World Cup 2018: 'Giants' England and Spain face difficulties

(Baonghean.vn) - According to the latest FIFA rankings, the two European football giants, England and Spain, will not be in the seeded group. This means that both will likely fall into the "group of death" at the 2018 World Cup.

According to the recently announced FIFA rankings, except for host Russia, the 7 teams Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France share positions from 1st to 7th. These will be the 8 seeded teams of the 8 groups of the 2018 World Cup.

With an impressive performance in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, England has risen to 12th place in the rankings. Spain is in 8th place (up 3 places). However, this does not help both teams to enter the "seeded" group in the World Cup draw next year.

Difficult for England and Spain

Under the new rules based on FIFA rankings, both England and Spain will be dropped into pot 2 along with Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. This indirectly puts both of them in the group of death, soon facing the "big guys" Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France.

Germany is the top candidate for the championship. Photo: Internet

The lightest are Belgium and Poland - teams that played very impressively in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The most regrettable is Spain, they got 1,218 points, 8 points less than France, the 7th ranked team, in the top seeds.

Of course, France and Germany are both considered the top candidates, with Brazil in second place. Coach Didier has players like Griezmann, Mbappe and Dembele at the peak of their careers.

As for coach Joachim Low's German team, when Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, and Thomas Muller are "not old yet", the "bamboo shoots" Leon Goretzka, Julian Draxler, Joshua Kimmich, and Leroy Sane have already grown.

Brazil is the South American team that scores the most goals with a total of 41. Selecao is also unrivaled in defense, having only conceded 11 goals.

After 18 matches, Neymar and his teammates only suffered 1 defeat and won 12 victories, including a 3-0 thrashing of Chile in the final match that caused the team to miss the 2018 World Cup. These are all World Cup records.

Good luckArgentina, Italy

Fortunately for Messi and his teammates, they only got tickets to Russia in the final match, but with 4th place on the rankings, Argentina is still considered a seeded team. The Italian team, if they pass the play-off round, will still be placed in group 2.

England are not seeded. Photo: Internet

Of the eight best runners-up in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland and Croatia finished higher than the other four, which included Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Greece. This ensured they were seeded in the four play-offs and, if the aggregate score was tied after the first two legs, the seeded teams would advance.

Although they are teams with many football stars, if England and Spain fall into groups with Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina or France and do not go far in the 2018 World Cup, they will only have themselves to blame.

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