17. The group stage is in full swing

As soon as the opening match came up, the two sides launched an attack, and the game was very intense, which made the fans at the scene and in front of the TV watch their blood boiling.

The South African team played at home, and with the encouragement of the South African fans, the South African team did not act intimidating on the pitch, and they showed it very often. But over time, Mexico, a regular in the Shijie Cup, has built up a certain advantage.

Mexico is obviously much more experienced than South Africa, and they play very well, while South Africa is lined up to fight Mexico's jiashi, so that the South African players run more, fight more aggressively, and consume more energy.

Both sides created a number of chances in the first half, but neither took their chances and ended the game 0-0.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Mexican team continued their advantage in the first half, and the attack was more sharp, and gradually controlled the game.

But in the tenth minute of the second half of the game, the home team South Africa broke the ball in the midfield, after two consecutive simple passes in the middle, the players in the midfield found that the gap has been straight to tear apart the defense of the Mexican national team, the side of the Chabalala high-speed plugged in, like a Mercedes-Benz Ferrari sports car suddenly surpassed the Mexican defense, from the corner of the penalty area into the penalty area, one step in the big penalty area, a volley, the football flew straight to the far corner of the Mexican goal, smashed into the net, the host South Africa team led by one goal.

The entire Football City stadium was boiling in an instant, and the South African fans were excited, and the sound of the woo vuzuna resounded in the sky, making the Mexican players want to plug their ears.

The Mexican team was given the lead by the opponent in the dominant situation, which made the Mexican fans very unwilling, and the players of the Mexican team were also unwilling, and the Mexican team immediately attacked like crazy. South Africa, on the other hand, played defensive counter-attacks.

Mexico's attack seems to be very threatening, but in fact, it is difficult to threaten the fans of the South African team. As the clock ticked by, there was less and less time left in the game, but the Mexican team was getting more and more anxious and playing out of order.

The South African fans were so excited that they were just minutes away from their first victory in the Shijie Cup, and they couldn't wait to celebrate.

However, towards the end of the game, Mexico's striker Hernandez suddenly shot from the edge of the box when he was unable to enter the South African team's penalty area, and the football flew through the South African team's defense and into the goal.

In the 88th minute of the game, Mexico drew 1-1 with the host South Africa with a long-range shot from striker Hernandez and struggled to get a point.

The result was certainly unsatisfactory for the South Africans, who were only two minutes away from victory, but unfortunately unlucky. If they win this game, South Africa will have a smoother path to qualifying.

At this time, it is not the time that the South Africans regret the most, but when they see the results of the other two teams in the group.

The other match in this group is between France and Uruguay, before the game everyone is very optimistic about the French team, they are the runners-up of the last Shijie Cup, the strength is strong, they are considered to be the top of this group, have already occupied a group qualifiers.

However, the French team disappointed everyone in this game, they had few opportunities in this game, but the Uruguayan team played well, if it were not for the Uruguayans' ability to seize the opportunity was a little worse, the French team had been poked a few holes by the Uruguayans.

In the end, France struggled to draw 0-0 with Uruguay and get their first chance in this Shijie Cup.

The South Africans were very sorry to see this result, if the South African team could hold on in the first game, they would have been able to pick up three points and be top of the group after the first round of the group stage, and most importantly, they would have been two points higher than all their opponents.

It's a pity that the South Africans themselves didn't take advantage of the opportunity, and no one is to blame.

Qiu Ze watched these two games in front of the TV, and for these two games, Qiu Ze felt that he did not show all the standards of the four teams, and many factors affected their performance. But one thing Qiu Ze knows very well is that this French team will definitely not work.

Although the outside world is generally optimistic about the French team, after Qiu Ze saw the performance of the French team, he believes that it will be very difficult for the French team to qualify from this group, even if they qualify from the group, it is impossible to have any haode performance in the knockout round.

There are a lot of problems with this French team, and now in Qiu Ze's view, this Group A is more like a group of death, even more dead than their group, because the four teams in Group A are capable of qualifying from the group, and the four teams are very dead to grab two places.

And they have at least one of the North Korean teams in this group, so Qiu Ze thinks that this group A is even more dead.

With the end of Group A, the South African Shijie Cup is really here. The four teams from Group 2 were also featured on the second day, with the first match of this group being played between South Korea and Greece.

