France can expect heavy: it is not seeded for the playoffs – Eurosport.fr

         It is not a surprise. The fact remains that this is not good news. The France team will play in Pot 2, Saturday’s draw for the World Cup 2018. In St. Petersburg, where as in Rio was made the draw for the 2014 World Cup éliminatiores, France finds himself in position delicate even before the first ball has been out of the basins. She will console (barely) by saying that Italy was in the same situation as her.
       

         Saturday, late in the afternoon, men Didier Deschamps will experience the route to follow to rally Russia and the twenty-first World Cup in history. It will fail in any of these countries that make up the hat 1: Belgium, Croatia, England, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Wales.
       

         
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Hat 1	Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, England, Wales, Spain, Croatia
Hat 2	Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia
Hat 3	Ukraine, Scotland, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Ireland, Serbia, Greece
Hat 4	Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia
Hat 5	Cyprus, Latvia, Armenia, Finland, Belarus, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova
Hat 6	Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Andorra

         If France is lucky, as in the print editions of the finals in 2010 and 2014, it will fall perhaps on one of the surprise guests hat 1 as Romania. Otherwise, it will be like on the road in Brazil, a very large program. During the last campaign, the Blues had been entitled to Spain. He can still fall on the Iberians, but also Germany, the world champion title.
       

         The organizing committee has built his hats taking into account the FIFA rankings. France, which has plummeted to 22nd place because of its defeats against Belgium (3-4) and Albania (0-1), can only blame itself. The thirteen lost places put her in trouble. She must get out on the field.
       

Didier Deschamps, coach of the France team in 2014 – AFP

         Qualifications in the Europe will be held from September 4, 2016 to October 10, 2017. The first 9 group will qualify, while eight best runners compete dams in November 2017. Europe is entitled to 13 + 1 seats . The “1″ is reserved for Russia, qualified as the host country.