Last country to come out of the abacus, Canada has therefore entered the last group available. He will kick off his tournament against Belgium on November 23. His second duel, four days later, will be against Croatia. It will complete the group stage on December 1 against Morocco.
The Croats lost to the French in the final of the Russian World Cup in 2018. The Belgians took 3rd place by winning the small final against the English.
The Moroccans had taken fourth and last place in their group, behind the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Iranians.
They’re not bad, are they? Canadian coach John Herdman joked on TSN about the Belgians. I think I will put seven players on (Kevin) De Bruyne.
« Seriously, we are going to enjoy this game. We are going to do the work necessary to be ready for this match and we are going to take advantage of everything they are going to give us. We will play without fear. »
It’s not an easy group for us, said Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic. We know our objective, to get out of the group and fight with Belgium. But we have to be careful in Canada and Morocco. They are very strong.
It’s a very demanding group, different styles, different ingredients, but probably what it takes to be ready for this World Cup
launched for his part Roberto Martinez, coach of Belgium. We only have three games but we are going to be challenged by three very different teams and we need to find the answers quickly.
The maple leaf dominated the qualifications of the CONCACAF zone (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) to win the second ticket in its history to the World Cup, after that in 1986.
Canada find themselves in Group F with Belgium, Morocco and Croatia.
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A late loss to Panama dropped them from 33rd to 38th in the FIFA rankings and moved from third to fourth in the draw, with the lowest-ranked countries.
In the world ranking, Belgium is 2nd, Croatia, 16th, and Morocco, 24th.
The final phase of the World Cup will be played from November 21 to December 18, to avoid the heat of the Qatari summer.
Thirty-two countries participate. The top two from each group will advance to the round of 16.
At its only World Cup, Canada had lost all of its games, without scoring a goal. France, the Soviet Union and Hungary were its group opponents.
John Herdman assured his players that this 2022 World Cup will be happier for Canada.
When I first met with them, I told them that we were going to be the first team from Canada to score a goal at the World Cup. That we were going to be the first Canadian team to score a shutout at the World Cup. And that we were going to be the first team from Canada to come out of the group stage. […] We talked to them about all this from the start. It’s now written in their thoughts
did he declare.
However, we will not be naive: we will not tread the field and do what we want against Belgium. But we won’t be afraid […] The players of this team now have a lot of preparation work to do in order to compete in the most important competition of their lives.
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France, reigning world champion, finds itself in group D with opponents Denmark, Tunisia, and a play-off (Peru, United Arab Emirates or Australia).
The Danes have often been the lucky charms of the Blues in major competition. At each of their major trophies, they crossed paths with them in the group stage, without ever losing (1-0 at Euro 1984, 2-1 at the 1998 World Cup, 3-0 at Euro 2000, 0- 0 at the 2018 World Cup).
France est l'un des grands favoris, avec tellement de talents, et c'est le tenant du titre. Donc, c'est clairement l'un des adversaires les plus durs, a lancé le sélectionneur danois Kasper Hjulmand. On se prépare aux équipes qu'on va affronter. Je vous conseille de vous préparer aussi, car on a une très bonne équipe et on sera prêt à se battre.","text":"La France est l'un des grands favoris, avec tellement de talents, et c'est le tenant du titre. Donc, c'est clairement l'un des adversaires les plus durs, a lancé le sélectionneur danois Kasper Hjulmand. On se prépare aux équipes qu'on va affronter. Je vous conseille de vous préparer aussi, car on a une très bonne équipe et on sera prêt à se battre."}}">France are one of the big favourites, with so much talent, and they are the defending champions. So he’s clearly one of the toughest opponents, Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said. We are preparing for the teams we are going to face. I advise you to prepare too, because we have a very good team and we will be ready to fight.
You have to have a lot of respect, insisted Didier Deschamps, French coach, about Denmark. It is the 11th nation (in the FIFA ranking), semi-finalist of the Euro, if it is ahead of Germany and the Netherlands, it proves the quality of this team.
Germany, placed in pot 2 despite their four titles, was the opponent no seed wanted. It was Spain who inherited it, for one of the flagship posters of the first round. The two ogres will leave largely favorites to leave group E, completed by Japan and a barrage (Costa Rica or New Zealand).
Brazil, with its record five trophies, fell into a balanced and tricky group. Neymar and company will have to be wary of Dusan Vlahovic’s Serbia, who had beaten Portugal in qualifying, Switzerland, France’s faller at the last Euro, and Cameroon, winner of Algeria in the play-offs.
It won’t be easy either for Lionel Messi’s Argentina in Group C, with Robert Lewandowski’s Poland and Mexico facing them.
Iran and the United States, which maintain execrable diplomatic relations, find themselves in group B, that of England. The two countries have already faced each other in the World Cup, in 1998 in France, and Iran won 2-1. During this meeting, the two teams had posed together for a historic photo.
Hosts Qatar will face Ecuador in the opening match on November 21.
FIFA WORLD CUP GROUPS
Group A
- Qatar
- Ecuador
- Senegal
- Netherlands
Group B
- England
- Iran
- United States
- Scotland, Ukraine or Wales (TBD in play-offs)
Group C
- Argentine
- Saudi Arabia
- Mexico
- Poland
Group D
- France
- Peru, United Arab Emirates or Australia (to be determined in play-offs)
- Denmark
- Tunisia
Group E
- Spain
- New Zealand or Costa Rica (to be determined in play-offs)
- Germany
- Japan
Group F
- Belgium
- Canada
- Morocco
- Croatia
Group G
- Brazil
- Serbia
- Suisse
- Cameroon
Group H
- Portugal
- Ghana
- Uruguay
- South Korea
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