The group of the Portuguese national team is definitely the group of death, and it is the deadliest group in this Shijie Cup, and the Portuguese national team is actually not very favored, they think that the Portuguese national team is likely to lose directly in the group stage.

Brazil are a strong team that has qualified for the Shijie Cup as the first place in the South American region under the leadership of young head coach Dunga. And last year, the Brazilian team also won the South African Confederations Cup, which is very strong.

Moreover, after the top 32 of the Shijie Cup in South Africa, the Brazilian team is ranked first in the odds offered by European bookmakers to win the championship, and everyone is optimistic that the Brazilian team will lead the team to win the sixth Shijie Cup championship in their history.

Now this Brazilian team is led by Kaka, although Kaka's performance after joining Real Madrid is not satisfactory, but everyone is full of confidence in Kaka, and Kaka's performance in the Brazilian national team is much better than his performance at the club.

Fabiano, who plays for Sevilla in La Liga up front, showed a terrifying goal rate in qualifying (nine goals in 11 games) and with such a scorer, manager Dunga can rest assured that he will not take Ronaldo to South Africa.

At the back, Lucio and Juan partnered in central defence, and the pair performed reasonably well in qualifying. Moreover, the newly rising AC Mulan central defender Thiago 61 Silva will also give Dunga one more choice in terms of employment.

Inter Milan's full-back McCone has been in great form in the past two years, and he has the style of Cafu at his peak. Inter goalkeeper Giulio 61 Cesar played all 18 matches of Brazil's qualifiers, and it can be said that Cesar is the most reassuring goalkeeper of the Brazilian team in recent Shijie Cups.

With a flashy attacking line and a solid backline, it's no surprise that Brazil are favored. However, the Brazilian team is not without weaknesses, they are just a little softer, so the Portuguese national team is not without opportunities.

As for the Ivory Coast team, it is also a team worthy of attention, after the round of 32 was announced, England's head coach Capello said that in addition to the traditional strong teams that need attention, Ivory Coast is the most noteworthy in this Shijie Cup.

Indeed, the Ivory Coast team is now a very strong team, a large number of excellent players have emerged, pushing Ivory Coast to the peak of the country's football career, Drogba, the Toure brothers, Kalou and Eboue and a large number of players are playing for the top giants in Europe, strong.

And these people are basically playing in the Premier League, they have no problem cooperating with each other at all, and their results in the African qualifiers are also good, which is indeed a team to watch for, and many people even voted them as the biggest dark horse in this Shijie Cup.

And in everyone's eyes, the biggest opponent for the Portuguese national team to qualify is the Ivory Coast team, but many people seem to be reluctant to believe that the Portuguese national team can qualify.

As for the Zuihou team in this group, the biggest feature is their mystique, except for the Shijie Cup qualifiers, the North Korean team rarely communicates with other teams in Shijie football.

North Korea played a total of 16 matches in the qualifiers, scoring 20 goals and conceding 7 goals. Overall, North Korea's defense is pretty good, but the offensive side is a bit lacking, scoring a total of 20 goals, nine of which came in the first round of qualifiers against the underdog Mongolia in the two-legged knockout match, which means that North Korea only scored 11 goals in the next 14 games, an average of less than one goal per game.

This is actually related to the limited ability of their attacking line, and the North Korean team's attack mainly relies on Jung Dae-se in the front line and Hong Ying-zao in the midfield.

Zheng Dashi is physically strong and has strong confrontation ability, but the shooting Jishu is a little worse, and he is the main striker of the North Korean national team. But he scored only one goal in twelve qualifiers, which was inefficient. Hong Ying, on the other hand, played in the Russian league and was the core of the North Korean team, scoring four goals in the qualifiers and being the top scorer of the North Korean team.

So, judging from these points, the North Korean team is limited in strength, and it is unlikely that they will be able to repeat the glory of their predecessors in the Shijie Cup for forty-four years.

And a lot of media believe that the North Korean team will be the send-off boy of this group, and their biggest task in the Shijie Cup is to add a touch of mystery to this group.

The head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo 61 Bento, told the players of the Portuguese national team completely about the information collected by his assistant, letting them know that the biggest opponents of the Portuguese national team in this group stage are Brazil and Ivory Coast.

Now the arrival of the Shijie Cup is getting closer and closer, and the training of the Portuguese national team is becoming more and more serious, and later, the training of the Portuguese national team at Baker Secondary School is only open to the public for 40 minutes, and after 40 minutes, the media reporters and fans will be asked to leave the training ground, and the Portuguese national team will start closed training.

