Denmark meets reigning champion France
The World Cup in Qatar is fast approaching. Friday’s draw gave us some real goodies to look forward to. Among these is Denmark against France.
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Denmark and France met in the World Cup in Russia in 2018. They do the same in Qatar. This time in Group D. Tunisia and winner of a playoff between UAE or Australia, who face Peru is the last team in the group. This happens in June.
– I would very much like a difficult France. But otherwise a country like Tunisia is something we all hoped to attract, says the Danish national team player Christian Nørgaard to Danish TV 2.
This is a view shared by the Danish national team manager. Kasper Hjulmand also thinks Peru will be a tough nut to crack if they make it to the championship via the playoffs.
– It’s not fantastic. We would like to avoid them, because France is one of the best teams in the world. They have an incredible squad, says Hjulmand to the same channel.
We also get the big settlement between Spain and Germany in group E.
England must wrestle in Iran, USA and win in the European playoffs.
See the complete overview of the group here:
– Brazil has most reason to be happy with her, sums up TV 2’s football expert Morten Langli.
Both number and number in each group advance to the final game in Qatar.
The draw itself took place after a long welcome speech by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who loved that the World Cup in Qatar was going to be the best of all time.
The FIFA president also talked about the fact that there is a lot of uncertainty in the world at the moment, not to mention Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in words.
Hollywood star Idris Elba and Reshmin Chowdhury led the draw, which took place in Qatar, where Lise Klaveness yesterday took the podium where she went hard against FIFA.
– We can not ignore the demands for change. How FIFA behaves has so much to say for how football is perceived in all federations out there. FIFA must act as a role model, Klaveness said when she spoke during the FIFA congress on Thursday.
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be played from November 21 to December 18 later this year.
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