In the 2022 WORLD Cup South American qualifiers, Argentina qualified early; and in the European qualifiers play-offs, after defeating Turkey and North Macedonia, Portugal successfully qualified. This means that Messi and C Ronaldo will participate in the World Cup for the fifth consecutive time. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the two will once again launch a shock to the World Cup winner.
In addition to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the players who will participate in the World Cup for the fifth consecutive time may also have these.
Affected by injuries, Ramos has made significantly fewer appearances for clubs and national teams, missing last summer's European Championship and only making two appearances for Spain in this World Preliminary Tournament. If finally selected for Spain's squad for the 2022 World Cup, Ramos will have his fifth World Cup trip.
Midfielder Guardado and goalkeeper Ochoa are still important members of the Mexican national team, and both will participate in the World Cup for the fifth time.
Guardado, who currently plays for La Liga side Real Betis, is 35 years old and has scored 28 goals in 173 appearances for Mexico after playing seven times in this World Preliminary Round, ranking second in the mexican national team appearances, and with four more appearances, he will tie the Mexican national team record holder Claudio Suarez.
The 36-year-old goalkeeper Ochoa, who has made 128 appearances for Mexico, is still an absolute main player in the national team and is the captain of the Mexican team. Mexico played a total of 14 games in this World Cup, and Ochoa played every minute, conceding only 8 goals in total, helping Mexico reach the World Cup for the 17th time.
He began his career with Ochoa, a Mexican club for the Americas, and during his european career he played for Ligue 1 side Ajaccio, La Liga side Malaga, Granada and Belgian team Standard Liège. In August 2019, Okoa ended his european career and returned to his old club, the Americas, always firmly occupying the main position.
Compared to his club career, Ochoa's national team career is much more impressive.
In the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, Ochoa, as a substitute goalkeeper, did not get a chance to play. Mexico were eliminated by Argentina in both World Cups in the quarter-finals.
At the 2014 World Cup, Ochoa finally became mexico's main goalkeeper. In the same group as Brazil, Croatia and Cameroon, Mexico, with 2 wins and 1 draw, finally managed to qualify, conceding only 1 goal after three group matches.
In the second round of the group stage, Mexico drew 0-0 with hosts Brazil, and Ochoa made several key saves, and was voted the best of the game without suspense.
Faced with Neymar's header, Ochoa made a god-level save.
After that, Ochoa used his body to block the left foot bounce the earth inside Neymar's penalty area.
Faced with Thiago Silva's close-range header, Ochoa reacted quickly to block the ball.
In the quarter-finals that followed, Mexico faced the Netherlands. Dos Santos scored from a distance to help Mexico take the lead, Sneijder equalised for the Netherlands in the 88th minute, and Huntelaar scored a penalty just before the end, bringing Mexico back to the round of 16. Despite Mexico's 2-1 defeat, Ochoa's performance was still quite good, with the ball that blocked DeFrey the most exciting: when DeFrey grabbed the goal from close range in front of the goal, Ochoa reacted quickly to save the ball, and finally the ball popped up after hitting the upright.
At the 2018 World Cup, Ochoa remained one of the best goalkeepers in any team. In the same group as Germany, Sweden and South Korea, Mexico's record was 2 wins and 1 loss, and finally joined hands with Sweden. In the first round of the group stage, Mexico beat Germany 1-0, Lozano scored the only goal of the game, and Ochoa tried to keep the goal.
After losing 2-0 to Brazil in the quarter-finals, Mexico stopped in the round of 16 for seven consecutive World Cups.
Today, Mexico will participate in the World Cup for the 17th time, with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia in Group C.
Mexico's best record in the World Cup is to reach the quarterfinals, this time, can "Mexico Wu Zhenyu" help the Mexican team go far?