No. 509: The tragic third round begins, and the host is eliminated!

The end of the match between Spain and Honduras means the end of the second round of the group, and the World Cup will enter a brutal third round to determine the place in the knockout round. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The World Cup finally showed its cruel side, except for Argentina, the Netherlands, and Brazil, who won two games and two wins to lock in the qualification places in advance, other teams have to fight for qualification.

To be fair, the two matches in the final round of the group are played at the same time.

The best in Group A are Uruguay and Mexico, both with one win and one draw, and as long as they draw their last game, they will join forces to qualify.

Even if they lose to each other narrowly, they may qualify on goal difference.

The best of the game is Uruguay, who only need a draw to secure top spot in their group.

Will two teams from the Americas play a tacit game?

Before the game, the coaches of both teams said that they would not play tacit ball and would fight for the top spot in the group, because the second team is likely to meet Argentina in the first round of the knockout round!

Argentina showed the style of a strong team in the group stage, and no one wanted to run into them.

In addition to the focus on qualifying, people are also very concerned about the French team, can the last runners-up get a win after the infighting?

At four o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd, the two games started at the same time.

At the Bloemfontein Free State Stadium, France welcomed the host South African team, and as soon as the game began, South Africa gave France a heavy blow!

In the fifteenth second of the opening game, South Africa got a corner kick opportunity, Chabalala took a corner kick from the right side, French goalkeeper Lloris attacked but couldn't reach the ball, and the football flew to the back point!

Kumalo jumped high at the back post to beat Diaby and fired a ferocious header from four meters in front of goal!

Soccer ball smashed into the net!

The ball is in!

South Africa leads by one goal!

If it weren't for Chen Fan's lightning goal in the match with Denmark, this goal would be the fastest goal in this World Cup!

South Africa will need to score more goals than just a win over France to qualify, after all, they are in a very bad position on goal difference as they were beaten by three goals at the feet of Uruguay in the second round.

In the following match, the hosts launched a fierce attack on the former World Cup champion amid the huge shouts of the fans.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Suarez made a through pass from outside the penalty area, and after taking the ball on the left side of the penalty area, Alvaro Pereira took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot into the near corner from 12 meters from the goal!

Soccer ball misses the goal!

Mexico immediately launched a quick counter-attack, and Guardado took Blanco's knockback and fired a long-range shot from 30 yards from Uruguay's goal!

The soccer ball whistled like a cannonball towards the top right corner of the goal!

Just as the Mexican fans were about to cheer, "Pong! ......" with a loud bang, the football hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line!

Mexico missed the opportunity to take the lead.

At the Bloemfontein Free State Stadium, France suffered another blow in the 25th minute, when French midfielder Gourcuff elbowed Cibaya in the jaw during a battle in the penalty area!

Colombian referee Luis directly showed a red card!

The French fans were dumbfounded, despair appeared in their eyes, their team was finished......

In the 37th minute of the first half, the South African team launched an attack from the left side, Chabalala crossed from the left, and French midfielder Diaby made a mistake in the penalty area!

Marsiella stepped forward and swung his left foot across the middle!

Mfera flew forward to grab the point and pushed with his left foot!

Football blocked by French full-back Clichy!

Mfera reacted quickly and stepped forward to shoot with a follow-up shot!

This time, no one could stop his shot, and the ball flew into the net!

At 2-0, the hosts led by two goals and made their goal difference minus one, and if there was a big lead in the other game, they could enter the knockout stage with a goal difference.

This feeling of looking at other people's faces is very bad.

South Africa continued to attack France, who were playing with one man less, and the two-goal deficit seemed to wake up the former World Cup champions, and the French attacked South Africa with a good defense.

In the 40th minute of the first half, Clichy took a free kick from the left side and passed a long pass to the penalty area, and Cisse grabbed the point in front of the goal!

However, under the interference of the opposing defenders, the French striker failed to touch the football, and South African goalkeeper Josephs flew to lift the football over the far post with one hand!

Soon after, the news came that gave South African fans hope that another piece of turf had scored!

At the Royal Bamfordken Stadium in Rustenburg, the deadlock on the pitch was broken in the 43rd minute of the first half.

Uruguay attacked from the right, Cavani crossed, and the unguarded Suarez headed home from the edge of the six-yard box!

1 to 0!

Uruguay lead by one goal!

Mexico's goal count becomes positive!

All it takes is two more goals for South Africa, or two more for Uruguay, and South Africa will be able to catch Mexico in the number of goals!

This gives South African fans the hope of qualifying!

In the next few minutes of the first half, the scores of the two games did not change.

After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the two games went into the second half of the showdown!

Perhaps seeing the dawn of qualifying, the South African team played very impatiently, and they frequently scored good opportunities for South Africa, but in the 25th minute of the second half, they were pulled back by the French team.

In the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, Sagna assisted a left-footed direct pass to the middle of the front, Ribery successfully countered offside, and the right side of the penalty area faced the attacking Josephs with a cross!

Malouda shoots an empty goal with his right foot from eight meters in front of goal!

The ball is in!

One to two!

South Africa's goal difference was minus two, and the light of hope in the eyes of the host fans slowly faded, and they understood that miracles were hard to come by.

Another piece of turf, the Mexicans did not give the Uruguayans a chance to extend their score.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Uruguayans, their task for this game is done, and they only need to win the group to avoid meeting Argentina early.

They have to prepare for the knockouts.

They continue to storm and it remains to be seen if they will be able to break the Mexicans' goal again, and what if the Mexicans go crazy and kick their main players to the injury list?

Until the final whistle, the scores of both games did not change.

In the end, Uruguay won three games in a row and drew one, accumulated seven points, won the first place in the group, and successfully avoided Argentina.

Mexico and hosts South Africa have the same record, with one win, one draw and one loss, but Mexico's goal difference is plus-one, while South Africa's goal difference is minus-two.

Mexico advanced to the knockout stage on goal difference.

The weakest host in history did not escape his fate and was eliminated......

South Africa is not the object of heated media discussion, and last year's runners-up France, with one draw and two defeats in three games, was a big surprise and disappointed French fans.

The Gallic rooster wilted, and the reason was obvious, the team's internal relations were in trouble, and the infighting seriously depleted the team's fighting power. First of all, the head coach Domenech's prestige is not there, and many players in the team do not trust him, so that there is a rare scene of Anelka pointing at his nose and scolding.

Secondly, the players are cliqued and factional, the captain Evra is the core of the hard erection, in fact, no one listens to him, Henry and Gallas in the "old man" set up another hill and attracted many players, which made them not get along with each other and there were many contradictions in the team.

According to media reports, Henry and Gallas both played a "role" in the process of the Anelka incident.

It is rare in history for a team to be seriously dragged down by infighting like this, and even the Dutch team, the famous "king of infighting", has never been so chaotic.

The Netherlands at Euro 1996 was an example of attrition in infighting, with white players split into two factions and heavily antagonistic to Surinamese players.

One of the most violent was the "wild boar" Davies, who said that the head coach Hiddink was controlled by the De Boer brothers and Bergkamp and others, hoping that Hiddink would no longer listen to the advice of "those bastards", and in the end, Davies was expelled from the team, and the Netherlands was eliminated by France in that European Championship.