Chapter 120: World Cup Top 32 (I)

Football, the sport that makes hundreds of millions of people crazy about shijie, shijie cup, football shijie quadrennial super feast, no one can refuse the passion of shijie cup, and no one can refuse to pay attention to shijie cup.

Whenever it is time for the opening of the Shijie Cup, everything else has to stand aside, even if it is a league that has not yet ended, it can only temporarily enter the suspension period, because no national league dares to compete with the Shijie Cup for attention.

In Digan's previous life, every time the Shijie Cup was played, he could only be a spectator, even if he was not dragged down by heart disease, with the weak strength of Chinese football, it was difficult to go to the Shijie Cup.

But now, with a strong body, Degan doesn't have to feel sorry for the shijie cup.

Because of participating in the Champions League final, Digan was ten days late before he felt that Brussels participated in the training camp of the Belgian national team and returned to the shijie stage, which made the whole country of Belgium jubilant, and the Football Association gave Belgium great support.

Before heading to Germany, Belgium played two warm-up games, one of which was against Paraguay, and in the end it was thanks to two goals from Degan that Belgium won 2-1, and then in a warm-up game, Belgium drew 2-2 with Sweden and Digan scored another goal.

Whether you want to admit it or not, an indisputable thing is that the fate of Belgium in this Shijie Cup will definitely be in the hands of Digan, and Belgium's results basically depend on Digan's performance.

On 3 June, the Belgian national team departed from Brussels and arrived in Leipzig, Germany, where they will play all three group games against Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

Several other groups, of which Group A gathered the host Germany, the king of the qualifiers, Poland, as well as Ecuador and Costa Rica from the American continent.

Jurgen Klinsmann's German team is a well-deserved giant of European football, with iron will and strict tactical discipline as the most important factors in the Germanic chariot, which has dominated Europe for decades and achieved brilliant results in the Shijie field, and the three European Championships and three Shijie Cup championships in history are enough to speak for themselves.

Although the overall level of German football has declined since the mid-to-late 90s, the super overall combat ability still helped them win the runner-up of the 2002 Shijie Cup, this time in front of the Germans' home, any way to face them, obviously there is no certainty of victory, and after 1974 to win the cup again on home, it has become the dream of the whole Germany.

The vast majority of the German squad plays in their home leagues, but German clubs, with the exception of Bayern Munich, have been on the European stage for two years in a row. Midfielder Michael Ballack has been on the rise in form in recent years, and his performances have played a pivotal role in the team. Lehmann replaced Kahn as the top player in goal, but the overly young backline will be a question mark for the team, and Klinsmann now has a lot of problems to solve.

Costa Rica, the bitter host of the Chinese national team in the 2002 Shijie Cup, Costa Rica's journey to qualify for the 2006 Shijie Cup in Germany was not all smooth sailing, if it is summed up by one key word, it is "change of coach".

Costa Rica had a poor record in the early stages of qualifying, knocking out Cuba on away goals over just two legs in the qualifying round robin.

After that, they lost 1:2 to Mexico at home, 0:3 to the United States away, and drew a blank with Trinidad and Tobago.

The change of manager was the turning point for everything, and in 2005, Luiz. Pinto's resignation and the return of former coach Guimarães changed the fate of the Costa Rican team, which led them to a series of victories, including a 3-0 thrashing of the United States, and finally qualified for the Shijie Cup.

The German Shijie Cup will be Costa Rica's third time in their history to qualify for the finals, having done so twice. In the summer of 1990 in Italy, the magical coach Milutinovic led the team to shock Shijie, they defeated Scotland 1-0 in the first game of the group stage, although they lost 0-1 to Brazil, but they defeated Sweden 2-1 in the key qualification battle, and advanced to the knockout stage in their first Shijie Cup, which can be said to be a remarkable achievement.

In this tournament, Costa Rica has produced a fantastic goalkeeper, and Cornejo, nicknamed "Lucky Bunny", has become a nightmare for opponents, and in the 1-4 defeat to the Czech Republic in the knockout round, Cornejo was absent due to injury, and Costa Rica also halted their progress.

