At two o'clock in the morning on June 25, Beijing time, the match between the Chinese team and Colombia will start, and at the new press conference before the game, Colombian coach Pekerman said: "It is a difficult game, and we have met a very strong Chinese team, but no matter who the opponent is, we must win, because we have no choice." ”

Chen Hui suddenly asked, "What if you don't win this game?"

Pekerman looked at him and said, "To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet, we already lost the first game, so I'm just going to think about how to win this second game." ”

Chen Hui asked again: "So, have you thought of any method to use to restrain the Chinese team's attack?"

"No comment!" Pekerman's attitude was very resolute, and it sounded like he had found a way to deal with the Chinese team, but only he knew that.

Chen Hui didn't ask any more, and Shen Hao beside him whispered: "I don't think he can find any way to restrain the Chinese team." ”

Chen Hui asked, "Really, are you so sure?"

"Of course, or do you think he has a way?"

"How do I know that? I'm not the manager, and I don't understand the tactical arrangements. ”

Pekerman added: "I know that the Chinese team is also aiming to win, but they are a little less pressure than us, they have a higher margin for error, but we can't, we have lost three points a few days ago, tomorrow's game, we can't drop points anyway." ”

An Rong said briefly at the press conference: "I looked at the pre-match predictions, and many people were optimistic about us, probably because we had a big win in the first round. But what does this mean? Nothing. Colombia is far superior to Senegal, and they are much more difficult to deal with than Senegal. I know Colombia is desperate for the three points and we are the same!"

The Chinese team's pre-match press conference was half an hour shorter than expected, and An Rong unilaterally ended it early. This caused many reporters to be dissatisfied, but in the first round of the group stage of the World Cup, the Chinese team was the best among all the participating teams, and the reporters couldn't help An Rong, but said that An Rong was a little "arrogant".

In fact, it wasn't that An Rong was arrogant, he just felt that everything that should be said was said, and there was no need to sit there and waste time. An Rong was not the only one who unilaterally ended the press conference, many head coaches have done it. After all, the coach is not a reporter, so why are they still sitting there after everything that should be explained clearly?

In the past few days, the second round of matches in other groups have been launched one after another, the host Russia and Egypt played 1:1 and failed to appear in advance, Uruguay in the same group beat Saudi Arabia 2:0, Suarez scored his third goal in this cup, and Uruguay, who won two consecutive games, was also able to qualify for the group in advance.

In Group B, Portugal beat Morocco 1-0 with Bernardo Silva scoring the only goal of the game, while Spain beat Iran 3-1, with both teams from the Iberian Peninsula winning one and drawing four points, but Spain topped the group with one goal difference over Portugal.

Group C's France defeated Peru, Griezmann, who did not score in the previous round, scored twice in this round to help France advance to qualify; Group D's Argentina and Croatia drew 0:0, Messi scored a goal before the end of the first half, but unfortunately was ruled offside, the two teams are currently tied on four points, and Argentina ranks first in the group on goal difference.

In Group E, Brazil beat Costa Rica 1-0, with Neymar setting up Casemiro to break through the door guarded by his club teammate Keylor Navas. Brazil had the advantage in the whole game, and if it weren't for Navas's god-level play, Brazil would have scored four goals! But this 1:0 was enough for Brazil to qualify early, and Costa Rica had to compete with Switzerland and Serbia for the first qualifying spot.

Belgium thrashed Tunisia 4-0 in Group F, with Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Michy Batshuayi scoring a goal each to help the Red Devils qualify, while Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in Group F.

Due to time issues, there is still one game left in Group G and the game will start later today. As for Group H, all the matches have not started at the moment, and after the match between England and Panama in Group G, the first match of Group H, which is the rivalry between China and Colombia, will begin.

What kind of team is England? I'm sure many people would say it's a strong team. Indeed, as a team that has won the World Cup and produced top superstars such as Owen and Beckham, it is enough to be recognized as a strong team. However, many people think that they are a "pseudo-giant", the reason is very simple, except for the 1966 World Cup that relied on the goal-line controversy, more often England has not been able to get good results, in recent decades, they have not even been able to enter the World Cup semi-finals, and the best result is the quarterfinals. Not to mention the European Championships, which they never won.

England has never lacked superstars, the ancient Bobby Charlton, Lineker and others aside, just around 2000, there were Beckham, Shearer, Owen, Scholes, more recently Frank Lampard, Gerrard, Terry, Rooney, and now there are Kane, Sterling, Sturridge and other famous players, but the strange thing is that such a team with many big names has never been able to achieve good results in the 21st century. At last year's European Championships, they were even eliminated by the little-known Iceland, leaving a big shame.

Therefore, many people are not optimistic about England, these stars are calling for wind and rain in the club, but when they arrive at the national team, they are always unable to play their full strength. Like Frank Lampard, who is more goal-scoring than the average striker, and has scored three goals in a single European Championship, he has not scored a single goal in the World Cup - if you don't count the effective goal he was hacked by the referee at the World Cup in South Africa.

But one thing that must be made clear is that the so-called "not optimistic" England here is only saying that they think they should not go far. Roughly where can we go? The quarterfinals! Reaching the semifinals is already a breakthrough. Against an inexperienced underdog, it is still felt that England have the ability to take all three points. England face Panama, who is participating in the World Cup for the first time, and a win should not be a problem. In the first round of the group stage, the "Three Lions" defeated Tunisia, which was also participating for the first time, 2:0, which is a relatively normal score. If England can win this game, then they will be like Belgium and fight their way out of the tournament early. As for whether they can go further after reaching the knockout rounds, a lot depends on their opponents in the round of 16, which for now, is either China or Poland.

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