World Cup line-up becoming ever clearer.
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- Written by Darren Douglas
Most of the domestic leagues around the World may be taking a break but that only means that international football has taken centre stage. Yesterday produced a round of international friendly fixtures and much more significantly, World Cup qualifiers to whet the appetite.
Several nations have already secured their spot in South Africa next summer. The nature of World Cup qualifying in Asia, where there are two groups of five competing for four automatic spots with relatively weaker nations, produces the first countries confirmed at each World Cup. Aside from the host nation of course, who have the benefit of foregoing the stress of qualifying.
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