HIGHLIGHTS
(4 MATCHES)
Japan
VS Costa Rica
Japan and Costa Rica locked horns for their group E
fixture of the FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Ahmed Bin Ali stadium, AL Rayyan on
Sunday. In the first half none of the teams were able to keep it on target but
the second half started with a better attacking Japanese team but at the 81st
minute of the match the Costa Rican right-back Keysher Fuller Spence scored a
goal and put his team in the driver’s seat. Japan is at the number 2 spot in
group E while Costa Rica is at three both with 3 points each but Japan lead in
Goal difference. Both these teams have the opportunity in their last group
stage matches to qualify and get a shot at the knockout stages.
Belgium
VS Morocco
Belgium and Morocco met for their second group F fixture
at the AL Thumama Stadium, Qatar on Sunday. Belgium had a better possession of
the ball but the Moroccan’s were more threatening in front of a goal. The first
half ended with a disallowed goal of Hakim Ziyech as the VAR proved the Moroccan
was offside. But in the 73rd minute substitute Abdelhamid Sabiri scored a similar goal to
give Morocco the lead and at the 92nd minute (extra time) another
substitute Zakharia Aboukhlal scored the second goal was enough to shock the
No. 2 ranked team in the world. With their first World Cup victory after 14
years, Morocco now moves to the second spot in the group ahead of Belgium and
now really can fancy the chances of making it to the other side in the knockout
stage for the first time after 1986 when they met Germany in the round of 16
and lost.
Croatia
VS Canada
Canada was searching for their first ever goal in a World Cup when they met with Croatia at the Khalifa International stadium at Doha, Qatar in a group F match and did so by the goal of Alphonso Davies in just the second minute of the match to shock Croatia but the veteran team was never going to go down and Andrej Kramaric scored to rise his team up in the 36th and 70th minute of the match and 1 goal each from Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer showed their dominance over the game. Canada are factually out of the Tournament while Croatia are at the top.
Spain
VS Germany
Spain took on Germany in a much awaited world cup clash
of group E at the Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor on Sunday. It was a night of the substitutes
as Spain took the lead with a goal from Substitute Alvaro Morata in the 62nd
minute as he came up early in the second half but Germany managed to find the
equaliser in the 83rd minute by substitute Niclas Fullkrug and managed
to take home a draw to keep their hopes of qualifying for the round of 16
alive.
UPCOMING
MATCH PREVIEW (4 MATCHES)
Serbia
VS Cameroon
The World Cup group stage is slowly moving towards its
end game. Many teams are finding themselves on very thin ice, including
Cameroon and Serbia. Both teams lost their opening game by a very narrow margin
and will now play a virtual knockout match. In a very close encounter,
Switzerland edged out Cameroon while Serbia lost to Brazil in their opening
clashes.Both teams might consider them very unfortunate in the first game but
this time, there’s no room for any mistakes. Serbia came into the tournament
with huge wins at their back but needs to step up their game. In addition,
Cameroon will hope to improve on their performance from the last match and give
that extra effort in attack to win.
South
Korea VS Ghana
Before the tournament, Uruguay and Portugal were the most
talked-about teams. However, South Korea and Ghana showed that they are not
helpless bystanders in the race for knockout football.Uruguay and Paulo Bento’s
Taeguk Warriors played to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday afternoon. The South
Americans were favoured, but the Taeguk Warriors only let them get one shot on
goal. Ghana almost got a point against Portugal later that day, but they took
the wrong step, Inaki Williams lost his balance in the last seconds of a 3-2
loss when the goal was right in front of him.
Brazil
VS Switzerland
The 2022 FIFA World Cup features another round of matches
this week as Switzerland locks horns with Tite’s formidable Brazil side in an
important Group G clash at Stadium 974 on Monday. A brace from Tottenham
Hotspur’s Richarlison – the second of which has already been earmarked for the
tournament’s highlights reel – helped the Selecao eventually break down
Serbia’s stubborn resolve. Brazil’s first opponents, Serbia, were highly
fancied to be one of the dark horses at this tournament, but a dominant
performance from the Selecao made them look very ordinary. Switzerland also won
the first game of their World Cup campaign against Cameroon but will be up
against a more formidable opponent and they have to prepare better to face
Brazil to get a good result.
Portugal
VS Uruguay
Portugal enters this game after a lacklustre performance
against Ghana, which resulted in a 3-2 victory. The game, though, could have
resulted in a draw if Ghana had not squandered a golden opportunity. Portugal
now must look ahead as they face one of South America’s giants, Uruguay, in
their second FIFA World Cup 2022 game. Suarez and company should be
disappointed with the effort they put on against South Korea, a dreary
performance in which they failed to register a single shot on goal despite
possessing such talented forwards. They will have to step up their intensity as
they face a superior Portugal team.
The group stages are towards the end and the tournaments gets more exiting with that. Stay tuned for more updates. Thanks for reading.
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