@fmicablues7 that's a nice draw I think. Czech Republic is tough (surely Nedved along with others, and do they still have giant Koller? I imagine him to be a nightmare to mark) but the other two are fully in your reach (especially Poland.. just met them in my first own challenge.. will talk about it later).. plus you have Sheva and they don't.
Group B is indeed super tough but group C isn't joking either.. ! Good luck on your adventure.
I personally started a World Cup on
PES 3 with China..
My group stage was with Belgium, Portugal and Poland as I said above.
I unexpectedly won my first game against Belgium thanks to a goal of number nine and captain Li Yuanping.. I then controlled the game without much emotions and proceed to win; while they have good individualities like Mpenza, Sonck (who played awfully anyway), Van Buyten and others they are very far from the overpowered team of our present days.
In the second one I lost against a very strong Portugal who, despite me injuring the king Rui Costa in the first minutes, kept the game in their hands for pretty much all the time; their physical defense conceded me nothing (Couto was a wall), I defended their tries as I could and I just had one chance that their defense cleared out last second before having to succumb to an header of Pauleta and a goal of Conceicao in the last 10 minutes.
Finally against Poland, which I found a very mediocre team, I just need a single point.. they played pretty awfully for most of the time, leaving me field and chances that my forwards couln't score, until at about 70th minute the cold shower.. they score after a lucky, dirt action in my field in a corner.. I see ghosts of my playoffs qualification, but luckily Zhang Yuning finds an header minutes later and I can celebrate my final phase advancing.. but the draw isn't exactly lucky: ARGENTINA will be my first opponent.. oh well.
A word on China.. they are technically WAY worse than default guys.. maybe two or three players have special abilities, and they all have horrible overalls, I have to use their rare good attributes the best I can..
By the way, it's lovely how this game highlights bad players. Bad touches, stops, passes or shots feels so natural, and low stamina effects too. Even after a season with Castolo and co I'm still surprised anytime by the work they did at the times. That said, I think next time I'll pick a more middle of the table team as it's starting to be a bit extreme, I need to relax a bit

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p.s. sorry for the long write up, can't avoid it after such fruitful play sessions!