My theory is a factor of 3 things: 1st: The "hunger" to win the WC is not there to the same extent as the previous year. Not saying it is not there, but definitely it is not the same. 2nd: They become the targeted team. Everyone will study how they play and how to counter them. 3rd: they tend to play the same way as the previous WC, instead of changing or evolving their playstile to stay competitive I will argue that brazil also had the curse in 2006, but the team was so stacked that they just brute forced passed opponents. they loosing where they did was certainly underachieving for that team
This makes sense to me too. 1. Makes sense, especially if you have a bunch of players from the previous winning squad. If you have younger guys who weren't there, then I could see the hunger returning. It's kind of wild that Mbappe is still so young - I wonder if he cares about winning it again. Back-to-back wins would be one of the history books. 2. Because of the "curse" I can't see teams concentrating on them more than they would for any other difficult opponent. Still, you're right in that there is probably a ton of footage not just of the national team playing but also the individual players who play in big leagues. 3. Same coach, same players, so yes, I could see things more or less staying the same. Compounded with #2, that might lead to their downfall. The German 2018 team definitely seemed to fall into that trap - they looked so uninspired and dull, coach and players. I'm rooting for France but it will be interesting to see a new winner this year anyway, especially if it's a team people aren't expecting.
World Champion teams usually comprise of the key players involved in the previous wc win. This causes the avg age of the team to be higher which isn't an advantage other than experience.
Yes its also that pride after winning last World Cup have had curse on you, that when you won last World Cup. Of course you should be then able to get through the group, but thats not the case always. In Champions League worse teams can also beat big teams sometimes, so I dont see that its not possible in the World Cup then. I hope Denmark and Tunisia can get it through and Australia be troll, like south-korea against Germany in last World Cup. Its that France team now lacks Kante, that is really good defensive mid-fielder to help their team to defend propelly and Pogba who is really solid good mid-fielder who could help the team, so France maybe does not go through, if Mbappe is there to play selfish shots who miss the goal, when he could have passed, like he does with PSG. I didnt see Lloris in the goal in this team, so now other teams have better chance to score against France. Its weird that France use Giroud in the team, if there is thre strikers that are better, than him who are Mbappe, Benzema and Griezmann and France does not have then proper wingers, when have Dembele, but im not sure are they going to use him, so if it goes down to the Tunisia France game with does France go through. Im going to turn up to watch that game to enjoy it, when I was not there to enjoy south-korea-Germany, while I heard about it immediately. I also planned to watch Germany-Spain and Argetina-Poland game, when their then teams that will both give tough challenge each other, when other group stage games I just preatty much know which one is going to win with the better team. I still hope Argetina wins the World Cup, when that would be epic ending to Messi football career.
I think they also become reliant on the old players who won the World Cup for them last time, without realising that those players are old and not as good anymore. Also younger players in those positions don’t get experience as they’re kept out by the older ones. The same thing also sometimes kind of happens to runners-up, not just winners. Argentina underperformed in 2018, as did France in 2010. I don’t imagine Croatia will be that great in 2022 either.
That's probably right, Italy is particularly sensible to this as, after 2006, this time after they won Euro 2020 they looked so out of shape even for the qualifiers, without even making it for the World Cup, which is so embarassing. France didn't look that good in these last national encounters in Nations League. Something that could paradoxically save France this year are the injuries. Most players that won in 2018 are not gonna be starting this year, the team is almost completely renovated with some of the best young talents of 2021/22. Instead of Pogba and Kante, we would most likely have Camavinga and Tchouameni, that already play in Real with Benzema and so we can presume they already have profound chemistry between them, and Deschamps should not underestimate this aspect. Of course, experience is good, but I think he should risk it a bit and exploit the work Ancelotti put on making these guys work so well together in Madrid, without overfocusing on household names like an out of shape Pogba, Mbappe, or Griezmann. What's great about Madrid guys is that for a certain extent they look like they're able to manage themselves, and so Deschamps shouldn't be discouraged to put Benzema at the center of his project instead of bad attitude Mbappe, Benzema is way more suited to enstablish good morale and hunger to players that weren't present in 2018 to start a new legacy, and potentially save Deschamps job, who, if he gets eliminated at group stage, would most definitely request demission.
Man, I remember that Germany v Korea match. I’m brazilian and I was in the middle of a school trip with my friends while the game was happening. I remember we were all having lunch while watching the game and we were so sure Germany would win it. I don’t remember ever screaming so much in my life. Imagine a group of around 50-60 brazilians in a room together CHEERING THEIR HEARTS OUT just to see sad germans. One of the best days of my life
Yeah but in 2014 you wanted Germany to win the world cup in your own backyard, the same team that made you 7 goals, you prefered Germany winning than Argentina for sure
Even Brazil performed very badly in 2006 when you look at their squad. They probably had one of the best, if not the best, squads in their history. The so-called magic quartet with Kaka, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Adriano. They had 3 Ballon d'Or winners, yet they barely made it to the quarterfinals. Edit: After reading some of the comments, I see I may have overstated my case. Brazil may not have had that bad of a time in 2006.
Defending champion always exited in e GC for e past so many WC!!! Are France able to break this curse in this WC? We should see after e Group matches!!!
But this is a brazilian thing, not WC curse. As a brazilian, our best squad ever was 82 and it got humiliated by Italy. In 94 we barely managed to qualify to the WC and won it all. We were cursed for 2002, but it's a different curse: after that 2 - 0 against Germany, we never managed to beat an European team in knockout phases once again.
@@powderskier5547 what are you trying yo say? French players come from France and its overseas territories which are France too, there isn't any colonies anymore. You need to be born on French soil to play for France.
xD dude. They maybe got their parents born in another country for some but they were born French and choose to play for France. We don't put a knife under their neck u know. I love this stupid and silly comment
That's why it makes Spain, winning Euro 2008, South Africa 2010 and Euro 2012 back to back to back sooo exceptional, sure they were eliminated at group stage in Brazil 2014 but Xavi and Iniesta dominated international football like only Pelé and Garrincha, Maradona or Zidane did back time. Pretty much the same team for these 4 years, just midfielders added on the already talent packed department; THAT Spain is most probably the greatest national team of modern football. And David Villa, how underrated he is.
