Chapter 14 The Wales of Dick Silk's Counterattack

After the second round of the group stage, the Chinese team confirmed that Group E qualified as the first place, which made all fans very excited, and no one could have imagined that in Group E with Brazil and the Netherlands, the Chinese team only needed two games to stand out. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Many fans also observed a moment of silence for Brazil.

In fact, the Netherlands is better, they lost to the Chinese team in the first game, it was a positive defeat, no one can do this kind of loss, Brazil is a bit miserable, they played two games, drew two, these two games, Brazil actually performed well, but the front line was a little weak, and then suffered two draws in succession.

After two draws, Brazil are even in jeopardy as they can qualify from the group.

Now the entire Brazilian team has no time to think about the knockout round, they must first pass the Chinese team, if they lose the game, or even a draw, they are likely to be eliminated from the group.

Brazilian national team coach Tite is not a very famous manager, although he is a little famous in Brazil, but for a long time in the Brazilian domestic league, it is difficult to have much influence in the world.

Tite's best result in charge came in 2012 when he led Brazil's Corinthians to a 3-1 aggregate win over Argentine giants Boca Juniors in the two-legged final of the Copa Libertadores.

After Tite led the team in the World Club Cup with high morale, he met Atletico Madrid led by Wan Sheng, but was cut 3-0 and could only go home gloomily, which is the intersection of Tite and Wan Sheng.

Tite certainly doesn't feel good about these pasts.

After coaching Corinthians in Brazil, Tite was dismissed by the Brazilian Football Federation with the early exit of the Brazilian men's football team in the group stage of the Centennial Copa America, and then announced that Tite would take over as head coach.

The Brazilian team has high expectations, and Tite has been questioned since he took over, and Tite's success experience is too scarce compared to his predecessor Dunga and former coach Scolari.

Now when leading Brazil to a crisis in the group stage, losing the second place in the group early, and unable to even qualify, Tite's pressure can be imagined.

"We have to win the last game!"

"I don't want to be optimistic about a draw anymore, that means we're probably going to be eliminated!"

Tite's words are sonorous and powerful, and it may be difficult for him to have much prestige after two years in charge, but all the Brazilian players know that they have to win the last round or they will leave with sadness.

As the world's most successful football team, if they can't qualify from the group, they will be a big shame!

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Unlike Brazil, which is in full swing to prepare, the Chinese team did not care about the last game at all, as they had already confirmed that they would finish first in the group.

"Take this drill tactics, pay more attention to the cooperation in the game, and feel the pressure of playing against strong teams!" Wansheng gathered players emphatically said, "Just like those media said, we came to the World Cup to learn experience, and now is the best opportunity to learn experience!" With the experience of this game, when we meet the strong teams in the knockout round, we also have experience, you have to remember that feeling! ”

Wansheng completely treats the game as a training session to learn from experience.

China is qualified to do so because they are already top of the group, and Brazil are still top of the group with a win.

In the past two days, the Chinese team has not prepared for Brazil at all, but has set their sights on the knockout round, and they are most likely to meet Wales.

The whole coaching staff is also looking at Wales.

In this case, the Chinese team ushered in the final round of the group stage and the Brazilian team, this game is still a lot of attention, for the Chinese team, the game does not matter, it does not have much impact at all, but there are still fans talking about the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese team lost to Brazil, they hope that the Chinese team can achieve revenge.

Brazil will be more closely watched, with the third round of matches deciding which team will finish second in the group and advance to the knockout rounds.

The two group games of the first round are played together, and the Netherlands and Mexico matches have relatively little attention, because as long as Brazil wins, that game becomes meaningless at all, and the Chinese team will join hands with Brazil to qualify.

"Probably the Chinese team will be waterproof!"

Some fans thought.

Especially some Chinese fans, they are very excited, the Chinese team will be able to 'release water' to the World Cup, doesn't it prove the strength of the Chinese team?

The game seemed to prove what they wanted.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team has been stabilizing the formation, constantly seeking cooperation, although the Brazilian team achieved the suppression on the field, but the Chinese team took the lead to score, this is only 6 minutes into the opening game, Wang Qiuming's personal breakthrough, brought Zhang Yuning the opportunity, the latter inserted a volley, helped the Chinese team score the first goal of the game.

All the Chinese fans were immediately excited!

This game is not against the Netherlands, not against Mexico, the opponent is Brazil, there is no doubt that in the eyes of the vast majority, Brazil is the world's top team, in comparison, the Netherlands is still a lot worse.

The Chinese team was able to score in the first 6 minutes of the game against Brazil, which is simply ...... It's a big deal!

A lot of commentators are also analyzing--

"This goal is exactly the same as the second goal of the last game between the Chinese team and Mexico, Wang Qiuming transferred in the middle, Zhang Yuning inserted and scored, it seems that the Chinese team has done a very good job in this small-scale routine!"

"Brazil coach Tite probably didn't study the game between China and Mexico carefully, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a mistake!"