In 2002, Costa Rica once again reached the Shijie Cup finals, beating China 2-0 in their opening group game and drawing 1-1 with Turkey in the second, but were eliminated from the tournament on goal difference due to a 5-2 defeat to Brazil in the final round. In that tournament, the head coach of the Colombian team was Guimaraes, and he must want to go one step further this time when he leads the team back to the competition.

In Costa Rica's squad, although there are no heavyweight big-name stars, there is no shortage of well-known players with strength. One of them is striker Wanchope, who played for Manchester City and is a team-mate of China's Sun Jihai, who currently plays for Spain in Malaga, where he finished fifth with eight goals in the WANCACAF qualifiers for the Shijie Cup '06 and Costa Rica's all-time top scorer.

According to the strength of the Costa Rica team, it is not realistic to be the dark horse that shocks Shijie, their first goal is to qualify from the group, due to the aging trend of the team's main players, whether they can achieve the desired results depends largely on the emergence of new players and the command of the head coach.

Poland, Polish football has always been an important liliang in European football, having twice won the third place in the Shijie Cup. However, in recent years, Poland has not received any success, and the team's record has also fallen into a low ebb.

In the European qualifiers, Poland had good luck and drew the fifth group with average overall strength, under coach Pavel. Under Jannas, they showed rare consistency, keeping close on England and scoring eight goals against Azerbaijan. Although they lost to England in Zuihou and missed out on the top of their group, they still finished in the top two of each group with a high win rate and also got a direct ticket to the Shijie Cup in Germany.

Ecuador has no big-name stars and no proud history, but Ecuador is a dark horse that cannot be ignored, and Colombian coach Suarez has trained a team that relies on the whole, has a tenacious style and is not lacking in jishu content.

Four years ago, Gomez's national team achieved the goal of "scoring a goal and winning a game" in the group stage of the Shijie Cup, and now his "junior" Suarez in Ecuador is clearly aiming further ahead.

The four teams in Group B are England, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sweden.

England is the originator of modern football, and England is the leader of the country's four representative associations. They have left a glorious page in the history of the Shijie Cup, winning the Shijie Cup held on home soil in 1966.

England made their debut in the Shijie Cup in 1950 and qualified for the finals 11 times, and in 1966, England became the host of the Shijie Cup tournament at Bobby. Led by a group of star players such as Charlton and Hirst, they went all the way and beat West Germany 4-2 in the final to win the Remet Cup.

In that final, it was Hearst's hat-trick that was just as much talked about as the controversial cut-line goal, and he was the only player in history to score three goals in the Shijie Cup final.

England reached the semi-finals in 1990 and lost to Germany on penalties, their best result since 1966, having reached the last eight of the tournament but lost 2-1 to Zuihou's champions Brazil.

In the qualifiers for the Shijie Cup in Germany, England finished top of Group 6 with eight wins, one draw and one defeat, and are considered the most likely team to win the title since 1966 thanks to the rise of Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and others.

However, in the face of Brazil, Argentina, the Netherlands and other shijie powerhouses, it is still difficult for England to get their wish, in addition to solving the problems of "two difficult coexistence of two virtues" and "central defender troubles" in the lineup, Eriksen also hopes for a little bit of good luck.

Led by former teammate Gamarra, Paraguay have reached the Shijie Cup for the third time in a row and are well on their way to becoming a powerhouse in South American football, reaching the round of 16 in the first two Shijie Cups, losing to France and Germany respectively, but they are not at a disadvantage. This time, the Paraguayan team, which has accumulated more experience, clearly hopes to achieve a higher position.

Trinidad and Tobago, although the team's number one star Yorke is no longer in peak form, but the level of football in Trinidad and Tobago has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years, and the arrival of Dutch coach Ben Hack has successfully pinched this group of talented but lacked tactical literacy.

Judging from the squad of the Trinidad and Tobago national team, in addition to the well-known York, there are still many outstanding players who play in the Scottish Premier League and Major League in the United States, and its domestic powerhouse Jabrot Finance has many players selected for the national team, I believe that this team can achieve a balance in terms of advanced football concepts and tacit cooperation. It should be said that as a new army in the Shijie Cup, Trinidad and Tobago has a certain combat effectiveness.

