Topic: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights - page 37. (Read 11659 times)

Argentina's squad has not been strong enough in the last few World Cups. Their defense was quite weak. But Argentina has an excellent squad in this World Cup. Argentina has many talented players in defense, midfield and forward. And the understanding between the players is excellent. Therefore, the team was able to continue its good performance consistently.

This is Messi's last World Cup. And Argentina has the biggest chance to become champions in this World Cup. Although defeated in the first match of the group stage, Argentina played well in the next two matches. Today they are playing very well in the first match of the knockout round. Argentina is now leading 2-0.

Argentina have just scored and get ahead by 1-0. It was a classic Messi goal after a nice team organization but it was lovely to watch anyway. Messi is fully ready to make up for his mistakes in the previous match. He is a legend in the end and I didn't even doubt him about improving his performance. This is most probably his last World Cup so he wants to do his best for becoming the champion in the World Cup after 36 years.

The last year Argentina won the World Cup was 1986. It has been a really long wait since then. Messi has been their biggest luck but they still couldn't manage to do it as a team. Otherwise Messi has always been doing his best with an amazing effort.

The rivalry between the Netherlands and the USA ended as expected, i.e. the promotion of the team from Europe. On the pitch, however, the advantage of the Dutch was not as clear as the result might indicate. In today's second match, Argentina is the clear favorite to advance. Australia had six points in the group thanks to victories over Denmark and Tunisia, but against a really strong opponent like France, the skill difference was clear. It may be similar today. Leo Messi will not allow his colleagues to underestimate the rival, because we know how much this great footballer wants to crown his career by winning the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

I wouldn't say USA's performance was bad today. The only weakness in their performance is their poor defense. The USA played completely attacking today. And this was their main mistake. In the knockout rounds, performing in such important matches and against strong opponents requires a good strategy. The performance of the players in these matches plays an even more important role than their match strategy. USA's match strategy was not good. At the same time, they gave more importance to attack rather than keeping the defense strong. And taking advantage of the USA's weak defense, the Netherlands players easily scored two goals in the first half. And the Netherlands easily won this match.

I am coming back to this because I said it earlier and some users thought I was never going to happen. As a matter of fact Netherlands was comfortably ahead in the first half with 2 goals. Sadly, my expectation of Gakpo finding the back of the net in this games didn't happen. Maybe next game. I will say it again, the Netherlands is the strongest team in the World cup and will most likely be in the finals. On the other hand we know that Australia is going to give Argentina a run for their money. That team is damn resilient.

I agree with your comment about the mistakes in the defense of the USA football team. Especially, the players playing on the left wing of the USA football team were very ineffective today. The Netherlands made many attacks from this region and scored their goals from this region. Dumfries stood out in the game with 2 assists and 1 goal, but we must say that the USA football players gave him this opportunity. On the other hand, the Netherlands will probably face Argentina after this win. Argentina are most people's favorite teams. The Netherlands are not covered enough by the mainstream media, but they wink at winning the cup with the football they play. It's too early to tell because Argentina haven't played yet, but in the next round we can watch a game set in an early final mood. If the Netherlands continues this good football, they can destroy the dreams of many by eliminating Argentina.

The netherland is the first Quarter Finalist
The netherlands have reached to the final thrice in the history - but has never won the world cup

USA is a big country, but we haven't seen USA in the list of world cup winners since 1930. It is possible that in 2026 USA is also not present as a winner. If we look at today's young players, Brazil is one of the countries that has produced young, European-class players. When it comes to sports, especially in the field of football, Europe is the benchmark. Most of the world's stars play in the European class.

Didn't think anyone would say Netherlands was just in luck, even though since the Netherlands started to revive at that time at least their gameplay was also fully improved and of course Netherlands is not only about luck but also the great effort it has made. Also, considering Netherlands were in an easy group yesterday, during the group stage. I think it is quite clear, on paper the Netherlands will get perfect results, because the opponents they face do not have the same quality or level.
So at this moment the Netherlands has indeed recovered to be better but yes, if I also look at the odds when they started the match against the USA before, it seems that there are still many of them who doubt Netherlands.

With a 2-0 win at half time and being able to end the match with a score of 3-1, at least the result on paper for the Netherlands is true and of course this victory is a good victory.
At least the Netherlands will still play up to the quarter-finals, even though it looks like they will get a tough opponent but of course that won't make the Netherlands pessimistic.

