Well-known Ukrainian journalist Artem Frankov shared his expectations from the matches of the 1/4 finals of the 2022 World Cup.
Artem Frankov“Six of the eight matches of the 1/8 finals of the 2022 World Cup have already taken place, and all of them brought victories to the favorites - except that the Croats tortured the Japanese only in the 11-meter series, without surpassing them in the game.
I think that today the classic and desired by many quarter-final line-up should finally take shape - two South American and six European giants, among which it would be nice to replace the Croats with Germany, but it's too late. It is clear that the more than predictable victory of the Spaniards and the less obvious success of their neighbors from the western side lead to this. The coefficients confirm this in the best possible way - for the victory of the Lusitanians in regular time they give almost a deuce.
In principle, the relationship between the Portuguese and the Swiss, as well as the very strength of the “nati”, is such that we will not be surprised at the passage of the “crusaders”, but here we must follow the pattern.
It would be nice to flog the Spaniards for what they did with the Germans in the third round of the group, but there are reasonable doubts that the Moroccans, with all their virtues (victory over Belgium!) are also capable of such a feat. Although their defense and attack are very good, and the goalkeeper...
For caution, you can take the victory of the Spaniards and the passage of the Portuguese, for excitement - the Spaniards with minus 1.5 and the victory of the Lusitanians, ”Frankov wrote in his Telegram channel.