Now this Greek team is not the same Greek team as it was eight years ago, and their strength is not very outstanding. Therefore, the South Korean team from Asia performed very well in this game, and just six minutes into the first half of the game, the South Korean team had Lee Jung-so to receive a corner kick in the penalty area and shoot directly into the goal, leading 1-0.

When the second half of the game was interrupted, the central Manchester United star Park Ji-sung broke the ball in the middle, ran at high speed with the ball, and hit the Greek team's penalty area.

South Korea's performance really caught everyone's eye, and although they only had two goals in the game, they surprised everyone with their tactical and physical superiority, and they thought they would be the only other team in the group besides Argentina.

The second match of the second group was played between Argentina and Nigeria, the Argentine national team Nigeria still has some roots, they have met in Shijie Cup and Olympics and other competitions, and the two sides have won and lost each other, this game is worth looking forward to.

The current strength of the Argentine team is very outstanding, with the six gods in hand, and Messi is a genius. However, the Argentine national team's Shijie Cup debut was unsuccessful, although they won 1-0 against Nigeria thanks to a direct free-kick from Veron.

Because the process of the game was not satisfactory to everyone, in the game Nigeria played even better, they got more chances, created chaos in front of the Argentine national team three times, almost scored on three occasions, and even failed to take advantage of one chance to face an empty goal.

Of course, the Nigerian team also scored a goal in the game, but the referee whistled it for offside, and the goal was invalidated. However, it can be seen from the slow motion that the Nigerian team's goal is not offside, if this goal is not a misjudgment, then this game may be another result, let alone a victory, even if it is a draw, the Argentine national team may not be able to get it.

Therefore, everyone is so dissatisfied with this game, everyone's expectations for the Argentine national team are very high, but unfortunately this performance is really not good? And Messi, who has attracted everyone's attention, still continued his previous poor performance in the national team, and it can be said that this game was no performance.

This is very disappointing for fans who support the Argentine national team, and they are also worried about the future of the Argentine national team.

Of course, Qiu Ze also watched this day's game, to be honest, the South Korean team really made Qiu Ze's eyes shine, the Korean team entered the state relatively early, and the level of performance is still good, although they may not be able to enter the Shijie Cup quarterfinals, but Qiu Ze believes that they should be very easy to enter the Shijie Cup top 16, if they work hard, a little luckier, they may not be able to enter the Shijie Cup quarterfinals.

Qiu Ze of the Argentine team thinks that it is too early to talk about anything, and Qiu Ze is very convinced that the strength of the Argentine national team is there. Now they just haven't shown it yet, and if the Argentine national team can get into the next round, the Argentine national team is also a potentially very dangerous opponent.

Yes, at this time, the whole Portuguese national team is watching the other groups, they are now set on the knockout rounds, and they are very confident that they can make it out of the group.

Next is the third group of games, this third group is a relatively easy group, the England national team is really drawn, they are in this group everyone thinks that the England national team will join hands with the United States team to qualify, Algeria and Slovenia can not pose any threat to them at all.

The players of the England national team and the United States team naturally thought the same way, the first round of the group was a direct match between these two teams, both teams saw this game as a battle for the top spot in the group, and they did their best to win, but the result was indeed a 1-1 draw, with each side taking one point.

Both sides were not very happy with the result, but they were still acceptable as they did not think the other two teams in the group could pose any threat to them.

Indeed, the experience of another game in the group also confirmed their judgment, and the quality of these two teams is really not very good, and it is difficult for them to threaten the opponent's goal. But Slovenia were very lucky, they got a corner kick in the second half of the game, after the corner kick was opened, the Algerian goalkeeper made a mistake in making a save, and when the ball hit the goalkeeper's palm, it flew into the goal, Slovenia won 1-0 with this dribble balloon, and temporarily ranked first in this group.

Although Slovenia are now at the top of the group, neither the USA nor England see Slovenia as a threat to their qualifying prospects. They were all able to beat Slovenia comfortably, and they were confident that after the second round of fixtures, Slovenia would roll off top of the group and be crushed by them.

The first three groups of matches are over, and there are some upsets, but they are basically within the acceptable range.

Then it's the fourth group of games, and this group has the German team as the champions, and everyone is very concerned about this game. Of course, Qiu Ze and the Portuguese national team are also very concerned about this game, and they want to see the real strength of the German team.