The 2022 World Cup Qualifiers was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Parallel tournaments were organised by FIFA's six confederations. Qualification started on 6 June 2019 with several matches of the AFC zone, the first being between Mongolia and Brunei, and ended on 14 June 2022 with an inter-confederation play-off between Costa Rica and New Zealand.

to play football It is always changing and evolving. According to the changing era If it is a big report of each league and country That is the World Cup itself. People who play football professionally dream of being part of the national representatives. Because the World Cup is a competition that takes place every 4 years, there will be a total of 216 national teams around the world competing to qualify. 32 real teams It is the highest point of football players.

Every year at the World Cup Only half of the 32 teams will qualify for the knockout round. Goals set as the teams draw on points at the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage in Qatar.

Host Qatar is not counted. Every team at the 2022 World Cup has gone through an intense qualifying journey. It is not uncommon for certain situations in the group stage to draw. Until some teams have the same points until there is a goal difference - the same loss, but anyway, every group must have a champion and a group runner-up who go through to the next round and must have 2 more teams pack their bags and go home and not Just the qualifying round is over. Being group winners and runners-up is also a condition that determines how difficult it will be for their opponents in the round of 16. These are the conditions for qualifying for the last 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage, which will probably be the last time that 32 teams will be in this round before increasing to 48 for the 2026 World Cup.

 

List of all 32 qualified teams

 

1. Qatar                       13. Argentina                          25. Tunisia

2. Germany                  14. Iran                                  26. Morocco

3. Denmark                  15. South Korea                      27. Cameroon

4. Brazil                       16. Japan                               28. United States

5. Belgium                   17. Saudi Arabia                      29. Mexico

6. France                     18. Ecuador                           30. Wales

7. Croatia                    19. Uruguay                           31. Australia

8. Spain                      20. Canada                            32. Costa Rica

9. Serbia                     21. Ghana

10. England                22. Senegal

11. Switzerland          23. Portugal

12. Netherlands         24. Poland

 

The official emblem of the 2022 FIFA World Cup with the host country Qatar.
The official emblem of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

 

 

Messi's magic, Martinez's mentality and Scaloni's tactical nous were key factors

 

 

Picture of the Argentina national team winning the final 1st place in the 2022 World Cup.
The Argentina national team won the final 1st place in the 2022 World Cup.

 

 

ionel Messi is only player to score in every stage of a World Cup
Emiliano Martinez has a 100% record in shootouts with Argentina
Lionel Scaloni was tactically flexible and shrewd throughout the tournament
The World Cup final was a fittingly thrilling conclusion to an enthralling tournament and the 3-3 epic between Argentina and France, settled on penalties in the South Americans' favour, will live long in the memory.

It brought a third World Cup for Argentina, though their first since 1986, when the late, great Diego Maradona led them to glory in Mexico.

From one mercurial number 10 to another, Lionel Messi took up the mantle this time around and finally got his hands on the one trophy missing from his vast collection.

But just how did Argentina win the World Cup? What was behind their success in Qatar?

 

 

 

Lionel Messi on behalf of the Argentina national team
Lionel Messi on behalf of the Argentina national team

 

 

Magical Messi 'completes football


Messi scored seven times in the tournament, and twice in the final. His tally is only bettered by Kylian Mbappe, who became just the second player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, after Geoff Hurst in 1966.

His efforts in dragging Argentina over the line saw him win the Golden Ball for the second time in his career, after 2014 (he's the first player to claim the award twice). The statistics speak for themselves.

Messi is the first player in World Cup history to net in the group stage, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final in a single edition of the competition.

His appearance in the final saw him become the outright record holder for World Cup appearances, with 26, overtaking Lothar Matthaus.

He has scored 26 goals at major tournaments, 13 apiece at the Copa America and the World Cup, the most of any South American player in history across the two competitions, surpassing Brazil great Ronaldo. Messi is now Argentina's all-time leading scorer at the World Cup, three clear of Gabriel Batistuta.

Messi's 21 World Cup goal contributions is also a World Cup record, since 1966.

His tally of 18 shots on target was four clear of anybody else at the tournament, while his 32 attempts in total also led the way. Only Antoine Griezmann (22) created more chances than Messi (21), whose expected goals (6.62) was also the highest in the competition – albeit taking five penalties will have something to do with that.

No player at the tournament was involved in as many shot-ending sequences as his 53 and just Mbappe attempted more take-ons (56 to 40). Only Luka Modric, that other evergreen talent whose star refuses to wane with age, played more progressive passes.

