Chapter 433: Won all 3 games, ranked first in the group and advanced!

Chapter 433: Win all three matches and advance to the top spot in the group!

In Group A, the two teams Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which both lost in the first round, met on a narrow road in this round.

As a result, the two teams were at each other's throats, and the Saudi Arabian team was sent off in the 38th minute, but it used its tenacious defense to withstand the Egyptian team's onslaught.

The Egyptian team had a ball possession rate of 74% throughout the game and blasted 18 shots, but they could not break the Saudi Arabian goal.

In the end, Saudi Arabia had the last laugh. They relied on their own counterattack opportunities obtained by their desperate defense to defeat Egypt 1-0.

On the other side, the South American strong team Uruguay beat Russia 2-1 and qualified for the group stage one round ahead of schedule.

The host Russia has one win and one loss and has three points. As long as it defeats the weakest Egypt in the next game, it will definitely qualify.

In Group C, Deschamps' French team performed very well.

In this round, they defeated Switzerland 1-0. They have won both games and have two goal differences. The qualifying situation is very good.

Although the French team did not qualify early, they only have the theoretical possibility of being eliminated.

In the final round, as long as they don't lose more than four goals and the Swiss team doesn't beat their opponents by more than five goals, the French team can qualify, and they will qualify first in the group.

Therefore, it can basically be considered that the French team has qualified early.

After the game, the French happily began to sing praises for the French team.

In this World Cup, the French team's lineup is worthy of starlight. It is indeed expected by the French to achieve such a record.

The other qualifying spot in Group C will be decided between Denmark and Peru. The final opponents of the two teams are Australia, the weakest team in the group, and France, the strongest team in the group.

Judging from the situation in the final round, the Danish team is more likely to qualify, provided that the French team does not let go!

In Group B, the Spanish team and the Portuguese team, who were in hot form in the first round, staged a shocking showdown. Their performance in this round was completely different from the previous one.

The Spanish team was the first to play, and they had a difficult 2-2 draw with the Moroccan team, which was not very strong.

If David Silva, who came off the bench, was not the savior, the Spanish team would have been defeated by the Moroccan team in this game!
In another match in Group B, Portugal drew with Iran in stoppage time.

The two teams ended up playing 1-1, with Portugal and Spain, both teams tied in both games, already on the verge of elimination.

They have to defeat their respective opponents in the next game to ensure qualifying. The Iranian team, which currently has four points, is ranked first in the group, which is really beyond everyone's expectations!
In Group D, Argentina's performance was a bit abnormal, which lowered the outside world's expectations for them a lot.

In the first round, they lost 3-0 to Croatia led by Modric!
Then in the second round, they drew 1-1 with Iceland and gained a valuable point.

But Argentina did not play well in this game. Facing Iceland's tough defense, Argentina could not find a good chance to score in the whole game!

It's a bit outrageous that Argentina, which has a lot of super shooters such as Di Maria, Higuain, Aguero, etc., has a problem of insufficient offensive firepower.

What's more important is that their star Messi also missed a penalty kick!
If Aguero hadn't relied on his super personal strength and a certain amount of luck to score a draw with Iceland with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area in stoppage time, Argentina would have lost to Iceland in this game. !
At present, Croatia, which has won two games, has qualified first in the group ahead of schedule. Argentina, which has one draw and one loss in the group, only retains the theoretical hope of qualifying. They must defeat Nigeria in the last round of the group stage to possibly qualify!
Because of the tragic record of the Argentine team, as one of the three strongest top players in the contemporary era, Messi's situation is completely different from that of Zhao Jinge and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Zhao Jinge's German team played with a completely crazy rhythm.

Although Ronaldo's Portugal had a stumbling match, they still played with energy. A hat trick against Spain was directly the masterpiece of his national team career!
These two teams either qualified early or had outstanding individual performances, and Portugal's opponent in the last round of the group stage was Morocco, so the probability of qualifying for the group was very high.

