The qualifying campaign for the World Cup 2022 is approaching its last stop, and while some teams have qualified for their qualifications, major teams face the risk of missing out on the tournament that football fans await every 4 years.
A report by the "90Min" website, in its French version, reviewed 5 big teams that are facing difficulty in deciding their qualifications, and they may be among the most prominent absentees from the tournament hosted by Qatar.
Ghana
Ghana missed two valuable points in its struggle to qualify for the final stage of the African qualifiers today, Thursday, after drawing 1-1 with its host Ethiopia in the fifth (penultimate) round of Group G, and Ghana remained in second place with 10 points, a goal difference behind the South team Africa (the leader), equal with him in the same balance, who plays his guest, Zimbabwe, later today.
Ghana will be on a date with a final match against South Africa in the final round, where it will be required to win in order to ensure passage to the final deciding round in the qualifiers, knowing that Ghana participated in 3 of the last 4 copies of the World Cup.
The leaders of the ten groups in the African qualifiers qualify for a playoff round of one home and away system to determine the identity of 5 qualifiers for the next World Cup.
Chile
Chile reached the final price of the World Cup in 2010 and 2014, and failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, and is in danger of repeating the absence in the next edition after a bad start in the South American qualifiers.
Chile is currently ranked sixth with 6 rounds before the end of the qualifiers, and it will have to face Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in the next rounds.
The teams that occupy the first four places qualify directly for the World Cup finals, and the fifth place plays a play-off match with a team from another continent to get the opportunity to be in Qatar.
Cameroon
Cameroon is one of the most African teams participating in the World Cup, as it recorded attendance in 7 copies of the tournament, and the team was unfortunate that it was with Ivory Coast in the same groups during the current qualifiers.
After losing the first leg 1-2, the "Untamed Lions" team will be required to win the final match against Ivory Coast, but before that they must beat Malawi in the penultimate round to maintain the point difference that separates them from leaders Ivory Coast currently.
Croatia
Croatia - which reached the final of the last edition in Russia, and lost to France - is two points behind Russia before two rounds of the final qualifiers, and will be required to win today against Malta, before receiving Russia in a final confrontation to resolve the direct crossing ticket.
And if Croatia fails to seize the lead from Russia, it will be forced to go through a very risky playoff, and Luka Modric's comrades may be prevented from traveling to Qatar.
Spain
The Spanish team was lucky when Sweden lost 1-2 to Greece, which kept the chances of qualifying in the hands of the team led by Luis Enrique.
Spain faces Greece today, and receives Sweden in the last round, and Spain will try to overturn its lag in the standings by two points from the leaders, to ensure obtaining the transit card directly and not to risk playing a playoff role.