I just noticed that if Germany loses today against Italy in the Nations League Quarterfinals, then we're playing in June in the: Group I with Norway, Israel, Estonia, Moldovia if we advance to the Final Four then we're playing in Autumn in: Group A with Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Luxembourg. I hope we won't be playing in Group I because that would mean we failed against Italy this evening
New Zealand have qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 2010, They will probably always do so now as a team from their Federation are guaranteed a spot at the tournament.
New Caledonia into the intercontinental play offs too. Think it would be fair to say they’ll be slight outsiders to get through
The only half decent team they play is NZ, so at least it will give them the experience of playing someone different.
It’s basically Swaziland with a new name, but I’m guessing you found that out while you were researching. A friend of mine in 2006 thought Wallonia was a country and was like “Where exactly is that on the map?!”
It definitely brings it in line with the Women’s World Cup, as the OFC winner has always qualified and never entered an intercontinental play off.
Yeah I think it’s a good opportunity to get some exposure to a different team. Some of the African and Asian teams that would drop into the play offs are hardly world beaters so will be a good experience nonetheless
It looks more attacking but it'll probably need to be , I reckon Latvia will put X1 behind the ball & we'll need to be patient although , an early goal undoes all of that .
Nothing that matters in the grand scheme of things but I am a little disappointed we are now going with squad numbers in international games. One thing I did really used to like was we were one of the few international sides who lined up 1-11 in every game.
That is an excellent excellent free kick from James. If he stays fit (lol) I think he’ll be Tuchel’s guy at right back.
