A supercomputer has predicted that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in the World Cup final in Qatar, and that Argentina will beat Portugal in the decisive game and become world champions… in the penalty shootout. The analysis was published in the renowned English magazine Four Four Two.
These algorithmic and statistic studies are common on the eve of major testing. This time, the prediction was published in the special report “The Most Important Of All Unimportant Forecasts 2nd Edition: 2022 FIFA World Cup”, by the company BCA Research, and was based on player statistics in a sample of 192 matches from the World Cup qualifiers and 64 World Cup qualifiers in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. Data from football players from the EA Sport FIFA game was also used.
“Are we confident in our pick of the winner? While we are satisfied, the truth is that Argentina will play difficult matches in the group stage, and the final will essentially be heads or tails,” said one of those responsible for the investigation. quoted by the English magazine Four Four Two.
The study identified a likely scenario in which the final between Argentina and Portugal would be decided on a penalty, based on a history of the two penalty selections scored at World Cups in July 2019, after the last edition of the Copa America last summer. was won.
Remember that Portugal has never won a football World Cup. Argentina, on the other hand, won the trophy twice, in 1978 and 1986. But like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi never won the trophy.
Portugal’s best World Cup campaign was in 1966, with a third-place finish.
Portugal is part of Group H and has Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea as opponents. Argentina is in Group C and will measure its armed forces against Poland, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
Source: DN
