roccoschili Chapter 744
Chapter 744
Chapter 744
The Spanish team became the biggest favorite to win the World Cup in South Africa. It is definitely not just the media's nasty touts. After defeating the Chilean team 3:1 and successfully qualifying as the first place in the group, the Spanish team's odds of winning the championship immediately rose to No. [-] one.
Before the start of the World Cup, although the Spanish team was also the favorite to win the championship, they only ranked third, ahead of them were Brazil and Germany, and after losing the first round of the group stage, the ranking of the Spanish team dropped again and again. From the third place to the ninth place, even if they defeated Honduras by a big score in the second round, it only restored their ranking to one place.
The reason is simple. Although they got the precious three points on the way out, the Spanish team's group qualifying situation is not as good as that of the Swiss team. They are likely to return home early after the group stage is over. The title fight is over.
But in the last round, the Spanish team defeated the South American powerhouse Chile 3:1 cleanly. In addition, Fan Bizhuang regarded the goal as a bag, and the powerful Spanish team that can play artistic football made the whole world They all saw their comeback manifesto.
Everyone has realized that the returning Matador Legion has experienced the baptism of wind and rain and setbacks, and is more tenacious and stronger, and more professional bookmakers naturally began to recalculate the odds, and after this calculation, the odds of the Spanish team The ranking immediately jumped up like a rocket, and it turned out to be the first place directly.
Of course, these are all outside voices and topics of discussion, but it has nothing to do with the Spanish team, and the Matadors are not concerned about it.
After breaking out of the group and advancing to the knockout round, what they care most about is the situation in the next knockout round.
With the dust settled on the two teams that qualified from Group H, the group stage of this World Cup is all over. All eight groups have decided their superiors, and all [-] teams that have advanced to the knockout round have also been produced.
Group A: Uruguay, Mexico; Group B: Argentina, South Korea; Group C: England, United States; Group D: Germany, Ghana; Group E: Netherlands, Japan; Group F: Slovakia, Paraguay; Group G, Brazil, Portugal; Group: Spain, Chile.
The top sixteen of the World Cup in South Africa are all freshly released, but this promotion list is full of joy and sorrow for some.
As the host, the early exit of the South African team made many local fans feel sorry, but this result is actually expected. In this group, the overall strength of the other three teams is above the host. Mexico is also slightly better than South Africa. If it weren't for the fact that the host country gave the South African team a lot of convenience at home, the South African team would be even less favored in the opening game.
However, although it was only three rounds of the group stage, the performance of the South African team is worthy of recognition and praise. They not only scored four points, but also defeated the former world giants France in the final round.
The South African team has done their best, and the overall performance is satisfactory, but the other team in Group A is synonymous with sadness.
This team is the Gallic Rooster France team.
As a world-class powerhouse, although the French team is undergoing renewal in recent years after Zidane and other famous generals retired, their strength and competitiveness have declined significantly. As for the points, especially before the start of the World Cup, the French team simply defeated the new European king Spain in the warm-up match, which made the fans have a lot of expectations for them-even if it is not as good as before , but there should be no problem qualifying from the group, right?Whether it is Uruguay or Mexico in the same group, or the host French team, these teams are more than inferior to the French team in terms of hard power.
But the final result fell through everyone's glasses. Facing three teams that were not as strong as their own, the French team turned out to be unbeaten: they drew 0:0 with Uruguay in the first round and lost 0:2 in the second round. For Mexico, in the last round, the South African team, which is recognized as the weakest in the group, was defeated 2:1.
The former European Cup and World Cup double champion, the French team only scored one point and was eliminated from the World Cup with the bottom of the group. This is simply a great irony, and it is also the biggest upset exposed in this cup. one.
What is even more incomprehensible and acceptable to countless fans is that during the group stage, the French team even exposed the "scandal" of the team's infighting. Many players in the team publicly questioned and opposed the head coach Domenech. It is an important reason for the sluggish performance of the French team in this cup.
Of course, the reason why the French team that has already been out is one of the biggest upsets of this cup is because they are not the only rich and powerful team that returned home early.
Pitying with them, there is also the Azzurri Italy in Group F.
Italy is an old and traditional strong team in world football. It has won the European Championship once and the World Cup four times in history. Such results are enough to show that they are one of the best national teams in international competitions. .
And it is such a giant team that won the championship in the last World Cup, but the performance in this World Cup is terrible.
