This morning, the top 32 players of the 2022 World Cup are all alive. After nearly three years of qualifiers, the birth of the top 32 has been hard work and has left many aftertaste. Striking while the iron is hot, we explore some origins and interesting patterns to help fans warm up to "Qatar Time" in November.
The top 32 of the World Cup are announced.
Asia: Who is the face?
In the intercontinental play-offs the day before, AFC Australia defeated the Peruvian team of CONMEBOL in a penalty shootout. For the sixth time in team history, at the same time Advance to the top 32 of the World Cup for the fifth consecutive time. This is also the second time in a row that the " Kangaroo Legion " has won the World Cup through the intercontinental play-offs.
World Cup preliminaries play-offs, the Australian team is a regular visitor. Moreover, the team seems to be particularly knowledgeable about competing for the remaining half of the World Cup tickets in this way. Counting the Qatar World Cup, they participated in the intercontinental play-offs 4 times and won 3 times. Interestingly, the only time they lost was to an Asian team - the 1998 French World Cup qualifiers. At that time, they had famous players such as Viduka and Kewell, but they unfortunately lost to Iran in two rounds. There was only one away goal missing in the play-offs.
Australia has qualified for the World Cup in Qatar Xinhua News Agency Picture
But since Australia "left the foreign countries and entered Asia" and joined the AFC, it has been in the play-offs. Before this tournament, as an Asian team, they eliminated the Honduras team in Central and North America and the Peru team in South America, and grabbed a seat in the World Cup finals. In a brutal play-off every four years, Australia is worthy of being the face of Asian teams, even if this time it is a single-elimination knockout match that determines life and death. No, for the first time, six teams from Asia have entered the finals, one more than in the 2006 World Cup. The influence of the World Cup Moments is second only to Europe.
For the first time, six teams from Asia have advanced to the World Cup in Qatar. In terms of football background, it seems a bit shabby. But the topic of the World Cup in South American football has shifted and turned into a farce. Let’s not mention the farce of epidemic prevention during the Battle of Ba-Afghanistan. Let’s talk about another thing. After the Chilean team was eliminated in the qualifiers, the Chilean Football Association complained to FIFA about the Ecuadorian team's violation of regulations on the grounds that the nationality of the latter's player Castillo was forged and he was actually Colombian.
Castillo Internet map
The Chilean Football Association's calculation is: if the Ecuador team is found guilty of violating the rules, then the qualifying match with the former will be re-judged as the Chilean team's victory, so that the Chilean team's points will rise to fourth in the group, just in time to go straight to the World Cup. However, on June 10, FIFA rejected the appeal after investigation. In this way, Ecuador , a small country with a population of only 14 million, will appear in the World Cup finals again after 2014. As for the once glorious Chilean football, when Sanchez and Vidal a number of stars are aging, it is better to put energy back on the court and start over as soon as possible.
FIFA issued an announcement on the official website, confirming that Castillo's qualifications are correct. Network map
Europe: Some people are transferring and others are losing.
Let's talk about the European area where 13 teams participated in the finals. Some people say that except for the Italian team, the new European Championship champion, who went home upset, there are no other new stories in the European region. Strong teams such as Germany, France, Spain, England, the Netherlands, and Portugal are all there, and second-rate teams such as Croatia, Belgium, Serbia are also on the list, and Poland has qualified, and the world was elected after the World Cup in Russia. Footballer ( Messi , as well as Lewandowski and Modric ) can all appear in Qatar, which can be called a complete success. However, the process of competing for the top 32 seats in the European region is by no means ordinary. On the contrary, it shows that the world is in trouble.
For example, the competition system is more exciting. The second-ranked teams in the 10 qualifying groups plus the two UEFA Nations League winning teams, a total of 12 teams, are divided into 3 groups. Each group will determine the remaining 3 qualifying places through two semi-finals and one final.Among them, it was revealed that North Macedonia defeated Italy, and the last one to pick the fruit was C Ronaldo 's Portuguese team. The single-defeat play-off match between Wales and Ukraine was thrilling. The Ukrainians blasted 27 shots, but they couldn't resist an own goal. It's like a soldier at the front charging forward heroically, only to accidentally step on a mine he laid. As a result, the "Great Sage" Bell is canceling his golf vacation plan in November. The Welsh team has entered the top 32 of the World Cup for the first time in 64 years.
Wales has qualified for the World Cup finals again after 64 years. Network picture
Welsh football has really turned a corner. In the three World Cup European qualifiers in 1978, 1986 and 1994, the Welsh team actually lost their ticket to the finals because of penalty kicks in life and death battles. So before this promotion, as the most valuable player in Europe (100 million euros), Wales captain Bale admitted that he dreamed of going to Qatar. "Everyone wants to play in the World Cup, and so do I." Now taking the last train to Qatar, Bell and his teammates have set a record. From 1958 to 2022, the Wales team has become the team with the longest interval between participating in two World Cups. As for Ukraine, it has no choice but to stop in the play-offs for the fifth time in 24 years.
Off-field audio | Mixed tastes
All the top 32 players in the World Cup are settled, which means that international football has entered "Qatar time". Yesterday, many friends in the industry posted photos of boarding a plane or arriving at the World Cup venue - four years ago on June 14, the World Cup opened in Russia, and fans ushered in a grand festival. Four years later, the World Cup in Qatar continues to surprise. This will be the first time the competition is held in the winter of the northern hemisphere, and the first time it is held in a Middle Eastern country.
For Chinese fans, watching the top 32 finish is more of a sigh. A friend said that he went to Russia in 2018 as a spectator. At that time, he really hoped to cheer for the national football team in Qatar four years later, but this wish has now come to nothing. This morning Costa Rica eliminated New Zealand grabbed the last ticket, which made Chinese fans sigh.
In the 2002 South Korea and Japan World Cup , the national football team and the Colombian team were still group stage opponents. After that, the Colombian team only missed the 2010 South Africa World Cup , and the rest successfully advanced, while the national football team was getting further and further away from the finals. Looking at the historic first time in Asia that 6 teams have qualified for the World Cup, but none of the national football teams, I can't help but sigh. In a four-year competition, if we don't work hard or work in the wrong direction, how big the gap will be!
Many of my friends plan to go to Qatar to watch the World Cup. One of the important reasons is that this is the last World Cup with 32 teams participating, and the next one will be expanded to 48 teams. The number 32 will be written into the history of the World Cup. Going to witness it on site is a choice to make up for regrets - the World Cup, the national football team is not there, but the Chinese fans are.
Original article by Xinmin Evening News
Reporter: Jin Lei
Source: Xinmin Evening News
