The big factory is over! The machine is resting, the fans are relaxing a little. And they analyze. We do the same, we look through the groups and respect the national teams that have already won the right to participate.
Eight months after the forced rally, in which a full European Championship was merged, 10 of the 13 places in the World Championships were sold out in Europe. After the group battles were closed, it could be said that the paper model prevailed in eight.
Germany came out first.
very confident. National11, who replaced the Fed captain during the series, lost a match to his big surprise (it was the third time in nearly 100 years in a World Cup qualifier), but there was no doubt he would be the first to smile. Romania came in second, and our eastern neighbor was pushed behind North Macedonia because the latter produced that big upset in Duisburg.
There was no doubt that the world champion, France, would come out. Already at the moment of the lottery, not later. Interestingly, he wasn’t able to beat Ukraine, but it’s not a huge sensation as our neighbor has been good at drawing in six of the eight games. However, he won the other two
He achieved the feat of getting to second place with these two victories
at the expense of Finland. Because France also fought sportily on the last day and won in Helsinki.
Belgium advanced unbeaten with two draws.
He played the first X in the Czech Republic in March, and the second on the closing day in Wales. This meeting was important only for the home team, because by this point the British team took second place. But the Czech Republic, which is in third place, cannot be sad either, because it will have one of the two places in the League of Nations that will qualify as a substitute. I mean, it doesn’t matter if he takes second or third place.
Spain found it difficult to implement the paper-based model.
Mainly because he came out of Sweden in September. But the Scandinavians themselves got rid of the opportunities they had in this way because they also grabbed them in Greece and Georgia. However, his chances of winning the group were real until the last match, which they could have won in Spain. It was that 0-0 encounter in Seville for a long time, but Morata scored in a hair, and finished the 2010 world champion by 4 points over Sweden, but it was illusory.
Denmark finished second in the World Cup after Germany (excluding the host country).
With an impressive performance, he didn’t score a goal until the ninth game, and the strikers gave artificial amounts in front. Then the Faroe Islands player Olsen scored a goal for Schmeichel. This confused the company so much that he not only got two at his last meeting, but was also defeated in Scotland. This meeting was not only immune to the Danes but also to the Scots, and the latter would have been the second even if they were excluded. It can’t even be placed second in the surprise category because Austria and Israel didn’t bother their circuits much. Our western neighbors, after two defeats from Denmark and Scotland, may already feel the distance from knowing that they will have the same second place as the second place in the League of Nations. It could have been Hungary, but Austria didn’t give us the credit for occupying one of the top two spots in the weak group.
Unfortunately, our team is behind the World Cup again, as it has been since 1986.
Because we only finished fourth in our qualifying group. This is a failure, but it can also be called a fact. The four-point row he scored against the Poles (although let’s not forget Lewandowski didn’t play against us in Warsaw) is the one he brought home from England. However, due to the two defeats against Albania, this was only a moral success. England confidently won the group, scoring the most goals of all teams, but also required 15 of the world’s weakest team, San Marino. The second place for the Poles is also a paper form.
As was evident in the draw, Holland must win their group. But the team that also failed in all three World Cups welcomed Norway on the final day to finish third. However, without Erling Haaland, his guest was unable to do anything, just as he waited in the empty Rotterdam stadium as well as the Swedish national team in Seville. Miracles exist, but not in this group:
The Netherlands go to the World Cup finals and Turkey could follow by winning two matches in March.
The Croatian-Russian race has been interesting for a long time. Here, two other teams had an opinion at first, Croatia in Slovenia and Russia in Slovakia got it, but in the end they decided first place. No goals were scored in Moscow in September, nor in Split for long on Sunday. It was raining there, but in such a way that the playing field by the sea was unplayable. The other 0-0 Russia players would have taken first, but they entrusted the match to Russian roulette and hoped that the fatal bullet would not go out with them from the pipe. They lost, with an unfortunate aim that is unlikely to be born under realistic conditions.
The World Cup silver medalist survived, but the Russians get another chance.
Perhaps it could be said that out of the eight groups, the first opportunity was to travel to the World Cup, and those who finished second, did not advance to the qualifying position out of nowhere.
There were only two companies it was not clear that the national team was the one that was clearly expected by the public. But the first-place winner was no less likely than him.
Serbia has overtaken Portugal.
Until the final round, the two teams had tied in Ireland, 2-2 against each other again in March. They won their other meetings. So they looked each other at the wolf on Sunday, and Portugal, never averse to a tie, would have had a point out of it. But with his goal scored in the 90th minute, Mitrovic won the right to play in next year’s World Cup.
Like the 2016 European champion, this year he was not able to win this year.
Italy and Switzerland were waiting for the fateful battle against each other, as were waiting for Portugal and Serbia. That is, undefeated and with two draws each. This match only came on the penultimate match day. The tie brought amazing drama into her hair. With a 1-1 draw, the Italian Jorginho kicked 11 off the field, and the two national teams fought a virtual duel in the last round.
Switzerland beat Bulgaria, while Italy scored just one point in Northern Ireland
Therefore, the latter can only secure his place in the Qatari field without qualifying. In addition, he has scored only two goals in eight matches, although Switzerland can boast of the same. Obviously, the Italian drivers still vividly remember that the team did not pass qualifying last time. If today’s four-time gold medalists miss two consecutive World Cup tournaments, there will be some big stars who just couldn’t make an appearance at the sport’s biggest event of their careers.
But it’s too early to talk about that! Certainly, only three of the 12 teams in the qualifiers will be able to join the happy ten who will leave the old continent this year. The three who will also be satisfied will be revealed next March.
In the opening photo: The Hungarian national team disappointed their fans three times, losing once in paper form, and after six meetings, the players were able to celebrate with the printers. Photo: MTI / Zsolt Szigetváry