Only Messi, the team he leads is now on the verge of elimination, and he has no outstanding performance at all, which is really criticized!
After the game, there were many voices criticizing Messi on the Internet.

"That's it for the peerless two prides?!"

"You haven't scored a single goal, and you still dare to brag that you are alongside Zhao Jinge and Cristiano Ronaldo?"

"Don't be embarrassed, people only recognize Ronaldo, not Zhao Jinge!"

"Haha, I think the title "Peerless Twins" is very appropriate. Zhao Jinge and Ronaldo, there's nothing wrong with them!"

"You bunch of bastards, haven't you seen how hard my football champion works?!"

Although Mei fans are arguing with various reasons, the fans don't care about it.

In competitive sports, food is the original sin!
Even if Argentina is not as good as Germany and France, it still has to qualify for the group, right?

If you can't beat Croatia, everyone has nothing to say, and your mood is relatively stable. But if you can't even beat Iceland, this is a bit outrageous, and it can even be said to be very embarrassing.

Are there any stars on the opposing Icelandic team?

not a single one!

There are very few players even playing in the five major leagues.

Argentina not only has a large number of stars playing for wealthy clubs, but most of the players on the team also play in the five major leagues.

As a star player, Messi will definitely be scolded if he loses!
Just like after Portugal lost, the outside world would criticize Ronaldo.

What's more, Messi's performance is indeed not good enough.

Not scoring a single goal in two games, not only far behind Zhao Jinge’s five goals, but also far behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s three goals.

Therefore, in a direct comparison of the three top stars, Messi's performance naturally becomes the worst, and it is normal for him to be pulled out for criticism.

"Don't worry about the criticism from the outside world. Play the remaining games seriously. As long as you can qualify in the group, the criticism from the outside world will disappear. Those who criticized you will change their words and praise you!"

Worried that outside criticism would have too great an impact on Messi's condition, the president of the World Football Federation personally called his favorite Messi to try to appease his emotions.

Messi hummed and said nothing more.

He has naturally seen these criticisms from the outside world. After the game, some indifferent reporters even bothered him with this issue, which made Messi very angry.

In fact, there is no need for external criticism. Messi himself is also very annoyed.

The Iceland team defends him very tightly. Every time Argentina attacks, he is always the one who is most closely guarded on the field. This prevents Messi from finding a good opportunity!

Moreover, Messi, who is used to being served by the top midfielders in the Barcelona team, has a little difficulty adapting after coming to the national team.

Compared with the club's midfielder, Argentina's midfielder is much weaker.

He can't catch very good passes, and he even needs to pass the ball to his teammates himself, which is really different.

On June 28, the final round of the group stage begins.

The Brazilian team withstood the pressure. When facing Serbia in the last round, they beat their opponent three to one and successfully advanced to the knockout rounds as the first in the group.

Switzerland drew with Costa Rica and advanced to second place in the group with five points.

As for Serbia, they had one win and two losses after three games, ranking third in the group and unfortunately eliminated.

Costa Rica, which comes from South America and created the legend of dark horse in the last World Cup, lost all three games, scored one goal and conceded seven goals, and was eliminated in humiliation.

After the qualifying teams of Group E were confirmed, the two qualifying teams paid special attention to the final result of Group F.

Since the German team has qualified early, Loew arranged many substitutes to play in the last game.

Ter Stegen, Brandt, Emre Can, Goretzka, Sane, Kimmich, Rudiger and others started the game for the first time.

However, in order to ensure that the game can be won stably, Loew still left some main players on the court. The three main players of the Turkish Dead, Zhao Jinge and Thomas Muller continued to play.

The team's main center back Hummels accumulated two yellow cards and was suspended. Teacher Toni, Neuer, Gundogan and others all sat on the bench to watch the game.

In this game, all the soldiers of the German team were in a relatively relaxed mood and basically had no pressure.

But they still have to fight to win this game!
Although the German team qualified early, it did not completely lock in the first place in the group.

If they lose to the South Korean team by a large margin in the final round, it is theoretically possible to lose first place in the group.

