Qatar World Cup draw has ended a week, for the results of the draw, it can be said that there are several joys and some sorrows. Overall, the signing of the strong team is not bad, and the group situation is not too difficult. For example, Argentina not only drew the World Cup belly of Saudi Arabia, but also drew the big soft-footed crab Poland, in addition, Mexico is also a lucky team in Argentina, Argentina has twice eliminated Mexico in the quarter-finals. Argentina is not afraid of this opponent.
Other strong teams like Brazil, the Netherlands, England, etc., the group situation is OK. Even the german and Spanish top two encounters in the group stage, but due to the weakness of the other two teams in the same group, it has greatly reduced the difficulty of qualifying.
And, of course, France.
The grouping situation in France is also more optimistic. Tunisia in the same group clearly cannot pose a threat to France. In addition, the play-offs, whether it is Australia, the United Arab Emirates or Peru, are not France's opponents. And Australia and Peru were group rivals for France at the last World Cup, when France easily defeated both teams.
France's third rival is Denmark.
Denmark is not weak, and last year's European Championship also reached the final four. However, Denmark is even worse than France. It is worth mentioning that Denmark is also a group opponent of France in the last World Cup.
In fact, drawing to Denmark is definitely a good sign for France, the last World Cup France won the championship, there was Denmark's participation in the journey. Not only that, in fact, looking at history, whether it is the World Cup or the European Championship, as long as France is in the same group as Denmark, there will basically be good things happening, and the so-called good things, of course, are to win the championship.
At the 1984 European Championship, France won the first major competition in French history. At that time, France was in the same group as Denmark, and France beat Denmark 1:0.
At Euro 2000, France won the title again, this time they met Denmark in the group stage, and finally France won easily 3:0.
Let's look at the World Cup again. In the 1998 World Cup, france won the championship, and in the group stage they defeated Denmark 2-1. In the 2018 World Cup, France reached the top for the second time, and the group stage was tied with Denmark 0-0.
It can be said that Denmark is the lucky star of France. As long as there is Denmark in the group, France has a good thing.
Of course, there is a premise here.
Looking at the previous four examples, we can see a problem, that is, France and Denmark have not lost in the four meetings, and the record is 3 wins and 1 draw. Therefore, the premise for France and Denmark to win the championship in the same group is that they cannot lose to Denmark.
In fact, there is really a negative example in this regard, the 2002 World Cup, France and Denmark were also divided into the same group, but this World Cup France can be said to lose face, as the defending champion of the small group eliminated, opening the new century World Cup defending champions group out of the spell.
In the group stage, France lost 2-0 to Denmark. It was also the first time they had lost to their opponents in the same group as Denmark, and the only one so far.
Therefore, the premise mentioned above is very critical.
Therefore, the Qatar World Cup, the fate of France, the most critical battle, may be their group stage and Denmark's showdown. Then we can pay attention to this game. If France wins or draws, they may really be looking forward to being crowned champions again; but if they lose, it is not excluded that they may once again be hit by the spell of the defending champions group out.
At that time, let's wait and see.