In the past 31 years, Brazil has only one team that can qualify from the group in every World Cup, and there is only one team that can qualify from the group in every European Cup.

I have said it has been nearly 31 years, so don’t go to the early 1990s, 1980s and the Black and White era. The reason for choosing this time period is that in the 1996 European Cup, the scale has been expanded, ensuring that more teams have participated. If we follow the previous eight teams, most European teams missed the main game, so there is no way to talk about this topic.

In addition, the reason why we chose 31, a year with nods, was to include 1994. Let's start with the World Cup. From 1994 to 2002, Brazil reached the World Cup final three times and won the championship twice, with a glory. But in the following 20 years, Brazil's football has been deteriorating, and the quarterfinals became the threshold. Although he reached the semi-finals in 2014, under the background of 7:1, the semi-finals may not be as pleasant as the quarterfinals. But if we step back, Brazil's bottom line has always been there, that is, in the past 31 years, we have been able to qualify from the group every time. Even further, I can break through the quarterfinals every time and reach the quarterfinals. Is it difficult? certainly. Everything is afraid of comparison. Maybe you think that for a strong team, the promotion to the World Cup group is nothing, but if you look at France, Argentina, Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014, and Germany in 2018, don’t you think so? What? Netherlands? They didn't even make the main competition in 2002 and 2018 and were not qualified to enter the discussion on this topic. Besides Brazil, there is another team close to doing this, Mexico. From 1994 to 2018, Mexico reached the World Cup quarterfinals for seven consecutive times, and it can be called the World Cup version of Sixteen. But only in 2022, they failed. it is a pity. But Mexico's stability is better than many top teams.

Let's watch the European Cup again. Coincidentally, in the past 31 years, there has been only one team in the European Cup, and every session has been qualifying from the group. Let's eliminate them one by one. Italy was squeezed out by the Nordic double evil spirits in 2004, France was swept out of the group in 2008, and the Netherlands suffered three consecutive losses in 2012. Spain is the best team in the European Cup since the 21st century, no doubt about it. From 2008 to 24, they won three championships. But unfortunately, in 2004, they failed to qualify from the group. Germany's overall performance is also pretty good, and it won the cup in 1996. However, in 2000, they suffered a Waterloo and the team was eliminated. Coincidentally, it was the same team - Portugal that caused this fate to be caused by Spain and Germany. In the last round of the 2000 group stage, Portugal sent Germany home 3:0. The 2004 group stage was also the last round, and Nunogomez made the final decision, putting Spain in a halt. Portugal is a team that has been able to advance in groups in every European Cup for 31 years. There is and only one. It can be said that since the rise of the golden generation, Portugal has never left the European No. 1 Group again. In recent years, Portugal has not been the top-notch team, but it has always been a first-class team. Whether it is the European Cup or the World Cup, Portugal is listed as one of the favorites to win the championship, but the ranking is relatively low. In the 2016 European Cup, Portugal finally won the first championship in team history, which is a way to justify itself. But compared to this championship, what Portugal is most worth mentioning in the European Cup in the past 30 years is stability. The first game of the Golden Generation Competition in 1996 proved his strength and reached the quarterfinals. In 2000, he even made it to the semi-finals. In 2004, he reached the final at his doorstep. Although he was covered up by Greek mythology, he created the best results in team history at that time. He reached the quarterfinals in 2008, reached the quarterfinals in 2012, reached the quarterfinals in 2021, and reached the quarterfinals in 2024. This stability has continuously accumulated Portugal's competition experience. I think their second European Cup championship is not far away.