With the start of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup approaching, the level of anticipation and anticipation has intensified to begin the race for the prized world title, as “holder” France aspires to become the first team to to be able to preserve their title since Brazil managed to reach it 60 years ago.
In a report today, the Asian Football Confederation highlighted the six most important stars who deserve to be followed in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, most notably Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
The report indicated that Argentine Messi is considered one of the best players in football history, but still aspires to win the World Cup, as do other stars such as Brazilian Pele and his compatriot Diego Maradona.
Messi won a major international title with his country when he led Argentina to win the Copa America last year.
The 35-year-old said this could be his last World Cup edition, and therefore is looking forward to a better result than in 2014, when Argentina qualified for the final before losing to Germany. after two extra races with a clean goal.
The Argentine national team, led by coach Lionel Scaloni, participates in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar in exceptional conditions, having not lost in the last 35 games.
In its report, the Asian Confederation also praised Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, as Messi’s name has been associated over the past two decades with strong competition with this star, who is likely to participate in the last World Cup, at the age of 37 years old, and managed to surpass more than 700 goals in club terms.
Ronaldo managed to win the European Nations Cup “Euro 2016” with Portugal, but it remains the best participation in the World Cup in the 2006 edition, when the team qualified for the semi-finals.
Ronaldo is also hoping to score in his fifth consecutive World Cup appearance, beating players like Pele, Miroslav Klose and Uwe Seeler.
In its report, the Asian Football Confederation also highlighted Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, explaining that although other Frenchman Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or, the star who receives the most attention in the French World Cup-winning squad may be the his colleague Mbappe, E who had attended the global wedding four years ago in Russia.
Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain player, became the first teenage player to score during the World Cup, since Brazilian Pelé did, when he helped France win 4-2 Croatia.
Mbappe, 23, recently denied the news that he may be leaving Paris Saint-Germain after winning the best young player award at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and is now looking to win the best player award of the FIFA World Cup. World Qatar 2022.
Perhaps one of the most prominent stars in the world of round dance, which has also received the attention of the Asian Confederation, is the Senegalese Sadio Mane, the Bayern Munich winger, who recently won second place in the Golden Ball behind Benzema, and aspires to Qatar, led by Senegal, to overcome the group stage.
All five African teams had failed to make it through the group stage during the 2018 World Cup, but now African Nations Cup champion Senegal aspires to achieve distinct results in the next World Cup.
The 30-year-old contributed to Senegal’s victory over Egypt on penalties in the African Nations Cup final, before beating Egypt again in World Cup qualifiers on penalties, where he excelled in both games against his former team-mate. Liverpool, Mohamed Salah.
The AFC report also indicated that the Brazilian national team is participating in World Cup competitions in Qatar and is a strong candidate to improve their record and win their sixth title in tournament history, with Neymar currently presenting a distinguished season. with Paris Saint-Germain at the top of its star list.
30-year-old Neymar is two goals off Pele’s record as the Brazilian national team’s all-time top scorer, despite having played 29 more games internationally.
The Brazilian team was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the last edition of the tournament in 2018 in Russia after losing to Belgium, where the team still aspires to make up for the disappointment of 2014 when they lost at home to Germany (1-7) in the semifinals.
Finally, the AFC report praised South Korean player Son Heung-min and said that this player, the Tottenham Hotspur striker, is considered one of the best Asian stars of recent years and is hoping for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. to be able to lead the South Korean team to overcome stiff competition in Group 8, which includes Portugal, Ghana and Uruguay.
Last season Heung-min was joint top scorer in the English Premier League, equal to Egyptian Mohamed Salah, although he did not pay penalties at Tottenham Hotspur, and internationally, Heung-min scored 35 goals in 104 games for his country, including the winning goal against Germany at the 2018 World Cup.
Although the South Korean star has not been at his best this season, he has managed to score 7 goals for club and national team in the last 7 games, confirming that he will enter the World Cup powerfully.
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