Topic: ⚽ International Football Prediction and Discussion Thread ⚽ (Read 2497 times)

I can't say less about the VAR, for me it is something that lends itself to corruption, I don't agree that it is considered offside if the person has not completely overcome the defender, but if the body is forward or if a foul or something like that it should not be considered because it does not make much sense, that really puts a very ugly brake on football, I think they don't know how to take good advantage of technology.

The match between Uruguay and Colombia was very close, the end was painful, because everything happened in the last few minutes where extra time was the main thing.

We have last day of games in different regions for the World Cup qualifiers before long vacations as now we will be back after 4 months for next round of games which could be decisive before World cup qualifiers next rounds started, but things were interested in this round as well with we have few surprises as well.

We have hard fought win for the Argentina which allow them to stay at the top but Brazil not able to win as they ended on draw against Uruguay which give them setback even their spot is also settled for next world cup, but they need to work on their attack for having better results Chile secure their second win in these qualifiers and Peru not allow Paraguay to jump above Brazil as they have draw in this game.

No player should react like that in front of a referee whether he was Ronaldo or Messi.. Ballon d'Or is a prize that doesn't look to be fair for many players, just like Oscars for actors.
Anyway, Messi and Ronaldo are established players with a lot of qualities and no one could deny this. Respecting others will force others to respect you and vice versa.

Argentina vs Peru

Tomorrow the world cup qualifier match will be between Peru vs Argentina. The match will start at 6 am Bangladesh time. Argentina is at the top number one in the points table and on the other hand Peru's performance is not good they are at number 9 in the points table. We saw that Argentina lost against Paraguay in the last match, Argentina has not been performing well for the last four matches. If we look at the head to head record of these two teams then out of the last 5 matches between these two teams, Argentina have won 4 matches and drawn 1 match. Besides, the match will be in Argentina's home ground, so Argentina will have more advantage. Hope Argentina turn around, I think Argentina can win easily.

Rigged the Ballon d'Or, rigged the World Cup, and bribed the referees. Man, all of this is getting boring now; just embrace greatness and be grateful you witnessed it.

Ronaldo has done worse than this; he was suspended for five games for shoving a referee, so you forget that so quickly? If we go down this road, Messi hasn't done anything remotely comparable to Ronaldo's approach to officials.

It is mostly not really a VAR thing that you are describing here, but an issue with existing rules and the VAR allows the referees to review back and forth and then enforce those rules 99% of the time on equal grounds. Ad I said especially handball rules that lead to penalties are a pain the ass for the games often times. I am still a fan of the VAR though as I think the more we fans want the players to take it to the max, the more we need technology that can tell us whether an action crossed the line or not. There can be moments when everyone freaks out because things can still go wrong, but that is then escalating exponentially exactly because technology is involved and instead of just accepting that technology can't reduce the error rate to zero, people instead say that the technology is to blame in the first place and it should be removed. But then everyone here should accept that World Cups can be decided by the "hand of god"... I don't want such goals to be decisive in a World Cup, that is what the technology is there for.

No doubt that the game has become more fair if we look at the decisions making being more precise but I think a large number of gamblers would still argue on the importance of VAR in the game of soccer because sometimes the decisions that the VAR gives are still inconclusive as VAR is still all humans making decisions base on what the camera or videos play out for them which to some extent some clips can still be tricky.  

I have seen countless times when goals are ought to be ruled out which from my own thought are possible clear goals but due to VAR it was disallowed although some of the decisions do favour me but when it goes against you it can be really painful.😁

The VAR has made the game more fair. If we want these players to play on the utmost edge, then you can't go without technology. If we want tennis players to hit the ball on the line as often as possible, we need the Hawkeye. Without the Hawkeye players would take less risk and the game would be less exciting. I think the VAR is a good thing as it solved 99.99% offside questions and it does solve many of the penalty questions. The only thing that I am not sure about whether it has improved or not, is the handball thing. Out of a sudden the VAR chimes in and says there was a handball even when nobody else could see it. That's tough and maybe too harsh and too destructive for the game, but you have to draw the line somewhere. As long as the rules are the same for everyone, I think it is better to have technology in place. But even with technology there will be scenarios where there is still a final subjective judgment needed by the referee.

Use of VAR were supposed to be had positive impact on soccer, but sadly things are not going as we have too many controversies and problems in last few months and players and coaches are still crying which is surely having more headache for all even we have technology, but we fail to game on fair level which is surely not good thing happening right now in soccer FIFA and regional associations needs to sit and talk about this before it's having backlash, and we have more problems which are never been good for the game.

In CONMEBOL, we have 11 rounds ended and 7 remaining, so things can take too many changes, and we can expect few surprising results as well which will bring league table shaped could be change so right now we can't talk about teams, but one thing is sure we will be having Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Columbia at the top four without any serious challenge.

In fact, VAR is a good idea but the way FIFA is using it is very ridiculous and a pure waste of time and game killing. There is talks to change it and use it like twice per matches only for every team upon coach's request but there is nothing official yet.
Back to the games, Colombia lost to Uruguay which advanced to the second spot behind Argentina by three points and in front of Brazil by two points only.
There is many rounds left and things seem to change with every couple of rounds.

