EA Sports predicts Argentina to win 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
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It appears like Argentina may go ahead and celebrate winning the 2022 World Cup without wanting to ruin the competition before the first ball is kicked in Qatar. If the forecasts made by EA Sports, who used FIFA 23 to simulate the event from November 20 to December 18 and appoint the winners in advance, are to be believed.
EA Sports played out all 64 matches from the group stage to the final using FIFA 23 and the detailed player ratings used for the game’s numerous FIFA World Cup play modes and came to the conclusion that Lionel Messi & Co. are destined for victory. Additionally, according to EA Sports, Lionel Messi will take home both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball for being the greatest player and top goal scorer, respectively.
Now, before you go ahead and write off EA Sports’ prediction as just another standard PR gimmick, you should know that they have a strong track record of correctly predicting World Cup winners. Similar simulations were run before the 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup, and 2018 World Cup, and each time they correctly predicted the eventual champion: Spain, Germany, or France.
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Argentina is unbeaten in 35 international matches
Argentina is getting closer to breaking the record for the longest unbeaten streak in men’s international soccer after two straight 3-0 wins over Honduras and Jamaica this week. La Albiceleste’s last loss occurred against bitter rivals Brazil in the Copa América semifinals of 2019, ending a streak of 35 games without a loss under manager Lionel Scaloni.
Since then, they have won 24 games, drawn 11, and qualified for the World Cup 2022. They also won the Copa América in 2021, which was their 15th time winning the championship. Additionally, in June’s La Finalissima, the inaugural competition of the newly renamed CONEMBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions, Lionel Messi and his colleagues overcame defending European champions Italy at Wembley.
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Argentina’s 2021 Copa América victory, when they defeated Colombia on penalties in the semifinals, marked the closest they have gone to losing in their current run. And had their World Cup qualifier in Brazil in September 2021 gone forward, their winning streak might have been seriously jeopardized.
The game was called off when many Argentinian players were charged by Brazilian health officials with violating the nation’s COVID-19 quarantine regulations. FIFA later decided to cancel the match in order to avoid any further controversy, even though both countries had already qualified for the World Cup.
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Ujan Chakraborty
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