The rules for the World Cup group draw are, first of all, teams from several other continents in addition to the teams in the European zone cannot be placed in the same group, and the teams in the European zone can only have a maximum of two teams in a group.

Eight lottery guests, divided into two groups, each group of four, one group is responsible for drawing teams, and one group is responsible for the lottery team.

The four guests in charge of the selection team are Nikita Simonyan, who is from the host Russia and has participated in the 1958 World Cup, Maradona, the Brazilian star and captain Cafu when the Brazilian team won the 2002 World Cup, and the head coach of the Dragon team, Lippi, who has coached the Evergrande team, coached the Quan Jian team this season, and will return to the helm of the Evergrande team next season.

Among them, Nikita Simonian is responsible for drawing the team in the first pot, Maradona is responsible for the team in the second pot, Cafu is responsible for drawing the team in the third pot, and Cannavaro, an old friend of the Dragons football, is responsible for drawing the team in the fourth pot where the Dragons are located.

The other four draw guests, English football legend Gordon Banks, is responsible for the teams in Group A and B; Uruguayan football passing star Diego Forlan is responsible for the teams in Group C and D, French football legend Laurent Blank is in charge of the teams in Group E and F, and the star of Group G and H is the captain of the 2010 World Cup-winning Spanish team, Puyol.

The grouping of the first, second, and third tier teams is not much of a concern to Dragon Country fans, and what they are most concerned about is, of course, the grouping situation of the fourth pot team where the Dragon Country team is located.

However, the grouping of the top three teams also has a certain impact on the Dragon Team, in case the Dragon Team is drawn to a "Group of Death", then the second World Cup journey will be much more difficult.

Lippi, the head coach of the Dragons, flew to Moscow immediately after attending the AFC 2017 award ceremony to participate in the World Cup draw ceremony held here, and was sitting in the audience, following the draw process on the stage.

Soon, the first three teams, all the draw grouping was completed, except for the Portugal team and the Spanish team, the Belgian team and the England team who were drawn to the same group by the hand of the king Maradona, these two groups are more interesting, the grouping situation of the other groups is relatively normal, and there is no "absolute death group" where the strong people gather together.

After the draw of the first three teams ended, Cannavaro, who was in charge of drawing the fourth pot team, took a step forward and came to the draw table and, according to the instructions of the host, began to draw the teams in Pot 4 that were placed in Group A.

Prior to this, the three teams that were divided into Group A, in addition to the host Russian team that automatically obtained the status of the first pot team, there are also South American powerhouses Uruguay, as well as African powerhouses Egypt, although there is no strong team in the absolute sense of this group, although the FIFA ranking of the Uruguayan team is very high, but the performance in the international competition in recent years is not satisfactory, the last World Cup stopped in the round of 16, and the last Copa America was out of the group.

Although there are world-class strikers such as Suarez and Cavani in the team, the team's lineup is not invulnerable.

Relatively speaking, being placed in Group A is a good signing.

I don't know if there is providence in the dark, when Cannavaro stretched out his hand to stir the draw ball in the draw pool, the director of the draw ceremony suddenly turned the camera to Lippi sitting in the audience, and then Cannavaro from the eight fourth-gear teams, the first to draw out is the Dragon Team coached by Lippi!

When Cannavaro shouted "China", there was a burst of applause at the lottery ceremony, and the live director turned the camera to Lippi again, and the corners of the old man's mouth, who had been silent, seemed to twitch, and a faint smile appeared, and he should be satisfied with the result of this lottery.

The Dragons are in the same group as hosts Russia, Paraguay and Egypt, which is not a good sign, but it is acceptable.

According to the latest FIFA rankings, the Dragons team is only behind the Paraguayan team, which is far ahead of the rankings, and ahead of the Egyptian team and the Russian team, although the leading position is not much, and the FIFA ranking does not show the true strength of the team.

However, at least from one aspect, the Dragon Country team, the Egyptian team, and the Russian team have the power to fight!

is in the face of the South American powerhouse Paraguay, which is obviously superior in strength and far ahead in the FIFA rankings, and the Dragon Country team is not completely powerless.

In response to the results of this lottery, Shao Shengyi, the host of the National TV Sports Channel, and commentators Xu Yang and Yan Wall, conducted a wave of analysis.

Shao Shengyi asked, "What do you two think of this signing of the Dragon Country Team?" ”

Xu Yang said first, "The Dragon Country team drew a lot!" First of all, in the first pot of the team, the Dragon team encountered the weakest host, and in the second pot team, it also avoided the stronger Spanish team and England team, and also avoided the Mexican team and Colombia team with a more distinctive style of play, and met the Uruguayan team, although the luck was not the best, but it was not bad. ”

"Then in the third pot team, I avoided the strong Swedish team, and the dark horse Iceland team that played well in the last European Cup, and met the Egyptian team, although the strength of the Egyptian team is not the weakest in the third pot, but it is not much stronger, the more famous player in the team, just one plays for Liverpool Salah, and most of the other teams play in the domestic league."

Yan Wall continued, "The signing luck of the Dragon Country team is good, judging from our performance in the two play-offs, we have a lot of strength in the face of these three opponents!" ”

"However, we can't be blindly optimistic that the Dragons will definitely be able to qualify from the group! The host Russian team can be said to be the most mysterious team among the top 32, because they did not participate in the qualifiers, so the outside world does not know their strength, and they also have the bonus of the host, in addition, the game between the Dragon Team and the Russian team is the opening stop of next year's World Cup, and the game is not easy to play! ”

"There is an obvious gap in strength between the Dragon team and the Uruguayan team, and in the face of the Uruguayan team, we must have the belief to win, but we must also be prepared to accept defeat."

"The three opponents in the group stage, and our strength is the closest one, should be the Egyptian team, but the Egyptian team's experience and results in the competition, compared to us, is to have an advantage, they have won the African Cup of Nations many times, this World Cup, is their third World Cup journey, although it has been 28 years since the last time, but the team background, is still thicker than us."