2022 Fifa World Cup - Group F - Belgium, Canada, Croatia & Morocco

[Nicky91]

Belgium
Canada
Morocco
Croatia


23 November 2022
13:00
Morocco Match 12 Croatia

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

23 November 2022
22:00
Belgium Match 9 Canada

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

27 November 2022
16:00
Belgium Match 26 Morocco

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

27 November 2022
19:00
Croatia Match 27 Canada

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

1 December 2022
18:00
Croatia Match 41 Belgium

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

1 December 2022
18:00
Canada Match 42 Morocco

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
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[Nicky91]

one group to follow for me


i like Belgium's red devils, i find Morocco having quite a lot of talented players as well

i like Croatia a lot, and i love Canada making their world cup debut this year



going to be a tough one here i think

[Calderyon]

Belgium winner with little effort
Croatia 2nd
Morocco 3rd
Canada 4th

[Nicky91]

one with many close calls for sure

Belgium 1st (i guess based on talent and experience)
Morocco 2nd (the talent is there but will they perform well under pressure, time will tell)
Croatia 3rd
Canada 4th (although 4th, not an easy 4th for me, they are the dark horse debut outsiders they could easily surprise a la new zealand with few draws)

[Nicky91]

Morocco have sacked their coach Vahid Halilhodzic

https://www.yahoo.com/now/morocco-sack-coach-vahid-halilhodzic-133305590.html

The announcement by the Moroccan football federation on Thursday ends months of speculation over the fate of the Franco-Bosnian coach, who has now suffered the extraordinary feat of being fired three times by national teams after they qualified for World Cup finals.

"Given the differences and divergent visions between the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and national coach Vahid Halilhodzic on the best way to prepare the national football team for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the two parties decided to separate," the federation said in a statement.

Halilhodzic's possible departure had been the cause of much speculation since Morocco's tepid showing at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in January and, in particular, his fall out with star midfielder Hakim Ziyech.

Last year Halilhodzic accused the Chelsea player of feigning injury to miss out on mid-year friendly matches and left him out of the World Cup qualifying campaign and the Cup of Nations finals.

But federation president Fouzi Lekjaa has been pressing for a return of the Dutch-born midfielder amid a public outcry at his absence, putting him at odds with his coach, who was appointed to the Morocco job three years ago.

Halilhodzic's brusque manner was cited as the reason for Japan firing him after he had qualified them for the last World Cup in Russia.

He was dismissed just two months before the 2018 finals with the Japanese Football Association citing "communication" problems and claiming he had lost the trust of his players.

Halilhodzic, who played for Yugoslavia at the 1982 World Cup and was later a successful striker in France, was also dismissed by the Ivory Coast ahead of the 2010 finals in South Africa and replaced by Sven Goran Eriksson. That came after the Ivorians had fared poorly at the Cup of Nations finals some six months before the World Cup.

He did take Algeria to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where they came close to an upset victory over Germany in the last 16.

Morocco is expected to name its former international Walid Regragui as its new coach. He led Wydad Casablanca to the African Champions League crown in May.

[Nicky91]

the group which on paper seems unpredictable


with the very very talented Belgium Red Devils, the supertalented generation of Morocco, last world cup finalists Croatia and the debuting Canada

interesting one here

[Nicky91]

Morocco - Croatia match 1 of the day, beginning in 1 hour and 4 minutes from now



Belgium - Canada the evening match

[Nicky91]

Morocco vs Croatia aka Hakim Ziyech vs Luka Modric



am expecting a nice game, this entire group is filled with teams who i like a lot, so very exciting for me personally

[Nicky91]

line ups

Morocco: Bounou, Hakimi, Saiss, Aguerd, Mazraoui, Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah, Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal

Croatia: Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Vlasic, Kramaric, Perisic

[Calderyon]

Morocco v Croatia 0-0 18'

[Cherie]

Why is it showing as Mar v Cro on ITV ..

This is nearly as bad as Micky D’s going around the advertising hoardins at one of the matches, hopefully fixed by now

[Zizu]

How was that not a yellow for Modric ?

Late and dangerous tackle from the side .
That’s three bad tackles just from Modric

Ref does nothing ..


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[Calderyon]

Why is it showing as Mar v Cro on ITV ..

