Last night, the final four matches of the 2022 World Cup group stage began, with South Korea beating Portugal 2-1, Uruguay beating Ghana 2-0, Cameroon beating Brazil 1-0 and Serbia losing 3-2 to Switzerland.
In the end, South Korea and Switzerland won the last two places, and the round of 16 has since been born, Group A: Netherlands, Senegal, Group B: England, USA, Group C: Argentina, Poland, Group D: France, Australia, Group E: Japan, Spain, Group F: Morocco, Croatia, Group G: Brazil, Switzerland, Group H: Portugal, South Korea (first in the group).
It has to be said that the World Cup group stage format does have a bit of a problem, and the players who played the seeded team in the final round generally profited, Tunisia won 1-0 against France, Japan beat Spain 2-1, South Korea beat Portugal 2-1, and Cameroon beat Brazil 1-0. France and Brazil are on 2 regular starters in the last round, the other 9 starters are the previous substitutes, including the goalkeeper, the national team itself has a short run-in time, the substitutes are more rough to cooperate, plus the desire to survive, and the selection of opponents and other reasons, the final round of group stage match-fixing and tacit understanding is really a lot.
To get back to business, let's analyze the next eighth final, starting with the first half: the Netherlands VS the United States, this Dutch team is indeed more average, the strength of the midfield is not bad, the front court is really only the second class level in Europe, but the old coach Van Gaal has helped the team a lot, this Dutch team is not good to win, but it is not easy for any team to win it. The U.S. team is young and energetic, has a lot of running ability, but lacks major competition experience, and this game is very difficult to play, but I am still slightly optimistic about the Dutch team and predict that the Dutch team will advance.
Argentina vs Australia, Australia can qualify from the group, relying on the weakness of Tunisia and the confusion of Denmark, in terms of strength, Australia should be the weakest of the 16, this game Argentina won without suspense, depending on how many wins, predict Argentina to advance.
Japan vs Croatia, it's a five-five match, Japanese fans may be happy to meet Croatia, but why not Croatian fans? The Japanese team can stand out from the group of death this time, the team's strong mental combat power is indispensable, but the opponent Croatia team is also resilient, the mental combat ability is very strong, comprehensive prediction, the two teams will play extra time, and finally Croatia team advances.
Brazil VS South Korea, don't think that the South Korean team won the Portuguese team, the world is invincible, the last round of the Portuguese team hid a lot of main players, the team played more relaxed, only to give the South Korean team a chance, the strength of the Brazilian team, can basically ravage the South Korean team, in the history of the World Cup, the Brazilian team was eliminated, are lost to the European strong team, never dropped the chain on the weak team. Brazil is predicted to advance easily.
England VS Senegal, I really don't like the "European Chinese team" England team, but this English team is indeed young talented, the strength is still very strong, Senegal team lack Mane is a fatal loss, otherwise they will go further, comprehensive look at the probability of England promotion.
France VS Poland, the gap between the strength of the two teams is very large, it is reported that the Polish team has begun to practice penalties, it seems that the Polish team wants to stick to the end, dragged to the penalty shootout, but at present, it is unlikely, predicting the French team to advance.
Spain VS Morocco, the Spanish team is actually very afraid of Morocco such a very impactful team, but the Moroccan team also has its own shortcomings, the team's state is up and down, if the first goal will play well, the first to lose the ball is finished, comprehensive prediction of the Spanish team to advance.
Portugal VS Switzerland, this match and Japan vs Croatia, the two most anxious games, the Swiss team really can not be underestimated, especially the defense is extremely strong, last year's European Cup, is the Swiss team eliminated the French team, predicted so much, there is always an upset, then this is it, predict the Swiss team to advance.