Italy drew 1:1 with South American team Paraguay in the first round, and drew again with New Zealand in the second round. Two games, two draws, and two points, the Italian's subsequent exit laid a hidden danger.
But in fact, after two consecutive draws, not many people expected that Italy would face the fate of being eliminated after the final round.Because the Italian team has a ridiculous "tradition", often before the competition, their state is very average, the qualifiers stumbled, and after entering the main match, the performance of the group stage is not satisfactory.Although it was always thrilling all the way, but in the end it was able to advance to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, Italy would wake up as if it had changed a team. The more they fought, the more courageous they were, and they could beat any team.
In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Italy was in such a situation. The qualifiers and the group stage played like a bunch of shit, but in the knockout stage, they were unstoppable. The French team led by Dane was defeated, thus winning the championship in one fell swoop.
This is a team that will continue to adjust its status as the competition progresses. Therefore, despite the two consecutive draws, almost everyone is still more optimistic that Italy will win the final round, so as to successfully qualify for the group stage. Kill the Quartet, just like what they did four years ago.
But the result was that Italy lost to Slovakia with a score of 2:3 in the final round. With only two points, they were sadly out.
This upset is as shocking and embarrassing as the French team being eliminated. After all the games in the eight groups, someone lamented: "It is right to adjust the state slowly, because it will make a team fight more and more. The stronger you are, the stronger your self-confidence will be. Italy won the championship in this way in 06, but we must be clear that slow progress does not mean that you are entrusting your destiny to others, otherwise you can only let others Slaughter. Italy's elimination is a good lesson for us!"
Although the departure of two world-class wealthy teams is somewhat surprising and regrettable, it also made all the teams that reached the top sixteen vigilantly aware of the cruelty of the cup, which also made them more vigilant and focused. Strong teams like France and Italy were able to be eliminated in advance, which shows that none of the teams that can advance to the top [-] is a "soft persimmon". Every game and every opponent must go all out to deal with it.
In any case, the teams that have advanced to the top [-] of this World Cup have been born. Among them, five teams from South America have qualified, namely Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile; while Europe has occupied six seats. Spain, Portugal, England, Germany, Slovakia, and the Netherlands, among all continents, have the most qualifying teams; Africa, North America, and Central and North America each only grab one spot, namely Ghana, the United States, and Mexico.The remaining two places are occupied by Asian teams, namely the South Korean team and the Japanese team.
Judging from the progress of each continent, Europe and South America are still the continents with the largest number, which is not much different from the past. Basically, most of the time, the championship is monopolized by teams from these two continents.
As for the teams from other continents, they mostly play the role of accompanying the prince to study.
Of course, after the rosters of all the teams that have advanced to the top sixteen are produced, the attention of the whole world is focused on the next match list.
If the group stage is just an appetizer for the World Cup, then the knockout stage is the start of the main meal.
Fans all over the world are looking forward to more intense and exciting duels.
The list of matches will also be released soon.
According to FIFA's group division regulations, No.1 of the four groups of ACEG and No.2 of the four groups of BDFH will be divided into the same half area, and the other half area will include No. 1 of the four groups of BDFH. 2 and No.[-] of the four teams of ACEG.
Once the respective half areas are divided, the confrontation situation between the teams will be clear at a glance.
The eight teams in the first half are: South Korea VS Uruguay, Ghana VS USA, England VS Germany, Mexico VS Argentina; the eight teams in the second half are: Slovakia VS Netherlands, Chile VS Brazil, Japan VS Paraguay, Portugal VS Spain.
Generally speaking, the situation in the upper half is relatively clear, and it can better predict the results of the subsequent games. Except for the duel between the two traditional European teams, England and Germany, which can be regarded as evenly matched, the remaining three groups of rival teams , the strength is still clear.
The second half is equally strong and weak. In terms of strength and past match records, both the Netherlands and Brazil have a crushing advantage over their respective opponents, while Japan and Paraguay are similar in strength. It is hard to predict which one will win. Negative matchup.
The most eye-catching one is the "brotherly struggle" between Spain and Portugal.
Both teams are strong and are typical representatives of European Latin football. In terms of land, the two countries border each other. The players of the two countries are not only close to each other, but also have similar football styles. play in each other's leagues.
There have been many stars in the history of the Portuguese team, such as Figo, Rui Costa, Deco, etc. The current leader is Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for Real Madrid.
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