All Russia is for Messi! The Polish national team gets under the ice rink at the World Cup
At the group stage of the World Cup, several epic confrontations await us at once.
On April 1, the draw for the World Cup took place in Qatar, which will be held in November-December this year. Our team didn’t make it to the tournament and didn’t even have such a chance, because FIFA suspended Russia due to the pressure of our rivals in the play-offs.
Poland came out against us the most, and in the end it won a profit – it entered the World Cup for free, playing only one match instead of two. Lewandowski and the company got into a group with Argentina, led by Messi, it will be a battle of two bright goalscorers.
But Russia can be outside of Poland. Eh, we will not see Igor Diveev chasing Lionel.
While I suspect 29 out of 32 participants
To start, a little help. There will be 32 teams at the World Championships, eight groups of four teams. The top two teams advance from the groups to the playoffs (no top third places like last Euro 2020). There can be no more than two European teams in one group and no more than one from other confederations.
Three presences of the World Cup are still unknown. The match Ukraine – Scotland has been postponed, the winner of this pair will play for a ticket with accommodation. It is also even more likely to find the best in the UAE-Australia pair (the winner will fight Peru) and Costa Rica-New Zealand.
There is only one debutant at this World Cup – the Qatar team. The team has never made it to the final part of the World Cup and immediately got into the first basket as the hostess. It was the same with Russia in 2018. However, Qatar, despite the poor, not a small-rated team, the history of Ghana is even lower. The composition of the basket, by the way, was formed according to the FIFA rating (finally, it came in handy somewhere).
Battle of scorers – Lewandowski vs. Messi
The Netherlands, in my opinion, fell into the so-called “life group”. They will play against Qatar, Senegal and Ecuador. In group B, fun – the US will play against Iran (a powerful history of relations between countries), as well as against England. The company was calculated by someone from the Ukraine-Scotland-Wales trio. Fundamental confrontations – more than enough.
Our “beloved” Poland will play against Argentina in Group C. This rivalry is regarded as a battle between the world’s best strikers Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi. Also with them are Mexico and Saudi Arabia. But instead of the Poles could be Russia! Just imagine, Diveev will stop the Messiah…
In Group D, reigning title holders France will take on Denmark, Tunisia and some of the Peru-Australia-UAE trio. In Group E, there is a fundamental confrontation between Spain and Germany (a repeat of the Euro 2008 final and the 2010 World Cup semi-final), as well as Japan and the winner of the Costa Rica-New Zealand pair with them.
The Croats, who deprived us of direct tickets to the World Cup, ended up in Estonia, Canada and Morocco. How would Russia meet here? A very difficult draw. In group G, interesting similarities were formed – there are three teams at once that played each other at the 2018 World Cup: Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland. Only now with them is not Costa Rica, but Cameroon. The last group H consists of the following: Portugal, Uruguay, Korea and Ghana. At first glance, everything is obvious, but Son Heung Min and his team, who beat Germany in Russia, are definitely going for the playoffs.
The groups received a feast for the eyes. It remains to wait for the last three participants, and the picture will be the most complete. Qatar will face Ecuador in the opening match. We are waiting for the manifestation of the World Cup! The only thing is that it’s a pity that now the holiday is without us.