But this possibility is relatively small, because the German team currently has a goal difference of eight, ten goals ahead of Sweden and nine goals ahead of Mexico.

With such a big gap, they have to recover unless they can get a big win, and at the same time pray that the German team loses miserably to the South Korean team.

The former is still somewhat possible, the latter is almost impossible.

The South Korean team failed in both games and is at the bottom of the group. If they expect them to suffer a tragedy against the German team, they might as well expect to win the jackpot by buying lottery tickets!

The situation of the game also developed as expected.

Facing the weak Korean team, although the German team used most of their substitutes, their substitute lineup was still much stronger than the Korean team's lineup.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Zhao Jinge scored, helping the team lead the opponent 1-0.

The players of the Korean team played quite tenaciously. They had been eliminated early. This game was completely about fighting for honor.

In this case, they did not retreat to their own half and defend blindly, but bravely pulled out to attack the German team.

For the Korean team, winning is impossible, but if they can score a few goals against the German team, it will be worth it. When the German team wins the championship in the future, they can brag to others after returning home: We broke through Pass the goal of world champion Germany!
However, this choice of the South Korean team made them a little unable to withstand the fierce attack of the German team.

In the 36th minute of the first half, the German team scored again.

After Zhao Jinge, Thomas Muller, Turkish Deadman, Brandt and others completed many consecutive passes, the football was almost passed into the South Korean team's goal by Zhao Jinge.

The players of the Korean team felt the suffocation and powerlessness of facing the world's most powerful team at this moment. They were able to keep up with the opponent's players at the beginning.

Later, after the German team passed the ball several times in a row, they all fainted. A large number of players almost subconsciously followed the ball, and huge holes appeared in the entire defense line, allowing the German team's players to penetrate and shoot at will.

In this case, conceding the ball is not surprising at all, but not conceding the ball is a miracle!
After taking a two-goal lead, the Korean team finally woke up.

They did not dare to attack anymore and began to shrink their defense line and put on a defensive posture.

The huge strength gap between the two teams made them realize the reality. It is really difficult to score from the German team.

A team as strong as Sweden only scored one goal, and the Mexican team didn't score a single goal. That's still the case where the German team was missing one player!

Facts have proved that setting up buses does work.

The score of two to zero remained until the halftime break.

In the second half, the side changed sides and the German team made personnel adjustments.

The Turkish dead man was replaced, Werner played, and the German team adopted a double center tactic.

However, the double center tactic seems to be of no use. Facing the opponent's intensive defense, Zhao Jinge and Werner could not find a good chance to score. Especially Zhao Jinge, who was almost tightly entangled by the two Korean center backs. The kind that can’t even be peeled off!

Loew continued to make personnel adjustments. In the 65th minute, he replaced Thomas Muller and replaced Gundogan.

This substitution quickly achieved results. In the 69th minute of the game, Gundogan launched an attack in the midfield. After Zhao Jinge passed the ball, it was handed to Werner's feet.

Werner relied on his strong physical fitness to carry the pull of the opponent's defender, broke into the penalty area, and suddenly shot with his feet and scored the ball!

This is Werner's second goal in this World Cup. Both goals came from Zhao Jinge's assists!
After scoring the goal, Werner was very excited and ran to the sidelines to celebrate with an elegant little slide.

It's so fucking fun to play with these teammates from the national team. There are always a group of selfless and powerful teammates here who are keen to pass the ball to him. As long as he runs out of opportunities, the ball will definitely be delivered to his feet. All he has to do is send the ball into the goal!
Scoring two goals in three games, and also on the World Cup stage, this makes him feel like he has reached his peak!

He could have scored the few balls that Zhao Jinge passed to him, but Zhao Jinge still passed them out selflessly!
It would be great if such a good teammate could be brought to the club!

It's a pity that I can't take it away, and Manchester City won't sell it!

Besides, asking Zhao Jinge to be a green leaf for him all the time, Werner didn’t dare to say such a thing!
(End of this chapter)