Sprint! 5 new teams will be added in one day, England and Portugal can advance to the World Cup

The two-week national team match day has come to an end. In the last day, multiple World Cup qualifying matches will be completed. Afterwards, the players can return to their respective clubs to participate in the game. Next month, there will be another national team match day.

Earlier, Cape Verde defeated its opponents as expected and successfully secured the 22nd spot in the World Cup. At the same time, this small West African country with a population of less than 600,000 entered the World Cup for the first time. In addition, it participated in the Basketball World Cup for the first time two years ago. Cape Verde began to enter the field of vision of the majority of fans. It turns out that the World Cup can be so close.

Soon, the last round of World Cup qualifying matches at this stage will begin on four continents around the world. The Asian region is familiar to everyone. The United Arab Emirates (3 points) in Group A will face Qatar (1 point), which has the advantage of being the host. The two teams were in the same group in the previous stage. The United Arab Emirates won both home and away games, with a total of 8-1 victory, which gave them a great psychological advantage. The UAE can advance with a draw, while Qatar needs to win to advance. If they lose by two goals or more, they will be ranked at the bottom and will lose their qualifications for the play-offs.

Indonesia in Group B has lost two consecutive games and has been eliminated early. Saudi Arabia and Iraq, who have 3 points, will meet directly. The winner can advance to the World Cup, while the loser needs to compete with the second place in Group A for an intercontinental play-off spot. In the event of a draw, Saudi Arabia, which has the same goal difference and more goals, can advance to the World Cup. Therefore, all eight direct quotas in Asia will be created soon.

Group C of North and Central America has completed this stage of the competition, and then the fourth round of the two groups AB will proceed. Due to the tight points, there are six rounds in total, and there is no outstanding team in the three groups. Suriname in Group A, Curacao in Group B and Honduras in Group C are temporarily the leaders of their respective groups. The first place in the three groups will advance directly, and the two second-place finishers with the best results can participate in the intercontinental play-offs. Without the host country participating, it seems that there will be relatively unfamiliar names that can appear in the World Cup.

Africa has produced 6 participating teams, with the last 3 direct quotas remaining, and all group matches will be completed soon. In the final round, the three leaders, Senegal in Group A, Benin in Group B, and Cote d'Ivoire in Group F, can successfully advance to the World Cup as long as they win in the final round. Among them, Group A and Group F are two strong competitions, and the top three in Group B all have the opportunity to advance.

In the European area, four groups will compete. England in Group K is in the best situation. As long as they win one more game, they can advance to the World Cup without considering the results of the other games. This round of away game against Latvia, England has only one goal, win! If they take all three points, England's unbeaten run in five consecutive World Cup qualifiers will be extended to 37 games.

Portugal in Group F is a European team other than England that has a chance to advance early this week. The difference is that it needs help from its opponents. Portugal defeated Hungary, but Armenia could not defeat Ireland. If these two conditions are met, Portugal can advance. Earlier, France and Switzerland were unable to defeat their opponents and missed the opportunity to become the first European team to advance. Portugal or England, who can complete the task ahead of schedule?

Spain in Group E, in the absence of many young talents, has been able to maintain a good state despite its coach being involved in the controversy over the use of Yamal. It has won 3 games without conceding a goal. Although it cannot widen the points gap, the goal difference advantage continues to increase. Perhaps the battle for the top spot with Turkey in the final round has become less meaningful.

Italy in Group I is completely different. Not only does it maintain a stable points gap, but its goal difference disadvantage continues to expand. Norway, the top team in this round, has a bye, and Italy is expected to reduce its points to 3 points behind. What needs to be noted is that in the away game a month ago, Tonali scored all three points in stoppage time. Returning to face the same opponent at home, is there a high chance of winning, and how many goal differences can be reduced?

In addition to the 5 promotion places in Asia and Africa, the two continents will also determine 6 teams to participate in the play-offs of their continents and compete for 1 intercontinental play-off place each. After the national team match day next month, the number of participating teams will reach 42. Next March, there will be European play-offs and intercontinental play-offs, which will produce 4 and 2 qualifying places respectively.