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23. Qualifiers for the World Cup

Manchester United is leading by one goal, and this is still at Old Trafford, Manchester United's home ground. At this time, everyone thinks that Liverpool is in trouble today.

However, at this moment, Liverpool suddenly broke out. Gerrard, now the soul of Liverpool's team, stole the ball in the midfield and ran a long distance. He volleyed directly from the front of the penalty area. The football was shot towards Manchester United like a cannonball.

Team's goal.

The ball was as fast as lightning. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar failed to pounce on the ball and flew directly into the net. The Liverpool people equalized the score.

In the 22nd minute of the second half, the Liverpool people played exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt, and Kuyt finally sent the football into the Manchester United goal. 2 to 1, Liverpool took the lead.

After that, Manchester United launched a ferocious attack. Cristiano Ronaldo worked very hard, but he was unable to break through Liverpool's goal. In the end, Liverpool still defeated the Red Devils Manchester United in the absence of Qiu Ze and won the Red Devils.

Derby.

In the absence of Qiu Ze, Manchester United failed to win Liverpool, which is indeed beyond people's expectations. At the same time, people have no expectations for Manchester United. They think it is difficult for Manchester United to pose any threat to Liverpool this season?

Everyone also has a new understanding of Cristiano Ronaldo. Everyone thinks that this guy is difficult to compare with Qiu Ze. The gap between them is simply too big. The European Footballer and World Footballer must belong to Qiu Ze.

Yes, there is no suspense.

After the end of this round, Liverpool's ranking rose one place, squeezing out Manchester United, which had the same points as them before, and ranking second in the league. Chelsea still ranked first in the league, and they also won this round.

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After this game ended, the entire European football world fell into a half-month offseason, because the European qualifiers for the 2010 South Africa World Cup started. Now everyone has to compete for the top 32 seats in the 2010 South Africa World Cup.

And worked hard.

A total of fifty-three teams participated in the World Cup European Qualifiers, divided into nine groups, with 13 qualifying places. The European Qualifiers are divided into two stages:

The first stage: Fifty-three teams are divided into nine groups for home and away games, with six teams in each group and one group of five teams. The nine top teams in each group directly qualify for the World Cup; eight

The group with the best results advances to the second stage.

Second stage: The eight teams that advance to the second stage will play home and away knockout rounds, and the four winning teams will advance to South Africa.

Starting from 2002, the defending champion of the World Cup will also join the qualifiers. Therefore, the previous champion Italy is not immune and will also participate in the World Cup qualifiers.

In the previous groupings, the former world champion Italian national team was of course divided into the first-tier teams, while Qiu Ze's Portuguese national team was also divided into the first-tier teams. The following is the 2010 South Africa World Cup European Qualifiers

Tournament format:

Group A: Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Hungary, Albania, Malta.

Group B: Switzerland, Greece, Latvia, Israel, Luxembourg, Moldova.

Group C: Slovakia, Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Czech Republic, Poland, San Marino.

Group D: Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan.

Group E: Spain, Bosnia, Turkey, Belgium, Estonia, Armenia.

Group F: England, Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra.

Group G: Serbia, France, Austria, Lithuania, Romania, Faroe Islands.

Group H: Italy, Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Montenegro, Georgia.

Group I: Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Macedonia, Iceland.

In this group, there are actually only two groups that are more difficult to compete in, namely Group F and Group G. These two groups are a bit like a "little group of death". Group F is England, Croatia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

Among the teams, the England national team is even stronger. However, the current England national team is not very reassuring. They did not enter the 2008 European Cup that just ended, and teams such as Croatia, Ukraine, and Belarus also did not qualify.

They are not very weak, they all have certain strength. They will definitely try their best to stop the England national team, and any of these three teams has the ability to get second or first in this group, so, this

The group should be a little more chaotic.

The situation in Group G is also the same. The strength of Serbia, France, Austria, and Romania cannot be underestimated. We will not be surprised who appears first in the group, because they all have this strength, so

This group will also be very chaotic. The other groups should not be too chaotic because the gap in strength is obvious.

Oh, by the way, there is another group that should be very confusing, that is Group B. The strength of the teams in Group B is also almost the same. Of course, the Swiss national team is slightly stronger, but still

Not much stronger. Therefore, although this group is weak overall, it is not without its highlights. This group is equally chaotic and worth looking forward to.

Qiu Ze's Portuguese national team is assigned to Group A. In this group are Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, Albania and Malta. Among these teams, the one that can cause the most trouble for the Portuguese national team should be Sweden.

