See Group F highlights from the Qatar World Cup

Posted On: December 5, 2022

With only five days to go World Cup in Qatar, which starts on Monday (20/11), the tournament mood is already starting to take over everyone and some fans are curious to know what the matches, times, days and venue will be like.

Check out the dates, times and highlights for Group F, which includes Belgium, Canada, Croatia and Morocco.

Belgium

When is it premiering? The Belgian team’s first match will be against Canada on Wednesday (23/11) at 4 p.m.

How does it happen? Belgium finished third in the 2018 Russian Cup, beating England 2-0. The team, which eliminated Brazil 2-1 in the quarter-finals, has big names, like Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois, Romelu. Lukaku and the Hazard brothers, owes one of the last chances to win a title with the famous “Belgian Generation”.

Possible highlighting: Kevin De Bruyne. At 31, the midfielder arrives at the World Cup as the protagonist of the Citizens. Last season, 2021/22, after scoring 15 times and providing eight assists in the Premier League, the Belgian was named the competition’s best player for the second consecutive season.

So far, the midfielder has played an incredible 14 games, three goals and nine assists in premier league🇧🇷

Which side are you on:
De Bruyne (so far):
554 games
136 goals
218 assists

Özil (so far):
641 games
114 goals
220 assists

Me: De Bruyne, much more time as a playmaker, still among the best in the world since 2017 and much better numbers pic.twitter.com/XsOUXUlBUh

— Xandovskᵉᶜᵇ in the series 🅰️ (@Xandovsk2) November 5, 2022

Surprise candidate: Youri Tielemans is more mature than at the 2018 World Cup, when he was just 21. Now 25, the midfielder is one of Leicester’s biggest names and is expected to be part of Belgium’s starting line-up, with more responsibility for selection actions.

I definitely don’t order a Tielemans shirt after seeing this, I definitely don’t. pic.twitter.com/hQxkwvi36k

— Diego Figueroa (@SwagDaddyDiego7) November 6, 2022

Canada

When is it premiering? The Canadian team’s first match will be against Belgium on Wednesday (11/23) at 4 p.m.

How does it happen? Their cycle for 2022 was above average simply because they qualified for the world cup and 1st in Concacaf. The Canadian team finished the 2021 Gold Cup in the top four after being eliminated by Haiti in the 2019 edition in the quarter-finals. As men’s football “takes the wind in its sails”, the Canadians will try to surprise the supporters of Qatar.

Possible highlighting: Alphonso Davies, of Bayern Munich🇧🇷 The 22-year-old easily adapts to different roles, being able to play as a left-back and a winger.

Davies suffered an injury recently and was one of manager John Herdman’s biggest concerns, but the player managed to recover in time to defend his country in Qatar.

Surprise candidate: Striker Jonathan David, from Lille, is only 22 years old and has an eye for goal. This season, in French Championshipthe youngster has 15 appearances, nine goals and three assists.

Croatia

When is it premiering? The Croatian team’s first match will be against Morocco on Wednesday (23/11) at 7 am.

How does it happen? The current vice-world champion arrives in Dubai weaker than in 2018. The qualifying phase for the World Cup was not easy for the Croats, who only managed to secure the place of Qatar. in the last round of the Qualifiers, with a not easy victory against Russia, with 1 x 0 in total.

Possible highlighting: Luka Modric. The midfielder of real Madrid announced that the World Cup in Qatar would be his last World Cup.

After being the highlight of the 2018 World Cup and shortly after being voted the best in the world, Modric does not seem to be feeling the effects of age (37), coming from one of the best seasons of his career in the jersey of Real Madrid, conqueror Champions League and Spanish Championship🇧🇷

Surprise candidate: Another of the young talents who are part of the Red Bull football franchise is RB Salzburg’s Luka Sucic. The 22-year-old midfielder has provided four assists in the Austrian Premier League this season.

Morocco

When is it premiering? The first match of the Moroccan team will be against Croatia, Wednesday (23/11), at 7 am.

How does it happen? Despite the calm ranking of the Qualifiers, the Moroccan selection had problems with its last coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, who presented relationship problems with certain players, among them, one of the stars of the selection, Hakim Ziyech, from chelsea🇧🇷

Halilhodzic was sacked and in his place came Frenchman Walid Regragui, who has only two games in charge of Morocco so far, with a win and a draw.

Possible highlighting: Ashraf Hakimi. The right-back with attacking characteristics who emerged at Real Madrid, had good numbers from an early age, having good seasons at Inter Milan and Bourssia Dortmund and repeating the feat at PSG🇧🇷

Achraf Hakimi’s goal ⚽️🦁🇲🇦pic.twitter.com/4hZNwvCxLa

— MOUNTAKHAB OUT OF CONTEXT 🇲🇦🇶🇦 (@MountakhabOf) November 13, 2022

Surprise candidate: Ilias Chair, 25, is an attacking midfielder and one of the strong points of Queens Park Rangers, in the Championship, 2nd division of the English Premier League. So far, the athlete has 21 games, three goals and six assists.