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2022 FIFA World Cup

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« Last Edit: December 06, 2022, 06:36:48 PM by The Chronicler »

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So it seems that of my conservative predictions for the Round of 16 matches, all but one of them were correct, with the only one I got wrong (though I was correct from my chaotic predictions) was Morocco winning over Spain, which was definitely interesting to see, since this means Morocco has now advanced further than they ever had before, while also now being the fourth African team to ever reach the quarterfinals and the first Arabic team to ever reach the quarterfinals. While I realistically doubt they'll advance any further, I would certainly be excited to see if they can pull off another upset win.

And with the Round of 16 complete, here are the Quarterfinal matches that'll be played on Friday and Saturday:

Croatia vs Brazil

Netherlands vs Argentina

Morocco vs Portugal

England vs France

And here are my new predictions for the remaining matches...
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Playing in the Semifinal matches will be:
Argentina vs Brazil
France vs Portugal

Third place match will be Argentina vs Portugal, with the winner being Portugal.

And the Final match will be Brazil vs France, with the winner being France.

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« Last Edit: December 10, 2022, 09:20:10 PM by The Chronicler »

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Netherlands vs Argentina was one of my favorite matches I watched in this cup. :)


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Those quarterfinal matches sure were something alright. Croatia once again holds out to win on penalty kicks, this time taking out mighty Brazil. The one between Netherlands and Argentina got quite brutal at times, ultimately going to the final penalty kick for Argentina to win. England and France did well, but it was France that did just a little bit better. And the one that really excited me the most was Morocco winning over Portugal and thus becoming the first African (and Arab) nation to ever reach the semifinals of a World Cup. I'm very much looking forward to the upcoming semifinal matches on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Argentina vs Croatia

France vs Morocco

As for my undated predictions...
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Here's my conservative predictions:
The third place match will be Croatia vs Morocco, and will be won by Croatia.
The final match will be Argentina vs France, and will be won by France.

As for my chaotic predictions, simply reverse the results of all four remaining matches, so the third place match between Argentina and France will be won by Argentina, while the final match between Croatia and Morocco will be won by Morocco.

We'll just have to wait and see which of my two sets of predictions will be more accurate.

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« Last Edit: December 14, 2022, 07:20:02 PM by The Chronicler »

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France is going to advance to the final as they ae up 2-0 late. so it will be Croatia and Morocco playing for 3rd. while Mbappe and Co will try to repeat as World Cup champs, while lionel Messi tries to win a World Cup and ensure his place forever among  the greatest to ever play.
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While my expectations for the semifinal matches came true, I will be cheering for the opposite teams of what my conservative predictions were for the last two matches, now that I have a better idea of the context of what these last four teams are about. For the third place match of Croatia vs Morocco, we already know Croatia is one of the best teams of this generation, so I would like to see Morocco at least get a bronze medal for their remarkable run in this tournament. And for the final match of Argentina vs France, while both teams had previously won the World Cup twice, France had gotten both of theirs in the years since Argentina got their most recent one, so I think I'd rather see the next one go to the team that had waited the longest, so I'll be hoping to see Argentina win this match.

(I'd also like to note that there are currently no teams that have won exactly three World Cups (Brazil has 5, Italy and Germany each have 4, France, Argentina, and Uruguay each have 2, and England and Spain each have 1), and since both finalists here each have two, that means regardless of who wins, we will see someone win their third World Cup.)

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The results of the third place match...

Croatia vs Morocco 2 - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvyAbgsUymU

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messi finally gets his Cup! it was a classic final, with Messi scoring twice. france coming off the deck by scoring twice in just 2 minutes to tie it. Messi scoring with 10 to go in extra time, and mbappe tying the game AGAIN with 2 to play. in penalties, the difference was the goaltender, Argentina's made a save, while france's didnt.  Argentina wins 4-2 in pks
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The results of the final match...

Argentina vs France 3 - 3 (penalty kicks: 4 - 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxkg3qLIPC8

I unfortunately slept in a bit and missed the first 25 minutes of this match (along with all of the pre-game discussions), but thankfully nearly all of the very interesting moments happened later, so I was still able to enjoy watching this game.

And now to look forward to the Women's World Cup next summer, and since that tournament will be hosted in Australia and New Zealand, that time difference should be a little easier for me than this World Cup had been.

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