World Cup 2022 FIFA World Cup - Group F - (Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia)

[RossFC]

 

[Jatz]

Belgium Croatia

 

[naraku]

If Belgium and Croatia don't qualify, I would be shocked.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Morocco Canada

 

[Cruyff14]

Croatia and Belgium.

 

[ioppolo]

Canada topped their group in qualifying so they might surprise a few.

 

[omgfridge]

This is a fantastic group - could be anything. Canada are building nicely (definitely not writing them out of this group but they will be very good by 2026 as hosts).

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

It's hard to see Belgium and Croatia not qualifying, but Canada should make it an interesting contest. It's been a very impressive rapid development from them. They were ranked outside the top 100 in 2018, and topped their qualifying group ahead of Mexico and the US four years later

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Belgium World Cup squad​

Position	Player	Club	Age	Caps
Goalkeeper	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid (SPA)	30	96
Goalkeeper	Simon Mignolet	Club Brugge (BEL)	34	35
Goalkeeper	Koen Casteels	Wolfsburg (GER)	30	4
Defender	Toby Alderweireld	Royal Antwerp (BEL)	33	123
Defender	Arthur Theate	Stade Rennes (FRA)	22	3
Defender	Wout Faes	Leicester City (ENG)	24	1
Defender	Jan Vertonghen	Anderlecht (BEL)	35	141
Defender	Thomas Meunier	Borussia Dortmund (GER)	31	58
Defender	Timothy Castagne	Leicester City (ENG)	26	25
Defender	Zeno Debast	Anderlecht (BEL)	18	2
Midfielder	Kevin de Bruyne	Man City (ENG)	31	93
Midfielder	Hans Vanaken	Club Brugge (BEL)	30	22
Midfielder	Youri Tielemans	Leicester City (ENG)	54	5
Midfielder	Leander Dendoncker	Aston Villa (ENG)	27	29
Midfielder	Amadou Onana	Everton (ENG)	21	2
Midfielder	Yannick Carrasco	Atletico Madrid (SPA)	29	59
Midfielder	Axel Witsel	Atletico Madrid (SPA)	33	126
Midfielder	Charles de Ketelaere	AC Milan (ITA)	21	10
Midfielder	Leandro Trossard	Brighton (ENG)	27	21
Midfielder	Thorgan Hazard	Borussia Dortmund (GER)	29	45
Forward	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan (ITA)	29	102
Forward	Michy Batshuayi	Fenerbahce (TUR)	29	47
Forward	Dries Mertens	Galatasaray (TUR)	35	106
Forward	Eden Hazard	Real Madrid (SPA)	31	122
Forward	Lois Openda	Lens (FRA)	22	4
Forward	Jeremy Doku	Stade Rennes (FRA)	20	10

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Croatia World Cup squad​

Position	Player	Club	Age	Caps
Goalkeeper	Dominik Livakovic	Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)	27	33
Goalkeeper	Ivo Grbic	Atletico Madrid (SPA)	26	2
Goalkeeper	Ivica Ivusic	Osijek (CRO)	27	5
Defender	Josip Stanisic	Bayern Munich (GER)	22	6
Defender	Borna Barisic	Rangers (SCO)	29	27
Defender	Martin Erlic	Sassuolo (ITA)	24	3
Defender	Dejan Lovren	Zenit St Petersburg (ITA)	33	71
Defender	Borna Sosa	VfB Stuttgart (GER)	24	8
Defender	Josko Gvardiol	RB Leipzig (GER)	20	12
Defender	Domagoj Vida	AEK Athens (GRE)	33	99
Defender	Josip Juranovic	Celtic (SCO)	27	21
Defender	Josip Sutalo	Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)	22	3
Midfielder	Lovro Majer	Rennes (FRA)	24	10
Midfielder	Mateo Kovacic	Chelsea (ENG)	28	83
Midfielder	Luka Modric	Real Madrid (SPA)	37	154
Midfielder	Luka Sucic	RB Salzburg (AUS)	20	3
Midfielder	Marcelo Brozovic	Inter Milan (ITA)	29	76
Midfielder	Nikola Vlasic	Torino (ITA)	25	41
Midfielder	Mario Pasalic	Atalanta (ITA)	27	42
Midfielder	Ivan Perisic	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	33	115
Midfielder	Kristijan Jakic	Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)	25	4
Forward	Andrej Kramaric	Hoffenheim (GER)	31	73
Forward	Marko Livaja	Hadjuk Split (CRO)	29	14
Forward	Bruno Petkovic	Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)	28	22
Forward	Ante Budimir	Osasuna (ENG)	31	15
Forward	Mislav Orsic	Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)	29	20

