On June 23, the final round of the group stage of the World Cup kicked off.

Although many teams have lost their hopes of qualifying from the group in advance, after all, this is the World Cup, and they have to fight for glory.

The first game was a shocking upset, the favorite Brazil lost 1:2 to Norway, although Morocco beat Scotland 3:0, but could not recover the decline of qualifying from the group.

Brazil won two and lost one and qualified first in the group with six points, while Norway won two draws and one win and finished second in the group with five points due to the victory over Brazil.

Group B matches start three hours later.

Italy and Austria battled it out in a thrilling battle, with heavy tank Vieri scoring the lead for Italy early in the second half, and Italy have been in the lead ever since.

The final three minutes proved to be the best of the game, with Baggio's post-break strike giving Italy the icing on the cake, but Herzog's strike just a minute later gave Austria a face-saving goal.

Italy qualified first in the group with two wins and one draw, while second in Group B was led by Chilean duo - Zamorano and Salas, who drew three games in a row and qualified for the group with only three points.

June 24th.

The match between France and Denmark in Group C also became a classic battle in the group stage, with Laudrup, Djokaeff and Anelka scoring a goal each to give France a 2-1 victory over Denmark to top the group.

It is worth mentioning that because the Saudi team failed to enter the World Cup as originally recorded, the group with the French team this time became the weaker Australian team.

In the original history, Zidane received a red card for stomping on the opposing player in anger during the match against Saudi Arabia, and the two-game suspension did not happen - the French team still won 4-0, but Zidane did not eat the card because of the opponent's provocation.

There was a crazy scene in Group D, Spain beat Bulgaria 6-1, but Paraguay won 3-1 against the group leader Nigeria, and finally Spain had no choice but to go home in the group stage, while Nigeria and Paraguay joined hands to qualify.

Ling Feng and Lao Ma glanced at each other, according to the strength of Brazil and Bulgaria, it would not be so easy to lose the game, but since the result of the last game had nothing to do with their qualification, it was normal for the two countries to communicate with each other, and at the same time, it was reasonable to say that it was to protect the players.

This is a common situation in the World Cup, and it can only be said that the other teams themselves are unlucky......

On June 25, the matches between Groups E and F finally began.

At two o'clock in the morning Beijing time, the match of Group E started first.

The Netherlands and Mexico unceremoniously attacked from the start – as in the Sino-German match, the Netherlands and Mexico also set two records – individual records.

The battle between the tallest goalkeeper and the shortest goalkeeper in this World Cup!

Edwin•Van der Sar, 1.97 m big guy VS Jorge•Campos, 1.75 m flower butterfly.

It's funny to mention Campos, because the flamboyant goalkeeper used to wear clothes that were all fancy and colorful of his own design, so he got the nickname Flower Butterfly.

But before the World Cup, several teams in the same group appealed to FIFA collectively, saying that Campos's clothes were too fancy, and the fancy made his strikers stunned when shooting, so FIFA had to talk to Campos and tell him to only wear clothes in dark colors.

As a last resort, Flower Butterfly wore an off-white goalkeeper's uniform without a hint of fancy, and in the first two games, he was scored three goals.

Compared to the average of 0.4 goals conceded per game in the World Cup qualifiers, there is no doubt that Campos has conceded more goals now - some of the teams that have played against Mexico in the World Cup qualifiers can't help but suddenly realize that the colorful clothes are also an obstacle!

The Netherlands scored a goal each in the first 20 minutes of the first half through Cocu and Ronald •De Boer, while the stubborn Mexicans pulled a goal back in the 75th minute of the second half, and towards the end of the game, Hernandez's goal made the Mexicans stubbornly equalised!

The Netherlands drew with Mexico, so both teams won one and drew two, and if Belgium beat South Korea, then the situation would be hilarious.

But alas, the Belgian team, who played as a manure stirr in the first two games, met a more manure stirr role this time, and the Koreans, who fought for glory, fought hard against them - in the words of head coach Cha Fangen, we are the Red Devils of Asia, and we are definitely no worse than the Red Devils of Europe!

Cha Beom-geun finally did what he said he would do, as Yoo Sang-teol's 70-minute goal helped South Korea equalise and successfully held the European Red Devils to a draw with Belgium.

In this way, the Chinese fans began to cheer, and the first team in Group E was the Netherlands and the second was Mexico, which means that in the quarter-finals, the Chinese team successfully avoided the strong orange tulips, and their opponent will be the South American powerhouse Mexico.

At half past five in the morning, it was finally time for the two matches in Group F.

The battle between China and the United States obviously did not have any meaning, and Ling Feng was injured and could not play, so the degree of attention received by the game was far less than that of the big battle between Yugoslavia and Germany.

Even Ling Feng himself hid in the hospital on the grounds of injury, and happily switched the channel to the game between Germany and Yugoslavia with Siyue in his arms - of course, with Siyue's net worth, she would not let her husband choose a game aggrieved, Ling Feng's ward had two TVs, one broadcast the Sino-US war, and the other broadcast the Yugoslavia and Germany game.

Of course, Ling Feng's main focus is still on the battle between the two powers, as for the Sino-US battle - Ling Feng turned on his voice, if he heard the commentator shouting "GOAL", he immediately turned his eyes to look at the goal......

But what everyone didn't expect was that at the end of the first half of the game, Ling Feng heard a total of four "GOAL".