This is nearly as bad as Micky D’s going around the advertising hoardins at one of the matches, hopefully fixed by now

The explanation of the MAR country code is similar to Iceland’s, although a bit more fraught. While the country’s English name is Morocco, the country is known as Maroc in French. Starting in the early 1800s, France expanded its colonial empire to North Africa, where it established a protectorate in what is now Morocco. Morocco achieved national independence in 1956, but the French influence persists in the country. Today, Morocco’s official languages are Arabic and Tamazight (an indigenous language in the region), but French continues to hold a powerful position in the country as a holdover from the colonial era.

Country codes are mostly used in international sporting events because they are useful for distinguishing between countries whose names differ across languages. Having a unique country code ensures that participants at the World Cup or the Olympics don’t get tripped up with language barriers and always have a clear-cut, standardized way to communicate when referring to other countries.

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FIFA sets its own codes, but they mostly align with other common country code designations, such as those set by the International Olympic Committee. Occasionally, there are differences between a country’s three-letter FIFA code and its IOC code (such as Bahrain, which is known as BHR by FIFA and BRN by the IOC). Morocco, however, is known as MAR by both of these sports associations.

The other primary country code database is run by the International Organization for Standardization, which, among its other global standardization projects, assigns each member country a unique three-letter country code (known as its ISO alpha-3 code), a two-letter country code (its ISO alpha-2 code, which is also used for international package shipping), and a three-digit numeric code. Countries’ ISO alpha-3 codes sometimes differ from the codes set by FIFA and the IOC; Portugal, which is known as POR by both FIFA and the IOC, is referred to as PRT by the ISO. Morocco’s ISO alpha-3 code is still MAR.

https://slate.com/culture/2018/06/why-is-morocco-abbreviated-mar-at-the-world-cup.html

[Calderyon]

Morocco v Croatia 0-0 18'

Morocco v Croatia 0-0 FT

[Calderyon]

Bit of a snooze.

[bots]

glad i skipped it

[Nicky91]

knew it would be this close, and i'm happy for Morocco they got a point here anyway



aww Mazraoui :hug: hip injury, we'll find out soon enough how severe that is

[Zizu]

I’m thinking another shock 3:1 to Canada


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[Alf]

I’m thinking another shock 3:1 to Canada


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProCanada can't play football. They can play ice hockey and Wrestling and that's about it.

[bots]

penalty to Canada :joker:

[Zizu]

Canada can't play football. They can play ice hockey and Wrestling and that's about it.


We shall see ..

They said the same about Japan and Saudi Arabia


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[bots]

good save

[Alf]

Awful penalty. Told you they can't play football.

[bots]

belgium are rubbish

[MTVN]

Shame Canada can't finish

[Calderyon]

Belgium v Canada 1-0 HT

44' 1-0 Batshuayi (Alderweireld)

[Zizu]

That was a certain penalty !!
Crazy decision imho

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[Dogeatdog]

Canada have actually had some decent chances but they can’t put them away.

[bots]

Canada can't finish their chances off (including a penalty :laugh:) and their defence is dire and yet they are still giving belgium a good game :laugh:

[Zizu]

Belgium well be blowing out their arses in the second half

All the upsets came from 1:0 down I think


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[Crimson Dynamo]

come on Canada

[Calderyon]

Belgium v Canada 1-0 HT

44' 1-0 Batshuayi (Alderweireld)

Belgium v Canada 1-0 FT

[bots]

if belgium play like that later they will get hammered

[Alf]

Shame Canada can't finishBret the hitman Hart with the sharp shooter and Edge with the spear are the only finishers they have.

[Mystic Mock]

Canada have actually had some decent chances but they can’t put them away.

I have honestly never seen a team be worse at converting chances.

[Dogeatdog]

I have honestly never seen a team be worse at converting chances.

21 goal attempts and not a single goal is pretty poor. Don’t get me wrong Canada made Belgium work hard for that result but if they were more clinical in front of goal they could’ve easily won that game 2-1 or 3-1.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Belgium aint going deep in 2022

[Nicky91]

Canada was better, that defender Miller he's quite good, very much showing he was part of the team of the season in this years MLS

[Calderyon]

Belgium v Morocco 0-0 29'

[Calderyon]

Belgium not looking good.

[Zizu]

Now this ref is giving nearly every foul !!