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Morocco World Cup squad​

Position	Player	Club	Age	Caps
Goalkeeper	Yassine Bono	Sevilla (SPA)	31	45
Goalkeeper	Munir	Al-Wehda (SAU)	33	43
Goalkeeper	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	Wydad (MOR)	26	3
Defender	Achraf Hakimi	Real Madrid (SPA)	24	53
Defender	Noussair Mazraoui	Bayern Munich (GER)	24	14
Defender	Romain Saiss	Besiktas (TUR)	32	65
Defender	Nayef Aguerd	West Ham (ENG)	26	21
Defender	Achraf Dari	Brest (FRA)	23	4
Defender	Jawad El-Yamiq	Valladolid (SPA)	30	11
Defender	Yahi Attain-Allal	Wydad (MOR)	27	1
Defender	Badr Benoun	Qatar SC (QAT)	29	3
Midfielder	Sofyan Amrabat	Fiorentina (ITA)	26	38
Midfielder	Selim Ramallah	Standard Liege (BEL)	25	23
Midfielder	Abdelhamid Sabiri	Sampdoria (ITA)	25	2
Midfielder	Azzedine Ounahi	Angers (FRA)	22	9
Midfielder	Bilel El Khanouss	Genk (BEL)	18	0
Midfielder	Yahya Jabrane	Wydad (MOR)	31	4
Forward	Hakim Ziyech	Chelsea (ENG)	24	42
Forward	Youssef En-Nesyri	Sevilla (SPA)	25	49
Forward	Sofiane Boufal	Angers (FRA)	29	31
Forward	Zaharia Aboukhlal	Toulouse (FRA)	22	12
Forward	Ez Abde	Osasuna (SPA)	20	1
Forward	Amine Harit	Marseille (FRA)	25	16
Forward	Ilias Chair	QPR (ENG)	25	10
Forward	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Ittihad (SAU)	31	17
Forward	Walid Cheddira	Bari (ITA)	24	2

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Canada World Cup squad​

Position	Player	Club	Age	Caps
GK	Milan Borjan	Red Star Belgrade (SRB)	35	67
GK	James Pantemis	CF Montreal (CAN)	25	0
GK	Dayne St. Clair	Minnesota United (USA)	25	2
DEF	Sam Adekugbe	Hatayspor (TUR)	27	33
DEF	Derek Cornelius	Panetolikos (GRE)	24	14
DEF	Alistair Johnston	CF Montreal (CAN)	24	29
DEF	Richie Laryea	Toronto FC (CAN)	27	33
DEF	Kamal Miller	CF Montreal (CAN)	25	28
DEF	Steven Vitoria	GD Chaves (POR)	35	34
DEF	Joel Waterman	CF Montreal (CAN)	26	1
MID	Stephen Eustaquio	FC Porto (POR)	25	22
MID	Liam Fraser	KMSK Deinze (BEL)	24	15
MID	Atiba Hutchinson	Besiktas (TUR)	39	97
MID	Mark-Anthony Kaye	Toronto FC (CAN)	27	37
MID	Ismael Kone	CF Montreal (CAN)	20	5
MID	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC (CAN)	30	56
MID	Samuel Piette	CF Montreal (CAN)	28	65
MID	David Wotherspoon	St. Johnstone (SCO)	32	10
FWD	Tajon Buchanan	Club Brugge (BEL)	23	25
FWD	Lucas Cavallini	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)	29	33
FWD	Jonathan David	LOSC Lille (FRA)	22	34
FWD	Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich (GER)	22	34
FWD	Junior Hoilett	Reading FC (ENG)	32	49
FWD	Cyle Larin	Club Brugge (BEL)	27	54
FWD	Liam Millar	FC Basel (SWI)	23	16
FWD	Ike Ugbo	Troyes (FRA)	24	8

 

[magpies42]

Canada topped their group in qualifying so they might surprise a few.

No chance, the European top end is an entirely different standard.

 

[Zidane98]

I had no idea Junior Hoilett was Canadian. I remember him back in the Blackburn days.

 

[Broken]

Big fan of the Belgium red kit here

 

[dirty2]

TubbsFarquhar

Tielemans is 54!? Doing well the old bugger.

 

[RossFC]

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

This game needs a goal asap

 

[Plugger35]

Croatia looking the better attacking team but the Moroccan defence is holding up well so far.

 

[And_ROOS]

This game needs a goal asap

Theres plenty of gaps in defense for both teams. Could end up like Denmark/Tunisia but I am thinking we might see 2-2 today.

 

[Cruyff14]

Been an entertaining game so far.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Theres plenty of gaps in defense for both teams. Could end up like Denmark/Tunisia but I am thinking we might see 2-2 today.

Both teams aren't committing enough players forward .
Croatia want to retain possession and Morrocco are happy to stay back I reckon.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

What is it with the white shoes on SBS?

 

[Visions]

Both teams aren't committing enough players forward .
Croatia want to retain possession and Morrocco are happy to stay back I reckon.

Last few years Croatia has relied on its midfielders to score their goals as they are really bereft of strikers.

Kramaric is their only real recognised frontman and is average. Went a recent period of about 11 or 12 games where he didnt even score. Not good enough for your main striker.

 

[Plugger35]

How is this Moroccan player staying down for so long? Looked like he just fell over with no contact.