In the early morning of April 2, the results of the Qatar World Cup draw were released, and five Asian teams, including host Qatar, encountered strong opponents, of which Iran still had a glimmer of life, and the rest of the teams were in an extremely dangerous situation. The probability of asian teams being wiped out in the group stage is high.
Qatar, who played in the World Cup for the first time, were placed in the first bracket with the advantage of the host, but this did not give them good luck, and they were joined by Ecuador, the fourth place in the South American qualifiers, the African champions Senegal led by Mane, and the Netherlands of the Orange. The biggest attraction of this group is mane's conflict with club teammate Van Dijk, Qatar can get 1 point on Ecuador is already the best result, and qualifying can only be thought of.
The Persian Iron Rider Iran is in the same group as the Three Lions England and the United States, along with the winners of the European Preliminary Play-off between Wales and Scotland/Ukraine. For Iran, the European Championship runner-up England is an insurmountable barrier, but any team between the United States and Wales, Scotland and Ukraine, Iran still has the hope of scoring points. The U.S. team is led by Chelsea's Pulisic, RB Leipzig's Taylor Adams and Manchester City's goalkeeper Stephen, but most of the other players play in major leagues and European lower leagues, and they are only 3rd in the Central and North American qualifiers. The Iranian team, which also has a large European brigade, still has the hope of winning the battle against them. And against the winner of the last European preliminary play-off, Iran also has a battle.
Saudi Arabia showed great strength by beating Japan and Australia to the top of the Group A match in the Asian Zone Round of 12, but looking at their World Cup group stage opponents, it is inevitable to sweat. Whether it is The Argentina led by Messi or the Polish team led by Levan are not comparable to them, the Mexican team, which is known as the king of the group stage, is also strong, and this group, Saudi Arabia is the fish belly.
Japan, who have the dream of a World Cup quarter-finalist, had the worst luck in the draw, with two world champions, Germany and Spain, in Group E, and a winner between Costa Rica, the fourth place in Central and North America, and New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers. Although the media claims that Desi and Japan form a group of deaths, from the overall strength point of view, although the Japanese team can line up a starting lineup composed of purely european players, it is still more than one notch behind Germany and Spain. To be able to win a win in Costa Rica/New Zealand is already satisfactory for the Japanese team.
The South Korean team with Son Heung-min is divided into Group H, with them portuguese team led by Ronaldo C, Uruguay no. 3 in South America and African powerhouse Ghana. Portugal are talented and mostly play for Europe's top giants, and it is unlikely that the Korean team will want to score points on them. The Uruguayan team has Suarez, Cavani, Darwin Núñez, Bentancourt, Torreira, Godin, Araujo, Jimenez and other famous players, and the strength is also very strong. African teams Ghana are relatively average, but African teams are characterized by a combination of gods and ghosts, and once they are driven crazy, even Portugal and Uruguay have to retreat. But even so, they are the best hope for the South Korean team to score points.
As for the Australian team, if they qualify, they will be in the same group as the defending champions France, the Nordic Fairy Tales Denmark and the African powerhouse Tunisia. Not to mention the strength of these teams, whether the Kangaroo Army can cross the Uae and Peru to advance, it is very difficult at present, after all, a team that can lose points in the face of the national football team, can we still expect them to make a name for Asia?