Managers share their thoughts on World Cup Qualifiers draw

Luciano Spalletti, Roberto Martinez and Didier Deschamps give their thoughts on their 2026 WCQ draw

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00:00I don't know if it will be good or not. We'll have to see it during the game.

00:07I think there are teams that are well-equipped in both rounds.

00:17I know very well Cincio Calzona, who was my collaborator in Naples.

00:26They deserved to win against England in the European Cup.

00:37It's always difficult.

00:40There are no difficult or easy games.

00:44We need to be well-prepared.

00:47We need our team to be at the highest level.

00:53Now we need to focus on the match in March.

00:58Then we'll see what we can do to reach the World Cup in 2026.

01:05We have a quarter-final to play.

01:08We won't play it because we prefer to be in the group of five rather than the group of four.

01:14Of course there will be an impact.

01:18What is more problematic is the supervision of these teams.

01:23Between March and June or September, we'll need a lot of people to see all our potential opponents.

01:33That's the particularity of this draw, which is not completely decisive.

01:41We don't know yet about other teams.

01:44There are two options.