Ferdinand expressed disappointment over England’s draw for the quadrennial event, admitting that games against teams like Croatia and Ghana won’t be easy for The Three Lions. (Reuters)Former England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand reacted to the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw, which was held in Washington, D.C., on Friday, saying that he felt great being a part of the event, which saw some interesting developments, including U.S. President Donald Trump winning the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize.Ferdinand, who was the conductor at the draw, said that he was nervous before the event started, but those nerves left a few minutes after the draw began.ALSO READ | Easy group for Argentina, ceremony overshadowed by peace prize for Trump from gleeing friend Infantino“It was just a great evening to be here, man. I’ve played football in front of some hefty crowds, but I’ve never been this nervous for anything because… I think it’s when I’m playing football, it’s a bit of a controllable nervousness. Whereas with this, it’s the uncertainty, the unknown. How am I going to react? Are my legs going to even be able to carry me where I need to go?”“So all of those things that you worry about and you’re concerned about, but once I got out here after a couple of minutes, I felt nice and and the guys helped me. All these guys are super experienced. So being a part of that was great,” Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel.The 47-year-old, however, expressed disappointment over England’s draw for the quadrennial event, admitting that games against teams like Croatia and Ghana won’t be easy for The Three Lions.“I weren’t happy with England’s group, you know. You want a group where you go, ‘Listen, we can just sneak through there. Not too many hard games’. But we’ve got Croatia, [Luka] Modric-inspired Croatia, Ghana, and Panama.“Now, Panama, I think, will be a team that we should win against, but Ghana, Croatia, I think they’re going to make it difficult. They’ll be tough games. I still back us to win the group and get out of the group, but I would like to have seen a little bit easier, an easier runway in that group,” he said. © IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:fifa world cupRio Ferdinand