- Eight European teams competing for four Russia 2018 places
- Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Denmark in Pot 1
- Northern Ireland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Greece in Pot 2
- Email daniel.harris.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @DanielHarris
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silly billies. Take today’s draw, for example. Though few players, teams and countries ever win a World Cup, simply being there is, while not as intense as Leicester-West Brom, the key to months of hope, pride, excitement and joy - and oh my days don’t we all need some of that. How those actually participating process the unfathomable emotion of it all, the rest of us will never know: can they or can they not brand themselves upon the history of their nation into the annals of humanity?
So today’s draw is a BIG DEAL, salvation in contemplation of failure as well as a gentle cattle prod that in a mere 209 days’ time, the glory of a World Cup will be upon us.
SOURCE : GUARDIAN SPORTS posted by CAMPUS94
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