Even blowing for tackles that weren’t fouls !?

Completely different to all the other games


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[bots]

i think belgium look as good as england :laugh:

[bots]

oops lol

[Calderyon]

Belgium v Morocco 0-0 29'

Belgium v Morocco 0-0 HT

[bots]

woooooo

[bots]

this is clearly the WC of upsets :laugh:

[Calderyon]

Belgium v Morocco 0-0 HT

Belgium v Morocco 0-1 76'

73' 0-1 Sabiri

[Crimson Dynamo]

Well done morocco fully deserved

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://twitter.com/JordanC1107/status/1596867972206919683?s=20&t=sevYSOXRbLYq_qRX5mZHJA

[bots]

they are using AI to determine offside, they need to adjust its sensitivity to reflect that its humans that are playing

[Crimson Dynamo]

84 mins is way, way too early for the "ole"

:worry:

[bots]

if they keep their heads for 5 mins, they have the win

[Swan]

Wow!!!!

[bots]

wooooooooooooooooooo

[Calderyon]

Belgium v Morocco 0-1 76'

73' 0-1 Sabiri

Belgium v Morocco 0-2 FT

90+2' 0-2 Aboukhlal (Ziyech)

[Crimson Dynamo]

yaaaas

[bots]

belgium won't be ranked No 2 after this competition :hee:

[Cherie]

Brilliant, well deserved :dance:

[Cherie]

Should have been 3-0

[Crimson Dynamo]

Great game that

now roll on Canada :amazed:

[Nicky91]

Aboukhlal, former Jong PSV


just saying :hee:

[bots]

i think several of the big teams have been distracted with all the non football controversy. The little teams don't give a fig, and it shows

[Dogeatdog]

If Canada lose I’ll be out of the sweepstake.

[Dogeatdog]

WTF!! What a goal!!

[bots]

wow

[Zizu]

Pity he didn’t hit his penalty against Belgium with that much force


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[Swan]

Canada look really sharp, they were unlucky against Belgium.

[Crimson Dynamo]

BOOM

[Zizu]

So who is the fittest , strongest best organised team in the competition??

I need to put a bet on them to win the whole thing ..


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[Dogeatdog]

So who is the fittest , strongest best organised team in the competition??

I need to put a bet on them to win the whole thing ..


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If I was putting money on what team would win it I would be backing Brazil.

[Calderyon]

Croatia v Canada 1-1 39'

2' 0-1 Davies (Buchanan)
36' 1-1 Kramaric (Perisic)

[Calderyon]

So who is the fittest , strongest best organised team in the competition??

I need to put a bet on them to win the whole thing ..


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France or Brazil.

[Crimson Dynamo]

If I was putting money on what team would win it I would be backing Brazil.

What attracted you to the favourites to the win the world cup to win the world cup?

:laugh:

[AnnieK]

I want Canada to win this game

[bots]

So who is the fittest , strongest best organised team in the competition??

I need to put a bet on them to win the whole thing ..


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i will tell you after the germany game tonight

[Dogeatdog]

What attracted you to the favourites to the win the world cup to win the world cup?

:laugh:

:laugh:

They just have an unbelievable team tho. Vinicius Jr. is a rapid little player, Raphina is solid and even a lot of their players who are on the bench like Militao are pretty decent too.

[bots]

if croatia keep it to 1-0 this half, they will win

[Nicky91]

Dalic will never get sacked, how corrupt croatia's FA basically is


and don't expect them to make any subs before 75th minute at the very least :laugh:

[bots]

boom, i knew it

[Swan]

It was coming

[Nicky91]

:cheer: :cheer:

[Nicky91]

Go Canada :clap1:

[Calderyon]

Croatia equalized.

[Nicky91]

Croatia equalized.

:yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: equalizer for the team of botox face Dalic

[bots]

shut up nicky

[Nicky91]

i've switched off, no point in watching when croatia wins this with 5-1 or 10-1

:sleep:

[bots]

superb goal

[Dogeatdog]

Ah man Canada’s defence is just shocking.

[Calderyon]

2-1 Croatia

[Swan]

i've switched off, no point in watching when croatia wins this with 5-1 or 10-1

:sleep:

Ok good, do us all a favour then and stop posting considering you're not watching now.

Croatia look really good now.

