Chapter 431: Who Will Release Water?
"First, or second?" In fact, it is not only Mexico and China that are considering qualification in Group F, but also Germany.
The situation in Brazil's group is uncertain.
If Germany wins Group F, he will definitely want to play second in Group E, but the situation of E is very bad, Switzerland and Brazil are only four points, and the first and second will not be determined until the final round of the group stage, unlike the German team, which is basically favored by one-sided.
So
Germany may not want to top Group F.
Because once Brazil is second, things get more complicated.
The last round of the World Cup is played at the same time, which is even more fun.
"Perhaps, the German team will not win against China by a big score, they may be cautious about playing a game against the Chinese team, and even maybe lose the game?" The domestic sports weekly analyzed.
After that, the second round of the group stage of Group G and Group H also ended.
After the second round of the group stage, Uruguay, France, Argentina, Germany, England and Colombia took the lead in qualifying from the group, while Saudi Arabia, Iran, Australia, Panama and Sweden have been eliminated early.
On the scorer list, Ronaldo, Suarez, and Neymar topped the scorer list with five goals, and Wang Dalong and Salah ranked second with 4 goals.
In the assist list, Messi leads the way with six assists, and Germany's Muller, who is in second place, has only three.
In terms of the odds of the top scorer list, Ronaldo is still ranked first with the lowest odds, Neymar is second, and Wang Dalong is third.
They became a favourite in the sports media, with Ronaldo saying in an interview: "The top scorer is not important, what matters is that the team can go further, and if Portugal can win the World Cup, he is willing to give five Ballon d'Or awards in his career." ”
He would rather not have five Ballon d'Or awards than a World Cup, and he won his fifth Champions League this year, the first person since the Champions League was restructured, and the national team won the European Champions Cup in 2016, and the last Grand Slam of his life is the Hercules Cup.
When the reporter threw the same question to Neymar, Neymar's answer was very funny: "If getting the top scorer can help Brazil win the World Cup, then why not?" As for the Ballon d'Or, I think if I win the World Cup, the Ballon d'Or will come naturally, and I hope to be a winner in life this year. ”
Indeed, the only honor for Neymar to compete for the Ballon d'Or this season is to lead Brazil to the World Cup.
Of course, if the two of them want to win the World Cup, they have to ask Messi, although Messi is inferior to the two of them in terms of goals, but six assists simply set a new World Cup assist record, and Messi, who has reduced goals, uses assists to help Argentina impact the World Cup with a stronger attitude.
"As long as Argentina can win the Hercules Cup, I am willing to give my life." The World Cup is also a dream that Messi has been chasing for more than ten years, and this year he and Ronaldo should be the last time they will compete in the World Cup. If there is no World Cup, how can he be crowned the king of the new century?
Although no one can know what is going on in their hearts, the desire for the Hercules Cup is certainly not to be said.
Finally, the reporter also asked Wang Dalong this question.
These people in front of him have more opportunities than him. However, Wang Dalong actually has a lot of achievements that can be achieved, such as the Serie A champion, the Italian Cup champion and the Europa League champion, the Serie A record top scorer, the Europa League top scorer, the best Italian player, and also led the Chinese team to play a World Cup with good results so far.
If the previous perverted World Cup results are not so dazzling, and the Chinese team can qualify from the group, perhaps, he also has great hope.
But Wang Dalong is quite pragmatic.
He said: "I only have one thought, that is, the Chinese team can qualify, and the others don't want to at all." ”
He didn't care at all about being able to get the top scorer.
If you don't even have to play, what shooters are discussed.
In the past few days, fans in China have been very uncalm and have been scolding on the Internet.
Although the results of the Chinese team are not very bad, Zhang Linpeng and Feng Xiaoting can be scolded miserably.
Although Lippi was angry at the time, he calmly accepted the result after the match.
Accidents and misjudgments are part of the game of football, and no one can afford not to make mistakes.
Just like in this year's Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich could have easily beaten Real Madrid to reach the final, but they not only squandered a lot of scoring opportunities in the game, but then made a fatal mistake to send Real Madrid to the final.
That's football.
So Lippi first expressed his approval of everyone, and only then criticized the mistakes of the last moments.
Feng Xiaoting is already the best central defender, Zhang Linpeng is the best right-back, if other players are replaced on the field, maybe the result will be even worse, maybe there will not even be a draw.
After thinking about it rationally, in fact, it is not easy for the Chinese team to play like this.
Now, he is focused on how to play the third round against Germany.
The game against Mexico was more physically demanding than against Sweden, and Lippi barely dared to train with a lot of exercise, only some recovery training.
He is also keeping a keen eye on the progress of the German team.
In any case, the Chinese team has no chance to choose, it is impossible to have as many ideas as the German team, the German team can also consider the problem of first and second in the group, and the Chinese team can only compete with Mexico if they lose less and score more goals to win.
Even if the German team loses to the Chinese team, they can qualify.
But will the German team dare to lose?
Even so, Lippi organized everyone to watch the first two games of the German team.
"It's too strong." When midfielder Huang Bowen watched the video, he couldn't help but praise it.
"Can you not tell the truth?"
"Don't other people know that the German team is strong?" Li Tie rolled his eyes, as long as his brain is not stupid, he knows that the German team is strong, but when Huang Bowen said this, he felt that the Chinese team played the German team, just like a child playing a college student, without a chance of winning.
How does this make the Chinese team play.
'We have to assume how we defend against the German attack or whether we have a chance to score a goal.
"......" Hearing Li Tie's words, there was silence in the conference room.
It seems that Li Tie is making a very cold joke, so cold that everyone thinks it's really not funny.
Whether it's defensive, or offensive.
