Topic: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights - page 66. (Read 11660 times)

Basically the two teams that will compete in this opening match will give their best game. both the Qatar and Ecuador squads, will certainly appear all out to win the battle. The reason is, the opening match is quite a prestigious match considering that all eyes around the world will be on this ceremonial match.

I have predicted it in several previous posts, but regarding the results we will find out very soon. we will see the actions of the two teams that will compete, especially now that the issue of bribery has graced the controversy in the opening match. I hope that the two teams will present an honest match to thin out the issue of the bribery scandal which is currently making hot news.

so, let's wait. only a matter of hours, we will celebrate the feast of this most prestigious championship tournament from football.

Alot of amazing stuffs happening as the world cup finally kickoff today. Qater will be facing Ecuador and the host of the world cup will probably take their first winning, it will be awkward to see Qater not win their first game of the world cup. Citizens will dominate the stadium as enough chanting will held during the kickoff time. I'm not expecting multiple goals from the both side, it will be tough and gamblers are not fully active because they want to examine how the whole situation will be in the first day.

What do you mean when you say that Qatar had no problems qualifying for the World Cup? They are the host and they qualified because of that and not because they beat someone in qualifications. Normally I would say that Uruguay will win this match easily but this is the first match of the tournament and surprises are normal. For me a draw would be a surprise and Qatar winning would be a shock.

That makes the two of us, I have never doubted the winner for the Ecuadorian team. This is regardless that Qatar is hosting the world cup. They do not have the track record of Ecuador, and they are more accurate and faster that the Qatari national team. The world cup is finally here, many months have finally become today, and it was as if it will never happen as it was far in view.

If Qatar would win today, then I must have lost something big because I will bet on this one.

The World Cup games finally start today... I think there will be a lot of interesting matches and I hope there won't be many boring ones... In the opening match I don't know who can win, the situation is not clear... On the one hand Ecuador got to World Cup from the fourth place, losing only to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay... On the other hand Qatar has had no problems at all in qualifying... I'm going to guess that Ecuador will win...

the first fight ended in a draw, it's not bad but it will make the second move even more difficult. Group A has Sinegal and also the Netherlands who are the favorites for this group. a draw for the two would not be great. Ecuador may have a better team than Qatar, but on the field, we cannot underestimate the hosts. I just hope Qatar will talk a lot in this world cup. not only as an organizer but also with a good game.

It's really unfortunate and unfavorable for Qatar to be in such group. Their chances of having a point in that group is very minimal and unrealistic to be honest. The highest Qatar can get from today's game is either draw or lose. Due to fair of manipulation, I absolutely avoid the game in my ticket. It's not too bad thou if Ecuador can sacrifice this opening game for Qatar, lol! It will cheer them up at least 

World Cup mean event of the toughest teams which are coming here after passing hard challenges and giving their best for this prestigious event, so Qatar is also already doing preparation for this, and they understand how to face these teams at home even they have no good rank and quality but with the home advantage they can do better performance and their last few matches are also giving positive review about their preparation but still all will be going to happen on ground where 22 players will be going to fight and have to win match for their country and fans.

Ecuador is one of the toughest team in CONMEBOL, and it's not easy for both to have won easily both needs good skills and performance if they are able to have one point from this match then surely it's going to be the best achievement for them as well because this will give them good confidence for the next matches.

Qatar are in a tough group. Honestly, I don't know if they could have been in a better group. They will have World Cup experience as they are the hosts. They will play with the team closest to them in terms of strength in the group. They need to manage to score points in this match. Because Senegal and Netherlands matches will be more difficult for them. But they still don't have much of a chance against Ecuador. They will try anything to make a surprise. But I don't think they can make a surprise. I think there is a strong possibility that both teams can score in this match.

Based on statices and the number of quality players in the South American team, Ecuador is a better side to win against the host nation Qatar but considering the history of the last two hosts of the world cup Brazil and South Africa which we saw the host nation defeating their opponent in the opening game, I think Qatar will likely get her first three points against Ecuador tomorrow because a preferential treatment may be giving to the host country to motivate their fans to turn up in supporting them and to avoid the stadium becoming empty when matches are ongoing. The bookmarkers may favour Ecuador with a winning odd but the host nation will surprise the whole world tomorrow.

I have a very strong feeling that the match going to end with a draw like 1-1 or goals galore draw on 3-2 or so , the opening match supposed to be entertaining and hopefully this one it is , qatar could provide a huge surprise by qualifying from the group along with netherlands but sure it wont be easy.

There is senegal as well , a strong candidate to qualified.

Tomorrow against Ecuador, Qatar still has an opportunity to win their opening game. They are the hosts, so I'm sure they've gone above and beyond to be ready for this match. Even though Ecuador is a better squad than Qatar, I think they can still win their first game as the host country because it wouldn't be nice for them to lose. There is very little chance that Qatar will advance to the next round, because Senegal and the Netherlands, two other strong contenders in that group, have a higher chance of moving on to the next round than they do.

