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Board Gambling discussion
Re: FIFA 2022 world cup
by
jayce
on 14/12/2022, 13:06:33 UTC
Actually I expected more from Luka Modric. His leadership role as Croatian team's captain is unquestionable but I expected more from him. He is fighting, returning to help defense, but offensively he should have give more. He produced far less of his famous passes than I expected. But the team plays much better with him playing than when he is benched. This will not only be the last World Cup but probably the last games that he plays for the national team. I don't think that he announced it yet but I think he will not play for the Croatian team after the World Cup. Luckily Croatia already found a replacement for him in the middle of the field - Lovro Majer. He is still young but he started to improve his skills after he left Dinamo Zagreb.
Luka still showed his best actually, but didn't meet good forwards to match him during this world cup, unlike in 2018 when Mandzukic and Rebic were around him. Regarding his age, yeah I think it could be his last game for national team. Majer is still far away to replace him, but let's see his improvement for next 4 years.


I'm not expecting a thrilling game today. Morocco's style is defense only. They are not trying to attack their opponent at all. Only when some loose ball gets picked up by their forward players, they try to attack. I'm expecting that France will hold the possession and Morocco to defend their goal.
It's no different with what Argentina showed last night. Less possession ball, and only depended on counter attacks. Actually their playing style is not boring at all. Against Portugal, they even made same on-goal shots (3) and even more against Spain (3 vs 2). Obviously France will posses the ball more, perhaps more than 75%, but with a few of Morocco players who playing in France, I think Morocco could surprise us. Even if they lost, it wouldnt be an easy win for France.