Chapter 69: The Group of Death
"Group A, first, defending champions Brazil." Blatter pulled out the glass ball representing Brazil, and the big screen placed Brazil at the top of Group A.
This is the usual practice, the last champion must play the opening round, and the opening team is naturally in the first two in Group A, and the previous champion and the host must be seeded teams, so the first team in Group A must be Brazil.
After the French singer Ricky Martin sang the classic emotional "Cup of Life", the All-Stars played a boring exhibition game at the Stade de France, and finally the World All-Stars defeated the European All-Stars 6-4, with Ling Feng, Ronaldo and Batistuta scoring two goals each, and Baggio, Klinsmann, Zinedine Zidane and Alan Shearer each scoring one goal on the European side.
"Group B, theIinat," Blatter continued: "Italy!"
"Group C, Fnance (France)."
"Group D, Spain......"
Every time Blatter picked up a glass ball, the coaches of several seeded teams were in their throats, Brazil and Italy intersected, so whether it was Brazil or Italy players, they didn't want the two teams to start fighting after just qualifying, the best way is for both teams to compete for the first place in that group, so as to avoid the bloody battle in the first round.
"Group E, Nethenlanda (Netherlands), Group F, Genmany (Germany)."
When it was said that the seeded team in Group F was Germany, there was a loud inhale in the whole room!
The Netherlands and Germany were in two groups next to each other?
This pair has historically been a rival to the country. Now that the two rivals are in two groups next to each other, what would it be like if they met in the quarter-finals?!
The Netherlands and Germany, a pair of national feuds and sworn enemies on the football field.
Putting aside the factors of World War II for the time being, the Germans defeated Cruyff's Dutch team in the final of the 1974 World Cup under the leadership of Beckenbauer and won the Hercules Cup; And in the 1988 European Championship final, the heir trio, who was even more terrible than Cruyff, defeated the German troika. Brought the Netherlands to the top of Europe.
If these results were just a matter of having to separate the two teams in the regular cup competition, the Germans planted the seeds of hatred between the two teams at the farewell match in memory of Cruyff in Amsterdam in 1978.
No Dutchman wants to think back to a friendly that didn't represent any honour. Because on that day, the Bayern Munich team, led by the German bomber Gerd Müller, brutally bloodied Ajax 8:0 in this Cruyff memorial match!
The feud between the Netherlands and Germany was thus concluded......
What should be done with these two rivals who are close neighbors and have been assigned to a similar group?
But when it comes to the sworn enemies between national football, the Netherlands and Germany can only be regarded as the first level, and above them, there are a pair of super rivals!
England – Argentina!
This is the real sense of the national feud, the team feud!
The English will never be able to forget the hand of God in Maradona. The Argentines will never forget the pain caused to them by the Battle of the Falklands. Argentina has won two World Cups. Their heroes are Kempes and Maradona respectively, but it is Maradona who makes people worship as a god, not only because he is the king of the ball, but because he has avenged Argentina and avenged this revenge in the most happy way!
Hand of God!
The Argentines all admit that it was the hand that knocked out the English, but they add: "That hand belongs to Diego." Belong to God!"
Why talk about this pair of enemies? Because there are only two seeded teams left, that is, no matter how the last two seeded teams are distributed, England and Argentina will definitely be two adjacent groups!
The Netherlands, Germany, England, Argentina, and the two groups of enemies were divided into four groups of adjacent places, which had to make people sigh - Blatter's hand was really ****** poisonous!
In the end, England finished in Group G and Argentina were the last team in Group H.
Was it intentional? Ling Feng exchanged glances with Maradona on the side, if France in the third group and Brazil in the first group qualify as the first in the group, then after crossing and then arranging the encounter, we have to wait until the final.
No one wants to meet Brazil in advance.
The team in the second gear was drawn by Bailey's black crow, Ling Feng was still relieved, it was said that Bailey's bastard crow's mouth hit rate was 100%, and the hit rate of his draw was also 100%!
It's just the hit rate of the draw, it's the right rate!
I remember that in the 06 World Cup, Pele drew the team in the third pot, and when drawing the team in the third group, Pele was silently reciting the name of the Netherlands - because the seeded team in the third group was Argentina!
Pele's mouth was filmed, and the funniest thing is that he actually smoked the Netherlands!
Clearly, when she saw the Dutch logo on the glass ball, she whispered "YES!" ……
It's no wonder that the Argentines have listed the Beyau as a public enemy......
The teams in Pot 2 from A to H are as follows: Scotland, Chile, South Africa, Nigeria, Belgium, United States, Romania and Jamaica.
One of the most frustrating is England, who are in a group with European powerhouse Romania, who are not a world powerhouse, but they are also a formidable team - and in fact, it was Romania who stepped in and forced England to second place, forcing them to play an early showdown with Argentina.
From a certain point of view, the Romanians gave the World Cup a classic game, the 98 World Cup Anglo-Argentine battle, which made people remember Beckham's red card forever. Owen's world-class breakthrough, Argentina's world-class free kick combination!
It's finally time for the third gear!
Fans all over China are sweating, which strong team will China be in a group with?!
Not only the Chinese team, but also the coaches of the seeded teams in other groups are sweating in their palms.
Getting in a group with the Chinese team is not the worst case, the worst thing is that you are in an adjacent group with him!