There's nothing like a curse . It's a mentality thing , once you achieve massive greatness , it's natural to Loose that hunger to do it all over again! I remember Low ( ex German manager) talking something similar too! Second reason is massive pressure and expectations from the world and media. The media keeps hyping the defending champions as favourites , it's obvious to choke under pressure as a team no matter how good you are ! Usually the Teams mentality when they are trying to win the World Cup for the first time is " We will try our best to win this and let's see how far it takes us!,we will take this world Cup game by game" And then the next world cup when your defending your title it's like " We got to win this no matter what!" When your super desperate and just thinking about defending your title, it's really natural to forget your basics and mess it all up in the group stage.
Mentality yes, but for another reason: put yourself in the shoes of one world cup player, you are playing against Australia and the most recent champion in your group. What will be the match you are giving it ALL to win ? You just can't assume your loss against the recent champ because 1 match can leave you out of the tournament.
@@rosequartz2290 there's nothing like a curse, such kind of thoughts really weakens our minds! The truth is anyone can achieve anything from any position, just keep working hard and Trust God Almighty ❤️☝️
Yeah that's pretty much the reason people tend to forget the WC is the maximum achievement as a footballer once you get it you can consider yourself no joke better than Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi since they have never got in there, there's not many things you can't achieve after as big as that, I think that's why Gotze practically disappear after 2014, the guy just stop caring...
2018, i was watching Mexico lose 3-0 to Sweden. Me and my dad were so bummed out, so we switched to Korea Germany game and just started to going crazy, if it wasn’t for the Korea beating Germany Mexico would not have gotten through the round of 16
I remember reading the headlines and they basically were *Mexico vs S.Korea* Mexico: STOP FOULING OUR PLAYERS HOLY SHIT *Germany vs S.Korea* Mexico: You guys are the MVP
As a french i am really nervous cause the curse is on my head, so i think we could break it but be behind denmark, or maybe the mbappe benzema miracle for first place, anyway this is gonna be a weird and nerveracking world cup for me
I'm German. In 2018 most thought, we would have a 2nd world cup in a row. Some pointed out the trend, but no one took it serious. Especially after the Sweden game. I would say, beware
The German Squad apparently stayed up late, played videogames and a bunch of other stuff during the World Cup, so maybe they just didn’t have a huge interest in winning? I heard this in German news when WC was going on
Very good video man keep grinding. I feel like it can be broken but seeing those past results man it’s hard not to assume it may happen again. Benzima just won balon de oro so unless something happens to there star player I don’t see why they can’t pass the group stage
They should pass, but if they don't in my view it's because althou they have great team i don't think all the pieces fit so good together, they work great each player in their current team, but in the country squad they don't seem to perform so well.
Great video brother, the World Cup curse is quite intriguing and I’m interested to see how France will do in November especially considering their midfield from 2018 is practically injured for this 2022 World Cup
I think a large contributor is "the underdog effect". Almost every country at a world cup plays away games and there are always large amounts of neutral fans at the stadiums. It is common for a neutral viewer to cheer for the underdog, thus the previous champions will naturally have little support from the audience. It's probably not the whole explanation, but I think it contributes to the "curse".
It’s somehow also linked with having the same coach that these teams won the previous world cup with. Like everyone can predict how the team will play what tactics would the coach would use since it’s a big competition these coaches don’t experiment they stick with their proved tactics and this is where the other teams in the group predicts and counters them viciously. Also the pressure to live up to the high expectations that these nations people has towards their national team that comes as the current defending champions of the world. Its more for a tactics flaw and pressure than a curse.
Australia are no pushover. France were LUCKY to beat us in 2018. We gave the Netherlands their toughest game in 2014 and we stole a draw from Denmark in 2018 too. Australia might be the reason the curse continues
im actually dreading that Denmark take to lightly on the game vs Australia because we focus to much on France. Mathew Ryan is a world class keeper and could easily shut us down.
Frankly, I believe a lot of the curse could be attributed to the determination of adversaries on beating the current champions. It's not just a match, it's a match where you are not expected much and they are expected to win by a large margin. Putting everything on the game is a matter of pride and testing oneself.
I cannot answer for Germany, Spain and Italy but I can tell you what the French players said in interviews years later. 1) They took a whole new dimension after winning and they were forced into marketing campaigns very disruptive for the preparation (virtually no preparation and few helpful friendlies played 2) They were all coming from very long seasons in club (true for other team but a team of stars will be more likely to have exhausting seasons 3)The level of expectation was insane 4) They flew in Senegal a few days before the world cup (when many squads were there for weeks) and didn’t have time to acclimate to the weather. They all knew it was going to be an absolute disaster, they were not in shape. They were exhausted and slow.
so glad for France, hope they'll lift the trophy for the second time straight.. also Brazil was the last nation who won back to back world cups in 1958 and in 1962, France has a good chance to become the third nation to win back to abck world cups, Italy in 1934 and in 1938, Brazil in 1958 and in 1962, France in 2018 and in 2022??
Oh FFS don't make me more depressed than I already am. That pre-game 3 board stung my heart so deep, I don't like it. :) Worst thing is that #2 of the group will probably face Argentina and that will be an extremely rough game. Very nice video, please don't hesitate to share your theories, it's totally fine to be wrong !
The tournament starts tomorrow and the following are all out hurt: Benzema, Nkunku, Pogba, Kante, and Kimpembe. If the curse started before France even kicked a ball-only time will tell, and I will update this comment based on what happens in Qatar
First thing is that it's super difficult to win the world cup, it involves a bit of luck too. Second thing is that after winning, you become the most analysed team of the world.
Depends on what you mean by 'curse'. If it's getting knocked out in the group stages, no, I think they'll buck that trend. However, can't see them going too far. I said the same just before the Euros; it might have been Nations League form that tipped me off, I'm not sure. But had a feeling they'd bottle it somewhere and think the same may happen here. But, who knows, maybe I end up wrong? They got the strongest overall squad in the competition again. I'd say they've probably had the most squad depth as far back as 2016 tbh, even before Mbappe came into the fold. So, who knows, maybe they put the Euros behind them and come back stronger? I just personally don't see it myself. Think that we may be looking at Brazil and Argentina both making a rampant return!
I think Australia and Tunisia are going to be stronger than people think for one big reason, climate. Both are warmer countries, and the Aussies played their last two qualifiers in Qatar. Of course, the other thing in their favour is that nobody expects them to win. Don't be surprised if the Aussies ambush the French with a draw in their first game.
