The tournament witnessed many missed penalties (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed / Getty)
Friday, the group stage competitions for the Championship ended world Cup Which Qatar is hosting until December 18, and witnessed many resounding surprises, with the exclusion of some large teams, such as Germany, Belgium and Uruguay, as it succeeded Moroccan national team qualifying top of their group.
An abundance of goals .. and the fifth group is the best
32 teams competed in the 22nd edition of the World Cup, which is being held for the first time in an Arab country and in the Arab region, as these teams succeeded in scoring 120 goals through 48 matches played in the first round, and the fifth group teams scored the largest number of goals with a total of 22 goals, then The eighth group, with 17 goals.
15 goals were scored in the first group, 16 goals in the second and seventh, and 12 goals in the third. As for the teams in the fourth and sixth groups, they scored the least goals, with only 11 goals for each group.
5 names are the top scorers of the World Cup
Many stars are competing to be crowned the Qatar World Cup top scorer award, as 5 players top the list, and it comes to English Marcus Rashford, Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, Dutchman Cody Gakpo, Spaniard Alvaro Morata, and Ecuadorian Ener Valencia with 3 goals.
Which teams scored the most points?
No team achieved 3 victories in the group stage, and the Netherlands, England and Morocco teams remain the most points-collected in this round with 7 points. Their victory over Iran and Wales and tied with the United States of America, while the “Atlas Lions” team clinched the top spot in Group F, with two wins over Belgium and Canada, and a draw with Croatia.
5 teams are undefeated
5 teams did not taste defeat in the first round, and this is related to the Netherlands, England and Morocco teams, in addition to the United States team, which beat Iran and tied once morest England and Wales, and the Croatian team, which tied once morest Morocco and Belgium and defeated Canada.
5 teams did not achieve any victory
5 teams failed to achieve any victory in the group stage, and the matter relates to the Qatar teams in Group A, Wales in Group C, Denmark in Group D, Canada, which competed in Group F, and Serbia, the competitor in Group G.
The most powerful English and Spanish attack
England and Spain scored 9 goals as the strongest attack in the group stage, thanks to the victory of Rashford’s companions over Iran (6-2) and Wales (3-0), while Spain scored in the match that it won over Costa Rica (7-0), and in its draw With Germany (1-1), and when losing to Japan (2-1). As for the teams that scored the least number of goals in this version, they are Qatar, Wales, Denmark, Tunisia and Belgium, with one goal for each team.
The strongest and weakest defense in the first round
Brazil, Morocco, Croatia, Tunisia, the United States of America and the Netherlands conceded one goal during the previous three matches in this role, and on the contrary, Costa Rica is considered the weakest defense in the World Cup in Qatar, following veteran goalkeeper Keylor Navas hit the net 11 times, more than the net of the Serbian national team. (8 goals).
Negative draws were attended in 6 matches
The competing teams in the World Cup achieved 38 victories out of a total of 48 confrontations played in Qatar’s international stadiums, and there were draws in 10 matches, including 6 matches that ended in a goalless draw.
Yellow and red cards are present
The 2022 World Cup matches also witnessed great competition, and the yellow cards appeared strongly, as their number reached 166 yellow cards. The Saudi national team scored the highest with 14 yellow cards, then Serbia with 12 yellow cards, and then Uruguay and Ghana with 8 yellow cards.
On the other hand, the England players did not receive any yellow cards in the first three matches in the first round, once morest Iran, the United States of America and Wales.
Red cards were also presented to the players twice, with regard to the expulsion of the Welsh national team player, Wayne Hennessy, and the second to Cameroon striker Vincent Abu Bakr, while the South Korean coach, Paulo Bento, was expelled once morest Ghana.
14 penalty kicks were awarded, 5 of which were missed
The players of the participating teams in the World Cup Qatar won 14 penalty kicks, 9 of which were scored by Ecuadorian Valencia once morest Qatar, Iranian Tarmi once morest England, Welshman Gareth Bale once morest the United States of America, Argentine Messi once morest Saudi Arabia, German Gundogan once morest Japan, and Portuguese Ronaldo once morest Ghana, Spain’s Ferran Torras once morest Costa Rica, Portuguese Bruno Fernandez once morest Uruguay, and Senegalese Ismaila Sarr once morest Ecuador.
5 penalty kicks were missed in the first round, starting with Poland’s Lewandowski once morest Mexico, then Canadian Alfonso Davis once morest Belgium, Saudi Arabia’s Salem Al-Dosari once morest Poland, Argentine Lionel Messi once morest Poland, and Ghanaian Andre Ayew once morest Uruguay.