The third round of Group G can be said to be a process of returning from a dream to a reality, North Korea, which had shouted before the game to win the championship, completely sobered up, and they should also realize that on the football field, the gap between them and the world's strongest teams, and Brazil and Portugal unsurprisingly finally appeared together.

The head-to-head clash between the two teams was the second meeting between the two Latin football teams on the World Cup stage, with their only previous meeting coming in 1966, when Panther-led Eusebio defeated Brazil 3-1 in the group stage, where Pelé was kicked and injured and Brazil were knocked out of the group early.

This time the two teams played again, the situation is very different, Brazil has already qualified, Portugal has basically secured a place in the round of 16, I don't know if it is affected by this, the attention of both sides is a little distracted, even on something other than football itself.

It was supposed to be a passionate battle between two technical teams, but the end result was a boring 0-0, with neither side creating many chances in the 90 minutes, and what caught the eye was the personal feud and black feet of Melo and Pepe.

Brazil boss Dunga admitted after the game that the game was not exciting, but he put the blame on Portugal: "They only know how to defend and they just want a draw. ”

In fact, the Brazilian team did not do their best in this game, Robinho was hidden, Melo was also replaced early, and it was not a must-win battle for the Samba Army.

In the final stage, when Brazil fell in the middle of the midfield, the boos on the pitch were actually overpowered by the sound of woo vu zula, and it was clear that some neutral fans thought that the so-called "battle of passion" expected before the game had become an ugly and muffled battle, and it was not worth their ticket money at all.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Brazil not doing their best and Portugal focusing on defence, and giving a good game to the fans will not be the first priority for the coaches of both teams, they will need to make choices according to their own interests.

In the final round of the World Cup group, the objective situation often affects the team's style of play and destroys some famous "passionate collisions", which has almost become an inevitable formula.

This dreary battle between Brazil and Portugal may be reminiscent of the final group match between Argentina and the Netherlands four years ago, when the group was announced, people were optimistic about the excitement of this big game, but when it came to the game, because both teams had already confirmed the qualification, they lost the motivation to fight, and in the end people saw the most dreary 90 minutes of the tournament.

The pressure of the final round of the group has created some strange phenomena in the history of the World Cup, and even the Germans, who have always been known for their seriousness and rigor, do not hesitate to twist themselves.

The most famous is Group B in 1982, West Germany and Austria played a tacit 1:0 in the final round, beating Algeria, who are tied on six points, and the two teams took turns to fall in the back in the second half of the second half.

In the 1986 group stage, after West Germany confirmed its qualification in the first two rounds, it lost 0:2 to Denmark in the last game, with only one purpose, to strive for the second place in this group, so as to avoid Spain, the second place in Group D, and go to Morocco, the dark horse team in Group F. In the end, the Germans' plan was a great success, they defeated Morocco at the end of the crossbow in the 1/8 finals, and Denmark, who won West Germany and qualified first in the group, were swept 5:1 by Spain.

In this way, when there is a strong dialogue in the World Cup group draw, the game that people should be looking forward to should not appear in the final round of the group, or pray that when the two top two meet in the final round, they will fail to lock in the qualification, otherwise the passionate collision on paper is likely to be "sour" for various reasons like today's battle between Brazil and Portugal.

In the other game, North Korea finally lost 0:3 to Ivory Coast, as said before, it completely returned to reality. Toure and Romaric scored twice in quick succession, with Kalou coming off the bench to add the icing on the cake as Ivory Coast won but finished third in the group and were eliminated.

Ivory Coast had to fight for more goal difference and hope for a favourable result in another game, but in the end a miracle did not happen, but despite being eliminated, Ivory Coast coach Christian Eriksen was pleased with his team's performance, believing that Ivory Coast showed a very tenacious and respectable performance.

"They should be proud of their performance and the whole of Côte d'Ivoire will be proud of the performance, this is a very good team, the future of the Ivorian team is going to be very good, the Ivorian football is going to get stronger and stronger."

