honest I don't like penalty tension.
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December 10, 2022, 08:22:51 AM
i hope for just as exciting 2 quarterfinals today as they were yesterday. since i'm always in favor of the supposed underdogs at big tournaments, i've been supporting croatia and morocco since the quarterfinals.
can well imagine today that mar again creates the surprise via a penalty shootout and maybe eliminated tonight then even with france the reigning world champion
I see Morocco playing well too they have a strong defense and I saw it against Spain a few days ago, but I hope Portugal wins this match so they can advance to the semifinals with France or England because I predict Argentina will meet Portugal or France in the final later and argentina who won the world cup trophy this year, but I'm not surprised if morocco won this match against portugal if the end of the match had to be a penalty shootout
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December 10, 2022, 08:21:07 AM
It's okay if Morocco loses this game, it's because Morocco is a dark horse team and they are not the favourites. But if Morocco manages to beat Portugal then obviously it is one big hit and it will be spectacular. I think Morocco will be very defensively focused against Portugal and they will try to do everything they can to keep a clean sheet. I was expecting Portugal to be overwhelmed against the Moroccan defense like when Morocco beat Spain, but Portugal are a different team.

Support for Morocco today will be overwhelming. They are a team that represents Africa and of course they will get great support from Qatar, African countries and others. Even if Morocco loses, then they must lose in an honorable way.

Morocco will try to take the game to plenty kicks and will play defensively as they did against Spain. Morrocco attack is not as strong as Portugal but they were able to create some good chances in there last encounter. Argentina was surprised by Saudia in there opening game, can we see another upset today ?
Today's match between Morocco and Portugal can be predicted to be a new history.  Because Morocco has survived to this day because they can attack well but Portugal has a lot of other players including Ronaldo who are very good attacking players.  But the Moroccan players can show their performance today to show the possibility of victory because history will only look at Morocco's victory.  But in terms of FIFA rank, Portugal is much ahead of Morocco, which is why I think they can win here.
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December 10, 2022, 08:19:43 AM
France vs England this is the real tested for both of teams in this tournament because so far whether England or France never been meet strong team during group stages or round of 16 and according to meeting statistics England records was slightly better than France and England too as the most productive teams so France have to be careful with England but France has Mbappe that this player always be performing well if played since early minutes and with 5 goals during this tournament he currently as top scorer and i have a feeling he might be will scoring goals in this match and for betting option France win seems good choice and i wish this match will ended without penalty kick anymore and France has odds @2.55
The two countries that will compete, namely England and France, do not have a very striking difference. So it can be said that this match will be a balanced match between the two teams. France has Kylian Mbappe who is very productive in the World Cup this time with 5 goals he managed to pack. So the England national team should be more aware of the movement of this one player because it will trouble them in defense. It would be a close scoreline in my opinion, or it would be a game that had to be settled on penalties.
I bet for England. however, it is pretty challenging to analyze this fight. but I see England having good luck in this game. England also has several young players in the squad who can be relied upon.
I hope the match will not be forced into a penalty shootout. England must be able to get a goal early to stay safe. hard to predict, to be honest, but I would bet for England.
legendary
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December 10, 2022, 08:18:05 AM
I would say scoring from penalties is mostly down to luck. It is difficult to score from penalties unless luck helps. Virgil Van Dijk's performance in this match was outstanding. He played very well in the entire match. Unfortunately he couldn't score from the penalty spot. Steven Berghuis missed the penalty only for Martinez to make a superb save. Martinez's contribution to Argentina's victory was outstanding. However, after Argentina scored 2 goals I thought they would win easily. But the Netherlands played very well. We enjoyed a breathtaking match.
The chances of a player scoring a penalty are about 70%. So normally 7 out of 10 penalties are successfully scored. In this World Cup I think it's quite different, I didn't calculate it. But 3 out of 10 penalties were missed yesterday, so it should be true. In the game Brazil vs. Croatia, it was 2 out of 8.

