They wished for an Arab team to reach the final match... and to be crowned with the title

League players: Brazilian or Argentine World Cup

Brazil, led by Neymar, are favorites to win the World Cup.

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The nominations of a number of ADNOC Professional Football League players were in favor of the Latin American teams to win the World Cup currently being held in Qatar, while only two players nominated the European teams for the title, while a number of them expressed their hope that one of the participating Arab teams would reach the final match, and others wished That one of them will be crowned the title for the first time since the start of the World Cup.

The 10 players surveyed by Emirates Today unanimously agreed that the poles of football in Latin America, Brazil and Argentina, are the extraordinary candidates to snatch the precious title, after it remained stable in the last four versions in the old continent with the victory of Italy 2006, Spain 2010, Germany. 2014, and France in 2018, while the last title for Latin America was in 2002, and it was achieved by the Brazilian national team.

The four participating Arab teams are distributed in different groups, and Qatar plays in Group A, alongside Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands in Al Khor City, and Saudi Arabia plays in Group C alongside Argentina, Mexico and Poland, and Tunisia participates in Group D with France, Australia and Denmark, while the Moroccan national team is in the group. Sixth with Belgium, Canada and Croatia.

For his part, Al-Nasr player Mohamed Fawzi expressed his hope that one of the four participating teams (Saudi Arabia - Qatar - Morocco - Tunisia) would be able to reach the final match.

He said, "I wish them success in this edition, and I hope that we will see an Arab team in the final match."

He added, "My wishes are for the Argentine national team, led by its star Lionel Messi, or the Portuguese team, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, to achieve the title, because both of them deserve to end their sports career by lifting the World Cup."

In turn, Al Ain international player Saeed Jumaa also expressed his wishes for the Arab teams to make their mark in the tournament.

He said, "I wish them success, and that one of them succeeds in winning it, but if that does not happen, I certainly hope that the title will go to the French team to preserve its title that it achieved in the last edition in Russia."

On the other hand, Al Dhafra player Khaled Al Darmaki hoped that the efforts of the Argentine national team would be crowned with winning the title.

He said, "Frankly, I wish it to the Argentine national team, and that it would be the best conclusion for Lionel Messi."

It is noteworthy that the league competition stops during the days of the World Cup, but on the other hand, the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup championship will continue, as the return round for the first round will be held the day after tomorrow, Friday, and Al-Bataeh receives Al-Nasr, and Al-Jazira Dibba, and Khorfakkan goes out to meet Al-Wasl, and Ittihad Kalba receives its guest Al-Wahda, and Al-Dhafra its rival. Ajman, while Sharjah meets Bani Yas, while Al Ain and Shabab Al Ahly are absent, as they were the champions and runners-up of the last edition, respectively.

• 4 recent World Cup tournaments were dominated by European teams.

• 2002, the year that saw the last world cup crowned by a team from Latin America, "Brazil".

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