Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1 Paradise

In the last round of the group stage, the French team did not take a rest after qualifying early like the Brazilian team.

Their opponent in the final round is Uruguay, as both teams had six points. So this game determines who can get first place in the group.

The top team in Group C will play against the second team in Group D.

Conversely, the second place player in Group C has to meet the first place player in Group D.

The two games in Group D have been played before Group C.

The German team, which was originally ranked first in Group D, finally won the first place in the group as expected. But the process is not easy.

The German team's opponent in the last round is Mexico. Mexico had only two points, but due to its goal advantage, it ranked second ahead of Poland, which also had two points.

If they want to advance to the last 16, they must defeat the German team in the final round.

The task was difficult, but they almost succeeded.

Shortly after the start of the first half, Janus Edman finally scored his first goal in the World Cup. This goal also helped the German team take the lead.

But at the end of the first half, Pirates' high center Ruiz scored a goal to help Mexico tie the score at 1:1.

Mexico then had a full forty-five minutes to rewrite the score.

However, Mexico did not play well in the second half, and the German team showed their traditional iron-bloodedness and tenacity.

In the end, the score of 1:1 was successfully maintained.

As a result, the German team ranked first in this group with five points.

The second place is neither Mexico, which has three points, nor Poland, but... Morocco!

This is really surprising.

In the last round of the group stage, Poland played against Morocco. In the eyes of the Polish team, Morocco, the most popular team in the group, was the meat delivered to their door. They could fry and cook it however they wanted.

The trend of the game was as they expected before the game. A penalty kick was passed in the first half, and Lasky took the lead.

But things took a sudden turn in the second half. Morocco even chased two goals in six minutes to tie the score to 2:1!

They're ahead!

Now the Polish team, which had been enjoying themselves before, panicked.

Attack desperately, trying to equalize the score first and then win the game.

But Morocco shrank its defense and was united.

They were able to withstand all the Polish team's counterattacks in the second half.

At the end of the final game, Poland lost to Morocco 1:2 and was eliminated with only two points.

Mexico only has three points due to a draw with Germany.

On the contrary, Morocco relied on its three points against Poland in the end to become second in the group with four points!

Originally Uruguay was not that willing to compete for first place in the group...

But since the second place in Group D is Morocco, Uruguay's mind has become active - if they can get the first place in the group and face Morocco in the quarter-finals, doesn't that mean they are sent to the quarter-finals? ?

Uruguay thought so, and so did the French team, so the two teams launched a very fierce contest.

In such a situation, who dares to let the rotation lineup go up? Who dares to let the main players rest?

In the 70th minute of the game, the score was 2:1, with Uruguay taking the lead.

If this score remains until the end, Uruguay will finish first in the group and meet Morocco. The French team will have to go head-to-head with the German team.

Therefore, the French team is attacking with all its strength, hoping to knock on Uruguay's door.

They don't need to beat Uruguay, as long as they draw with their opponents, they can become first in the group with a goal difference advantage.

Kamara dropped back into the backcourt to ask for the ball.

In this game, he was also heavily targeted by Uruguay because his performance in the first two games was too outstanding.

The right wing where he is located has become the main direction of the French team's offense.

So so far in this game, he has been prevented from showing any decent performance.

In order to gain more space for acceleration, he had to retreat deeper, almost back to the back line.

A teammate passes the ball to him.

With his back to the direction of the attack, he uses the outside of his foot to move the football behind him.

Then he leaned on the Uruguayan defender and turned around!

After catching up with the football, he did not directly move the football forward, because Uruguay's midfielder Victor Montero came from the middle and pounced on him aggressively.

There was a change in Kamara's running rhythm. Instead of speeding up, he slowed down.

This made Montero think he had an opportunity, so he decisively shoveled the football!

But just as he shoveled it out, Kamara suddenly pushed the football out with the toes of his right foot!

Then he jumped up and dodged the shoveling Montero.

After landing, he accelerated!

Press the accelerator to the bottom!

"Kamala! He's so fast!"

As he accelerated his attack, the cheers of the French fans in the stands became much louder.

Kamala threw off her legs and hands, driving her body forward quickly.

The Uruguayan players chased back one after another, but just when they were about to catch up with Camara, he suddenly knocked the football to the center with his right heel, and at the same time, he suddenly stopped and changed direction!

It's cut inside!

After cutting inside, Kamara still faced the fierce formation of Uruguayan players.

But he didn't intend to break into Longtan alone. He shot directly from outside the corner of the penalty area!

The left foot made an arc and went straight to the upper corner of the goal!

Although the Uruguayan goalkeeper jumped into the air and fully extended his hand in the air, he still failed to touch the ball!

