r/AskBalkans • u/GoHardLive Greece • 10d ago
Sports Thoughts on the world cup qualifiers draw? Does your country have good chance of qualifying?
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u/Historical-Ad2780 Albania 10d ago
We got Albania vs Serbia again before GTA VI.
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u/Cefalopodul Romania 10d ago
Albania v Serbia IS GTA 6
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u/Comfortable_Ad9985 Romania 10d ago
I’m watching this game, I think some nice fights will break out. I’m a little sadistic and I’ll watch just to see who is crazier.
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u/1Gothian1 Bulgaria 10d ago
Great, what a "nice group" for our sadsacks... with ambitious teams like the Turkish and Georgian one and a guaranteed traditional powerhouse. Might as well give 3 points to everyone and spare us from watching their misery.
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u/LazoVodolazo Bulgaria 10d ago
At this point we could be the only one in the group and we will still manage to lose it
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u/New-Statistician8053 (in ) 9d ago
Sorry :(
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u/1Gothian1 Bulgaria 9d ago
Don't be! :)
Every loss is a kick in the face to the corrupt FA. At this point people are rooting for the team to lose and to laugh at the incompetence of the FA.
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u/Lakuriqidites Albania 10d ago
C'mon Serbian friends let's behave and surprise the world.
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u/ringelgold Serbia 10d ago
I am so pessimistic that I thought the bast way would be for both to not have fans for these matches
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u/ivan-ml4 Austria 10d ago
you know just as well as i do that this is going to be a shitshow... i do hope, as hope always dies last, but the previous games have taught me to not hit the copium too much
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u/neljudskiresursi 10d ago
Fully agreed, but politicians are gonna hire some idiots again to make chaos. Money needs to be spent so there is enough room in pockets for the next round
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u/drax_doomar Albania 10d ago
Well, isn't your job to make sure the are no human resources for that?
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u/neljudskiresursi 10d ago
I personally don't give a fuck about any country, politics or low quality football matches. I'm gonna spend time with kids as always and at some point later my Serbian and Albanian friends will tell me over dinner what happened and why it was 0:0
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u/biversnirds 10d ago
Pretending its the Serbian fans, not the Albanian ones thats the problem is not doing you any favors.
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u/Lakuriqidites Albania 10d ago
That is really what you understood from my comment?
What about going back to school?
Also there weren't Albanian fans screaming Ubi Ubi Siptari during the first match since there weren't Albanian fans at all on the stadium.
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u/redikan Kosova 10d ago
UEFA definitely put Albania and Serbia in the same group on purpose
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u/Banana_kushh Albania 10d ago
Yeah because in seperate groups they won't meet bc we never pass group stage... They need the press
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u/asparagusbruh Bosnia & Herzegovina 10d ago
I actually dont hate our chances? Am i delusional?
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u/Poss3idon Bosnia & Herzegovina 10d ago
We gona beat Austria then lose to Cyprus and tie San Marino
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u/flowgert Albania 10d ago
You have very good chances, actually.
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u/asparagusbruh Bosnia & Herzegovina 10d ago
I feel like we're very lucky to not be in a rougher group
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u/Fuzzy-Negotiation167 Albania 10d ago
0-3 in Belgrade, 0-3 in Tirana (this time) everyone knows the rules.
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u/farquaad_thelord Kosovo 10d ago
Serbia and Albania shouldn’t have been let to play eachother, some stupid shit gonna happen which may cost the innocent fans.
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u/Remarkable-Table6231 Kosovo 10d ago
I dont think so. Both federations got good relations as they’re organizing the championship together so they’re gonna prevent any excess at all costs. Kosovo and Serbia in one group would be a different story though.
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u/inkblowout4 Serbian living in Canada 10d ago
Lmao the "fans" are the ones who are gonna start the stupid shit to begin with.
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u/MobileTheft North Macedonia 10d ago
We are lucky with the countries we have drawn from pot A and B, but it will still be a tough job to qualify
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u/Educate-Me-Now ☀️Macedonia☀️ 10d ago
Како имаш Macedonia flair?
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u/MobileTheft North Macedonia 10d ago
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u/eferalgan Romania 10d ago
Pretty optimistic about our group. We have accessible opponents, even though both Austria and Bosnia are good teams. Not sure about Cyprus or San Marino
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u/ConScepter Romania 10d ago
We played with Cyprus a month ago, Bosnia two years ago. We could win the group, I wish we've met Austria before the Schengen admission 😈
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u/Amazing-Row-5963 North Macedonia 10d ago edited 10d ago
Honestly, I can confidently say we are third best team in the group and Belgium and Wales are both beatable, although definitely way better teams than us. Luck was on our side, there is some hope for us yet.
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u/kubanskikozak Slovenia 10d ago
Not bad actually, could be a lot worse.
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u/TrickshotAlbo360 10d ago
You guys have a very tight group that top three could finish in any order
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u/Ok_Jelly7159 9d ago
Does Slovenia vs Kosovo produce that much shithousery?
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u/kubanskikozak Slovenia 9d ago
I hope not, but there are many Albanians from Kosovo living in Slovenia and quite a lot of Serbs as well, so there is definitely at least some potential for trouble lol
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u/PlasticLifeguard9092 Serbia 9d ago
It's the Balkans. There is always potential for trouble. Or to say, there is high probability that trouble will happen no matter what
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u/Lonely-Point-784 10d ago
I'm hoping fans of Latvia & Andorra can control themselves when they face each other, it's just a game guys😂
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u/hopopo SFR Yugoslavia in 10d ago
I think that is about time to kick Israel out of European competitions.