Drogba has some regrets about the team's failure to qualify: "If we can be more calm and take our chances, maybe we have a chance to score more goals and our World Cup is over, but through these three games we have fully demonstrated our quality, we deserve respect for our performance, although we are out of the game, we are very disappointed, but we can't be too sad because we are in such a group of death." ”

At the same time, Drogba expressed his expectations for the future of the Ivory Coast team: "For Ivory Coast, it is already a very magical performance to reach the World Cup twice, although we are not very lucky, but we are very happy with this experience. ”

Ivory Coast's opponent in this game, North Korea, due to the previous big loss to Portugal, has no baggage of the North Korean team mourning, but in the face of the stronger Ivory Coast, the North Korean team, this game, did not show the tenacity of the battle with Brazil, perhaps because of the first two 180 minutes of fierce battles, has made this mysterious division from Asia, exhausted too much physical energy, in front of the muscle football of the elephant army, the short North Koreans seem vulnerable.

Drogba-led Ivory Coast completely turned the game into a one-man show, but it has to be said that Ivory Coast, which is not known for its skills, can play Barcelona-style suppressive football, and half of the "credit" should be given to the North Korean team, which performed weakly in this game.

The pass success rate of Ivory Coast in this game is as high as 90%, which is a rather terrifying statistic, you must know that in this game, the Ivory Coast team did not needlessly brush the data in the backfield, but more in the depth of the North Korean half. It is not difficult to analyze how bad the North Korean team is at interception, marking and pressing on defense.

Look at the 541 formation they discharged, except for the sharp knife character Zheng Dashi who has been cruising in the front court, most of the time the North Korean team is defending with nine people, what have so many people done on the field?

It can be said that the North Korean team in this game is not the same as the North Korean team that surprised people when facing Brazil before.

In the game against Brazil, if it weren't for McCann's zero-angle volley that defied the principles of physics to help the Brazilians break the deadlock and take the lead early, I am afraid that this mysterious East Asian team would have exposed the biggest upset of this World Cup.

But why did the North Koreans behave so much in just a week and a half?

The reason is very simple, in the previous games, mystery is their biggest capital, even weapons, this football team, which is described by Westerners as "the country under the bamboo curtain", before the first game, no one knows how deep their water is, and even their basic style of play, offensive routines and even formations are unknown.

Zhuge Liang deceived Sima Yi with "The Story of the Empty City", and this trick still works today after a thousand years, this time the Brazilian team made a cameo appearance in Sima Yi, and the Samba Army, who couldn't figure out the routine, could only play in a conventional way of playing, and was once dragged by the North Koreans, and the two sides were in a balance of power.

But the North Korean team is not Zhuge Liang after all, Mai Cone is the point that breaks the balance, the mystery of the North Koreans brought them the experience, but did not bring them the end, and when they lost the game, the mystery of the North Koreans was also revealed.

In the second game against Portugal, the North Korean team has no secrets to speak of, but they still have their own spiritual willpower!

Unfortunately, the North Korean team, which lost to the Samba Army by one goal in the first game, did not recognize their current situation in time, and at this time, if they want to qualify from the group, they must win the opponent Portugal in the next game.

With that tenacity, the North Korean team's opening performance was no less than that of Portugal led by Camuro, and even suppressed the Portuguese in the first 20 minutes.

But as the game deepened, their technical and tactical disadvantages were gradually revealed, after a set of combination punches of the Portuguese team, the fighting spirit of the North Korean team collapsed instantly, and the spiritual power accumulated before was instantly exploded, losing this last layer of "Golden Bell Jar", and the weaknesses of the North Korean team were completely exposed in front of the opponent: easy to be impatient, weak backline, lack of experience in the competition, the main goalkeeper Li Mingguo loves to get rid of the ball, the overall coordination ability is not strong and the combat idea is not uniform, and the game finally evolved into a goal performance.

The reason why football has become the most popular sport in the world has its own charm, so there is no shortcut to success on the field, if there is no advanced tactical cultivation, no delicate technique and footwork as a foundation, only with the strength of a spirit and the reckless impulse, to fight out of the encirclement and succeed, it is tantamount to fantasy.

At the end of the fierce battle in Group G, Brazil and Portugal qualified hand in hand, this result is expected, but those who have watched the match between Brazil and Portugal may have a question, such Brazil, Portugal, even if it appears, what can it do?

The Brazilian team has lost the passion of Samba, Portugal has lost the delicacy of Latin football, and the rest is rough, muscular, and defensive.

After the end of the dull war between Brazil and Portugal, Digan used the most classic evaluation: "Neither Brazil nor Portugal, which I am familiar with, have been able to come to South Africa!" ”