2022 World Cup: Morocco, Croatia … The biggest surprises of the competition

The World Cup is coming to an end. As usual, it will have made us vibrate, shiver, and will certainly even make us cry, with joy or sadness depending on the result of this France-Argentina, epilogue of the World Cup. If this poster does not break the codes and was expected, there were a lot of nice surprises.

L’French team and theArgentina will compete for their third star this Sunday at 4 p.m. Nothing surprising because they were among the two favorite nations before the start of the world Cup. Nevertheless, they benefited from some sensations which eliminated big nations in the previous rounds.

Asia in the spotlight

The Asian teams have been amazing for Global. To begin with, the Japan caused a stir in Qatar. However, no one gave much of their skin. Indeed, the Samurai Blues found themselves in a very strong group with Spain, Germany and the Costa Rica. Their journey started strong since they brought down germany at the very end of the game (2-1), before being surprised by a weak team from Costa Rica (0-1) but to seek qualification for the eighth by beating theSpain and thus taking the first place of the group. Their collective will have made a strong impression by beating two of the favorites to the final victory. They fell on penalties against the Croatia in eighths. Infuriating. The performance of Ritsu Doan have received particular attention.

The South Korea also came out of a very strong group with the Portugal, Uruguay and the Ghana. They started with a draw against the Celestial (0-0), followed by a spectacular defeat against Ghana (2-3) and ended in style by dropping the Portugal (2-1) to everyone’s surprise. Kim Min Jae is the revelation of this team, swept away in the round of 16 by the Brazil from Neymar (1-4).

L’Saudi Arabia signed the first big surprise of the Global. led facing theArgentina of Lionel Messi in the first match, they reversed the situation to win 2 goals to 1. A new achievement signed Herve Renard. Nevertheless, the selection of White Magician stopped in hens.

Morocco propels Africa to the top

The Atlas lions achieved the greatest feat in African football. Walid Regragui has built a formidable team that has enjoyed the best run in its history. To start, in chickens they knocked down the 2018 semi-finalist, the Belgium (2-0). First in their group after their victory against Canadathe Moroccans got rid of theSpain in shots on goal. Taken by a Yassine Bounou in a state of grace, revelations such as Sofyan Amrabat and Azzedine Ounahi, the Moroccans joined the quarters in full confidence. The sensation continued as they eliminated the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo (1-0) before falling against the Blues in half. Cheer !

The African continent can also enjoy two other historic successes since the Tunisia beat the Blues (1-0) and that the Cameroon did the same to Brazil (1-0).

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Croatia do the same again, Australia and the USA join the party

Surprise finalist in 2018, the Croatia hit hard again. Not the best at the start of the competition, the Croats narrowly beat the Japanese in the round of 16 on penalties before achieving the same performance against the absolute favorite, the Brazil. Unfortunately, they sank in the face of theArgentina of Messi in the semis (3-0) but came out with their heads held high by winning the match for third place against Morocco (2-1). We will remember the magnificent tournament of Luka Modricbut also revelations Dominik Livakovic and Josko Gvardiol.

australia created a surprise by opening up the brand to Blues. Nevertheless, the Australians took the big wave afterwards, losing 4 goals to 1. They did not demobilize as they beat the Tunisia (1-0) then the Denmark (1-0), outsider of the competition. The Socceros were not far from the feat facing theArgentina in eighths but Emiliano Martinez pulled off the big game in added time.

Finally, the UNITED STATES prepared well for 2026. By bringing down the Iranians, and securing a draw against the Welsh and the English, the Americans reached the round of 16 by offering a very interesting game. punished by Netherlands clinics in the next round.