Round of 16 Potential Opponents

We know our opponent for the round of 32, B-H on Wednesday. Obviously we don’t want our team overlooking them, but it is a game we should expect to win.

From there, it’s fun to see the scenarios of who we might play next. The favored team going into R32 will likely be the winner of group G which could be Egypt, Belgium, or Iran. New Zealand can’t win the group. So tonight’s group G games will be fun to follow!

If Egypt wins, they clinch 1st place in group G. If Belgium and Iran win then it will be decided on goal differential between the two, so whichever team has a bigger differential tonight would win.

If Belgium wins and Egypt/Iran tie, then it comes down to goal differential between Egypt and Belgium so at this point, it’s likely Egypt again as they currently have a 2 goal differential lead. Belgium would need to win by 3 goals to take 1st place in that scenario.

Granted, whoever wins first place still would have to win R32 game to meet us after we beat B-H on Wednesday!!!

I think I’d prefer not to play Belgium, and US vs Iran is intriguing from a geopolitical perspective! It seems most likely we will could face Egypt though!

Who would you all want to see in potential R16 matchup?