FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights - page 31.

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Quote from: Slow death on December 07, 2022, 05:44:49 AM

Yesterday's games gave me many surprises

morocco - spain

honestly i even thought that morocco could already win this game within the 90 minutes, they wasted so many opportunities that even i was already irritated with them, it was just strange how morocco wasted opportunities to score a goal, now spain didn't even seem like that there are so many good players, they played so badly that honestly this spain coach has to be fired, about penalties, it was a great shame to see many spain players missing penalties

Portugal - Switzerland

portugal won overwhelmingly, and this also raised another controversy: cristiano ronaldo was not in the starting 11, so here is the question: will portugal play better without cristiano ronaldo? in manchester they only won without cristiano ronaldo

I haven't watched Spain since the world cup group match, last night I watched it didn't look like they have a quality squad team. They were lucky to meet a team that was not so seeded in the previous group, even though they lost to a penalty shoot-out, Spain needs to learn from yesterday's mistakes, that's really not satisfying the audience, but it's different when you see Portugal they play, keep attacking and keep scoring more goals than people think and their game is really satisfying

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Now we already completed round of 16 with one big upset as Morocco beats Spain on penalties and going to face Portugal into quarterfinal where we have few toughest challenges like England vs France and Argentina vs Netherlands for me these two matches are having significant competition.

To be honest, I wasn't surprised by the outcome of this match. because after all, if Spain wins over Maroco, they will have a hard time against Portugal. I don't expect much from Luis Enrique, will bring his troops to the next rounds with the formation and tactics he applies. even during the Spain vs Germany match, there were many weaknesses shown by the Spanish squad. likewise, against Japan.

I don't really understand what this Spanish coach is planning with his players. in fact, Enrique has several more deserving options as the main Strating line-up. and in the end, Spain was stopped by Marocco on penalties. and currently, Marocco is one of the dark horse teams that at first was not taken into account at all in this championship. in the end, Marocco will meet Portugal in the quarter-finals. a similar case, could be repeated if Portugal underestimates Marocco.
we'll see, whether Marocco will surprise again. England vs France, Netherlands vs Argentina, I have predicted it in a few posts ago.

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Quote from: Slow death on December 07, 2022, 05:44:49 AM

Portugal - Switzerland

portugal won overwhelmingly, and this also raised another controversy: cristiano ronaldo was not in the starting 11, so here is the question: will portugal play better without cristiano ronaldo? in manchester they only won without cristiano ronaldo

They proved that Portugal can play well without Ronaldo. Portugal scored 6 goals without Ronaldo's contribution against Switzerland. They played very well. But if Ronaldo is fully fit then I don't think it is wise to leave him out of the squad. Because if Ronaldo is with the squad, the opponent's defenders will monitor Ronaldo more. This will make it easier for other players to score.

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Yesterday's games gave me many surprises

morocco - spain

honestly i even thought that morocco could already win this game within the 90 minutes, they wasted so many opportunities that even i was already irritated with them, it was just strange how morocco wasted opportunities to score a goal, now spain didn't even seem like that there are so many good players, they played so badly that honestly this spain coach has to be fired, about penalties, it was a great shame to see many spain players missing penalties

Portugal - Switzerland

portugal won overwhelmingly, and this also raised another controversy: cristiano ronaldo was not in the starting 11, so here is the question: will portugal play better without cristiano ronaldo? in manchester they only won without cristiano ronaldo

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Quote from: Daltonik on December 07, 2022, 04:57:57 AM

I have no confidence that England will be able to beat France, although there is no confidence in the victory of France, which, for example, won seven of the last nine matches with England, of course you can't compare the game at the WC with other matches, but I would bet on the French national team, however, odds are 3.05 against 2.44.

for now England and France have squads and also the quality of players that are not much different, this is a match that is very difficult to predict because everything is still possible to happen.
However, as for betting options, I personally choose to bet on England because in my opinion England at the Qatar world cup is much better and growing than before and therefore it is possible for them to get past the French hurdle and advance to the next round.

This match could have any outcome. Both teams are among the best country teams in both Europe and the world. Mbappe, one of the personal players, marked the tournament. He is performing at a high level and he can show this performance against England as well. A lot of work falls on the England defense in this tournament. They must not make even the slightest mistake. I hope things go well for Maguire

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Quote from: Dickiy on December 07, 2022, 05:15:00 AM

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I can't wait for Brazil to play Croatia because I know my players will make me proud of them. Brazil is very good, and I don't believe Croatia has the courage to defeat Brazil. The games are getting more exciting.

