% Ball Possession ARGENTINA and % Ball Possession MEXICO
Argentina – Mexico
🏆👉 Here are Argentina vs Mexico official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Group C on Saturday 26 November 2022 at the Lusail National Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇦🇷 Argentina: Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Paulo Dybala (Roma)
🏆👉 Lineup ARGENTINA (4-3-3): Emiliano Martínez; Gonzalo Montiel, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña; Guido Rodríguez, Rodrigo De Paul, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María and Lautaro Martínez.
Subs: Franco Armani, Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Nicolás Tagliafico, Leandro Paredes, Germán Pezzella, Julián Álvarez, Cristian Romero, Exequiel Palacios, Ángel Correa, Thiago Almada, Papu Gómez, Paulo Dybala, Enzo Fernández y Nahuel Molina Lucero.
Portugal 3 – 2 Ghana
65′ Cristiano Ronaldo (pen) 73′ André Ayew
78′ João Félix 89′ Osman Bukari
80′ Rafael Leão
🏆👉 Portugal with a thriller game win the FIFA World Cup Group H defeating Ghana on Thursday 24 November 2022 at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium (Stadium 974) in Doha, Qatar. The first half ended without goals, the whole action happened in the second half. Forward Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock in the 65th minute with a penalty kick becoming the first player to score in five different World Cups. Andre Ayew in the 73rd minute equalized with a close touch from an assist from Kudus. Five minutes later, however, Joao Felix signed the new advantage with assist by Bruno Fernandes. In the 80th minute, Milan player Rafael Leao, as soon as he entered, dropped the trio before the definitive 3-2 in the 88th minute with a header from Bukari.
Ghana also came close to the sensational 3-3 on a mistake by the Lusitanian goalkeeper Diogo Costa but it ended like this: 3-2 for Portugal who won 3 very difficult points on their debut. The previous match between Portugal and Ghana was in the group stage of the World Cup 2014. Portugal won 2-1, with the winning goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal have won just three of their last 14 World Cup matches (D6 L5), each of them in the competition’s group stage – their last knockout success came in June 2006, when they clinched a place in the quarter-finals final thanks to a 1-0 success against the Netherlands.
Portugal have not won any of their last three World Cup opening matches (D2 L1). Despite this, after making it through the group stage in 2018, they can reach the knockout stage in two successive editions of the tournament for the second time, having succeeded in 2006 and 2010.
This is Ghana’s fourth participation in the World Cup, with all previous three coming in the 21st century; they have only failed to get past the group stage once, although that happened in their last outing, in 2014.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇹 Portugal: Rui Patricio (Roma) listed as a substitute
Rafael Leão (Milan) played from the 77th minute after replacing Rúben Neves. Scored a goal in the 80th minute.
🇬🇭 Ghana: None
Portugal opened the score in the 65th minute. Referee Ismail Elfath gave a penalty to Portugal. It is forward Cristiano Ronaldo to convert the penalty defeating Ghana goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The penalty is conceded by Mohammed Salisu after a foul on Ronaldo.
👉 🇵🇹 Portugal 1 – 0 Ghana 🇬🇭, 65th minute, ⚽️ goal by Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty for @selecaoportugal with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The penalty is conceded by Mohammed Salisu after a foul on Ronaldo. https://t.co/SHCZTysLEK
Ghana equalized for the 1-1 in the 73rd minute. André Ayew defeated Portuguese goalkeeper from very close range with a right-footed shot to the center.
👉 🇵🇹 Portugal 1 – 1 Ghana 🇬🇭, 73rd minute, ⚽️ goal by André Ayew equalized for @GhanaBlackstars from very close range with a right-footed shot to the center. https://t.co/lbKxdLgczA
Portugal took the lead again in the 78th minute. João Félix scored with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Bruno Fernandes.
👉 🇵🇹 Portugal 2 – 1 Ghana 🇬🇭, 78th minute, ⚽️ goal by João Félix for @selecaoportugal with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Bruno Fernandes. https://t.co/hh0lxTAMZn
AC Milan forward started as a sub and there he goes!!! Leao scored in the 80th minute with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Bruno Fernandes.
