The Asian World Preliminary Tournament was over, and Japan shook hands with Vietnam 1-1 at home, although it was only second in the group, but because the international ranking was higher than Saudi Arabia, they won the third gear of the World Cup.
Now there are less than three days left before the World Cup group draw, for the Japanese team aiming to impact the top eight, the group draw is extremely critical, once they can draw weaker teams, then they will be more smoothly close to their goals, become the benchmark of Asian football, but also give the national football team the opportunity to learn well. According to the rules of the draw, each group will have a team of one to four gears, while Japan, as the third team, will affect their promotion situation.
In the first gear, according to the principle of avoidance, Japan will not meet the host Qatar, then it will be between Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain and Portugal, these teams will basically end in defeat no matter who the Japanese team encounters, so the second gear of the team will be extremely critical. The current second-tier European teams are Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Croatia. Considering the overall strength of these teams, I am afraid that only Mexico and the United States will be the more ideal opponents of the Japanese team, and the world rankings of other teams are in the top 20 in the world, which is a height that the Japanese team cannot reach.
On the fourth gear, Tunisia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Ghana and other teams, Japan still have the strength to fight with one, so there is no need to worry too much. In this way, if the Japanese team wants to break through smoothly in the group, the first gear may be a good choice to draw a Spain. Mexico, which is in decline in the second gear, is also a good signing. After all, Spain, like Japan, is a representative of pass-control football, but Spain's offensive end is weaker, without good striker support, and the recent World Cups have been very sluggish. If the Japanese team goes all out to defend, it may be able to save a point. And the fourth pot team, the winner between Costa Rica and New Zealand, is naturally the best choice.
As the second strongest team in Asian football, Japan also carries the hope of reviving Asian football. If there is a blessing of signing in this World Cup, they are really expected to break through and advance to the round of 16. Considering that in the last World Cup, they were able to compete 3-2 with the world's first Belgium, this time the quarter-finals are indeed a more practical goal. What's more, Japan is also very familiar with the country of Qatar, which has played in the World Preliminary Tournament here many times, and it is also a small half of the home field, and the Blue Warriors are expected to refresh the best record in history in the seventh World Cup trip.