In the early morning of November 19, a new record of 204 teams was set, and the dust of the World Cup qualifiers with a time span of 27 months was settled, and all the top 32 seats were revealed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Judging from the performance of the qualifiers, Brazil and Spain are undoubtedly the two favorites to win the championship in South Africa next year, and there are many disappointed people, with many stars represented by Ibrahimovic acting as spectators; Guus Hiddink, who had brought three teams to the finals, also missed out in the play-offs.

European champions Spain have won all 10 games in the group stage and conceded only five goals, becoming the only team in the history of World Cup qualifiers to win 10 consecutive games. Spain has always played the qualifiers easily, and now the squad is at its peak, and Bosque, who replaced Aragonés, also knows how to make good use of it, using newcomers such as Bojan, Mata, and Negredo, making the Spanish team more solid. The Netherlands and Germany are slightly weaker in their group and qualifying is a matter of routine.

England, who missed Euro 2008, easily qualified, changed their past situation and retaliated against Croatia, depriving the Plaid Army, who are ranked within 10 in the world, of the play-off opportunities. The Three Lions were able to come out of the picture, with Capello's ignition playing a key role. Bobby Charlton has recently praised Capello's ability to put together the team, comparing him to Sir Ramsey, which has been compared more than once by English football and the media, who are desperate for a Ramsey-esque coach to help them relive the glory of 1966.

Fabio Capello is a positive example of the importance of coaching, while Domenech and Queiroz are the opposites, with France and Portugal both forced to play play-offs in the last four of the last World Cup. France relied on Henry's "Hand of God" assist in the second leg of the play-offs in extra time to get through the thrilling game; Portugal were once injected with blood by Scolari, but with the rise of Queiroz, they quickly fell into mediocrity and were almost eliminated by Denmark, Sweden and Hungary.

Eastern Europe is still a dark horse. Slovakia defeated its big brother, the Czech Republic, and entered the finals of the major competition for the first time after independence; Slovenia knocked out Russia in the play-offs with away goals.

Despite criticism at the beginning of his tenure and a run of three consecutive home games without scoring in qualifying, Dunga, lacking coaching qualifications, gradually found his groove and led Brazil to advance to three rounds for the first time in history. In addition to his excellent record, he has also been extremely successful in transforming the Samba Army, he has been very assertive in employing people, not relying on well-known stars, and has created an "ordinary" Brazilian team, and some small roles can always come in handy. The forward line has two efficient shooters, Fabiano and Nirmar, basically blocking Ronaldo's way back. Tactically, Dunga pays attention to defense, and the counter-attack is efficient enough to make opponents fearful.

Compared with Dunga, Maradona, who took office halfway, was not the same, and almost lost Argentina after 3 consecutive defeats, thanks to the "cooperation" of other teams and their own efforts, Argentina was able to qualify without danger. Whether it is the use of personnel or the use of tactics, Lao Ma does not have a clear idea, and the team's chronic problems such as the same style of attacking players and the easy imbalance of mentality have not been solved, but Diego cannot be forced, he is not very suitable for this role. Argentina could not find a suitable coach, but was borrowed by other South American teams, Paraguay and Chile, who qualified ahead of Argentina, and coaches Martino and Bielsa were both from Argentina.

Cameroon and Nigeria used to be the two flags of African football, but both missed the last World Cup, and this qualifier did not qualify until the final round, Cameroon was at the bottom of the group at one point, and gradually caught up after the arrival of French coach Roguin, Nigeria won in the last minute, and thanks to Tunisia for the loss. Both teams are still not short of stars, but compared to their previous heyday, the strength has dropped a lot.

Hosts South Africa played in stage 2 of qualifying, finishing second in the worst of the 12 groups and even failing to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals, which will be held early next year. In the Confederations Cup, South Africa also had a medire performance.

Therefore, now the African section has to look at Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two teams have performed well in the World Cup in Germany, and this qualifier is the first two teams in the African region to qualify, Ghana has made many achievements in the youth competition, and this year has become the first African team to win the U20 World Youth Championship, and the senior team is also expected to enter the harvest period; Unbeaten Ivory Coast are full of talent, with heavyweights on all three fronts, but civil strife has always been the enemy of African teams, and it has recently been reported that Kalou was nearly expelled for attacking his team-mates.

