Fans in England and China waited for the third round of the European Championship group stage as they waited for the condition of Qiansheng's injury.

As the game progressed, the opponents in the upper and lower halves of the knockout stage gradually surfaced, especially after the results of Group C and Group D came out, causing an uproar among the Euro Championship crowd because of the eerie death half.

“Tobeornottobe，that\'saquestion.” (To live or to perish, that's the question.) )

The famous line "Hamlet" has eternal vitality.

Before the game, the qualifying situation for Group C was simple and bright, with Germany and Poland both winning and drawing one and accumulating four points, and Germany had one more goal difference than Poland to rank first in the group.

Compared to Group B, the qualification situation of this group is very clear, Ukraine lost in the second round of the crucial game, which could not surpass Northern Ireland in the rankings, and has already been eliminated from the group early, so it is expected that the final round loss to Poland, who need to protect the top two in the group.

Northern Ireland have three points and a goal difference before the game, and as long as they can hold on to a draw against Germany, they will be able to beat the third place in Group F (the probability of third in Group F with four points and a goal difference of more than one is small).

Don't look at the German team's pre-game interviews have said that they will strive to qualify for the first place in the group, but Loew is very entangled in his heart, the second place in this group is in the first half of the knockout round, this fragrant dumpling really wants to eat, and I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses.

If Germany tops the group, they will likely face Italy, France, Portugal and Croatia for a place in the final.

Looking at Spain and Belgium on the other side, whether to challenge the difficulty of Shura with France or take the initiative to admit Xu Tu's great cause in the group stage, it is a difficult choice for Loew.

However, for Germany, life and death may have been weakened, after all, in the past five tournaments against Italy and Spain each knelt twice, the only time not to kneel was because the two teams returned home in the group stage.

It is not difficult to survive the quarter-finals, and when it comes to the quarter-finals, whether it is against Italy or Spain, you have to kneel horizontally and vertically.

Another problem for Loew is that Thomas Müller, the team's top scorer in two consecutive major tournaments, has been completely dumbfounded at this European Championship, scoring zero goals in two games, which is not a good thing for the German team.

The stable explosion point cannot break out, once it enters the knockout round or continues to be dumb, the German tank is more auspicious, and the World Cup champion cannot replicate Spain's feat of defending the European Championship after the World Cup, I am afraid that Loew's position will not be stable.

Always a World Cup winner, Loew did his best to win Northern Ireland and secure a place from the group.

On June 21, at the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, the two matches of Group C were played at the same time.

With 71 per cent possession, 26 shots on goal and 10 shots on target, anyone would have thought it was a carnage just by looking at Germany's post-match statistics.

Amazingly, ace scorer Muller scored once and twice in the woodwork, despite creating numerous chances, even though he set up Mario Gomez to score the winning goal to make it 1-0.

Germany also qualified for top of the group, dropping themselves into the bottom half of the knockout stage between France and Italy.

Somsut Ozil, a club team-mate and pastry feeder, was voted Man of the Match for his outstanding performance.

This is the third consecutive start for the team in the group stage of this European Cup, and he played the whole game.

According to UEFA statistics, Mesut Ozil's pass completion rate in this game reached 98%, almost 100%, exceeding the team's average of 91%.

Compared with the first two games of the group stage, Loew, who is no longer willful, sent a real center forward and the only full-time center forward in the squad, Gomez, to solve the old problem of the German team being stuck in a striker - unable to score.

It was Gomez's arrival that activated Muller, giving the German striker, nicknamed "Erwa", more room to move and posing a huge threat to Northern Ireland.

Despite missing a single shot and hitting the post with two unlucky shots, the stats of six shots and three dangerous passes including an assist in the game proved the resurgence of the German ace, and it is believed that the second child, who has the same surname as the world's top scorer Gerd Müller, will open the scoring account in the knockout round.

Gomez, who handed over the terrifying statistic of 5 shots on goal and 4 on target and scored 1 goal in this game, made Loew reflect on whether to return to the striker formation after entering the knockout round, or continue to play the center forward formation that can improve the threat of the forward line and create more opportunities for the wingers on both sides.

The German Emperor's speech after the game may have made Loew have a choice.

'In my opinion, the attacking triangle is very suitable at the moment. Mario showed a completely different ability in the single arrow position, and there should be a striker with a strong header in the central area, especially if he strengthened his attack on the wing. ”

The emperor's words can't be ignored, otherwise once the results of this European Cup are not good, he will be dismissed.

