Argentina - France is the final of the World Football Championship in Qatar 2022. This game is scheduled to start on Sunday at 15:00 and a very interesting one is already announced. It will be the duel of the PSG superstars, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, both players having scored five goals each in this competition and whoever scores one more goal in this final than the other will also win the top scorer title. The statistics of the direct duels are on the side of Argentina, but France won the last direct confrontation that took place in the round of 2018 in which seven goals were scored, and Mbappe had an excellent performance. The presence of Argentina in the final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 is not a surprise, although after the defeat in the debut match 1-2 with Saudi Arabia, many did not think this was possible. Leo Messi is by far the number one man in the Argentina camp, the captain managing to score in almost all the matches, except for the match against Poland and he also missed a shot from 11m. Certainly, Leo Messi's form this season, but also from this final tournament, made Argentina present in the final. In the semifinals, Argentina achieved the most decisive victory of this tournament, after winning 3-0 against Croatia. On the other hand, the presence of France is not a surprise either, as it has the chance to defend the trophy won in 2018 and to add to its record three world cups after the one in 1998. Many predicted a Brazil - France final, a re-edition of the 1998 final won by France with 3-0, with Zinedine Zidane in great form. France lost a match in this final tournament, 1-0 against Tunisia in the groups, but used many reserve players in that match. The hardest victory was the one in the quarter-finals when France defeated England 2-1, at the end of a balanced match. Photo credit: Fifa.com

Croatia and Morocco will play their last match at the World Cup in Qatar 2022, on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., when the two national teams who also met in the groups, will face each other for the bronze medals and implicitly the 3rd place at this final tournament. As I said, Croatia and Morocco also met in the group at the very debut match, and the match was balanced with opportunities on both sides and ended in a tie, score 0-0.   After four years ago, Croatia managed to win the silver medals and the title of world vice-champion, after the defeat by France, score 4-2 in the final, this year, Croatia again disputed a final, this time for 3rd place. Croatia has an exceptional generation that made history in the last two final tournaments and in this tournament they managed to eliminate the big favorite, Brazil, in the kicks from 11m. In the semifinals, Croatia did not repeat the good game from four years ago when it managed to beat Argentina in the groups with 3-0, being defeated now by the same score. Morocco will be talked about a lot and well from now on, after the successful performance at this final tournament, namely the qualification between the four best teams in the world, now having the opportunity to fight in the small final and for the third place, which would be a extraordinary performance. Morocco showed right from the first game that it will not be an easy team to beat, managing a draw in the company of Croatia, after which followed the victories with Belgium and Canada, but the most beautiful and also historic victories remain those with Spain and Portugal from the eighth respectively the quarter finals. Even though it was defeated by France in the semifinals, Morocco left a good impression in this match as well.   Photo credit: Fifa.com  

Today's last match of the World Football Championship in Qatar will be played at 19:00, at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, where Belgium and Canada will face each other. The two national teams make up group F along with Croatia and Morocco, which will face each other today from 10:00. Belgium and Canada have never met before in any official or friendly competition, today's match being a first. Belgium finished the qualifying group undefeated, having six wins and two draws in the eight games played against Wales, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Belarus. In the UEFA Nations League, however, Belgium did not succeed in the preliminaries, and this is because they had a strong opponent like the Netherlands, the team that finished in first place, while Belgium occupied the second place, in front of Poland and Wales. Before the start of the final tournament in Qatar, Belgium played a friendly match with Egypt which it lost 2-1, the match was played in Kuwait at the Jaber Al Ahmad International Stadium. Canada had a good track record in the preliminary group for the World Cup in Qatar and managed to finish in first place, ahead of the USA, Mexico and Costa Rica. Canada suffered only two defeats during the 14 qualifying matches, being defeated by Costa Rica 1-0 and by Panama also 1-0, both defeats being on the road. Canada played four friendly matches before the final tournament in Qatar, one of the matches being against the host country, Qatar, which it won 2-0. In the other three games, Canada was defeated by Uruguay 2-0, tied with Bahrain 2-2 and won against Japan 2-1. Photo credit: Fifa.com

On Tuesday at 16:00, Mexico and Poland face each other for the 5th time in history and for the second time at a World Football Championship after in 1978 at the final tournament hosted by Argentina, Poland managed a 3- 1 and qualifies further from the first place in the group. The other three direct confrontations between Mexico and Poland were friendly matches, twice with a draw with the same score of 1-1, and in the most recent confrontation in 2017, Mexico prevailed 1-0, with a goal scored by Raul Jimenez, the current Wolves player. Mexico and Poland are part of group C at this final tournament along with Argentina and Saudi Arabia. Mexico finished in 2nd place in the NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA qualification group, being equal on points with Canada, 28 points each, but Mexico had a lower goal difference. From March until now, Mexico has played another 11 games, nine friendlies and two in the Concacaf Nations League, the statistics being four wins, defeats and three draws. The last match played by Mexico before the start of the final tournament was against Sweden, which was played in Spain in Girona and which it lost 2-1. On the other hand, Poland had a difficult qualification group, meeting opponents such as England, Albania, and Hungary and finished the group only in second place behind England. Due to the 2nd place occupied at the end of the qualification campaign, Poland played a play-off match with Sweden which it won 2-0, the two goals being scored in the second half by Lewandowski in the 50th minute and Zielinski in the 72nd minute. In Uefa Nations League, Poland only finished in 3rd place in the group after Belgium and the Netherlands but ahead of Wales. Photo credit: Fifa.com