During the time period when the Chinese team was preparing for Spain, the group stage of the World Cup was going on non-stop.

All the group stages have been played in two rounds, and at this time, it is basically clear who will qualify and who will be eliminated.

At the end of the second round of Group C, Colombia defeated Ivory Coast 2:1, winning two games and qualifying ahead of schedule. Japan drew 0:0 with Greece, and only one point was accumulated after two rounds, and they have basically bid farewell to the knockout round of this World Cup. In the final round, Japan will face Colombia, the strongest team in the group, and it will be difficult to win.

In the second round of Group D, England, which has already lost one game, faced Uruguay and could be described as a back-to-back battle. If they are to emerge from this group, they will have to beat Uruguay. But the final result was a surprise, England lost 1:2 to Uruguay, lost both games, and went out early. The news really shocked England, and it was a shame that the pre-tournament favourites were now eliminated in the first round. However, it may be that the English themselves are not surprised by this result......

England won the World Cup on their home turf and were not favourites at other times. Their great strength was completely blown out by the developed media in England......

In the other group stage, Italy, which won one game, only needed to defeat Costa Rica to be able to qualify from the group in advance, but the upset was exposed again, Italy lost 0:1 to Costa Rica! Costa Rica, which is considered to be the weakest in the group when grouping, and other teams are the target of points grabbing, has become the first team to qualify from the group, and some media have called Costa Rica the biggest dark horse in this World Cup......

In the second round of Group E, Switzerland and France met, and the two teams staged a goal battle, and finally France defeated Switzerland 5:2 and also qualified for the group ahead of schedule.

Ecuador, on the other hand, beat Honduras 2-1. In the final round of the group stage, Ecuador and Switzerland both have hopes of qualifying from the group, but Switzerland will face Honduras who have exited the tournament early, and Ecuador will face a strong France.

Group F Argentina met Iran in the second round of the group stage, and thought that they could easily win and advance early, but they were forced to be embarrassed by Iran, and it was not until the 90th minute that they relied on a direct free kick from Messi to score and beat Iran. Get three points to qualify early.

Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina also played 1-0, with Nigeria winning. Now Nigeria has four points, Iran has one point, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have been eliminated early after losing both games. In the final round of the group stage, Nigeria face Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran are battling each other, and if Iran want to qualify from the group, then they must beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last game, and hope that Nigeria will lose to Argentina. Nigeria's defeat to Argentina may not be in doubt, but it is not easy to say whether Iran will be able to beat Bosnia and Herzegovina......

In Group G, Germany unexpectedly drew 2-2 with Ghana in a highly favoured situation, and if it weren't for Klose's substitute goal savior, Germany might even have lost this game. Klose's goal also brought him to tie the total number of World Cup goals scored by legendary Brazilian striker Ronaldo, who has 15 World Cup goals and is tied for the top scorer in World Cup history.

The match between the United States and Portugal was also tied at 2-2.

In this way, Germany and the United States are both four points, Portugal and Ghana are both one point, and in the final round of the group stage, Germany plays the United States, and Portugal plays Ghana. Anyone can be there, anyone can be eliminated, it's quite complicated. In the first 4-0 victory over Portugal, the German team, which is considered the favorite to win the championship, may also be eliminated. For Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, if they want to qualify, they will have to hope that Germany will beat the United States, and they will have to beat Ghana by a big score, so that they can squeeze out the United States on goal difference while equalizing the United States. But since they lost the first game 0:4, the goal difference is -4, and the United States team is now a goal difference, the difference between the two sides is five goals, they first have to ensure that they have a goal difference of at least four goals against Ghana, and then hope that the United States team will lose to Germany by at least two goals, so that they can gain an advantage in goal difference, but it is quite difficult, because Ghana also want to qualify from the group, so they will not sit still.

In the second round of Group H, Belgium defeated Russia 1-0, won two games and qualified ahead of schedule. Before South Korea faced Algeria, which is said to be the weakest team in the group, the domestic media were ambitious, believing that the team could beat Algeria, in which case, their chances of appearing with four points would be greatly increased. As a result, they lost 2:4 to Algeria in this game, and only one point after two sheets, and they will face Belgium, the strongest team in the group, in the final round, so it can be said that the hope of qualifying from the group is very slim.

