Europe s number one pseudo-strong team: It has two great strikers worth over 200 million, but it struggled to win a single victory in the World Cup and ranked last.

The European group matches of the World Cup qualifiers have all ended. Except for the Italian team, all the traditional teams in European football have broken through by finishing first in the group and obtained tickets for the World Cup in advance. Although they failed to qualify directly, the Italian team also successfully obtained tickets for the play-offs and still retains the hope of advancement. In this competition, a team was born that disappointed countless fans. They had two top forwards in football, but they could not win a single victory in the 6 qualifying games. They ended the group stage journey with a humiliating finish at the bottom!

This is known as "Europe's number one pseudo-strong team", it is Sweden that gave birth to the legendary star Ibrahimovic. Although Ibrahimovic announced his retirement in 2023, the genes of the high forward have been passed down in the Swedish team. Isaac and Djekeresh successfully took over the mantle left by Ibrahimovic and formed Sweden's luxurious attack line. The combined value of the two of them has exceeded 210 million euros. If you only look at the paper strength, then this star-studded Swedish team can definitely be called a world-class team!

But in the football world, worth is not the same as strength. Being in Group B with Switzerland, Slovenia and Kosovo, everyone originally thought that the Swedish team would become the strongest contender to qualify. However, their performance surprised countless fans!

In the first round of the group stage, the Swedish team drew with the Slovenian team 2-2 as a guest and got the first point of the qualifying round. This away trip was also the only game in the entire qualifying stage in which they could be called "normal". Starting from the second round away game against the weakest team in the group, Kosovo, the Swedish team's performance began to plummet. They first lost to the Kosovo team 0-2, and then lost to the Swiss team 0-1 at home, and their ranking temporarily fell to the bottom.

Facing the Kosovo team at home in the fourth round, everyone originally thought that the Swedes would definitely be able to reverse the decline, but what the fans were waiting for was that the lower limit was refreshed again. The Swedish team actually lost to the Kosovo team again at home. They were humiliatingly beaten by their opponents and exited the competition for first place in the group two rounds in advance.

Although the Swedish team made a decisive change of coach after this game, the new coach Porter did not make a radical change in the team due to the short running-in time. In the last two rounds, they only achieved a record of 1 draw and 1 loss. The Swedish team, which was hard to win, ended up in the bottom of the group stage.

Although the performance in the qualifying rounds could not be worse, the Swedes' World Cup dream has not been shattered. With their outstanding performance in the UEFA Nations League, the Swedish team was lucky enough to get a ticket to the play-offs. In the play-off draw that ended not long ago, the Swedish team was assigned to Zone C. In the first round, they will face the Ukrainian team. If it can pass smoothly, the Swedish team will compete with the winner between Poland and Albania for tickets to the World Cup.

Although these three teams are not the top teams in Europe, judging from the current state of the Swedish team, if they want to break through, I am afraid they can only hope for a miracle!