[Notizie sportive]The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will usher in the final battle this evening (18): defending France will face Argentina led by world champion Metz. This fantasy duel has a great chance to become a classic match in modern World Cup Finals. There is still half a day before the opening wave. “Tilu” will first review the performance of the two teams and preview the focus of the final.
track record:
Although France and Argentina cannot be called a feud, the battles whenever they meet are very fierce. The two teams have met 12 times in the past. Argentina leads with six wins, three losses and three losses. However, France eliminated Argentina 4:3 in the round of 16 of the last World Cup. Five players who played for France’s main election that day are still the main force in this year’s tournament, including McBaby and Kisman who scored three goals in total, center Kiot, backbone Hua Lani and captain Rollis . Conversely, in the Argentine lineup, only Metz, Tellia Fego and Oda Wendi are still in the regular selection.
In terms of ultimate track record, France have been to the World Cup final three times before, winning their last and 1998 home games respectively, and losing to Italy in 2006. Argentina’s final record is slightly lower than that of France, who have entered the final five times but won only twice. In history, only Italy and Brazil have successfully defended their titles, but it was 60 years ago that Brazil last defended the World Cup, it is not easy for France to “break through” its destiny .
Data performance this year:
Argentina’s unexpected loss to Saudi Arabia in their first match of this year made the outside world fear that the last World Cup in Metz might have a chance of being eliminated in the group stage. However, this South American powerhouse quickly rebounded and won two games in a row, before successively eliminating Australia, the Netherlands and Croatia. Argentina has temporarily scored 12 goals this year and conceded 5. Expected goals (xG) are also ranked first among the 32 teams. They average over 530 passes and 6.2 shots on goal per game, even among the best teams. However, the defensive statistics are not impressive: although Argentina kept three clean sheets in three games, the average percentage of successful interceptions was only 51%, ranking 21st among the 32 teams with the average number of interceptions per game.
France scored 13 goals and conceded 5. xG finished third with 11.9 goals and created 17 important scoring chances in six matches, finishing first out of 32 teams. Up front, they have Kiot, who is very skilled, as well as fast wingers and second goals like McBabbe, Oswindan Billy, Fio Boots Nandis, etc. They average 6.7 accurate crosses per game. . Although France have only one game in the semi-finals without conceding a goal, their defensive stats are among the best. France’s interception success rate is more than 60%, with an average of 12.2 successful interceptions per game, which is the crown of many teams, and an average of 11.2 interceptions per game is also ranked third this year, but the ball possession rate is only 52.2%, which more or less reflects Degan Tactics adopted.
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As soon as the squad for this match was released, the outside world already regarded this final as a decisive battle between old and new champions. Indeed, Metz and McBabbi’s personal statistics this year are very impressive, and they have also scored five goals so far, but they will go head-to-head in the final to compete for the shooter. Meis had never reached the knockout stages before this year, but he scored once each in Qatar’s quarter-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals, showing his determination to take the country to the top. In addition, Metz also delivered three assists, among which the semifinalists turned from the midfield line, broke through Huadio’s defense and then made an even more surprising pass.
However, Metz will have to rely on his front-line partner Alvarez to help him achieve his dream in his latest competition. The Manchester City youngster didn’t begin to establish his place until the last match of the group stage, but since then the tacit understanding with Metz has gone from strength to strength: two goals in the semi-final netted two goals for the team, and he is currently tied for the top scorer list with four goals, three.
The 23-year-old Maibabi became France’s main force last season, holding a World Cup title. This year he continued to wear the number 10 jersey and his performance is still captivating, just one assist less than Metz, and he also hit 4.7 shots per 90 minutes. The surprisingly fast McBabby managed four successful dribbles every 90 minutes, but only 53% of the twists were successful.
However, if you want to count the key figures in France this year, who is better than the blond-haired Christian? The French midfielder is without Pouba and Jandi and must use the resurgent Rabiot and rising star Cao Yaweni as partners. But Digans’ transformation of Kisven into a player no. 8 is the key to making the French midfielder work. Although Ji Shiwen, a born striker, has not scored a goal this year, his offensive contribution has been far superior to that of his teammates. He created a total of 21 scoring chances, a third of which were golden chances, and had three assists. However, what is more important is the strength of Ji Shiwen’s participation in defense. In the top four alone, there were three rejections, two interceptions, and two successful interceptions, and he won six scrimmages. Puba also posted on social networking sites Leave a message “Griezmannkante (Christian Jiandi)” to praise.
Text: Mai Jingzhi
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