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Friday, December 02, 2022
16 teams have been eliminated. Here are the players I mentioned at the beginning of the competition ... did I know what I was talking about?
Ecuador: Piero Hincapié, Moisés Caicedo, Gonzalo Plata. Caicedo scored a goal, none of the three had great Cups.
Qatar: Forward Akram Afif played every minute for Qatar, and did nothing, managing only 2 shots in 3 games.
Iran: GK Alireza Beiranvand only played 110 minutes before being injured. Mehdi Taremi was Iran's best player, with 2 goals and an assist.
Wales: Gareth Bale had one goal, got progressively worse, stunk vs. England.
Mexico: Chucky Lozano played well but didn't score. Orbelín Pineda got only 77 minutes of playing time.
Saudi Arabia: Salem Al-Dawsari scored 2 of the Saudis' 3 goals.
Tunisia: Anis Ben Slimane only played 67 minutes.
Denmark: Christian Eriksen played all 270 minutes, first game was good.
Germany: I didn't mention any of their players. Maybe there's a reason.
Costa Rica: Jewison Bennette was arguably their worst player.
Belgium: Kevin De Bruyne played every minute, but was a disappointment.
Canada: Alphonso Davies was their best player, scored one goal. Jonathan David was a huge disappointment.
Cameroon: Goalkeeper André Onana had a terrible Cup. He was sent home after the first game.
Serbia: Dušan Vlahović and Strahinja Pavlović had so-so tournaments. Vlahović scored a goal.
Uruguay: Luis Suárez played about half the time, had an assist. Federico Valverde played every minute and was one of their best. Darwin Núñez was a complete dud.
Ghana: Another team about which I said little or nothing.