Because so far during the World Cup, it can be said that the Netherlands did not face tough opponents or at least did not get opponents of the same quality and level. But in the quarter finals, it looks like the Netherlands will play against Argentina and it will be a difficult match for the Netherlands to play against a team that has good quality as well.
It looks like the stronger, more effort-requiring fights will just start in this quarter-final and that also seems to be true for the other teams as well.

Netherland is not joking around at all. This is how a good team should play Play-offs game. Don't play around when you get the chance, you have to punish your opposition. I remember int he beginning of the tournament. Someone said Netherlands have been riding on luck. I was trying to tell him that they aren't, they may not have the best squad in the tournament but they certainly have a manager who knows what he's doing with the few talents he has at his disposal. And he's playing to the strength of the squad. That is not luck. USA were unfortunate today, they have a young team, they’ll have to go prepare and come back in 2026.

As expected netherland team managed to qualify for the next round, despite the 3 1 score the game was close USA team played really good if it wasn't for their defensive mistakes they let netherland players free on the box and that coast them two goals in the first half, netherland team will likely face argentina next that would be a great game.

I have never considered the United States team as people that are contenders to lift the prestigious World Cup.  I only know that they used to be resistant to other countries in the group match, where they will decide to draw the match instead of to lose outrightly. As a matter of fact they have the record of the most country to draw in the World Cup so they pay good attention to their defence. I am surprised that they are able to conceive two goals in the first half which is for their record. I don't think they have chances to survive, this is not group stage

If you think the Netherlands will win against the USA without any pressure, then I'd say you haven't seen the USA's performance on the group stage. The USA is not a weak team. They are strong enough. And they proved their worth in the group stage. They perform quite well. However, I consider the Netherlands as the favourite in this match. The main reason for this is that, while USA's overall gameplay is not weak, they lack experienced players in attack. A strong attack was definitely needed to win against an experienced team like the Netherlands.

Let's wait and see, I still think that there is a chance that USA could win, we do not know what's going to happen, we could end up seeing a USA win as well. I personally find them a very good team, not many people do but I do see them as a very good team, and I think they are really doing amazing.

I am not saying that people are doing the wrong thing, they are doing the right thing but that doesn't mean that we are talking about a bad job here, they are not betting on the USA and think they are worse than Netherlands, but I think even though they may look worse, they could still win and that is the difference, I already wagered on the USA, lets see if I can get lucky.

The Netherlands is going to win in today's game after full time. They will crush USA without stress.. Personally, I feel that they are the strongest team in the World Cup. From their style of play, confidence, aggression and defence one can easily tell that they came with a winning mindset. As a matter of fact, I expect Cody to score because I want him to be awarded the highest goal scorer at the end of the tournament.

True extra time is very likely and even the match must be passed through a penalty shootout, team with the best kicker will be able to step into the quarterfinals, if the match has to go through such stages then everything is like going back to the beginning and it is difficult to predict who will win, but just like you I hope the Netherlands win it's all just because I bet on them.

Morocco and Senegal made it to the knockout stage of this competition and only confirmed the strength of the African national teams at this world championship.
The Asian teams are also very good, with Japan and South Korea making it to the knockout stages of the competition, as well as Australia and America.
As many as 6 national teams from outside Europe and South America made it to the knockout phase of the competition, which has never happened before.
It's obvious that the football map of the world is changing.
In the knockout phase of the competition, we will not see such well-known national teams and favorites as Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Uruguay etc.

You are right. Cameroon has retained their traditions. The Brazil coach thought his new XI could easily defeat Cameroon, but it was not to be. Cameroon beat Brazil as usual. Although Brazil went through to the next round, it was a humiliating loss for them.

No one is really a weak opponent. All groups should be treated equally. Maybe the Brazilian coach took Cameron easy. His team was made up of almost all new players. His new XI failed to please him. Performance by Cameron.

I bet to put up with 2.5 goals, and ah I hope there are three goals in this match.

but in fact, Brazil was unable to convert every chance they had into goals. and yes, as we saw. Brazil didn't play 100%, and I predicted that before. Tite won't play his starting line-up but I'm optimistic about a second tier player to beat Cameroon. but unfortunately, Martenelli and Antony couldn't play to their full potential to make it easier for Jesus to score in the end, I lost.

Today, there are two matches to be played. Netherlands vs USA, Argentina vs Australia. will there be any surprises in this fight, I don't think so. however, to be more secure. IMO, I still prefer to place bets on the scores of the two matches that will be played today.