00:00Previewing every single World Cup group ahead of the tournament this summer, Group F.
00:04The Netherlands, Japan, Sweden and Tunisia, is this nearly a group of death?
00:09The Dutch are the favourites within this group and have one of the strongest squads in their recent history.
00:13Elite defensive and midfield starters give them an outstanding spine,
00:17but the attacking options, very much still led by Memphis Depay, could be Ronald Koeman's team's weak point.
00:22Japan and Sweden will likely go head-to-head for second spot and have had almost polar opposite routes to
00:27the tournament.
00:28Japan wrapped up qualification early and, as a result, have rotated to an almost unprecedented level.
00:33They've used over 65 players across their games in the past year, approximately double that of Thomas Tuchel in England.
00:40Sweden didn't win any of their qualifying games, but topping their Nations League group granted them automatic qualification to the
00:47playoffs, which they won.
00:49Graham Potter is back in his spiritual home and they have a golden generation of talent,
00:52which is perhaps surprising following the Zlatan Ibrahimovic-led era, although Dejan Kulicewski is a big miss.
00:58Tunisia won 9 out of 10 in qualifying and didn't concede a single goal throughout.
01:04They are rock solid.
01:05This group consists of some incredibly organised and sophisticated teams.
01:09The standard is very high.
01:11One player to watch from each team, Donyal Marlon of the Netherlands,
01:14Daichi Kamada, obviously, of Japan,
01:16Lukas Bergwal of Sweden and Mohamed Ali Ben-Romdane of Tunisia.
01:20We'll see you next time.
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