I have to say the "bribe" discussions could put a big mark on that game. I am not saying that Qatar will win, nor saying Qatar can't win without a bribe, but the reality is that there is now a mark. This is the same nation that killed over 6000 people just to build these stadiums, and proven that they bribed a lot of Fifa officials who are sacked now, all because they let Qatar run the world cup just because they got bribed.

Now all these combined, I doubt it would be unlikely for Qatar to win the first game with bribes, millions and millions of dollars to each players, and considering how much money that is for most people in the world, I am sure it will definitely be shady.

In the match between Qatar and Ecuador, I want to put Ecuador ahead. Although Qatar is the host team, Ecuador's performance is much higher. But it is never right to think that Qatar will play badly. Qatar will never want to miss this opportunity of hosting the World Cup in its home country.

Have good scenario with Group A match schedule and actually Qatar get beneficial with first match against Ecuador, its seems favorite for Qatar as the host get full points and another match Senegal in faced difficulty against Netherland at the first match, another advantage because Qatar will face Netherland with favorite national team qualify to next round at last match, actually if Qatar can effective win on first and second match actually easy qualify to next round despite have beaten by Netherland at last match.

Waiting first match result tomorrow with Qatar vs Ecuador and can predicting later which one national team have potential qualify to next round, will Qatar has chance to win?

Well, I have always seen that the home players always do an arbitration that is not so radical because it is focused on making them look good at home, however the Qatar vs. Venezuela match, Venezuela won them with a wide margin and that is something that should have set off Qatar's alarms, because if that's the case, then Ecuadra can position itself very well, of course the Netherlands is a team with a very high level in terms of football, and I think it could appear and be seen as the strongest team, but Even so, I would classify Qatar as the weakest, Ecuador second, and as another option to qualify would be Senegal and the Netherlands.


Yes, it is like that, what apsa is that if he does not get to put it in the headline it will cause more controversy and I think the last thing this technical director wants is for much more controversy to be generated with what has happened, CR7 has many problems for Now, I don't know if they can do something to him at the legal level, but I'm sure they can do something and that is to not get into more trouble, I know that there are many players in Portugal who play for Man United and they have maintained a very good relationship with CR7. to the limit and as not to generate controversies, I think he will be the captain of Portugal and that is something that they must respect, in that case I would not complicate myself, I would put CR7 as his last starter in all games, I would only scar him if asked me, it's really to avoid problems.

Personally, I'm not sure how much Ronaldo can help the Portugal national team right now.
He has not played at a high level for a long time, in fact he doesn't play in Manchester at all, he is in conflict with the club and the fans, and it is questionable how physically and mentally he is ready for this World Cup.
I think coach Portugal will make a big mistake if he puts him in the team to play based on his old glory and if he is not fully ready to play.
The best players must always play in the team, regardless of the old glory.

So let's see what scenario will happen.

my estimation, in the opening match of the world cup for the initial match. Qatar vs Ecuador, will most likely end in a draw with a score of 0-0. the bad scenario, Ecuador will lose the opening match of this world cup with a score of 1-0.

Senegal will be in trouble against the Netherlands later, the probability of the Netherlands is higher to overthrow Senegal even if Sadio Mane is not injured. The Netherlands are one of my favorite teams in this championship, even though they don't have a lot of star players. however, the teamwork they have built shows quite promising progress in this group phase. in the end, the Netherlands will win group A.

As for Qatar, Ecuador and Senegal, if we refer from the statistics we have, from the depth of the players, the FIFA ranking. flying hours of players who play in European leagues. so, Senegal has the right to be a companion to the Netherlands who passed in this group phase. in other words, Qatar and Ecuador will be overthrown by Senegal.

yes, we will witness it in just a matter of days. So, let's wait and enjoy this most prestigious tournament championship celebration.

As a host Qatar has been playing several friendly matches and mostly they were against African teams such as Morocco or Ghana and the results of those matches actually not quite bad because Qatar has several times to wins and for opening match against Equador later actually this match hard to predicted because Qatar also can able to playing well against South America teams even the latest they can playing draw against Chile but indeed this result cannot be used as the reference because that match is not from real tournament but as a host i feel Qatar can playing surprising because they have more motivation and Equador might be will hard to win from them

My brain keeps telling me that today's match seems to be a draw but meanwhile Ecuador is not a bad team they have a good performance and some predictions think that Ecuador will win and most of them think that the match will be a draw. Everyone is very excited for this as the first match to start the World Cup so there are various predictions about one but I think the match is likely to be a draw. Or if not a draw then Ecuador looks likely to win in my prediction