As the referee on duty Aguilar blew the end of the game, the first match of the second round of Group C between the Chinese team and the Greek team came to an end, and the two sides fought 0:0.

If you hadn't watched the live broadcast of the game, many fans would definitely think that this result was a very good result for the Chinese team.

But after watching the game, I don't think so, because the Greek team was sent off at the end of the first half, and at the beginning of the second half, there were players who were injured in non-combat and had to make personnel adjustments, leaving manager Santos with one less point of adjustment.

In the whole game, the Chinese team once had a high of 70% possession time, and the number of shots on goal was very large, with a total of 21 shots on goal, and it is a pity that only six shots hit the goal frame, which means that the shot conversion rate is extremely low.

The Chinese team led by Tang Zheng was attacking like a tide, but the ability of the frontcourt players to seize the opportunity needs to be strengthened, coupled with the Greek team's goalkeeper Canezis performed extremely well, he made a high save to protect the goal, which can be said to be the biggest contributor to Greece's final draw with the Chinese team.

The close-up of the live broadcast was given to Tang Zheng, the No. 10 of the Chinese team, for the first time, and it is not difficult to see two emotional colors from his facial expressions.

Regret and helplessness.

The other Chinese players didn't look good either, with the thought that one more player would win the match and then advance to Group C one round earlier.

However, there are no weak teams in Europe, and even if the Greek team plays one less, there is no panic.

The head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, summed up why, because all 23 players of the Chinese team have no World Cup experience, and they are too impatient to play in the case of advancing to the round of 16 with two consecutive wins.

Even players like the old captains Zheng Zhi and Tang Zheng, who have experienced countless big scenes, have not been avoided, let alone other players?

At the end of the day, it's still a lack of experience in World Cup matches.

Thinking of this, the last round against Colombia in the next round may ...... There will be huge problems.

Although the last time Colombia entered the World Cup was back in the 1998 World Cup in France, even longer than the last time the Chinese team entered the World Cup, no one will underestimate Colombia.

Colombia's three-goal victory over Greece, one of the best defensive teams in the European qualifiers, in the first round of Group C of this World Cup is enough to show their strength.

In addition, Colombia has many powerful players on the offensive end, such as James Rodriguez, Cuadrado, Guarin, Bacca, Adrian Ramos, Jackson Martinez and other powerful players are all quasi-giant-level main players and should not be underestimated.

However, it is not without good news for the Chinese team, at least the Chinese team that has not lost can guarantee the group qualification as long as it does not lose in the next round.

Lippi thought about too many things, so that the head coach of the Greek team, Santos, came over and didn't react, but fortunately, Madaloni understood Lippi and hurriedly pushed behind him, so that Lippi did not have a situation after the draw.

The Chinese fans at the Dune Stadium performed well, although the Chinese team did not win the game, but the draw was within an acceptable range, the Greek team that lost in the first round only accumulated one point in this round of draw, the Chinese team scored four points, and the Chinese team beat Colombia to rank first in the group without another game in the second round of the group.

Compared with the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, I don't know how much better the results are.

Many times, people need to be content!

Of course, the expectation of Chinese fans for the Chinese team is to at least qualify from the group.

After all, winning the first round of the group, drawing with Greece in the second round, as long as you don't lose in the third round, promotion is inevitable!

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The draw with Greece was a bit of a disappointment for many Chinese players, who thought that the Greek team should be left to the mercy of the man with one man, but the result was not what he expected.

Tang Zheng is a world-class superstar who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, but he is representing the national team for the first time in the World Cup, and he is a little nervous, and he is a little anxious to play with one less player in the Greek team.

There is a saying in China that 'if you want to hurry, you can't get there', and the same applies to football.

0:0, a big reason is from Tang Zheng's 'urgency'.

After the game, Tang Zheng realized his mistake, so he saw his remorseful teammates take the initiative to walk over, saying that the draw in this game was because he was too anxious in organizing the attack, which indirectly affected the performance of his teammates.

In the mixed zone, Tang Zheng, who was interviewed, also took the initiative to take responsibility for the team's draw with Greece and protect his teammates.

