This group has nothing to envy to the previous ones because it has members who have made history in World Cups, we have the first winner in the history of the World Cup, the selection of for many the best soccer player in the last 100 years, the country that has played 10 World Cups in a row, and those who were about to become the first African country in a semifinal, as we see each one has an essential that differentiates them from the rest, with a World Cup in the last 100 years, the country that has played 10 World Cups in a row, and those who were about to become the first African country in a semifinal, as we see each one has an essential that differentiates them from the rest, with a World Cup being played for the first time in the Arabian Peninsula it is time to analyze the possibilities and what the members of Group H of the Qatar 2022 World Cup can do.
Perhaps this is the occasion that Portugal has the best chances of winning a title at the national team level since Cristiano Ronaldo has been in uniform, it is true that they won the European Championship in 2016, but despite being a continental competition they were not the favorites to win the title, in a World Cup things have been complicated in recent times, the most they have advanced since South Africa 2010 has been the round of 16, With Ronaldo, who is 37 years old, Qatar will almost certainly be his last World Cup, unlike in other World Cups, the Portuguese national team now has more support for its star who plays for Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Jota, Joao Félix, Bernardo Silva, Joao Cancelo and Rúben Dias are some of the names that are already part of the top leagues in Europe, in addition to the group stage, the mission is to reach the final, but to do so, they have to play that fifth game (quarterfinal) that has eluded them for some time now, changing group members. If there is someone who already knows what it means to beat Portugal in World Cups, it is precisely South Korea, when in 2002 they also shared a group and a final result of 1-0 went to the Asians, Nowadays it is no secret that their star player is Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-Min, this team will play their tenth World Cup in Qatar, they have not missed one since Spain 1982, they are a team that plays in a very compact way and has given headaches to the big teams, the Koreans will undoubtedly be an opponent to take into account.
The Ghanaian national team played its first World Cup in 2006, and since then they have only missed Russia 2018, for an African team they have achieved very good results reaching the round of 16 in their debut and the following World Cup in 2010 to the quarterfinals where they were about to be the first country of their continent to play in a World Cup semifinal, But a penalty missed in the last minute of extra time by Asamoah Gyan extended the match to penalties where they were defeated 4-2, the opponent who beat them on that occasion and advanced to the next round was Uruguay, who is the fourth team in this group, the South Americans will play with nostalgia the 2022 World Cup, since it will be the last participation of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani with the Charrúas, a duo that gave many joys to this small country, Uruguay, who hosted the first World Cup in history and can boast of being the first winner of the most important tournament in the field of selections, with two World Cups in its showcase, the goal is to advance in any way to the next round, but it is difficult because they are part of a group where the other teams involved seek revenge with them, first South Korea seeks revenge after they were eliminated by Uruguay in the round of 16 in South Africa, Ghana as we reviewed in the same World Cup were beaten in the quarters and finally Portugal that in the round of 16 of Russia 2018 could not with the sky-blue.
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