[Sports News]The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will usher in the ultimate battle tonight (18th). The defending France will face Argentina led by the world champion Metz. This fantasy duel has a great chance to become a classic match in the modern World Cup finals. There is still half a day before the opening wave. “Tilu” will first review the performance of the two teams and preview the focus of the final.
track record:
Although France and Argentina cannot be called a blood feud, the battles every time they meet are very fierce. The two teams have met 12 times in the past. Argentina has the advantage with six wins, three losses and three losses. However, France eliminated Argentina 4:3 in the last sixteen of the last World Cup. Five players who played for France’s main election that day are still the main force of this year’s tournament, including McBaby and Kisman who scored three goals in total, center Kiot, backbone Hua Lani and captain Rollis. On the contrary, in Argentina’s lineup, only Metz, Tellia Fego and Oda Wendi are still in the regular selection.
In terms of final track record, France has entered the World Cup final three times before, winning the last and 1998 home games respectively, and losing to Italy in 2006. Argentina’s final record is slightly inferior to France. It has entered the finals five times but only won two. In history, only Italy and Brazil have successfully defended their titles. However, it was 60 years ago that Brazil defended the World Cup last time. It is not easy for France to “break through” its fate.
Data performance this year:
Argentina’s unexpected loss to Saudi Arabia in the first game of this year caused the outside world to worry that the last World Cup in Metz may have a chance to be eliminated in the group stage. However, this South American powerhouse immediately rebounded and won two games in a row, and then eliminated Australia, the Netherlands and Croatia successively. Argentina has temporarily scored 12 goals and conceded 5 goals this year. The expected goals (xG) also ranks first among the 32 teams. They averaged more than 530 passes and 6.2 on-target shots per game, also among the top teams. However, the defensive statistics are not dazzling. Although Argentina kept clean sheets in three games, their average successful interception rate was only 51%, ranking 21st among the 32 teams with the average number of interceptions per game.
France scored 13 goals and conceded 5 goals. xG ranked third with 11.9 goals, and created 17 major scoring opportunities in six games, ranking first among 32 teams. On the front line, they have Kiot, who is very skillful, as well as fast wings and second gates such as McBabbe, Oswindan Billy, Fio Boots Nandis, etc. They averaged 6.7 accurate crosses per game. The smaller Argentine defense poses a threat. Although France has only one game in the semi-finals without conceding a goal, their defensive statistics are among the best. France’s interception success rate is more than 60%, with an average of 12.2 successful interceptions per game, which is the crown of many teams, and an average of 11.2 interceptions per game is also ranked third this year, but the ball possession rate is only 52.2%, which more or less reflects Degan Tactics adopted.
People in focus:
As soon as the team for this match has been released, the outside world has already regarded this final as a decisive battle between the old and new champions. Indeed, Metz and McBabbi’s personal statistics this year are very impressive, and they also scored five goals for the time being. They will compete head-to-head in the final to compete for the marksman. Meis had never made it to the knockout stage before this year, but he scored a goal each in the quarter-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals of Qatar, proving his determination to lead the country to the top. In addition, Metz also handed over three assists, among which the semi-finalists twisted from the midfield line, broke through Huadio’s defense and then made a pass, which was even more amazing.
However, Metz will have to rely on his front-line partner Alvarez to help him realize his dream in his last competition. The young man from Manchester City did not start to establish his seat until the last game of the group stage, but the tacit understanding with Metz has become better and better since then. Two breakthroughs in the semi-finals made two goals for the team, and he is currently tied for the top scorer list with four goals. three.
The 23-year-old Maibabi has become the main force of France in the last term, holding a World Cup title. He continued to wear the No. 10 jersey this year, and his performance is still eye-catching, only one assist less than Metz, and he also scored 4.7 shots per 90 minutes. The astonishingly fast McBabby managed four successful dribbles per 90 minutes, but only 53% of the twists were successful.
However, if you want to count the core figures of this year’s France, who is better than the blond-haired Christian? The French midfielder lacks Pouba and Jandi, and needs to use the resurgent Rabiot and rising star Cao Yaweni to partner. But Digans’ transformation of Kisven into a No. 8 player is the key to keeping the French midfielder running. Although Ji Shiwen, who was born as a forward, did not score a goal this year, his offensive contribution was far more than that of his teammates. He created a total of 21 scoring chances, one-third of which were golden chances, and received three assists. However, what is more important is the strength of Ji Shiwen’s participation in defense. In the top four alone, there have been three clearances, two interceptions and two successful interceptions, and he has won six scrimmages. Even Puba also posted on social networking sites Leave a message “Griezmannkante (Christian Jiandi)” to praise.
Text: Mai Jingzhi
This article was sponsored by “Sportsroad“Originally published on “【World Cup】French and Argentine dream match from the data to see the old and new champions duel」
