Currently, there are only 4 teams left in the race to win the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022: Argentina, Croatia, France and Morocco. Of them, only the trans-Andean and the French can break some of the 6 curses that, according to the superstitious , they fall into the national teams and that do not allow them to win the World Cup trophy.
There were not a few who blamed the pussycat. The recent elimination of Brazil from Qatar 2022 revived the curses of the World Cups that many superstitious people use as an excuse to explain why their teams are not champions.
It is worth remembering that the five-time champions lost on penalties to Croatia, after a sudden gesture made by a member of the “canarinha” staff, with a michi, which was baptized as the “curse del gato”.
The curses of the soccer world cups
There are at least 6 curses related to the soccer world cups, which, according to many, explains the reasons why a team can be left out of the fight to be the world champions.
It is worth noting that, already installed in the semifinals, Argentina and France still have chances to break some of these curses.
The leader of the FIFA ranking does not win the World Cup
FIFA prepares a monthly ranking of teams, which, among other things, defines the seeded teams in the draws for the group stage of the World Cup.
But since Since this ranking has been made 30 years ago, the team that arrives as leader in the tournament has not managed to become champion, which was constituted as a true curse of the World Cups.
On this occasion, Brazil ended up as number 1 on the list, and as everyone knows, the “verdeamarela” It has already been eliminated, similar to the 1998, 2006 and 2010 editions.
The other top teams in the FIFA ranking that failed to become world champions were Germany (1994 and 2018), France (2002) and Spain (2014).
No team with a foreign coach has won the World Cup
One of the characteristics of all the teams that have managed to be world soccer champions is that they have all had a technical director of the same nationality.
It should be mentioned that all the teams with foreign coaches that participated in Qatar 2022 are already eliminated, so this curse does not apply to the current semifinalists: Argentina, Croatia, Morocco and France.
Curses of the World Cups: No two-time champion team in 60 years
In the World Cup of 1962, held in Chile, was the last time that a soccer team managed to be consecutive two-time champion of a planetary event.
On the occasion it was the Brazil of Garrincha, Vavá, Didí and other superstars. However, to date, no team has been able to repeat the world title.
Now France is two games away from winning the soccer World Cup and breaking the 60-year curse.
The winner of the Ballon d’Or does not win the World Cup
This is one of the curses of the World Cups that France could break this 2022. It turns out that since the Ballon d’Or was awarded in 1956, whoever receives it in the year of the World Cup He is not a champion with his national team.
This year, the award was received by Real Madrid’s French forward, Karim Benzemá. However, the attacker missed the World Cup due to injury.
We will have to see if thecurse it operates only for players on the official roster, or also for those who are absent.
The Copa América champion does not triumph in the World Cup
Another curse of the World Cups football game that could go into oblivion in Qatar 2022. It turns out that the current Copa América champions have historically not managed to be world champions either.
For this 2022, Lionel Messi, together with the Argentina’s national team, they could lift the long-awaited World Cup, the only title that they have not yet managed to have in their showcases.
The team that beats Mexico does not win the World Cup
Brazil, the Netherlands and Argentina have experienced it in other World Cup editions. It’s that whoever beats Mexico won’t be able to be crowned world champion either.
Will it be a coincidence or a horrible curse? We still don’t know, but a probable victory for the albiceleste It would clear up the doubt, since the trans-Andean people beat the Mexicans in Qatar 2022.
New World Cup curses: The Brazilian Cat
This was the most recent curse that the followers of the Internet, they assured, fell to Brazil from now on for all the World Cups.
It turns out that this week, before the duel with Croatia, a member of the technical staff had a brusque gesture with a cat during a press conference at the World Cup in Qatar.
After the event, the Brazilians were eliminated, thanks to the “curse of the cat“ ;, according to the opinion of many on the web.