The next game starts in less than 100 minutes, and I think Portugal ein and starting without Ronaldo.
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December 10, 2022, 08:16:06 AM
After seeing many surprising results, I wouldn't be surprised if Croatia and Morocco meet in the final. In fact, if we see such a thing, we will experience a world cup that we will talk about for many years. Nobody could have predicted that these two teams would win so many matches, since our predictions surprise us, I started to think that Morocco could be the champion.
Let's see what Portugal can do tonight Cheesy
I think it's going to be one pretty interesting finale if it comes true. morocco will be able to make a number of big teams amazed by what they showed at the Qatar world cup. right on this day we will see morocco against portugal. Even though on paper there are many bettors who chose Portugal to win this match, everything could change on the field later. especially after the few shocks that happened now is it possible that morocco will beat portugal.

besides that we will see england and france in today's game. I want to see Mbappe score goals and break records again. he is the top scorer in qatar world cup and he has a chance to add to the coffers of goals against england.
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December 10, 2022, 08:05:16 AM
It's okay if Morocco loses this game, it's because Morocco is a dark horse team and they are not the favourites. But if Morocco manages to beat Portugal then obviously it is one big hit and it will be spectacular. I think Morocco will be very defensively focused against Portugal and they will try to do everything they can to keep a clean sheet. I was expecting Portugal to be overwhelmed against the Moroccan defense like when Morocco beat Spain, but Portugal are a different team.

Support for Morocco today will be overwhelming. They are a team that represents Africa and of course they will get great support from Qatar, African countries and others. Even if Morocco loses, then they must lose in an honorable way.

Morocco will try to take the game to plenty kicks and will play defensively as they did against Spain. Morrocco attack is not as strong as Portugal but they were able to create some good chances in there last encounter. Argentina was surprised by Saudia in there opening game, can we see another upset today ?
Morocco will do their best to stop Portugal to score a goal and to take the game to penalty shoot out,  they did the same thing with Spain all they did was to stop their attacks and defend goals and than extra time and penalty shootout.  Penalty shoot out is all about your luck and confidence in time of pressure .
Morroco attack and strike Is way behind Portugal so we will see a tough match today.
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December 10, 2022, 08:02:51 AM
France vs England this is the real tested for both of teams in this tournament because so far whether England or France never been meet strong team during group stages or round of 16 and according to meeting statistics England records was slightly better than France and England too as the most productive teams so France have to be careful with England but France has Mbappe that this player always be performing well if played since early minutes and with 5 goals during this tournament he currently as top scorer and i have a feeling he might be will scoring goals in this match and for betting option France win seems good choice and i wish this match will ended without penalty kick anymore and France has odds @2.55
The two countries that will compete, namely England and France, do not have a very striking difference. So it can be said that this match will be a balanced match between the two teams. France has Kylian Mbappe who is very productive in the World Cup this time with 5 goals he managed to pack. So the England national team should be more aware of the movement of this one player because it will trouble them in defense. It would be a close scoreline in my opinion, or it would be a game that had to be settled on penalties.
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December 10, 2022, 07:57:47 AM
So happy that Argentina are through.
To be honest netherlands were scaring me with the fact they might win, and then when I saw Lautaro Martinez stepping up, I thought he’d miss by miles but fortunately he scored
The chances were 50/50 for both teams. If Van Dijk had scored the first penalty, the motivation not been gone. Van Dijk won both coin flip, the side and who starts and then he misses himself. Messi's penalty was bad, Holland's goalkeeper just chose the wrong side. But Argentina had more luck and now play one semi-finals.

I would say scoring from penalties is mostly down to luck. It is difficult to score from penalties unless luck helps. Virgil Van Dijk's performance in this match was outstanding. He played very well in the entire match. Unfortunately he couldn't score from the penalty spot. Steven Berghuis missed the penalty only for Martinez to make a superb save. Martinez's contribution to Argentina's victory was outstanding. However, after Argentina scored 2 goals I thought they would win easily. But the Netherlands played very well. We enjoyed a breathtaking match.
legendary
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December 10, 2022, 07:46:43 AM
The chances were 50/50 for both teams. If Van Dijk had scored the first penalty, the motivation not been gone. Van Dijk won both coin flip, the side and who starts and then he misses himself. Messi's penalty was bad, Holland's goalkeeper just chose the wrong side. But Argentina had more luck and now play one semi-finals.

