June 13, 2002 was a sleepless night for soccer fans in China, when alcohol sales soared in many cities, and fireworks that used to be set off during the Chinese New Year also popped up on the night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The round of 16, this result may not be anything for some football powers, and it can even be regarded as a failure, but it is undoubtedly a huge success for the Chinese team that has never participated in the World Cup.

On the night of the end of the game, Wang Junsheng, chairman of the Football Association, came to the Chinese team's residence to visit the players with congratulations from the leaders of the General Administration of Sports and even national leaders, and outside the hotel where the players stayed, many Chinese and ethnic Chinese in South Korea gathered here, expecting to see the heroes in their minds. After all, their side still need to draw at least a draw against Portugal on 14 June to have any chance of progressing to the round of 16.

The news that the Chinese team defeated the Turkish team to win the second place in Group C and advanced to the round of 16 has spread, which immediately aroused the attention of foreign media, after all, the Chinese team is only ranked 25th in the media prediction before the start of the World Cup, which is still taking into account the existence of Liu Han and deliberately advanced the ranking of the Chinese team a lot, otherwise in the eyes of many football media, the Chinese team may be stronger than the Tunisian team and the Ecuadorian team at most. And now the Chinese team is ahead of the two hosts, South Korea and Japan, to enter the round of 16, which is also the rise of Asian football in the eyes of the media, this news is beneficial to the World Football Confederation, after all, their management has been resisted by UEFA, and now the rise of Asian football is also likely to make UEFA more convergent.

Since then, the group stage of Group C has come to an end, with Brazil and China reaching the round of 16 together, while Turkey and Costa Rica have had to leave early.

Italy were held to a 1-1 draw by Mexico in their Group G match against Japan in the evening, while Ecuador beat Croatia 1-0.

On June 14, the final day of the group stage of the World Cup finals, Group H and Group D will play their final round of matches.

The match in Group H will determine who the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals is, whether it is Russia, Belgium or Japan, the Chinese team has the strength to fight, but relatively speaking, the Japanese team may be the opponent that the Chinese team wants to meet the most, although the opponent is the host, but from the past record, the Chinese team has a big advantage over the Japanese team.

In the first two matches of Group H, which started on the afternoon of June 14, Japan defeated Tunisia 2-0, while Belgium beat Russia 3-1, so that in this group, Japan is in first place in the group with a record of two wins and one draw, while Belgium is in second place with two draws and one win, and China's opponent in the quarterfinals will be Japan, while Belgium will have to face a strong Brazilian team.

The one-eighth final against Japan, this news once again made domestic fans and media boiling, although through the previous group stage, the "advantage" of the host of this World Cup was fully revealed, but for Chinese fans and football practitioners, the Japanese team has never been the opponent of the Chinese team. And due to historical reasons, the Chinese team will involuntarily break out suddenly when it encounters the Japanese team in all competitions, and if it can defeat the Japanese team and then advance to the quarterfinals, such a result may be the favorite for domestic fans.

Some old fans with rich experience in watching the World Cup even look further, they even analyzed the opponents that the Chinese team will face in the future, if they can defeat the Japanese team to enter the quarterfinals, then the Chinese team will face the winner between Senegal and Sweden, these two teams are not the kind of team that makes the Chinese team completely powerless to fight, so in the eyes of these fans, the Chinese team may be able to go further in this World Cup.

On the evening of June 14, the final round of Group D was also held in South Korea, and the host South Korean team defeated the Portuguese team under the "strong" home "advantage", but the strong protest of the Portuguese team after the game caused a fluctuation, Figo also complained to Liu Han on the phone after the game about the shamelessness of the Koreans, Liu Han heard his anger from Figo's words, because the always elegant Figo actually burst into foul language on the phone, which made Liu Han a little curious about what the Koreans did.

In another game, the Polish team, which has been completely hopeless, defeated the United States team 3-1, although the American team blatantly "released the water" in this game, but their strategy is undoubtedly wise, because their opponent in the quarterfinals Group G is the first is the Mexican team, and the second is the European strong team Italy, for the American team, the best opponent is undoubtedly the Mexican team, what can be more cool than bullying the "weak neighbor", let the "shameless" South Koreans face the Italians, Americans apply their shrewdness to every aspect of their lives.

Since then, the group stage of the World Cup finals has ended, and the sixteen teams that have advanced are Germany, Paraguay, Denmark, England, Sweden, Senegal, Spain, Ireland, Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, China, South Korea and Italy. Only Brazil and Paraguay made it to the round of 16, while the United States and Mexico joined forces to reach the round of 16.

In the quarter-finals, the match between Japan and China will naturally attract the most attention from East Asian fans, and this match will be extremely important for both teams, and whoever wins will make history for their own teams.

The Chinese team left for Japan on June 15, because their next game will be held in Japan, facing the host is undoubtedly very difficult, but the current Chinese team is full of confidence, after three games of the group stage, the current Chinese team has been sublimated, the team has a strong soul - Liu Han, but also has the right limbs for the soul to control, although these limbs are not strong enough, but fortunately these limbs are very obedient to the soul.

This June is bright for Chinese fans, because they know that the Chinese team has a bright future, and Chinese football also has a bright future. (To be continued.) )