World Cup of Great Powers

On the third day after the end of the battle between China and France, each group conducted the second round of the group stage.

Compared with its neighbors, the national football team has obviously been "trapped" again in terms of schedule.

Since there are only three teams in each group, one team will get a bye in the second round.

In this way, the team with a bye can wait and see what happens, and also get a better rest than the other two teams.

Therefore, in this round of competition, the two hosts of the three Asian countries all had byes, and only the national football team participated in the competition.

The result of Group A was Cameroon 2-0 Australia, and the result of Group B was Brazil drawing 0-0 with Canada.

This news once again shocked the fans.

If the Asian champion draws with the world champion, it is considered an upset.

Is it too much for you, the Oceania champion, to draw the world runner-up?

Anyway, this is the result.

Brazil failed to win the head-to-head match.

It also just verified what Pele said: The Brazilian team has lost its samba flavor.

But in fact, this Brazilian team is also a second team.

Not only is there no "ear" in the team, but most of the candidates are players from the Brazilian domestic league.

It is worth mentioning that Deco also received an invitation from Brazil Bamboo Shoes in this Confederations Cup.

But Deco has recently been working on naturalizing in Portugal.

In order to avoid suspicion, he did not join the team.

Therefore, the two forwards from Europe in the Brazilian team this time are Fiorentina's Leandro and Lyon's Anderson.

In addition, the Brazilians like to fight alone when they cannot attack for a long time. This 0-0 is reasonable.

In the third match of the day, the Chinese team faced the last Confederations Cup champion Mexico at the Niigata Stadium.

For the Chinese team, which had a draw in the first game, they can only win this game!

Even if you win, you may not be able to qualify.

In this case, Zeng Zheng had no good solution.

In addition to competing for victory, the only option is to score more goals.

Mexico is the defending champion of the Confederations Cup. The most eye-catching one is the captain of the defense, Suarez. His number of international appearances has surpassed that of Matthaus, becoming the player with the second most appearances for the national team in history.

, its momentum is close to the record holder Egyptian veteran Hassan.

Even so, the absence of famous players such as Blanco and Hernandez has greatly reduced Mexico's strength.

The important responsibility of the team is currently given to striker Borgetti.

Borgetti scored 22 goals this season, helping Laguna win the Mexican League Championship.

It is worth mentioning that all the players in Mexico are from Mexican domestic teams.

For the Chinese team, Zeng Zheng made some simple adjustments compared to the previous game.

The goalkeeper is still Ou Chuliang.

The four defenders are Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, General Fan and Wu Chengying.

The four midfielders are Li Tie, Zhang Ran, Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi.

The two forwards are Yang Chen and Xiao Wang Tao.

The high-altitude bombing played a role when playing against the French team.

Playing against a smaller team like Mexico, Xiao Wang Tao has no choice but to become the forward.

Because of the excellent performance of the Chinese team in the last game, this game once again attracted the attention of many scouts.

Scouts from all over the world took out their notebooks before the game to record the outstanding performance of the Chinese players on the field.

Especially Li Weifeng.

When I found out that this guy is a direct descendant of Zeng Zheng, but he has been playing in his country's league.

It was even marked with a "key number".

Mexico's last World Cup was the same as China's, failing in the top 16.

But the differences between the two are also obvious.

This is the first time for the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup, while Mexico has participated in the competition 10 times.

in the standings at the end of May.

Although the Chinese team's points dropped by 700 points, their ranking rose by 4 places.

Currently has 684 points, ranking 12th.

In this interval, the national team points are relatively dense.

Yugoslavia ranked 11th with 689, Romania ranked 13th with 683, Mexico ranked 14th with 680, and England ranked 15th with 673.

Wanting to win against the French team is still a bit of a “dream”;

But the fans are still looking forward to winning against Mexico.

Although Mexico received a bye in the first game, the team just lost to England 0-4 in a friendly match last week.

The fatigue of traveling and traveling greatly affected the team's performance.

On the other hand, look at the Chinese team.

After drawing with the French team in the first game, the momentum was high and they had the upper hand after the start.

Several consecutive attacks were made with the specific focus on Xiao Wang Tao.

