🇶🇦 FIFA World Cup 2022 - Round 3: Match Previews, Results, Stats Live Updates and More

[Goodness]

We’re now at the final round of the World Cup in Qatar. Qatar are not the only team to exit the tournament after just two games, with heavily-hyped Canada also crashing out.

Portugal joins France and Brazil as the only three nations to have secured their place in the next round of the tournament.

Round 3 Fixtures

Tuesday November 29

Group A: Netherlands vs Qatar (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 3pm)
Group A: Ecuador vs Senegal (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group B: Wales vs England (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 7pm)
Group B: Iran vs USA (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 7pm)

Wednesday November 30

Group D: Australia vs Denmark (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 3pm)
Group D: Tunisia vs France (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group C: Poland vs Argentina (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 7pm)
Group C: Saudi Arabia vs Mexico (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

Thursday December 1

Group F: Croatia vs Belgium (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group F: Canada vs Morocco (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 3pm)
Group E: Costa Rica vs Germany (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 7pm)
Group E: Japan vs Spain (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 7pm)

Friday, December 2

Group H: South Korea vs Portugal (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group H: Ghana vs Uruguay (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 3pm)
Group G: Serbia vs Switzerland (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 7pm)
Group G: Cameroon vs Brazil (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

Join the discussion and share your views on the various matches.

[Goodness]

We’re down to the pointy end of the group stage

Matchweek 3 is here!

[Goodness]

Cody Gakpo at Qatar 2022

Played - 3
Goals - 3

1-0

[Goodness]

Cody Gakpo is the first man in the Netherlands’ history to score in their first three games of a World Cup tournament.

It’s Cody SZN.

[Goodness]

Ismaila Sarr gives Senegal the lead from the penalty spot

0-1

[Goodness]

Four different players have now scored for Senegal at Qatar2022 — that’s as many goalscorers as they had at their memorable 2002 FIFAWorldCup :

Boulaye Dia
Famara Diédhiou
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng
Ismaïla Sarr

A penalty gives them the lead!

[Samuel]

Header vs. Senegal
Left foot vs. Ecuador
Right foot vs. Qatar

Cody Gakpo can score them all

[Goodness]

The Netherlands secure top spot in Group A!

[Goodness]

The last-16 beckons for Senegal!

[Goodness]

Senegal have qualified for the World Cup knockout stage for the second time in their history:

◉ 2002 - Aliou Cisse captain
◉ 2022 - Aliou Cisse manager

The pride of the Lions of Teranga.

[Samuel]

32 games played. 32 games to go.

Officially halfway through the 2022 World Cup

[Goodness]

Qatar have become the 1st host nation to lose all of their Group Stage matches at the #FIFAWorldCup

[Goodness]

Kalidou Koulibaly Ecuador:

100% Ground Duels Won (7/7)
10 Clearances
10 Duels Won
5 Ball Recoveries
4 Tackles
2 Interceptions
2 Shots
1 Goal

Sending his country into the knockout rounds.

[Samuel]

SENEGAL TO THE ROUND OF 16

[Samuel]

Qatar become the first host nation to lose all three of their World Cup group games

[Jay]

@Goodness

Group C: Poland vs Argentina (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 7pm)

‘Don’t go… Please forgive us’: Enzo Fernández’s, who netted the second goal against Mexico, old emotional letter to Leo Messi goes viral

In 2016, when Messi had announced his retirement from playing for Argentina, the 15 yr old Fernández penned an emotional letter to his hero, pleading with him to reconsider his decision.

When the 21-year old Enzo Fernandez scored a gorgeous second goal to ensure Argentina won the game against Mexico, Leonel Messi would say, “I’m not surprised by Enzo, I know him and I see him train every day. He deserves it, because he’s a spectacular player”.

In 2016, after the Copa America tournament, when Messi had announced his retirement from playing for Argentina -a decision he would retract after two months, the teenaged Fernández penned an emotional letter to his hero, pleading with him to reconsider his decision.

Enzo The letter went thus:

“How are we going to convince you? If we are disastrous. How are we going to convince you? We never had 1% of the pressure that you have on your shoulders. You wake up in the morning, you look in the mirror and you know that a crowd of over 40 million people wants you to do the perfect thing and it has been ridiculously imposed that they can demand it.”

How are we going to convince you? If we fail to understand that you are a human being, a person with incomparable talent, the best player on the planet, but a person after all.”

How are we going to convince you? If we don’t stop for a moment to realize that you are not responsible for the anger that losing causes us, which often has more to do with our own frustrations that are reflected there. Let’s look in the mirror and ask ourselves if we demand from ourselves 1% of what we demand from this guy we don’t even know.”

Do what you want, Lionel, but please think about staying. Stay and have fun… in a world of ridiculous pressures, they manage to get the most noble thing out of the game, the fun.”

Seeing you play with the light blue and white is the greatest pride in the world. Play for fun, because when you’re having fun, you have no idea how much fun we have. Thank you and forgive us.”

[Jay]

That was round 2

@Sholadoye

WAL 0-2 IRN
QAT 1-3 SEN
NED 1-1 ECU
ENG 0-0 USA
TUN 0-1 AUS
POL 2-0 KSA
FRA 2-1 DEN
ARG 2-0 MEX
JPN 0-1 CRC
BEL 0-2 MAR
CRO 4-1 CAN
ESP 1-1 GER
CMR 3-3 SRB
KOR 2-3 GHA
BRA 1-0 SUI
POR 2-0 URU

[Animesh]

Match Highlights - Ecuador 1:2 Senegal

Match Highlights - Ecuador 1:2 Senegal - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 | JioCinema & Sports18

[Animesh]

Match Highlights - Netherlands 2:0 Qatar

Match Highlights - Netherlands 2:0 Qatar - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 | JioCinema & Sports18

[Samuel]

Good couple of days for Manchester United