"Camara - BUUUUUUUUT!! BUUUUUT!! BUUUUT!! Camara! Ismael Camara!! Wonderful goal! He defeated Uruguay's defense alone! France 2:2 Uruguay ! Our goal difference is superior! Well done, Kamara! You are a hero for France!"

Kamara ran towards the corner flag and was pulled to the ground and pressed on by the swarming French team-mates.

In the stands next to them were cheering French fans.

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"The game is over! The Dutch team and the Swiss team finally tied 0:0! In this way, the Dutch team won the first place in the group with seven points, and their opponent in the quarter-finals will be the second place in Group E..."

The television broadcast focused a close-up on Maxi Carey.

Wearing a vest, he got up from the bench and walked onto the court to high-five and hug his teammates to celebrate advancing to the top 16 in the group.

"Kyrie did not get a chance to play in this game. He started all the first two games of the Dutch team. The 35-year-old really needs a good rest this time to prepare for the quarter-finals. Regardless of whether the opponent is Argentina, Either Belgium or Belgium, it will be a very fierce battle..."

"In the second round of the group match, which defeated Chile 4:0, Carey not only scored the first goal of his World Cup career, but also provided two assists to help the Netherlands beat Chile 4:0. Although he is already thirty-five years old , but he is still the well-deserved core of the Dutch team. If the Dutch team wants to go further in the World Cup, they must rely on the performance of 'Super MAX'..."

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"Merry! Merry! Merry Banega! Merry! Merry! Merry Merry Merry..."

The Argentine commentator in the commentary box was repeating Melli's name quickly and passionately.

In his machine-gun-like explanation, Melli on the field was dribbling the ball along the center towards the Belgian penalty area.

Along the way, Belgian players kept coming up to press him, and they also tried to surround him, but they failed.

Along the way, people fell on their backs.

When approaching the Belgian penalty area, three Belgian players were already rushing towards Melli from different directions.

When everyone thought he was going to continue to break through, he distributed the football.

It was handed to Ramon Cantero who connected at the front of the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, the latter turned around and wiped it in, successfully entering the penalty area!

Belgium goalkeeper Jonathan Hewel was quick to pounce on Cantero.

But Cantero didn't shoot. He made a shooting motion, raised his leg high, and then lowered it gently.

When he fell, his ankle moved horizontally, pushing the football to the other side.

Appearing there was...Merry Banega!

Just after passing the football to Cantero, Melly did not stop, but dodged out of the encirclement. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Belgian players' attention was briefly attracted by the football, he continued to rush forward diagonally, killing. Enter the penalty area and run backwards.

There he was unmarked!

Cantero did not raise his head to observe, but still passed the football because he knew that Melli would not be able to stand still after passing the ball!

If there is time there, Melly will definitely go!

Sure enough, Melly lived up to Cantero's wonderful pass. He pulled to the back and swept the ball away without even a Belgian defender!

"Pirate Father" Haywell flew back and rushed back, but it was already too late!

The football hits the net!

"Melli——!! Oh oh! Melli! Melli Banega!! An extremely wonderful personal performance! He almost defeated an entire team by himself! Argentina leads Belgium 1:0! They are in They came from behind to win the first place in the group! If they can maintain this score, they will avoid the Netherlands, the first team in Group F!"

After scoring the goal, Melly ran towards Cantero who passed the ball to him, and the latter ran backwards towards the corner flag area while spreading his arms, waiting for Melly to pounce.

The Argentinian fans in the stands cheered loudly, and they chanted the names of their heroes one after another.

And after the last round of the group stage, the same person was still being scolded bloody...

This is football, a hell and a paradise.

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"Hi, William."

After Jay Adams and Jimmy Stokes knocked on Pete Williams' door, they greeted William Sutton who opened the door and walked in.

Pete Williams was reclining on the bed, cell phone in hand.

"Whose game are we going to watch later?" Jay Adams asked when he saw Pete.

Young forward William Sutton was a little surprised: "Still watching football?"

"Otherwise? It's still early for us to set off. What are we going to do if we don't watch the ball?" Adams asked.

"Shouldn't we prepare for the game against Sweden?"

Although England qualified from the group one round early, they did not lock in the first place in the group.

The final round match against the Swedish team, second in the group, is a chance to compete for first place in the group. If England loses to Sweden, Sweden will be first in the group with seven points, while England will be second in the group with six points.

So in fact, this last game is quite important for the England team.

"Watching the game is also preparing for the game against Sweden." Adams picked up the TV remote control and asked Peter again: "Which game are you watching?"

Pete Williams said: "I think the game between Spain and Italy is the key to determining the final trend of this group."

"Okay, let's watch this one!"