Quote from: Forsyth Jones on December 20, 2024, 12:03:17 AM

Quote from: indah rezqi on December 18, 2024, 06:49:35 PM

Indeed, I think Morocco and Japan will be able to talk a lot in the upcoming 2026 World Cup. Both countries currently have a golden generation, and the majority of them play in top European clubs, so they are must definitely teams to watch. We certainly still remember Morocco journey in the 2022 World Cup, where they were able to reach the semi-finals before finally losing to France. This could happen again, especially if the performance of countries that usually appear dominant continues to decline, such as Italy, Belgium and Brazil. Personally, I hope to see Asian and African countries become more dominant forces in the World Cup in the future.

There seems to be a transformation in world football, where teams that used to not stand out in tournaments like the World Cup are now having the chance to showcase their talent to the world, as is the case with Marrocos and Japan.

And with the rise of Arab clubs signing expensive players like CR7 and Neymar, they are attracting a lot of talent and encouraging the current generation to follow and enjoy football more, which could result in a talented generation for the next World Cup tournaments.

There may be many Japanese players playing in Europe so that their football is advanced and even almost all Japanese and Moroccan players play in top clubs and even those clubs are all famous clubs, so that's the factor why these two countries really stand out compared to other countries.

Regarding Saudi Arabia, maybe what is currently felt by them is the decline in young players who are unable to compete at the highest level, for example playing in Europe like Japanese or Moroccan players, so the only way is to bring in famous players like CR7 or Neymar and Benzema to lift the mentality of their young players, but unfortunately that was not able to be done by the Saudi Arabian players who are very clear that they are in difficult times, because they were also just defeated by Indonesia in the 3rd round of the World Cup qualification with a score of 2-0.