Croatia and Belgium are playing a last chance match to reserve a qualifying ticket for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 in Qatar today, Thursday, against the third and final round of the sixth group group stage. at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and Croatia leads the group standings with four points, second only to Morocco on goal difference. Belgium is in second place with three points, while Canada, officially eliminated, is at the end of the group standings without points.
Mathematically, the teams of Croatia, Morocco and Belgium are fighting for two tickets to reach the final prize round, waiting for the outcome of two decisive confrontations in the third, last round tomorrow, and the Belgian team suffered a well-deserved defeat in the second round from the Moroccan team, with two goals to nothing, and before that, she won the first round against Canada with a goal without. Against, and therefore he has only three points, and he has no choice but to defeat his Croatian opponent to enter the next round.
On the other hand, Croatia managed to get a big and important victory in the second round at the expense of Canada by four goals to one, and before that they had drawn in the first round with the Moroccan team without goals, which led to the leadership of the group, but this Croatia’s lead is in jeopardy and it won’t matter if they lose to their Belgian rival tomorrow, especially since the Moroccan team that competes against him for top of the group and qualification will play a relatively easier matchup on paper against Team Canada, and this is a strong candidate to win and advance to the next round, whether at the top of the group or in second place. place.