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European Heavyweights Belatedly Begin World Cup Qualifying

Lamine Yamal (R) gets away from Theo Hernandez during the UEFA Nations League semi-final between Spain and France in June (Credit: AFP)

With the next World Cup kicking off in just over nine months, European champions Spain and some of the continent's other heavyweights finally begin their qualifying campaigns this week.

France, Germany and Portugal are also only just embarking on the journey which they expect will take them to the tournament in North America,

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