However, Trinidad and Tobago's path to qualification was a bumpy one, and it was not until the penultimate round of the CONCACAF qualifiers that they overtook Guatemala, and after entering the play-offs, they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bahrain, and then stubbornly defeated Bahrain away without being overlooked, and advanced to the finals in history. If you don't die, there will be a blessing, and this small country in Central and North America should be able to surprise fans in the Shijie Cup.

Swedish football has always been the most important football liliang in Scandinavia, and the traditional jersey of yellow and blue pants shows the toughness and sexiness of the Nordics. Swedish football has made history by winning the Shijie Cup on home soil in 1958, when the Swedes reached the final in one fell swoop, but Zuihou lost to the mighty Brazil.

In the 1994 Shijie Cup in the United States, they also achieved an impressive third-place finish. The Swedes were not very strong in qualifying, finishing second in their group and qualifying for Germany for the 11th time in their history.

In this year's Sweden team, the return of veteran Larsson has added important weight to the yellow team's forward line, while Ddigan who plays for Juventus and is known as the "God Tower", Ibrahimovic is a formidable goalscorer in the whole of Europe.

In a series of warm-up matches, Aston Villa's Al Obaik from the Premier League have also shown good form and will be tasked with attacking Sweden.

In midfield, Arsenal's Ljungberg was indispensable for his breakthrough, while Ligue 1 Rennes' Karlstrom was a master of long-range shots and free-kicks.

On the back line, goalkeeper Isaksson, Mjallby, Melburg and others have been famous for a long time. The appetite of the team that managed to break through the group of England and Argentina in the Korea-Japan Shijie Cup will become even bigger.

Group C is a veritable group of death in this year's Shijie Cup, with Argentina, the Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro and Ivory Coast, the African elephant with the monster Drogba.

Argentina are undoubtedly the most promising team in this group, having won the Shijie Cup in 1978 and 1986 in the history of the Shijie Cup, having only missed four of the first 17 tournaments, with a record of 29 wins, 10 draws and 18 defeats in 57 Shijie Cup matches, behind Brazil, Germany and Italy.

Led by Maradona, Argentina has contributed a large number of superstars to shijie football since the late seventies of the twentieth century, such as Kempes, Passarella, Caniggia, Ruggieri, Baldano, Goicea, Batistuta, Veron, Riquelme and so on.

After the "godfather of youth" Pekerman took office, Riquelme confirmed the core position of the team, and beat Brazil in the South American qualifiers to qualify early, and in the German Shijie Cup, their only goal may be to win the championship.

Côte d'Ivoire is undoubtedly an unfamiliar name for fans who care about the Shijie Cup, in fact, among the five African teams that entered the 2006 Shijie Cup, only Tunisia is relatively familiar to people, while Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Ghana and Angola are all participating in the Shijie Cup finals for the first time. It is somewhat regrettable that the familiar strong teams such as Nigeria and Cameroon have fallen one after another.

However, the new Ivory Coast team in the Shijie Cup is indeed worth looking forward to, especially the striker Drogba, who plays for the Chelsea team, has the hope of becoming the shining star of the 2006 Shijie Cup. Known as the "African elephant", Ivory Coast is the team with the most potential in the round of 32.

Ivory Coast is the highest-ranked African team in the FIFA Shijie rankings, so they do not need to participate in the preliminary matches before the Shijie Cup qualifiers and go directly to the group stage of the Shijie Cup African qualifiers.

Ivory Coast and Cameroon, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, and Benin are in the third group, and in the end, Côte d'Ivoire has 10 games, 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, accumulating 22 points, ranking first in the group.

Interestingly, the Ivory Coast Qualifiers lost home and away to Cameroon, but unfortunately Cameroon itself was not competitive, especially Zuihou missed a penalty in the first round of the game, and finally only 1 point away from hating.

Ivory Coast's qualification was also due to their failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals, allowing the players to focus on playing well in the Shijie Cup qualifiers.