A couple key things you missed was the original curse started with Brazil in 1966. France won the Euro in 2000. Germany was expected to get out of their group in 2018 due to winning the confederations cup back in 2017 with their C team going against top teams. France current team problems could hinder their progression in the World Cup. Injuries, team controversies (mbappe curse, team beefs etc) and some players not playing well (Pavard, Varane, etc.)
We won’t break the curse too, we miss a lot of good players like Pogba, Kanté, Benzema, Nkuku and so on… I don’t even see France in quarter finale as a french ;(
Bro you are such a fast growing TH-camr and you definitely deserve it. I saw your first video when you were around 500 and you’ve already doubled in subs since then
I'm French, always wants France to win, but I fear we will happily confirm this curse next month!!!! Too many stars and confidence and it is also a great national tradition that, after a big win we do a shameful loss!!!
There are two sides to the so-called curse, one a scientific side, the other a random side, but mostly it is scientific. The one thing in common with the past few champions, with the notable exception of Brasil, was the qualification process. France 2002 qualified automatically - being the last defending champion that were allowed to do so, whereas Brasil 2006 qualified through a highly competitive round robin of all the teams in South America, but the rest qualified through a comparatively easy format of topping (or potentially even coming second) a group of 5 to 6 European teams of mixed level. This means France 2002 was untested throughout the qualification process, despite they won the Euro 2000 (not without some bit of luck but it's mostly their quality). They were reduced to playing friendlies in that two years gap when most people were playing competitive football internationally. The outcome is that they had much less opportunity in the constantly evolving world to test any new issues arising, and that the confidence they built in the process is not as solid as the outcome says it should be. With Brazil 2006 however, they don't get to qualify if they fall short of their neighbours who were all very competitive. Just look at how that Chilean team that dominated South American football for a few years of the mid-2010s fall short of Peru, twice. Chile was on the same points as 5th placed Peru in 2018 (26 pts), followed by Paraguay who's 2 points short of both teams), and in 2022, Peru sits 5th with 24 points and Chile was 7th on 19 points. So to beat out the competition in the South American round is obviously not as easy (4.5 places out of 10 teams) as it may seem. When it comes to the Europeans in the 2010s, something similar happened, for they were mostly drawn in weaker groups. Most notably, Germany 2018 won all 10 of their qualification games which was sandwiched with a 2017 Confederations Cup victory. While it is understandable for expert journalists to interpret their qualification results as their continued dominance, it should be noted that the second best team in the group was North Ireland. They won the group not because they were very good, but because their oppositions were just too bad, that they couldn't even test the Germans who were in decline. These are very similar situations that happened to Italy and Spain too, in their respective exits. While this set the stage for their failure, there's also random factors that I mentioned. For instances Zidane's injury in 2002, their collective success in hitting the woodwork more than the number of goals conceded and of course, Thierry Henry's red card in the second game. The 2018 German coach was himself a random factor too, when he was over confident in pushing his full backs forward in the first game, leaving just 2, plus a keeper behind for the Mexican to score. All these, with the fact that the margin between the world's top 25 teams were just much smaller than before the 2000s, made the defending champion more susceptible to be out competed by the next World Cup comes (I mean look at how Italy narrowly escaped a loss against New Zealand). Whether France 2022 will repeat the same? Not necessarily, but they really didn't do too well recently and Denmark was really a stable performer in the past year, while Australia beat Peru in the play-offs. The danger is certain not small but I would say they should be able to cope with it.
Ok. There's one thing we forgot to mention. And that's the sheer honour in beating a current world champion..These matches usually bring out the best in so-called underdogs who are determined to put a stamp on the proceedings for posterity. The entire Senegalese nation waited with baited breath, unbridled passion and expectation for the opener against France in 2002. So did the players and so did Cameroon in 1990 vs Argentina. The Netherlands and Mexico arguably had their most daring performances against Spain and Germany respectively in 2014 and 2018....Although both failed to really impress in subsequent games... It's no coincidence. But in this instance 😄😄😄😄😄😄 I see very little in the opposition. France should go thru albeit perhaps with some struggle.
Brazil was current champion in 1966 (in fact, two-time consecutive champion 58-62) , and got knocked out at group phase. True, Hungary and Portugal tackled the shit out of Pelé's legs until they injured him out of the tournament, but that team had problems of its own too.
Despise people not liking to admit it, football is a game where a lot of luck comes into play. Injuries, lucky shots, inspired plays, arbitration, etc.. To win you got not only to be good, but also a bit lucky. As it turns out, there is this concept about return to the mean. When a team has a superb results in a season, even though it is on pair in quality with it's opponents, chances are that next season they are going to have a more average one, at least average for their own standard. For a national team to win two world cups in a row, not only they need to keep their strength for 4 years, but also be significantly better than the other teams. Either way, be it extreme luck or indeed being that much better, it would be a once in a lifetime achievement. Even though France has a very good chance of doing that, it needs to be very luck to win against England and the finalist that will defeat Brazil, Netherlands, Argentina, Portugal or whoever defeats them. Every single national team lost to an unexpected opponent (with Brazil at least having the excuse of playing with it's B team), so everything can happen in the pitch.
Think people are underestimating the luck involved to win a World Cup too. Everything has to go your way, even if you have a stacked squad or the best players you need a lil bit of luck like an easy group or landing on the easy side of the bracket. Also lets not forget referee errors or dodgy decisions
They have France easy teams. TUNISUA AND AUSTRALIA. If they lose in the group stage, then I will jump off a building screaming, "The curse is real........(splat)"
The Danes did not live up to your analysis. Tunisia did though. You underestimated the Aussies also. France beating Australia was the only game you predicted correctly. Except that Tunisia did indeed beat France in a match whose result was made irrelevant by Australia beating the Danes.
In order for Denmark to beat France, they will have to PASS a lot because France have a very good defense so if they want to make it out of the group stage they need to pass a LOT
Two things to win a soccer game Be an extremely alert. And Be an opportunist. Meaning taking advantage of every opportunity player has in the field and shoot without reluctancy and delay.and hesitancy. Because that opportunity might not come again.
