USA vs Wales is upcoming on Monday evening in the second match of a competitive Group B.

Match Details:

• Location: Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
• Stadium: Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium
• Date: Monday 21 November
• Kick-off Time: 12:30 AM
• Watch- Sports 18/HD, Jio Cinema App

USA vs Wales: Match Preview:

It's been a long 64 years, but Wales are back at the Fifa World Cup. Robert Page's side qualified for Qatar 2022 via the play-offs and they will be looking to emulate the "class of 58", who reached the quarter-finals. 

From the roster reveal to Matchday, @Visa is there to get you ready for all the action at #Qatar2022! 💳 pic.twitter.com/Alcv0yTHD2

— U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (@USMNT) November 20, 2022

Wales's opening World Cup game against the United States on Monday evening could decide one of group B's two qualifiers, said Kyle Bonn on SportingNews.com. It's "rare" that such a "vital" match is played this early in the tournament, but with Wales and the US expected to "duke it out" behind group favourites England, "there's a tense feel about this contest".

The Dragons may have "defied expectations" to reach the World Cup, said Gavin Beech on WalesOnline. But that doesn't mean "they can't make an impact" in Qatar. Should Page's men pick up three points against the US, then they "might only need one more point" to earn qualification for the knockout stages.

It's getting real when the match preview is published 👀#FIFAWorldCup | #ArBenYByd

— FA WALES (@FAWales) November 19, 2022

The US, who last qualified for the World Cup in 2014, have the slight upper hand from their previous meetings with Wales. Both friendlies, the teams drew 0-0 in November 2020, but the US won 1-0 in May 2003. Wales and the US are in group B with England and Iran.  

Team News:

USA:

Luca de la Torre has been sidelined since the end of October with a hamstring injury. Celta Vigo announced at the time that he would be unavailable for at least three weeks. That was three weeks ago.

Final prep. pic.twitter.com/s2Z7ec2R2d

— U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (@USMNT) November 20, 2022

Matt Turner returned to warm Arsenal's bench this month after missing three matches with a groin problem and is expected to stand between the sticks for the US.

Weston McKennie is another regular starter but damaged his thigh while playing for Juventus in October, leaving his involvement this Monday shrouded in uncertainty.

Wales:

Joe Allen hasn't featured for Swansea City since September while nursing a hamstring injury but is "confident and comfortable that it won't be too much of a problem".

Chwe deg pedwar blynedd!

C'mon @Cymru! 💪https://t.co/NqC5Ii7A8o 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#TîmCymru22 | @walesdotcom pic.twitter.com/zcd4WNTdOp

— FA WALES (@FAWales) November 18, 2022

When announcing Allen's place in the squad, Wales manager Rob Page admitted: "It's not ideal if I'm honest, but we're giving him every opportunity to get him fit to get into the starting XI for the first game."

USA vs Wales: Head to Head:

The two sides have clashed on two occasions in the past. The USA have one win to their name, while one game ended in a draw.

The USA have a poor recent record against European opposition, failing to win any of their last nine meetings, losing five and drawing four.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cymru to the World! 🌍

Who else is travelling to the #FIFAWorldCup today?

Reply with your travel snaps 📸#ArBenYByd | #TogetherStronger pic.twitter.com/4O5EFLLBRh

— Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Cymru) November 20, 2022

Predicted Line-ups:

United States Starting 11 (4-3-3): Turner; Dest, Zimmerman, Long, Robinson; Musah, Adams, Acosta; Aaronson, Ferreira, Pulisic.
Bench: Horvath, Johnson, Ream, Moore, Carter-Vickers, Yedlin, Scally, Roldan, Reyna, Morris, Wright, Weah, Sargent.

📍 Doha

FanHQ is rocking before tomorrow's match! 🍻 pic.twitter.com/6mnUZFFJjo

— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) November 20, 2022

Wales Starting 11 (3-4-3): Hennessey; Ampadu, Rodon, B Davies; C Roberts, Ramsey, Allen, N Williams; Bale, Johnson, D James.
Bench: Ward, A Davies, Gunter, Mepham, Lockyer, Cabango, Colwill, Wilson, Morrell, Williams, Thomas, Levitt, Smith, Moore, Harris.

