Chapter 539: Opening Battle Prologue

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For the national teams, the preparation and publicity of the German World Cup have nothing to do with them. As one www.biquge.info of the top 32 teams in the World Cup finals, what they need to prepare is to adjust the state of the team, face the opponent in the best condition, strive to achieve good results, win glory for the country, and win honor for the team.

Three months ago, FIFA had already announced the World Cup grouping.

The media has long been informed of the grouping of the top 32 of the World Cup. But at that time, due to the lack of obvious differences in the strength of each group, the football powers did not report much on this matter, and it was only a generation, but now that the World Cup is about to start, everyone began to study the top 32 groupings to guess which team may appear, which team will be eliminated directly, which team may become a dark horse, etc.

Before the game, the German newspaper "Kicker" analyzed the strength of each group of teams, although it is a German newspaper, their views are very neutral, which can give fans an understanding of the strength of each team in the World Cup, and bring great reference value - Group A: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador as the hosts, the German team drew very well, they avoided the Netherlands, which the previous team was most worried about, as well as Serbia and Montenegro and the Czech Republic. This made the whole of Germany breathe a sigh of relief.

In this group, it is clear that Germany are the most likely to qualify, and the other team that will qualify will be Costa Rica and Poland.

As for Ecuador, this team is not too strong in South America, and the media is not optimistic.

Group B: England, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden This group gave the English a long breath.

The main reason is that the former coach of England, Eriksen, is a Swede, and if the Swede Eriksen continues to coach the England team, then now they have met the Swedish team, which is really a dramatic scene.

However, that did not happen, and the current manager of the England team is McClaren, who is an orthodox Englishman.

In England's group, Paraguay is a strong team in the last few World Cups, and their chances of qualifying are very good, and Sweden is also not a fuel-efficient lamp.

In the media evaluation, Group B Paraguay and Sweden will be very competitive.

Group C: Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia and Montenegro, the Netherlands and Argentina, obviously, this is a group of death, if you add the strong Serbia and Montenegro, and the African upstart CΓ΄te d'Ivoire, there is no doubt that the most watched group in the entire World Cup is Group C.

Each of the four teams in this group is likely to emerge, and even if Arsenal are eliminated, it really won't be unusual.

In addition to the three groups A, B, and C, which have attracted much attention, the other groups are:

Group D: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal Group E: Italy, Ghana, United States, Czech Republic Group F: Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Group G: France, Switzerland, South Korea, Togo Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia The new team of this European Championship is undoubtedly the Ukrainian team, this team under the leadership of the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shepchenko, directly entered the World Cup finals, which is the first time in the history of the Ukrainian team.

However, the media is not optimistic about the Ukrainian team with the world's top striker Shepchenko, because if they want to reach the round of 16 of the World Cup, they must eliminate Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, which is not an easy task, after all, Ukraine can really be called Sheva's one-man team.

In the Ukrainian team, he is even more important than Wang Li in the England team.

However, the football game is a team sport, and the difference in strength between Shepchenko and Wang Li is clear at a glance, and it is too difficult for Ukraine to qualify.

Of course, that doesn't have much to do with England, and the most important thing for England now is that they are about to face an opening game - England vs Paraguay.

This is the first match in Group B, and the first match of all competitions by FIFA, which means that England's 'all-stars' will play an opening match for the opening of the World Cup, and the venue is the Allianz Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the World Cup will be held.

After the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the two teams will start the World Cup with a direct performance of European football and South American football at the Allianz Stadium.

So, this game will be in the spotlight.

For England, time is tight and they have to be ready for everything

In recent decades, in South American football, Paraguay is undoubtedly a very strong rising star, in the public evaluation, Paraguay has followed Uruguay, to Brazil, Argentina formed a real threat!

This is Paraguay's third consecutive World Cup final.

Now, in South American football, apart from Brazil and Argentina, it is difficult for Colombia, upstart Ecuador or the former aristocratic Uruguay to compete with the tenacious Paraguay.

As a South American team, Paraguay's biggest asset is defense.

In the Paraguayan team, there are three of the most important players - captain Gamarra, Santa Cruz and Baredes.

The 35-year-old Gamarra is arguably an evergreen in Paraguayan football, having made nearly 80 appearances since making his debut with the national team in March 1993. Pautista. Torares holds the record for the most appearances for the national team in Paraguay's history. Even Zilavert, the flag man of Paraguayan football, is much inferior in front of him, and it can be said that he is the soul of the Paraguayan national team.

