Let's talk about the prospects of the Asian Top 6 in the World Cup. The group qualification is the goal, bullish on Iran and bearish on Japan.
Let's look at the grouping first:
Group A, Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B, England, Iran, United States, Wales
Group C, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
Group D, France, Denmark, Tunisia, Australia
Group E, Spain, Germany, Japan, Costa Rica
Group H, Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Republic of Korea
To get to the point, it makes more sense for Asian teams to aim for group qualification this tournament.
On paper strength, Japan is the leading big brother status, but I personally am not very optimistic about them, based on two points, one is the ability of head coach Morihoichi, from the selection of people I think I have lost a point, what is his reason not to bring Dai Yongya? Is it to take the little fast spirit to the extreme, or is the Kobe victory ship no longer victorious and can't see? I don't know. When analyzing the Japanese squad before, I wrote that Yong Osaki is also one of the few Japanese players who can stand in the opponent's penalty area and play a pivot role, and it is difficult for even the best technical players to gain too much space in a major tournament like the World Cup. The second is that the height of Japanese players is definitely a big hidden danger, last night against Canada was very obvious, Canada actually did not play well, but every corner attack can create a threat. In addition to Spain playing passing, Germany and Costa Rica are good at working at height, and even if Japan can suppress with attack, it is impossible to prevent opponents from getting set-piece opportunities.
Many people think that Japan is in the group of death, in fact, mainly because of West Germany, I think the real group of death should be the group of South Korea, which has the ability to qualify, but it is very difficult to be assigned to this group. The strength of this group is relatively average, Portugal has analyzed, interested friends can look through, they do not have an absolute advantage in this group. With Mane's exit, Garner is my favourite African dark horse, a team with a very strong midfield and one of the hardest in the middle, and the so-called immortal South Koreans have no advantage against them at least physically and competitively. Uruguay has seen a number of strongmen in the third line in the past two years, with a rational and competitive structure with the old and the new, especially a central axis that has been supported with the rise of Bentancur and Valverde. In addition to Kim Minya, who single-handedly resolved the contradiction between Korea and Italy at the football level, South Korea's defense is difficult for others to say that the formation is stable, and the midfield is considerable, but if the Asian brother wants to exert his maximum power, he must have a private channel for him to drive his motor, but the Korean midfield can hardly find a Kane template. This group has little tolerance for error, and South Korea is not optimistic.
Iran is my most optimistic team to advance, at least two teams in the same group are not strong, even if England, as long as they do a good job of defense, the attacking routine of the south gate may not be able to knock on the Iranian door. The American team, I am personally not familiar with it, I cannot evaluate, but in terms of fighting spirit, Iran will definitely not fall behind. Wales is the most obvious team in the round of 32, and jamming the DJ almost broke half of Wales' shots, and the only thing that could not be solved was Bale's free kick. Iranian players are close to Europeanization, their own strength is good, especially the forward 3 generals, although Azmoun only rushed to recover from injury, the state is unknown, but his partner is not idle, Porto played well, Taremi contributed, he is already a Champions League level player, Ansari Fade alone made Manchester United defense a mess, Iran can suppress South Korea in the round of 12, the level can be seen.
All Saudi players are from the country, 12 are from Riyadh Crescent, but this has become their advantage, in this special competition, without joint training, it is important to know each other, but always hard power is not enough. Needless to say, Argentina is almost the king of the group stage, Poland is the closest to advancing to a group, Lewandowski, who is frustrated with the individual award, is waiting for the Saudi flag, I have not forgotten that Kroos played a Saudi Arabia to be the top scorer, how could Lewandowski not know. Against China, both goals can be conceded, and Saudi Arabia is destined to accompany the prince to study again.
Australia is the most declining team, although a lot of Scottish naturalization, but in general, a group of players is not as good as a batch, simply put, the level of the middle of the Soviet Super League, the head coach does not necessarily have the ability of magicians, unless France really fell under the spell, otherwise Australia can grab points from which team?
Qatar I'm really, really unfamiliar with, so I can only talk about him off the field. Today, a reporter broke the news that they bought 8 Ecuadorian players and designated the goal in the second half to win 1-0, which is clear, but laugh and laugh, even Garner forgot to bring the shirt may be the first game of the defeat has hype, and what can not be legended, but the fact does not dare to be so blatant. Even if Ecuador is released, the Netherlands is right, Senegal alone for Mane has to work hard, Qatar is likely to become another host that cannot get out of the line after South Africa.