USA vs WAL: Dream11 Predictions:

Many great players have taken the football pitch and left the fans in awe. However, only a few players have gone on to win various trophies in their careers. In this special article, we will take a look at an elite list of players who have won the most trophies in football as a player. 

Argentine football star Lionel Messi is the player with most trophies in football history. In his career so far, with club and country, he has won 46 major trophies. Moreover, he is one of the very few players to win FIFA World Cup. Ballon d'Or, and UEFA Champions League in his career. 

But, yes, the below list only counts the major trophies won with teams and only only individual awards. We wanted to be clear with that at the start. With this list of "11 players who have won the most trophies in football history," we will able to judge which player has been a part of a winning team mostly. 

Though, it is not always the case that when you win a trophy, you have a big role to play in that. But, in this list, all the players listed always had big contributions to their team's success. So, without further a due, let's checkout the list. 

Top 11 players with the most trophies in football:

11. Vitor Baia (34 trophies)

Vitor Baia spent most of his career with FC Porto except playing two years for Barcelona. Baia started his career with FC Porto in 1988 and left the club to join Barcelona in 1996. 

Before retiring in 2007, he played for Barcelona in two stints and won the La Liga in 1997-98 season. His most success came his boyhood club FC Porto, where he won the Liga Portugal 10 times.

However, the biggest achievement was to win the UEFA Champions League in 2004 with the Dragons. Under the visionary eyes of Jose Mourinho, they created one of the greatest underdog success stories in European football.

In a total, Baia won 25 trophies with the Porto while adding the rest to his collection of glories for Barcelona. Unfortunately, he was not able to add any trophy while playing for Portugal.

10. Kenny Dalglish (34 trophies)

Scottish legend Sir Kenny Dalglish is Liverpool's one of the most legendary players. Apart from playing 13 years for the Reds, he played for Celtic for 8 years at the start of his career.

For Liverpool FC, he won a club record 8 Premier League titles along with three Champions League titles. He had won 7 English Super Cups and 2 FA Cup titles as well.

While playing for Celtic, he became the Scottish Champion four times.

9. Angel di Maria (35 trophies)

One of the most underrated players in modern football history, Di Maria always had to shine under the shadows of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Di Maria played alongside Lionel Messi for Argentina and then shared club dressing room with Cristiano at Real Madrid.

With his latest trophy for Benfica in the Portuguese Super Cup, he now has won 35 trophies in his career. Di Maria won five Ligue 1 titles with PSG and won his only Champions League title with Real Madrid.

Read Also | Football facts: 10 players who have played most games with Lionel Messi

However, just like Lionel Messi, his international success bloomed late in his career. He won the Copa America twice in 2021 and 2024. But, his major success was to win the FIFA World Cup 2022, where he scored an important in the final.

Di Maria retired from international football after the 2024 Copa America final.

8. Cristiano Ronaldo (35 trophies)

Arguably one of the greatest players in the history of football, Cristiano Ronaldo has 35 trophies in his cabinet at the moment. The Portuguese legend won his latest trophy for Al-Nassr FC as he helped them win the United Arab Club Champions Cup 2023.

Ronaldo, who started his club career with Sporting CP, won the Portuguese Super Cup with the club in 2003. That was the start to a historical career which gave football fans joy for over two decades.

Read Also: Top 10: Most Free-kick Goals In Football History (Updated)

The Portuguese legend flourished under Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. He then joined Real Madrid where he won four of his five UEFA Champions League titles. Ronaldo has won a title for every club he has played for so far.

However, one of his biggest achievements as a player was to win the UEFA Euro Cup with Portugal in 2016. Beside scoring over 900 career goals, Ronaldo's success for every team is what makes him a legend.

7. Ryan Giggs (37 trophies)

Ryan Giggs played all his life for one football club; Manchester United. In his 24-year career at the club, he won a total of 37 trophies, a record for the club.

Not only that, with 13 Premier League titles, he is league's most successful player ever. With the Red Devils, he also went on to win two UEFA Champions League title.

For United, he played 963 games and has 168 goals and 265 assists, another record for United.

6. Sergio Busquets (38 Trophies)

Sergio Busquets, the FC Barcelona and Spain legend is one of the most underrated players ever to play. The central defender was part of one of the greatest international team which won 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Euros for Spain.

