Chapter 402: Promotion Situation
In the first two rounds of the group stage of the Copa America, the Dragons team won one draw and one win, and their hopes of advancing to the top have greatly increased. COP> However, we still can't be too careless, and we still have to go for the final round of the group stage against the host Brazil.
If they want to advance to the top of the group, the Dragon Nation team must at least guarantee the third place in the group, and in the comparison with the third place in the other two groups, they must not fall behind.
After the first two rounds of the Copa America group stage, the group's ranking is temporarily this: the host Brazil team won both games, accumulated 6 points, scored 6 goals and conceded 1 goal, and won by 5 goals, ranking first in the group and has advanced to the strong.
The Dragon Country team won one and drew one, accumulated 4 points, scored 4 goals and conceded 1 goal, and won 3 goals, temporarily ranking second in the group.
The Venezuelan team drew one and lost one, accumulated 1 point, scored 2 goals and conceded 4 goals, and won 2 goals, temporarily ranking third in the group.
Bolivia lost both games, failed to score a goal, conceded six goals, finished bottom of the group, and had already lost qualification one round earlier.
The situation in the other two groups is as follows:
The Argentine team in Group B, won both games, ranked first in the group, and defeated the Chilean team 3:1 in the second game of the group stage, which was regarded as avenging the final of the previous two Copa America, both of which were lost to the Chilean team on penalties.
Chile and Paraguay have one win and one loss in the first two rounds, Paraguay scored 6 goals and conceded 3 goals and goal difference 3, Chile scored 5 goals and conceded 3 goals and goal difference 2, so Paraguay is second in Group B and Chile is in third. COP> Paraguay and Chile will face each other in the final round of the group stage, and if that match can be decided, then no matter who wins or loses, there will be no threat to the Dragons.
However, if Paraguay and Chile draw in the final round of the group stage and the Dragons lose to Brazil by a large margin, if the Dragons fall to third in the group, they will be at a disadvantage in the race for the better third.
Like the Dragons, the Qatar team, which is also from Asia and participated in the wild card game, lost in the first two rounds of the group stage, scoring only 1 goal but conceding 9 goals, and has been eliminated in the first round.
Qatar's opponent in the final round of the group stage is Argentina, whose fate is already sealed.
The situation of the group is more complicated, the first two rounds of the battle, Colombia and Peru are one win and one draw, with 4 points, Colombia scored 4 goals and conceded 3 goals, goal difference Peru scored 3 goals and conceded 2 goals, goal difference is also 1, Colombia team temporarily has the advantage of total goals, ranking first in the group.
Uruguay have drawn two games, accumulated 2 points, scored 3 goals and conceded 3 goals, and the goal difference is 0, temporarily ranking third in the group... COP> Ecuador lost both games and had no chance of being strong.
In the final round of the group stage, Colombia and Peru will fight each other with the same points, whoever wins will be the first in the group, if it is a draw, it will depend on the result of the match between Uruguay and Ecuador, if the Uruguayan team can beat the Ecuador team by more than two goals, then the Uruguay team, which is now ranked third in the group, will come from behind and jump to the third place in the group.
Therefore, judging from the current situation, only the host team of the group, Brazil, and the Argentine team in Group B, have been confirmed to enter the strong.
The other six strong seats, who will be the winner, need to be finished in the third round of the group stage to have a clear.
The next quarter-final match-up situation also needs to be completed in the group stage to reach the result.
Although he came to participate in this America's Cup with the mentality of playing soy sauce, now that he has the hope of being promoted, the Dragon Country team will certainly not let it go easily.
For this young dragon team, every game is an excellent opportunity to improve themselves, and they have a high training value.
Especially the next match against the host Brazil!
Brazil is known as the "Kingdom of Football", the Brazilian team has won the World Cup five times, and is a well-known absolute powerhouse in the world.
Although the Brazilian team's record in recent World Cups has not been very good, they have not dared to question their strength!
For this year's Copa America held on their doorstep, the Brazilian team is determined to win the championship, and in the first two group games, it also showed strong dominance on the field, only using six or seven percent of the skill, and the two cities were bloodless.
The last meeting between the Dragons and Brazil was 17 years ago at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, when the Dragons entered the World Cup finals for the first time and met Brazil in the group stage and lost 4-0.
The Brazilian team, led by superstars such as Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu and Carlos, won the championship of that World Cup.
The current Dragon Team and the Brazilian Team are both different.
Although the current Brazilian team is still among the best in international football, the star in the team is much dimmer than seventeen years ago, and now there is only one Neymar, who is widely known, and the reputation of other players is much worse than him.
The current Dragon Country team, not only after the tempering of the second World Cup journey, has recently reached the top of Asia, although it is experiencing the pain of upgrading, but the team's morale is still very high.
Brazil defeated Bolivia and Venezuela in the first two rounds of the group stage, and the Dragons also had a good record of one win and one draw against these two teams.
Therefore, although there is still an obvious gap between Xinzhi and the Brazilian team in terms of overall strength, the Dragon Country team is not afraid of fighting.
For this game, Lippi has a starting lineup that is completely different from the previous two games, with veterans in the back line and newcomers in the front.
Feng Xiaoting, Fan Xiaodong, Zhang Linpeng, and Deng Hanwen, the defender line of the Dragon National Team, composed of three old and one young, were tested in the last game against the Bolivian team, and their strength was good.
In this game, it is still the four of them, sitting on the back line of the Dragon Country team.
On the front line, Lippi not only pressed Wu Lei on the bench this time, but even Shen Feng did not appear in the starting list, and the Dragon Country team was at the forefront of this game with the Brazilian team, and only Hu Jingheng was alone.
Lippi lined up a 451 formation for the Dragons, and this game made up his mind to fight defensively, basically give up attack, and concede fewer goals as the main purpose.
This tactic was actually used in last year's World Cup, and it showed good results in the match against Uruguay.
It's just that now they are facing a stronger Brazilian team, but the Dragon Country team has hidden Shen Fengxue, and whether the martial arts of self-defeating counterattack can still play an effect in the World Cup is unknown for the time being. 11