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Everyone likes to root for the underdog, so why not choose your second team to support the team that seems heavily stacked against them?
The obvious place to pick an underdog team would be one of the World Cup debutants, with four nations playing in the tournament for the first time.
The tiny Caribbean island of Curacao will become the smallest country to take part in the World Cup when they play against Germany, Ivory Coast and Ecuador in Group E.
Curacao, 37 miles off the coast of Venezuela, has a population of just over 150,000 – the same as Huddersfield – and a land area of 171 square miles, smaller than the Isle of Man.
Cape Verde, meanwhile, is the third smallest country to reach the World Cup after Curacao and Iceland.
An archipelago of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean with a population of less than 525,000, Cape Verde gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and attempted to reach its first World Cup in 2002 when it was held in Japan and South Korea. They face Spain, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay in Group H
Uzbekistan and Jordan have two debutants from Asia.
The Uzbeks, Asian Cup semi-finalists in 2011, ended their long wait to qualify under 2006 World Cup-winning Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro. They will be hoping to make an impact in a group featuring Portugal, Colombia and DR Congo.
Jordan, meanwhile, is ranked 64th in the world and their progress has been steady, reaching the final of the 2023 Asian Cup, when they were defeated by hosts Qatar. Argentina, Algeria and Austria await in Group J.
