Computer calculates world champion: He was right three times in a row

Created: 2022-11-12 07:36

By: Marcus Giebel

Everyone wants it: The World Cup is the most coveted trophy in world football.

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Lionel Messi makes one last attempt at his first World Cup in Qatar.

According to a simulation, this will be successful.

A look into the past makes you sit up and take notice.

Munich – The weeks before a big football tournament are always the time for predictions and forecasts.

Experts and fans alike give their squad recommendations, and tips about the future title holder are also making the rounds.

Of course, before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, it will be no different.

Even if this event polarizes more than electrifies.

Because of the highly questionable award to the emirate, in which fewer footballs have been trampled on, but human rights in particular have been trampled on, many fans want to avoid this World Cup.

Prescribe a pre-Christmas break from professional football.

It remains to be seen how many of them will remain steadfast until December 18th - the day of the finals.

World Cup 2022 simulated in Qatar: According to EA Sports, Messi wins the title with Argentina

The most important question about this World Cup has already received an answer that deserves attention.

Because if the games manufacturer EA Sports, the father of the popular FIFA series, has its way, Argentina will win its third World Cup title in Qatar.

Of course, the Californians are not the first to see Lionel Messi's team looking into the crystal ball with the World Cup trophy in hand.

But unlike most other amateur clairvoyants, they have a reputation to lose.

After all, they correctly predicted the youngest three world champions in the run-up to the respective tournament: Spain 2010, Germany 2014, France 2018. This time, EA Sports resorted to its new game FIFA23 and used the HyperMotion2 technology it contains, which promises "ultra-realistic gameplay". .

All 64 games were simulated in tournament mode using the official ratings, as reported by tz.de.

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This resulted in an all-South American final: Argentina met Brazil.

A premiere pairing for a World Cup final.

In reality, the two arch-rivals last met in the round of 16 in 1990 as part of a World Cup - back then Claudio Caniggia shot the Selecao out of the tournament with his 1-0.

With the same result, Argentina won the final of the recent Copa America thanks to Angel di Maria.

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According to the forecast, one goal is also enough in Qatar – which, according to the simulation, is provided by Messi.

With that, “la Pulga” would finally climb the Olympus of football, after all he had won all the big titles and stepped out of the long shadow of Diego Maradona, who in 1986 enabled the last triumph of the football-crazy country in the southern tip of the continent.

Supercomputer calculates world champion 2022: Messi wins two more trophies

The supercomputer, which EA Sports has once again sent on track, sees defending champion France in third place.

Messi tops the scorers list with eight goals in seven games, earning him the Golden Boot.

On top of that, the left-footed player wins the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament.

Choosing the best goalkeeper is more exciting.

Here, in the simulation, Portugal's Rui Patricio, Alisson Becker from Brazil, Dominik Livakovic from Croatia and Argentina's Emiliano Martinez are tied at the top.

Martinez finally grabs the Golden Glove because he was the most successful in the tournament with his teammates.

Is this what the new world champions look like?

According to EA Sports, Lionel Messi (M.) & Co. triumph in Qatar.

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World Cup 2022: EA Sports sees five Argentines in the team of the tournament

Only four nations are represented in the team of the tournament, with Argentina dominating with five and Brazil with three players.

The eleven are set up in a somewhat outdated 4-2-4 system - after all, this gives more attackers their rights.

Martinez guards the goal.

The back line in front is Portugal's Joao Cancelo, France's Raphael Varane, Brazil's Marquinhos and Argentina's Marcos Acuna.

The clear midfield consists of the world champions Leandro Paredes and Rodrigo de Paul.

The attack radiates glitz and glamor even without Cristiano Ronaldo: the Brazilians Vinicius Jr. and Richarlison as well as Messi and the French world footballer Karim Benzema would also pass as the "Fab Four".

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There is no sign of German players far and wide.

Which suggests that the supercomputer national coach Hansi Flick does not predict a very successful tournament premiere.

The 15-player top scorer list also does not include DFB players.

According to this, nobody in the jersey of the four-time champion scores more than two goals, but he also has to do without regular strikers like Timo Werner (ruptured syndesmosis ligament) and Lukas Nmecha (torn patellar tendon).

Robert Lewandowski has that number in four games, putting him in 15th place.

After all, Ronaldo and Benzema are successful three times in seven games each.

This also makes it clear that Portugal played the match for third place against France.

The biggest surprises are Dutchman Memphis Depay with six goals in five games, which puts him second behind Messi, and fourth-placed ex-Dortmund Christian Pulisic with five goals in five appearances.

So EA Sports has leaned far out of the window.

How much truth there is in the simulation will only become apparent in Qatar.

In any case, Messi & Co. should have pricked up their ears.

Also in view of the hit rate of the Californian football experts.