Gamarra plays as a centre-back and is currently the captain of the Paraguayan national team and the only choice for a scavenger and a lagging centre-back, and he is one of the most important pieces in the Paraguayan team's counter-attacking system.

Physically strong and with an excellent header, Gamarra was the anchor of Paraguay's backline and was named in the World Cup Team of the Year at the 1998 World Cup.

Judging from these honors and experiences, although Gamarra is old, his strength should not be underestimated. As long as Gamara is around, the Paraguayan backline is very solid.

Paraguay's second superstar is Paraguay's leading goalscorer Roque, who is only 25 years old. Santa Cruz, he is a typical talent.

At the age of 9, Santa Cruz entered the famous Olympia club in Paraguay, and at the age of 15, he represented the team in the competition. Santa Cruz quickly stood out as an icon in Paraguayan football.

At the 1997 World Junior Championships, Roque Brown. Santa Cruz began to show his prominence, scoring three goals in a row at the 1999 Copa America at the age of 18 and scoring a hat-trick that finally attracted the attention of Europe's giants, and eventually Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich took the lead and called him to his tent.

However, Roque. The name of Santa Cruz is not loud in Europe, and few fans will pay much attention to this Bayern goalscorer. But this is not because Santa Cruz is not strong, but he has a fatal weakness, which is that he is very easy to get injured!

This weakness is the natural enemy of any footballer.

At Bayern Munich, Santa Cruz has been injured almost every season, but in the dozen or so league games he played each season, he always shines and helps the team score.

His goal scoring efficiency is very high!

Although he has not been the absolute main force of Bayern and has not gained much fame in Europe, no one can deny the quality of Santa Cruz, and now Santa Cruz is in very good physical condition and all his injuries have fully recovered. In this World Cup, he will certainly be Paraguay's leading goalscorer.

In addition to these two, Carlos. Baredes is also a pillar for Paraguay, he is a pillar in midfield.

As the star of the Italian Reggina team, Baredes' quality should not be underestimated, and in the past season, as an attacking and defensive player, he scored nine goals for Reggina in 27 games he played, which is already very impressive in a small club team.

This year, Baredes is 30 years old, but before the World Cup, he still transferred to the Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon for 6.5 million euros.

It can be seen that his value should not be underestimated.

Paraguay has three big players such as forwards, midfielders and defenders, and the strength of the team can be seen from this.

Many media outlets are also optimistic that Paraguay can qualify in Group B, just like the last two World Cups, this team can still qualify from the group, and some media even commented that Paraguay is likely to threaten the results of the England team.

The market for such an opinion is small, but many South American fans are talking about it.

Of course, it's just a threat.

After all, Paraguay's squad and the England team are not comparable, and their so-called star may not even be able to play as a substitute when they arrive in the England team.

While this does not prove that Paraguay is unlikely to win, it does illustrate the gap between the two teams

England arrived in a hurry, they arrived in Munich when the squad was fully prepared, but England's game starts tomorrow after the opening ceremony.

Such a tight schedule has left journalists wondering, who feel that it will affect the performance of the England team.

'We're ready, and once here, all we need to do is play hard.'

In an interview, McClaren said: "They all felt like they should have arrived two days early, but I felt like the environment here would relax the players and their game would suffer, so I came a day late. ”

McLaren's words seemed light-hearted, and it seemed that everything was indeed his arrangement.

Now Munich has been completely overwhelmed by lights, blessings and passion, and this important city that hosts the World Cup has become a splendid city, with all kinds of media and fans arriving here.

If England had come a day earlier, they would have been 'disturbed' in all sorts of ways, which would have been detrimental to the opening battle they were going to play.

Of course, the players didn't care about that, so England was late.

As a member of the team, Wang Li will of course always be with the team, and this is not his first time in Munich, in fact, he only came here just two months ago and led Real Madrid to beat Bayern Munich.

And now, here he is again.

Therefore, after coming to Munich, Wang Li became a 'tour guide' to introduce his teammates, in fact, he was also a road blind, how could he know all of them in such a big city.

He's just talking about it, and if he really doesn't understand it, he makes it up, and his teammates don't know about it anyway, don't they?

What he didn't know, of course, was that while he was explaining the meaning of a symbolic golden pagoda to Harilson and Thomas, Hargreaves behind him couldn't hold back his laughter – and never forget that he was part of Bayern Munich.

