MOSCOW, Dec. 2 -- Iberian Peninsula derby Portugal-Spain and "English Premier League derby" Belgium-England might be the deadliest rivals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup group draw.
Portugal will meet Spain in the first game in Group B during their 2018 WC campaign, while Belgium, which harbor many EPL players, will face England in the third game in Group G, according to the group draw on Moscow time Friday night.
The Iberian Peninsula derby is also a game between two champions -- Portugal, the 2016 European champions, against Spain, the 2010 World Cup champions. It might not be an easy kickoff for either team in the 2018 campaign as both failed to win their first games of the 2010 and 2017 editions. Who win this derby may well enter the last 16 directly as Morocco and Iran are less competitive in Group B.
In Group G, many EPL teammates will become rivals. Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku, Manchester City's Vincent Kompany, Hot Spurs' Jan Vertonghen and several EPL players might play for Belgium against Man United's Ashley Young, City's Raheem Sterling, Spurs' Harry Kane. In what mood the two favorites will face with their EPL colleagues in their last game in the group may depend on the results of two previous games playing against Panama and Tunisia.
Despite the two interesting derbies, Group D is considered probably the most competitive of all. Argentina just qualified in the last round of preliminaries. Both Croatia and Iceland made into elimination stage of the 2016 European Football Championship. Iceland even entered the last eight. Nigeria are one of the toughest seeds in Pot Four.
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