Read Also: Barcelona team that won "EVERYTHING" in 2009: Busquets to leave as the last man of that team

The former Barcelona captain won 9 La Liga titles. Not only that, he won 7 Spanish Cups and Spanish Super Cups as well for the Catalan club.

However, his biggest achievement in club football was to win three UCL titles for Barcelona. His latest trophy is the 2024 Supporters’ Shield winners with Inter Miami CF.

5. Maxwell (38 trophies)

Maxwell, the Brazilian left back might be the only unknown player on this list. The defender achieved most of his success playing for PSG in France.

However, he found success with FC Barcelona as well. But, joined PSG to find more chances as well.

Maxwell's first trophy was with Cruzeiro, winning the Brazilian Cup in 2000. Soon the joined Ajax, wining two Dutch League titles.

His move to Barcelona via Inter Milan and FC Empoli saw him winning the UEFA Champions League title in 2011. But his most success came with PSG, winning the Ligue 1 four times in a row from 2013 to 2016.

Read Also: Messi vs Ronaldo: The hat-trick battle

4. Gerard Pique (39 trophies)

Another player from that legendary Spanish and Barcelona team, who features in this list. Although known for his career at FC Barcelona, Gerard Pique had success with Manchester United as well.

It might be quite revealing for many that, he played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, against whom he had some tough battles later.

Read Also | Reliving Barcelona's Golden Era: A Tribute to Footballing Brilliance

Pique won 9 La Liga titles for Barcelona to go with 3 UCL titles for the club. But before reaching there he had won the Premier League and Champions League for United in the 2007-08 season.

He was also an integral part of the Spanish team which won the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and UEFA Euro in 2012.

3. Andres Iniesta (39 trophies)

Probably the best midfielder of the modern era, Andres Iniesta with 41 trophies is the third most successful footballer ever.

Another important player of that iconic Spanish and Barcelona team, Iniesta found success early in his career. He won his first major trophy with Spain U-17 team winning the U-17 Euros in 2000. He followed that up with the U-19 Euro title next year.

His Barcelona career started in 2002 which continued till 2018. In those 17 year at Barcelona, he won 32 trophies. Post that, he joined Japanese club Viseel Kobe where he won three trophies as well.

Read Also | Andres Iniesta: Who has won the most trophies for FC Barcelona?

Along with all club level success, Iniesta's greatest achievement was to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup alongside lifting the 2008 and 2012 Euro Cup. His goal in the 2010 World Cup final to hand Spain their first-ever World Cup, is regarded as one of the greatest World Cup moments.

Iniesta called it a day in 2024 after spending a year at the Emirates Club. 

2. Dani Alves (43 trophies)

Before Lionel Messi took over as the player with most trophies in football history, it was Dani Alves who had the record. The defender won 23 trophies in eight years at Barcelona.

Dani Alves won six La Liga and three Champions League titles with Barcelona. He then won 19 more titles while playing for Juventus, PSG, and Sao Paulo. He won domestic titles in Italy, France, Brazil and Spain as, which makes him one of the greatest of his era.

Read Also: All the FIFA World Cup winners and runners-up since 1930

The defender won six major titles with his national team, Brazil. He started his Brazil career by winning the U-20 FIFA World Cup in 2003. Alves then won two Copa America titles in 2007 and 2019. He concluded his international career by winning the Olympic gold in 2021.

Despite the recent off-field controversies, with 43 trophies in his cabinet, Dani Alves is one of the greatest ever to play the game.

1. Lionel Messi (46 trophies)

Leo Messi is the player with the most trophies in football history. With his latest triumph at the 2024 Supporters’ Shield winners, the magician from Argentina won his 46th trophy in his career.

Messi won back-to-back four international trophies with Argentina within three years. He won the Copa America 2021 and then went on to win the Finalissima 2022. Then he capped off his greatest achievement by winning FIFA World Cup 2022.

The Argentine maestro has also won the Olympic Gold Medal with his country in 2008. His latest international success came in Copa America 2024.

In club football history, Messi is the most successful player with 41 club trophies to his name. He started his career with his boyhood club Barcelona and played 18 seasons for the club, scoring a record 672 goals.

Read Also | Top 10 La Masia Graduates who ruled football

The 8-time Ballon d'Or winner won four Champions League titles with Barcelona. Alongside European success, he won 10 La Liga titles as well, most for Barcelona. He has also won Spanish Cup seven times.

