It’s generally accepted that every World Cup there is one “Group of Death,” where the competition is so brutal that at least one highly ranked team will fail to move onto the knockout stage. While most groups will have one legitimate contender, one possible contender, and then two easier opponents, the Group of Death will have at least two top teams, with the other two having a chance to be trap games.
This happens because of the 12 group format. It’s a simple numbers game where sorting all the teams into groups will naturally lead to some being paired up unequally. On Friday we got our first look at the
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