April 2022

Fans around the world are waiting for the group draw World Cup Finals Qatar 2022, which will be held Friday in Doha, in order to know the most important confrontations in the first round of the tournament, which is expected to be the best in history, amid a distinguished presence of the best the teams The world’s biggest stars.

The draw may result in historical confrontations, because many teams, despite their continuous presence in the World Cup, have not previously faced each other in the global event, which may happen in this version due to the classification adopted by the International Federation for the distribution of teams allows the holding of these matches.

First confrontation between France and Holland?

The French national team is considered one of the most important teams in the past years, as it won the World Cup twice in the 1998 and 2018, at a time when the Dutch team has a great history in the World Cup, and has played the final on three occasions without winning the title, but so far the two teams have not met in the finals. And given the presence of France at the first level and the Netherlands at the second level, this confrontation may take place on the territory of Qatar.

Messi challenges Eriksen

The Argentina national team left its mark in the World Cup finals following regularly participating in various tournaments, winning the title on two occasions and reaching the final in 2014 for the last time. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi’s companions have never faced the Denmark team, which is preparing to participate for the sixth time led by its star Christian Eriksen, This confrontation was likely to occur in the 1986 edition, but Denmark failed to reach the quarter-finals following losing once morest Spain.

A new African competitor for Belgium

The Belgian national team faced most of the African teams that participated in the World Cup finals, the last of which was the Tunisian team in the 2018 edition, and during this tournament, the Cameroonian team may face the Cameroonian team for the first time in the record of its World Cup matches, knowing that the African teams were not lucky most of the time when they play once morest the “Red Devils.” “.

Asian match once morest Germany and Brazil

The Brazilian national team is participating in the finals for the 22nd time, and despite its continuous presence, it has never faced South Korea, which is one of the most attended Asian teams in the finals, and it was possible that the two teams would meet in the 2002 edition, but Korea failed to reach the final.

Another exciting confrontation may take place in the finals between the 4-time world champion Germany and the Japanese team, because the two teams’ continuous presence in the finals did not allow them to meet, and this time Germany is in the second level, while Japan maintained its place in the third level.

Eighth meeting in the World Cup

The matches between Germany and Argentina are among the most frequent encounters in the finals, and it is possible that the draw will place the two teams in the same group for the eighth time that they meet in the finals. This applies to Germany and Serbia in the event that the draw places them in the same group, as they have faced each other 7 times in the World Cup.

The ball for the FIFA World Cup to be held from November 21 to December 18 in Qatar is called Al Rihla (the journey), Fifa announced on Twitter on Wednesday.

Dominantly white with blue and red stripes highlighted with gold, it bears the logo of Adidas, the sports equipment manufacturer which will market it from April 12.

It succeeds “Telstar 18”, the ball for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and “Brazuca” (Brazil 2014) or Jabulani (South Africa 2010).

According to Fifa, Al Rihla “has the fastest trajectories ever recorded (and) will contribute to the pace and quality of matches”.

It “draws its inspiration from the culture, architecture, traditional boats and flag of Qatar”, specifies one of the same source. (AFP)