Topic: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights - page 9. (Read 11659 times)
Croatia vs Morocco will be the third place match today. FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held and there will be two matches including today. However, this is the biggest opportunity for Morocco and Croatia. If Morocco can use this opportunity, they will be written in golden letters in the history pages. Because so far Morocco has not confirmed the semi-final but FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final is confirmed in Qatar. But the best thing would be for Morocco to finish third.
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In tomorrow's game France would win Argentina. My prediction is a two one win. Argentina is heavily dependent on Messi, unlike the French team that has no messiah to look up to but depend on one other. France would make history tomorrow once again and we are going to see it .
In tomorrow's game France would win Argentina. My prediction is a two one win. Argentina is heavily dependent on Messi, unlike the French team that has no messiah to look up to but depend on one other. France would make history tomorrow once again and we are going to see it .
I think Argentina will end up winning the game with Messi actually scoring the winning goal.
That's how I would love it to happen, but who knows really.
Probably France ends up winning and Messi retires in tears, just like Ronaldo.
Yes, of course, the average age of the French team is younger than that of Argentina, but only by 1 year, of course this is not the main advantage, but in general, the French play very steadily and I hope in tomorrow's match they will be able to leave with an advantage after the first half, then they can win, because as you know, the French national team has never lost a game on WC if it led after the first half (25 wins and a draw).
In tomorrow's game France would win Argentina. My prediction is a two one win. Argentina is heavily dependent on Messi, unlike the French team that has no messiah to look up to but depend on one other. France would make history tomorrow once again and we are going to see it . 
The world cup final is between the two PSG stars and so much to expect from both side of the teams. Mbappe and Messi are both great players and everyone following the world cup have seen how much contribution they have done individually in their respective team to bring their country this far. Messi is already getting old while Mbappe is young and full of so many years to win more world cups. Messi will have to apply not only skills but experience to win against France.
France is strong enough to win over Argentina I think. they have better-quality players and the weaving is still young.but this is the final fight, strategy is very important to frustrate opponents.
I hope Argentina, with a game controlled by Messi, can play well in the final. both teams are equally strong, but I still hope Messi and Argentina lift the trophy in the last game.
Yes, of course, the average age of the French team is younger than that of Argentina, but only by 1 year, of course this is not the main advantage, but in general, the French play very steadily and I hope in tomorrow's match they will be able to leave with an advantage after the first half, then they can win, because as you know, the French national team has never lost a game on WC if it led after the first half (25 wins and a draw).
No doubt Messi contributed enormously to Argentina's victory against Croatia. but I wouldn't play blind at the dirty work done by De Paul, and Paredes. If you review the match against Australia and Croatia, you will see that These two machines worked tirelessly in the midfield. They did more of the marking which helped in winning back the ball quickly from the opponent. I believe a team with few goal scorers and many men that can mark and win back the ball is better than a team with many stars who can score and dribble but fewer ball winners. In comparison, Argentina is the former while France is the latter.
The age factor often causes a decline in play, especially for single strikers, but it's different if you look at Lionel Messi, he is smarter in placing positions under single strikers so he doesn't have to run and duel openly.
The two teams only need to concentrate on one final match, France's pressure is much greater, because they are the previous World Cup Trophy winners, while Argentina has the opportunity to bury France's dream of defending the title. Lionel Messi has the opportunity to appear at the last World Cup this time and has the opportunity to lift the trophy before retiring from the Argentina national team.
Argentina has the figure of Lionel Messi as a player who is quite dangerous, even though his position is as a striker, he is able to control the match if the French squad does not provide escort and allows Lionel Messi to hold the ball freely. Lionel Messi has an advantage when carrying the ball and providing measured passes, so the French players need to stop their movements.The two teams only need to concentrate on one final match, France's pressure is much greater, because they are the previous World Cup Trophy winners, while Argentina has the opportunity to bury France's dream of defending the title. Lionel Messi has the opportunity to appear at the last World Cup this time and has the opportunity to lift the trophy before retiring from the Argentina national team.
