From the perspective of the number of championships, Qatar The most immature group in the World Cup is Group F. In the other seven groups, each group has at least one team, and has won the World Cup or European Cup and championships. For example, Group E even has two double champions, Germany and Spain. But there is only Group F, none of the four teams are traditional strong teams, and the total number of championships in the competition is zero. Of course, the competition here only includes the World Cup and the European Cup.
Therefore, it can also be said that Group F is the most boring group. Belgium has the title of a strong team and has never won the championship so far. Moreover, their so-called golden generation has obviously begun to decline in the past two years. Croatia 's downward trend is more obvious. The few generals who performed well in the last World Cup are now only the old Modric is struggling to support it. As for Morocco and Canada, there is only one potential dark horse gimmick, and in fact, their chances of upset are not great. Although the group is a bit boring, if you look closely at the World Cup resumes of these teams, you can find an interesting coincidence. Except for Croatia, the other three teams made historic breakthroughs in the World Cup were all in 1986.
Let’s look at Belgium first. Although Belgium is now considered a strong team, they can only be said to be a second-rate team in history. They participated in the World Cup quite a few times, but in most cases they had little presence. It was not until the 1986 World Cup that Belgium really made the World Cup remember itself. Although this World Cup belongs to Argentina and Maradona , Belgium has also created its own history, and they reached the semi-finals and finished fourth.
Now when everyone recalls Belgium in this World Cup, perhaps the only thing that can be remembered is Maradona's breakthrough goal in front of the penalty area, and Belgium made a background board. But in fact, Belgium has contributed many famous games in this World Cup, including 24:3 defeating the Soviet Union in the 8th final, eliminating Spain in the quarterfinals, etc. Thur Mans and Shifu at that time were equivalent to today's De Bruyne and Hazard .
Although Belgium created the best results in history in the 2018 World Cup, third place. But Belgium reached the semi-finals for the first time in the 1986 World Cup, which is undoubtedly more historically significant. For the golden generation of Belgium, if you want to completely surpass your predecessors, you can only achieve it by reaching the finals or even winning the championship.
Look at Canada again. Canada's football background is very shallow. Not to mention the World Cup, even in North American football, their presence is far less than that of Mexico and the United States, and even smaller countries like Costa Rica . So for them, being able to participate in the World Cup is a breakthrough.
We know that this is Canada's second time to enter the World Cup, and their first finalist is undoubtedly a historic breakthrough for them. The 1986 World Cup was the first time in Canada to participate in the competition. To a certain extent, they could compare with the Chinese team in the 2002 World Cup at that time.
Of course, at that time, Canada's strength was not enough to fight against the world's strong teams. They lost all three games and were eliminated in the group. But for Canada, they achieved a breakthrough from scratch in the 1986 World Cup, which was undoubtedly an ice-breaking journey. With that accumulation, Canada has the confidence to make another breakthrough in this year's Qatar World Cup. Maybe they can get the first point in history, the first victory, and even the first experience of qualifying in the group.
Last look at Morocco. When it comes to African teams, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not Morocco. After all, Cameroon , Nigeria , Ghana and other teams have much bigger names than them. But it must be said that Morocco is the first African team in history to qualify from a group. From this perspective, they are the pioneers of all African teams.
1986 World Cup, Morocco participated for the second time, shockingly advanced as the first in the group. The reason why it was shocking was that their group opponents at that time were Portugal, England, , Poland, . It can be said that Morocco's breakthrough is not only a breakthrough for itself, but also a breakthrough for the entire African football world. Later, Cameroon, Ghana, , Senegal, , reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, further than Morocco, but they can only be regarded as Morocco's juniors. After all, it was Morocco who fired the first shot of the African team qualifying in the World Cup group.
F group four teams, with three teams glorious history, all of which are related to 1986. Does this wonderful fate and coincidence also indicate that this group will explode? Then, let's see what will happen.
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