Portugal, Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea will fight each other to reach the 1/8 finals in Group H. Who will get the first two places?
At the end of the qualifying round, Portugal created difficulties for itself. She lost at home to Serbia (1-2), as a result of which she lost a direct ticket to the 2022 World Cup and went to the play-off matches. But they ended well for the Portuguese. Turkey (3-1) was beaten in the first match, and North Macedonia (2-0) in the second. Portugal was lucky with the group at the World Cup, with all due respect to Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea - they are not grandees.
But at the same time, Uruguay is a very strong team that will strive to take not only the second position, but will also make every effort to impose Portugal's struggle for the first. By the way, they will meet in the match of the second round, so it is desirable for the "sky-blue" to start at the group stage with a victory. Uruguay regularly copes with the group stage in the framework of the World Cups, and the upcoming one should not be an exception.
Oddly enough, bookmakers give Ghana a little more chances to get out of the group. This is explained primarily by the fact that many of its main players play in strong European clubs, even if not in the grandees. Ghana failed to qualify for the Russian World Cup, so going to Qatar has already become a success and brought a huge portion of positive emotions.
Many people associate South Korea with Son Heung-min, who has been playing for Tottenham for a long time. The performance of the national team will mainly depend on the forward of the English club. The dream is really good, and Hwang Hee-chan from Wolverhampton, Jung Woo-yeon from Freiburg and Hwang In-bom from Olympiacos will help him in the fight for the playoffs. Of the more or less famous footballers, there are still Lee Kang-in from Mallorca, Hwang Wee-cho from Olympiacos, Kim Min-jae from Napoli and Lee Jae-sung from Mainz.
Forecast
Despite the fact that Ghana and South Korea are widely represented in Europe, Uruguay has to bypass them, and many of its players play in European clubs, and even in the top ones - Nunez in Liverpool, Bentancourt in Tottenham, Valverde in Real Madrid, and Oliveira in "Napoli". Also, do not forget about Vigne - Roma, and Pelistri - Manchester United. And as for the first line, it will go to Portugal, whose players do not need an introduction.
