World Cup qualifiers analysis: 9 teams will advance within two weeks, Germany and Italy may fall into the playoffs

In the past two weeks, the second national team match day of this season has arrived, and the World Cup qualifiers are the highlight. Oceania and South America have completed all the qualifiers, Asia and Africa, and will surely produce 9 World Cup teams in the next two weeks. As for Europe and Central and North America, except England, the conditions for the other teams to advance in the past two weeks are somewhat harsh.

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At present, 18 teams have been confirmed to participate in next year's World Cup. In addition to hosts the United States, Mexico and Canada, there are also six teams in Asia and South America, Morocco and Tunisia in Africa, New Zealand in Oceania, and Uzbek and Jordan from Asia, participating for the first time. Bolivia and New Caledonia have secured two spots in the intercontinental playoffs, plus four teams from Asia, Africa and Central and North America, and six teams will compete for two World Cup seats in March next year.

Oceania was the first to end the World Cup qualifiers. After the expansion of this World Cup, Oceania finally has a complete quota. New Zealand, which has no opponents, is believed to be the easiest to advance in the world. South America, which has a simple but difficult competition system, is the opposite. After the long schedule spanning two years, the South American giants can finally take a break and participate in the friendly match leisurely. Argentina has chosen two opponents in the past two weeks. Brazil faces South Korea and Japan. After Allison was injured, Ancelotti confirmed that Ederson and Sousa will play for Brazil each.

Starting from Wednesday, Asia, Central and North America, Africa and Europe will hold the World Cup qualifiers one after another. Among them, Asia is quite special, with three rounds of competition arranged. In the fourth stage of the Asian region, the six teams are divided into two groups, each with three teams. They adopt a single-cycle tournament system and are held in the two seed teams of Saudi Arabia and Qatar respectively. Each group has three rounds, one game in each round, one team will be bye, the top ranked directly advances to the World Cup, and the second place in the two groups will compete for an intercontinental playoff qualification. So, within two weeks, Asia will produce the last two teams that go straight to the World Cup. The situation in the African region is similar. The 9 groups will arrange the last two rounds of the game in the next two weeks. In addition to the two teams that advance early, 7 teams will also be produced that will lead to the World Cup, and 4 will have the second place with better results, competing for an intercontinental play-off qualification. At present, Egypt in Group A, Cape Verde in Group D, and Algeria in Group G has a great lead. You can participate in the World Cup with one more win. Cameroon, which has many famous players such as Onana, Mbemo, Baleba and Nkudu, basically lost the opportunity to go straight. Not only did it "escort" Cape Verde in the same group, but if you are not careful, you can't even participate in the African play-offs.

Central and North America came to the last stage of the group stage. The 12 teams were divided into 3 groups. The top ranked directly advanced, and the two best second places were ranked directly, and they participated in the Intercontinental Playoffs. According to the arrangement, the third and fourth group stages will be completed in the past two weeks, and the remaining two will be completed next month. Judging from the current situation, no team in Group A can advance in the next two weeks. If the two teams in Group B win two consecutive victories, and the other games in the same group meet certain conditions, there is still a chance to lock in the first place in the group if they complete 4 games. It is reported that Greenwood, who has obtained a Jamaica passport, will he choose to represent England or Jamaica in the future? The European competition system is very simple. The first qualifiers were not started in March this year. Many giants including Portugal and Spain did not start their first game until last month. The first place in 12 groups goes directly to the World Cup, the second place and the UEFA 4 teams have better results, and they need to participate in the European play-offs, and 16 teams compete for the remaining 4 places. Since there are not many teams in the same group, any loss will cause great trouble.

Germany and Italy are typical examples of trouble. After Germany lost to Slovakia two goals in the first round, they ranked third in the group after two rounds. If they cannot win the next four games, the playoffs will be waved in front. Italy's situation is even worse. After defeating Norway with three goals in the first round, it is currently 6 points behind Norway in one game with a goal difference of 16 goals. Even if the remaining four consecutive wins are left, even if you beat Norway at home in the last round, you may not be able to recover the huge disadvantage of goal difference. Gattuso, who had just taken office, really has a long way to go and has a good chance of falling into the playoffs for three consecutive times.

You should know that there is no quota for intercontinental play-offs in Europe, and the European play-offs are played between teams on this continent, which is obviously much more difficult than the intercontinental play-offs. In contrast, England, including all the last three World Cup qualifiers, have been unbeaten for five consecutive qualifiers, and have been unbeaten in 36 games in the past 16 years. Looking around the world, it is also a very impressive record. In the past two weeks, England, which has won five consecutive games in a qualifier, has only one qualifier. As long as it defeats Latvia away, Serbia in the same group cannot defeat Albania, England can lock in first place in advance and advance to the World Cup.

In the next two weeks, Asia and Africa will surely produce 9 teams to advance to the World Cup, which will increase the number of participating teams to 27. England has a great chance of entering the World Cup in advance, while Jamaica and Honduras in Central and North America, and teams such as Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and Norway in Europe have certain opportunities to advance to the World Cup in advance in the past two weeks.