After his great stint at Barcelona, Messi went to the French League to play for PSG. However, he was unable to bring the UCL to the French giant, he won the French League with them. In addition, he won the French Super Cup for the season 2022-23 with PSG.

The UEFA Euro 2024 will be the 17th edition of the competition. Germany will host the tournament this time, which is set to take place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. However, several important and high-profile players are set to miss the competition as their respective national sides couldn't get past the qualification stages. One of them is Man City forward Erling Haaland as Norway finished third in the Group A points table of the qualifiers. In this article, we'll look at the star players who will miss the upcoming Euro 2024 in Germany.

Read Also: UEFA Euro 2024: From Gavi to Curtois here are the star footballers who will miss the Euros

Star Footballers to miss the UEFA Euro 2024

Erling Haaland - Norway 

Norway Football team's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2024 were ended by Spain on October 15, 2023. A few days later, their play-off chances were ended too. But, Norway were eliminated long before when they suffered a 2-1 loss at home to Scotland. Erling Haaland wasn't available in that match as the match was just one week after the Champions League final in Istanbul. Norway finished third in the Group A points table of the Euro qualifiers and The Scandinavians' hopes of playing in the Euros ended.

Aleksei Miranchuk - Russia

Since February 2022, FIFA and UEFA imposed a ban on all Russian club and national teams featuring in the competitions following Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine. Russia were not involved in Euro 2024 qualifiers because of the ban and they are set to miss the tournament in Germany. Aleksei Miranchuk, the 28-year-old star midfielder who plays for Atalanta scored the winner against Finland in the previous Euros. Russia had qualified for six of the previous seven European Championships since becoming a FIFA member ahead of Euro '96.

Evan Ferguson - Ireland

Ireland failed to qualify for Euro 2024, after finishing second-bottom in their group with six points from eight matches. Their two wins came against last-placed Gibraltar and ended their qualification campaign with a 1-0 defeat away to the Netherlands. Evan Ferguson, the 19-year-old Brighton striker sustained an injury that ruled him out of his national team's Euro 2024 qualifying games against France and Netherlands. It is a huge miss for a talent like Evan Ferguson to not appear in a competition like the Euros.

Read Also: Women In Sports: Female Football Players Who Inspired The World

Victor Lindelof, Dejan Kulusevski, Alexander Isak - Sweden

Victor Lindelof, a defender of Manchester United is another player whose face the football fans will be missing in the upcoming Euros. Sweden finished third in their qualifying group F, nine points behind second-finished Austria. It is not like Sweden is a weak team or anything but they still failed to qualify. Victor Lindelof is the captain of the side and he was not able to lead the team to the upcoming competition. Sweden didn't perform like the fans expected. They have players like Isak, Kulusevski, and Forsberg but still couldn't manage to get past the qualifying stage. This is the first time since 1996 that Sweden have failed to qualify for a European Championship.

Konstantinos Tsimikas - Greece

Greece lost to Georgia 4-2 on penalties in the final of the Euro 2024 play-off which means they will not progress to the competition despite delivering a strong performance in the semi-finals against Kazakhstan. Georgia had never won against Greece and had never reached the finals of any major competition, while Greece had not made it to the finals of a major tournament since Brazil in 2014. Greece's elimination also means that Liverpool's defender Konstantinos Tsimikas will also miss the Euros.

Eljif Elmas - North Macedonia

North Macedonia failed to make the EURO 2024 finals that will start in Germany in June. They were eliminated in a tough qualifying group. England and defending champions Italy were the best two teams from Group C and they booked their places in the competition. North Macedonia qualified for the EURO 2020 to make history but they were eliminated at the group stage after losing to the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Austria. Eljif Elmas, a key player of Macedonia later said that he still dreamt of playing in another huge competition with his national team. Elmas has appeared in 58 games for North Macedonia and scored 12 goals for his country since making his debut in 2017.

Teemu Pukki - Finland

Wales beat Finland in the semi-finals of the Euro 2024 qualifiers by 4-1 to knock them out of the competition. Teemu Pukki did score in the game but ended on the losing side. Pukki led them to Euro 2020 but Finland knocked out off the group stage after losing to Denmark and Belgium. But, this time they are going to miss the tournament after delivering a horrible performance in the semi-finals of the qualifiers against Wales.

