Fox in the Penalty Area

No. 1 red carpet

Portugal, one of the hosts, lost 0:1 to Norway, the weakest team in the group, in front of nearly 50,000 home fans at the Lisbon Arena.

The World Cup kicked off with an upset.

Next up are the remaining two teams in Group A, Colombia and Senegal.

This is the first appearance of a South American team and an African team in this World Cup.

Colombia is ranked 15th in the FIFA rankings, which is very high, while Senegal is ranked 22nd, the second-highest ranked team in the third tier, behind third-tier team Nigeria in Group H, which is ranked 2nd. twenty.

In the end, they each scored a goal and the game ended in a 1:1 draw.

After the first round of Group A, the seed team and host Portugal was ranked last.

Fortunately, Colombia and Senegal were tied, and Portugal was not completely thrown away.

The next day, the first Asian team appeared in the World Cup.

Japan plays against Croatia.

The Japanese team, ranked 27th by FIFA, is also the highest ranked among all AFC teams participating in this World Cup.

Unlike four years ago, Junpei Morikawa and Tatsuya Sugiyama could only sit on the bench and watch the game.

In this World Cup, both of them have grown into the core of the Japanese team's midfield.

However, in the first group match, both Japan and Croatia played very cautiously.

Perhaps it was because Portugal unexpectedly lost to Norway in the opening game of the World Cup, which caused everyone's mentality to change.

This is the first game of the respective World Cup, and some people may not have entered the rhythm of the World Cup yet.

It is especially easy to make mistakes and lose at this time.

The two teams Colombia and Senegal may have thought the same way in the last game...

In short, the Japanese team ended up playing 0:0 with Croatia, which is ranked 16th in FIFA.

The first game of this World Cup without a goal was born.

The Japanese team and Croatia played cautiously, but Brazil in the same group did not need to do so. Their opponent was the weakest Mali team in the group.

Brazil, the runner-up in the last World Cup, is still the favorite to win this World Cup, especially after Kabangka showed his hot form at the club.

Kabangka lived up to expectations in this game. As the representative star of this World Cup, he contributed two assists.

First, he helped the team's left back Rafael Fonseca open the scoring for the Brazilian team, and then assisted Lesinho to score the goal that sealed the victory.

With these two assists, Kabangka received his first "Man of the Match" in this World Cup.

The Brazilian team also relied on this victory to top the group stage, laying a solid foundation for qualifying from the group. As long as they defeat the Japanese team, they will get the right to qualify in advance.

The last game of the day is Group C France team facing Iran.

Ismail Kamara, who could only watch the World Cup at home four years ago, has become the French team's thigh in this World Cup.

He performed well in the game, provided an assist and scored a goal. He was awarded the best of the game and helped the French team defeat Iran 4:1, giving the Asian team their first defeat.

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On June 16, the World Cup entered its third match day.

Another group match in Group C kicked off today with Uruguay beating Russia 1:0.

Although the former "Ivan the Terrible" Romanov has not yet retired, he quit the Russian national team after the European Cup two years ago.

The Russian national team, which lost this "nuclear bomb", has suffered a serious decline in strength compared to four years ago. It is considered lucky to only lose one goal.

In the World Cup four years ago, Russia fought its way out of a group that included Algeria, China and Brazil, and entered the top 16 as second place in the group, but stopped there.

In this World Cup four years later, they might not even be able to make it out of the group stage.

The second game on the third match day is Poland and Mexico in Group D.

In this game, both sides have old acquaintances of Chinese fans - the Polish team is forward Dominic Laski, and the Mexican team is high center Sanabria Ruiz.

Lasky has now grown into Leeds City's number one striker. He scored a total of 28 goals for Leeds City in all competitions last season, which was the most goals scored in a season after joining Leeds City. His outstanding performance also helped Leeds City finally finish fourth in the league and win qualification for next season's Champions League.

Although the 34-year-old Ruiz is a substitute for Madrid Pirates, he is the main player in the Mexican national team.

In the end, these two old acquaintances of Chinese fans each scored a goal in the game, and Poland also shook hands with Mexico 2:2.

The third game pitted Germany and Morocco from Group D against each other.

Young center Janus Edman, who shone at Ruerrhein last season, has been given the opportunity to start in his World Cup debut.

But perhaps he was too excited. Although he performed actively, he failed to score.

On the contrary, his strike partner, the previous generation of "German striker" Mark Becker, scored a goal in the game.

In the end, the German team defeated Morocco cleanly 2:0.

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The first game on the fourth match day is a game that fans all over the world are paying attention to:

Costa Rica vs Argentina.

Brazil's Kabangca has made his debut and performed well.

Now the pressure is on Melly.

Melly responded with a beautiful direct free kick.