France has Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe as a deadly duo that can make it difficult for Argentina's defense. But that doesn't mean they will get an easy win against Argentina, even though the players France has are far superior to Argentina
France has soo many strong and amazing players so as a team they are stronger than Argentina that's why their chances of winning are higher than Argentina.
Morocco is my favorite in this game, because they have break record in the history of Africa which they will like to finish this tournament well so that they will receive more celebration from all over the world. I guess, this game will not stress Morocco to beat Croatia to achieve the 3rd position in this FIFA world cup like the way Brazil game stressed them to won, which they will use all their strategies to play Croatia since their defense and midfield is more strong than Croatia.
The age factor often causes a decline in play, especially for single strikers, but it's different if you look at Lionel Messi, he is smarter in placing positions under single strikers so he doesn't have to run and duel openly.
The two teams only need to concentrate on one final match, France's pressure is much greater, because they are the previous World Cup Trophy winners, while Argentina has the opportunity to bury France's dream of defending the title. Lionel Messi has the opportunity to appear at the last World Cup this time and has the opportunity to lift the trophy before retiring from the Argentina national team.
Argentina has the figure of Lionel Messi as a player who is quite dangerous, even though his position is as a striker, he is able to control the match if the French squad does not provide escort and allows Lionel Messi to hold the ball freely. Lionel Messi has an advantage when carrying the ball and providing measured passes, so the French players need to stop their movements.The two teams only need to concentrate on one final match, France's pressure is much greater, because they are the previous World Cup Trophy winners, while Argentina has the opportunity to bury France's dream of defending the title. Lionel Messi has the opportunity to appear at the last World Cup this time and has the opportunity to lift the trophy before retiring from the Argentina national team.
France has Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe as a deadly duo that can make it difficult for Argentina's defense. But that doesn't mean they will get an easy win against Argentina, even though the players France has are far superior to Argentina
Do not forget that one man is never an Iceland
France are playing as a team to win
Messi is doing for Argentina alone, that is the problem one man can not do it all
I think that you shall rewatch whole of match of argentina again. Messi was not even playing alone and just because he has made biggest controbution and it doens't mean if he will be the only one who played for argentina. I think that you must also know that if in the field argentina was playing with 11 people. It's not only messi who has been standing at the field. I think that messi alon can't even win against croatia with very big scores like that. Alvarez has been contributing two goals. France are playing as a team to win
Messi is doing for Argentina alone, that is the problem one man can not do it all
Maybe Messi is not exactly the same as his Barcelona times. However he is still quick with his dribbles actually. I recommend you to watch their third goal in the Croatia match again. It was such a lovely dribbling by Messi and he made a great assist to Alvarez. It was like the goal should have been written to Messi after that. 
But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.
Messi as a leader in the Argentina team now, probably want to show to the squad if he is still Messi were same as a player who has fast dribble and movement. but, the age factor is a problem, he will tire quickly if forced to do all jobs for every line then he must divide it because France has a young player who has a fast move and passing, if Messi do itself probably the world cup champion would not come to him anymore. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.Do not forget that one man is never an Iceland
France are playing as a team to win
Messi is doing for Argentina alone, that is the problem one man can not do it all
And unless France is better than what they played against Croatia, they might be defeated by Argentina.
Maybe Messi is not exactly the same as his Barcelona times. However he is still quick with his dribbles actually. I recommend you to watch their third goal in the Croatia match again. It was such a lovely dribbling by Messi and he made a great assist to Alvarez. It was like the goal should have been written to Messi after that. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.
Messi as a leader in the Argentina team now, probably want to show to the squad if he is still Messi were same as a player who has fast dribble and movement. but, the age factor is a problem, he will tire quickly if forced to do all jobs for every line then he must divide it because France has a young player who has a fast move and passing, if Messi do itself probably the world cup champion would not come to him anymore. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.Do not forget that one man is never an Iceland
France are playing as a team to win
Messi is doing for Argentina alone, that is the problem one man can not do it all
I do not agree with this that Messi is a one man show for the Argentina team. The whole Argentina unit is playing like a team and they have many good players like Martinez and Fernandez.
