The trophy that 32 teams will try to raise in Qatar 2022. AFP photos
55 days into Qatar 2022, anxiety is growing among fans around the world. Proof of this were the publications made by some Twitter users, where they reported a unintentional discovery where they arrived after conducting a Google search on the stadium where the final of that tournament will be played.
By typing “Lusail Stadium Upcoming Events” in that search engine, two selected appear paired in a hypothetical match that will be played on December 18, that is the same day in which the decisive World Cup match is scheduled. However, to the chagrin of the more cabulero Argentine fans, none of these teams are the Argentine team.
According to the result, visible at least until early Monday morning, those led by Lionel Scaloni and captained by Lionel Messi will not reach the finaldespite the excellent moment they are going through, not only for winning the Copa América in 2021 and the Grand Final against Italy at Wembley, but also for the streak of 34 consecutive victories.
The internet giant, which has not yet released an official statement on the matter, challenge Neymar’s Brazil and Kylian Mbappé’s France in the multipurpose stadium with a capacity of 80,000 spectators, where a team will lift the World Cup.
The Verdeamarelho national team will seek its sixth world title in Qatar, after those obtained in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, while the French team, which could meet Argentina in the knockout group, will try to raise the maximum trophy of football for the third time, having achieved that goal in 1998 and 2018.
More predictions for the Qatar 2022 World Cup
In mid-June, the portal “The Analyst”, dedicated to the execution of predictive analyzes through the study of statistics and information to predict future behavioral models, identified selected the Argentine in eighth place among those who have the most chance of becoming champion in the Qatar 2022 World Cup with a probability of 6.45%.
The big favorite is the latest champion, France, which appears to be leading the numbers with an overwhelming 17.93% chance of winning the title. Further back, Brazil appears, the second South American in the top ten, with a 15.73% chance of lifting the trophy.
Behind the “canarinha” appears Spain, the 2010 world champion who closes the podium of candidates with an 11.53 percent chance of winning the title. Then appear: England (8.03%), Belgium (7.9%), Netherlands (7.7%), Germany (7.21%), Argentina (6.45%), Portugal (5.11%) ) and Croatia (2.31%).
According to these numbers, it would not be unreasonable to think that Google’s apparent mistake has a great chance of materializing and seeing a final between France and Brazil in December to establish the world title.
Recently, however, Joachim Klemen, an English stockbroker with more than 20 years of experience guessing the winners of Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, placed Argentina as the winner of Qatar 2022after a final against England.
According to this Liberum Capital member, his analysis includes not only sporting issues but also economic and climate factors, such as the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population and temperature of each country, which in his perspective affect performance. of the players as they take to the pitch.
“Since I’ve been in financial services, if there’s one thing I’ve perfected it’s like making excuses for wrong predictions. If I’m right it’s skill and, if I’m wrong, it’s someone else’s fault, ”Klemen clarified, opening the umbrella in case he didn’t understand well this time.
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Source: Clarin
