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Apr 01, 2022
2022 World Cup Draw: Discover your team's fate for Qatar
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England, the US, and Iran have been drawn in the same World Cup group - and the memes are quite spicy.
On Friday, teams were drawn for the 2022 World Cup group stages, and are divided into eight different sections labelled A-H.
The US men's national team secured their spot on Wednesday and was drawn into Group B along with England, Iran, and the winner of the European playoff in June, which is between Wales, Scotland and Ukraine.
Given the long, tense, complicated geopolitical history between US, England and Iran, the memes and reaction were pretty spicy.
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"Iran in a World Cup group with the countries they refer to as 'Small Satan' and 'Great Satan' is a bit spicy," one wrote.
"It's just such a hot mess of a group. I love it," another added.
A third wrote: "England, Iran, USA, Ukraine, Scotland or Wales. All diplomatic leave cancelled."
Check out other reactions below:
World War III ?\n\n#WorldCupDraw\n#Group_B\n#ENGLAND #Iran #USA\n#\u062c\u0627\u0645_\u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646\u06ccpic.twitter.com/KWZOESYtWP— \u0639\u0644\u06cc\u0634\u06a9\u0648 (@\u0639\u0644\u06cc\u0634\u06a9\u0648) 1648834698
England, Iran, USA and possibly Ukraine? is this a World Cup group or peace treaty summit— Trey (@Trey) 1648834785
Us vs Iranpic.twitter.com/efjVu8hYKg— Hunchoo (@Hunchoo) 1648833739
England, Iran, USA and possibly Ukraine? is this a World Cup group or peace treaty summit— Trey (@Trey) 1648834785
USA vs Iran at the World Cup. pic.twitter.com/bHYAVWVOts— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnys) 1648834446
Qatar will see a rematch of the USA/Iran fixture of 24 years ago, dubbed the most politically charged game in World Cup history \u2013 here's the story of what happened https://trib.al/BQF9Neo— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) 1648845003
Some British newspapers predicted an easy route to the knock-out stages, but that take was mocked too:
Opening game :\n\nEngland 1 - Kane (p), 38\nIran 1 - Pickford (OG), 90+2https://twitter.com/alliehbnews/status/1509989539326083079\u00a0\u2026— Biggies Malls 2.0 (@Biggies Malls 2.0) 1648845946
Other predicted what Scotland's route through the tournament would look like if they end up qualifying:
Scotland\u2019s World Cup in full:\n\n- draw with the US\n- lose to Iran\n- beat England\n\nEliminated on goal difference (one goal)— Paul Hutcheon (@Paul Hutcheon) 1648841956
Others didn't have high hopes for England:
So excited for the World Cup.\n\nPersonally think our group is a potential Banana skid!\n\nUSA are on the verge of a really exciting generation.\n\n*IF* it\u2019s Scotland or Wales it\u2019s never easy.\n\nIran have ran the likes of Spain close in the last World Cup.— Ellis Platten - AwayDays (@Ellis Platten - AwayDays) 1648845154
The tournament is being held in Qatar, which is the first time in history that it will be held in the Middle East.
The opening game will be between Qatar and Ecuador, and the first game for the US will be on November 21 against the winner of the European playoff.
"Our plea to all the leaders is stop the conflicts and stop the wars. Please engage in dialogue, please engage in peace ... because we want this to be the World Cup of unity, the World Cup of peace," said FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
The 2022 World Cup is ready to start on November 21 and end on December 18.
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