The day before theQatar 2022 World Cup Final, Croatia and Moroccoplay a game that none of them would have liked to play in. The bronze medalists in the World Cup are decided in the third-place game like whenBelgium won 2-0 over England in 2018.
There are twoperspectives after a Semi-Finals loss. Losing is devastatingly discouraging, but how a team reacts to it may determine whether they have learned from the experience and go on with hope and resolve, or sink deeper into despair and sorrow.
Even if there isn’t much of a point to playing for third place in the World Cup, it might still be an entertaining game. Both sides will hit the field on Saturday in Qatar with nothing to lose, playing with heart and passion in the hopes of gaining a just reward for a fantastic campaign.
World Cup 2022Third place play-offprize money: How much does the winnerget?
For obvious reasons, no one wants to play in the game between the tournament’s third and fourth-place finishers.The question then arises as to why teams care about placing third if they have effectively given up on a championship run.
The possible outcomes are twofold: a bronze medal and a financial reward. A bronze medal and $27 million will go to the team that finishes third in the World Cup,$15 million less than what the victor of the World Cup would earn.