The first 40 minutes of training were just simple regular warm-ups, and the reporters and fans couldn't see anything. After the press and fans were asked to leave the stadium, the Portuguese national team had to train for an hour and almost two hours, which is a training on the tactical level.

Of course, the Portuguese national team didn't want to be exposed so early, how they wished they could be as mysterious as the North Korean team, but unfortunately this was simply too difficult for them, because they were the center of attention everywhere they went, and there were always reporters following them.

Now the Portuguese national team has been fully prepared for the Shijie Cup, and these days, when Qiu Ze appears in front of media reporters and fans, they are always full of confidence, which makes everyone pay more attention to the Portuguese national team.

The Portugal national team's first group game will be against their biggest rivals in the group, Ivory Coast, and this is a very important match.

Speaking at the ceremony before the Portuguese national team left for South Africa, the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo 61 Bento, said: "Our first group game with the Ivory Coast national team is very crucial, and the result of this game will be directly related to whether the Portuguese national team can emerge from the group. ”

Therefore, for this game, the Portuguese national team is very serious, they can not be taken lightly at all, they have been preparing for this game for a long time, and now they are nervous when they see the Shijie Cup getting closer and closer.

On June 11, 2010, the South African Shijie Cup was finally unveiled to his mystery.

First of all, before the opening ceremony, five "Silver Eagle" fighters from the South African Air Force performed aerobatics over the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to kick off the 19th Shijie Cup Football Match.

Although the official opening ceremony will not officially begin until ten minutes later, the wonderful performance of the pilots has undoubtedly ignited the excitement of the ceremony.

At this time, people have already felt the breath of the South African Shijie Cup, she is getting closer and closer to everyone, and everyone can't help but get excited, waiting for this moment to come. When the countdown sounded, everyone in the audience was excited.

At 20:10, with the countdown on the big screen in the Soccer City Stadium, a short film of 1 minute and 47 seconds officially marked the beginning of the opening ceremony of the Shijie Cup.

The opening ceremony of the South African Shijie Cup is divided into four chapters, which are "Calling", "African Blood", "United Africa" and "United Shijie".

The opening ceremony was attended by dignitaries from more than 50 countries, but with the exception of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was absent due to the death of his great-granddaughter in a car accident, only officials from more than 20 countries actually attended, and Obama and others finally failed to make the appointment.

The opening of this year's Shijie Cup lasted for a total of 40 minutes and 19 seconds, which is also the longest opening ceremony of the Shijie Cup in history. At the same time, more than 1,500 artists and entertainers from all over Shijie participated in the opening ceremony, and 215 countries and regions broadcast live.

This opening ceremony is very grand, so that the whole Shijie people can feel the enthusiasm of the African people.

After the opening ceremony, the opening match of the South African Shijie Cup officially kicked off, which was a Group A match between the host South Africa and the North American representative Mexico.

The Mexican team is strong, they are regulars in the Shijie Cup. Founded in 1927, the Mexican national football team has reached the finals of the Shijie Cup thirteen times from the 1930 Shijie Cup to the 2006 Shijie Cup, four times to the round of 16 and twice to the quarterfinals, first in the 1986 Shijie Cup hosted by Mexico, and once in the 1970 Shijie Cup.

And the current Mexican team is relatively outstanding, and many people are optimistic about them, saying that the Mexican team has the strength to hit the quarterfinals of the Shijie Cup. Moreover, Mexico is also one of the favourites in Group A.

The hosts, South Africa, are a bit mysterious, and they rarely appear in the public eye. The most recent one was in the eyes of fans in the 2009 Confederations Cup, and in this Cup, the South African team showed very impressive quality, and they beat Portugal to finish third, which really surprised Shijie.

This is the opening match of this year's Shijie Cup, so it is naturally in the spotlight, and both teams know how important this game is for them, and of course they will be hoping to get a win over their opponents and get off to a good start in order to get ahead of the curve.

In fact, in this group, everyone looks at Haode the most is the runner-up French team in the last Shijie Cup, the strength of the French team is very good, everyone thinks that the French team has occupied a group of places, Uruguay. Mexico and South Africa are battling it out for a place in qualifying.

So, this game is very important for both Mexico and South Africa, who have to pick up points against their direct rivals, even those three points.

The South African fans were full of enthusiasm, and they boasted that it was the secret weapon of the South African team. The South African players were clearly the most comfortable with this, while Mexico were clearly quite uncomfortable, and that was the first problem that Mexico had in this game.

Mexico came with the confidence of winning, they had to beat South Africa to get the first chance to qualify, so after the start of the game, the Mexican team was still attack-oriented, putting pressure on the South African team.

Of course, South Africa are not the kind of team that is defensive, they are also attacking, and of course they are hoping to get points from Mexico.