In the semi-finals of the 2007 Asian Cup, Iraq and Saudi Arabia also eliminated the top two East Asian countries, and only two years later, the balance of Asia was reversed. Australia proved to be superior in Asia, while South Korea and Japan were in no doubt as they reached the finals for the seventh and fourth in a row. North Korea brought a surprise to East Asia, beating two West Asian powerhouses and China in Group B of the round of 10, qualifying for the first time since 1966 and the lowest ranked team in the world in the round of 32.

In the continental play-offs, as the last hope of West Asia, Bahrain was eliminated by New Zealand, and for the first time since 1974, West Asian teams missed the World Cup, and Oceania actually has two participating teams. The play-off defeat also puts Asia at a disadvantage when it comes to securing a place in the World Cup in the future.

Brazil has won all the strong teams this year, beating Italy twice in the warm-up matches and the Confederations Cup, and also defeated Argentina and England, Spain has won Italy, Germany, England, Argentina, France and other strong teams for more than 1 year, but it didn't touch Brazil, and the Confederations Cup was out of the tournament early because of Spain, and the two teams were on the same side.

Spain have been among the favourites in almost every edition, but they have always had a disappointing performance and next year could be their best chance of winning the title. Brazil also have their own advantages over the almost perfect Spanish team, such as better physical fitness, more solid defensiveness, and winning the Confederations Cup, which also proves that Brazilians are super adaptable to international competitions outside of their continent.

After the round of 32 of the World Cup in South Africa, in addition to the international players who will participate in next summer's tournament, the most eye-catching figure is Blackburn winger Arshavin.

Arshavin shocked on the 20th that after Russia failed to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa, he was very depressed and had lost interest in football.

Although he helped Blackburn Rovers beat Standard Liege 2-0 in the Champions League in midweek, it did not boost the morale of the Tsars, and it was in a frustrated 1-0 defeat to Sunderland that Arshavin was put on the bench by Carlo Ancelotti in the weekend's 1-0 defeat to Sunderland.

"I am very sad and hopeless about what has happened, my family keeps telling me that I should forget about it as soon as possible, that I should focus on the club game, but it is easier said than done," the Tsar said. ”

'There's nothing that lifts me up right now, and when Carlo Ancelotti asked me what I'm in, I honestly told him I don't want to play at all, he talked to me for a long time and he told me to shift my focus, but I just couldn't.

Carlo Ancelotti confirmed Arshavin's words, although the Russian midfielder has scored six goals for the Blues this season, "He's very low, he's been very low since he came back from Slovenia, that's why I didn't start against Sunderland, you always want players to be 100 per cent focused and think the game is as important as life and death, so if you don't win, it's hard to avoid disappointment." ”

'If you care, you're disappointed, Arshavin is the captain of Russia, he's 28 years old, he's going to be 33 in the next World Cup, he's a tough guy, he's okay physically, but he's down, he's still disappointed for his country. He's always been a winner, so he's disappointed and when he's backed up to the wall, he'll recover. ”

There are even rumours that Arshavin participated in the celebration party in the second leg against Slovenia, and after being eliminated, he clashed with teammate Pavlyuchenko and coach Hiddink, for which the Tsar looked disdainful: "I use the word 'garbage' to describe these rumors, you can't take these words seriously, people want to spread these words to destroy our dreams, they really think we are crazy, these are ridiculous." ”

Many people think that as long as he recovers from the shadow of the World Cup qualifiers, Arshavin is still the czar on the green field, but Arthur, who is familiar with "history", clearly knows that this time is a turning point in Arshavin's career, and since then, Arshavin has begun to fall rapidly.

'Monchi, we can start negotiations with Chelsea.' Arthur decisively called Monchi and coldly made the decision.

Over the years, Abu has always wanted to bring in Arshavin, who is also a fellow Russian, but unfortunately he was politely rejected by Arthur every time, but this time Arthur had a different idea.

Half a month before the start of this season's Premier League winter transfer window, the Daily Mirror suddenly made a shocking announcement: Arshavin will fly to London to negotiate personal terms with Chelsea, while Blackburn Rovers have accepted the Blues' offer.