I think one thing is also media. Before the world cup 2018 the entire team was trashed, the coach too, over and over again or at least massively doubted with every single tiny thing. And even after the comeback vs Sweden, practically the first thing the players heard from reporters was like "yeah pretty bad game huh". Of course professionals shouldnt care, but these things can get in your mind and if you're already having some problems they might just be exacerbated
the form is dramatic as france faces massive injuries and lost benzema (ballon d'or), kimpembe (key player as left center back defense), nkunku (best player in the german league), maignan (considered by many as the best keeper in france), pogba and kante (the 2 key midfielders). to be added, varane and konate are back from injury... and griezmann is not as good as he used to be. though, i think france should reach the final rounds such as the round of 16 as they still have very good players. so my bet is NOT cursed!
Great video and analysis! Another correlation could be the fact that BOTH Australia and Denmark have appeared on these "champion-cursed groups" so yeap they are fucked
The fact is that this curse started in 1998 ... and it seems to have something to do with Croatia's first appearance at the world cup championships. Both times when France won the World Cup, Croatia was also took the medal. Since 1998, whenever Croatia has passed the group stage of the world cup, they took the medal. A country with a 3,8 mil. citizens. That's the world cup history .... from curse to grace.
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The only nation the curse doesn't affect is Brazil. Brazil team is so good every single time, that they might not win the cup, but they surely do progress to knockout stage.
They are not pretty much Brazil has had the more mediocre actuations in the all their history in the last 3 WC, they are far of being that monster they were back in 2002
Fun facts: France won against Denmark in the group stage of the Euros of 1984 and won the tournament. Denmark won against France in the group stage of the Euros of 1992 and won the tournament. France won against Denmark in the group stage of the 1998 World Cup and won the tournament. France won the group ahead of Denmark in the World Cup of 2018 and won the tournament.
France was a dominant force by 2018 but not any more. This year, Argentina and Brazil look very powerful. Some believe that the final will be played by Argentina vs England or Germany. I think that Italy is looking pretty good to be among the last 4. The world ranking shows TUNISIA very low so the logic is that France and Denmark (10) will progress. There is no way that France with Fifa WR 4 is going to be eliminated by a country with a WR 30.
Germany won the world cup in 2014. In 2016 they reached the last 4. But you failed to mention that they also won the confederations cup in 2017… Unbelievable that it happened to them. Especially when you know that they have beaten Brazil 7-1…
But thet did not deserved to quality for the next round for what they show in the group stage, but they were lucky to score a goal in the first match were they were surpassed in performance but it wasn't reflected in the score thus they won because they score the only chance they had. I expect something similar happens but this time them in this world cup against Tunisia which would mean that not always the team that dominates/or the favorites win.
France just broke the curse
It would be funny if Mexico comes 2nd in the group stage and break their own curse at round of 16 against France
a little serious, we must stop underestimating France. Criticizing them won't make them less strong
Yup. They have been class so far.
As long as Mbappe and Giroud are firing on all cylinders like they did against Denmark, they can't be doubted
no they didn’t
My theory is a factor of 3 things:
1st: The "hunger" to win the WC is not there to the same extent as the previous year. Not saying it is not there, but definitely it is not the same.
2nd: They become the targeted team. Everyone will study how they play and how to counter them.
3rd: they tend to play the same way as the previous WC, instead of changing or evolving their playstile to stay competitive
I will argue that brazil also had the curse in 2006, but the team was so stacked that they just brute forced passed opponents. they loosing where they did was certainly underachieving for that team
This makes sense to me too.
1. Makes sense, especially if you have a bunch of players from the previous winning squad. If you have younger guys who weren't there, then I could see the hunger returning. It's kind of wild that Mbappe is still so young - I wonder if he cares about winning it again. Back-to-back wins would be one of the history books.
2. Because of the "curse" I can't see teams concentrating on them more than they would for any other difficult opponent. Still, you're right in that there is probably a ton of footage not just of the national team playing but also the individual players who play in big leagues.
3. Same coach, same players, so yes, I could see things more or less staying the same. Compounded with #2, that might lead to their downfall. The German 2018 team definitely seemed to fall into that trap - they looked so uninspired and dull, coach and players.
I'm rooting for France but it will be interesting to see a new winner this year anyway, especially if it's a team people aren't expecting.
World Champion teams usually comprise of the key players involved in the previous wc win. This causes the avg age of the team to be higher which isn't an advantage other than experience.
Yes its also that pride after winning last World Cup have had curse on you, that when you won last World Cup. Of course you should be then able to get through the group, but thats not the case always. In Champions League worse teams can also beat big teams sometimes, so I dont see that its not possible in the World Cup then. I hope Denmark and Tunisia can get it through and Australia be troll, like south-korea against Germany in last World Cup. Its that France team now lacks Kante, that is really good defensive mid-fielder to help their team to defend propelly and Pogba who is really solid good mid-fielder who could help the team, so France maybe does not go through, if Mbappe is there to play selfish shots who miss the goal, when he could have passed, like he does with PSG. I didnt see Lloris in the goal in this team, so now other teams have better chance to score against France. Its weird that France use Giroud in the team, if there is thre strikers that are better, than him who are Mbappe, Benzema and Griezmann and France does not have then proper wingers, when have Dembele, but im not sure are they going to use him, so if it goes down to the Tunisia France game with does France go through. Im going to turn up to watch that game to enjoy it, when I was not there to enjoy south-korea-Germany, while I heard about it immediately. I also planned to watch Germany-Spain and Argetina-Poland game, when their then teams that will both give tough challenge each other, when other group stage games I just preatty much know which one is going to win with the better team. I still hope Argetina wins the World Cup, when that would be epic ending to Messi football career.
I think they also become reliant on the old players who won the World Cup for them last time, without realising that those players are old and not as good anymore. Also younger players in those positions don’t get experience as they’re kept out by the older ones.
The same thing also sometimes kind of happens to runners-up, not just winners. Argentina underperformed in 2018, as did France in 2010. I don’t imagine Croatia will be that great in 2022 either.