[Nicky91]

rubbish goal :idc:


wonder how much croatia bribed the officials for letting them win this match :rolleyes:

[Swan]

^All this kid does is sh!t up every group thread, starts out ok, then becomes a nob, it's like clockwork

[Dogeatdog]

Canada are looking frustrated and they keep giving the ball away to easy.

[bots]

canada's defence was shocking against belgium too, but croatia are exploiting it

[Calderyon]

Croatia v Canada 1-1 39'

2' 0-1 Davies (Buchanan)
36' 1-1 Kramaric (Perisic)

Croatia v Canada 2-1 HT

44' 2-1 Livaja (Juranovic)

[Nicky91]

Canada bringing Osorio for Larin, and Koné for Eustaquio for second half

[Swan]

Is that a tampon up his nose?

[bots]

why has the canadian player got a tampon in his nose?

[bots]

:joker:

[Calderyon]

:joker:

He is having some leaks.

[bots]

croatia are a different class

[Swan]

Well, that's that then.

[Calderyon]

Croatia v Canada 2-1 HT

44' 2-1 Livaja (Juranovic)

Croatia v Canada 4-1 FT

70' 3-1 Kramaric (Perisic)
90+4' 4-1 Majer (Orsic)

[bots]

on todays showing, croatia are going to be in the mix toward the end of the tournament

[Calderyon]

In the end, Croatia showed why they are World Cup runner-ups.

[Vanessa]

Cananda has been unlucky to be in the samw group aa Croatia. They're hard to beat.

[Dogeatdog]

Ah man gutted for Canada that’s me out of the sweepstake. Croatia played really well, they’ve got a lot of good attacking players in their squad. Canada in the end just made it too easy for them, they were poor defensive wise and Croatia took advantage of that.

[bots]

there has been rioting in Brussels with cars set on fire over the football result :crazy:

https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/27/GettyImages-1245150139-scaled.jpg

[Zizu]

Intriguing if correct ..
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The Belgian squad sounds like it is totally divided. Eden Hazard apparently had a massive row with Vertonghan and Lukaku had to separate them. Hazard and Trossard also hate each other and Courtois and De Bruyne have never liked each other


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[Nicky91]

line ups

Croatia: Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Livaja, Kramaric, Perisic

Belgium: Courtois, Castagne, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Meunier, Dendoncker, Witsel, Carrasco, De Bruyne, Mertens, Trossard
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Canada: Borjan, Johnston, Vitoria, Miller, Adekugbe, Osorio, Kaye, Hoilett, Buchanan, Larin, Davies

Morocco: Bounou, Hakimi, Aguerd, Saiss, Mazraoui, Ounahi, Amrabat, Sabiri, Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal

[bots]

i'm supporting Morocco for this afternoon only :laugh:

[bots]

woop 1-0 to Morocco :laugh:

[Swan]

What a mess at the back for Canada. Still a nice finish though

[GiRTh]

Penalty. Belgium are way over rated

[bots]

this is going to be an exciting afternoon

[bots]

bloody hell, this is starting to piss me off

[Swan]

That was bollocks

[James]

I don't understand what has just happened.

[bots]

I don't understand what has just happened.

var indicated an offside before the penalty, but they have this super tech that does it all automatically, so why wasnt it reported immediately. The ref had to go and view an offside, not a dodgy penalty

[James]

var indicated an offside before the penalty, but they have this super tech that does it all automatically, so why wasnt it reported immediately

One of the annoying things about the commentators is how much they don't understand the technology being used.

[bots]

i think the commentators are more out of their depth at this tournament than i have ever experienced before

[bots]

the good news is that morocco are still ahead :laugh:

[MTVN]

Belgium are so bad, just pass it amongst themselves in their own half. Like someone said last game it's like walking football

[Swan]

Yeah i was just gonna comment on how poor they are. They need a win, yet no urgency, no passion, no grit, no determination, it's like a training session for them.

Im enjoying this world cup, been some good games, but the quality over all has been lacking.