The performance of this game was very good, in the German team prevailed, the Northern Ireland team that only conceded one goal under the bombardment was defeated, their tenacious defense was very admirable, and only conceded one goal against the extremely strong German team, which proved that there is no weak team in Europe, and the level of the European Cup is indeed high.

Slovakia in Group B currently have four points, with only three points from Northern Ireland's defeat to Germany.

With third place in Group A and Group C, Albania and Northern Ireland both having just three points, this means Slovakia will finish third in Group B.

When the whole Slovak team and their fans learned the news, the coaches and players, including Jan Kozak, were all in tears, and the Slovak fans celebrated happily, and many of them thanked the German team for playing fairly, not fearing the death half, and defeating Northern Ireland with real guns.

It's no wonder that Slovakia are so happy to have reached the knockout stages of the European Championship for the first time, joining Wales in setting a record for the team and becoming the first group to have three teams in the knockout stages together.

Loew, who is regarded as a hero in Slovakia, would not know if there was a black line on his forehead or his entire face.

Nima, blame the second round of the group stage curse, if you can win Poland, lose to Northern Ireland, take the second place in the group to go to the top half, and reach the final?

With the third round not fully over, Slovakia still don't know which half they can be in, while Northern Ireland still have a chance to reach the round of 16, and this chance is in Group D.

With 64% to 36% possession, 17 to 9 shots on goal and 5 to 3 shots on target, no matter how you look at it, the data is not like Ukraine, which has been eliminated early.

However, Kuba, who came off the bench in the second half, scored the winning goal to send Ukraine to three consecutive defeats with the same score as the German team, and the Eastern European Riders finished second in the group and entered the round of 16, setting a team record.

The Eastern European Iron Army, which has participated in the European Championship twice, has stopped in the group stage, and this time to reach the knockout stage is undoubtedly an improvement.

Poland coach Adam Nawalka was thrilled: "We have the opportunity to continue to make history. ”

Because the opponent of the eighth-knockout round is Switzerland, which is about the same strength, both sides have a chance to reach the quarterfinals and set their own team history records with 55 wins and losses.

Although the three games were defeated, Ukraine still played with momentum against Poland, and the 34-year-old midfielder Ruslan Rotan in the Ukrainian team was voted the best player of the game by UEFA, which is a consolation for Ukraine's disappointment in the European Championship.

Although Poland are in the top half of the bracket without many strong teams, there is one problem that will make it difficult to go further in the knockout rounds.

The problem is to activate the attack power of their captain Robert Lewandowski.

With 0 goals in three games in the group stage, the Bundesliga Golden Boot and his club teammate Muller are all in a goal drought in the tournament, although it is said that not being able to score can also help the team win, but as the only big star in Poland, if he can't unlock his shooting ability in the more brutal knockout round, the Eastern European Knights want to go further in the top half, Nawalka has to find a way.

Defending champions Spain are in a group that has never lacked attention. In terms of the team's all-time record in the tournament, no group has such an impressive record as Group D: Spain won two European Championships and one World Cup; Croatia just debuted and caused a plaid frenzy at the World Cup; The Czech's predecessors once almost reached the pinnacle of the World Series; Turkey also reached the semi-finals of the magical World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

Looking at it this way, it is not an exaggeration to say that this group is the group of death. The battle between life and death in the third round is about to begin, and there are still many possibilities for the ranking of this group.

The 2014 World Cup trip to Brazil once made the world lament the collapse of the Spanish dynasty, and the helpless figure of Igor Casillas after being played by Arjan Robben became a classic picture of that World Cup.

With Germany lifting the Hercules Cup in Brazil in unstoppable fashion, the dynastic era of football seemed to change overnight.

However, the true king is always the warrior who has gone through hardships and still moves forward, not to mention that today's matadors are not the tragic army at the turn of the century, they have long been the glorious supreme who created the unprecedented world championship three times in a row. This time I came to France, I wanted to challenge, but I also searched.

(PS: After the end of the European Cup, there will be a small climax, whether the book is finished, depending on the results of the book, the author Jun found that he was too busy with work, and he was really unable to do it, plus the results since this month were worse than last month, so wait for the end of the European Cup, and then see if the book is finished.) (To be continued.) )