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September 24, 2022, 06:00:09 PM
There are less than 2 months left before 32 teams face off in 64 matches to determine the winner of the FIFA World Cup. The 2022 FIFA World Cup is going to be an awesome show. We're looking forward to watching the FIFA World Cup's opening match. Since we're heading to the biggest festival on earth, this game is sure to draw a big crowd. My excitement is high, but I am looking forward to a new country lifting it this time around.

And you need to remember something very important. This is going to be the last world cup in current format. From the next world cup onwards, there will be a total of 48 participants, with increased representation from Africa and Asia. There is going to be much more diversity and we can expect to see countries such as New Zealand taking part in the tournament. So this is going to be the last edition, where the UEFA teams are dominating. We still don't know anything about the tournament structure in 2026, but length of the tournament is a concern.
The number 32 is increased to 48 for the 2026 World Cup. An 16 team increase is a big number. There'll be divesre addition of teams from all over the world. According to the present team participation, more teams need to be added from Asia and Africa. Fortunately there is not much of football nation on the Asia continent.
Now many young boys and girls in Asian countries are taking interest in football too. Asian are mostly inclined toward cricket and that is okie.
That is what brings beauty to the world of sports. But yes you are right the increase of 16 countries is a big number. I hope one of those 16 be able to reach to top 4. Which is impossible
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September 24, 2022, 05:50:58 PM
After seeing the latest Nations League games I can conclude that the main favorites this time won't be from Europe,European bigger teams are being in not a good condition and the one who probably is somewhat better which is Italy didn't make it to this tournament for this time.I think this will be disputed between Brazil and Argentina and I also predict a final between them.There are no other teams except the big European ones who can defeat Brazil or Argentina but seeing these European teams in a lot of difficulties it is only natural now that the World Cup trophy is not going in Europe this time.
Actually I wasn't too sure when the Nations League became the benchmark now, but indeed for Brazil today they are very different from a few years ago.
The condition of their players is even and there are many potential new players for them at this time.
Call it Vini, Richalrison and Antony in attack and Militapo in defense.
Not to mention with the support of players who can currently be considered as caliber as Raphinha and Neymar, it is clear that Brazil is currently a strong candidate after several years of absence.
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September 24, 2022, 01:00:04 PM
I think Brazil are one of the favourite to lift the world cup this year, they have so many talented players in that team, I watch there game against Ghana and I think that team can win the trophy, having vinicius jr and neymar in there is great to watch two players that can break any defence, then their is Richarlison the new Tottenham Hotspur signing he is so strong and skilful with the ball,he scored two goals against Ghana, is not only their attack that is good, there defence has players like thiago Silva, marquanos, militao and Gremer so you see they are covered everywhere.
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September 24, 2022, 12:49:04 PM
When you talk about dominance do you mean results? In this case, the format change will not prevent European teams from dominating further - the closer the playoff stage is to the final, the less random teams there will be and I think that the composition of the pairs will not differ from previous world championships. By the way, in connection with the future expansion, the UEFA zone will also receive additional places, which means that in the final part there will be even more very strong teams from Europe claiming the title (such as Italy, which has missed the tournament for the second time in a row).

No. When I talk about dominance, I am talking about representation. In the current world cup, 13 out of the 32 teams are from the UEFA confederation (more than 40%). For the 2026 world cup, it will be 16 teams out of 48 (33% representation). In terms of performance, none of the UEFA teams can come close to CONMEBOL. Latin American teams such as Brazil and Argentina have dominated the international football scene for many decades now. But CONMEBOL has only 4.5 slots in the 2022 world cup. So they are lagging behind in terms of representation.

You must be joking? In Europe, there are usually at least 5-6 teams that play better or at the level of Brazil and Argentina and probably 15-20 teams that play better than all other teams from CONMEBOL. A wider representation of other regions will not change the fact that the European teams are stronger and the closer the tournament stage is to the final, the more European teams there will be.
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September 24, 2022, 11:56:08 AM
The friendly match between Brazil vs Ghana are two very different forces. I think in that match, Brazil will not be too serious, just do some experimentation with the rotation of its players. it seemed, Tite was just making sure that his troops matched the strategy and some of the rotations he used.
As a result, Brazil conquered Ghana with a landslide score. If you look at the statistics of Brazil's matches, it seems that Brazil will not have serious problems with the strength they have when they compete in the Qatar World Cup.
brazil has a very complete player, i think brazil is the strongest candidate than any other squad in this year's world cup.
Yes, on this point I agree with you and you are right!

