Last Updated on 11/17/2022 by てんしょく飯
Since the group stage pairings for the Qatar World Cup were decided in April of this year, the media in various countries have been predicting which country will win the golden trophy.
Predicting the winners of all 64 matches
The U.S. sports channel ESPN, with the help of a data analysis company, has done a “big job” of predicting the winners of all 64 matches before the 32 countries had been selected, and with the opening of the tournament just around the corner, the same thing has been done by the major U.S. broadcaster CBS. With the start of the tournament just around the corner, CBS SPORTS, the sports website of the major U.S. broadcaster CBS, has released its predicted scores for all matches, saying, “There is no better time to make predictions than now.
Looking at Group E, of which Japan is a part, the media outlet says, “In a tricky group, Spain has a solid midfield, but the question is how they will really score goals. In Germany, the pressure will be on 19-year-old Jamal Musiala, but his performance at Bayern should allow him to handle this well,” referring to the two countries seen as favorites, and spelling out the following about Costa Rica and Japan.
Costa Rica, who will be looking to make the last 16 as a CONCACAF team, will have Keylor Navas in front of their goal. They will try their best to stay in each game. Japan has a good chance of advancing to the next round in any other group, but sometimes you get combinations like this.
The media outlet, which emphasized that this was a “group of death” for Japan, predicted the scores for all six matches in Group E as follows The media outlet, which ranked Japan third out of 32 countries in terms of uniforms, predicted a third-place finish with two draws and two losses and no chance of making the tournament finals.
- Germany 3-1 Japan
- Spain 2-1 Costa Rica
- Japan 0-0 Costa Rica
- Spain 2-3 Germany
- Japan 1-2 Spain
- Costa Rica 0-3 Germany
For your information, the ranking of each group is as follows: A is, from first to last, Netherlands, Ecuador, Senegal, and Qatar; B is England, USA, Iran, and Wales; C is Argentina, Mexico, Poland, and Saudi Arabia; D is France, Denmark, Tunisia, and Australia; F, Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, and Canada; G, Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, and Cameroon; and H, Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, and Ghana.
Entering the final tournament, the first round was won by the Netherlands, Argentina, Germany, Brazil, England (penalty shootout win over Ecuador), France, Spain (extra-time win over Belgium), and Portugal (extra-time win over Switzerland), while the quarterfinals were won by Argentina defeated the Netherlands 2-1, Brazil defeated Germany 3-1, France defeated England 2-1, and Spain defeated Portugal 2-1 in 90 minutes.
In the semifinals, Argentina won 2-1 against Brazil in a South American showdown, France won a 1-0 shutout against Spain, and Brazil won the third-place match 2-0. 2-0 in the third-place match. And in the final, “Argentina took the lead with an early goal by Lionel Messi, who added another from a set piece in the second half. Argentina will beat the defending champions, who “have crawled up to this point despite many injuries thanks to the skills of coach Didier Deschamps,” and will be crowned champions for the third time since Mexico 1986.
The media thus predicted “Messi’s road to the title. Many media outlets have named Argentina as the favorite to win the World Cup, but it is a fact that there have not been many cases in the history of the World Cup in which the top contender has come out on top.
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