If it weren't for Butterfly Campos's heroic save, the Chinese team might have scored in the opening game.

After withstanding the Chinese team's high-altitude bombing, Mexico made a beautiful defensive counterattack in the 12th minute.

Midfielder Rodriguez swung left and right in front of the penalty area and passed two defenders in a row.

Before rushing into the penalty area, he suddenly kicked off and hit a powerful long-range volley.

The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Fortunately, Ou Chuliang's position was reasonable, he reacted promptly, and he flew to save the ball with one palm and blocked the ball within the goal frame.

In the 20th minute, there was a gap on the right side of the Mexican team, and Sun Jihai made a decisive move forward and made a pass.

This time, Sun Jihai passed the ball to the back.

The ball flew over Xiao Wang Tao's head and landed on Li Weifeng's chest at the back post, creating a good opportunity for a two-on-one within a small area.

Facing the opponent's defender, Li Weifeng stopped the ball with his chest, stepped on it with his left foot, and kicked the ball back.

Xiao Wang Tao, who had just landed, swung his left foot to meet the ball. Campos missed the save and the ball went into the lower left corner of the Mexican goal.

After the goal, the morale of the Chinese team was greatly boosted.

Li Tie's fierce pressing and Zhang Ran's concise through ball made the Mexican team tired of defending.

In addition, the ball would stick to Zhang Xiaorui's feet and would not be broken no matter how hard it was. The Mexicans became even more anxious.

What troubles them the most is...

Although Li Jinyu is not on the court, Shao Jiayi's free kicks are equally dangerous.

The flowers and butterflies danced several times in a row, and this was how they managed to keep the goal.

In the 22nd minute, tall high school junior Wang Tao received a pass from Zhang Xiaorui near the penalty spot and turned around decisively to shoot, almost expanding the score;

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the 29th minute, under the interference of the opponent's goalkeeper, Xiao Wang Tao headed the ball 6 meters in front of the goal and missed a must-go goal.

ball.

This round of offensive completely knocked the Mexicans unconscious.

It wasn't until 30 minutes later that the Mexicans gradually adapted to the Chinese team's style of play.

Under the command of coach Mesa, the Mexican tried to use his personal skills to focus on the right wing of the Chinese team, and at the same time consume the physical fitness of Sun Jihai, who has great assist ability.

In the 40th minute, the Mexican showed his superb foot skills to the world for the first time in this Confederations Cup.

A few simple and smooth ground coordinations instantly tore apart the Chinese team's formation.

When his player went down to the right baseline, Sun Jihai was still two meters behind him.

"boom!"

Rodriguez passed a well-placed ball, and General Fan and Li Weifeng, who were guarding the front and middle points, both jumped over the ball.

Ruiz jumped high at the back post and hit the ball with a header.

Unfortunately, due to Wu Chengying's interference, the ball was pushed straight out of bounds.

The Mexicans failed to equalize before the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Mexico, trying to save the defeat, replaced a forward and a midfielder.

With the injection of fresh blood, the situation has greatly improved.

They were about to form a siege on the Chinese team's penalty area, but a low-level mistake by the defender put the team into a passive situation again.

In the 53rd minute, Sun Jihai successfully stole the ball in the midfield and quickly passed down the wing.

The Mexican defender reached the forward point and the clearance was not far away.

Shao Jiayi, who got the ball from the top of the penalty area, rushed forward and fell to the ground to shovel the ball, and the ball flew into the penalty area again.

In the penalty area, Yang Chen received the ball and turned around to shoot furiously. The ball flew into the blind corner against the left goal post.

Campos is far behind!

2 to 0!

While the Chinese team expanded the score, it also contained the Mexican's counterattack.

It wasn't until the 60th minute that Pardo made a clever pass outside the penalty area and broke the Chinese team's offside trap.

Victorino, who was semi-lonely, tried to hit the goal from a small angle in the penalty area, but unfortunately his feet were weak and he was too tired, and he didn't even hit the door frame.

A minute later, Osorno, another forward who had just come on the field, also wasted the opportunity to close the score in a one-and-a-half shot.