All in all, after arriving in Munich, the atmosphere inside the England team was relaxed, and there was no sign that there would be an official match tomorrow.

In fact, in fact, every player is very serious about tomorrow's game.

While training at Wembley, McClaren explained their biggest rival in the group stage - Paraguay, a South American powerhouse, although it seems that the team is very different from England, but if it can threaten Brazil and Argentina, then it must have the strength to threaten England.

In the World Cup, the team's performance cannot be described simply as value.

In such an atmosphere, the next day came quickly.

For the teams participating in the World Cup, the first thing to do, of course, is to participate in the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the opening ceremony is not strict for the players to participate, most of the time they are watching the opening ceremony performance, the important thing is the next game, especially for the England team to stage the opening game

The World Cup is back in Europe, this is definitely something to celebrate for European fans, for this World Cup, UEFA, the German Football Association attaches great importance to it, as early as three months ago, the German Football Association has announced to the outside world that the opening ceremony of the World Cup has been fully prepared.

The opening ceremony of this year's FIFA World Cup was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

The Allianz Stadium was built at a cost of 660 million euros and has a capacity of more than 66,000 spectators.

The stadium is the home of FC Bayern Munich and FC Munich 1860, and its good hardware facilities are so popular with the organizing committee that the DFB chose it as the venue for the opening ceremony.

It was the first time Wang Li watched the opening ceremony of the World Cup live, and of course, it was also his first World Cup since coming to this world.

Wang Li feels that the opening ceremony held at the Allianz Stadium is still very appreciative, especially the first event of the opening ceremony, which has attracted the attention of fans, media and various players, that is, in the opening ceremony, 170 former World Cup champion players appeared collectively!

It was a shocking sight that many of the 170 former World Cup winners were not known or forgotten by the fans, but now they are all on the floor.

Among them, everyone is of course most concerned about Maradona and Pele.

The appearance of these two football kings even caused a sensation in the entire Allianz Stadium for a moment, and Wang Li also stared at these two people without blinking, before him, these two players can be said to be the most accomplished in world football.

With Wang Li's current fame, although he is not inferior to the two, if he wants to surpass these two, he must get a championship trophy of enough weight, that is, the Hercules Cup.

"Hercules Cup !!" Now Wang Li is only one championship trophy away from being canonized as the king of the ball.

At this moment, he is looking forward to the World Cup game.

After the debut of the 170 World Cup winners, there were some German-style shows, or folk art activities, which looked pretty good and were very appreciative, and Wang Li watched them with relish, which he felt was at least much better than the lethargic musical dramas in London.

However, as a player of the England team, he will not be able to enjoy the opening ceremony of the World Cup all the time, because after all the programs are over, the England team will be the focus of attention, and their big game with Paraguay will be the finale of tonight!

Halfway through the show, the England squad returned to the left wing dressing room.

At this time, the Allianz Arena was in a hot atmosphere, and the dressing room was obviously not quiet, and many players looked out of the empty window when they returned, and they all looked a little absent-minded.

"We're going to have a game soon!"

Seeing this situation, McLaren said solemnly. The reason why he let the English players come to Munich so late is afraid of this situation, the atmosphere of the World Cup is so hot, many players will indulge in it, but forget that they are the protagonists of the World Cup, so they can't play at a normal level.

"Guys, you have to cheer up and get back to the game, there's nothing out there, nothing!! We're about to have a world-class confrontation right now, do you want to make a fool of yourself in the game? ”

It's hot outside, but it's the game that counts, and after a while, England will be taking the place of those who are performing to call the whole stadium theme, so what's the point of watching the performances of those 'peers'?

These reflections didn't make much sense in themselves, but McClaren's words still worked somewhat, at least no player looked out the window.

Even if the sound made them feel like cat's claws in their hearts, they just endured to sit in their positions and did not move.

"Alright, alright! Ignore what's out there, the most important thing now is to get your shirt on, then do some pre-match preparation and you'll be playing in half an hour. ”

In the midst of his concern, McLaren kept reminding his players of what they should do.

Although the current England team has not undergone a major change, at least a third of the main players are all rookies in the World Cup, and such a team is really worrying.

Wang Li is also one of the rookies, but he performs better than those old birds.

After returning to the locker room, he didn't look outside, but sat directly in the resting position, silently adjusting his physical state, and now, he is already enthusiastic and looking forward to playing in the game.

The horn of the World Cup is about to sound!

(To be continued)