[Calderyon]

Croatia v Belgium 0-0 HT


Canada v Morocco 1-2 HT

4' 0-1 Ziyech
23' 0-2 En-Nesyri (Hakimi)
40' 1-2 Aguerd OG

[MTVN]

I normally like Micah Richards but what sort of comment is 'they're doing what they need to do, stay in the game'

Eh?? They should be the better team and need to win, you can't just waste 45 minutes

[bots]

I normally like Micah Richards but what sort of comment is 'they're doing what they need to do, stay in the game'

Eh?? They should be the better team and need to win, you can't just waste 45 minutes

i think he means that they dont have the legs to compete over the 90 mins, so they will bring on hazard etc in the 2nd half to go for it. The only problem with that is that hazard has been dreadful in the last 2 games :laugh:

[Zizu]

Penalty. Belgium are way over rated


Ridiculous

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221201/7ab461c7f980612a2535217eaa7f40c5.jpg


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[Swan]

They keep going on about how Wales did great to get to the world cup, that maybe the case, but they were piss poor during it. They were given every chance to qualify, Iran and the USA are no world beaters. Yet Wales lost to Iran, only scored one goal which was a pen, drawing against an average USA team. And got thrashed by England.

Wrong thread, but they're talking about it now. Wales were crap, and failed miserably.

[bots]

yeah, i don't get this praise of wales, they are out.

Scotland have been knocked out at the group more times than i care to remember, and the commentators are usually laughing :fist:

[Swan]

HOW????

[bots]

lool what a miss

[James]

lool what a miss

Looks like there is a bit of a delay on what I am watching.

[Swan]

Looks like there is a bit of a delay on what I am watching.

Are you watching on iplayer?

[bots]

iplayer has quite a delay on it for the UHD. Also, its in standard stereo where the bbc 1 broadcast is in 5.1

[James]

Are you watching on iplayer?

BBC Sport website.

[Swan]

BBC Sport website.

I've watched a few games on the website, and i was a good 45 seconds off the TV coverage.

[bots]

are they covering up a sponsor or something on the belgian shirt sleeves? Its a big ? on both sleeves

[Swan]

yeah, i don't get this praise of wales, they are out.

Scotland have been knocked out at the group more times than i care to remember, and the commentators are usually laughing :fist:

And the only team not to score from open play?

[bots]

its certainly been going down to the wire in these groups

[Swan]

Lukaku lol

[Swan]

Seriously????

[bots]

this is crazy

[Swan]

Tackle of the tournament

[bots]

the guy in the mask is a hero win or lose

[bots]

belgium OUT

[MTVN]

Belgium got what they deserved

[bots]

who predicted that Morocco would win the group :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ridiculous

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221201/7ab461c7f980612a2535217eaa7f40c5.jpg


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ew look at his claws

[Calderyon]

Croatia v Belgium 0-0 HT


Canada v Morocco 1-2 HT

4' 0-1 Ziyech
23' 0-2 En-Nesyri (Hakimi)
40' 1-2 Aguerd OG

Croatia v Belgium 0-0 FT
Canada v Morocco 1-2 FT

[Calderyon]

Morocco & Croatia advance to last 16.

[Nicky91]

who predicted that Morocco would win the group :joker:

Me


my sweepstake :clap1:

[bots]

Martinez is out as Belgian manager

[Nicky91]

same squad as 3rd place in 2018 world cup, and this time not surviving the group stage

biggest flop of the tournament for me personally


also De Bruyne what a rubbish player he is, your 3rd captain, and he doesn't stand up and make the team shine this tournament, maybe he was feeling homesick for his bestie bitch Haaland at City :fan:

[Mystic Mock]

De Bruyne reminds me of Steven Gerrard where his fantastic at club level, but kinda average at international level.

I feel like Belgium play him too deep personally, just let him do his great passing and attacking that he does for Man City.

[bots]

De Bruyne can make the most fantastic passes and crosses in the world but if those around him are not up to scratch, then it's all wasted. He can't do everything himself

[Nicky91]

De Bruyne can make the most fantastic passes and crosses in the world but if those around him are not up to scratch, then it's all wasted. He can't do everything himself

he's literally the 3rd in line for captain


act like it, i'd say or else he should be ditched from the squad

[Calderyon]

De Bruyne reminds me of Steven Gerrard where his fantastic at club level, but kinda average at international level.

I feel like Belgium play him too deep personally, just let him do his great passing and attacking that he does for Man City.

Tbf on Manchester he is surrounded with talent all around him (in addition of him being one) and a World Class Manager, while on Belgium...