Long before the Qatar World Cup draw, many seeded teams were very worried about the two kings of the second-tier teams, Germany and the Netherlands. In fact, for Germany and the Netherlands, why aren't they afraid of being placed in a very strong seeded group? So from that point of view, the Signing in the Netherlands is really too good to be true. Of the 8 seeded teams, 7 are among the top eight in the world, but the host Qatar is a fish belly, and as a result, the Netherlands really won. In contrast to Germany's encounter with Spain, it can be said that the Netherlands should be very satisfied with its lottery results.
It is true that no one wants to touch the host in the World Cup, but Qatar, as a team participating in the World Cup for the first time, is not online in strength and experience, and for the Netherlands, it is better to touch them than to meet Brazil and Spain, right?
Not only that, but in fact, the other two opponents are not particularly difficult to deal with for the Netherlands. Senegal and Ecuador are not superpowers on their respective continents. Senegal's progress to the World Cup is very difficult, and they have no advantage over teams such as Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon and so on. Although Ecuador's qualifiers have performed well, they are not the traditional strong teams in South American football after all, and their reserves are very limited, and it is difficult to pose a threat to the Netherlands.
So it's not too hard for the Netherlands to qualify from this group. Because their three group opponents are not heavyweights.
There is actually an interesting Chinese harmonic terrier that can be used to evaluate the three opponents of the Netherlands.
Qatar, Senegal, Ecuador, the Chinese translations of the three teams, the end is all Er, so for the Netherlands, three teams, but Er' ah.
Everything is afraid of comparison. As a second-tier team, the Netherlands has been lucky to be able to draw qatar, the weakest of the seeded teams. Look at Brazil, to compete with Switzerland, Serbia, these two hard stubble, although the strength is higher, but who can guarantee that Brazil will not have problems? In the last World Cup, Brazil failed to beat Switzerland.
Looking at Portugal, none of the three opponents in the group is easy to deal with, Uruguay eliminated them in the last World Cup, and South Korea also defeated them in the 2002 World Cup, which directly led to their elimination. Ghana also played Portugal in the World Cup, and although they lost, Portugal won it hard.
Not all the examples. Anyway, for any of the world's strongest teams, it is difficult for them to be like the Netherlands, who can make a bad evaluation of three opponents.
Truth be told, the Netherlands have not had a very good signing at the World Cup for the last two decades, and they have been repeatedly drawn into the death group. For example, in the 2006 World Cup, they were in the same group as Argentina, Côte d'Ivoire and Serbia and Montenegro; in the 14th World Cup, they were in the same group as Spain, Chile and Australia. The World Cup draw has always seemed less friendly to them. But this time in the Qatar World Cup, the Netherlands is a good draw. Perhaps, it is time for the Dutch transit.
As we all know, the Netherlands is the uncrowned king of the World Cup, and three times to reach the final have missed the championship. And the Netherlands did not even make it to the main tournament in the last World Cup, falling to the bottom. This time they return to the World Cup, will they bottom out? Drawing three opponents may be the first step in the Netherlands' strong recovery, and then let's look at the long-lost energy of the Orange Army.