On April 2, Beijing time, after the World Cup group came out, ESPN gave a guide to watching the game. As a result, all Asian teams did not appear in this list.
In addition, they made predictions for the group stage. Teams such as Iran and Saudi Arabia are extremely unopposed, and the promotion may not be as good as the Uae, Australia and other teams that have not qualified for the World Preliminary Round. And the hosts Qatar and Japan, they also look down. Only the Korean team, they think they can get the second place in the group.
In this World Cup, there are currently 5 teams in Asia, including Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Iran and Saudi Arabia. For the first time since the 90s, West Asian teams are ahead of the number of East Asian teams.
Australia and the UAE will play a play-off, with their winners meeting South America's Peruvian team. If the UAE qualifies, there will be an unprecedented presence of 4 West Asian teams on the World Cup stage.
But for these Asian teams, the US media ESPN is not optimistic.
Perhaps because esplanade is the most undesirable Asian team in the same group as the United States, it is actually iran.
But domestically, the media generally believes that Iran is the best team in Asia. England, USA, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine in the group are not unbeatable teams. England, in particular, is one of the strongest teams that love to roll over in big competitions. In the 98 World Cup, Iran also beat the United States.
ESPN predicts that Ukraine has the potential to become a big dark horse, with Iran at the bottom of the group.
The host, Qatar, is also not optimistic. ESPN predicts group A results, the Netherlands, Senegal top two, Qatar third, Ecuador bottom.
Group C prediction: Argentina first, Mexico second, Poland and Saudi Arabia are eliminated.
Group E forecast: Germany and Spain top two, Japan third, New Zealand or Costa Rica bottom.
Group H prediction: Portugal first, South Korea second, Uruguay and Ghana eliminated.
Judging from the current state and strength, the Japanese team does have a gap with Spain and Germany, and Saudi Arabia may not get 1 point in the group stage.
However, Iran definitely has the strength to be a spoiler, at least they are better than Ukraine and Scotland. The South Korean team may not be able to get points from Uruguay and Ghana.
Qatar are the hosts of this year, having given way to the openers, and have ideas for the knockout rounds. The two strongest teams in the group, Senegal and the Netherlands, played first, not for any ratings, but for the disguised consumption of their physical strength and the accumulation of red and yellow cards.
In the X factor, the name of the host should definitely be added.
In addition, Australia and the United Arab Emirates, which have not yet entered the World Preliminary Round, are considered by ESPN to be on the verge of finishing third in the group. It is higher than the group rankings of Iran and Saudi Arabia. But their opponents are France, Denmark and Tunisia.
But in the last World Preliminary Tournament, Australia was in the same group as France and Denmark. In the end, they ranked at the bottom of the group with 1 point.
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