Arshavin himself prefers Barcelona, with agent Ranchtel saying he has been "obsessed with Barcelona since childhood".

Pep Guardiola has also confirmed that Barcelona are indeed chasing Arshavin. But that all changed because Abu intervened.

The Daily Mirror article claims that Abu personally intervened in Arshavin's transfer and quickly snatched the Russian demon from Barcelona and Real Madrid, because Abu has always had a dream: to put his fellow Russians in the first team of his own team. Previously, this dream was constrained by the low quality of Russian players, but now he finally waited for Arshavin to appear.

Once Abou is personally involved, Barcelona's dominant position will be ceded to Chelsea, and the reasons need not be repeated. According to Blackburn Rover's 'insider', 'Chelsea have been in contact with the club and the player, the deal has been agreed and Arshavin will fly to London to discuss personal terms. ”

Barcelona or Chelsea?

With the addition of "other factors", Arshavin's thinking also changed.

'La Liga is very appealing to him, but he feels that the style of the Premier League may be more suitable for him, and Abu's involvement is another reason. The article also reveals that Chelsea will meet his proposed £100,000-a-week salary, and as for the transfer fee, "price is not an issue".

With the indication of the owners of the two clubs, Arthur and Abu, Arshavin's transfer talks went smoothly.

Just as soon as the 2010 Premier League winter transfer window opened, Blackburn issued an official statement saying that the club had confirmed this evening that the team had agreed with Chelsea on the issue of Arshavin's transfer fee. Now Arshavin has been allowed to discuss matters with the London club.

Less than five hours after the winter transfer window opened, Blackburn made the official announcement, which means that Arshavin's departure is only a matter of time.

Chelsea have also invested heavily in acquiring Arshavin. It is reported that the 28-year-old Russian will receive a high salary of 105,000 pounds a week for four years, which will also be the fourth highest salary in the Premier League.

Chelsea's marriage to Arshavin has been the most focused news in the British media in recent times. When Abu was ready to make an offer for Arshavin for £24 million, the Russian tsar expressed his desire to leave the club and submitted a transfer request; However, Blackburn Rovers are not happy with the transfer fee. In the end, the two sides agreed on a price of £28 million, with Arshavin just a medical required to wear the Chelsea shirt.

'I'm delighted to be moving to Chelsea and I'm looking forward to playing alongside these new team-mates this season.' Speaking after arriving at Chelsea, Arshavin said: 'Of course I want to be with Chelsea for many years. ”

On the one hand, Arthur knew that the Tsar would only go downhill in the future, so it was better to sell it at a high price while he was still in his prime, and on the other hand, Arshavin's departure was also to make room.

Even before Arshavin's departure, Blackburn had already identified a new signing in midfield ahead of time, and it was one of the most eye-catching additions of the season.

Just because the name of the new signing is: David Beckham.

David Beckham landed in Milan on 29 December, with the former England captain set to join Blackburn Rovers on loan once the winter transfer market opens. As the Blues' winter signing, Blackburn Rovers are also looking to the 'old friend' to help the team achieve impressive results in the second half of the season.

At the same time, Capello, who is the coach of the England team, said that as long as Beckham can play well at Blackburn, he will definitely recruit him into the England team and take the former team to the World Cup in South Africa. “

Of course, if he can do well, I wouldn't worry about his age. I value his great footwork, he's a very dedicated player, he's always so himself, he's a true professional and his performances will determine whether I make him to the final World Cup squad. Capello said.

Arthur also considered whether to get Beckham on a permanent transfer, but ultimately rejected it.

Beckham is about to be 35 years old, because of his high professional quality has not been eliminated by the rapid development of European football, and he has a very beautiful free kick stunt, and can also deliver shells for Blackburn, plus his extraordinary commercial value, technology + interests are the reasons why Arthur wants to bring him in, but the buyout requires at least tens of millions of euros, which Arthur is unwilling to pay - because maybe at the beginning of next season, Beckham will not have the strength to play for Blackburn at all.

This will also be Beckham's last loan trip, because once the World Cup in South Africa is over next year, Beckham will not be interested in being selected for the national team again, and will naturally not give up his vacation time to return to Europe's top clubs.

In short, this is the first time that Blackburn and David Beckham have teamed up, and it is destined to be the last. (To be continued.) )