Yeah, combined with a bit of home African support it would have made group G really entertaining and given them a fighting chance of qualifying:
1 Brazil
2 Ivory Coast
3 North Korea
4 Portugal
Oh well.
I feel pretty bad for North Korea. They've only ever qualified once previously in 1966 (Quater final defeat by Portugal) and everyone was like:
'...wait...who the fuck are these guys...?'
The least favorites to win, they were hoping to get a fairly-easy group in order to give them even the
SLIGHTEST bit of hope are getting somewhere in the tournament.
And then the draw comes...
BRAZIL= ''oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii''
PORTUGAL= ''OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII''
and
IVORY COAST= ''Fuck this guys, let's go home!''
and then BOOM,
2000/1 to Win World Cup
80/1 to win Group G
12/1 to qualify from Group G
These guys don't stand a chance. Getting just 1 point would be like winning the World Cup to them...
...Poor buggers.