The opponent struck twice and a half in a row, making Zeng Zheng frown.

The opponent's forward advances too quickly.

If you can't win the first landing spot, you will try your best to grab the second landing spot or the third landing spot.

Except for Zhang Ran, Li Tie, General Fan and Li Weifeng could only use their bodies to protect the ball when handling this kind of ball.

But this is what the opposing forward is best at dealing with!

The nimble little man stretched out his foot and poked the ball away.

After seeing how agile his opponent was at his feet, Zeng Zheng decisively replaced Li Tie with Xu Yunlong.

After controlling the midfield and backcourt, the Chinese team began to gain momentum again.

Judging from the performance of the Mexican team today, the level of its semi-main force is only about the same as that of the Chinese team despite being acclimatized.

If the Chinese team cannot take this opportunity to win a big score.

It was just like a joke for a Mexican and French team to abuse them.

In order to win the goal difference, the Chinese team had to strengthen its offense again!

Because of their height and length, the national football team has obvious advantages in physical fitness and size in confrontations.

Under the control of midfielder Zhang Xiaorui, the Chinese team began to firmly control the possession of the ball and the rhythm of the game.

On the other hand, Mexico began to completely compress the backcourt formation, completely separating the midfield and frontcourt.

The midfielders and backfielders defended intensively, and the forwards fought like crazy dogs.

Even after grabbing the ball, it's usually a 2-on-4 or 2-on-5 situation.

Continuous long shots from outside the penalty area became the Mexican's only offensive method.

At the end of the game, forward Thompson, who had set a record of scoring 13 goals in a game, was replaced.

After being reminded by Chi Shangbin and Jin Zhiyang, Zeng Zheng ignored them.

The Mexican's midfield and frontcourt are completely out of touch.

Even with such a terrifying goal record, it is in vain if he cannot get the ball.

What's more, the Chinese team is not a weakling.

Zeng Zheng still knows very well how much his own defense is worth.

He replaced Yang Chen with Qu Shengqing, who had just healed his hemorrhoids, and replaced Shao Jiayi with Li Jinyu. Zeng Zheng once again stepped up his attack.

Just as Zeng Zheng expected.

The Mexican forward, who has good speed and good footwork, ran several times in a row after coming on, but all his efforts were in vain.

Under the Chinese team's defense in the middle, he couldn't get the ball at all.

Although his speed and fighting attitude made many fans fearful, it was a pity that his playing time was too short and his teammates did not have much support. In the end, he could only watch the ball and sigh.

In the 83rd minute, the Chinese team made a pass from the left, and Campos flew out of the air and hit the ball out of the penalty area.

Outside the penalty area, Li Jinyu immediately organized a new attack after stopping the ball.

The captain, General Fan, did not leave the opponent's penalty area. After seeing Li Jinyu get the ball, he rushed towards the opponent's goal again.

Facing Dayu's high-altitude pass, General Fan jumped up high and headed the ball directly towards the opponent's goal.

Seeing the ball go higher than the crossbar, the enlarged general couldn't help covering his face and looked up to the sky and sighed!

In the 86th minute, the Mexican defender made a serious mistake when defending a high ball.

Qu Shengqing took a shot in a one-on-one situation in the penalty area. Campos fell to the ground at an incredible speed and blocked the ball with his feet. Qu Shengqing's anus tightened and he almost didn't suffer from hemorrhoids again!

You can react even at such a short distance.

Is that human being?

In the 88th minute, Li Jinyu, who came on as a substitute, received a cross pass from Sun Jihai and pulled out a threatening curve ball with his left foot outside the penalty area. Unfortunately, the ball missed the baseline near the goal post.

In the 91st minute, Shao Jiayi got the ball outside the penalty area and passed his opponent, and also tried a long shot.

This time, the ball hit the right post and bounced out, missing the opportunity to expand the score again.

Under the strict defense of the Mexicans, the Chinese team was unable to get another chance to score.

In the end, they could only defeat their opponents with a score of 2-0.

Throughout the game, the Chinese team played against each other tactically, exploiting their strengths and avoiding weaknesses, giving full play to their physical and overall advantages.

