Often regarded as the best FIFA World Cup ever, Qatar World Cup gave up so many memories. From Asian and African teams surprising the world with their brilliant game to Lionel Messi winning his first-ever world cup, this World Cup will remain the best footballing event.
Today we will be listing the top 10 matches of this FIFA World Cup, full of ups and downs and excitement
10) Ghana 0 – 2 Uruguay
Ghana vs Uruguay match caused sheer tension and drama on the field when Luis Suarez, who is like an enemy in the eyes of Ghanaians after the handball in World Cup 2010, provided two assists to put his team two-nil up. But Uruguay needed 3 goals in order to qualify for the R-16 and Ghana narrowly escaped and put a full stop to Uruguay’s World Cup run.
9) South Korea 2 – 3 Ghana
A second-half brace from Cho Gue-sung pulled South Korea even after Ghana sprang out to a two-goal lead in their Group H match. The comeback was fought hard but the result didn’t fall in their favor.
8) Morocco 1 – 0 Portugal
The quarterfinals of the World Cup and you are up against Portugal, against Cristiano Ronaldo, so the pressure was high, but Morocco handled it very easily and calmly and kick out Portugal from the Qatar World Cup.
7) Portugal 6 – 1 Switzerland
Fernando Santos’ team dominated Switzerland after ultimately opting to bench Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ramos, who brings as Ronaldo’s replacement delivers an amazing show by scoring a hat-trick in his first world cup game. By this, Portugal absolutely abolished the Switzerland side.
6) Cameroon 3 – 3 Serbia
This game was a true test of Serbia, Vincent Aboubakar, came off the bench and scored with a wonderful dink before setting up Eric Maxim Chuopo-Moting for the equalizing goal.
They overcame a one-goal deficit by scoring twice in first-half extra time, and Aleksandar Mitrovic added a third goal just after the interval after a grand team play.
5) Germany 1 – 2 Japan
Germany took the lead within just 20 minutes of the game, but Japan didn’t give up that easily. They scored 2 more goals and kick out Germany from the 2022 World Cup. it was so shocking that 4-time world cup winners didn’t even qualify for the round 16 matches.
4) Argentina Vs Saudi Arabia 1-2
3) Morocco 0 – 0 Spain (Morocco wins 3-0 on penalties)
However the match remained 0-0 for 120 minutes, the game was full of excitement as it was Spain who Morocco was facing. Spain was like this World Cup’s favorite but Morocco ended their dream by winning the game over penalties. It was the first time when an African nation qualifies for the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
2) Netherlands 2 – 2 Argentina (3-4 on penalties)
17 yellow cards, one red after the final whistle, four goals, and three missed penalty kicks in the shootout were all part of this thrilling quarterfinal.
Argentina’s star goalkeeper, Emi Martinez became the spotlight after this game. He was for sure one of the reasons that Argentina is now the World Cup winner.
1) Argentina 3 – 3 France (4-2 on penalties)
Probably the greatest match of all time. A world cup final can’t get any better, a total of 6 goals were scored, Messi scored his first World Cup final goal, Kylian Mbappe’s crucial hat trick. A final full of ups and downs, definitely the best game ever.
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