In the last few days in the International soccer that is being played both in South America and in Europe what is going on is not at all good for the bettors, Argentina and Brazil both not winning their games in the last couple of days says a lot about betting and that we should refrain from going and betting in big teams while the same in Europe with France not being able to beat Israel at home despite being a much better quality team in comparison to Israel. I don't know how many people have lost money or how many of them have lost huge amounts of money yet I am sure that the more I watch sports the more I believe it to be rigged and even the so called VAR is not adding any value to any game or to make justice happen in the field, this shows also a dark side of the world which is corruption and it lives fully incorporated in UEFA/FIFA/CONMEBOL and whatever other entity there maybe governing soccer.

What's actually this short guy doing?

Just because he can bribed the referee when he was in Barcelona and bribed Ballon d'Or few times, it doesn't mean he can bribed the referee in international match. Come on, this is just a qualification, even you lose many match, as long as finish at top 6 rank, you're safe.

This guy should learn how Ronaldo handle criticism and prove everyone wrong.

Argendina deserved to lose against Paraguay in this game. They showed abysmall performance by making 9 shoots, and only 1 was on target. They were getting a lot of chances, but horrible at finishing. I must admit their gameplay can be easily predicted by their opponent. No creativity from their side. That's why i think they didn't look motivated after all, lose is a fair result for them.

Also, i'm feeling bad how Messi was blaming the referee as a coward. He should have a better attitude instead of blaming the referee, though, the ref was horrendous.

Few weeks back we have Paraguay wins against Brazil which was upset for soccer fans, but we have to check they are the most consistent team in last few weeks which have 3 wins and 2 draws good result for them which bring them to the 6th spot in qualifiers and their chances are also good for going through for the next World Cup from this group.

Argentina having not good time as they have just 4 points from last 4 games even their spot is still good at the top, but they needed to be had some improvement into their game with next round is going to be easy for them Peru is visiting Argentina which is good chance for increasing difference of points from opponents as we have Brazil vs Uruguay which could be not easy game to predict.

I didn't expect Argentina to lose, but in the end Argentina lost. Argentina could not do well in the last four matches. In the last 4 matches they won 1 match and drew 1 match and lost 2 matches. Argentina is number 1 in the points table with 22 points. The Argentina team will not be able to retain the top spot unless they perform well.

Today there was a match between Colombia vs Uruguay. Colombia led 1-0 in the first half. But Uruguay eventually won 3-2. Uruguay moved up to second place in the points table with the win. Colombia, on the other hand, moved from second place to third place. If Colombia had won today, they would have had 22 points, which would have equaled the points of Argentina, who are at the top of the points table.

I don't know if you or anyone here followed the games that have been played in CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers? because the results are surprising!
Paraguay 2 - 1 Argentina. Ok Paraguay is playing home and that is an advantage but how come the best team in South America so far these days fail to beat them or even get a draw?
The other game between Brazil and Venezuela isn't any better because it ended with 1 - 1 draw which is a shameful result regarding the performance of both teams!

Argentina vs Paraguay match will be held on November 15th and will start at 5:30 AM Bangladesh time. The match will be held at Paraguay's home ground so Paraguay will have a bit more advantage. Yes I think it is a bit easy to predict between these two teams. Argentina is the stronger team among these two teams so I think Argentina will have a higher chance of winning. In the last 5 head to head matches between these two teams, Argentina has won 2 matches and 3 matches have been drawn. I will keep Argentina team ahead based on past and current performance. I will bet on Argentina team now waiting to see the match.

World Cup qualifiers for CONMEBOL will start in two days with their 5 games:
Venezuela - Brazil
Paraguay - Argentina
Ecuador - Bolivia
Uruguay - Colombia
Peru - Chile

I believe the first three matches outcomes aren't that hard to guess but definitely the other two are harder.
Uruguay is playing home and Colombia is doing good, it is hard to guess the winner, I feel bookies supported Uruguay because they are playing home otherwise both of them are good.
Peru and Chile is an awkward match between the last two teams and I find it so random.

Indeed Argentina spot is guaranteed to last until the end of the tournament because simply they are the best from a while. Even the Brazilian team recovered from its disastrous start, yet they are still not that convincing even though they were able to score 4 goals without receiving anything from Peru.
In this round we have 14 goals scored in 3 matches by 3 teams without receiving any goal from their opponent. Argentina, Colombia and Brazil made the show this round.

Argentina vs Bolivia was just one-sided affair we have 6 goals from them while Messi score 3 goals and have 2 assist which is increasing his tally for international goals I was expecting easy win, and we have no resistance from the Bolivia which is already had the worst defense in CONMEBOL already conceded 21 goals in 10 games with this performance look like they will be lost their spot which could be surely worst for them.

Argentina which is leading the table most chances they will be keep their top spot as they are having well-balanced team and all players are giving their best for staying here and if we have things on good level most chances they will be able to have another trophy in 2026.

Recently we are having too many complaints from different regions about pitches and other things related to grounds and off the field issues which are surely creating some mess-up here we need some strict rules for all organizations to give proper and better facilities as this is important for the development of game and having better and fair results.

FIFA surely needs to jump and have talked with these regional organizations because we are having few off the field issues in Libya vs Nigeria which were surely not good for both teams and having pitch like this which always have danger of injuries for players surely needed to be banned until further development by the country.