Who wins WC ’18
The final round of the World Cup Football 2018 starts from June 14 with the match between hosts and Saudi Arabia and will conclude with the match between the two finalists. Other than this, no prediction can be made about the course of the tournament. However, all eyes are on defending Champions Germany, Olympic Champions Brazil, World Youth Champions England and Copa America runners-up Argentina. The three outsiders are 2010 Champions Spain, Europe Champions Portugal and 1930 and 1950 Champions Uruguay.
An interesting matter is that Copa America Champions Chile, North America Champions USA, Africa Champions Cameroon and Oceania Champions New Zealand and four times World Champions Italy failed to qualify.
Surely football is the most popular and skillful game. A footballer must have qualities like physical fitness, shooting power, footwork and understanding with the teammates. Another important factor is the relation between the coach and the footballers. If they are hostile to one another, good result is absurd.
So far, Brazil won highest five times followed by Germany and Italy four each, Argentina and Uruguay two each, while England and France one each.
We are, however, waiting for the competition to start though we know that none Asian and African nation can fly to last four even when the World Cup is dominated by Europe and class interests dominate Europe.
Peter Rozario
Dhaka
