FIFA has predicted the winner of the World Cup for the fourth time in a row

At the start of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, EA has made its prediction with the soccer simulator FIFA 23. The game was not wrong in the main, guessing the winner, but not all predictions have come true.

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EA's game has previously guessed the winners of a major soccer tournament three times in a row - in 2010 (Spain), 2014 (Germany) and 2018 (France). This time, the simulation in FIFA 23 showed that the new champion will be the Argentine national team, and it was not wrong.

Lionel Scaloni's team defeated France in a series of 11-match penalty kicks. The main time of the match ended with a score of 2-2. Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria scored for Alcileste, while Kylian Mbappe netted a double for Les Bleus. Messi and Mbappe also scored in overtime.

FIFA 23 had predicted Argentina would beat Brazil 1-0 in the final. But the five-time world champions went home after the quarterfinals, losing to Croatia, which eventually finished in third place. A Canadian company game in its prediction gave the bronze medal to France.

Another inaccurate prediction concerns the winner of the Golden Boot. It was Kylian Mbappe, not Messi. Although FIFA 23 guessed the number of goals. The 23-year-old French forward sent the ball into the net eight times in seven matches. On the account of the captain of the national team of Argentina on one goal less.

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