I also believe this is a game of adjustments, but as Ghana is a weak team (I'm not belittling), Brazil managed to stand out.

Remembering that the Brazil team underwent a major "remodeling" in its squad. I believe that for the team to obtain chemistry between the players it may take some time.

I don't know, soccer is like a box of chocolates you never know what you are going to get
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September 24, 2022, 09:50:22 AM
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I'm anxious to see how Brazil is going to play this match, there are some new players today, and this could be an gold opportunity for them

I didn't find any good bet here to risk, these kind of friendly match just before the cup are strange, lots of changes to the teams, some tests etc, but Brazil and Argentina will probably win these matches with 2 or more goals.
Ghana will be at the group od Uruguay and Portugal, it's a good match for them to measure how the team will play against a strong team.

Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil.
Actually, Ghana also has a very good squad, but with a top team like Brazil, they obviously had no chance.  They managed to win the game with 3 goals scored in the first half, this was an entry level challenge match for Brazil.  I would like to watch Brazil play friendly matches with stronger teams.  Maybe with Argentina.  That's when better comments can be made and more accurate thoughts about the team can be reached.
I also agree with you. Brazil, Argentina are undoubtedly good teams. But it is not right to consider watching this small team to check the quality of their play. To understand the condition of their team, you have to watch the fight against the big team. But it has to be said that Brazil, Argentina are good teams.
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September 24, 2022, 09:40:13 AM
Marco Reus is deeply concerned about the injury he picked up at the Revierderby last week as the forward picked up an ankle injury. The Dortmund player was seen crying as he left the pitch, Reus was very worried about not being able to feature at the Qatar World Cup with Germany.

Reus has experience missing Germany's successful World Cup campaign in 2014 with another ankle injury, but Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl is optimistic that he will be fit for the tournament in Qatar.
Marco Reus is really unlucky. World Cup is starting soon & he caught a serious injury. Again, before the main international torunament. Marco Reus is one of the most unlucky footballers of all time. An absolute World Class player with a terrible injury record.
❌ 2012: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs
❌ 2014: Injured, missed the World Cup
❌ 2016: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs
✅ 2018: Present
❌ 2021: Missed the EUROs
❓ 2022: Injured 2 months before the World Cup


His resilience against injuries has always been one of Marco Reus' biggest weaknesses. Now some might say the he is just unlucky and that is certainly true to a degree, but he has been very prone to injuries all the time as well. It is not like it's coincidence only all the time that the same players get injured over and over again. Even though they now said that this injury is not going to threaten his participation in the World Cup, the fact of the matter still is that he is getting out of the weekly routine for now and needs to regain trust in his joint. That is also an important factor when you want to reach your highest possible level in normal games but especially for an important tournament like the World Cup. As a coach you usually want your players to be at 110% and I am not sure Reus can achieve that once he is able to start another of those countless comebacks during his career.

Anyway the game against Hungary was shockingly bad. Germany recently claimed to be a favorite for the title as well, but that didn't really seem to be the case against Hungary.
yes very disappointing. Germany did miss opportunities, but it's still pretty good that they've come a long way from Euro 2020-21 form. Hungary played superbly, but the chances created by Die Mannschaft should not be overlooked either. While the presence of teams like Brazil, Argentina, Belgium etc means that a World Cup win will be a surprise, they still have to improve their form. If only one of the young strikers managed to achieve Klose's level of accuracy.
I want to talk about Argentina. Their team has improved a lot from last year. The youngsters in their team are playing very well. They are unbeaten in 34 matches. The understanding of all the team players is very good. Good things can be expected from them in the upcoming World Cup.
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September 24, 2022, 09:30:48 AM
There are some great matches today to study the teams



I'm anxious to see how Brazil is going to play this match, there are some new players today, and this could be an gold opportunity for them

I didn't find any good bet here to risk, these kind of friendly match just before the cup are strange, lots of changes to the teams, some tests etc, but Brazil and Argentina will probably win these matches with 2 or more goals.
Ghana will be at the group od Uruguay and Portugal, it's a good match for them to measure how the team will play against a strong team.

Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil.
All the players in the Brazil team are in good form. They all play in good clubs. Their style of play is much improved. Brazil team has one of their players Neymar who is an amazing footballer. Ghana could not create any scoring chances in yesterday's game. Brazil could have scored more goals.
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September 24, 2022, 09:27:28 AM
After seeing the latest Nations League games I can conclude that the main favorites this time won't be from Europe,European bigger teams are being in not a good condition and the one who probably is somewhat better which is Italy didn't make it to this tournament for this time.I think this will be disputed between Brazil and Argentina and I also predict a final between them.There are no other teams except the big European ones who can defeat Brazil or Argentina but seeing these European teams in a lot of difficulties it is only natural now that the World Cup trophy is not going in Europe this time.
The performance of countries from Europe is not in good condition right now, so it is natural to predict countries outside of that will be able to win the title at this World Cup. But I see Portugal is more prepared now, and maybe among the countries you mentioned Portugal is a consideration for me. Portuguese players who have played in various major leagues are in good form right now, and that is good news for the Portuguese national team.
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September 24, 2022, 09:15:06 AM
Marco Reus is deeply concerned about the injury he picked up at the Revierderby last week as the forward picked up an ankle injury. The Dortmund player was seen crying as he left the pitch, Reus was very worried about not being able to feature at the Qatar World Cup with Germany.

Reus has experience missing Germany's successful World Cup campaign in 2014 with another ankle injury, but Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl is optimistic that he will be fit for the tournament in Qatar.
Marco Reus is really unlucky. World Cup is starting soon & he caught a serious injury. Again, before the main international torunament. Marco Reus is one of the most unlucky footballers of all time. An absolute World Class player with a terrible injury record.
❌ 2012: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs
❌ 2014: Injured, missed the World Cup
❌ 2016: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs
✅ 2018: Present
❌ 2021: Missed the EUROs
❓ 2022: Injured 2 months before the World Cup


His resilience against injuries has always been one of Marco Reus' biggest weaknesses. Now some might say the he is just unlucky and that is certainly true to a degree, but he has been very prone to injuries all the time as well. It is not like it's coincidence only all the time that the same players get injured over and over again. Even though they now said that this injury is not going to threaten his participation in the World Cup, the fact of the matter still is that he is getting out of the weekly routine for now and needs to regain trust in his joint. That is also an important factor when you want to reach your highest possible level in normal games but especially for an important tournament like the World Cup. As a coach you usually want your players to be at 110% and I am not sure Reus can achieve that once he is able to start another of those countless comebacks during his career.

Anyway the game against Hungary was shockingly bad. Germany recently claimed to be a favorite for the title as well, but that didn't really seem to be the case against Hungary.
yes very disappointing. Germany did miss opportunities, but it's still pretty good that they've come a long way from Euro 2020-21 form. Hungary played superbly, but the chances created by Die Mannschaft should not be overlooked either. While the presence of teams like Brazil, Argentina, Belgium etc means that a World Cup win will be a surprise, they still have to improve their form. If only one of the young strikers managed to achieve Klose's level of accuracy.
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September 24, 2022, 06:40:19 AM
After seeing the latest Nations League games I can conclude that the main favorites this time won't be from Europe,European bigger teams are being in not a good condition and the one who probably is somewhat better which is Italy didn't make it to this tournament for this time.I think this will be disputed between Brazil and Argentina and I also predict a final between them.There are no other teams except the big European ones who can defeat Brazil or Argentina but seeing these European teams in a lot of difficulties it is only natural now that the World Cup trophy is not going in Europe this time.