If the Chinese team is divided into Group B, and Italy is in a group, if there is no other strong team in Group B, then Brazil in Group A will be depressed, because as long as there is no leakage in Group B, Brazil's opponent in the quarterfinals is either Italy or China!
Such a situation. It's something that no one wants to see......
"Pot 3, Group A," Escalettes, president of the French Football Federation, pulled out a glass ball: "Monocoo (Morocco)." ”
The Italians collectively breathed a sigh of relief, and now the most feared Ling Feng is none other than his Italy, winning all seventeen rounds of the league, the top scorer in Serie A, and the savior in danger many times, such a player is the last thing that old Maldini wants to face.
"Group B, Camenoon (Cameroon)."
There was a neat exhalation throughout Brazil and Italy. No matter what. The first two groups avoided Ling Feng's hard bone—not that they couldn't kick it. But the result of not tasting a defeat in three years is really terrifying, if Ling Feng is full of strength to fight a team, even if Brazil and Italy can win, they will only kill 10,000 enemies, and lose 8,000 land.
No one wants to face the next tough battle with a tired team after an early battle with the Chinese team, as if no team wants to meet other strong teams.
"Group C," Escarletus continued, drawing a glass ball: "Auatnalia (Australia)." ”
For the first time in 40 years, the Chinese team entered the world finals. But they also created opportunities for the Australians, and with the Japanese dead and wounded, and Saudi Arabia and Iran back in the same group as China, the situation has never been smoother for Australia.
The top 10 in Asia, as expected, China, South Korea, Iran three teams side by side to qualify, and in the play-offs by Iran eliminated by the Kuwait team had to compete with the Australian team in Oceania for the qualifying place, at this time Australia is not strong, if you meet Iran and Saudi Arabia such a strong Asian team is still defeated, but they met Kuwait.
"Thank you to China Ling, thank you to Chinese football." This is when Australia qualified, their prime minister gave a speech to television, and sent a written letter of thanks to the national government, and it was natural for the kangaroo brothers to be happy when they finally returned to the World Cup after 24 years.
This is really true, the ultimate strength is not as good as the peerless good sign.
Ling Feng blocked the three Asian powerhouses alone, and South Korea in the other group had nothing to do there, and in the group where South Korea was, there was no strong team at all, Japan was finished, but if Saudi Arabia and South Koreans were divided into a group, then Australia would face one of South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Iran in the play-offs, and it was really not so easy to win!
Seeing that the kangaroo brothers made little devils 3:1 in the World Cup, Ling Feng should pull them, but in the next few years, Australia will become another big obstacle to the garbage Chinese team in history!
Who can be blamed for this? FIFA gave Australia to the AFC and gave five places to Asia at the same time, which is already quite good, the Chinese team itself is not angry, and it is too strong to go to the weird house, isn't it a shame?!
"Group D," Escarletes drew another orb: "Panaguay (Paraguay)." ”
The first four groups were all drawn, that is to say, the Chinese team was divided into the lower half of the region, terrible, the two groups of rivals in the second half of the region, and now with a strong China, it can be said that this World Cup is really scary!
The fans of the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Argentina are all staring at the big screen, Ling Feng is determined to be divided into a group with one of the four of them, if he can't win the first place in the group, then in the eighths of the World Cup, there will definitely be a fierce battle between enemies!
"Group E, Konea (South Korea)."
"Group F ......" Escarletus' voice suddenly stopped, the whole venue was silent, and the head coaches of the Netherlands and Germany invariably had an ominous premonition, and sure enough, Escarletus lit the glass ball forward: "CHINA!"
China and Germany are in a group!
Also in the same group is the American team in the second pot!
Beckenbauer and German coach Vogots both turned blue, as did Dutch coach Guus Hiddink.
In Group F, China's entry and the United States have almost turned the group into a group of death, the Germans have to beat the Chinese team to win the first place in the group, otherwise, they have more than 90% probability of meeting the old enemy Netherlands team in Group E!
But China will naturally think that Ling Feng is determined to fight for the first place in the group, remembering that Bayern and Hamburg lost all three games last year, and Ling Feng scored ten world-class goals, and the sweat on Beckenbauer's head fell in big drops!
Hiddink, you Germany meet China in the group stage, even if you lose, you can still qualify if you win all the remaining games, but what about us?!
The Netherlands qualified from the group, either meeting Germany or China!
Ling Feng was speechless, he knew from the beginning of the draw that no matter what, he would definitely be assigned to a group with a strong team, so his mood was very calm, and when he drew Germany, Ling Feng felt a sense of relaxation.
After all, Germany should be the weakest of the eight seeded teams......
Their aging body may be difficult to block their impact, the three games against Bayern are almost single-handedly against the entire Bayern team, and Bayern's strength should not be below Germany, if those boys play well on the field, it is not a particularly difficult thing to win Germany.
What's more, he still knows the Germans better.
The dust of the Chinese team has ended, and the grouping of other teams has not been able to make these teams aiming for the championship interested, and now the only thing worth looking forward to is who is the fourth team in a group with Germany and China?!
Platini, vice president of the French Football Federation and the greatest player in history, the king of Europe, revealed the answer, he drew the glass ball representing the fourth gear, and slowly announced: "Group F, Yugoalavia!"