Theoretically, it's all unlikely?
After the second round of matches, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia have all gone home, and only China and Japan still have hope of qualifying, so you can imagine how difficult it will be for Asian teams to compete in the World Cup.
The Chinese team has already played at a super level.
When you meet Germany, it is really a very helpless thing.
Thinking that Sweden is likely to lose to Mexico, I feel that the Chinese team is really not safe at all.
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Soon, the third round of the group stage kicked off.
In Group A, the hosts squeezed out Egypt, which had Salah, and qualified with Uruguay, but the second place in the group was a bit painful.
Because
In Group B, Spain dominated Portugal by virtue of goal difference and occupied the first place, and Portugal could only be second.
This means that Uruguay will have to fight Portugal to the death, while Spain will fight the host.
Salah's World Cup dream is over, and the World Cup scorer battle will continue to unfold between Ronaldo and Suarez, and who will die will depend on the 1/16 finals.
In Group C, France came out on top, Denmark second, and Argentina in Group D finished first, while Croatia came second.
In this way, Antoine Griezmann's France and Croatia are battling it out for a place in the quarter-finals, while Messi's Argentina face Denmark. Antoine Griezmann has caught up with Cristiano Ronaldo in the scorers' charts, with a total of six goals to their name. Messi went on to get eight assists, but three goals later.
Overall, the stats of all the super shooters are very impressive, and they don't look like earthlings at all.
The day before China faced Germany, the final round of Group E was also over, and the Brazilian team unexpectedly ranked second in the group! Switzerland are in first place on goal difference!
"Holy shit! Now it's fun! After watching the two matches between Brazil and Switzerland, Wang Dalong laughed. This, seems to be the best one outcome?
What does that mean? It means that unless the German team loses to the Chinese team, they will definitely be the first team in the group.
It's going to be a lot of fun!
"If the German team is the first team in the group, it will have to fight the Brazilian team, haha, hahahaha!" The strength is not as good as Germany, Wang Dalong smiled very happily, and all the Chinese smiled very happily.
"A draw is also their first. Only if they lose to us will we be the top of the group. ”
"The German team is so pathetic, woo."
"So we just need to play them to a draw?"
The teammates talked a lot, as if they had won the jackpot.
Only Lippi had a dark face and was silent for a long time.
Although I don't understand what the Chinese players are doing in Balabala, I definitely know that it is discussing the German team.
He then expressed his opinion through a translator.
"You are thinking too simply, because Germany can't lose if they want to, so they will vent their anger on us, in case they have a bloody massacre......"
"This ......" even Wang Dalong is frightened, this possibility is not impossible, the Germans can do this, anyway, winning peace is the first, so just take the Chinese team out of anger?
"If they dare to do that, then we will injure a few of their main forces." The veteran Zheng Zhi suddenly shouted.
Sure enough, he is scheming, and he thinks differently from others.
"But what about them on the bench? Even eleven substitutes are going to beat us all over the place, right? ”
"Unless they don't come off the bench and continue to play in the next game!"
Within the Chinese team, this interesting match has been discussed, and of course, the world is also watching this special game.
Especially in Brazil and Switzerland!
And in Mexico!
One game involves four countries.
It's incredible.
How will Germany play?
This is what everyone is most concerned about.
First of all, it was Pele who stood up, and other football legends also stood up to express their opinions.
Bailey said: "The Germans? They're honest, they can't really deliberately lose for second place in the group, they've never done that. ”
For the sake of the Brazilian team, Pele also fought hard, directly and hypocritically praised the German team.
In fact, he wants the German team to lose to the Chinese team more than anyone else, but can the German team pull this face?
If they win against Switzerland, then they are now the top of the group and don't have to worry about running into Germany.
Ronaldo said: "Since it is a World Cup, the Brazilian team has only one goal, that is, the final championship, what difference does it make to meet whom? Unless Brazil just wants to finish second, they shouldn't worry about any opponent at all, and now we should prepare for this match for Germany. ”
"The most basic work ethic must be there, and I don't understand the point of the media making a fuss about this." Another Brazilian stayer, Romario, said the same, his views are completely consistent with Ronaldo's, and different personalities create different remarks.
But
There is a famous legend in Germany that is amazing.
"It's actually very easy to solve this problem," said former German captain Kahn, who jumped out: "If the game is still a draw, why not just kick the ball into your own goal?"
Kahn's words woke up the dreamer, and his remarks were actually praised by Chinese fans.
"I have to say, this is the easiest way to solve the problem!"
"But who does this character let do well? Who would dare......"
"Letting Manuel Neuer throw the ball into the net is the safest ......"
"No, let's have Boateng come up and kick the ball into the goal."
Even the odds offered by the spinach company for this game are also shocking, and the draw is not optimistic about both sides.
The results are really confusing......
Subsequently, the German team announced the starting lineup with the Chinese team.
It seems to be expected that the German starting line-up is full of substitutes and no main player.
Lippi didn't have any surprises, because he didn't understand what the German team was selling.
The Chinese team will definitely not be able to win against the German team!
But it is also necessary to go to the main force.
Just look at the first 10 minutes of the game to see that if Germany is attacking like crazy all over the field, then it is dangerous, and if Germany plays more negatively, it means that the game is not difficult to play.
Commonly known as tacit ball......
"We will definitely play this game fairly, openly and impartially, there will be no cats, the Mexicans are worried that we are playing match-fixing, but they forget that the German team won the Confederations Cup last year even if they were in the third team!"
Loew is completely scoffed at conspiracy theories, especially in the Mexican media, which seem to have decided that the Germans will play tacit ball.
"Why don't people want to think about the fact that Sweden might also release water to them?"