Spain has had some bad luck in the draw for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Luis Enrique’s men will have to face Germany, Japan and the winner of the playoff between Costa Rica and New Zealand.
Spain will play with a four-time world champion like Germany, which makes it difficult for the Spanish team to be the leader of the group despite having been in pot 1 as the top seed. In addition, Japan will be a difficult rival with enough talent that could surprise La Roja. Even so, Luis Enrique’s men shouldn’t have many problems to qualify, because not even Germany is at a high level, in fact, Spain is put ahead of the Germans in bookmakers as favorites to win the World Cup. .
Despite all this, we must take into account the precedent of 2014. Spain arrived with a great squad and they had a group similar to the one now in difficulty, with the Netherlands, Chile and New Zealand. A priori, the Spaniards could afford to lose to the Dutch team, and they did, but the heavy defeat affected them and, losing to Chile, they were left out of the group stage.
Luckily now, La Roja’s first match will not be against Germany, but they will undoubtedly have to win the first match, since the match against the Germans will be very difficult and even. Let’s also not forget that being top of the group is very important, if Spain comes second, their rival could be Belgium in the round of 16, one of the most talented attacking teams on the planet, which could also leave them out too soon.
The truth is that Spain has shown that they have a team capable of beating anyone, but they are much better at qualifying games than in league games. In the group stage we saw how they were almost left out due to a lack of goals, which made them draw the first two games. We will see how they evolve until the end of the year, as we must remember that the team is very young, so we must be patient.
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