Coach Guus Hiddink, who led the Korea national football team and recorded legend of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup semi-finals, predicted Argentina’s victory, saying: “This World Cup belongs to Messi regarding the 2022 Qatar World Cup Final.
Argentina and France will play the highly anticipated 2022 FIFA World Cup Final in Qatar at midnight on the 19th at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
In an interview with Vietnamese media “Jing News” on the 18th (local time), coach Hiddink said: “It seems difficult for France to stop Messi.”
In the 1998 World Cup in France, Hiddink, who served as coach of the Netherlands national soccer team, defeated Argentina 2-1 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they lost on penalties to Brazil and did not advance to the final.
After recalling the then victory, coach Hiddink said: “It will be difficult for France to stop Messi.”
He said: “Currently, Argentina is all about Messi, the most unique player, and the rest of the players are supporting him well. They’re all fine,” he stressed several times, “Messi’s influence is really strong.”
Hiddink said: “Messi has been playing football at the highest level for almost 20 years. He scored many goals and assists. Stopping it is very difficult. Many coaches think that Messi should be scored one-on-one, but he moves freely wherever he is. (One against one) is useless in front of Messi.”
It was not easy to answer the question of who is the better player between Messi and Mbappe. Coach Hiddink said: “I don’t want to compare which of the two players is better,” adding: “Playing styles are different. Messi moves slowly and then suddenly speeds up. Mbappe can dribble at high speed. I don’t want to compare, I want to see and enjoy the game of two people.”
Meanwhile, Argentina will challenge for the first time in 36 years since the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
After the 2018 World Cup in Russia, France will challenge for a second consecutive title. So far only Italy and Brazil have managed to win two World Cups in a row.
In particular, this final attracts the attention of fans as it is the “M-Me Match”, in which Messi-led Argentina and Kylian Mbafe’s France (24) play each other. The two players each scored 5 goals in this tournament. tied for the lead in scoring.
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