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Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland Group D: France, UAE/Australia, Denmark, Tunisia Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Korea Republic Group of death would have to be Group E. Group F, B, H should be fun to watch. The US has a potential to get outta the group. England is going to be incredibly tough and Iran isn't a slouch but they should be able to take care of business. The European play-off between Wales and Scotland/Ukraine. My money would be on Wales getting through that, but you never know. So what do we think? Do we think the USA gets out of the group? In 2014, the USA was apart of the group of death and got out of the group so you just never know. The draw definitely could've been a lot worse.
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Easily the most annoying event. A bunch of people who don't even watch soccer pretend every 4 years they are diehards cheering for a country alot of them bash. Hopefully they get eliminated quickly
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I know jack and squat about the Men's team this go round. I need to look into that...
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04-01-2022, 11:25 AM | #5 |
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I think that the "Group of Death" would be B with potentially 4 of the top 21 teams in the world rankings.
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04-01-2022, 11:28 AM | #6 |
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I don't watch soccer or even follow it, but I like the world cup. However, it always reminds me of the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee and FIFA are easily 2 of the most corrupt organizations in the world.
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04-01-2022, 11:29 AM | #7 |
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Yeah that's right mother ****er! You gotta problem?
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If they get through the group stage though, the draw of Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador, or Qatar would set up well.
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04-01-2022, 11:32 AM | #9 |
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The World Cup taking place in November going up against the NFL… it will be completely invisible in the US.
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04-01-2022, 11:35 AM | #10 |
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I think England and USA advance. Interesting draw all around.
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US versus Wales, et al. would be interesting for me. My surname is Welsh vs. my country. I've never seen that I don't think Mane of Senegal is enough to push the Netherlands, but they can make it. Last edited by Garcia Bronco; 04-01-2022 at 11:46 AM.. |
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04-01-2022, 11:52 AM | #12 |
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Group A is the easiest group with the 2nd best team ranked 20th. Qatar might have a chance of an upset... but those other 3 teams are better on paper.
Group of Death is defined typically by historic world powers / high current rankings with the potential of a 3rd place finish. For example in the European Qualification Playoff games.. if Italy and Portugal had to play to get in, match of death if you will for the last slot. (I still cant believe italy lost prior to that) I think Group B comes to mind because England (5) / USA (15) / Wales* (18) / Iran (21) has the potential to leave out 2 top 21 teams from contention from a rankings perspective on how they have been playing lately. Group E would be the one that you can point to and say you dont need rankings to figure out that a good team is going to be left out: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan I think Group H will be the most fun to watch to see who comes out on top... with the potential of Uruguay and Portugal maybe missing the next round.
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It is definitely going to be interesting to see how viewership goes. Especially if the US plays on a Sunday. I think the one thing that will bode well, in terms of the world cup competing for eyes with the NFL, is the games shouldn't be happening during the same window since they're on different sides of the world.
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They stuck Iran in a group with possibly three English speaking countries.
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This will be the last potential for a good World Cup. The next World Cup is 48 teams. Double the teams for a watered down product.
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