Last Updated on 12/13/2022 by てんしょく飯
Sixty of the 64 matches of the Qatar World Cup have been completed, and the semi-finals will be played on December 13, 2011 (local time).
Will the two Paris Saint-Germain allies face each other?
A record number of 26 players were allowed to register for this year’s tournament, and a total of 832 (again, of course, a record number) were selected to showcase their skills and compete with each other in Qatar. The following is a list of the top players who have contributed the most to the victory and to their teams.
The sports website of NBC, a major U.S. broadcaster, regularly publishes a ranking of the top 25 players. This is a round-by-round evaluation of the players’ play from a variety of perspectives, which naturally fluctuates during the tournament. The latest (December 11) top 10 are as follows (“+” indicates an increase in rank, “-” indicates a decrease in rank, and “first” indicates an increase from the top 25).
No. 1: Lionel Messi (Argentina / +1)
No. 2: Kylian Mbape (France / -1)
No. 3: Sofiane Amrabat (Morocco / -1)
No.4: Antoine Griezmann (France / +2)
No. 5: Hakim Ziyev (Morocco / +9)
No. 6: Harry Kane (England / +2)
No. 7: Bruno Fernandes (Portugal / -3)
No. 8: Olivier Giroud (France / +2)
No. 9: Bukayo Saka (England / -1)
10th: Bono （Morocco / first)
What stands out is that three players from Morocco, the first African nation ever to make the top four, have made significant gains in the rankings. This caused Wojciech Szczesny (Poland) and Casemiro (Brazil), who had been in the top 10 early in the tournament, to both fall eight places.
And at the top of the list is superstar Messi. The switch in ranking with Mbappe makes sense when one looks back at the performances of both players in the quarterfinals. The former scored Argentina’s first goal with a brilliant through ball, added a penalty of his own, and then gave his team a boost in the penalty shootout with a first-time shot that went the other way from the opposing goalkeeper. In contrast, the latter’s stats were the lowest of his four appearances in the tournament, as he was thoroughly marked by England.
However, the two geniuses with a 12-year age difference, who are also the standout players of the tournament, share the same thing in that they have both contributed to the team’s success so far in this tournament with outstanding performances. The British soccer website Football365.com has published various rankings related to goals, with Mbappe in first and second place in goals scored with five and Messi with four, and tied for the lead in shots with 22 (Mbappe with 10 shots on frame and Messi with nine). Messi with 9).
Messi tops the list with 3.8, while Mbappe is fourth with 2.8, but this may be the difference between the former, who scores half of his goals from penalties, and the latter, who scores all of his goals through superior individual skill and high-level teamwork. In any case, not only do these figures, which show their excellence despite being thoroughly marked, but also the discrepancy from the actual number of goals scored, suggest the outstanding scoring ability of the two players.
In terms of chances created, they both have two assists, which is tied for fourth place. This is a tie for fourth place, but most of the top players in this ranking, including Harry Kane (England/3 times), have been eliminated by their teams, and if these are excluded, Griezmann of France is first (3 times), followed by Messi and Mbappe in second place, as well as Theo Hernandez of France and The ranking is likely to change again, with Messi and Mbappe in second place, as well as France’s Theo Hernandez and Ousmane Dembele, and Croatia’s Ivan Perisic and Mislav Oršić.
There is a slight gap in key passes (passes that lead to a teammate’s shot), with Messi leading with 16 and Mbappe fourth with 9. Messi also leads the ranking in penalty area passes with 15, while Mbappe is also out of the top five. The older, bigger ace seems to have the edge here.
However, France’s Griezmann is tied for the lead in key passes, Dembele is second in passes inside the area with 12, and Giroud is third in both with three goals and 13 shots. This is in contrast to Argentina, where no other player besides Messi appears in these attacking rankings.
France’s team has a good distribution of roles, so that even when Mbappe is shut down, as he was against England, other players are able to take advantage of the momentum of their opponents and take the win. Argentina, on the other hand, has transformed itself from the “Messi team” that relied on Messi until midway through the Mexico match to a “team that makes the most of Messi” with the dynamic of other young players, allowing the 35-year-old ace to shine like never before, but it is still “Messi’s team.
In their previews for the semifinals, most of the national media, while pointing to Croatia’s penalty shootout threat, are predicting a narrow victory for Argentina, but the basis for their predictions is invariably Messi’s continued prestige in Qatar, where he will be on stage for the final on December 18. They are also expecting him to be in the final on December 18. France is also expected to have an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength, although they will need to be wary of Morocco’s defensive prowess and momentum (they lost to Tunisia, also from the Maghreb, in their group league match, albeit without their main man).
Will the two Paris Saint-Germain allies face each other in the final at the Lusail Stadium? If so, will it be a repeat of the Round of 16 matchup four years ago, when Mbappe impressed in a generational shift, or will Messi take advantage of his last chance to exact revenge and earn the only medal he is missing?
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