That's probably right, Italy is particularly sensible to this as, after 2006, this time after they won Euro 2020 they looked so out of shape even for the qualifiers, without even making it for the World Cup, which is so embarassing. France didn't look that good in these last national encounters in Nations League. Something that could paradoxically save France this year are the injuries. Most players that won in 2018 are not gonna be starting this year, the team is almost completely renovated with some of the best young talents of 2021/22. Instead of Pogba and Kante, we would most likely have Camavinga and Tchouameni, that already play in Real with Benzema and so we can presume they already have profound chemistry between them, and Deschamps should not underestimate this aspect. Of course, experience is good, but I think he should risk it a bit and exploit the work Ancelotti put on making these guys work so well together in Madrid, without overfocusing on household names like an out of shape Pogba, Mbappe, or Griezmann. What's great about Madrid guys is that for a certain extent they look like they're able to manage themselves, and so Deschamps shouldn't be discouraged to put Benzema at the center of his project instead of bad attitude Mbappe, Benzema is way more suited to enstablish good morale and hunger to players that weren't present in 2018 to start a new legacy, and potentially save Deschamps job, who, if he gets eliminated at group stage, would most definitely request demission.
Man, I remember that Germany v Korea match.
I’m brazilian and I was in the middle of a school trip with my friends while the game was happening.
I remember we were all having lunch while watching the game and we were so sure Germany would win it. I don’t remember ever screaming so much in my life. Imagine a group of around 50-60 brazilians in a room together CHEERING THEIR HEARTS OUT just to see sad germans.
One of the best days of my life
thats actually hilarious and funny to think about, coming from a german. We were all indeed very sad
I remember that day as well, I was working in Sports Restaurant in Korea, and people were so happy when Koreans won.
Yeah but in 2014 you wanted Germany to win the world cup in your own backyard, the same team that made you 7 goals, you prefered Germany winning than Argentina for sure
Cheering for a team to lose, and then crying when they make fun of your embarrassing loss. You can't have it both ways.
i will always remeber that day cuz it was my last day off elementary school lmfaoooo
If the curse started with France then there is a good chance that France can break it.
What a great statement
@@TheDukens90 haha
I doubt it, they’ll make it to round of 16then lose
Very true but history seems to be repeating itself and I think I will again.
@@Jdhcjfbdb hedar round of 16 e jabe
Even Brazil performed very badly in 2006 when you look at their squad. They probably had one of the best, if not the best, squads in their history. The so-called magic quartet with Kaka, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Adriano. They had 3 Ballon d'Or winners, yet they barely made it to the quarterfinals.
Edit: After reading some of the comments, I see I may have overstated my case. Brazil may not have had that bad of a time in 2006.
The team was not balanced & ronaldo was not as his peak
Kaka had still not won the Ballon d'Or.
@Alphahin 17 Don't forget most of them prefer to party than go to training camp
Defending champion always exited in e GC for e past so many WC!!! Are France able to break this curse in this WC? We should see after e Group matches!!!
But this is a brazilian thing, not WC curse.
As a brazilian, our best squad ever was 82 and it got humiliated by Italy. In 94 we barely managed to qualify to the WC and won it all.
We were cursed for 2002, but it's a different curse: after that 2 - 0 against Germany, we never managed to beat an European team in knockout phases once again.
In 2002, France had the best scorers of almost every major league in europe. Insane.
Does that include their black players from their collonies?
@@powderskier5547 what are you trying yo say? French players come from France and its overseas territories which are France too, there isn't any colonies anymore. You need to be born on French soil to play for France.
xD dude. They maybe got their parents born in another country for some but they were born French and choose to play for France. We don't put a knife under their neck u know. I love this stupid and silly comment
@@powderskier5547 Your skin colour doesn’t control where you came out your mother lmao
@@powderskier5547 THEY ARE NOT BLACK PLAYERS FROM THEIR COLONIES, THEY ARE FRENCH NATIONALS BORN AND RAISED IN FRANCE ID...! JUST LIKE NBA PLAYERS.
That's why it makes Spain, winning Euro 2008, South Africa 2010 and Euro 2012 back to back to back sooo exceptional, sure they were eliminated at group stage in Brazil 2014 but Xavi and Iniesta dominated international football like only Pelé and Garrincha, Maradona or Zidane did back time. Pretty much the same team for these 4 years, just midfielders added on the already talent packed department; THAT Spain is most probably the greatest national team of modern football. And David Villa, how underrated he is.
David Villa made me fall in love with Spain
Love David villa from 🇺🇸
David villa is Spain’s god 🧎🏼♀️
Argentina was weaker but pushed them to the limits, now they'll face a different side that wiped easily the reigning Euro champs.
I'd forgot the level of that Spain side, complete domination.
notice how in 2006 2010 2014 2018 Australia played against world cup winner in group or round of 16
Not 2010
@@chombus2602 once of our youth teams I believed played spain on a day where our main team played in the World Cup
Uruguay, Belgium, south Korea, Netherlands, Croatia, Japan, Denmark should win
An under rated country
Also not in 2018
@@angadgrewal7386 nah France
There's nothing like a curse . It's a mentality thing , once you achieve massive greatness , it's natural to Loose that hunger to do it all over again! I remember Low ( ex German manager) talking something similar too!
Second reason is massive pressure and expectations from the world and media. The media keeps hyping the defending champions as favourites , it's obvious to choke under pressure as a team no matter how good you are !
Usually the Teams mentality when they are trying to win the World Cup for the first time is " We will try our best to win this and let's see how far it takes us!,we will take this world Cup game by game"
And then the next world cup when your defending your title it's like " We got to win this no matter what!" When your super desperate and just thinking about defending your title, it's really natural to forget your basics and mess it all up in the group stage.
Mentality yes, but for another reason: put yourself in the shoes of one world cup player, you are playing against Australia and the most recent champion in your group. What will be the match you are giving it ALL to win ? You just can't assume your loss against the recent champ because 1 match can leave you out of the tournament.
Or want more personally and not as a team
Curses do exist, they are events that could happen in negative dimension space possibly
@@rosequartz2290 there's nothing like a curse, such kind of thoughts really weakens our minds! The truth is anyone can achieve anything from any position, just keep working hard and Trust God Almighty ❤️☝️
Yeah that's pretty much the reason people tend to forget the WC is the maximum achievement as a footballer once you get it you can consider yourself no joke better than Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi since they have never got in there, there's not many things you can't achieve after as big as that, I think that's why Gotze practically disappear after 2014, the guy just stop caring...
Officially they have broken it.