I have no doubts about Brazil's victory against Croatia in the next match, but let's learn from what happened to Spain, which many people predict will be one of the candidates for the grand final in the Qatar world cup this time, that's because they slaughtered Costa Rica with 7- 0 without reply at the start of the group qualifying match, but what happened, they were sent home by Morocco, which basically, many doubted that Morocco would beat Spain.
I think so with Croatia, Zlatko Dalić will not stay silent and ponder his doubts, I think he will prepare the best strategy he can to beat Brazil.

Now All the teams that are left on world cup are strong and deserving ones and they can beat each9ther with hardworking and dedication. One should never underestimate the other on the basis of experiences. We have seen some surprising performances and games in this fifa ,yesterday was one other example how spain lost against morocco. So all the teams should give their best for the final trophy.

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Quote from: RockBell on December 07, 2022, 02:45:19 AM

I can't wait for Brazil to play Croatia because I know my players will make me proud of them. Brazil is very good, and I don't believe Croatia has the courage to defeat Brazil. The games are getting more exciting.

I have no doubts about Brazil's victory against Croatia in the next match, but let's learn from what happened to Spain, which many people predict will be one of the candidates for the grand final in the Qatar world cup this time, that's because they slaughtered Costa Rica with 7- 0 without reply at the start of the group qualifying match, but what happened, they were sent home by Morocco, which basically, many doubted that Morocco would beat Spain.
I think so with Croatia, Zlatko Dalić will not stay silent and ponder his doubts, I think he will prepare the best strategy he can to beat Brazil.

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Quote from: Daltonik on December 07, 2022, 04:57:57 AM

I have no confidence that England will be able to beat France, although there is no confidence in the victory of France, which, for example, won seven of the last nine matches with England, of course you can't compare the game at the WC with other matches, but I would bet on the French national team, however, odds are 3.05 against 2.44.

for now England and France have squads and also the quality of players that are not much different, this is a match that is very difficult to predict because everything is still possible to happen.
However, as for betting options, I personally choose to bet on England because in my opinion England at the Qatar world cup is much better and growing than before and therefore it is possible for them to get past the French hurdle and advance to the next round.

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I have no confidence that England will be able to beat France, although there is no confidence in the victory of France, which, for example, won seven of the last nine matches with England, of course you can't compare the game at the WC with other matches, but I would bet on the French national team, however, odds are 3.05 against 2.44.

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Quote from: Despairo on December 07, 2022, 03:14:43 AM

Now the semifinal is really interesting, we have:
Netherlands vs Argentina
Croatia vs Brazil
England vs France
Morocco vs Portugal

After checking on the bookie and did some analysis, this is my bet on the semifinal:
Argentina to win, odds is @2.26
Croatia vs Brazil, under 2.25 the odds is @2.32
England to win, odds is @3.00
Portugal to win, odds is @1.69

The odds for Brazil to win in moneyline is really small, so it's better for me to bet in the other option. Croatia is a tough club too, so I expect Brazil will not humiliating Croatia by scoring so many goals.

It's quite interesting that you chose England to win against France in the quarter-finals later, because France continues to display an attractive performance throughout this World Cup so there will definitely be more favorites for them to get to the semifinals than England. Of the four quarter-final matches that will be balanced in matches only two, in my opinion, are the Netherlands vs Argentina and England vs France, Portugal is unlikely to have any trouble overcoming Morocco and they have quite an advantage with that as well as Brazil vs Croatia

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Quote from: Sithara007 on December 06, 2022, 11:15:34 PM

Spain had more than 75% possession during the regular time + extra time. They completely dominated the match. Also, they were quite unfortunate that some of their shots narrowly missed the goal post. But in the end, Moroccan defense performed exceptionally well and luck was also on their side. What surprised me is the fact that Spanish players missed so many of their spot kicks. Historically they have performed well in shootouts, but I don't know what happened yesterday. All credit to the Moroccan keeper (Yassine Bounou). He was just unbelievable.

It is said to be biggest upset of 2022 FIFA World cup. Morocco were too good in defending there goal and didn't allowed Spain to score a goal. I was confident that Spain would win on plenty shoot outs but reverse happened. Yassine Bounou was the man of the match as he saved 3 plenty kicks and made it possible for Morocco to play the quarterfinals.

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Now the semifinal is really interesting, we have:
Netherlands vs Argentina
Croatia vs Brazil
England vs France
Morocco vs Portugal

After checking on the bookie and did some analysis, this is my bet on the semifinal:
Argentina to win, odds is @2.26
Croatia vs Brazil, under 2.25 the odds is @2.32
England to win, odds is @3.00
Portugal to win, odds is @1.69

The odds for Brazil to win in moneyline is really small, so it's better for me to bet in the other option. Croatia is a tough club too, so I expect Brazil will not humiliating Croatia by scoring so many goals.