yes. it was really exciting yesterday. until the 80th minute i thought it was done. but the dutch didn't give up and scored the 2:2 just before the end.
but you can't become world champion without luck. and yesterday argentina was luckier than the dutch.
so argentina is now in the semifinals and has to play more concentrated against croatia to get into the final so that messi finally gets his first world championship title.
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December 10, 2022, 07:46:36 AM
It's okay if Morocco loses this game, it's because Morocco is a dark horse team and they are not the favourites. But if Morocco manages to beat Portugal then obviously it is one big hit and it will be spectacular. I think Morocco will be very defensively focused against Portugal and they will try to do everything they can to keep a clean sheet. I was expecting Portugal to be overwhelmed against the Moroccan defense like when Morocco beat Spain, but Portugal are a different team.

Support for Morocco today will be overwhelming. They are a team that represents Africa and of course they will get great support from Qatar, African countries and others. Even if Morocco loses, then they must lose in an honorable way.

Morocco will try to take the game to plenty kicks and will play defensively as they did against Spain. Morrocco attack is not as strong as Portugal but they were able to create some good chances in there last encounter. Argentina was surprised by Saudia in there opening game, can we see another upset today ?
legendary
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December 10, 2022, 07:41:35 AM
So happy that Argentina are through.
To be honest netherlands were scaring me with the fact they might win, and then when I saw Lautaro Martinez stepping up, I thought he’d miss by miles but fortunately he scored
The chances were 50/50 for both teams. If Van Dijk had scored the first penalty, the motivation not been gone. Van Dijk won both coin flip, the side and who starts and then he misses himself. Messi's penalty was bad, Holland's goalkeeper just chose the wrong side. But Argentina had more luck and now play one semi-finals.
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December 10, 2022, 07:39:32 AM
France vs England this is the real tested for both of teams in this tournament because so far whether England or France never been meet strong team during group stages or round of 16 and according to meeting statistics England records was slightly better than France and England too as the most productive teams so France have to be careful with England but France has Mbappe that this player always be performing well if played since early minutes and with 5 goals during this tournament he currently as top scorer and i have a feeling he might be will scoring goals in this match and for betting option France win seems good choice and i wish this match will ended without penalty kick anymore and France has odds @2.55
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December 10, 2022, 07:36:17 AM
Well, will Morocco's defense be able to withstand today, or will Portugal repeat their previous success and show how football should be played? =) Morocco managed to achieve a very good result at this World Cup, but enough unexpected surprises, it's time to win with the favorites. I'm a little surprised why the odds for Portugal's win are 1.76? I expect that Portugal will win today, the reliable defense of Morocco should fail. I wonder if Ronaldo will play in the starting lineup, or will he start the match again on the bench?
Morocco managed to amaze many people with the disciplined game they applied in this World Cup, especially when they defended. Spain was their victim in the round of 16 without even a single goal being scored by Spain against Morocco. Today Portugal will face them, and they have to learn from their game against Spain. If not then they will be the next victims from Morocco.
Cristiano Ronaldo has the chance to be included in this game from the first minute, but it will be the coach's decision who will be the starting line-up.
Morocco is going to amaze us today too ,they have emerged as a strongest and competitive team in recent world cup the way they defeated Spain is remarkable and memorable.
Today they are going to play against Portugal the strongest one. Today game I'd going to be an exciting and thrilling one whether Cristiano is playing or not this is going to be a tough fight .
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December 10, 2022, 07:34:49 AM
Lost in the tiebreaker after a 1-1 draw in the quarter final was very painful for Brazilian fans, one of the favorites of this World Cup. And for Neymar, it was even more painful to scored a great goal last night. Played great throughout the match. But the he could not take the team to the semi-finals. Neymar has hinted at this forward's retirement. Said, "I'm not closing the door for the national team, but I'm not guaranteeing 100% that I will return." I think last night was really a red letter day for many. But without a doubt, Croatia was able to perform brilliantly.
legendary
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December 10, 2022, 07:30:30 AM
Well, will Morocco's defense be able to withstand today, or will Portugal repeat their previous success and show how football should be played? =) Morocco managed to achieve a very good result at this World Cup, but enough unexpected surprises, it's time to win with the favorites. I'm a little surprised why the odds for Portugal's win are 1.76? I expect that Portugal will win today, the reliable defense of Morocco should fail. I wonder if Ronaldo will play in the starting lineup, or will he start the match again on the bench?
It's okay if Morocco loses this game, it's because Morocco is a dark horse team and they are not the favourites. But if Morocco manages to beat Portugal then obviously it is one big hit and it will be spectacular. I think Morocco will be very defensively focused against Portugal and they will try to do everything they can to keep a clean sheet. I was expecting Portugal to be overwhelmed against the Moroccan defense like when Morocco beat Spain, but Portugal are a different team.

