Belgium, which achieved the best classification in its history at the 2018 World Cup in Russia After finishing third, today, in Qatar 2022, a powder keg after losing against Morocco (0-2) and the pass will be played on the last day on Thursday against Croatia, the current runner-up. There have been many teams that have reached a very high level in a World Cup and staged a great crisis or sunk directly into the next one.
It happened in France when, after winning its first World Cup as host in 1998, finished last in group A of the first phase of the following, Korea and Japan 2002. Two defeats (0-1 against Senegal and 2-0 against Denmark) and a draw (0-0) against Uruguay led the ‘ bleus’ at the end of the eighth. From lifting the World Cup Zinedine Zidane and his teammates went to a difficult elimination.
although now France started defending their Russia 2018 title (their second World Cup) at a high levelIt is common for the world champions to meet each other in the next edition. It happened in Italy in 2010, when he came to South Africa to defend his fourth world crown, achieved in Germany in 2006 and did not go beyond the first stage: last in group F after losing against Slovakia (3-2 ) and after both 1 -1 against Paraguay and New Zealand.
The ‘azzurra’ took the baton from Pula, as world champions and as the first to be eliminated from the following World Cup. And this experience has already been experienced by Spain four years after winning its first World Cup, in South Africa 2010. La Roja comes from its historic cycle, Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012, when they failed to reach the round of 16 in Brazil 2014. The Spanish team fell to 1-5 against the Netherlands and 0-2 against Chile. They beat Australia 3-0.
And Germany continued the curse: they won their fourth world title in Brazil 2014 and did not go beyond the first stage in Russia 2018. Two defeats (0-1 against Mexico and 2-0 against South Korea) made of 2-win win 1 against Sweden and prevented him from continuing to defend the trophy. Germany finished bottom of group F.
From one World Cup to another, the good times can go on. But a cycle can also end. Or fail anew.
Source: La Verdad
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