Everyone else’s primary duty is to recover the ball and find Lionel Messi…”In the following guest column, former Trinidad and Tobago and HFX Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart reviews the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarterfinal rounds and suggests what fans can look out for in the semis:Well certainly the Qatar 2022 World Cup continues to be, if not unpredictable, certainly one of drama and excitement. Basically, the result of the game boiled down to Croatia’s collective defending of Croatia, secured by excellent goalkeeping by Dominik Livakovic, and poor penalties by Brazil. A lot has been said about the selection of players to shoot a penalty and I won’t get into that. Portugal vs Morocco:Morocco are the darlings of the World Cup and certainly the darlings of Africa. They have showed from the group stage that they have the individual quality, collective defending and discipline to not only frustrate the opposition, but play off the counter.
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