"Brazil's defense is very solid, but they are still obviously unable to keep up with the Chinese team's left and right transfer style of play!"

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In the continuous comments, it can be seen that many commentators have repositioned the strength of the Chinese team.

In their hearts, the Chinese team is no longer a weak team at the bottom, especially after the strong victory over Mexico in the second game, many people feel that the Chinese team is at least a midstream team in the World Cup, and it has the ability to challenge the world's strongest teams if it plays well.

Now Brazil are facing a difficult situation, they were well prepared before the game, but when it came to the game, they were the first to score, and they had to step up their attack and level the score quickly, because a draw would mean that they could be eliminated from the group.

So the Chinese team was suppressed even more.

But no one expected that the second goal would come so late, the game was going on, Brazil was always attacking, they kept looking for opportunities in the front, and the Chinese team's goal seemed to be in jeopardy, but this situation remained until the 78th minute of the second half.

Brazilian striker Neymar received a pass and shifted to the right, Di Maria stepped forward to volley, and the ball was blocked by the post.

Just when many people lamented Brazil's bad luck, the defender Fabinho, who came up, shot the ball into the net!

Brazil scored!

But a goal was not enough for them, it was just an equaliser, they didn't even celebrate, they rushed to start the game, and then Brazil continued to lay siege to the Chinese goal, and finally two minutes before the end of the game, Di Maria scored the winning goal.

2 to 1!

Brazil is ahead!

It was just a goal, but it also meant that Brazil qualified from the group.

For the first time, the Brazilians felt that it was not easy to qualify for the World Cup, and if it wasn't for Di Maria's shot, they would definitely have been eliminated from the group stage, and Di Maria saved the Brazilian team and the fate of manager Tite being dismissed early.

Brazilian fans are finally relieved.

But it is conceivable that a new round of criticism will come again after the game, the Brazilian team is not the Chinese team, they are the world's old traditional powerhouses, and they are the favorite team to win every World Cup, but they are playing so dangerously in the group stage, so how far can the Brazilian team go in this World Cup in Russia?

As the losing side, the Chinese team won praise.

In the course of the match against Brazil, the Chinese team led for 70 minutes, showing defensive solidity in both halves, and in the face of the Brazilians' constant bombardment of the goal, their defense was not chaotic, and the solid defense also caused enough problems for the Brazilians.

Although the Chinese team lost the game, it was considered to be "playing the momentum of the national football team!" Even if you lose, you're a hero! ”

Perhaps more importantly, the Chinese team doesn't care at all, they must finish first in the group, and the outcome is not of much significance, as for the so-called 'revenge' of some fans, what is actually there to take revenge? In order to take revenge, it's not good to hurt the vitality, but the Chinese team still has to play in the knockout round.

On the day of the end of the match with Brazil, the match in Group F was also over, and finally Wales defeated Cameroon and successfully got 6 points, while Spain won three games and got 9 points, so that the first place in Group F is Spain, the second place is Wales, and the Chinese team will be the first to meet Wales in the knockout round.

Some fans saw that the Chinese team's opponent in the round of 16 was Wales, and they couldn't help but feel that the Chinese team had a great hope of reaching the quarterfinals.

But in reality, Wales is not easy to deal with.

The United Kingdom is a 'United Kingdom' with four components: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Ten or twenty years ago, England was the only team in England that was good, Wales and Scotland were second-rate teams, not to mention Northern Ireland, which was not ranked in the world.

But in recent years, Welsh football has developed rapidly, before the start of the World Cup, FIFA announced the latest national team rankings, Wales ranked 9th in the world, and England ranked 10th, which is also the first time in history that the Welsh team surpassed the Three Lions to become the boss of the British Isles. It is worth mentioning that just six years ago, the Welsh team was only ranked 117th in the national team, which was lower than the ranking of the Chinese team that year, but four years later, Wales successfully staged a good counterattack and soared 108 places in the ranking.

Many football people have analysed the reasons for Wales' soaring rankings, and the first important reason is the rise of Bale.

Wales' counterattack is inseparable from Bale's rise.

Bale grew up at Tottenham Hotspur, where he was transformed into an attacking force by Tottenham boss Edward Redknapp, and the Welsh national team's results have improved dramatically with Bale's rise, especially after beating Macedonia on 11 October 2013, losing just one of their next 11 games.

Wales have been very good against strong teams in the past few years, and according to FIFA's points rules, the higher the team in the rankings, the more points they will get for winning. And in the last few years, and especially in the last three years, Wales have won against England, Portugal, Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina against the four top 20 teams, which has also allowed Wales to earn more points per game.

Wales' performance in the group stage also proved that they are not 'parallel points'.

Although they lost the match against Spain, it was only 1-2, and Spain did not have much advantage, and in the other two games, Wales won all of them, and it was a landslide victory from start to finish.

It's an amazing performance.

In the face of such an opponent, even the world's traditional strong teams dare not guarantee to win, let alone the Chinese team.

After analyzing Wales, many media outlets are commenting on the Chinese team to remind the Chinese team, "Be careful!" ”