Chapter 596: Japan that still advanced after losing
At 2 a.m. on June 28, in the final round of the World Cup group stage, the match between Switzerland and Costa Rica was played at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
In the 4th minute of the game, Shaqiri took the ball on the right side and passed through the crotch and crossed to the middle, Gavranovic's shot was blocked by the opponent and hit David Guzman's arm, and the referee did not say anything.
In the 6th minute of the game, Hoel Campbell suddenly shot from the right side in front of the penalty area, the ball was saved by Sommer on the ground, Costa Rica controlled the periphery, Oviedo crossed the ball from the left, Borges headed the goal, the ball was saved by Sommer again and hit the left post and popped up.
In the 10th minute of the game, Collinderes took the ball on the left side and cut into the penalty area and then curled a ball with his right foot, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced.
In the 20th minute of the game, Oviedo shot hard from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, and the ball was saved by Sommer on the ground.
In the 31st minute of the game, Switzerland scored first! Shaqiri distributed the ball in the middle to Lichtsteiner on the right, Lichtsteiner crossed the ball, Embolo nodded the ball to the goal, and Djemajli outflanked it!
Switzerland 1-0 Costa Rica!
In the 48th minute of the game, Borges crossed from the right, and Hoel Campbell volleyed in the middle, and the football flew out of the bottom line against the left post.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Embolo took the ball near the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and then shot a powerful shot from a near-zero angle position, and the ball was blocked by Navas.
In the 56th minute of the game, Costa Rica equalized! Costa Rica get a corner on the right, Campbell passes the ball into the box, Watson heads it over!
Switzerland 1 to 1 Costa Rica! It was Costa Rica's first goal of the tournament!
In the 78th minute of the game, Embolo crossed the ball from the right side, Dermic shook his head in front of the goal, and the football hit the right post and popped up.
In the 88th minute of the game, Switzerland took the lead again! The Swiss team counterattacked the opportunity, Zakaria crossed the low ball from the right, and Dermic outflanked and pushed the goal! Switzerland 2-1 Costa Rica!
In the 90th minute of the game, Ruiz received Watson's header and crossed the ball and fell in the penalty area under the opponent's defense, and the referee awarded a penalty, but after VAR reminders, the referee ruled that Ruiz was offside and the penalty was cancelled.
In stoppage time, Costa Rica equalized again!
Campbell took the ball on the left and cut into the box and fell to the ground under the defense of Zakaria, the referee awarded a penalty, Ruiz's penalty hit the crossbar and bounced off Sommer's back and into the goal! Switzerland 2 to 2 Costa Rica!
At full-time, Switzerland drew 2-2 with Costa Rica and advanced to the round of 16 as the second in the group, and Switzerland's knockout opponent will be Sweden.
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At 22 o'clock on June 28, Group H of the World Cup group stage ushered in a life-and-death match, and Senegal's match against Colombia was launched at the Samara Arena.
In the 12th minute of the game, Colombia got a free kick opportunity on the right side in front of the penalty area, Juan Quintero took a direct shot at the goal, and the ball was saved by Hadim Ndiaye.
In the 16th minute of the game, Mane entered the penalty area and fell to the ground under the shovel of Davinson Sanchez, and the referee awarded a penalty, but after repeated VAR confirmations, the referee deemed that there was no foul and the penalty was cancelled.
In the 31st minute of the game, James Rodriguez was unwell and was replaced by Muriel, and Ronaldo, who was off the field, walked directly back to the dressing room.
In the 39th minute of the game, Mojika was suspected of spraining his knee during the pursuit, and after a short treatment by the team doctor, Mojika returned to the field.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, in the 65th minute of the game, a free kick from the right side of Colombia was passed into the penalty area and was blocked by the opponent.
In the 67th minute of the game, Muriel dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area, Hardem Ndiaye made a timely flying tackle to clear the ball, and at the same time brought down Muriel, the referee thought that there was no foul, and the game continued.
In the 74th minute of the game, Colombia broke the deadlock! Senegal's Sabali was injured and replaced by Wag, at which time Colombia won a corner on the right side, Quintero passed the ball into the box, and Mina headed the ball into the net! Senegal 0-1 Colombia!
In the 77th minute of the game, Niang won the ball on the right side of the penalty area and turned around and shot hard, and the ball was saved by Ospina with both palms.
At the end of the match, Colombia defeated Senegal 1-0 and advanced to the round of 16 as the group winner.
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At 22:00 on June 28, a match in the third round of Group H of the World Cup group stage, the match between Japan and Poland was played at the Volgograd Stadium.
In the 11th minute of the game, the Japanese team counter-robbed in front, Yoshiki Muto took the ball to the left side, found Yuto Nagatomo, Yuto Nagatomo crossed again, and Shinji Okazaki's header was deflected.
Then, Yoshiki Muto had another long-range shot that was saved.
In the 20th minute of the game, Poland had a corner kick opportunity, a corner kick from the left side, Glick headed it in front of the goal, and the ball was confiscated, but the referee awarded a foul on the attacking team.
In the 31st minute of the game, Poland had a good chance, and the ball was transferred in a wide range in a quick counterattack, and Japan was caught off guard, Grositsky's header was very threatening, and Kawashima Eiji made a divine save on the goal line, and the goal-line technical judgment did not score.
In the 35th minute of the game, there was a chance in front of the Japanese team, Takashi Usami hit the goal from a small angle, and Fabianski saved the ball very steadily.
In the second half of the game, in the 54th minute, Poland's counterattack opportunity, Grositsky's cross from the right side was a little big, and Kawashima Eiji made a timely attack to confiscate the ball.
In the 60th minute of the game, Poland scored! Taking advantage of the opportunity of a free kick, at the edge of the small penalty area, the teenager Bednarek scored with a cushion, Japan 0-1 Poland.
In the 73rd minute of the game, Poland's counterattack opportunity, Grositsky on the right side pressed quickly, and the cross also accurately found Lewandowski, and Lewandowski's shot hit the plane.
In the 81st minute of the game, Eiji Kawashima made another wonderful save, and it was Grositsky's breakthrough on the right side, and the cross near the bottom line wanted to find Lewandowski, and Eiji Kawashima destroyed the route in time.
In the end, Japan lost 0-1 to Poland, but still advanced to the round of 16.
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If you want to say that the situation of qualifying is the clearest, it is Group G, Belgium and England have already qualified, but the first and second situation!
Before the game, the British media encouraged the England team: "It's time to show your strong team style and finish first in the group!" ”
England's opponent is Belgium, who have also won two in a row, they have six points from two games, and no matter what the result is, both pairs will qualify, and both sides will be substitutes.
Jones has no confidence in whether he will have a chance to play in the final game of the group stage, as Southgate has already told them that there will be a wide range of rotations.
At eight o'clock in the evening of the 25th, the media got the list of players who played, and Kane and Jones did not appear in the starting list!
Southgate changed his attacking line, leaving Marcus Rashford alongside Jamie Vardy and Raheem Sterling.
There was also a rotation in midfield, with all but Jesse Lingard in the field, with little change at the back, with Gary Cahill starting in place of Harry Maguire and Gareth Southgate making six changes to his starting line-up.
Belgium also changed 6 starters, the midfield except for Dembele all rotated, Solgen, Tielemans, Shazli got the opportunity to play, Batshuayi replaced Hazard in the front, Fellaini replaced Lukaku, and Vermaelen replaced Kompany in the backline!
On the other side, Panama continued to keep the same starting line-up, as did Tunisia, because this was their last game!