Last week, the curtain fell on the first round of the 2022 World Cup, which is currently being held in Qatar and will continue until December 18, after all teams played their opening match on Qatari soil.
The 16 matches that were played in the first round witnessed scoring of 41 goals, the match between England and Iran had the lion’s share by scoring 8 goals, followed by Spain’s confrontation with Costa Rica, which witnessed 7 goals, while 4 matches ended with a goalless draw.
Spain, England and France are getting creative
The teams of Spain, England and France issued a stern warning to the other teams, after they showed a distinguished level during the first round, as Spain swept Costa Rica by seven clean, while England rained down Iran with six goals, while France overturned its delay against Australia to win four.
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Saudi Arabia and Japan made a surprise
The surprise of the first round was represented in the feet of the players of the Saudi and Japanese national teams when they dropped the national teams of Argentina and Germany in an Asian football epic that dazzled the fans of the world after the tremendous effort made by the players to come out with this historic victory.
Africa without victory
The African teams failed to achieve any victory during the first round competitions, and their matches resulted in two draws and 3 defeats, and only two goals were scored by Andre Ayew and Osman Bukari, Ghana`s national team strikers, against Portugal.
Senegal fell to the Netherlands with two clean goals, while Tunisia tied with Denmark negatively, and Morocco with Croatia with the same result, Cameroon fell to Switzerland with a clean goal, and Ghana fell to Portugal with three goals to two.
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The goalkeepers shined
The first round witnessed a clear brilliance of the goalkeepers, which prevented the attackers from scoring many goals, so that the scoring counter stopped at only 41 goals during the 16 matches that were played in the first round, led by Muhammad Al Owais, the Saudi national team goalkeeper, Guillermo Ochoa, the Mexico national team goalkeeper, and Shuichi Gonda. Japan`s goalkeeper Jan Sommer, Switzerland`s goalkeeper, who won the Man of the Match award in the first round.
Results of the first round of the Qatar World Cup 2022
Qatar 0 / 2 Ecuador
Netherlands 2/0 Senegal
England 6/2 Iran
America 1 / 1 Wales
Argentina 1/2 Saudi Arabia
Mexico 0 / 0 Poland
France 4/1 Australia
Tunisia 0/0 Denmark
Spain 7 / 0 Costa Rica
Japan 2 / 1 Germany
Belgium 1 / 0 Canada
Croatia 0/0 Morocco
Switzerland 1 / 0 Cameroon
Brazil 2/0 Serbia
Portugal 3 / 2 Ghana
Uruguay 0/0 South Korea
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