Netherlands, Qatar and Senegal's squads for FIFA world cup 2022
FIFA world cup 2022 is just a week away to begin. We will look at the Netherlands, Qatar and Senegal's full squads for the world cup.
Netherlands World Cup squad announcement
Netherlands' main striker Memphis Depay is injured but manager Louis van Gaal included him in the squad. Another surprising name of Xavi Simons in the squad is an uncapped youngster. Louis dislodged the veteran Goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen of the squad.
Depay was injured during the Nations League match against Poland. He has not played any match for England after that. He has played in the current La Liga season for Barcelona but for less than 150 minutes. Let's see how he performs in the world cup.
Louis had said in a news conference"Depay is now recovered from injury according to medical perspective but we will have to build and support him. He won't get into the starting XI in the first match against Senegal but he might get a chance as a substitute. Vincent Janssen would come in the starting XI as a replacement for Depay."
Depay was involved in 18 of 33 goals for the Netherlands in the world cup qualifiers so his recovery from injury is very important for the Netherlands.
Xavi Simons who is 19 years old, has shown a brilliant performance. His performance increased after he moved from PSG to PSV Eindhoven. He scored 8 goals in 13 league matches. He made a strong impression on the Netherlands manager and he gets a spot for the FIFA world cup 2022.
Netherlands World Cup squad 2022
The latest update about him is that he will miss the first match of the world cup. He is so much important for Senegal. Senegal qualified for the world cup because Mane scored crucial penalty kicks.
Sadio Mane has been named in Senegal's squad for the World Cup in Qatar despite injury concerns after he was hurt playing for Bayern Munich at the weekend. He is the leading goalscorer for his country. He has scored 34 goals in 93 international appearances.
Senegal's manager Aliou Cisse has confidence that Mane will quickly recover from injury and plays in the world cup.
Aliou Cisse said, "I included Mane in the squad because he is so important to our team. We have 2 weeks to see whether he will be recovered or not. Watford forward Ismaila Sarr had been injured before the Africa cup of Nations finals but I included him in the squad. He recovered after the first round and is back in the starting XI. He was the reason for the success of Senegal in that tournament."
Cisse selected the majority of players from the AFCON champions squad but gave a chance to some players who gets their first cap after ending the world cup qualifiers.
Defender Ismail Jakobs and Strikers Nicolas Jackson and Ilimane Ndiaye these players will play in their first FIFA world cup.
Senegal world cup squad 2022
Qatar World Cup squad announcement
Qatar included two attackers Almoez Ali and Akram Afif. Almoez Ali is a forward player and Akram Afif plays as a winger. Qatar will use 3-5-2 and 5-3-2 formations in the world cup. They depend on their defense and midfield because they play part-defensive sometimes and sometimes part-counterattacking.
If Qatar wants to survive in the group stage and head towards the knockouts then their experienced skipper Hassan Al Haydos, Almoez Ali and Akram Afif have to score goals at every opportunity.
Qatar's biggest strength is "they are playing at home". All audience will support them so they can play like Russia who had played shocking performance in the last world cup. Qatar has the strength and capability to do like Russia and reach the knockout stage.
All players who are in the squad play for local clubs and 11 players of this squad play for the reigning champion Al Sadd team. This includes skipper Hassan Al Haydos as well so all players have experience playing with each other.
Qatar's manager Sanchez has been in Qatar since 2006 but he joins the Qatar national team as a manager in 2017. These are the strong factors for Qatar.
We said earlier they had played in the league with each other. This will also be a drawback for Qatar because they have very little international experience playing against big teams.
The Qatar football association and FIFA tried to give Qatar team an experience with big teams so they included Qatar in the Copa America and CONCACAF gold cup. We have seen there Qatar gave a mixed performance with his defense and they could not give a fight against quality opponents.
He made his debut in 2016 and he is now the third-highest goalscorer of all time. If Qatar wants to reach the knockouts then Ali has to score in this world cup.
Qatar World Cup squad 2022
