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Now Qatar is going to be first Muslim country who is going to host his mega event and surely this is going to be game changer for this region which is having some terrible issues and conflicts for decades with this all I am still feeling Qatar is not having any good chance for qualifying into next round because their group is tough, and they are currently the most weak side in this event.

Qatar is in Group A. And here their opponents are Ecuador, Netherlands and Senegal. Teams are considered strong but their performances are not consistent. If Qatar can perform a bit better, they have a chance to win both matches. And I think they will be able to draw in that match if they play defensively. Moreover, as the home team, they will get some extra advantage.

In this group, the Netherlands is the clear favorite, but Senegal, the finalist of the African Championship, will also be a very difficult opponent and they are probably the main candidates for second place and passing the group.
Ecuador is probably the weakest South American team that qualified for this world championship, and Qatar almost certainly would not have participated in this world championship if they were not the hosts.
I think there is little chance for Qatar to pass the group because they will have to beat one of the group's favorites, the Netherlands or Senegal.
Of course, surprises are always possible, and Qatar can certainly count on mild support from FIFA and football referees.

you are right. If Qatar had not been the host country, it would have been almost impossible for Qatar to qualify for the next round from this group. But they will play at home. At the same time, as host countries, they may be able to exert some influence over FIFA and the referees. And so it is not impossible for them to qualify for the next round. Also, the Qatari team is not too weak. They can play well.

It is a pity that a country like Venezuela, which has never been to a World Cup, is not the host for a World Cup either, in this case Qatar is very lucky, but above all it is a country with a lot of money and I think this is one of the things for which it will attract many people in the world, particularly I would like one day to go to know this country, when the draw was made they showed a great show, and I think that due to the environment or something similar we will not have a problem, I hope that QATAR manages to pass at least to the second round, to the round of 16 is something respectable for a team, and I hope that for the next World Cup they will be able to go too.

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Qatar might still surprise people. They are eagerly looking forward to this final tournament and also have all the support. And all African countries are of course also used to having to play football in these circumstances. Something European footballers are not used to. And it's also the middle of Europe's winter. If you play in England, for example, you have a chance that you were still in the snow 2 weeks before. Those are all factors that come into play. We can expect the Netherlands to have the weakest green, but it would be nice if Qatar goes to the next round.

What do you mean by surprise people? Get surprisingly good results and advance to next round? I don't think that's possible at all. They will just finish the group in last place and if they get a draw they are lucky. My expectation for them is to get exact zero points.
Some African teams are really good and if we see some of them in next stages I wouldn't be surprised. We saw Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal in previous tournaments do good things. I wouldn't expect any other club than European and South American to be in semi finals though. That's the stage things are going hotter and big teams don't do easy mistakes at that point.

First of all Qatar getting a single point in the group would be a huge surprise and a huge success for them. They are in that level... Secondly, I still cannot believe we are having a world cup in the middle of summer. As it is written above, the weather situation for the countries are unacceptable in my opinion. Ok world should revolve around the western hemisphere, but come on, a world cup in the winter in a desert country? That is just not right.

Also I respect african teams but they cannot advance to semi finals just because there is a weather advantage. Even this conversation is utterly disappointing for me. We shouldn't even talking about this. We should have had a good old nice world cup by now. Not the winter stuff...

Well, I do have a lot of faith in the African teams, it is a pity that the Nigerian super eagles are not here, but we have Ghana and I think they can do a good job, however I do not rule out that some surprises may happen, we all expect a lot from them. favorite teams, but anything can happen, I really hope that this world cup is full of many emotions, I would like to see what Brazil, Portugal and Argentina do.