We already have a three-round qualifying phase of the planet Football Championship in Qatar. Interestingly, for the first time in 36 years Poland's representation has been among the top 16 teams in the planet and on Sunday 4 December it will stand other the current planet Champions, or France. The quarter-final is at stake. For the Polish ball, it is undoubtedly an epochal event, which came in rather unexpected circumstances, although it will be permanently recorded in the past of this discipline over Vistula.
We had a akin success 6 years ago erstwhile Poles failed only in the quarter-finals of the European Championships in addition without losing a single match. We gave way to Portugal only in punishment kicks and what is worth noticing is this squad won the title. For every, even a casual observer, it was clear at the time that the large Sadness of Polish typical football ended.
“Play Like Germany”
The dream that Poles would yet start playing as the Germans did, however, coincided with the slow fall of our neighbours. While Germany won the planet Championships in Brazil in 2014, in this Euro 2016 they shared only bronze together with Wales. No wonder in the eliminations and qualifying phase they played a full of 3 matches (lost, triumph and draw) with Poles, which gave a full clear pat. In 2018, for the first time, like us, they had already dropped out in the qualifying phase and in this year's event they repeated this feat. but this time without us. Even though the neighbors from behind Odra have been riding with us in 1 chair for any time now, there are no shortage of Bunchu declarations. No wonder the Germans have a bag of championship medals in their account, but let's remember nothing is given erstwhile in a lifetime. The planet is changing and these changes are worth watching.
Japanese gambit?
Even in the erstwhile century, Japan's football run against specified European powers as Spain and Germany could be compared to the flight of a kamikaze aimed at an American cruiser during stormy weather. However, the Japanese, like the Japanese, have worked hard and hard to build their representation power. Of course, any uninitiated Asian white man could laughter under a mustache, but his surprise is only a consequence of ignorance. Yet before the year 90, Japan did not number on its continent in this world’s most popular sports discipline. The best was Iran, then Saudis and South Korea. The play of winning the championship on this continent went erstwhile to Israel, Kuwait, Australia or Iraq. Later there was a abrupt and clear dominance of the country of the Flowering Cherry, in just 30 years 4 times (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) they became Champions of Asia and erstwhile reached for runner-up (2019). In 2019, the Master of Asia became Qatar's first always so the fact of the organization of Mundial there should not be entirely a surprise either. So it can be said that the breakdown in the qualifying phase of first Germans and then Spaniards was the culmination of the planet aspirations of the Samurais.
Second planet squad overboard.
When we look at the FIFA ranking, the second place after Brazil (1841 points) with a tiny difference of points is Belgium (1817 points). The 3rd position of the planet ranking is our last opponent, Argentina 1774 points, and Mexico is besides in place 13. The Belgians inactive beat the English by 2 goals during the 2018 planet Championships in a bronze match, so no 1 expected the drop in form. However, it seems that it is simply a form of Moroccans that has grown importantly and the peoples of Africa, like Asia, are increasingly trying to join the planet elite dominated by Europe and Latin America. Well, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo dominated the continent (2009, 2016), gold was besides won by Tunisia or Libya was not even bronzed before 2018. Meanwhile, in the last 4 years, Moroccans have reached twice after the Africa Cup of Nations (2018 and 2020).
“No moral victories”
Carlos Queiroz is no longer Iran's squad coach. A Portuguese trainee quit his occupation after dropping his wards out of the Mundial in Qatar. "There are no moral victories," he said. This is simply a very crucial statement, words of a realist and professional hard-footing on the ground. The problem of undermining the success of any teams as well as justifying the failures of others is profoundly rooted in the Polish mentality. We must remember that football follows circumstantial rules and that what is good to the eye does not should be impressive. Over the Vistula River, the cool Poles are eager to justify the defeat of our representation, while among the compplexed triumph fathers 1 tries to challenge the invisible or passive kind of the game. Remember, however, that the nipponese in the winning match against Spain (2:1) owned the ball only in 17.7%, which is the fresh evidence in the past of the planet Cup.
Here comes a fresh one.
From the championship, the erstwhile powers fell, gave way to the football nations young and ambitious. In the 1/8 finals there will be no Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Serbia or Uruguay. Canada and Qatar finish their adventure with a zero score, while the Serbs, Welsh or Danes collected 1 eye each. Much better results were achieved by Costa Rica, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, and Cameroon, which nevertheless besides fell out. The Arabs, however, managed to wipe out Argentina's nose and the Cameroonians themselves of Brazil, which is considered the favourite of this year's mundial. If we are witnessing the beginning of large changes in planet football, we should be all the more pleased that in specified revolutionary circumstances our country has won its place again in the planet elite.
David Berezicki
