Little by little, the lightness of the friendly matches and the rain of goals scored by the French team faded.
The air thickens.
As before each draw for the World Cup, we fall with both feet into a spatio-temporal fault: here we are on the eve of the World Cup, ready to do battle.
But there is something missing.
A detail of nothing at all, the adversaries.
Who are they ?
Are they strong, weak, average?
Are we going to roll on the group stage?
And after that, who do we get in the eighth?
Are they there, the Swiss?
So many questions that will be partly answered on Friday evening (6 p.m.), after the big lottery.
The only prior certainty, France, still solid 3rd nation in the world after the last update of the FIFA rankings, is one of the top seeds, and therefore avoids the crème de la crème for the group stage.
Hats
Pot 1
: Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal and Qatar (host country).
Hat 2
: Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, United States, Croatia.
Hat 3
: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia.
Pot 4:
Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, UEFA qualified (Wales, Scotland or Ukraine), intercontinental play-off winner 1, intercontinental play-off winner 2.
Of the three temporarily vacant places in the last pot, one may be for Ukraine, whose semi-final of their play-off against Scotland has been postponed until June by the war.
The winner will compete for the last European place in Wales.
The last two tickets will be distributed at the end of intercontinental play-offs, which will be played in Doha, Qatar.
Australia or the United Arab Emirates as well as Costa Rica or New Zealand will complete the picture.
The possible draws of the Blues
Reminder: Outside Europe, authorized to have two teams in the same group, two teams from the same confederation cannot fall into the same pool.
The group of death:
France – Germany – Senegal – Ecuador
No question possible on hat 2, the Mannschaft remains the Mannschaft.
The Germans finished first in their group in the qualifiers for the World Cup and have not lost since their elimination from the Euro against England.
They remain on a draw against the Netherlands.
In hat 3, Senegal, recent African champion led by Sadio Mané, clearly acts as a scarecrow.
Finally, and since a 4th was needed, we have full faith in Ecuador to play the troublemakers who will lose on a goal in the 87th minute after spending the match tearing off the legs of Mbappé and Benzema to stop them. .
The cat group at DD:
France – United States – Iran – New Zealand*
A nod to France 98 with Iran and the United States, whose presence in the Blues group would still suit us quite a bit from a sporting point of view.
The assurance of a peaceful first lap, perfect for managing the strong forces before tackling the main course.
The onion group:
France – Switzerland – Senegal – Costa Rica*
Returning to Switzerland barely a year after the trauma of Euro 2021?
Too soon.
Our little hearts are not ready for this.
As for Senegal, our wounds have had time to heal, but our survival instincts definitely urge us to avoid the African champions.
Finally, how not to shed a tear thinking of Keylor Navas in the goals of Costa Rica against Kylian Mbappé, a taste of the next Real Madrid – PSG in the Champions League 2023.
The group where our opponents kill each other while the Blues dance:
Brazil – Germany – Serbia and Cameroon
What better than an opening game against Germany to make the Brazilians cry and mentally take them out of the tournament from the start?
What better than Serbia to redo the playoffs and qualify by pushing one of the two teams out?
Who else but Karl Toko-Ekambi to crucify the Mannschaft in the 90th minute?
*Play-off teams
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