Spain, Germany, Costa Rica vs New Zealand winner, this is the Opponent of the Japanese Men's Football Team in the 2022 World Cup Group Draw, whether the play-off opponent is Costa Rica, or New Zealand, Japan locked the death group in advance, because the same group of 2 opponents Germany and Spain are World Cup champions, Japan began to be not optimistic, the Japanese media did not think so.
As one of the representatives of Asian football, the Japanese men's football team started low and went high in the round of 12, ranking fourth with 1 win and 2 losses in the first 3 rounds of the opening round, and then rose to the first place in the group by relying on a wave of 6 consecutive wins, and went straight to the World Cup in the early round, ranking second in Asia for the seventh consecutive time in team history, second only to South Korea, which has participated in 10 consecutive games.
Before the draw, Japanese coach Morihoichi was aiming for the Quarter-finals of the World Cup, a result that Japan had never achieved before, so it sought a breakthrough. Japan has reached the Round of 16 of the World Cup three times before, ranking first among Asian teams, of course, this is not the ultimate goal of the Japanese men's football team, and it will also impact the World Cup championship in the next few decades.
In the end, Japan drew Germany, and the seeded team drew to Spain, two World Cup winning teams, enough to make Japan's qualifying situation serious.
When Japan was drawn to the same group as Spain and Germany, Japanese coach Hoichi Mori had a black face and could not see a little happiness.
After the World Cup group draw came out, the Japanese media "Yahoo Sports" reported for the first time, believing that the Japanese team drew to Spain, the world's 7th, the world's 12th Germany, directly into the death group, of course, the Japanese team's goal is to reach the World Cup 8 for the first time, coach Mori Hoichi also publicly mentioned.
In addition, the media also said that if the Japanese team gets the first place in Group E, the first round of elimination opponents in the top 8 is the second place in Group F, and once it falls into the second place in Group E, the opponent becomes the first in Group F, and the teams in Group F include Belgium, Croatia, Morocco and Canada.
The game has not yet been played, and the Japanese media look forward to the knockout opponents after the Japanese team reaches the round of 16 in advance, so the Japanese team must eliminate a World Cup champion team in the group stage, either Germany or Spain. The ideal is beautiful, the reality is very bone.