Support for Morocco today will be overwhelming. They are a team that represents Africa and of course they will get great support from Qatar, African countries and others. Even if Morocco loses, then they must lose in an honorable way.
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December 10, 2022, 07:30:00 AM
I don't know, but in my opinion the brazilian team was superior (in statistics and mainly in the roster of the team).
Everyone was confident that they would win against Croatia, because they only had Luka Modrić who is an excellent player and also dangerous.
If we analyze, Brazil managed to shoot 21 times, against Croatia's 9, in terms of shots on goal, Brazil made 11 shots against Croatia's only 1, and it was precisely this single kick that kept Croatia's hopes alive against Croatia. From then on, Brazil "literally died" and the Croats took advantage of this great opportunity and managed to reverse it and beat Brazil on penalties

Yeah, if we check the statistics of this match, we can see that Brazil was much better offensively than Croatia. However, it also shows that the Croatian goalkeeper performed phenomenally in this match, as Brazil managed to score only one of 11 shots on goal. Obviously, Brazil fans may be disappointed at the moment, but there is no doubt that Croatia deserved this win, and the outcome of this match once again showed how unpredictable the World Cup can be.
Let's not forget the Croatian midfield masterclass. The managed to condense the Brazilian pressure and slow down the tempo of the game most of the time. I know this was boring for most people, but their focus was definitely Penalties. They trusted their shoot stopper, and it paid off at the end.
All that Croatia did was defense and they made sure that they stop every strike and attack of Brazil,  they were totally on this and as a result Brazil managed to score a goal at the end of full time nbut that didn't help them in victory,  Croatia succeeded in scoring goal right after that but again what went wrong in Penalty shootout ?
Why strongest teams couldn't succeed in penalty shootout?
I think the reason is intense pressure and nervousness that destroys everything.  We have witnessed that thing yesterday too and before that too .
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December 10, 2022, 07:27:27 AM
Well, will Morocco's defense be able to withstand today, or will Portugal repeat their previous success and show how football should be played? =) Morocco managed to achieve a very good result at this World Cup, but enough unexpected surprises, it's time to win with the favorites. I'm a little surprised why the odds for Portugal's win are 1.76? I expect that Portugal will win today, the reliable defense of Morocco should fail. I wonder if Ronaldo will play in the starting lineup, or will he start the match again on the bench?
Morocco managed to amaze many people with the disciplined game they applied in this World Cup, especially when they defended. Spain was their victim in the round of 16 without even a single goal being scored by Spain against Morocco. Today Portugal will face them, and they have to learn from their game against Spain. If not then they will be the next victims from Morocco.
Cristiano Ronaldo has the chance to be included in this game from the first minute, but it will be the coach's decision who will be the starting line-up.
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December 10, 2022, 07:26:17 AM
Well, will Morocco's defense be able to withstand today, or will Portugal repeat their previous success and show how football should be played? =) Morocco managed to achieve a very good result at this World Cup, but enough unexpected surprises, it's time to win with the favorites.
Unexpected outcomes are possible because the tournament is not over, and that is the nature of football. Many of us here did not believe that Brazil would be eliminated by Croatia yesterday because we know how good the Brazilian team is and that they are the FIFA's favorite of the tournament, but now that they have been eliminated, Morocco's luck may continue.

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I'm a little surprised why the odds for Portugal's win are 1.76? I expect that Portugal will win today, the reliable defense of Morocco should fail. I wonder if Ronaldo will play in the starting lineup, or will he start the match again on the bench?
Portugal's team is not as strong as Spain's, and Morocco eliminated them in the knockout stage, which is why they did not give Portugal a small advantage because everyone expected Morocco to set another African record by becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup's semifinals, so Morocco cannot be underestimated.
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