The World Is a Ball: Argentina will win the Cup, says game that has held the champion since 2010

How much can you believe in the prediction of the World Cup champion coming from the simulation of a game?

Does it make any difference if this simulation is done by the official FIFA game?

The logical answer is no. If the winner of the Cup is the same one pointed out by the “prophecy” of the game, it will be a mere coincidence.

But what if the prognosis keeps repeating itself? What if he turns out to be correct not once, not twice, but three times in a row?

Even the most skeptical can begin to question such a coincidence, right?

Because FIFA pins the champion in its simulations with the game developed by EA Sports, in which it points out the result of the 64 games of each Cup, since the 2010 edition.

That year, at the World Cup played in South Africa, the prediction of the game was Spain, and in the real world Spain won – the famous “clairvoyant” octopus Paul, remember him?, also pointed out the champion Fury.

In 2014, Germany virtually triumphed, and the same happened in the decision, at Maracanã, in the Cup in Brazil.

The most recent agreement took place in 2018, with France winning first in the simulation of the FIFA game and then in Moscow, in the Russian World Cup.

For the Qatar Cup, which starts in eight days, FIFA 23 has already concluded its diagnosis, placing the cup, after the decisive match, which will take place on December 18, in the hands of ace Lionel Messi, Argentina’s captain.

Thus, if the prediction is correct again, the “hermanos” will become three-time world champions – they were in 1978, in Argentina, and in 1986, in Mexico, with Maradona –, and Messi, seven times the best player in the world, will finally reach the maximum glory for a footballer.

Disregarding the game’s simulation, based on recent performance, it’s not unreasonable to believe that Argentina can reach the top in Qatar.

The team led by coach Lionel Scaloni should reach the World Cup, in which they debut against fragile Saudi Arabia, on the 22nd, with an unbeaten run of 36 games, the highest among the 32 participating nations.

Messi and company, who have not lost in 35 matches (24 wins and 11 draws), will play a final friendly before the World Cup, against the United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday (16), and are unlikely to be defeated.

The last defeat took place in the 2019 Copa América semifinal, at Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte, 2-0 to Brazil.

Currently, Argentina is third in the FIFA ranking, behind Brazil (1st) and Belgium (2nd), and holds the Copa América title, won in 2021 against Brazil, at Maracanã.