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Quote from: davis196 on December 07, 2022, 02:51:31 AM

Spain deserved to get kicked out of the tournament after what they did against Japan.
Great game for Morocco. Really disciplined team and a great goalkeeper. Spain controlled the ball as usual, but they didn't do anything exceptional in their attacks. Luis Enrique will have to be replaced as a coach. The Spanish team seems demotivated under his leadership.
Alvaro Morata and Ferran Torres aren't good enough to play in the squad. There were some really questionable decisions by Enrique, when it comes to picking the best players, who can play for Spain in the World Cup.

@davis196 I totally agree with you because Spain player’s were absolutely poor, and they deserved to be eliminated but I hope for future tournaments they perform much better than what we just saw last night. Lastly Enrique should indeed leave and his call to not select De Gea was really baffling, because De Gea definitely deserved to be in the playing 11 and not be shunned from the World Cup squad.

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Spain deserved to get kicked out of the tournament after what they did against Japan.
Great game for Morocco. Really disciplined team and a great goalkeeper. Spain controlled the ball as usual, but they didn't do anything exceptional in their attacks. Luis Enrique will have to be replaced as a coach. The Spanish team seems demotivated under his leadership.
Alvaro Morata and Ferran Torres aren't good enough to play in the squad. There were some really questionable decisions by Enrique, when it comes to picking the best players, who can play for Spain in the World Cup.

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Portugal surprised everyone by garnering such attention and playing without receiving any yellow cards after winning 6:1. I was impressed with their performance after G. Ramos scored a hat-trick and added an assist for the fourth goal. I was thoroughly entertained. I can't wait for Brazil to play Croatia because I know my players will make me proud of them. Brazil is very good, and I don't believe Croatia has the courage to defeat Brazil. The games are getting more exciting.

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I can't see Croatia winning against Brazil really. Brazil is just too skilled, and they can score easily from anywhere and with different techniques.

Even if Croatia scores early, Brazil will end up scoring more in the end.

Maybe if they end up tied Croatia could win in penalties though.

Croatia will struggle to even hold Brazil for 90 minutes in order to tie the game. If they can't stop Brazil from scoring, perhaps they should modify their game plan. I won't claim Croatia is a weak team at this World Cup, but in order to match Brazil's style of play, they must also step up their game. Croatia, I believe, will play a more defensive game than an offensive one in order to limit Brazil to a tie. Their best chance of winning against Brazil will be to go to penalties.

You are right. In this match, Croatia will aim to draw the match. However, Brazil's attack is very strong. It will not be easy to stop them. Players like Vini, Richarlison, Neymar and Raphinha are difficult to contain. However, Croatia's defense is not weak. Looks like we will see Brazil dominate the match. But it will be very difficult for Brazil to win this match.I think the match is more likely to be a draw.

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Quote from: CryptocurencyKing on December 06, 2022, 11:41:56 PM

Morocco made me proud. I wasn’t expecting them to win but I knew that they weren’t going to concede more than a goal in the match. They have been defensively clinical and in a good shape since the started of the World Cup. Hornestly this match really made my day. Morocco would have won them outrightly if they had converted those late chances. Now they’ll have to beat Portugal to progress to the semifinals. I know this is going to be the hardest game for them. Portugal is a different team with a direct and penetrating type of play. I trust Morocco to contain them.

Morocco delivered an outstanding performance. When a big team that everyone expects to win a match loses, everyone gets taken aback. Football is full of tragic and thrilling moments. Morocco has made the African continents proud, and they are now fighting to advance past the strong Portugal to the semifinals. We can't say much about the game, but the odds favor Portugal, but let’s not be surprised that the impossible will happen again.

Quote from: nullama on December 07, 2022, 12:32:39 AM

I can't see Croatia winning against Brazil really. Brazil is just too skilled, and they can score easily from anywhere and with different techniques.

Even if Croatia scores early, Brazil will end up scoring more in the end.

Maybe if they end up tied Croatia could win in penalties though.

Croatia will struggle to even hold Brazil for 90 minutes in order to tie the game. If they can't stop Brazil from scoring, perhaps they should modify their game plan. I won't claim Croatia is a weak team at this World Cup, but in order to match Brazil's style of play, they must also step up their game. Croatia, I believe, will play a more defensive game than an offensive one in order to limit Brazil to a tie. Their best chance of winning against Brazil will be to go to penalties.