👉 🇵🇹 Portugal 3 – 1 Ghana 🇬🇭, 80th minute, ⚽️ goal by Rafael Leão for @selecaoportugal with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Bruno Fernandes.@acmilanhttps://t.co/jkCeqP45mG
✅ Stats before the game: Portugal have won just three of their last 14 World Cup matches (D6 L5), each of them in the competition’s group stage – their last knockout success came in June 2006, when they clinched a place in the quarter-finals final thanks to a 1-0 success against the Netherlands. Portugal have not won any of their last three World Cup opening matches (D2 L1). Despite this, after making it through the group stage in 2018, they can reach the knockout stage in two successive editions of the tournament for the second time, having succeeded in 2006 and 2010. This will be Ghana’s fourth participation in the World Cup, with all previous three coming in the 21st century; they have only failed to get past the group stage once, although that happened in their last outing, in 2014.
🏆👉 Lineup PORTUGAL (4-4-2): Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Danilo Pereira, Guerreiro; Otavio, Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva; Ronaldo, Joao Felix.
🏆👉 Here are Portugal vs Ghana official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Group H on Thursday 24 November 2022 at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium (Stadium 974) in Doha, Qatar.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇹 Portugal: Rui Patricio (Roma), Rafael Leão (Milan)
🇬🇭 Ghana: None
🏆👉 Lineup PORTUGAL (4-4-2): Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Danilo Pereira, Guerreiro; Otavio, Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva; Ronaldo, Joao Felix.
Subs: Rui Patricio, José Sa, Dalot, Pepe, Palinha, André Silva, William, Leao, Vitinha, Joao Mario, Horta, Matheus Nunes, Antonio Silva, Goncalo Ramos.
🏆👉 Mexico and Poland ended the FIFA World Cup Group C with a goalless draw on Tuesday 22 November 2022 at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Mexico have not lost their first game in World Cup since 1994. The only World Cup precedent between Mexico and Poland occurred in the group stage of the 1978 edition: the match finished with a 3-1 victory for Poland. This is not a good result considering Argentina, one of the favorites, lost against Saudi Arabia
The duel between 2 Napoli players, Mexican forward Hirving “El Chucky” Lozano and Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇱 Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus)played all 90 minutes
Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna) listed as a substitute
Kamil Glik (Benevento) played all 90 minutes
Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria) played all 90 minutes
Nicola Zalewski (Roma) played the first 45 minutes and replaced by Krystian Bielik
Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) played all 90 minutes
Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) played until the 88th minute replaced by Arzadiusz Milik
Szymon Żurkowski (Fiorentina) listed as a substitute
Arzadiusz Milik (Juventus) played from the 88th minute after replacing Piotr Zielinski
Krzysztof Piątek (Salernitana) listed as a substitute
🇲🇽 Mexico: Hirving Lozano (Napoli) played all 90 minutes
Johàn Vasquez (Cremonese) listed as a substitute
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In the 58th minute, Poland forward Robert Lewandowski failed to convert a penalty after goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa saved it in the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Héctor Moreno following a foul on Lewandowski.
🏆👉 🇲🇽 Mexico 0 – 0 Poland 🇵🇱, 58th minute, Robert Lewandowski failed to convert a penalty because goalkeeper Memo Ochoa in the bottom right corner. https://t.co/XBoTFWdqar
Stats before the game. Mexico will participate in the World Cup for the 17th time, with Qatar 2022 which will be the eighth consecutive presence in an edition of the world championship. No team has played as many matches as Mexico (57) at the World Cup without ever reaching the final. Mexico have progressed from the group stage in each of their last eight World Cup appearances, last failing in 1978. The Mexicans have also won their opening group stage match in five of the last six FIFA World Cups (D1 ). Mexico (eight) collected more clean sheets than any other national team during the third round of CONCACAF qualifying for this year’s World Cup; only Canada, who finished top of the group, conceded fewer goals (seven) in that stage than the Mexicans (eight). Poland qualified for the ninth time for a World Cup edition; however, the Poles have not progressed beyond the group stage since 1986 and have lost eight of their last 11 matches in the tournament.
🏆👉 Here are Mexico vs Poland official starting lineups – formations for the FIFA World Cup Group C on Tuesday 22 November 2022 at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium in Doha, Qatar at 19:00 (local time).
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇱 Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus), Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Bartłomiej Drągowski (Spezia), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria), Nicola Zalewski (Roma), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Szymon Żurkowski (Fiorentina), Arzadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piątek (Salernitana).
By Anna Italia
Argentina – Mexico 
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