After their defeat against Saudia Arabia, the Argentina team has come strong and they look better and better in every match. I am sensing that this might be the Messi's world cup. If Argentina could not win this one with this team, i wonder when and how they will ever win the world cup
Maybe Messi is not exactly the same as his Barcelona times. However he is still quick with his dribbles actually. I recommend you to watch their third goal in the Croatia match again. It was such a lovely dribbling by Messi and he made a great assist to Alvarez. It was like the goal should have been written to Messi after that. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.
Messi as a leader in the Argentina team now, probably want to show to the squad if he is still Messi were same as a player who has fast dribble and movement. but, the age factor is a problem, he will tire quickly if forced to do all jobs for every line then he must divide it because France has a young player who has a fast move and passing, if Messi do itself probably the world cup champion would not come to him anymore. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.Do not forget that one man is never an Iceland
France are playing as a team to win
Messi is doing for Argentina alone, that is the problem one man can not do it all
I have heard that the relationship between Deschamps and Benzema isn't good these days. This might mean that Benzema still couldn't have been able to play in the World Cup much even if he didn't get injured. I wonder what the problem is because he was a regular in the starting eleven before and he was performing really great as well. But he is still expected to fly to Qatar to watch the Argentina - France finale on Sunday. As far as I know he has recovered from his injury finally.
Until now, Giroud has done a great work and didn't make his team feel Benzema's absence much. Giroud has scored 4 goals so far and he is one of the candidates for Golden Boot as well. He wasn't very effective in the latest match maybe but he will be expected to play better in the finale.
Until now, Giroud has done a great work and didn't make his team feel Benzema's absence much. Giroud has scored 4 goals so far and he is one of the candidates for Golden Boot as well. He wasn't very effective in the latest match maybe but he will be expected to play better in the finale.
According to media reports, Deschamps was asked about this matter, but Deschamps passed without answering this question. I think Deschamps may have expected sacrifices from him and was disappointed because his expectation was not fulfilled. I think he had an emotional reaction because he was disappointed. Actually, I expected a better explanation from him.
By the way, Karim Benzema's name is on the list given to FIFA by France. If Deschamps gives him a chance, he can play in this match. In fact, if France wins the World Cup, Benzema will even get a medal for being on the list. Indeed, this is an unusual event.
Olivier Giroud has done pretty well in this tournament in my opinion. And I think in the final, he is going to be causing some problems for the defense of Argentina. But the biggest problem for Argentina is going to be Mbappé. His pace is going to be very hard to contain for Argentina.
The last time Argentina played against France in the World Cup 2018, Argentina got beaten, pretty humiliatingly. The older generation of Argentina defenders were not able to do anything against the pace of Mbappe. But this time the story should be something different.
The world cup final is between the two PSG stars and so much to expect from both side of the teams. Mbappe and Messi are both great players and everyone following the world cup have seen how much contribution they have done individually in their respective team to bring their country this far. Messi is already getting old while Mbappe is young and full of so many years to win more world cups. Messi will have to apply not only skills but experience to win against France.
France is strong enough to win over Argentina I think. they have better-quality players and the weaving is still young.but this is the final fight, strategy is very important to frustrate opponents.
I hope Argentina, with a game controlled by Messi, can play well in the final. both teams are equally strong, but I still hope Messi and Argentina lift the trophy in the last game.
Maybe Messi is not exactly the same as his Barcelona times. However he is still quick with his dribbles actually. I recommend you to watch their third goal in the Croatia match again. It was such a lovely dribbling by Messi and he made a great assist to Alvarez. It was like the goal should have been written to Messi after that. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.
