Glad to hear that we are not the only country/Confederation that will miss the more cut throat qualification of a 32 team World Cup.
We don't have the long run of knife edge, roller coaster H&A qualifiers you get in CONCACAF, but the home playoff game of the Intercontinental Playoffs (even when it didn't have much on it in 2013 against Mexico), was always eagerly awaited. The one game every 4 years where you would see a full strength AWs team at home, in a high stakes affair.
A 48 team WC takes that away forever sadly.
See that CONCACAF gets 6 spots in a 48 team WC (up from current 3.5 spots), and in 2026 of course 3 host nations - USA, Canada & Mexico get 3 of those 6 spots. So yes I imagine you are enjoying these high stakes big game qualifiers (esp as you are unbeaten) why you can.
We don't have the long run of knife edge, roller coaster H&A qualifiers you get in CONCACAF, but the home playoff game of the Intercontinental Playoffs (even when it didn't have much on it in 2013 against Mexico), was always eagerly awaited. The one game every 4 years where you would see a full strength AWs team at home, in a high stakes affair.
A 48 team WC takes that away forever sadly.
See that CONCACAF gets 6 spots in a 48 team WC (up from current 3.5 spots), and in 2026 of course 3 host nations - USA, Canada & Mexico get 3 of those 6 spots. So yes I imagine you are enjoying these high stakes big game qualifiers (esp as you are unbeaten) why you can.