Gints Narogs, “Latvijas Avīze”, JSC “Latvijas Mediji”
At the FIFA World Cup in Qatar over the weekend, the soccer stars made waves in the city, with several matches going off in sensational fashion.
Few could have imagined Morocco would beat Belgium, but they did as the African continent celebrated a 2-0 win yesterday. In addition, Costa Rica, who lost 0-7 to Spain in the first match, won 1-0 in the second match against Japan, who previously beat Germany 2-1. “Deutsche” was supposed to play against the Spaniards yesterday or not. There are also intrigues in other groups. Only France, who defeated Denmark 2-1 on Saturday, can calmly await the playoffs. In two games, a maximum of six points and a place in the round of 16 were achieved.
Kylian Mbappe scored both goals for the reigning world champions. Other stars also shone: Lionel Messi helped Argentina beat Mexico (2:0) with a long and powerful shot, keeping the chances of continuing the tournament. Roberts Lewandowski demonstrated his prowess in the Polish national team – he scored a goal and assisted in the match against Saudi Arabia (2: 0). The Netherlands was disappointed, as they drew (1:1) against Ecuador.
Iran surprised, after the defeat against the English (2:6) with a character victory over Wales (2:0) right at the end of the game. The worst team in the tournament is host Qatar, who lost to Senegal 1:3 in the second match. Qatar also became the first team to miss the playoffs after just two games.
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