Chapter 265: The group stage ends
In Group E, Brazil and Switzerland both passed smoothly.
The next Group F, but the biggest upset in this World Cup, the defending champion Germany, in the last round of the group stage, was defeated by the South Korean team 2:0, one win and two losses in the three group games, the bottom of the group, and went home early.
As a "male model team" with many fans, the German team has great ambitions in this World Cup, but unfortunately in the first round of the group stage, it lost to the Mexican team, and in the second group stage, although it beat the Swedish team with Kroos's second-reading goal, and pulled himself back from the edge of the cliff, but in the end it fell on the "defending champion curse" of the World Cup and was not spared.
The German team became the biggest team to go out of the group in this World Cup so far, and their elimination detonated the global media the next day, and almost everyone was discussing what happened to the German team in this World Cup.
So much so that the next day, the last four group games of this World Cup, the attention was somewhat affected.
These four games, in fact, there are a lot of highlights, Group G has a team like England with its own traffic, their opponent in this game Belgium team, is also a well-known strong team, the two top meet, it was full of highlights.
However, before this game, England and Belgium had already won both games and qualified for the group one round earlier, and the result of this game only affected the group standings of the two teams.
However, the two teams will face each other in the next quarter-finals from Group H, which is the weaker overall strength, so the group position will not affect them much, and in order to prepare for the next game, England and Belgium have reserved this game and have not given it their all.
In the end, Belgium defeated England by one goal with a goal in the opening stage of the second half and won the first place in Group G, with England ranking second; In the other game of Group G, the Tunisian team, which had been eliminated in advance, defeated Panama, which entered the World Cup finals for the first time, 2:1, giving the opponent three consecutive defeats in the group stage, and ending their World Cup journey with a victory.
The last two matches from Group H actually have a certain amount of suspense, and the promotion situation of this group is the most complicated of all eight groups before the final round of group stage!
The strongest Polish team in this group, although it has missed the round of 16 because of the poor performance in the first two rounds of games, has not won two games, but in the last round of the group stage, it still has a strong ability to disrupt the situation, and the other three teams all have the hope of qualifying, and the group ranking also needs to be completed in these two games before it can be finalized.
In the end, there was a rare scene in the history of the World Cup in Group H - after the final round of the group stage, Japan and Senegal not only had the same points, but also won one win, one draw and one loss in the three group games, and even the number of goals, goals conceded, and goal difference were all the same.
In the end, Japan was fortunate to finish second in Group H and advance to the round of 16 due to a high "fair score" – that is, fewer red and yellow cards – that is.
Colombia won the first place in Group H with a record of two wins and one loss, and Poland, the strongest team in this group, only won one and lost two in three games, and finished at the bottom of the group.
So far, the top 16 teams in this World Cup have all been decided, and most of the teams that have advanced are expected, but there are also unexpected situations such as the promotion of the Dragon Country team and the elimination of the German team.
In general, the group stage of this World Cup, the highlights are still quite enough, there are a few games that are very exciting, the number of goals is enough, due to the use of video assistant referee technology, the controversy of the game, compared with the previous World Cups, has been reduced a lot.
The group stage matches are all over, and this World Cup ushered in the first break since the start of the tournament, but a more tense and exciting knockout round is coming, and both the participating teams and fans can not be completely relaxed.
Of course, this refers to the teams that have advanced to the round of 16, as well as the fans who support these teams, those teams who have been out of the group stage and have already returned home early, and their fans, who can rest completely.
The quarter-finals between the Dragons and Portugal were scheduled for the first matchday of the knockout stage, with the Dragons moving from Volgograd to Sochi, the host of the tournament, three days ahead of schedule to prepare for the match.
Although the overall strength of the Dragon Country team has dropped greatly due to the crisis of cumulative yellow card suspension, and the probability of successfully breaking through in the quarterfinals is extremely low, the Dragon Team has not given up its efforts, even if there is the slightest opportunity, it must pay 100% effort to try its best!
Including in this game, Shen Feng, Zheng Zhi, Zhang Linpeng, and Hao Junmin, who were suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, did not relax themselves during the entire preparation period, and participated in the team's fully closed preparation training throughout the whole process, and did their part for the team's preparation.
As the game approaches, the attention of Dragon Kingdom fans to this game continues to rise.
In fact, since the unexpected group stage breakthrough of the Dragon Country team, advancing to the round of 16, and challenging the new European Cup champion in the quarterfinals, the Portuguese team led by Cristiano Ronaldo, the top superstar in international football, the enthusiasm of the Dragon Country fans has been ignited, and the discussion of this game has been high in the past few days.
The Dragon Country team has indeed brought many surprises to Dragon Country fans in this World Cup!
Especially those die-hard fans who spent huge manpower, money, time and energy, traveled thousands of miles to the game site in Russia to support the Dragon Country team, all felt that the trip was worthwhile!
The current Dragon Country team is indeed different from the Dragon Country team two years ago, and what it brings to fans is no longer regret and disappointment, but surprise and relief!
Therefore, although I know that the Dragon Country team will face very great difficulties in the next one-eighth final, and the possibility of winning is extremely slim, I still can't stop the enthusiastic Dragon Country fans from flocking to it!
Since the Dragon Nation team was not expected to advance to the round of 16, the number of Dragon Nation fans who bought tickets for this match held at the Festar Olympic Stadium in Sochi was not very large, so before the start of this game, the tickets for this game became the most wanted gift for all Dragon Nation fans!