Messi as a leader in the Argentina team now, probably want to show to the squad if he is still Messi were same as a player who has fast dribble and movement. but, the age factor is a problem, he will tire quickly if forced to do all jobs for every line then he must divide it because France has a young player who has a fast move and passing, if Messi do itself probably the world cup champion would not come to him anymore. But Messi will face a much more solid defense this time of course. His quickness level might not be good enough against France defenders. In this case he would play passing focused of course.Do not forget that one man is never an Iceland
France are playing as a team to win
Messi is doing for Argentina alone, that is the problem one man can not do it all
Final between Argentina and France will be very enjoyable. France was the most solid squad in whole bigger nations. Maybe with Brazil. Argentina has great forwards. I can't wait to watch them compete for biggest cup in the world. I am gonna put eye on Messi as everyone around the world. I am sure he will spend whole his energy to win that cup. France should definitely lock him on pitch so he won't become useful for Argentina.
there will be an interesting effect in my opinion in this game which is the following: mbappe will be playing more individually to overcome messi in number of goals and also in winning the world cup, and this will destabilize the france, while in argentina messi plays calm way and focused on making him pass the ball to all the players in argentina, messi is the center of all movements in argentina, and it is very difficult to contain messi, because argentina has many good players
Final between Argentina and France will be very enjoyable. France was the most solid squad in whole bigger nations. Maybe with Brazil. Argentina has great forwards. I can't wait to watch them compete for biggest cup in the world. I am gonna put eye on Messi as everyone around the world. I am sure he will spend whole his energy to win that cup. France should definitely lock him on pitch so he won't become useful for Argentina.
there will be an interesting effect in my opinion in this game which is the following: mbappe will be playing more individually to overcome messi in number of goals and also in winning the world cup, and this will destabilize the france, while in argentina messi plays calm way and focused on making him pass the ball to all the players in argentina, messi is the center of all movements in argentina, and it is very difficult to contain messi, because argentina has many good players
On Sunday evening, France will face Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final at the Lusail Iconic Stadium, Les Bleus is on a mission to defend its title, while Argentina is trying to end its championship drought since 1986. But France's mission is to become the first team to win twice in a row after Brazil in 1962 plagued by viruses. A number of players were reported experiencing flu-like symptoms, including Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano, Adrien Rabiot, and most recently Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate. I hope France can play with a complete squad in the final match
Messi as a leader in the Argentina team now, probably want to show to the squad if he is still Messi were same as a player who has fast dribble and movement. but, the age factor is a problem, he will tire quickly if forced to do all jobs for every line then he must divide it because France has a young player who has a fast move and passing, if Messi do itself probably the world cup champion would not come to him anymore.
Surprising. So far I haven't noticed Messi getting tired in any of the matches. He has two decades of experience behind him, and even in matches that went for penalty shootout he looked quite fired up. At least for him, age is just a number. Anyway, Argentina just have one more obstacle to cross before they can kiss on the world cup trophy. They are trying really hard ever since 1986, without much luck. And this time their long wait may come to an end. And credit should be given to the younger players as well. They have provided adequate support to Messi.
Messi is in great shape, of course, but Mbappe also feels great, besides he is much younger, so if France manages to impose their game, they can become world champions for the third time in their history.
I do not see Lionel Scaloni, the Argentine coach, pulling any tricks. It is basically going to be the strategy and tactics they used during their match with Croatia. These are two formidable teams, and I think that the Argentine coach is going to have five men in the defence. Messi is going to play against his teammate Mamaby, and both are excellent players and talented forwards. The way I see it, France will win the World Cup and be the third team to ever win it back-to-back.
Argentina haven't used a system with five defenders even for once since the beginning of this year. It might be a really big risk to take by doing this in a critical match for themselves. They have mostly used a formation like 4-3-3 Attacking so far. They tried new things against Netherlands (3-1-4-2) and Croatia (4-4-2 double 6) as well. Croatia had a solid defense as you know but this formation against them worked really well. This is making me wondering if they would use the formation against France as well.
Because France are another team which have a really strong defense line. As for Argentina defense they have no other choice than being extra careful here. Because even playing with 5 defenders might not be a certain solution.
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