The World Cup draw results came out, it is a pity that there is no death group, but if you look at it from another point of view, the knockout match begins to mean a lot of strong duels, Asian teams at least do not look good, may be the result of this draw, The signing positions of European and South American teams are not bad, simply take a look at it.
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales vs Scotland/Ukraine winners
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
Group D: France, Australia/UAE vs Peru winner, Denmark, Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Costa Rica vs New Zealand winner, Germany, Japan
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Republic of Korea
This is the result of the draw, and the knockout rounds are such a format
Basically this draw adheres to the principle of at least two strong teams in a group, basically the third and fourth teams are relatively general reasons, if you insist on saying that the death group, it should be two, and the E group and the F group should be counted as the death group.
Maybe it is deliberate, Spain, Germany, Japan in a group, the other opponent is not Costa Rica or New Zealand, this group looks like three strong teams, but all have a characteristic, now are the lack of center, this looks very interesting, from the World Preliminary Round to see the Spanish center may be stronger than the German team, but there is no strong center, the German team's center problem has been plagued by two World Cups, the Japanese team this World Preliminary Tournament can obviously see no center, Then these three teams look to see whose midfield and defender line can score, in fact, there is no accident, it should be Spain and Germany out of the qualified, as for who is the first in the group, it is difficult to say.
The second in the group may have to play Belgium, and the first group may play Croatia or Canada, so the first or second in the group does not seem to necessarily choose the opponent they want, which is the case.
Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia should be the real group of death, Belgium and Croatia now feel that the core lineup is aging, Canada this Time North America World Preliminary Tournament first, the team is very young, but many players are the core players of the five major league teams, Morocco itself is a strong team in Africa, can not say that this team is very weak, who is possible to qualify, this group in fact, four teams have the opportunity to qualify.
So the team that qualified from this group will be very tired, so if the teams from the group of Germany and Spain are relatively relaxed, they may perform well in the knockout rounds. It is good that Germany and Spain both play each other in the group stage, the two teams are actually mutually exclusive, and the group stage meeting means that if the two teams qualify, they can only meet in the final.
The host looked helpless
Hosts Qatar are average, with Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The Netherlands team should be the second strong team in the best signing, it seems to be the first seeded team in this group, Senegal look at the performance of the African zone qualifiers, can only be said to be average, but may also be stronger than Qatar, Ecuador South America qualified, in fact, on the one hand, because of the advantage of the home field, the team looks quite good, this signing, the host wants to qualify for the group is difficult, but Qatar This lineup has also won the Asian Cup, maybe there is a chance to qualify.
England, Iran, the United States and Scotland/Ukraine winners in Group B, this group is more interesting, these four teams play, it will be very miserable, everyone will be very hard, as for the reason everyone understands, do not know why there is such a coincidental lottery result this time.
The rest of the group looked at it, basically balanced
Group C Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland, it seems that Poland has a chance to qualify, of course, still need to observe, Argentina this time the defense is good, there are some problems with the attack, the main offensive players are a bit older. France, Australia/UAE vs Peru winner, Denmark, Tunisia, France needs to qualify, because the defending champions of recent times, the group stage has been eliminated, the French team should have to defeat Denmark and Tunisia, these two teams are not easy to play, Denmark is actually a good defense, the attack also has a good forward combination, see if france can end their own opening of the defending champions group stage without qualifying. The French team and the German team of that year are the same problem, some positions have young people to choose from, but at least for now Deschamps still likes to use veterans.
Brazil and Portugal's draw are good, Brazil this group Serbia should not have a good performance, Switzerland is most likely the strongest opponent, Cameroon do not expect, the biggest problem of African teams is the loose management of the team, Portugal's main opponents are Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea may also be the team to leave at the end of the group stage, but Portugal entered the knockout round, playing Brazil that group any one of the line of the team, will not be easy to play.
So overall, this is a World Cup that looks like the most balanced result of the draw, basically guaranteeing that there are two strong teams in a group, and there are basically no death groups.