No. 518: Brazil and Portugal join hands to qualify!
The last champion and runner-up group did not qualify, and from another side, the World Cup competition is too fierce. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
So who will qualify from the group of death, apart from Brazil?
The best of the game is Portugal, who have a clean sheet of seven against North Korea and will qualify as long as they don't lose big to Brazil.
Is it possible that if the African elephant Ivory Coast wants to qualify, in addition to its own big win over North Korea, it also has to hope that Brazil will beat Portugal by a big score?
As long as Portugal and Brazil draw, it doesn't matter if they win more goals.
Speaking to the media before the game, Drogba said: "Although we are not in our own hands to qualify, we will do everything we can to beat the North Korean team because we have to be worthy of the fans who have always supported us.
Also, we have to always believe in miracles, Slovakia has proven that there are miracles in the World Cup! ”
North Korean coach Kim Jong-hoon told reporters at a pre-match press conference: "Although we have no hope of qualifying, we will try to deliver a victory to the great leader!" ”
Due to the difference in strength and fame, the match between Côte d'Ivoire and North Korea certainly does not have as much attention as the match between Portugal and Brazil.
At 4 p.m. on the 25th, the two matches were played at the Mbobela Stadium in Splitte and the Durban Stadium.
At the Durban Stadium, Portugal only need to beat Brazil to top the group, while Brazil only need a draw to keep top of the group.
The game began with a fierce battle between the two teams in midfield, and in the sixth minute Brazil won the battle for midfield, Baptista, who replaced Kaka, played a pass in the hinterland, and Daniel Alves volleyed from 25 meters in front of goal!
The ball flies towards the bottom left corner of the goal!
Between the flashes of light, the football grabs the goalpost!
Cristiano Ronaldo was heavily targeted by the Brazilian team, and the Brazilian did not give him a chance to get the ball comfortably until the fifteenth minute of the first half, when the Portuguese superstar was given a chance to shoot.
Portuguese full-back Coentrão assisted, and before he reached the Brazilian penalty area, suddenly a left-sided man split the ball, shook off McCone, and crossed it!
Brazilian Cesar made a decisive attack and saved the football!
Portuguese midfielder Thiago took two steps forward to take control of the football and knocked it across in the face of the Brazilian defender's frontal defense!
Ronaldo followed up in the middle and volleyed directly!
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva stretched out his right foot and stubbornly blocked the ball to defuse Portugal's successive attacks.
In the ensuing game, the two teams were once again locked in a battle for midfield.
At the Mbobella Stadium in Split, Ivory Coast besieged from the very beginning of the match by virtue of its strength advantage.
Just 55 seconds into the game, Yaya Toure made a direct pass, Keita burst into the box and scored a single knife from 10 meters from the goal!
Keita pushes it out!
North Korean goalkeeper Lee Myung-kook bravely blocked the football with his legs, and then saved the football from the bottom line!
In the third minute, Romaric passed, and Boca's long-range shot from the left was easily obtained by Li Mingguo!
In the ninth minute, Romarik's free kick from 35 meters away from the goal was confiscated by Li Mingguo!
A minute later, Ivory Coast made a comeback, Drogba played a through ball in the heart of North Korea, Gervinho burst into the left side of the box and crossed, the ball slid past the goal!
In the 11th minute, Keita's cross from the right was met by Chelsea centre-forward Didier Drogba with a header from eight yards!
Just as the Ivorians were about to cheer, the referee signalled that Drogba was offside and the goal was disallowed.
Drogba was not discouraged and encouraged each other with his team-mates and they saw hope of scoring.
Under the continuous onslaught of the Ivorians, there were problems with the rear line of the DPRK.
In the fourteenth minute of the first half, Boca crossed from the left, and the unguarded Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure pushed it from the edge of the penalty area!
The ball flies towards the bottom right corner of the goal!
Li Mingguo made a brave save, but the angle of the ball was too tricky, and the ball flew past his fingertips and drilled into the net from the bottom right corner of the goal!
1 to 0!
The Ivorians lead by one goal!
After the restart, the Ivorians were more energetic, and they used aggressive defence to quickly defuse the opposition's attack.
In the twentieth minute of the first half, Ivory Coast once again attacked from the left, Boca crossed, and Drogba in the middle stopped the ball beautifully and turned away from the defense!
The Chelsea centre-forward turns and shoots hard!
A white light shines!
Immediately followed by "Pong! ......" with a loud bang, the football hit the crossbar and bounced out!
La Liga Sevilla midfielder Romaric header from the edge of the small penalty area goes into the empty goal!
The ball is in!
Two to zero!
The North Korean team is in danger of collapsing!
The Ivorians see the possibility of a big win!
However, the North Koreans did not collapse as one might have imagined and did not let the Ivorians score again for the rest of the first half!
On the other piece of turf, the Portuguese and Brazilians ended the first half with a score of 0-0.
Although neither side scored, the scene was extremely hot, and the referee took out seven yellow cards in the first half!
In addition to the fact that both sides want to compete for the top spot in the group, such a hot scene is inseparable from a penalty by the referee. In the 24th minute of the first half, Portugal counterattacked with a long pass to Ronaldo at the back, and Juan blocked the ball with his left arm when he cleared the ball with a header.
The Portuguese players asked the referee for a red card, but referee Arjundia only showed Juan a yellow card, and warned Duda, who had physical contact with him during the protest.
This penalty made the field full of gunpowder.
After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the players were back on the pitch.
Ivory Coast are clearly affected by Portugal's clash with Brazil, and even if they score more goals, they will still be eliminated as long as Portugal remain unbeaten.
Now they can only hope that Brazil can beat the Portuguese, and by a big margin.
The Portuguese are 17 games unbeaten and it would be unrealistic to expect them to lose big to Brazil.
This mentality has clearly affected the form of the Ivorians, who have missed the scoring opportunity again and again.
In the 37th minute of the second half, Ivory Coast attacked again from the left side, creating a cross from the left side of Boca, who had scored the first two goals!
Chelsea winger Kalou, who broke away from the defence, volleyed home from eight yards out!
Three to zero!
Ivory Coast seal the win!
However, the score in the other game was still 0-0.
At the Durban Stadium, the Portuguese focused on defending the centre in the closing stages of the game, with the Brazilian attacking fiercely.
In the forty-third minute of the second half, Daniel Alves crossed with his left foot from the right, and Lucio's header from a small angle was confiscated by Eduardo!
In the forty-fifth minute of the second half, Daniel Alves' cold shot from a small angle on the right side missed the near post!
In the first minute of stoppage time, Ramires volleyed from twenty-four meters in front of the goal!
The football touches Bruno Alves's back and changes the line to the upper right corner, and Eduardo flies out with one hand!
In the end, Brazil and Portugal played 0-0 with each other, and the two teams advanced together!
Despite a 3-0 win over North Korea, Ivory Coast could not escape their elimination.