Team up.

The Swedish team should be the strongest in this group except for the Portuguese national team. However, in the just-concluded European Cup, the Swedish team did not perform very well. They did not even qualify for the group, which is naturally not good.

It may be able to threaten the European Cup champion Portugal national team.

Therefore, it should be 100% certain that the Portuguese national team will qualify from this group, and no team can stop them.

However, at this time, there were no problems within the Portuguese national team. Now the Portuguese national team is not monolithic. After the European Cup, the Portuguese national team’s European Cup winning coach Scolala resigned as the head coach of the Portuguese national team.

Now he is working at Chelsea in the Premier League.

Scolari's resignation at this time is really shocking, but this is something that cannot be changed. Now that Scolari is doing a good job at Chelsea, and there is trouble, of course he will not take care of it.

It’s about the Portuguese national team.

In fact, during the European Cup, Chelsea's official website announced that after the European Cup, Scolari would accept the Chelsea team. At that time, the media began to speculate on who would replace Scolari.

At that time, there were three people who were rumored more fiercely and seemed more reliable. They were Belizco, the leader of Portugal's golden generation, Luis Figo, and the midfielder of Portugal's golden generation.

Officer Rui Costa.

Brazilian Zico was very moved when he learned that Scolari was leaving the Portuguese national team. At that time, he even recommended himself to the Portuguese Football Association, hoping to become the head coach of the Portuguese national team. He was confident that he would become the head coach of the Portuguese national team.

Take it with you.

The Portuguese national team is known as the Brazilian team in Europe. They are the most Brazilian team in European football. Former Brazilian star Zico knows Brazilian football very well, and he once coached the Brazilian national team. He is very knowledgeable about coaching.

The Portuguese national team is certainly very confident.

However, the Portuguese Football Association does not seem to be very optimistic about Zico. They cannot think that Zico can lead the Portuguese national team well. Therefore, at that time, the Portuguese national team did not respond directly to Zico, but only praised Zico's coaching ability.

The media at the time witnessed the Portuguese Football Association's response to Zico. Just because the Portuguese national team selected Zico, they hyped up the news that Zico would join the Portuguese national team. However, later on, there was no progress in the matter, so it was delayed.

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Apart from Zico, the closest thing to the Portuguese national team at that time was Luis Figo, the representative of the golden generation of the Portuguese national team. When Scolari proposed to leave, the first thing that Portuguese fans thought of was Luis Figo.

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Moreover, Luis Figo himself seemed to have the intention of coaching the Portuguese national team. This guy was frequently contacted by the Portuguese Football Association during that period, and people once thought that Luis Figo was the next head coach of the Portuguese national team.

However, this matter, just like Zico's matter, will be settled later.

The third candidate is Rui Costa. This guy played as a midfielder and the engine of the midfield when he was in the Portuguese national team. It would be really suitable for him to serve as the head coach of the Portuguese national team. Moreover, Rui Costa

When Costa was still in the Rossoneri, he was coaching and coaching while playing football.

Moreover, Rui Costa and Costacurta were temporarily acting as the head coaches of the Rossoneri youth team at that time, so if this guy becomes the head coach of the Portuguese national team, it is really a good choice.

However, Rui Costa himself stood up to clarify this rumor, saying that he was not interested in the position of head coach of the Portuguese national team. Now, he has just retired, and he needs to take a good rest, adjust, and then recharge.

Then think about future issues.

Therefore, although these three people were highly promoted, they were not the new head coaches of the Portuguese national team. Later, it was reported that the head coach of the Turkish national team, Terim, was likely to be the head coach of the Portuguese national team. At that time, he

Didn't he say that he was leaving the Turkish national team? This was very popular at the time. The rumors only subsided after the Turkish Football Association announced that Terim would stay on.

Now everyone is speculating on who will become the new head coach of the Portuguese national team. At this time, even the players of the Portuguese national team are very unclear.

At this time, the players of the Portuguese national team were very worried, because once the emperor and his ministers came, everyone knew that with the new coach, a new team would definitely be established. At that time, some people would definitely leave and some would come, and suddenly the Portuguese national team would

The atmosphere in the team was a bit tense.

Those fringe international players are very nervous and worry about gains and losses. Even some of the main players of the Portuguese national team are extremely uneasy because no one knows what the selection criteria for the new coach are? What are the tactics of the new head coach? They are deeply afraid of themselves.

Was eliminated.

At this time, the Portuguese Football Association held a press conference to announce who the Portuguese national team's trusted coach is?

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