Quote from: Platinumys on Today at 08:49:58 AM

Quote from: Ale88 on August 12, 2025, 01:21:27 AM

I really hope to see some underdogs going a long way in the next World Cup, for me that is the most interesting part of the competition! It's always nice to see big teams playing against each other but when we have a team that surprises the whole world is even better.

This has happened in the last two World Cups, in the 2022 World Cup we saw Morocco qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup while big teams like Germany, Belgium, Brazil and Portugal were eliminated. Japan and South Korea performed quite well in the 2018 World Cup. Something similar may happen in the 2026 World Cup, we may put some known teams in the favorite position considering the performance and team strength but even then we will see some teams that we did not consider as favorites but qualified for the quarter-finals or semi-finals. When relatively less strong teams go to a good stage of a big tournament like the Football World Cup, they have to be praised and it is very nice to see them celebrate that achievement.

In last few year's soccer is completely changing and things are going on good level for many countries those are involved in this game for years getting good results Morocco is surely surprised from Africa while Japan and South Korea are a consistent performer from Asian region.

Now just one year left in coming world cup which could be the biggest soccer event with 48 teams and 3 countries are going to host this is going to be another entertaining event I am also expecting some surprises from few countries because big countries fail to bring expecting changes. Portugal and Argentina could be on front but it's never been easy for them to go through easily because any underdog can give surprising performance and show them early exit.