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Croatia is a very complicated team to play against, if Brazil can score early then the game can become way easier as Croatia will be forced to try to get a score, but if the minutes keep going by and Brazil is unable to score then it would not surprise me if the match will have to be decided by kicking penalties, and as we have seen during the game of Spain and Morocco once you get to that instance anything could happen and Brazil could get eliminated by Croatia.

I can't see Croatia winning against Brazil really. Brazil is just too skilled, and they can score easily from anywhere and with different techniques.

Even if Croatia scores early, Brazil will end up scoring more in the end.

Maybe if they end up tied Croatia could win in penalties though.

how is it possible for Croatia to give good resistance to Brazil while against Japan it was held in a draw, lucky Croatia was able to win on penalties, don't expect to beat Brazil either because we see that the squad teams from the two are very different, of course Brazil is very superior here, Croatia will stop at next quarter-final

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Quote from: nullama on December 07, 2022, 12:32:39 AM

Quote from: Silberman on December 06, 2022, 11:54:30 PM

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Croatia is a very complicated team to play against, if Brazil can score early then the game can become way easier as Croatia will be forced to try to get a score, but if the minutes keep going by and Brazil is unable to score then it would not surprise me if the match will have to be decided by kicking penalties, and as we have seen during the game of Spain and Morocco once you get to that instance anything could happen and Brazil could get eliminated by Croatia.

I can't see Croatia winning against Brazil really. Brazil is just too skilled, and they can score easily from anywhere and with different techniques.

Even if Croatia scores early, Brazil will end up scoring more in the end.

Maybe if they end up tied Croatia could win in penalties though.

If we look at the history of football, the Brazilian national team is much better than the Croatian national team, because from these two meetings Brazil managed to beat Croatia, in the 2006 World Cup the Brazilian national team managed to beat Croatia with a narrow score of 1-0, while in the second meeting at the World Cup in in 2014 Croatia appeared weak again and Croatia lost with a landslide score of 3-1, it is very likely that in the quarter-finals later Croatia will suffer the same fate again, because currently the Brazilian national team is much better and has a very strong winning mentality, according to my prediction the Brazilian national team will win easily against the Croatian national team in the quarter-finals later.

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Brazil's team is very strong. But they are also often wrong. Brazil's performances against Serbia and Cameroon were not very good. So there is no reason to say that a win against Brazil is impossible. Croatia may not be as strong as Brazil. But Croatia is very tricky. And their defense is strong. If Croatia somehow managed to score the first goal of the match against Brazil. Then it will be difficult for Brazil to win this match. But Brazil is an experienced team. They look like they will do no wrong against Croatia. Maybe Brazil and Argentina will meet in the semi-finals. Looking forward to seeing how the Brazilian players will resist Messi.

It may not be great, but we all know how good they are normally, and they were missing some key players, specially Neymar who is already back which is a great news for PSG to be fair.
I think the best thing we could do right now is bet on Brazil, to say that it is impossible for them to lose against anyone would be wrong of course, because we all know anyone could lose against anyone, but just because there is a "possibility" of them losing doesn't mean that they will lose, there is still a bigger possibility that they will win, and that is a bit more important to me. This means that we are going to end up with a Brazil win for all intends and purposes, and I will bet on them.

Neymar is back in the squad. He is not completely healthy though. However, Brazil's players are more confident with Neymar in the squad. Winning against any team becomes easier if a player like Neymar is in the squad. However, Brazil's next match is against Croatia. Croatia's team is not weak. However, Croatia does not have a strong squad to win against Brazil. I think Brazil will have no problem beating Croatia. I will also bet on Brazil winning the next match in Brazil. And I want to see Argentina vs Brazil in the semi-finals. I think both Brazil and Argentina will win the quarter-finals and qualify for the semi-finals.

Croatia is a very complicated team to play against, if Brazil can score early then the game can become way easier as Croatia will be forced to try to get a score, but if the minutes keep going by and Brazil is unable to score then it would not surprise me if the match will have to be decided by kicking penalties, and as we have seen during the game of Spain and Morocco once you get to that instance anything could happen and Brazil could get eliminated by Croatia.

I agree with you. Croatia is a complicated team. Not only Croatia but also Morocco is a complicated team. If these two teams are able to score first, they will be very difficult to beat. Brazil players have to play very carefully. Brazil's defenders in particular need to perform carefully. Croatia plays a defensive strategy. But they can make excellent counterattacks. If Croatia can somehow manage to score on the counter-attack, it will be challenging for Brazil to beat them. So against Croatia, Brazil will need to keep their defense strong and then attack. Otherwise, Brazil will have the possibility of defeat.

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