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France 🇫🇷  What can one say about France right now? They are the gold standard of international football. Winning the World Cup in 2018 and making three finals in the last four tournaments they competed in. They became the first team since Brazil in 1998 to reach the World Cup Final consecutively, losing to Argentina on penalties in an all-time classic. In the Euros, France are two-time winners (1984, 2000) and lost the final at home in 2016. In Euro 2020, France suffered a shock exit. Losing to Switzerland on penalties in the Round of 16. They breezed through qualification, winning seven in eight games, and scoring 29 goals. Coach Didier Deschamps has been France's coach since 2012; and is the longest-serving manager at the tournament.    If he leads Les Bleu to success, he will become the second person after Berti Vogts to win the Euros as a player and coach. An incredible feat having won the World Cup as a player and coach. Deschamps has a wealth of riches to ...

QATAR             Nickname: The Maroon            Captain: Hassan Al-Haydos            Key Player: Almoez Ali            Coach: Felix Sanchez            Last World Cup Appearance: None ( Debut ) Since Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, the coverage of the tournament has been away from the football field. However, the World Cup looks set, and Qatar will take part as the host nation as they will play the first game against Ecuador on November 20th. So what can we expect from the Qatar national team? Well, Qatar does not have any household names of note as every one of their 26-man squad is currently playing in the Qatari Stars League. Qatar may have never qualified for the World Cup, but it's not for lack of trying. They narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 1978 and 1998 editions. They also achieved recent success fini...

The FIFA World Cup. The most prestigious honour any footballer will gain in their playing career. Names like Pele, Maradona, Beckenbauer, Matthaus, Zidane, Ronaldo Nazario, Xavi and Pirlo have lifted the golden trophy aloft. Other players in the same class as those mentioned earlier would look with great envy as they never won football's coveted prize. Here are the ten great players to have never won the World Cup. (No Active Players on this list). OLIVER KAHN Germany has produced great goalkeepers like Sepp Maier and Manuel Neuer in their history. Oliver Kahn is also in the same bracket as the two mentioned before, possibly being Germany's best between the sticks. Unlike Maier and Neuer, Kahn never won the World Cup. Capped 86 times by  Die Mannschaft , Kahn was in the German setup for eleven years between 1995 to 2006, winning the European Championship in 1996. Surprisingly, Kahn was Germany's first-choice keeper in three tournaments. One of those tournaments was the 2002...