One World Cup, one Copa America, seven Ballons d'Or, four Champions Leagues, 10 LaLiga titles, three Club World Cups, three Super Cups, seven Copa del Rey trophies, one Olympic gold medal, one Trophee des Champions and one Ligue 1 crown.

He isn't retiring from the international stage just yet, but Messi has truly completed football.

 

 

Emiliano Martinez representing the Argentina national team goalkeeper
Emiliano Martinez representing the Argentina national team goalkeeper

 

Martinez has the golden touch


Some goalkeepers just seem made for shoot-outs; Emiliano Martinez is definitely one of them. Martinez has won four out of five shoot-outs in his career, and all three with Argentina.

One of those came last year against Colombia, en route to Argentina's Copa America success. Two of them came in Qatar, and Aston Villa goalkeeper Martinez made three crucial stops across those shoot-outs.

Yet for his shoot-out heroics, it should not be forgotten that Martinez made a vital save late in extra time, preventing France from completing the comeback of all comebacks. Perhaps if it had been Mbappe, instead of Randal Kolo Muani, who ran through on goal, then Martinez wouldn't have stood a chance, but as it was, he stuck out his left leg and made a stop that will go down in history.

 

 

Lionel Scaloni representing the Argentina national team Argentina national team manager
Lionel Scaloni representing the Argentina national team Argentina national team manager

 

Scaloni's tactical flexibility


Lionel Scaloni is the third coach in history win both the World Cup and Copa America, after Mario Zagallo (1970 World Cup, 1997 Copa America) and Carlos Alberto Parreira (1994 World Cup, 2004 Copa America), both of whom did so with Brazil.

For all Messi's brilliance and Martinez's shoot-out antics, Scaloni has to take immense credit. He has achieved what no Argentina coach had done since 1986, a year on from ending a 28-year wait for a 15th Copa America title.

Scaloni's best facet in Qatar was his ability to switch between systems. While sometimes he did not, perhaps, react quickly enough in-game, he came up with tactical gameplans that often nullified the opposition for large chunks of matches.
He deployed a back three against the Netherlands, combatting Louis van Gaal's own 3-5-2 system. Scaloni switched back to a 4-4-2 shape in the semi-finals, with Leandro Paredes drafted in to help stem Croatia's midfield trio of Modric, Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic. Even for the final, Argentina's coach had a trick up his sleeve, bringing in Angel Di Maria, playing him high on the left flank and ensuring his side dominated every area of the game for the opening hour.

Don't underestimate too just how important it will have been to Argentina knowing that, if push came to shove and penalties were required in any match, they had one of the best shoot-out goalkeepers to call on.

 

 

Enzo Fernandez representing the Argentina national team central position
Enzo Fernandez representing the Argentina national team central position

 

The kids are alright
Scaloni was not afraid to give youth a chance, either. With Lautaro Martinez misfiring, Julian Alvarez became a key figure up front. Not only did he score four goals, but the Manchester City forward also provided the energy that is lacking from Messi.

In midfield, Enzo Fernandez broke into the team with a stunner against Mexico and kept his place from then on, combative off the ball and generally excellent on it. Rodrigo De Paul, if inconsistent, was another workhorse, and Alexis Mac Allister looks a possible heir to that number 10 jersey.
In the final, Fernandez led all players for touches (118), successful passes (77) and tackles (10) in the final. His 10 tackles were the most of any player in a World Cup showpiece match since Gennaro Gattuso in 2006 (15).

That energy in midfield and Alvarez's tenacity helped Argentina force 50 high turnovers, which ranked behind only Croatia (59) in the tournament.

 

 

In conclusion, we will get to know about  football players having 11 people playing different positions and the biggest event of football is the World Cup, which Held every 4 years and we know about all 32 teams that have qualified for the finals, which teams are there and who is the host country of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifying and will get to know the Argentina national football team, he has achieved some success and won the 2022 World Cup. If you want more information, you can find it on Google Chrome and the Internet.

 

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Behind the scenes of Argentina champions, coach & Messi.The Statistics Behind Argentina's World Cup Victory.[Online].Accessible https://www.siamsport.co.th/worldcup2022/9438/

Follow the formula "Argentina", the second nation to win the World Cup. Even losing the opening game.The Statistics Behind Argentina's World Cup Victory.[Online].Accessible https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/worldcup/2581168

The stats behind Argentina's World Cup triumph. The Statistics Behind Argentina's World Cup Victory.[Online].Accessible  https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/world-cup-2022-qatar-the-stats-behind-argentina-triumph

 

 




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