Artem Frankov, a well-known journalist and editor-in-chief of Futbol magazine, has prepared a forecast for the match of the 1/4 finals of the 2022 World Cup between the Netherlands and Argentina.
"One of the best matches of the French World Cup 98, in which the Dutch beat Argentina thanks to Dennis Bergkamp's super goal, is quite fresh in my memory. I sincerely expect from the teams at least a repetition of that level of confrontation and exactly the number of goals scored! Then the oranges won 2:1.
Bookmakers give a not very big, but still obvious advantage to the South Americans. First of all, the Messi factor works here, especially since the Dutch came out of perhaps the weakest group in the tournament, and in the 1/8 against the USA they did not impress, beating the opponent thanks to Denzel Dumfries. He drowned the North Americans just as he did the Ukrainian national team a year and a half earlier. But then what happened...
Do we follow suit and bet on the Argentine revenge? But the coach of the Dutch is different, a hundred times smarter than he was!
Koffi on the result: 3.60 - 3.25 - 2.24.
Pass: 2.44 - 1.61.
My bet: Can the Netherlands take a pass by believing in Europe? No, let's be consistent though - Argentina's win...
Well, let there be a "draw" in the main hour at 3.25!" said Frankov