The Qatar World Cup group was announced, which seemed to be somewhat uneventful.
Let's first look at the specific groupings -
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B: England, Iran, USA, Ukraine and Scotland winner vs Wales
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
Group D: France, UAE/Australia winner/Peru, Denmark, Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Republic of Korea
At first glance, except for Spain and Germany, which drew the same group, there seemed to be no mars hitting the earth in the whole group stage.
Many groups look like the group of the dead, but careful scrutiny does not have much to do with "death".
For example, in West Germany's group, although Japan is an "Asian brother", there is a clear gap between its strength and the two European giants, and the other team, whether costa Rica or New Zealand, is difficult to pose a threat to the two top two.
Both Group A and Group C seem to have the characteristics of a "mini-death group", but the Netherlands and Argentina are clearly unique in strength, and if all teams play normally, at best the other three teams are in a deathmatch.
The reason is because the World Cup is divided according to the world ranking, and the teams in the first, second, third and fourth grades are clearly layered, and it is difficult to play in the group draw.
Therefore, most of the groups are a super strong or two strong and two weak patterns, and it is a small probability event to want to appear in the death group such as Brazil, Germany, Senegal, and Canada.
Moreover, even if it is the so-called death group assumed above, the Samba Legion and the Germanic chariot will most likely go out hand in hand. The rules of the World Cup draw have doomed the group stage match to be difficult to shine.
But there are still some topics.
For example, Messi Levan, a rival of the Ballon d'Or, such as Iran and the United Kingdom and the United States to bring the reality of confrontation to the football level, such as France and Denmark have met for two consecutive years, Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland have reunited after four years, such as Portugal looking forward to revenge Uruguay, Son Heung-min vs. C Ronaldo...
However, on the whole, there are not many plots that are enough to make fans bloody.
If you simply see the line suspense, Group A and Group C are the most interesting.
Mexico was originally a regular in the World Cup knockout rounds, Poland has levan blessing, the strength should not be underestimated, the strength of the two teams is not as good as Argentina, but it is always stronger than Saudi Arabia, is bound to be a qualifier place to fight to the death.
Qatar, as the host, does not have the slightest home aura, the Netherlands and Senegal are almost the strongest teams in the second and third gears, Ecuador is not a soft persimmon, the Asian Cup champions want to qualify... Bless yourself.
Perhaps, with the smooth signing of European and South American teams, the fate of the Asian legion has become a topic of discussion, and Qatar and Saudi Arabia are a reflection - what a terrible word.
Let's look at Japan, South Korea, and Iran.
Japan is in the same group as Spain and Germany, which is a recognized signing, and Mori Hoichi's face was green at the time, how to play such a group? The Japanese need to show the courage to play Belgium four years ago and try to show the ceiling of Asian football.
South Korea's defeat of Germany in the last World Cup shocked the world, but there is still a gap between the overall strength and European and American teams, Portugal and Uruguay are there, and Ghana may not be able to handle it.
This time, there is no home advantage, what can South Korea do? You know, so far Asian teams have only beaten South American teams once in the World Cup, and it was Done by Japan in Russia.
Iran is the representative of West Asian football, with the reputation of the Persian iron horse, but this invincible is limited to the Asian level, the same group of opponents is the "emperor star-studded" England and the United States, which is full of newcomers, if you want to qualify, you need to be in state and luck.
Originally, people thought that Japan and South Korea could revitalize The Asian might, but after the lottery, they turned around and saw that the biggest hope of qualifying had become Iran, and this hope was also very weak.
In the final analysis, the World Cup is not a closed door, in the forest of world football, the qualification can not rely on analysis, can not look at mathematical problems, but to real ability.
It's you, the Chinese team.
Back to the draw itself, there are some grudges that are intriguing, such as Uruguay and Ghana, which easily recall the memories of the 2010 World Cup, when Suarez's save, with a red card in exchange for uruguayan promotion, Ghanaians will not forget.
However, the most concerned fans is the probability of Messi and C Ronaldo meeting.
With the release of the group, the division is also roughly determined, Argentina and Portugal, the fastest will also meet in the semi-finals, considering the strength of the two teams, the double pride of the world cup to end the curtain, frankly speaking, there is not much hope.
But that doesn't mean that football can be easily abandoned. At the time of the World Cup, C Ronaldo was 37 years old, and Messi was also 35 years old, which was most likely Mero's last dance in the World Cup.
When youth always ends, people expect an era to end in the most emotional way. The quadrennial World Cup is always an epic drama, and this winter's Qatar has been pinned with more emotions.
In any case, let alone whether the results of the draw are exciting or not, the World Cup is approaching. In the winter of Qatar, what kind of script will football produce?