Ethan Ampadu - Wales

Ethan Ampadu who recently appeared in his 51st match with the national side, will miss the upcoming Euros in Germany after Wales' elimination from the finale of the qualifiers. Wales missed out on qualification for Euro 2024 after suffering a penalty shootout defeat in their play-off final against Poland in Cardiff. It could have been Ampadu's first huge tournament with his national side but unfortunately will have to wait for now. Wales qualified for the Euro 2020 and even got past the group stage but were eliminated in the round of 16 after losing by 4-0 to Denmark.

"Argentina Merch On," said the commentator as Lautaro Martinez scored the final shootout of the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final between Argentina and Netherlands.

Nahuel Molina started the proceedings for Argentina as he scored in the 35th minute of the match in which was touted to be toughest match for them in FIFA World Cup 2022. The youngster did not miss his chance to jump on Messi's lap after scoring that electryfying goal. Lionel Messi then scored from the spot in the 73rd minute to give Argentina a 2-0 lead.

Also Read: 5 Jinxes Argentina broke after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022

Things were looking all easy for Lionel Scaloni's men until Wout Weghorst came in as a substitute for the Netherlands team. He came and just massacred the hearts of Argentine fans with two goals in 83rd and 90+11 minute of the match to take the game into the extra time.

The game was tied at 2-2 after full 120 minutes when an epic penalty shootout took place at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Netherlands defender and captain Virgil van Dijk missed the first shot to give Argentina the advantage. Emiliano Martinez with a great save, jumping to his left. Lionel Messi, the captain of the Argentina team then stepped up to take the first shot of the shootout for his team and he scored. 0-1 for Argentina after first shot.

Steven Berghuis missed the second shot for the Dutch team to provide Leandro Paredes an opportunity to give Argentina a 0-2 lead. Emiliano Martinez again with a great save. This time, jumping to his left.

Teun Koopmeiners converted from the spot for the Netherlands for the first time to give them some hope. However, Gonzalo Montiel made sure that his team keep the gap alive to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals.

Things got a bit tensed for Lionel Scaloni's men as Enzo Fernández missed the fourth shot for them after Wout Weghorst scored for the Dutch team to make it 3-2 after four shots each.

However, with a deficit of one goal already, Argentina just had to make sure they scored in the last shot after Luke de Jong scored from Netherlands last shot. Lautaro Martínez's clinical penalty then made sure that Argentina were the one going to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022 which they eventually went on to win.

Watch: Lionel Scaloni's reaction as Argentina qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals

Argentina made it 2-0 against France in the World Cup final with a brilliant team move that was finished off by Di Maria.

Argentina VS France | FIFA World Cup 2022

Winning Goal | Copa America 2021

In a hard-fought 2021 Copa America final, Argentina ended a 28-year long wait for International trophies by beating Brazil 1-0. Thanks to Angel Di Maria's goal!

Olympics Win | Beijing 2008

Argentina became Olympic champions in Beijing as Angel Di Maria brought home the Gold with the winning goal against Nigeria.

Real Madrid | Ankle- breaker to Puyol

The way Di Maria changed defense to offense against one of the world's greatest defenders was beyond exceptions.

Manchester United

Just 16 minutes into the game, Di Maria showed his class against Leicester with a sumptuous lob to put United two up and was votes United's player of the month in September that year!

Juventus Hat-trick

Angel Di Maria scored a hat-trick as Juventus advanced in the Europe League playoffs by beating Nantes 3-0

PSG vs OGC

When asked about his best goal, Angel Di Maria picked out his stunning lob from a seemingly impossible angle against OGC Nice last season!

Angel Di Maria has confirmed that he will retire from the Argentina national team after the 2024 Copa America.

The Argentine superstar already has seven Golden Balls to his name – more than anybody else in history. He is now set to be recognized as the best player on the planet once again having inspired his country to World Cup glory at Qatar 2022.

Diario Sport reports that Messi will be handed the most prestigious of individual accolades at a glitzy ceremony hosted by France Football in Paris on October 30. That award will pull him further clear of eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi, who linked up with MLS side Inter Miami over the summer, will also become the first recipient of the Ballon d’Or to be playing their club football outside of Europe.

In the process of adding another entry to the record books, Messi will pip prolific Manchester City striker Erling Haaland – who hit 52 goals while helping the Blues to Treble glory last season.