The Group Stage analysis: Group H
POLAND
If we rely on the preparation games, the Polish team seems to have a great World Cup participation coming, qualifying as the first place in their group and having decisive victories in their preparation matches, the Poles have been in command of their coach for 5 years and today they are consolidated as a great project that takes them to play a World Cup again since they did in Germany 2006, Lewandowski has the mission of carrying on his shoulders the dreams of a whole country and although football is a team game, definitely Poland will depend on what the Bayern München striker does or simply doesn’t do.
Technical Director: Adam Nawałka
Captain: Robert Lewandowski
Figures: Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak
World Cup participations: 8
World Cup champions: None
Estimated stage: Eighth finals
SENEGAL
The only occasion in which Senegal has played a World Cup was in the year 2002 and its performance was spectacular giving the surprise in group A leaving out of tournament just the selection of France and the selection of Uruguay, Senegal was eliminated in quarterfinal against Turkey, but the image they left for the world was memorable and more for being their first World Cup participation in its history. Today they have Sadio Mane, figure of Liverpool (former player of the German Leipzig) who plays for the bands and has a lot of goa on his feet, likewise the majority of the players of the African team play in the big leagues of Europe, which promises a competitive team in all its lines.
Technical Director: Aliou Cissé
Captain: Jon Obi Mikel
Figures: Sadio Mane, Mbaye Niang
World Cup participations: 2
World Cup champions: None
Estimated stage: Groups
COLOMBIA:
2nd consecutive World Cup for Colombia, which after many years has managed to compete at a decent level and also achieved the consistency to qualify back to a world championship, four years ago James Rodríguez was the great figure and Radamel Falcao missed the World Championship due to injury, and although today Falcao is not the “tiger” that he was before, without a doubt, it contributes that scoring sense that characterizes it. The triplet Falcao, James and Cuadrado promises a lot for this tournament where Colombia will undoubtedly advance to the next round, but the real challenge will come from the quarter-final stage.
Their coach José Nestor Pekerman has a great experience and every day is more comfortable in command of the Colombian national team.
Technical Director: José Nestor Pekerman
Captain: Radamel Falcao Garcia
Figures: Jamez Rodríguez, Guillermo Cuadrado, Radamel Falcao
World Cup participations: 6
World Cup Champions: No
Estimated stage: Eighth finals
JAPAN
In the absence of two months for the World Cup, the Japanese football federation dismissed Vahid Halilhodzic and appointed Akira Nishino as an Technical Director, an unusual situation for Japanese people who normally opt for long-term projects, and all this shows the situation that the country of the rising sun goes through. Keisuke Honfa, Shinji Okazaki are some of the names that can make the difference in the Nippon team, however there is no great world championship for the 4 times Asian cup champions.
Technical Director: Akira Nishino
Captain: Makoto Hasebe
Figures: Shinji Kawaga
World Cup participations: 6
World Cup champions: None
Estimated stage: Groups
Those Senegal boys are looking really strong, I hope they do well- seeing that the African teams haven't won a single match so far :)
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