The French coach of the Ivory Coast qualifiers at the time of Nozzalat recalled almost all the stars who played in Europe to the national team every game, among which the most famous is Chelsea striker Drogba, in addition to Bakayoko of Osasuna in La Liga, Toure of Arsenal in the Premier League, Kalou of Auserre in Ligue 1, Dean of Anderlecht in Liga and so on.

But now Nozzalat is back in Ligue 1 to coach Montpellier, his French countryman Thierry Henry. Michel will lead Ivory Coast to the 2006 German Shijie Cup, Thierry Henry. Michel has many years of experience in coaching African teams, and Ivory Coast are likely to be upset in the Shijie Cup.

Ivory Coast have never qualified for the Shijie Cup finals before, having lost all seven of their previous attempts. He has only won the Africa Cup of Nations once in 1992.

Nowadays, the main players in the Ivory Coast team are basically playing in Europe, and in this qualifier, Drogba has become the hero of the team, scoring 9 goals alone, ranking second in the entire African qualifiers. In addition, the forward line is on par with his goalscoring efficiency and Dean, who plays for Anderlecht, who also scored seven goals. The forward line formed by Drogba and Dean will give these strong teams a headache even if they play against Shijie strong teams such as Italy.

The predecessor of Serbia and Montenegro was the famous former Yugoslav team, which was a typical European Latin style of play, with players with both superb jishu and strong physique, this genre was unique in international football, and the Yugoslav team was once known as the Brazilian team of Europe.

However, due to political reasons, Yugoslavia became Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the disintegration, and the level of the national team declined. While Croatia is gradually making a name for itself in Shijie football, Serbia and Montenegro have missed out in the qualifiers for continental tournaments several times in a row.

After missing out on the 2002 Shijie Cup and Euro 2004 in quick succession, Serbia and Montenegro regrouped to beat Spain in Group 7 of the European qualifiers to qualify for the Shijie Cup finals in Germany.

At present, most of the players in the Serbian and Montenegro team play in Europe's top five leagues, with Kezman and Milosevic being the strongest in the attack. Under the leadership of veteran coach Petkovic, the team's mental outlook has improved a lot compared to the previous two years.

Of course, Serbia and Montenegro can finally enter the Shijie Cup finals, the most important thing to thank is Belgium, if Belgium does not appear in the early round, away to Spain, they want to return to the Shijie Cup stage, it is estimated that they can only wait four years later.

As a veteran football powerhouse in Europe and Shijie, the Netherlands is known as the "uncrowned king", and the Dutch team on the field is the most spectacular and popular team. Orange is the color of the country and the label of this team. In the 70s, Dutch football was the first to introduce an all-encompassing and pleasing style of play in Shijie, which attracted countless Shijie fans, and the classic goal in the 1974 Shijie Cup final is still remembered by Shijie fans. At the European Championships, the Dutch team, with Van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Rijkaard, won the championship in 1988, and Van Basten's "rhinoceros tail swing" in that match was praised by all fans. They have reached the Shijie Cup finals seven times and have been runners-up twice in 1974 and 1978.

The Dutch league is a big factory for making stars, and the traditional top three of Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord have produced countless stars for the Dutch national team, making Dutch players an important part of European football and shijie football both historically and now.

Today's Dutch national team has inherited an all-encompassing style of play, and there are many talented players. Since coach Basten took office, he has promoted a large number of newcomers in the domestic league, making the age composition of the national team younger and more reasonable. Van der Sar and Cocu are in central midfield, with new talent such as Van der Vaart in midfield, while Ruud van Nistelrooy, Arjen Robben and Kuyt are still in charge. With a little better luck, the Orange should have something to do in the German Shijie Cup.

Group D, which includes Mexico, Angola, Portugal and Iran, should not be too complicated to qualify, with Portugal and Mexico clearly superior, but Iran and Angola are not completely out of the question.

Mexico, a soccer powerhouse in North and Central America, will participate in the Shijie Cup finals for the 14th time. It is worth mentioning that Mexico was the first country to host the Shijie Cup twice, finishing in the top eight in 1970 and 1986. Mexico reached the second stage in both 1994 and 1998, but both times failed to reach the round of 16. In this year's Shijie Cup qualifiers, Mexico successfully qualified with a second-place result.

