That should get people talking. Arsène Wenger, director of development at Fifa, estimated on Sunday that the teams “mentally ready” et “decided to focus on the competition and not on political demonstrations“Gave themselves a better chance of winning their first match at the 2022 World Cup. The former emblematic coach of Arsenal has thus followed in the footsteps of the president of the governing body of football, Gianni Infantino.
“When you play a World Cup, you know you must not lose the first match. There are teams who have experience, who have had results in previous tournaments, such as France, England, Brazil, who have won their first match“, Wenger initially said during a press conference of the technical study group of Fifa in Doha.And there are also the teams who were mentally ready, who were determined to focus on the competition and not on political demonstrations.“, he added.
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Germany lost their first match of the 2022 World Cup against Japan after collectively demonstrating against the threat of sanctions brandished by Fifa to prevent the wearing of the inclusive “One Love” armband. All of the German players had put a hand over their mouth as they posed for the photo before kick-off. Germany was then eliminated in the group stage, for the second consecutive time in the World Cup.
Another leading team on political issues, Denmark was also eliminated in the group stage when it was announced as a possible outsider. Apart from this comment, Arsène Wenger presented several tactical and statistical elements on Sunday on the first round of the tournament, highlighting in particular the sharp increase in goals scored after crosses (+ 83%) compared to the World Cup-2018.
“Teams defend more in the center and it’s more open on the wings. This gives an important role to the corridor players,” explained Wenger. “I believe that the teams with the best wingers will have the best chance of winning the tournament.“, he continued. He also felt that France was “still hungry” and “the appetite to win again“. “She will be dangerous until the end“, he estimated.
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