2022 World Cup: Super computer predicts Portugal vs Argentina final

Published on: 29 October 2022

BCA Research's supercomputer projected that Lionel Messi's Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal will meet in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final in Qatar's Lusail Stadium.

The experiment employed EA Sports FIFA video game player data and a sample of all World Cup matches from the previous four editions. According to the final results, Messi will win his first FIFA World Cup by beating his arch-rival Ronaldo.

The World Cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world, and the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.

Portugal is in Group H with Ghana, South Korea, and Uruguay while Argentina is in Group C with Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Poland.

Messi has stated that the 2022 World Cup will be his last and he hopes it will go well. Ronaldo has so far not given any statement about whether this year's edition of the World Cup will be his last or not.

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