World Cup tournament 2022 in Qatar will be starting this coming Sunday 20th November. It is highly anticipated since it will be the last one to both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, players who have been regarded as the best in the world in the last two decades. Many football fans are backing on Argentina or Portugal to win it depending on the player you support.
Argentina seems to be better than Portugal. They have a balanced squad and have enough experience in this tournament. Argentina have won two World Cups in 1978 and 1986 and have been runners up three times: in 1930, 1990 and 2014.They are the current Copa America champions which they won unbeaten and are currently on form. They are on a 35 games unbeaten.
On the other hand, Portugal has never won it. The best they have ever achieved is third place, in 1966. Also, the Portuguese have failed to get past the Round of 16 stage at the World Cup since 2006 and they bowed out at the first knockout stage at Euro 2020. Argentina will face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in the group stage. Portugal will face Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea in the group stage.
Below is the full Argentina's World Cup squad;
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Franco Armani (River Plate) and Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal).
Defenders: Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), German Pezzella (Real Betis), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon) and Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis), Alejandro Papu Gomez (Sevilla), Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Forwards: Angel Di María (Juventus), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Joaquin Correa (Inter Milan), Paulo Dybala (Roma) and Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain).
Coach: Lionel Scaloni
Below is Portugal squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton), Rui Patricio (Roma).
Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City), Danilo Pereira (Paris St Germain), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Nuno Mendes (Paris St Germain), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund).
Midfielders: Joao Palhinha (Fulham), Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton ), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Joao Mario (Benfica), Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton), Vitinha (Paris St Germain), William Carvalho (Real Betis), Otavio (Porto).
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid), Rafael Leao (AC Milan), Ricardo Horta (Braga), Goncalo Ramos (Benfica), Andre Silva (RB Leipzig).
Coach: Fernando Santos
Football fans would want to enjoy a final between Argentina and Portugal and should it happen, only one goat would cement his status as the best player in the world. We wish them all the best.
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