"curse"
brazil and france: *we dont do that here*
2018, i was watching Mexico lose 3-0 to Sweden. Me and my dad were so bummed out, so we switched to Korea Germany game and just started to going crazy, if it wasn’t for the Korea beating Germany Mexico would not have gotten through the round of 16
I remember reading the headlines and they basically were
*Mexico vs S.Korea* Mexico: STOP FOULING OUR PLAYERS HOLY SHIT
*Germany vs S.Korea* Mexico: You guys are the MVP
Now we need to see Mexico break the "Round of 16" curse!
Why is Mexico , a super crazy football nation, never cross round of 16 in world cups ? Why can't they reach semis ?
@@peterparker9954 historical squads take them out! and then you have their other curse, the rival States in '02.
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As a french i am really nervous cause the curse is on my head, so i think we could break it but be behind denmark, or maybe the mbappe benzema miracle for first place, anyway this is gonna be a weird and nerveracking world cup for me
As a Tunisian, this is our only chance to get out of the group.
Allez les bleus ! Mais moi aussi je suis stressé et les derniers résultats ne sont pas là pour rassurer...
I'm German. In 2018 most thought, we would have a 2nd world cup in a row. Some pointed out the trend, but no one took it serious. Especially after the Sweden game. I would say, beware
Some under rated country will defeat France
They did it
They did it! They've broken the curse they created themselves
This was the first thing on my mind once fifa started ... Hope the curse breaks cos France is my favourite team .
The German Squad apparently stayed up late, played videogames and a bunch of other stuff during the World Cup, so maybe they just didn’t have a huge interest in winning? I heard this in German news when WC was going on
but apparently Germans have mentality
That’s crazy and dumb
umm no it wasn't
@@jonahhumkamp1032 ur German appear to u
Before the first game against Mexico, The German coach even booked the hotel that the German team would have stayed at had they made the final
Here after frances 2-1 victory
They just lost ballon d'or winner Benzema to their long list of injuries. The curse may very well continue...
did not age well
I think the curse will be broken by france now coz it started from them.. and the cycle goes on
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They ended the curse! It ends where it starts!
They ended it? Did France already qualified? Remember nothing it’s over till it’s over.
Well if they beat Denmark and Tunisia, then they broke it
Very good video man keep grinding. I feel like it can be broken but seeing those past results man it’s hard not to assume it may happen again. Benzima just won balon de oro so unless something happens to there star player I don’t see why they can’t pass the group stage
They should pass, but if they don't in my view it's because althou they have great team i don't think all the pieces fit so good together, they work great each player in their current team, but in the country squad they don't seem to perform so well.
Midfield is injured to hell , they gave good depth but there’s no like for like replacement for Paul pogba especially his form for the 2018 WC
@@Biggestsquid23 Will Pogba miss the world cup?I don't think it's that serious.
@@Biggestsquid23 he will now, I think it’s been confirmed
Benzema will miss the world cup lmao
Great video brother, the World Cup curse is quite intriguing and I’m interested to see how France will do in November especially considering their midfield from 2018 is practically injured for this 2022 World Cup
I think a large contributor is "the underdog effect". Almost every country at a world cup plays away games and there are always large amounts of neutral fans at the stadiums. It is common for a neutral viewer to cheer for the underdog, thus the previous champions will naturally have little support from the audience. It's probably not the whole explanation, but I think it contributes to the "curse".
It’s somehow also linked with having the same coach that these teams won the previous world cup with.
Like everyone can predict how the team will play what tactics would the coach would use since it’s a big competition these coaches don’t experiment they stick with their proved tactics and this is where the other teams in the group predicts and counters them viciously. Also the pressure to live up to the high expectations that these nations people has towards their national team that comes as the current defending champions of the world.
Its more for a tactics flaw and pressure than a curse.
Australia are no pushover. France were LUCKY to beat us in 2018. We gave the Netherlands their toughest game in 2014 and we stole a draw from Denmark in 2018 too. Australia might be the reason the curse continues
You’re tripping. Let’s come back to this in a month.
im actually dreading that Denmark take to lightly on the game vs Australia because we focus to much on France. Mathew Ryan is a world class keeper and could easily shut us down.
It isn't, though good luck on the Australia - Tunisia
Frankly, I believe a lot of the curse could be attributed to the determination of adversaries on beating the current champions. It's not just a match, it's a match where you are not expected much and they are expected to win by a large margin. Putting everything on the game is a matter of pride and testing oneself.
Man the curse has already begun kante is injured.
France don't need him anyway.
That's why respect Brazil. They won in '94, made the finals in 98, won in '02, and lost in the quarters '06.
The awkward thing is that after 1998 World Cup except for Brazil all the defending champions have exited after the group stages.
No way, where did you hear that???
@@bigmanbighouse1922 search in the Wikipedia: 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018 fifa World Cup.
@@abirhossen9063 bro he was being sarcastic because everyone knows this🤣
EVEN MORE AWKWARD IS THAT EVEN IF 🇫🇷 GETS PAST GS, THEY WON'T WIN THE WORLD🏆,NOT SINCE BRAZIL IN 1962 HAS TEAM WON 2 WORLD🏆 IN A ROW
@@abirhossen9063 that’s literally the point of the video..
I cannot answer for Germany, Spain and Italy but I can tell you what the French players said in interviews years later. 1) They took a whole new dimension after winning and they were forced into marketing campaigns very disruptive for the preparation (virtually no preparation and few helpful friendlies played 2) They were all coming from very long seasons in club (true for other team but a team of stars will be more likely to have exhausting seasons 3)The level of expectation was insane 4) They flew in Senegal a few days before the world cup (when many squads were there for weeks) and didn’t have time to acclimate to the weather.
They all knew it was going to be an absolute disaster, they were not in shape. They were exhausted and slow.
Nothing of that really appears to be the case in 2022 though. I'm hopeful France can win it again.
Two games left, denmark pretty solid defensively. Tunisia showing a solid attack. Lets see what can happen
so glad for France, hope they'll lift the trophy for the second time straight.. also Brazil was the last nation who won back to back world cups in 1958 and in 1962, France has a good chance to become the third nation to win back to abck world cups, Italy in 1934 and in 1938, Brazil in 1958 and in 1962, France in 2018 and in 2022??
France already started to break it
Let's see if they'll do good against Denmark and Tunisia
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Oh FFS don't make me more depressed than I already am. That pre-game 3 board stung my heart so deep, I don't like it. :)
Worst thing is that #2 of the group will probably face Argentina and that will be an extremely rough game.