He was also elected Man of the Match after the game.

Argentina finally defeated Costa Rica 3:1.

In another match in the same group, Belgium defeated the new European champion Czech Republic 2:1.

Belgium national goalkeeper Jonathan Hewel even saved the Czech top penalty kicker Michael Turicek's penalty in the game. He was also the first goalkeeper to save a penalty kick in this World Cup.

The Belgian "old father" of Madrid Pirates really deserves his reputation!

Of course, Czech national goalkeeper Jakub Rabina, who plays for Leeds City, also performed very well, blocking Belgium's indiscriminate bombardment with high and low blocks. Although he conceded two goals, he was still the Czech team's highest-rated player after the game.

The first game of Group F also kicked off on this day, with Chile and Switzerland tied 0:0.

This game was the second scoreless game of this World Cup and is considered the ugliest so far.

The weak Chile faced the defensive Switzerland, and the game was so boring that it made people want to sleep.

The game took place at 3 a.m. on the 18th in China domestic time. During this time period, and because neither team had any big-name stars, many Chinese fans did not watch it at all and therefore escaped.

If it were played at nine o'clock in the evening, many Chinese fans would probably be very unhappy - you're just going to show us this during prime time? !

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June 18th is the fifth match day of the World Cup.

The day before the Chinese team’s game.

The prime time game is the Netherlands versus Saudi Arabia.

At the same time, this game is also the first World Cup game in the career of "the first among the four kings" Maxi Carey.

Yes, the famous Dutch superstar did not play in the World Cup for the first time until he was thirty-five years old...it is simply pitiful.

This is actually not easy for him. After all, when he chose to leave Madrid Pirates and join a team that plays in the Europa League, many people thought that he basically said goodbye to the Dutch national team and the World Cup.

Unexpectedly, after going through the adaptation period in Leeds City, he became the absolute core of the main force. He also performed well in the Dutch national team. He was the number one contributor to the Dutch team's ability to reach the World Cup finals as the first in the group.

Carey, who was participating in the World Cup for the first time, also went through an adaptation period - his performance in this game was relatively mediocre and did not meet people's expectations of him.

The Dutch team's performance was not satisfactory, but they still narrowly defeated Saudi Arabia 1:0.

The second game was played by South Korea against England.

This game also produced the first big-scoring game of this World Cup.

England beat South Korea 5:1!

Although the former Light of Asia Park Soon-tae opened the scoring for the South Korean team with a penalty kick in this game, fans all over the world once thought "England will overturn" and "South Korea will become the first Asian team to win" and so on. a feeling of.

But England quickly adjusted and took away the Korean team with a stormy offensive.

Leeds City midfielder Pete Williams contributed two assists in this goal feast and performed eye-catchingly.

This is his second World Cup and his first as a main player for the England national team.

After the national team experienced the bitter failure of the 2028 European Cup in France, he became more mature.

Six goals were scored in one game, and the Korean team suffered a disastrous defeat at the same time, which made the Chinese fans particularly happy.

Even though it was already two o'clock in the morning when the game ended, the Jianzhong network was still bustling with firecrackers, gongs and drums, and a huge crowd of people.

What Asian glory?

When will Chinese fans empathize with Korean fans? !

In the past, when the Chinese team did not enter the World Cup, many Chinese fans would rather cheer for the Japanese team than hope that the South Korean team would win.

After the game between South Korea and England, it was the last game of the day, the United States played against Sweden.

Swedish striker Emund Pettersson, who had already decided to leave Catalonia before the World Cup, scored twice in this game to help Sweden draw 2:2 with the United States.

However, Chinese fans no longer pay attention to this game.

Many people didn't even watch it at all.

The purpose is to recharge and watch the match between the Chinese team and Spain at midnight on the 20th.

That was the first appearance of this much-anticipated and anticipated Chinese team in this World Cup.

It is also the second World Cup for the "World's First Striker" Hu Lai.

The match between the Chinese team and the Spanish team was the last game of the first round of the group stage.

In the past fifteen games, the good and bad, the wonderful and not wonderful moments, the famous or unknown players, the good or bad performances, the various reports in the media, the heated discussions on the Internet ... All of these eventually became a red carpet, slowly unfolding in front of the players of the Chinese and Spanish teams.

Welcome them to this world-famous stage.

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PS, after two days of rest, the World Cup resumes.

Now every game is a highlight.

Today's first game between Croatia and Brazil, with Brazil's state, as long as Croatia is not dragged into overtime, it will be difficult to lose, right? I think Brazil can beat Croatia by at least two goals.

In the second game between the Netherlands and Argentina, I am still optimistic about Argentina as always.

I guess Argentina beat the Netherlands by one goal!