Who will be at the 2022 World Cup final?

For the past 92 years, the World Cup championship has been an internal affair between the two major football nations: Europe, which has won 12 times, and South America, which has won 9 times. The African team Morocco may have done something surprising against Spain, but reaching the final is still too difficult, let alone winning the championship.

To lift the gold cup, the team must go through 7 matches and it is too difficult for small teams to do consecutive surprises. When Italy "missed the boat" and Germany and Spain packed their bags and left early, the possibility for the remaining teams above is much higher.

The story of the big guys

The England team also began to raise concerns when coach Gareth Southgate and the England players also started to rise quite early. Photo: AP

In the 21 World Cups, only 8 teams have enjoyed that joy. The leaders are the football powerhouses Brazil (5 times), Germany, Italy (4 times), France, Argentina, Uruguay (2 times), Spain, England (1 time). Of these, Uruguay won twice in 1930 and 1955, while England won in 1966 at Wembley Stadium, beating West Germany 4-2 with a controversial goal by Geoff Hurst in the 101st minute of extra time.

To win the World Cup, the team must have a striker leading the group of scorers. There must be a coach who is not too conservative, knows how to hide his strength and release it at the right time. Finally, there must be a goalkeeper who plays solidly because any mistake in the knockout round will not have a chance to correct it.

We have just seen Spain pay an early price for beating Costa Rica 7-0, forgetting their mission of reaching the finals, not setting a World Cup scoring record. This has also caused England fans to start to worry when coach Gareth Southgate and the England players also started to rise quite early.

Opportunity for South American football

It is no coincidence that, according to Opta, Brazil and Argentina are the two teams with the highest probability of winning this year's World Cup. "Selecao" is rated with a 26.83% chance of winning the tournament, while Argentina has a 17.13% chance, ranking second. It is likely that the two teams will clash and the winner will have a high chance of reaching the final and winning the championship.

Argentina is the team with the highest probability of winning the World Cup this year. Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper

Neither South American team has been particularly impressive in the group stage, but there are reasons to rate their chances of winning the tournament highly. Brazil also has a 41.47% chance of reaching the final, while Argentina has a 29.36% chance. The Netherlands, Argentina's likely quarter-final opponent, has a 6.21% chance of winning the tournament, ranking seventh out of the 16 remaining teams in the 2022 World Cup.

The 6 European teams, before the 6-1 win over Switzerland, due to problems with star Ronaldo, Portugal only had a 7.79% chance of winning the 2022 World Cup. "Les Bleus" is the European team with the highest probability of winning the 2022 World Cup to date, when rated at 11.11%. Champion France will meet England in the quarter-finals, interestingly enough, England is just behind France in the list of top candidates to win the 2022 World Cup, with a probability of 10.98%. "The Three Lions" played well in the group stage with a young squad and coach Gareth Southgate is not inferior to Deschamps.

In the list of top scorers of the 2022 World Cup, the French currently own K.Mbappe with 5 goals and 2 assists. Next are O.Giroud (France), B.Saka, M.Rashford (England) and Richarlison (Brazil) with 3 goals each. Perhaps that is why the final match will be a confrontation between Brazil and the winner of the England/France pair./.