Cut off Mexico's passing route and effectively curbed the opponent's performance.

Our side used 45-degree lobs and low passes to frequently create murderous opportunities from high-altitude balls, and successfully scored twice, once again showing the "China's leading team" in front of the world.

Although the victory is gratifying, the score is never reassuring.

Now after two games, the Chinese team has one win and one draw, with 4 points and a goal difference of two.

As long as the French team beats Mexico by three goals in the next game, the Chinese team can only be ranked second in the group.

Face this cruel reality.

The domestic media did not publicize the victory much other than congratulations and comfort.

Everything will have to wait until the results of the third round of the group stage.

...

Three days later, the third round of the League Cup group stage begins.

Facing Africa's "big boss" Cameroon, South Korea was beaten 5-0!

So far, Cameroon has won both games in Group A and advanced to the semi-finals.

South Korea has one win and one loss, ranking second in the group; Australia has lost both games, ranking third in the group.

Group B once again staged a big upset.

Facing the strongest opponent in the group, Xiaotian also tied with the Brazilian team with a score of 0-0.

This is very interesting.

In Troussier's words, they learned from Canada's game experience and copied the opponent's tactics from that game.

Facing those who used the same method to deal with themselves, the Brazilian obviously did not learn from the experience of the previous game.

After a score of 0-0 in the first half, the second half turned into a scene of "not listening to the coach's instructions and everyone fighting alone".

In this way, even the score of the small days was perfectly replicated.

At the post-match press conference, Troussier even stated that they were not only prepared for a 0-0 draw, but also prepared for a 1-1 tie when they fell behind 0-1.

Choose a plan!

With a lot of hard work and hard work, he "defeated" the "proud" Brazilian team.

Currently in Group C, Xiaotian has one win and one draw, ranking first in the group and qualifying from the group.

The Brazilian team has two draws and ranks second in the group, while Canada has one draw and one loss and ranks third in the group.

Because South Korea had at least 3 points in Group A, Brazil and Canada were eliminated.

Soon, it was time for the third game of Group C that Chinese fans are most concerned about - France VS Mexico!

The French team was uncharacteristically different in this game.

Shortly after the start, the French team used their strong midfield power to completely control the situation on the court.

Only two defenders, Sylvester and Desailly, were left on the defense line, and most of the players went all out to bombard the Mexican team's goal.

Less than five minutes into the game, the French team won two consecutive corner kicks.

And Mexicans are also struggling to support it.

If they are lucky enough to win against the French team, they may qualify as second in the group.

However, France scored soon.

The first goal came in the 10th minute of the first half. Defender Sagnol, who plays for Bayern Munich, dribbled the ball from the left to the baseline and then passed the ball. After being connected by No. 17 forward Marais in the penalty area, he cleverly

The ball passed to another Arsenal forward Wiltord, who easily headed the ball in.

The 1-0 score remained until the second half.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Mexico made an error in passing the ball from the left when they pressed forward, and it went directly to the feet of the French team. The French defender passed the ball to No. 10 Caeri in the penalty area who was not offside. Caeri made a light challenge.

He shot and sent the ball into the Mexican team's goal again, giving the French team a 2-0 lead.

Losing two goals in a row severely damaged the psychology of the players on the Mexican team, but the French team played more and more smoothly. In the 29th minute, after successfully stealing from the left, No. 7 Pires passed several Mexican players in a row and completed France's victory.

The team's third goal.

In the 84th minute, France's fourth goal also appeared.

The ball was successfully intercepted in front of the penalty area in the backcourt and passed quickly to the left frontcourt. Pires got the ball and passed it across the penalty area. After Djorkaeff shot, No. 10 Caeri responded quickly

Follow-up shot and scored his second goal of the game.

The Mexican team did not change the score until the end.

4-0, the French team achieved a crucial victory!

However, because the results of the other two games have already come out, Chinese fans also cheered after seeing the French team defeat Mexico.

the reason is simple.

Although it ranked second in Group C due to goal difference, the Chinese team, which had one win and one draw, qualified as the second best group in accordance with the rules and advanced to the semi-finals of this Confederations Cup.