I think it is too early for such conclusions.
There is still a lot of time until the World Cup and the League of Nations is not such an important competition for most teams.
These were actually the last warm-up games before the World Cup, because later there will be no free time for warm-up games.
For all national teams, the World Cup is the peak of the season and everyone is preparing for that competition, while the League of Nations is a less important competition.
I am sure that we will see the true strength of the European teams at the World Cup.
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September 24, 2022, 05:50:02 AM
After seeing the latest Nations League games I can conclude that the main favorites this time won't be from Europe,European bigger teams are being in not a good condition and the one who probably is somewhat better which is Italy didn't make it to this tournament for this time.I think this will be disputed between Brazil and Argentina and I also predict a final between them.There are no other teams except the big European ones who can defeat Brazil or Argentina but seeing these European teams in a lot of difficulties it is only natural now that the World Cup trophy is not going in Europe this time.
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September 24, 2022, 05:17:49 AM
Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil.
Sometimes I am happy to know that many people are optimistic with Brazil's performance.
I confess that I'm also looking forward, but I don't know how Brazil's performance will be in this World Cup.

Unfortunately ""friendly games"" is one type of match, and World Cup games are totally different!

Let's see how Brazil will behave in this World Cup!



The friendly match between Brazil vs Ghana are two very different forces. I think in that match, Brazil will not be too serious, just do some experimentation with the rotation of its players. it seemed, Tite was just making sure that his troops matched the strategy and some of the rotations he used.
As a result, Brazil conquered Ghana with a landslide score. If you look at the statistics of Brazil's matches, it seems that Brazil will not have serious problems with the strength they have when they compete in the Qatar World Cup.
brazil has a very complete player, i think brazil is the strongest candidate than any other squad in this year's world cup.
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September 24, 2022, 03:25:41 AM
Brazil always have a full of talent , in every world cup edition they are the favorite ... but of course the squad strength is not the only parameter to decide which one gonna lift the world cup trophy, more than that ... you need a strong mentality as you might feel nervous as this competition is the most prestigious one among any competition.

Everyone really wanted to lift this trophy for once in lifetime at least.
I agreed with you this statement every team wants to win trophy even they have nothing in their pocket but winning trophy is surely a dream for every team and every fan of these teams because it's nature of the human.

Brazil is surely one of the most talented players around the world, and we can check just in UEFA more than 100 players are involved in these clubs which are giving their best and having amazing skills and quality which is surely their trademark for having great response in the mega event like World Cup with only few teams which never miss any event in soccer world cup history and after two decades of European dominance both Brazil and Argentina are looking for the trophy and have enough quality for giving them tough challenge let's watch what happen in Qatar where all stage is set for this event, and we are desperately waiting for the start of this event.
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September 24, 2022, 12:41:24 AM
Brazil always have a full of talent , in every world cup edition they are the favorite ... but of course the squad strength is not the only parameter to decide which one gonna lift the world cup trophy, more than that ... you need a strong mentality as you might feel nervous as this competition is the most prestigious one among any competition.

Everyone really wanted to lift this trophy for once in lifetime at least.

This time Brazil remains as the favorites and the difference is that their competitors have gone down since the 2018 edition. UEFA teams such as France, Germany and England are not in exceptional form. Only team that can pose a challenge to Brazil right now is Argentina. And I would love to have the final match between Brazil and Argentina for this world cup (don't know whether it is possible or not, given the complicated playoff scenarios). At this point, the gap between Brazil and the other teams seems to be too large.

Brazil in many years is always a World Cup top contender and this year is no difference. I also love Argentina to reach the finals and then win it all the way because I really want Lionel Messi to win one and raise the trophy before retiring. But if I am realistic, I still think France and England have better chances than Argentina.

But if we take a look in the groupings, Argentina and Brazil cannot face each other in the finals. If they continue to win, they will face each in the semi-finals. England and France are in the worst situation because both countries will face each other right after the grouping stage. These will bound to happen provided they will become the top in their grouping stage though expected.
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September 24, 2022, 12:15:44 AM
There are some great matches today to study the teams



I'm anxious to see how Brazil is going to play this match, there are some new players today, and this could be an gold opportunity for them

I didn't find any good bet here to risk, these kind of friendly match just before the cup are strange, lots of changes to the teams, some tests etc, but Brazil and Argentina will probably win these matches with 2 or more goals.
Ghana will be at the group od Uruguay and Portugal, it's a good match for them to measure how the team will play against a strong team.

Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil.
Actually, Ghana also has a very good squad, but with a top team like Brazil, they obviously had no chance.  They managed to win the game with 3 goals scored in the first half, this was an entry level challenge match for Brazil.  I would like to watch Brazil play friendly matches with stronger teams.  Maybe with Argentina.  That's when better comments can be made and more accurate thoughts about the team can be reached.
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September 24, 2022, 12:12:10 AM
If there are additions from Africa and Asia this shows that there will be more participants from the world cup and of course it will be longer, Usually at every World Cup there will be singers who are ready to compose songs like what happened a few years ago, so I I'm sure this will be more exciting because as the year progresses, there must be something interesting and make this prestigious soccer party very lively.
There is no doubt more teams more excitement and more entertainment but here they need to do something about quality as well because right now Asia and Africa are much behind in quality from UEFA and CONMEBOL which can create the biggest gape but with current development and better facilities Africa is improving and most chances they could be more improved in coming weeks which it could be better for the sack of this game but in Asia we have no authentic structure and system in many countries which is surely a big concern.

48 teams is surely a big number and hosting event for 48 countries is not easy for many countries even we have Olympics which is having bigger number, but this is surely a different thing which needs more exposure and better facilities for all teams on different places, hopefully this all will be also discussed in coming years.
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September 23, 2022, 09:53:43 PM
Brazil always have a full of talent , in every world cup edition they are the favorite ... but of course the squad strength is not the only parameter to decide which one gonna lift the world cup trophy, more than that ... you need a strong mentality as you might feel nervous as this competition is the most prestigious one among any competition.

Everyone really wanted to lift this trophy for once in lifetime at least.

This time Brazil remains as the favorites and the difference is that their competitors have gone down since the 2018 edition. UEFA teams such as France, Germany and England are not in exceptional form. Only team that can pose a challenge to Brazil right now is Argentina. And I would love to have the final match between Brazil and Argentina for this world cup (don't know whether it is possible or not, given the complicated playoff scenarios). At this point, the gap between Brazil and the other teams seems to be too large.
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September 23, 2022, 06:35:03 PM
Marco Reus is deeply concerned about the injury he picked up at the Revierderby last week as the forward picked up an ankle injury. The Dortmund player was seen crying as he left the pitch, Reus was very worried about not being able to feature at the Qatar World Cup with Germany.

Reus has experience missing Germany's successful World Cup campaign in 2014 with another ankle injury, but Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl is optimistic that he will be fit for the tournament in Qatar.
Marco Reus is really unlucky. World Cup is starting soon & he caught a serious injury. Again, before the main international torunament. Marco Reus is one of the most unlucky footballers of all time. An absolute World Class player with a terrible injury record.
❌ 2012: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs
❌ 2014: Injured, missed the World Cup
❌ 2016: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs
✅ 2018: Present
❌ 2021: Missed the EUROs
❓ 2022: Injured 2 months before the World Cup


His resilience against injuries has always been one of Marco Reus' biggest weaknesses. Now some might say the he is just unlucky and that is certainly true to a degree, but he has been very prone to injuries all the time as well. It is not like it's coincidence only all the time that the same players get injured over and over again. Even though they now said that this injury is not going to threaten his participation in the World Cup, the fact of the matter still is that he is getting out of the weekly routine for now and needs to regain trust in his joint. That is also an important factor when you want to reach your highest possible level in normal games but especially for an important tournament like the World Cup. As a coach you usually want your players to be at 110% and I am not sure Reus can achieve that once he is able to start another of those countless comebacks during his career.

Anyway the game against Hungary was shockingly bad. Germany recently claimed to be a favorite for the title as well, but that didn't really seem to be the case against Hungary.
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September 23, 2022, 05:58:59 PM
Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil.
Sometimes I am happy to know that many people are optimistic with Brazil's performance.
I confess that I'm also looking forward, but I don't know how Brazil's performance will be in this World Cup.

Unfortunately ""friendly games"" is one type of match, and World Cup games are totally different!

Let's see how Brazil will behave in this World Cup!

Brazil always have a full of talent , in every world cup edition they are the favorite ... but of course the squad strength is not the only parameter to decide which one gonna lift the world cup trophy, more than that ... you need a strong mentality as you might feel nervous as this competition is the most prestigious one among any competition.

Everyone really wanted to lift this trophy for once in lifetime at least.
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