In fact, Tang Zheng doesn't have to do this, the Chinese team's one win and one draw in the first two rounds of the group stage is already better than the expectations of domestic media and fans.

It's good to have a group, but it's acceptable that you won't be able to qualify.

At the regular press conference after the game, head coach Lippi talked about the regret of the Chinese team's draw with Greece, and also praised the team's performance, which is an incredible thing to be able to suppress the former European champions for almost the whole game.

Some foreign media talked about the last game of the Chinese team's group stage against the seeded team Colombia, Lippi has rich experience, he is very calm, and said that the strategy of the final round depends on the results of the match between Colombia and Cote d'Ivoire.

If Colombia beats Ivory Coast in the next game, Colombia will reach six points and advance to the group, with the Chinese team with four points from two games second in the group, the Greek team in third place with one point, and the Ivory Coast from the bottom with zero points.

In other words, according to the above situation, the third round of the group stage will be carried out, and Colombia, which qualified from the group ahead of schedule, will definitely have reservations, and a draw is very likely.

Sure enough!

Later in the Group C match at the National Stadium in Brasilia, Colombia defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 thanks to goals from James Rodríguez and Quintero.

Colombia won the game, which was very beneficial to the Chinese team.

Because Colombia, which qualified ahead of schedule, is likely to give those players who have not played a chance in the final round, it may be a little difficult for the Chinese team to beat Colombia, but a draw is still very likely.

However, Colombian star James Rodriguez, who was interviewed after the game, left Chinese fans speechless, saying: "In the last round, I'm looking forward to the fight against Don, this game I've been looking forward to for a long time, and it's also a game that Romerdal is looking forward to, so winning the game is the result that the whole team wants to see." ”

Interestingly, after Colombia defeated Ivory Coast, Tang Zheng's official Twitter was @ by Falcao and James Rodríguez one after another, and the content was very helpless.

Falcao @ Tang Zheng said: "Do you want to qualify in the group? Please, I'll help you!"

James Rodriguez was more cautious: "I've been looking forward to this game for a long time, and I hope that it won't be too sad to beat the Chinese team when the time comes." ”

Although Falcao missed the World Cup due to injury, his influence on the national team is very large, so Falcao's joke on the official Twitter is not a joke!

James Rodriguez started from the Liga A to the transfer to Porto, he has had many encounters with the team that Tang Zheng plays, and the results have been lost, and now that the World Cup stage meets again, his desire to win is very strong!

In the words of Falcao and Sanchez, you can't win at club level, you have to win at national team level.

Now that Alexis Sanchez has done it in the warm-up before the World Cup, and Falcao is unable to participate in the World Cup due to injury, James Rodriguez can think of making the most of this rare opportunity to avenge the club's loss.

However, head coach Pekerman wants James Rodriguez to have a good rest, and as the heart of the midfield, he should focus more on the preparation for the quarter-finals rather than the inconsequential third round of the group.

However, James Rodriguez had a strong desire to fight, and he persuaded manager Pekerman to start the game.

Of course, this is unknown to the outside world.

At the end of the two group games in the second round of Group C, Colombia qualified ahead of schedule, and the Chinese team accumulated four points, which means that a draw in the last round can qualify.

However, it is a bit embarrassing for the Chinese team to qualify after a draw.

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The Chinese team flew from Natal to the Brazilian city of Cuiabá on the second day of the group stage, where they will face Colombia, the strongest opponent in the group, at the Stadium in Pantnar.

Tang Zheng, who arrived in Cuiabá, is also watching the second round of Group D as he prepares for the final group game against Colombia, with his favourite England national team taking on the Uruguayan national team.

England lost to Italy 1:2 in the first round, and Uruguay also unexpectedly lost to Costa Rica, causing a big upset, so the second round is not to be lost against either England or Uruguay.

At the beginning of the game, both sides played very cautiously, you went back and forth, attacking and defending each other.

It wasn't until the thirty-eighth minute of the game that the score changed.

Uruguay scored the goal beyond the score through a header from Edinson Cavani and Suarez.

England had no choice but to step up their attack as they were destined to go out early after two consecutive group defeats, but Uruguay defended well and remained untouched until the end of the first half.