With that, the second round of matches in all groups is over, and in terms of points, the performance of the four Asian teams is not satisfactory.

China has two points and will have to fight Spain in the final round.

Japan, Iran and South Korea all have just one point, and their hopes of qualifying are slim and theoretical.

It is easier for the Chinese team to qualify, as long as they can beat Spain, and they don't need to look at other people's faces. If the other three teams want to qualify, they have to meet very demanding conditions, and they have to look at the faces of others.

So far, the four Asian teams have not won even a single game at this World Cup, which is a far cry from the previous one. In the last World Cup, two Asian teams entered the knockout stage, which was the best performance of Asian teams in the World Cup since the 2002 World Cup. As a result, this session was beaten back to the prototype.

Originally, the Chinese team was still in the spotlight, they performed well in the qualifiers, and the team also has a number of first-class players who stayed in Europe. Who would have thought that before the start of the World Cup, their core Zhou Yi was injured in the Champions League final, resulting in missing two World Cup group games, and the Chinese team only got two draws in the two World Cup group games.

Now that the final round of the group stage is about to begin, the fate and glory of Asian football may be on the line.

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On June 23, there will be four group games in Group A and Group B, of which the two group games that will be played at the same time at 1 p.m. will be Group B matches, and the most eye-catching match will be the match between China and Spain.

Then kick off at the same time at 5pm for the two group games of Group A. Whether hosts Brazil can qualify from the group will also depend on their match against Cameroon.

The match between the Chinese team and Spain is at one o'clock local time, at 0:00 Beijing time, for Chinese fans who stay up late to watch the game, this time period is very good, it will not be too late, and it will only be two o'clock after watching the game, so there is no delay in sleeping.

As a life-and-death battle for the national football team, and at the same time, it may be the first game of Zhou Yi's comeback, which naturally attracts attention, and the ratings in China will definitely be a new high in the live broadcast of sports events under the bed in China, and some institutions predict that it may even exceed the ratings of the last World Cup final......

Before the start of this game, reporters frantically inquired about the starting list of the Chinese team.

After a while, there was news that Zhou Yi would definitely start, and then there was another news that Zhou Yi might come off the bench, and then after a while, the new news said that the previous news was wrong, and Zhou Yi suddenly felt unwell before the game, and he may be absent from this life-and-death battle......

All kinds of news are flying all over the sky, some are released by Chinese media, some are released by foreign media and then reprinted in China, and there are even news from three no sources made up by netizens themselves. The Chinese fans who watched it were dazzled and couldn't believe any news later.

At the moment, the most certain news is that Lippi will not announce his starting line-up until the last minute, and just wait patiently until two hours before the start of the game to reveal the mystery.

Two and a half hours before the start of the game, the whole Chinese team boarded the bus at the hotel and prepared to set off for the final decisive battle, Baishada Arena.

Chinese reporters gathered outside the hotel to film the Chinese team boarding the bus and setting off.

Zhou Yi appeared in the team, of course, this does not explain anything. Because the whole team has to go to the stadium, the people who go don't mean they can play.

When they saw Zhou Yi, the Chinese fans who could only wait in front of the hotel because they didn't buy tickets broke out into cheers, and they shouted at Zhou Yi: "Please! Zhou Yi!

Zhou Yi waved at them, and then boarded the bus.

The CCTV reporter held the microphone in his hand, with the picture of the Chinese team boarding the car as the background, stood in front of the camera lens and said with a little excitement: "...... So far, we don't know if Zhou Yi will start, but looking at Zhou Yi's expression is very relaxed, and there is no depression and frustration that he can't play, I hope this is a good sign...... The Chinese team all boarded the bus and were ready to go! They were carrying the expectations and high hopes of 1.4 billion people! Let us cheer for the soldiers of the national football team! At this moment, they are fighting for China!"