Many international football stars and coaches gathered in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to witness the grouping of the 2022 World Cup. As the most important "appetizer" before the World Cup, every draw fans most want to see the birth of the "death group", this time, because germany and the Netherlands are all committed to the second class, the taste of "death" seems to be a little stronger. However, the final draw result was far less exciting than people thought, and apart from the fact that the Asian team was injured, the so-called super death group was not born. Of course, from the topical point of view, the Qatar World Cup can be said to be a "dead group" everywhere.
If we talk about the team's fame alone, Group E is definitely the most suitable for the death group, after all, the two former world champions of Germany and Spain are separated together. However, although the Top Démocracy and the West are not far from their peak, it is not too difficult for the two teams to qualify hand in hand, and in contrast, the ambitious Japanese team is the most depressed. At the moment when the draw was revealed, MoriHoichi's almost frozen expression was enough to explain everything. However, in an interview, Mori still firmly said: "Our goal has always been to reach the quarterfinals or even further. Spain, Germany, New Zealand and Costa Rica are all strong teams, but in order to reach the knockout stage, they must beat their opponents in the group stage. So, no matter who the opponents in the group stage are, our goals are the same and we are looking forward to playing against them. ”
For the pure luck of grouping, there must be some people who suffer losses and some people who take advantage. The Dutch team in the second bracket is considered to have drawn a draw, not only with the recognized "weak brigade" host Qatar, the other two opponents Senegal and Ecuador, can not be compared with the Orange Army. Fearing that the team's oblivious manager Louis van Gaal could only quickly "show weakness" after the draw: "I don't know if this is a good signing, I don't know much about these countries. I was on holiday in Senegal two years ago, I've never been to Ecuador, and I've never seen a game in Qatar. Senegal are the strongest opponents in the group? Yes, they have Mane, I wanted to sign him when I was coaching Manchester United, but he went to his nemesis. According to the latest news, the opening match of the 2022 World Cup was originally arranged to be played by the host, but after considering multiple factors such as ratings, FIFA has decided to change the opening match to the Netherlands against Senegal, which is also the first opener without a host since the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
In addition to the Dutch team, Argentina and France are also considered to have drawn "big bags". In the group where the Argentine team is located, it seems that only the Polish team can compete, and the outside world has also begun to hype the "Mr. Battle" between Levan and Messi after the draw was revealed, but with the weak performance of the Polish team in previous competitions, it is almost impossible to overthrow the Argentine team. As for the Saudi team in the same group and the Mexican team, which has regressed significantly in recent years, they can only ask for more blessings. As for the defending champions France, it is even more necessary to laugh in their dreams, Denmark, Tunisia and the strongest play-off opponents in Peru, the only thing that can prevent France from qualifying is probably the "defending champion curse" - since 2002, four of the five defending World Cup champions have been eliminated in the group stage. France was the one who started this spell, as it was Denmark, a South American team (Uruguay) and an African team (Senegal) ... Looking at it this way, Deschamps really can't laugh too early.
In addition, the signing of the "European Red Devils" Belgium is not bad, and they are divided into Group F with Canada, Morocco and Croatia. Belgium's disadvantage is probably that it is too unfamiliar with some teams. Canada returned to the World Cup after many years, and the last time Morocco and Belgium in Africa played each other was in 1994. Croatia and Belgium, which are also in Europe, are old acquaintances, and the historical record is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, which is an absolute draw. However, despite taking advantage of the group, neither the Netherlands, Argentina nor Belgium can rank in the top three in terms of odds for winning the championship. The top three are currently in the top three places: Brazil (5.5), England and France (6.5). Although it lost the Copa America, the Brazilian national team, which has a reasonable overall age structure and experienced players, has become the most optimistic favorite to win the championship. However, for their grouping, Brazilian fans do not have any joy.
The Samba Legion is about to face Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon in Group G, and interestingly in the previous group, the first three teams were also drawn to one group, but the costa Rica in the previous edition was replaced by Cameroon. Although Brazil has an advantage over Serbia and Cameroon in terms of historical records, the two times they have faced Switzerland for a period of 68 years (1950 and 2018) have also resulted in draws. And the Brazilian team has a bad evaluation of playing headwind, especially when encountering opponents who are different from themselves in style, and they can't bargain much. Coupled with The fact that Serbia's performance in this qualifier is impressive, most of them also want to get a different result in the re-encounter with Brazil.
If Brazil is facing the old rivals of the previous year, then the F group where portugal is a collection of "new hatred and old hatred": in the 2010 World Cup, Suarez staged a "hand of God" in extra time, blocking the necessary goal of Ghana, since then, Suarez has become Uruguay's favorite and Ghana's most hated person; in 2018, Uruguay eliminated portugal, compared to the scene where C Ronaldo helped the injured Cavani leave the stadium. The double-scored shot of Cavani and Suarez breaking the Portuguese defence in the first half was the most classic scene of the game. As for the South Korean team, in addition to Paul Bento's counter-attack, the biggest attraction is the grudge at the 2002 World Cup.
In addition, about another "old hate" has also been turned over by the Korean media. In 2019, because he did not play in commercial matches, the South Korean media believed that the organizers were "discriminated against" by C Ronaldo, and the South Korean fans all turned against each other overnight, scolding C Ronaldo, who had previously played the whole game and scored goals in Nanjing, China, for "favoring one over the other"... With so many new and old grudges entangled together, I guess every game has to die to the end.