It is no coincidence that Mexico is currently firmly in the top 10 in the FIFA rankings. In this summer's Confederations Cup, the Mexicans have shown us their quality, the Mexican team has hard work, jishu, and tactical literacy, Marcos is an important player for Barcelona at the moment, and Borgetti is the "header king" with great characteristics.

Mexico also beat Brazil to win the Under-17 tournament in the previous tournament, which is perhaps one of the most haode eras in the history of Mexican football, and the Mexican Football Federation will be hoping to repeat the result of reaching the quarterfinals in '86.

Iran are a traditional powerhouse in Asia and were the first Asian team to make their debut in the Shijie Cup, having won a lot of honours for Asian football on the international stage, and in Asia, they are the most difficult opponent for any team.

Back in the sixties and seventies, Iran was the hegemon of Asian football, and they swept the Asian giants in three Asian Cups in 1968, 1972 and 1976, winning three consecutive championships. Since then, due to the turmoil in the domestic political situation and the fierce impact of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, Iran's football level has dropped sharply, and it has not been able to win the Asian Cup again.

In the 1996 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, Iran also made it to the semi-finals, with a special mention of beating South Korea by six goals in the quarter-finals.

In the game, star Ali. Dai Yi alone in the quadruple shocked the world. Although Iran were eliminated in the semi-finals by Saudi Arabia, who were champions by Zuihou, they were extremely impressed by the technical and tactical level they showed in the game, and Ali emerged from the team. Shijie-level stars such as Daei, Aziz, Madavecchia and Bagheri, among which Aziz won the Ballon d'Or at that Asian Cup, Ali. Deei was named the top scorer. Since then, Akiz has also become the Asian Footballer of the Year, the first Iranian to win the award. In the 1998 Shijie Cup, they eliminated Australia and then beat the United States, becoming the all-Asian representative in France.

Iranian football is heavily influenced by German football and is known for its toughness, so it mostly adopts the 352 formation with heavy armor in the midfield. This is a strong condition for their dominance in Asia, and the long-term play in Europe's high-level leagues is another magic weapon for Iran.

Among them, Karemi, who is effective Bayern Munich, but also Madaviggia, who is currently in Hamburg, Hashmian of Hannover 96, etc., plus some masters in Iran, these people form a team that is indeed difficult to deal with.

The Iranian players are physically prominent, with the strong physique of European players; The individual ability is very strong, and the overall cooperation is tacit. The team is good at breaking down the flanks and pulling in quick lateral covers. There are many high balls, and because Jishu is skillful and has a strong ability to stop the ball, there is no adjustment action that often occurs in high lifting, and the rhythm of the whole team is very tight. Karimi, Kayibi, Madavigia and Hashmian are the stalwarts of the Iranian team.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Angola's independence and the 3rd anniversary of the ceasefire of the civil war, Angola, which has suffered from the war, ushered in the first Shijie Cup.

As with many African powerhouses, Liliang and some unknown but powerful talents have been key to the team's success. The biggest name in the team is Mandolas, who currently play for Portuguese champion team Benfica, with 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in qualifying, the same number of points as Nigeria, Zuihou squeezed out the African Eagles with a record of 1 win and 1 draw when the two teams met, and finally reached the Shijie Cup after 21 years.

Portugal are undoubtedly the strongest team in this group, with the red-shirted team having a wide presence in Europe and Shijie. Influenced by Brazilian football, Portugal has always been known for its creativity in midfield, and last year's European Championship reached the final, but Zuihou lost to dark horse Greece.

The Portuguese are extremely creative, and the "golden generation" of the former Portuguese almost upset the surging French team, which is a sigh of relief. Current head coach Brazilian Scolari has brought more defensive awareness to this Portugal team, and the Shijie champion coach will once again show his skills in the German Time Cup.

In this Portuguese national team, Figo, Pauleta and other celebrities who have fought in the European arena for many years will continue to play for the country, and Scolari has also recruited a number of rookies born in the 80s, such as Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese team is very likely to make a bigger breakthrough in the Shijie Cup.

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