In the second half, England strengthened the offensive through substitution adjustments, but unfortunately the thunder was heavy and the rain was small.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast, was anxious, and felt like watching the live broadcast of the Chinese team back then.

Seventy-four minutes into the game, Glenn Johnson suddenly changed his strategy on the right to break through Alvaro Perez into the penalty area, and then quickly pushed the ball to the back of the goal, and Rooney, who outflanked the follow-up, took advantage of the leakage of the Uruguayan defender to hit the ball into the goal and equalize.

And this goal was the first World Cup goal of Rooney's 10-year international career.

Wayne Rooney was thrilled and celebrated wildly, but he knew the equaliser wasn't enough to turn the tide and he had to score again!

England were in full swing and Uruguay's defence was a bit shaky, but Gerrard made a fatal mistake at the crucial moment, Muslera kicked in the goal with a big foot, and Gerrard made a mistake to head the ball back to Suarez who was in an offside position.

Because the header was completed by Gerrard, Suarez, who was in an offside position, did not constitute an offside, and Suarez, who burst into the right rib of the penalty area, fired a shot into the top corner of the goal, goalkeeper Joe Hart couldn't reach it, and Uruguay led 2:1.

With little time left, England has no way back and must guarantee at least one draw in the remaining game time, otherwise exit is inevitable.

However, the score did not change until the end of the game.

Therefore, England, who lost two consecutive games in the group, was basically out, and Tang Zheng, who was a fan of England, was very helpless.

In the 2006 World Cup, England received a red card in the quarterfinals because of Rooney's uncoolness, which led to the England national team losing to Portugal in the penalty shootout, and in the 2010 World Cup 1/8 finals, the team lost to Germany by a large score because of the shocking unsolved case.

As things stand, a draw or a win for Costa Rica in another game in the same group at a later stage would see England out.

Unless, Italy beats Costa Rica!

However, even if the winner is finally decided, it will be very difficult for England, who have lost both games, to come back from the dead in the final round.

In Tang Zheng's opinion, England has been out of the game ahead of schedule!

In the other group stage of Group D a little later, England's death was announced, and Italy, which had an absolute advantage in strength, lost 0:1 to Costa Rica, breaking out the biggest upset of this World Cup!

Everyone thought that the qualification place in Group D of the Group of Death would be between Uruguay, England and Italy.

But...... After two rounds, Costa Rica defeated Uruguay and Italy before ...... Advance to the group!

Costa Rica, who have three goal differences, as long as they don't lose by a big margin in the final round, are likely to win the group!

Group E seeded France won two consecutive wins in the group with their outstanding overall strength and qualified for the group ahead of schedule.

Argentina in Group F should have won the game without any suspense, but the Iranian team representing Asia showed great tenacity, and if it weren't for Messi's outstanding individual ability in the last minute of the game, it would have been very difficult for Argentina to win two consecutive group games.

Tang Zheng is more concerned about the second round of Group G, the Portuguese team, which lost to the German team 0:4 in the first round, urgently needs a victory, otherwise it will be difficult to qualify from the group.

Tang Zheng of the German team in the group stage is also concerned, after all, Dortmund's former teammate is also a German international.

What is surprising is that the two games that should have won and lost were drawn, and the goals in both games were quite tacit, both 2:2!

In the past two rounds of the group, Germany and the United States have won one and drawn one to accumulate four points, ranking in the top two of the group respectively.

It's not that Portugal and Ghana don't have a chance of qualifying, it's just a bit difficult, especially for Portugal, as they have lost by four goals in the first round unless they beat Ghana in the final round, and Germany and the United States have to win the top spot in a big way.

Group H is clear in terms of strength and weakness, and the European Red Devils Belgium are outstanding, ranking first in the group with two consecutive wins and qualifying ahead of schedule.

Of course, Tang Zheng did not relax his preparations for the final round of the group while paying attention to the group stage of the World Cup.

A draw to qualify is a curse for the Chinese team.

However, Ivory Coast, which was out of the tournament early, defeated Greece in the last round, and the Chinese team could advance even if it lost......