Very nice video, please don't hesitate to share your theories, it's totally fine to be wrong !
The tournament starts tomorrow and the following are all out hurt:
Benzema, Nkunku, Pogba, Kante, and Kimpembe.
If the curse started before France even kicked a ball-only time will tell, and I will update this comment based on what happens in Qatar
Aged well, they won 4-1
@@August1frantz and 2-1
First thing is that it's super difficult to win the world cup, it involves a bit of luck too.
Second thing is that after winning, you become the most analysed team of the world.
Depends on what you mean by 'curse'.
If it's getting knocked out in the group stages, no, I think they'll buck that trend.
However, can't see them going too far. I said the same just before the Euros; it might have been Nations League form that tipped me off, I'm not sure. But had a feeling they'd bottle it somewhere and think the same may happen here.
But, who knows, maybe I end up wrong?
They got the strongest overall squad in the competition again. I'd say they've probably had the most squad depth as far back as 2016 tbh, even before Mbappe came into the fold.
So, who knows, maybe they put the Euros behind them and come back stronger? I just personally don't see it myself. Think that we may be looking at Brazil and Argentina both making a rampant return!
That’s what they say about all World Cup winners.
I think Australia and Tunisia are going to be stronger than people think for one big reason, climate. Both are warmer countries, and the Aussies played their last two qualifiers in Qatar.
Of course, the other thing in their favour is that nobody expects them to win. Don't be surprised if the Aussies ambush the French with a draw in their first game.
A couple key things you missed was the original curse started with Brazil in 1966.
France won the Euro in 2000.
Germany was expected to get out of their group in 2018 due to winning the confederations cup back in 2017 with their C team going against top teams.
France current team problems could hinder their progression in the World Cup. Injuries, team controversies (mbappe curse, team beefs etc) and some players not playing well (Pavard, Varane, etc.)
Good thing they won 3 WC titles in 4 tournaments. A dynasty in 13 years is rare. 58 62 __ 70
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France about to win the world cup again, back to back, about to dismantle that curse and erase it.
This is definitely a channel to keep an eye on, good vids so far!
the haters of france can cry now
I think it's a mental thing. The team is so focused and stressed on proving themselves again that they forget how to play right.
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Honestly am a jamaican born! Die hearted fan of team France. And I'm very nervous. At times watching most of these videos. Trust mi.
2:36 Teguezet what a player 🤣
I knew I heard that!
We won’t break the curse too, we miss a lot of good players like Pogba, Kanté, Benzema, Nkuku and so on… I don’t even see France in quarter finale as a french ;(
mbappe, giroud, griezmann et dembélé vont nous ramener la 3eme étoile trkl
@@6rop j’étais pas très enthousiaste avant la CDM mais de ce qu’ils nous on montré les deux premiers match y’a grave moyen !
9:50 *Its funny how Tunisia manage to get more than 0 points*
Since the draw I'm predicting Tunisia will only stop at the quarter finals!
Bro australia always with the defending champions we always so unlucky
These predictions about Denmark, Australia and Tunisia are hilarious now after the group stage happened
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I'm French, always wants France to win, but I fear we will happily confirm this curse next month!!!! Too many stars and confidence and it is also a great national tradition that, after a big win we do a shameful loss!!!
Also so many key injuries right now. I don’t know if Deschamps will be able to adapt, especially in defense.
@@HerveBoisde I think its over for france in knockout stages
There are two sides to the so-called curse, one a scientific side, the other a random side, but mostly it is scientific.
The one thing in common with the past few champions, with the notable exception of Brasil, was the qualification process. France 2002 qualified automatically - being the last defending champion that were allowed to do so, whereas Brasil 2006 qualified through a highly competitive round robin of all the teams in South America, but the rest qualified through a comparatively easy format of topping (or potentially even coming second) a group of 5 to 6 European teams of mixed level. This means France 2002 was untested throughout the qualification process, despite they won the Euro 2000 (not without some bit of luck but it's mostly their quality). They were reduced to playing friendlies in that two years gap when most people were playing competitive football internationally. The outcome is that they had much less opportunity in the constantly evolving world to test any new issues arising, and that the confidence they built in the process is not as solid as the outcome says it should be.
With Brazil 2006 however, they don't get to qualify if they fall short of their neighbours who were all very competitive. Just look at how that Chilean team that dominated South American football for a few years of the mid-2010s fall short of Peru, twice. Chile was on the same points as 5th placed Peru in 2018 (26 pts), followed by Paraguay who's 2 points short of both teams), and in 2022, Peru sits 5th with 24 points and Chile was 7th on 19 points. So to beat out the competition in the South American round is obviously not as easy (4.5 places out of 10 teams) as it may seem.
When it comes to the Europeans in the 2010s, something similar happened, for they were mostly drawn in weaker groups. Most notably, Germany 2018 won all 10 of their qualification games which was sandwiched with a 2017 Confederations Cup victory. While it is understandable for expert journalists to interpret their qualification results as their continued dominance, it should be noted that the second best team in the group was North Ireland. They won the group not because they were very good, but because their oppositions were just too bad, that they couldn't even test the Germans who were in decline. These are very similar situations that happened to Italy and Spain too, in their respective exits.
While this set the stage for their failure, there's also random factors that I mentioned. For instances Zidane's injury in 2002, their collective success in hitting the woodwork more than the number of goals conceded and of course, Thierry Henry's red card in the second game. The 2018 German coach was himself a random factor too, when he was over confident in pushing his full backs forward in the first game, leaving just 2, plus a keeper behind for the Mexican to score.
All these, with the fact that the margin between the world's top 25 teams were just much smaller than before the 2000s, made the defending champion more susceptible to be out competed by the next World Cup comes (I mean look at how Italy narrowly escaped a loss against New Zealand). Whether France 2022 will repeat the same? Not necessarily, but they really didn't do too well recently and Denmark was really a stable performer in the past year, while Australia beat Peru in the play-offs. The danger is certain not small but I would say they should be able to cope with it.
Ok. There's one thing we forgot to mention. And that's the sheer honour in beating a current world champion..These matches usually bring out the best in so-called underdogs who are determined to put a stamp on the proceedings for posterity. The entire Senegalese nation waited with baited breath, unbridled passion and expectation for the opener against France in 2002. So did the players and so did Cameroon in 1990 vs Argentina. The Netherlands and Mexico arguably had their most daring performances against Spain and Germany respectively in 2014 and 2018....Although both failed to really impress in subsequent games... It's no coincidence. But in this instance 😄😄😄😄😄😄 I see very little in the opposition. France should go thru albeit perhaps with some struggle.
