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I was watching a piece of news, but I don't know if it's real or maybe not, but it announced that perhaps for the next World Cup qualifiers, South America would expand the World Cup quotas to 6 places, if this is the case it will be very interesting , the curious thing is that it only said South America, for Europe it would also apply.

The next world cup, 2026, will be hosted in Canada, USA, and Mexico. All those 3 will be qualified because they're hosts. Also, there will be extra slots for all the confederations.

The 2026 World Cup will have 48 qualified teams instead of the 32 teams of 2022. So that's going to be an extra 16 teams for the next world cup, selected from all the confederations.

It will be the first time that some confederations will be able to qualify directly instead of having to go to play-offs.

Here's the detailed table with the new spots:

Excellent information, the fact of doing it in 3 countries is an experiment that FIFA wants to do to see how things can go, however the most benefited are those from Asia and I like that, also the addition of more countries by UEFA could guarantee that teams like Italy, Sweden if they can have more options to go to the World Cup, particularly I still feel sadness because these two teams do not go to QATAR, because they have a very good history and are actually very representative and they make many countries have many fans and want to revive actions that only they could do, as happened in USA94 with the third place of Sweden and the last World Cup that Italy won with a Zidane who hit an Italian.

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I just realized that for the first time there were six teams from Asia (AFC) who managed to advance to the world cup. I think this is new history. I have high hopes for South Korea and Japan in this world cup. although the real challenge will definitely be felt for Korea and Japan because considering Qatar is a pretty hot country so I hope it won't be a problem. even some of my brothers who work in qatar say it's so hot there even at work there is someone who installs air conditioning outside the room. This will definitely be a challenge for a team from a country that has cold temperatures.

The hosts always gain automatic qualification, and on top of that there are 4 exclusive slots for AFC. Apart from these, Australia managed to win the playoff against Peru. So in total there are 6 countries from the AFC. All that said, South Korea and Japan are a joke. They have huge fanbase, but they never perform in major tournaments. They look completely clueless when they play against top teams such as Brazil or England.

And now coming to the weather, I don't think that there needs to be much concern. During evening time, the weather is much more tolerable. On top of that, the tournament is taking place during the winter season.

It's true, I think that the match between Australia and Peru was not that exciting, but this time for me, I was more for Australia than for Peru even though I am South American, I think that the kangaroos of the beautiful country need to do a good job in QATAR . The criticism for the oceanic country has been many, but there is still a long way to go before they can fix all those inconsistencies that could have been shown, I think they will give a good show and will be able to go very far in the World Cup.

I don’t know about you’ll but having more teams can make the World Cup dreadfully long and boring too, and many will avoid watching the initial matches as the big teams will probably be clashing later on only. Also I too felt that Italy should have made it this year, but in the end it felt like that they ran out of desire to play at the World Cup.

The Italy thing gives me incredible pain, for me the Italians have a great style of play, also their history defines them a lot, there are already two World Cups in a row that we don't see them, I think that Italian Soccer needs to have more discipline, and that is It starts with the leagues, series A a few years ago had great fame, I know that the pandemic affected clubs around the world a lot, but I think it is time for not only the Bundesliga, the Spanish league, to shine, but also the Italian must be the protagonist, the French league is currently quite famous, in this if the money should move to promote the sport.

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I just realized that some of these top class players will probably compete for the last time in the 2022 FIFA world cup. The reason is that the age of these top players is no longer young because the FIFA world cup is held every 4 years. then it is possible that in the 2026 fifa world cup these players will no longer play. Among these players are Cristiano Ronaldo, who is now 37 years old. so 4 years later cristiano ronaldo will be 41 years old. and i think this will make cristiano ronaldo have to play with his full strength and perform with his best game. and other players namely Lionel messi, Luka Modric and Neymar. I think these players really want to make history in their last game at the FIFA world cup 2022.

Yes, the Qatar 2022 World Cup will indeed be the last World Cup for several players, including the players you mentioned above. The age factor is the reason why they will not participate in the next World Cup. It is also possible that in a few more seasons these players will decide to retire. What is interesting to me is whether the players will be able to perform optimally or not.

if you look at the current performance of messi, neymar, Luka Modric and cristiano ronaldo. so I still see their performance and skills are still good. even age doesn't seem to be a problem for these players. because so far they look good. I hope they can maintain their performance until the 2022 FIFA World Cup starts. because if they get injured before the FIFA 2022 world cup takes place, it will certainly make them very disappointed at the last moment of their career. hopefully these superior players stay healthy until the 2022 FIFA world cup takes place. although I am not a supporter of their country. but I'm still curious about their game later.

What happens is that previously there weren't so many stars in football that shined as much as them, it is also worth pointing out that Neymar Jr is possibly also his last world cup, so Brazil is going to go with everything! this world cup will be very exciting, it will start in November and the wait is still long, at least for me there is still a long way to go, I think all fans want the world cup to start, I think we all really miss it, from all the players who They are waiting for it to be their last World Cup. I hope the best wins and hopefully one of them will make history.