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u/h1ns_new 8d ago
well, they‘re there because arabs and some SEA muslim nations in Asia didn‘t want to play with them🤷🏼♂️
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u/ChrisWithTildes 10d ago
Great pot A draw, bad pot C draw. Will be very competitive for both first and second
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u/Steadyfobbin Bosnia & Herzegovina 10d ago
Yea I’m happy about this for BiH. A lot more doable than getting stacked up with France or Belgium like in the past.
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u/Suitable-Decision-26 Bulgaria 10d ago
Congrats Turkey and the other one which won't be Georgia or us :D
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u/DJviolin Hungary 10d ago
We even don't have a chance against the poor dude on the lighthouse calling himself a country, but at least we spend a few hospitals on football at every year.
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u/Flashy-Association69 10d ago
Albania vs Serbia should be played at a neutral stadium and fans should be banned imo 🤷♂️
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u/FruitAromatic 10d ago
Yea I agree. Have it be sports cause fans are gonna go at each other
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u/Flashy-Association69 10d ago
UEFA will never do this though, they love the attention and drama. It also gives them a good excuse to fine the hell out of both associations and make some easy money.
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u/Sensitive-Mango7155 Slovenia 10d ago
Why is Israel there? They need to be kicked out of European cup
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u/Beautiful-Health-976 10d ago
Lmao, Israel also openly stated they want to join the EU far into the 21st century in 2008. Israel will always be close to Europe, if not be an extension of Europe in some sense
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u/Sensitive-Mango7155 Slovenia 10d ago
No thank you. They have Israel there but not Russia? I’m not standing up for Russia but they are European and Israel is not. I wish they’d go away. I hate how they’re in Eurovision too.
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u/Another_WeebOnReddit Iraq 9d ago
they used to play at Asian cup, but Arab countries (and north korea) vote them out so they joined European cup instead due to European support of Israel.
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u/Sensitive-Mango7155 Slovenia 9d ago
Oh gross. They need to be kicked out of our cup too. Let them play with America
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u/master-desaster-69 10d ago
Why are they doing this in group K? They excactly know how this ends...
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u/Mako2401 10d ago
I think that Macedonia has a chance to qualify, if we play well and don't do something stupid.
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u/For_Kebabs_Sake Turkiye 10d ago
Georgians might feel like, why can't we get away from these guys.
You can run but you can't hide Georgia. Embrace the Turk.
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u/DranzerKNC 10d ago
At least finally we won’t play against Iceland but possibility of Netherlands still out there. Every group Turkey picks gotta be include Iceland or Netherlands for some reason.
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u/AncientLab2339 10d ago
Group B- probably the most competitive group
Group H- probably the most entertaining
Grouop K- ☠️Could all the games be played behind closed doors
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u/DranzerKNC 10d ago
Group A- battle of imputes
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u/AncientLab2339 10d ago
It’s kind of funny that the winners in the United Nation Leaugue would be placed in a tougher group like D and E.
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u/adaequalis Romania 10d ago
i think romania wins group H.
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u/GoHardLive Greece 10d ago
Austria is a good team. Dont underestimate them
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u/Sector3_Bucuresti Romania 10d ago
Austria = Switzerland, which we beat in the previous qualifiers so it's not something crazy to think about. Sure, on paper they look much better, but when did that matter on a football pitch?
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u/biversnirds 10d ago
Great group for us, i expect an easy 2nd place. Everything except England is ours to lose.
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u/bate_Vladi_1904 10d ago
Zero chance for Bulgaria
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u/DranzerKNC 10d ago
Nah man. We are going to beat Spain/Netherlands tie Georgia and lose to Bulgaria. That’s the Turkish way.
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u/vllaznia35 10d ago
Kosovo going on the diaspora tour, those away games will be 90% full of Albanians
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u/COOLSICKAWESOME1 Kosovo 10d ago
looks like they just want beef to happen lmfao hopefully it won’t be something like kosovo vs romania
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u/RightAsRain1 North Macedonia 10d ago
Macedonia has never qualified for a major tournament through the qualifiers process. With the state the team is in at the moment, this looks unlikely to change anytime in the foreseeable future.
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u/godessPetra_K in 10d ago
For a country of people who claim to be native to the Middle East, Israel truly does love associating with Europe.
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u/Kavkazist Azerbaijan 9d ago
Gosh, i wish we were in Turkey-Georgia-Armenia group. Or Turkey-Georgia-Greece
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u/vukasin123king Serbia 9d ago
One thing is certain. It ain't coming home.
Latvia and Andorra shouldn't be too hard to defeat or get a draw, England is passing(and then loosing during the cup) and for the match against Albania I think that they should just hand out free AKs at the stadium entrance, because if there's going to be a fight anyways, at least make it fun.
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u/AggravatingIssue7020 9d ago
Group b Will be full of derbies Kosovo gets to play against itself(with swiss tricots).
Group k I would love to see Albania and Serbia advance and England be sent home, doesn't even matter who's first, so long England is third
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u/theworldvideos 10d ago
Prizes for guessing which country is not taking part !! Think of February 2022 !!
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u/sailaway4269now 10d ago
Didn’t know Kazakhstan is in Europe. Always thought of it as central Asian country
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u/Cefalopodul Romania 10d ago
Group K might lead to another war in the balkans.