Nice to see an Asian user
Japan is improving every world cup, it's good to watch their evolution, since Zico helped the development of soccer, Japan is now a team to respect and I'm always curious and I always support Japan.
Unfortunately Japan is at a hard group to classify, with Spain, Germany and Costa Rica. (but remember guys, there's always a "death group" on world cup where big teams lose classsification and a "small" team classifies, surprising everyone)
Japan is one of the representatives from Asia who will compete in the world cup championship stage in Qatar. unfortunately, Japan are in Group E which includes Germany, Spain and Costa Rica. they are in a completely unfavorable group, they have a very difficult opponent to beat. the only equal opponent for Japan, is Costa Rica. however, if we refer to the rankings held by Japan and Costa Rica. Japan is ahead by having a ranking of 24 FIFA, while Costa Rica is ranked 31st FIFA.
Japan will start the match against Germany, everyone knows that Germany is stronger to win this fight. but hope is always there, where Germany's performance did not look good if we refer to its match in the Nations League.
About South Korean, another hard group, not as tough as Japan's group, but Portugal, Ghana and Uruguay are hard to beat.
I remember the 2002 edition when Korea got the 4th place
Another important victory was against Germany in 2018.
Yes, an unforgettable moment at the 2002 world cup. which was where there was a lot of controversy. I remember the moment when South Korea defeated Italy, with the final score 2-1. Ahn Jun-Hwan became the hero of the South Korean squad at that time, and another important victory against Germany in the 2018 world cup.
In this group, South Korea seems difficult to qualify for the next round. but as you said, the team that was not favourite at first, might give us a surprise in this year's world cup.
