"Aimee, you can breathe a sigh of relief," Fan Shang said with a smile. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How is that possible! It should be the easiest game of the World Cup, and it will be even tougher in the future. Jacques shook his head.

Fan Shang shook his finger, "I think the next game is, to win two in a row." ”

Jacques frowned, then thought about the schedule, "I think you're right" because he thought that the next match would be against Saudi Arabia, and Asian teams are generally undervalued right now.

However, the other game in the same group was a bit of a surprise for the Vincent team, and Denmark won by only one goal against Saudi Arabia. And he relied on the tall central defender in the corner kick to bully the defenders of Saudi Arabia.

At this time, both Yakai and Fan Shang had solemn expressions on their faces at the same time.

"Anyone who can enter the World Cup has two brushes!" Fan Shang sighed.

"What brush?" Jacques looked confused, he couldn't figure out what the brush had to do with the World Cup.

"It's a saying from the Celestial Empire, that is, those who can enter the World Cup are teams of some level." Fan Shang explained.

Jacques nodded in agreement, Saudi Arabia is not as weak as imagined.

Five days later, the first round of the group stage is all over, and it can be said that there are no big upsets. One of the most unexpected was Nigeria's strong comeback from two points down, eventually winning 3-2 against Spain.

Vincent's other two players relied on a kraft candy defence to draw 0-0 with Bulgaria, and in the game, Chilavert hit the crossbar from another free-kick and almost became the goalkeeper for the first goal in the World Cup. However, he is also the closest goalkeeper in history to scoring a goal.

In the second round, although the French team played against the underdog Saudi Arabia, they still sent almost all the main players, but due to a small injury in Djokaef in the last game, Pire replaced him in the starting position.

When the game ended, Jacques and Fan Shang looked at each other, the two felt that they were completely false alarms, and thought how strong Saudi Arabia was, the final score was 4:0, and France won the game bloodlessly.

However, there was another episode in this game, Zidane was sent off the field with a red card because of the stampede, and Yakai didn't say anything after he came down, but Fan Shang pointed at Zidane's nose and sprayed, and he didn't show him mercy at all.

Originally, the players thought that Zidane, who seemed to have a docile temper and was actually hot, would definitely go up to the top with Fan Shang, but who would have thought that Zidane just looked at Fan Shang and then nodded.

At this time, many substitute players who are not very familiar with Fan Shang are slowly changing their views on Fan Shang.

Due to the 1-1 draw between South Africa and Denmark in the previous match, France qualified from this group early. The final game against Denmark will determine which team will finish first in the group.

The entire second round of the group stage, there was not much upset, Paraguay forced Spain to draw may not have been expected by many people before the game, this time Paraguay led by Chilavert really let people see what is called kraft candy defense. In Group G, England's last-minute defeat by Romania has also become another topic of discussion in this round.

Before the final round of the group, Jacques called the coaching staff together, "Tomorrow is the final round of the group, will we take the first or second place in the group?" ”

Fan Shang had considered this issue before, and after watching the matchup situation in the knockout round, Fan Shang made up his mind first. "I think we should try to win the group."

"Why?" Jacques asked, "To get back to the top of the group could be Paraguay or Spain, and the second team should be Nigeria, although they were eye-catching in the group stage, but it's hard to say in the knockout rounds. ”

"Aimee, we can't just watch one game." Fan Shang took out the knockout match chart in his hand, "If we finish second in the group, we will be in the same half as Brazil, and we will meet Brazil in the top 8." I don't think it's a good idea. ”

Everyone looked at this picture, in fact, they also understood very well, but it was just a sacrifice of immediate interests and long-term interests.

"Fan Shang, what do you think are the chances of us reaching the final in the lower half?" Jacquet asked.

"I don't dare to say it, but at least it's much higher than meeting Brazil in the last eight." Fan Shangke can't say that we will definitely win the championship, so he can only say it half-jokingly.

Jacques stared at the match for a long time, and finally slapped the table and decided, "We are going to be the first in the group!" ”

So in the last match, France played a tight match with Denmark, and in the end France won 2-1 against Denmark. With South Africa and Saudi Arabia tied 2-2 in the other match, the two spots in this group were decided, with France topping the group with nine points and Denmark finishing second with four points, and both teams progressed to the round of 16, while Saudi Arabia and South Africa were eliminated and could pack their bags and go home.

With the end of the last group stage, the round of 16 of this World Cup has also been produced, the biggest dark horse is Nigeria, and Paraguay also won the second place in the group by virtue of the victory in the last game. There was actually a small upset in Group A, with Norway successfully advancing to the round of 16 thanks to a 2-1 win over Brazil in the last game.

Of course, the most disappointing group stage was Spain, who did not show much other than a 6-1 win over Bulgaria in their final game. Asian teams were also weak overall, with no Asian team in the round of 16, with the only victory coming from Iran over the United States.

Several of Bordeaux's players at the European Championships had mixed results, with Song's Cameroon eliminated and he himself receiving a red card in his final match.

Chilavert and Gamarra led Paraguay to the round of 16, while Bordeaux's other players at the World Cup were in France.

France's last-16 opponent will be Paraguay, a team that will be a headache for Jacques, who will have a headache for their kraft gum defense.

"Fan Shang, you are relatively proficient in defense, how should you deal with this kind of defense?" Jacques came to ask Fan Shang.

"You should ask Roger about this." Fan Shang said as he spoke, but his mind was thinking about how to break the door of Chilavet.

"Come on, I've already asked him, but he doesn't have anything to do with you Bordeaux, and it's the same now." Jacques said helplessly.