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The action continues 🌟⚽️🏟️🏆

Another day chock-full of exciting matches during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Saudi Arabians were fresh off the biggest upset in World Cup history. France looked to continue to show its muscle. Argentina desperately needed to remind the world of their skill and keep their chances of advancing alive. That's just the start of the thrills to come.

Before we talk about the most recent matches, I want to remind you that I also wrote about those games previously...

Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 vs Iran🇮🇷
Qatar🇶🇦 vs Senegal🇸🇳
Netherlands🇳🇱 vs Ecuador🇪🇨
England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs United States🇺🇸

^{Here is a link to that one, just click here.}

Now it is time to move on to the next matches. There is a lot to discuss here and I'm hyped to go over these results. This is what the World Cup is all about.

Let's recap four more games from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar...

Tunisia🇹🇳 vs Australia🇦🇺

^{My Prediction: Tunisia}

Another even match with either team having a chance to win. Tunisia had quite a few shots that nearly resulted in a goal, but none were successful. Australia was the only team to score when Mitch Duke was able to redirect a deflected cross with his head and guided the ball for a beautiful goal in the 23rd minute. That was the lone goal of the match and it resulted in Australia's first-ever shutout during a World Cup. Tunisia's chances of advancing are now very unlikely since their next match is against a very strong French team. Australia just put itself in a pretty good position to advance and will face Denmark next.

Result: 0-1 in favor of Australia

Poland🇵🇱 vs Saudi Arabia🇸🇦

^{My Prediction: Poland}

After drawing with Mexico in their first match, the Polish were eager to get a win. Their star Robert Lewandowski came into this World Cup is huge expectations and little to no results thus far. Saudi Arabia on the other hand wished to continue to surprise the world with yet another upset win. Poland's Piotr Zieliński scored a great goal when he received a well-placed cross in the 39th minute. Less than 10 minutes later, Saudi Arabia was awarded a very controversial penalty kick. Luckily for Poland, their keeper Wojciech Szczęsny made an insane save, and then the Saudis missed the rebound shot as well. The devastation for their side was felt deeply by everyone at the stadium.

https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1596501537156628490?s=20&t=mkLHWK7w5AWjLK4EXP6wdg
- brfootball

Although Saudi Arabia continued to apply a lot of pressure on the offensive end, they were unable to score a single goal. On top of that in the 82nd minute, Robert Lewandoski was able to secure his first-ever World Cup goal and he was so happy to finally be able to do that. This put the nail in the coffin and the game was over shortly after that second goal.

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1596516337442082818?s=20&t=EBsDB23ouLVme9fM_e6rfQ
- FOXSoccer

Poland faces a fierce Argentinian squad next and Saudi Arabia must take on Mexico in their final group stage pairing.

Result: 2-0 in favor of Poland

France🇫🇷 vs Denmark🇩🇰

^{My Prediction: France}

What a match this one was. Denmark did a great job of keeping up with the French for most of the match. Going into the 2nd half, things were still at level pegging. It wasn't until the 61st minute that France's superstar Kylian Mbappé nailed the first goal of the match with an intelligent give-and-go play with Theo Hernández.

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1596554904914444288?s=20&t=mkLHWK7w5AWjLK4EXP6wdg
- FOXSoccer

Less than 10 minutes later Denmark even scored once again when Christensen was able to connect with a much-needed goal. Denmark barely had half as many shots as France, but neither was scoring at will. It was Mbappé in the 86th minute that gave France the lead they needed to secure their movement into the knockout stage.

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1596561090334556165?s=20&t=mkLHWK7w5AWjLK4EXP6wdg
- FOXSoccer

This means France's next match against Tunisia can end in any way and France will still move on and awaits Argentina/Saudi Arabia/Mexico/Poland in their first match of the knockout stage. Denmark on the other hand has a must-win match versus Australia which is fresh off a win.

Result: 2-1 in favor of France

Argentina🇦🇷 vs Mexico🇲🇽

^{My Prediction: Argentina}

The world had a feeling that Messi and Argentina would make a huge comeback after their crucial loss in their opening match against Saudi Arabia. Too bad for Mexico it had to be on their watch. As has often happened in the past, the Mexicans were no match for the Argentinians. The first half was dead even with neither team scoring. It wasn't until the 64th minute that the first goal of the game was drilled into the back of the net by Messi. My goodness was it a great shot. Messi was well outside of the box when he received a cross from his childhood friend Ángel Di María. Messi was given the time to perfectly line up this shot and then skid it across the pitch through the defense and into the lower corner against Mexico's admirable goalie Guillermo Ochoa.

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1596601246802055169?s=20&t=EBsDB23ouLVme9fM_e6rfQ
- FOXSoccer

After the first goal, Argentina's spirit was back where it needed to be for the rest of the match. They handled all of the offensive pressure that Mexico applied and even fired back with another goal in the 87th minute. Enzo Fernández came in as a substitute and wasted no time showing his skill. His fancy footwork allowed him to get into a favorable position inside the box. His high-arcing shot was unblockable and went directly for the far upper corner. No matter how good of a keeper Ochoa is, there just isn't much you can do against such perfectly placed shots that Argentina was landing.

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1596607755766341634?s=20&t=EBsDB23ouLVme9fM_e6rfQ
- FOXSoccer

Had Argentina lost this match, they would have been eliminated. They instead have a great chance to still come out as the top team in their group. The next match against Poland will be hard fought and a huge game for both teams as Poland currently has 4 points while Argentina only has 3. Saudi Arabia and Mexico both are fighting to stay alive, so that match will be nothing short of exciting as well.

Result: 2-0 in favor of Argentina

Stars are starting to shine 🌟

Getting to watch 3 of the best-attacking playmakers in the world all in one day was such a treat. Lewandowski was finally able to score his first World Cup goal. Mbappé is the youngest of the bunch and is quickly becoming the greatest goal-scorer in French history. Messi's legacy was solidified with an outstanding goal when his country needed him the most. You couldn't have asked for a better day of football.

^{Don't forget about the Hive account@hivebuzz World Cup contest @hivebuzz/wc2022}