If you enjoy World Cup nostalgia, look no further than Group I. Senegal’s victory against reigning champions France in the opening game of the 2002 World Cup in Seoul remains an iconic moment, and one of the tournament’s biggest upsets. A rematch 24 years on is one of the fixtures of the group stage.
It is the presence of Norway, though, that turns Group I into a true blockbuster and maybe, if a 48-team World Cup still has them, this tournament’s group of death. Norway will return to the World Cup for the first time since 1998 and in Erling Haaland have a superstar who can inspire a very promising generation to new heights.