Brazil was current champion in 1966 (in fact, two-time consecutive champion 58-62) , and got knocked out at group phase.
True, Hungary and Portugal tackled the shit out of Pelé's legs until they injured him out of the tournament, but that team had problems of its own too.
Despise people not liking to admit it, football is a game where a lot of luck comes into play. Injuries, lucky shots, inspired plays, arbitration, etc.. To win you got not only to be good, but also a bit lucky. As it turns out, there is this concept about return to the mean. When a team has a superb results in a season, even though it is on pair in quality with it's opponents, chances are that next season they are going to have a more average one, at least average for their own standard.
For a national team to win two world cups in a row, not only they need to keep their strength for 4 years, but also be significantly better than the other teams. Either way, be it extreme luck or indeed being that much better, it would be a once in a lifetime achievement. Even though France has a very good chance of doing that, it needs to be very luck to win against England and the finalist that will defeat Brazil, Netherlands, Argentina, Portugal or whoever defeats them.
Every single national team lost to an unexpected opponent (with Brazil at least having the excuse of playing with it's B team), so everything can happen in the pitch.
Ahaha "DI-DI-DER DESCHAMPS", I must remember that one 😂😂😂 8:06
Think people are underestimating the luck involved to win a World Cup too. Everything has to go your way, even if you have a stacked squad or the best players you need a lil bit of luck like an easy group or landing on the easy side of the bracket. Also lets not forget referee errors or dodgy decisions
that s exactly how ENGLAND went deep in 2018
They have France easy teams. TUNISUA AND AUSTRALIA. If they lose in the group stage, then I will jump off a building screaming, "The curse is real........(splat)"
The Danes did not live up to your analysis. Tunisia did though. You underestimated the Aussies also. France beating Australia was the only game you predicted correctly. Except that Tunisia did indeed beat France in a match whose result was made irrelevant by Australia beating the Danes.
In order for Denmark to beat France, they will have to PASS a lot because France have a very good defense so if they want to make it out of the group stage they need to pass a LOT
Two things to win a soccer game
Be an extremely alert.
And
Be an opportunist.
Meaning taking advantage of every opportunity player has in the field and shoot without reluctancy and delay.and hesitancy.
Because that opportunity might not come again.
If France breaks the curse then Mexico should also break the round of 16 curse
I think one thing is also media. Before the world cup 2018 the entire team was trashed, the coach too, over and over again or at least massively doubted with every single tiny thing.
And even after the comeback vs Sweden, practically the first thing the players heard from reporters was like "yeah pretty bad game huh". Of course professionals shouldnt care, but these things can get in your mind and if you're already having some problems they might just be exacerbated
the form is dramatic as france faces massive injuries and lost benzema (ballon d'or), kimpembe (key player as left center back defense), nkunku (best player in the german league), maignan (considered by many as the best keeper in france), pogba and kante (the 2 key midfielders). to be added, varane and konate are back from injury... and griezmann is not as good as he used to be. though, i think france should reach the final rounds such as the round of 16 as they still have very good players. so my bet is NOT cursed!
Great video and analysis! Another correlation could be the fact that BOTH Australia and Denmark have appeared on these "champion-cursed groups" so yeap they are fucked
The fact is that this curse started in 1998 ... and it seems to have something to do with Croatia's first appearance at the world cup championships.
Both times when France won the World Cup, Croatia was also took the medal.
Since 1998, whenever Croatia has passed the group stage of the world cup, they took the medal.
A country with a 3,8 mil. citizens.
That's the world cup history .... from curse to grace.
that 2010 spain team was stacked holy shit
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I have a theory, but 2002 -> 2006 doesn't quite support it, so I'll just gloss over it quickly and hope no one notices
Scary fact, the last european team to win a World Cup and not get knocked out in the next one in the group stage was 1994 Germany!
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The only nation the curse doesn't affect is Brazil. Brazil team is so good every single time, that they might not win the cup, but they surely do progress to knockout stage.
They are not pretty much Brazil has had the more mediocre actuations in the all their history in the last 3 WC, they are far of being that monster they were back in 2002
The curse only applies to European teams.
Yes, and I congratulate them on winning the 2022 World Cup
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Fun facts: France won against Denmark in the group stage of the Euros of 1984 and won the tournament. Denmark won against France in the group stage of the Euros of 1992 and won the tournament. France won against Denmark in the group stage of the 1998 World Cup and won the tournament. France won the group ahead of Denmark in the World Cup of 2018 and won the tournament.
Started with France look like will be stop by France.
Then the curse happens again next World Cup 😂
I am crying. How can you not know Trezeguet. American talking about football. I’ll make a chanel and talk about Bobby Bonds.
no more curse apparently
The curse is still very much alive. France are having squad problems even before the group games begin.
France out of group stage
the last country to win back to back world cup is brazil, 1958 and 1962 since then it has been changed hands every tournament
I think the curse started in 1982 world cup with defending champions Argentina.
France was a dominant force by 2018 but not any more. This year, Argentina and Brazil look very powerful. Some believe that the final will be played by Argentina vs England or Germany. I think that Italy is looking pretty good to be among the last 4.
The world ranking shows TUNISIA very low so the logic is that France and Denmark (10) will progress. There is no way that France with Fifa WR 4 is going to be eliminated by a country with a WR 30.
Germany won the world cup in 2014. In 2016 they reached the last 4. But you failed to mention that they also won the confederations cup in 2017… Unbelievable that it happened to them. Especially when you know that they have beaten Brazil 7-1…
Didier Deschamps what a genius.
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Well... France just broke the curse
Denmark was also in the 2018 group stage of France
fk denmark
Also Australia
And all three of them were at least one time on a "champion-cursed group". They sure have a lot in common lol
But thet did not deserved to quality for the next round for what they show in the group stage, but they were lucky to score a goal in the first match were they were surpassed in performance but it wasn't reflected in the score thus they won because they score the only chance they had. I expect something similar happens but this time them in this world cup against Tunisia which would mean that not always the team that dominates/or the favorites win.
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