The three sounds came from the game on the Chinese side, and the Chinese team led 2:1 in the first half in Ling Feng's absence.

The strength of the U.S. team is the weakest in Group F, and even if Ling Feng is not there, the Chinese youngsters who are bent on fighting for honor are also playing well.

Yang Chen and Su Maozhen scored a goal each in the first half of the game, and the United States narrowed the gap to one point through McBride's header.

Yugoslavia, on the other hand, took advantage of a low-level mistake by Koepke in the opening two minutes to pass Mijatovic to the first goal, and the German team's aging was undoubtedly exposed in this game.

No one can forget that eight years ago, in the same group stage, the Yugoslav team, with many stars such as Stojkovic, Djukic, and Prosineski, was overshadowed by a short man.

Mateus turned Germany's opening game in Italy into his own personal performance with his breakthrough and long-range shot, and finally the German team defeated Pele's favored Yugoslavia 4-1, sounding their first horn to win the championship that year!

But eight years later, the troika is now reduced to a 37-year-old veteran of Mateus, a short man who can no longer bombard the gates of Yugoslavia as he did eight years ago, and the aging German legions have become so vulnerable to the morale of Yugoslavia.

Muller, Corel, Mateus, Hasler......

The World Cup winners burned their last physical strength in the desperate battle against China, and only four days of rest was far from enough for them.

Klinsmann was injured, Hamann accumulated two yellow cards and was suspended, Vogts seemed to be stretched thin in terms of personnel, and the young Ballack was put in the main position for the first time.

However, the only bit of relief could not hide the signs of the German team's aging, conceding only one goal in the first half, which even amazed the fans - the German team conceded only one goal despite being at an absolute disadvantage?!

The Chinese team's game doesn't have to worry about Ling Feng, first of all, the result of the game is not important, and secondly, this game has become a training game for the Chinese team, Hao Haidong, Liu Dong, Yue Lingxiang and others are all sitting on the bench, so they all played 2:1 with the United States, it can be seen that the overall strength of the Chinese team is now enough to take on the current world ranking.

At the start of the second half, Germany conceded another goal in the ninth minute, and the scorer was Stojkovic.

One after another, the players of the German team cramped one by one, and Vogts replaced Mateus, Muller and Heinrich with a blushing face, and replaced three players with full strength to strengthen the impact.

Seeing such an aging German team now, people can't help but sigh, the former king, is it really the end of the road?

Two years ago at the European Championships, Germany faced Croatia, a split from Yugoslavia, in the quarter-finals, and Samor's goal sent the Germans through with their heads held high.

But unlike the kingly spirit of 90, the German team in 96 has a strong desire to win, but it is more like the return of a group of people who are about to leave.

Now, Germany have tried their best to play against the Chinese team, and their comeback has been brought forward.

In the previous history, the German team did not have much difficulty to defeat Iran in the second round, and they were also two goals behind in the last game, but they stubbornly equalized and avoided the Netherlands at the top of the group with a goal difference.

But now history is different, Ling Feng's strength and the tenacity of the Chinese team caused the Germans to lose and lose, while Yugoslavia, which had just defeated the United States, retained plenty of physical strength.

Four days, just four days!

The third round of the group stage was brutal, with four matches played in one day, and there was simply no time for the teams in the bottom half to rest.

The golden bomber crash-landed in the hospital, while the rest of the players dragged their tired bodies one by one to face the powerhouse Yugoslavia.

For the Germans, this in itself is an injustice.

In the end, Mihajlovic put the icing on the cake as Bierhoff scored a consolation goal in the 80th minute as Germany lost 3-1.

At another 3-1, the aging Germans halted their pace in the group stage, and two consecutive defeats sent the European champions from two years ago into the abyss.

Vogts is destined to carry this black cauldron, bringing such a team with an average age of more than 30 to play in the World Cup, for this coach who has been in charge of the national team for eight years, his responsibility is the greatest.

Historically, Germany barely reached the quarter-finals before being beaten 3-0 by Croatia, and since then, the Germans have begun to discover a new generation of talent, as Klinsmann said after the World Cup: "The current German team is no longer a team that can compete with Brazil and Argentina, we should leave more opportunities to young players." ”

So while Mateus remained in the national team, Klinsmann opted out.

In 02, the German team won the second place, and a large part of the factor was luck, but in 06 years on home, the new generation of German players finally rushed to the third place with their own strength, so to speak, the gold content of the third place is far greater than the runner-up four years ago.

Now, the blow of not qualifying from the group is naturally much greater than being eliminated in the quarterfinals, and it is expected that after the German team returns, it should work hard to strengthen the training of the new generation of players.

Bierhoff took off his shirt and hugged each other's Savicevic, and even the victor couldn't cry at this time.

Expecting every four years, reincarnating every four years, and four years is an alternation of upgrading.

The last glory of Yugoslavia, the last curtain call of the 90-year world champion, we look forward to the new rise of the German team after the change of blood......

In the second half of the game, the Chinese team was in control of the overall situation, Lao Ma replaced Liu Dong and Yue Lingxiang on the field to continue the warm-up, and Liu Dong directly broke through the opponent's door through a free kick opportunity, and also scored the only goal in the second half.

3:1, the Chinese team won all three games and deservedly became the overlord of Group F.

The next game of the Chinese team will be on June 30, at the Monzon Stadium, against the first team in Group E, Mexico.