Nigeria dominates the group Egypt quietly follows

In the final match of Group D CAN 2022, the Nigerian team has a confrontation with the Equatorial Guinea team. Meanwhile, the Egyptian team only had to meet a weak opponent, the Sudanese team.

Nigeria dominates the group Egypt quietly follows

After winning 2 victories against the Egyptian and Sudanese teams, the Nigerian team was sure to advance to the next round. However, that is not why the Blue Eagle entered the final competition in the group stage with a subjective attitude or did not respect the opponent.

The proof is that coach Augustine Eguavoen still launched a very strong squad with all the stars in the squad like Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi or Alex Iwobi.

Thought this was a match where the Nigerian team would overwhelm the opponent from start to finish, but surprisingly, the first half was relatively even. However, everything returned to the right track after the break. The Nigerian team played very well in the second half and got 2 goals thanks to Umar Sadiq in the 56th minute and Troost-Ekong in the 75th minute.

In the competition between the Egyptian team and the Sudanese team, a victory for Egypt is something that fans have long predicted. The army led by coach Carlos Queiroz only needed a draw to continue, but they were still determined to defeat the opponent.

The match that the Egyptian team created was better than the Sudan team, but the ungainly from the players made the opportunities pass in turn in the regret of the fans.

However, the Egyptian team finally got what they needed thanks to the only goal of Mohamed Abdelmonem. This match, striker Mohamed Salah played, but again his performances did not make a strong impression as expected.

The star on the Liverpool staff performed poorly in this match, but it is hoped that before the upcoming difficult challenges, his star quality will speak out to help Egypt get a good result in the fifth tournament. now.

Another year Lewandowski won the individual title “The best FIFA Men’s player”. And at the award where the owners of the votes were the referees, the head coach, the captain of the national team, the story of the votes of CR7 and Messi made a noise…

After Messi won the 2021 Ballon d’Or, he also made statements about Lewandowski, who is his fiercest competitor for this title. And it is Messi’s praise for Lewandowski that makes people curious that “Who will Messi vote for in FIFA’s The Best award?”.

Admittedly, Messi was too emotional when putting Neymar first. This vote of Messi is more “friendly” than professional and rational assessment. But it is not necessarily that Messi’s feelings do not have any support to be able to become a kind of “disrespectful vote”.

Because he could not vote for himself, Messi chose the runner-up in the Copa America and was also the mainstay player of the club that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League 2020/21. It was also Neymar’s club that eliminated Lewandowski’s club in the quarterfinals and it made Messi boldly evaluate Neymar over the Polish player. We certainly don’t respect that vote, but whatever you say, it has a certain basis.

The case of Mbappe and Benzema is probably assessed by Messi based on their performance, influence at the club as well as the recent UEFA Nations League championship. Although there are comments that still criticize UNL, it is undeniable, it is an official UEFA tournament, not a friendly tournament as we still ironic. And already official, it needs to be counted as an achievement. The weight of Mbappe and Benzema probably lies at this point.

The fact that Messi does not vote for Lewandowski can make us feel that he is “inconsistent” and lacks a fair and clear assessment, but it is also a very normal thing. Messi himself is also wearing a PSG shirt, making money in France, so he will definitely reveal his “near France” trend.

And what everyone understands is that Lewandowski himself has too many disadvantages when the Polish national team is not a strong candidate in the tournaments they attend. Like Mo Salah, Lewandowski will certainly face a lot of limitations in collecting votes for himself.

That is also the reason why, in the past, most of these individual titles are still lurking in the big football platforms. It is very rare to be able to break out of that closed circle unless the player has an all-encompassing influence on the football world at the time he is still playing.