Surprises were absent from the 2022 World Cup final round matches. France's attacking stars, Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe, snatched the spotlight on the fifteenth day of the tournament, which is being held in the State of Qatar.

A Portuguese newspaper also exploded a loud surprise, when it presented the results of a survey that revealed that the Portuguese had lost confidence in their compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, and they wanted the coach to put him on the bench.

No surprises

Football imposed its rules and sided with the national teams of France and England at the expense of Poland and Senegal, respectively, on the second day of the round-robin matches.

In the first match, the world champions defeated Poland 3-1, with goals from Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe (2), while Robert Lewandowski scored the only goal for Poland from the penalty mark.

In the second meeting, England did not give Senegal any chance to surprise and defeated it 3-0, through Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka.

Wholesale record numbers for Kylian Mbappe

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe scored two goals for France against Poland, clearly contributing to the qualification of the "Roosters" for the quarter-finals.

These two goals raised Mbappe's tally in the World Cup to 9 goals, equal to Argentine Lionel Messi, and surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo by a goal difference.

Mbappe was the top scorer of the current edition of the World Cup - so far - with 5 goals, and he became the first French player to score 4 goals and more in two consecutive editions.

Mbappe's secret

The star of the French national team and Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe, intentionally hides the logo of an alcoholic beverage company, upon receiving the “Man of the Match” award in the World Cup, and he did not attend any press conference.

Mbappe won this award three times in the World Cup in Qatar, after his country's matches against Australia and Denmark in the first round, and Poland in the round of sixteen.

The French newspaper L'Équipe attributed the French star's decision to not wanting his name to be associated with the brand of alcoholic beverages.

Giroud, France's all-time top scorer

Olivier Giroud hit the net once for Poland, paving the way for victory for the French team in the round of sixteen match of the World Cup in Qatar.

This goal is Jiro's fifty-second with the French national team, becoming the historic scorer for the "Roosters", after surpassing Thierry Henry's 51-goal record.

Arsene Weger evaluation first round

French veteran Arsene Wenger, who is the director of development at the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), said that the teams that were “mentally ready” and “decided to focus on competition and not on political demands” had a greater chance of winning the first matches of the 2022 World Cup in Diameter.

Wenger added: “When you play the World Cup, you know that you must not lose the first match. There are teams that have experience, and achieved results in previous tournaments, such as France, England and Brazil, who won their first match, and there are teams that were ready mentally – too – determined to focus on Competition, not political demands.

Bono challenges Spain

Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou confirmed that he and his teammates will make double efforts to beat Spain in the final price of the World Cup for the second time in the history of the "Atlas Lions".

Bono said, "We have already made history by reaching the round of 16, but we want more to topple Spain, which will make history in this version of the World Cup, and in our football story in our country."

He added, "We want to make our people happy, we are fully prepared, we have improved more and more with each match, and I am confident that we will appear well. Spain will force us to do our best. It is a very competitive match, which will be decided by the smallest details. We must prepare for that."

Brazil captain encourages Ziyech

Thiago Silva, captain of the Brazil national team, sent a message of encouragement to Moroccan Hakim Ziyech, his colleague at Chelsea, before the match between the "Atlas Lions" and Spain.

Silva said in a press conference, "Ziyash performs a wonderful performance with the Moroccan national team in the World Cup, as for his fate with Chelsea, it is a matter of his own, and this is not the time to talk about it."

The Portuguese lose faith in Ronaldo

About 70% of the readers of the Portuguese "A Bola" website prefer not to include Cristiano Ronaldo as a mainstay in the upcoming Switzerland match, in the World Cup final price.

The Portuguese hopes were disappointed with Cristiano's appearance in the World Cup, but the "Don" appeared with a pale face during the first round of the tournament matches.

Cristiano scored only one goal - from a penalty kick against Ghana - and did not show any effect on the team's performance. replace it.

Brazil coach attacks the media

Brazil coach Tite attacked those he described as "haters" who spread "evil lies" and "fake news" about the injury of national team and Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus.

Tite denied the rumors that promoted Jesus' absence from the stadiums for a period of 3 months, and said: "I do not like hearing lies, evil lies, that come from people who want to do bad things to others."

He added: “At no time have we played for victory at the expense of the player’s health, so the liars out there and the haters should do something else instead of spreading false news. Arsenal has a great medical device, we have a great medical device, we are responsible and we are proud with morals.”