There are still three days to go until the draw for the group stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The focus of mainstream media, world sports media and fans has turned to the Kremlin in Moscow, speculating on the possible group draw based on the brackets announced on the FIFA official website.

The thirty-two promoted teams are divided into four levels according to the international rankings announced by FIFA in October.

The first-tier teams include host country Ross, Germany (1), Brazil (2), Portugal (3), Argentina (4), Belgium (5), Poland (6) and France (7).

Second-tier teams: Netherlands (8), Spain (9), Peru (10), Switzerland (11), England (12), Colombia (13), Uruguay (17), Croatia (18)

Third-tier teams : Denmark (19), Mexico (20), Iceland (21), Costa Rica (22), Tunisia (28), Egypt (30), Senegal (32) and Persia (34) Fourth-tier team: Serbia (38) , Nigeria (41), Australia (43), Sushi Country (44), Morocco (48), Panama (49), South Korea (62) and Saudi Arabia (63).

Due to the emergence of the Netherlands, Spain and England in the second-tier teams, A strong team will lead to a high probability of a death group in next year's World Cup group stage.

According to the lottery rules given by FIFA, teams from the first level to the fourth level are drawn in sequence and enter groups A~H. The first-level teams automatically enter the first pick of each group.

Teams in the second to fourth tiers of each group will also be drawn in order before they are assigned to the group. The order determines the team's schedule in the group. For example, the host Ross automatically inherits the A1 pick to participate in the opening game. Their The opponent in the opening match is A2, the first round in the same group is A3 and A4, the second round is A1 against A3, and A2 against A4.

In addition, each group drawn can have at most two European teams. Teams from other continents have avoidance rules and cannot appear in the same group. This is also the case. According to the drawing of groups A~H, it is possible that non-European teams will appear. If teams from the same continent are drawn together, group jumping will occur.

It is equivalent to saying that if Brazil is drawn into Group B in the first tier, then if the B football team in the second tier is drawn into Peru, Colombia or Uruguay, then the team will automatically jump to the next group.

In the same way, if Group A has the host country Ross, and the second team in Group A is a European team, then the European team drawn by A3 will jump to Group B. If Group B has already drawn two European teams, Then jump to Group C, and so on, until there are no more European teams in the group.

Of course, this possibility is very low.

People who eat melons automatically ignore these, and they have begun to predict possible death groups on online social platforms.

Van Kerry is also paying attention to the upcoming World Cup group draw. His little butterfly has also caused changes in the original history of world football. It is not known whether the draw results will change accordingly.

Time flies, and December 1st arrives in the blink of an eye, and the focus of the world comes to the Kremlin Concert Hall in Moscow.

Just after eight o'clock in the evening, two hosts appeared on the main stage of the Kremlin Concert Hall. The male host was Gary Lineker, a BBC football commentator who has become famous recently, and the female host was Ross sports reporter Mary. Yakomandenaya, the two of them tacitly announced that the group draw of the 2018 Russian World Cup has officially begun.

Immediately, the guests who participated in the group draw were invited.

Just like previous World Cup group draws, the winners of the draw will be the representatives of each World Cup winner and the host country.

First of all, the 2010 South Africa World Cup champion Spain represents Puyol, the 1994 World Cup and 2002 World Cup champion Brazil represents Cafu, the 1998 champion France represents Blanco, the 1966 champion England represents Banks, and the 2006 World Cup champion Italy represents Caravaro and 1986 World Cup champion Argentina representative Maradona.

Klose, the last World Cup champion representative, only served as a guest for the Hercules Cup display and did not participate in the draw.

Since the last member of Uruguay's last World Cup win (1950), Jigia, passed away two years ago, the guest representing Uruguay at the draw ceremony was Diego Forlan, the goal scorer of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The draw guest from the host country is relatively older. He is the legendary Simon Nien, who is 91 years old this year. He participated in the 1958 World Cup as the captain of the former Soviet Union and scored the first World Cup goal in team history. Two years later, In the previous Olympic Games, he won the first football gold medal in team history.

Van Kerry sat in front of the TV with De Ligt and Van de Beek to watch the live broadcast. Representing the Netherlands in the draw ceremony were Football Association President Van Praach and head coach Van Basten.

Rose's World Cup group draw ceremony did not have so many fancy introductions. Lineker explained the draw rules as usual, and the draw ceremony officially began.

First, England's legendary goalkeeper Banks drew the eight first-tier teams in a first-place glass jar and placed them in groups A to H in order. One red ball and seven red balls were placed in the four order groups of group A. One of the four balls in position is red, and the remaining three are white balls.

This is the draw that was announced long before the game, which is Rose and A1.

Under the spotlight of hundreds of millions of people, the gray-haired Banks drew the B1 team, which was no different from Van Kerry's impression. Spain was still the B1 team until the C1 draw.

It turns out that the historical C1 team was France, but this time it became Germany. France, which should be in C1, went to E1. The first pick of the other groups did not change.

The second draw in Group A is still Uruguay, with the pick being A4.

Portugal is still in Group B. Spain, one of the strongest teams in the second tier, was drawn into Group B by Maradora. The order is B2, which means that the first round of Group B in next year's World Cup will be an Iberian Peninsula derby.

When Spain and Portugal were drawn together, there was an uproar at the draw and the whole atmosphere was aroused.

"Wow——"

But no one expected that an even bigger sensation would follow. Maradora, who was in charge of drawing lots for the second-tier teams, drew the Netherlands, and the entire venue was in an uproar again!

Van de Beek, who was sitting in front of the TV, blurted out:"I'll go! This Maradona guy is indeed the hand of God! God!"

First there was a war between Spain and Portugal, and then there was a war between Germany and the Netherlands, which immediately aroused the excitement of fans all over the world. People, especially those who eat melons, have begun to look forward to the strong dialogue in the World Cup.

At the same time, PP sports commentator Zhan Jun exclaimed:"Maradona is indeed the founder of the Hand of God! The uncrowned king Netherlands draws the defending champion Germany!"

Compared with the huge expectations of the melon-eating crowd, German fans and Dutch fans It's very depressing.

Unless the teams in the third and fourth tiers are weak teams, if you want to stand out from Group C, you must show your best competitive form.

The on-site director immediately gave Van Basten and Loew a close-up shot of their faces. Obviously, both of them looked unhappy. This was different from the reactions of the original Spanish head coach Lopetegui and Portuguese head coach Santos. Exactly the same.

Dericht said nothing, but the corners of his mouth were twitching.

Fan Kerry, on the other hand, had no mood swings. For him, it didn't matter which group he was drawn into in the World Cup group stage. He said calmly:"It's a small problem, no problem."

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