After the match between China and Chile, no one knew what happened in the dressing room, but the outside media was disappointed with the result and pessimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team in this World Cup......

After the game, the major media in China expressed regret that the Chinese team could not win the game, and then criticized the team's performance after the opening game, and of course praised the performance after falling behind by two goals.

As for how to qualify from the group, the media and fans are also very enthusiastic to analyze and make suggestions.

But in their opinion, either way, it will be very difficult to beat the Netherlands or Spain.

Spain lost to the Netherlands in the strong dialogue, and everyone was not very surprised, everyone unexpectedly lost by such a big score......

The defending champions have already lost one game, so they will definitely have to win the remaining two games to secure qualification from the group.

The Chinese media and fans could not have imagined that the defending champions would be eliminated from the group stage. Although it is said that in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Italy, as the defending champion, did not qualify from the group. But Italy and Spain are in a different situation, and how is it possible that the defending champions will be eliminated from the group in two consecutive World Cups?

So no matter how you look at it, it is very, very, very difficult for the Chinese team to qualify from the group......

But within the Chinese team, it is indeed a different picture.

The players are ready for the match against the Netherlands with fighting spirit and confidence.

Head coach Lippi also set the goal of trying to qualify from the group.

First of all, they have to face the Netherlands.

Lippi's goal is surprisingly in line with Zhou Yi – it is better if he can win, but if he can't, he must fight for a draw.

With two points in hand, they fought Spain in the last game, got three points, and qualified for the group with five points.

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The next day, four more World Cup group stage matches were played. In the group stage, the schedule is three or four games a day.

The first of the four matches played on the day was Colombia vs. Greece, a match in Group C. In the end, they beat Greece 3-0 thanks to goals from Almero, Gutiérrez and Rodríguez.

The second match is a match in Group D, which will be played by Uruguay against Costa Rica, a civil war in Latin America. Before the game, everyone was more optimistic about Uruguay, after all, Uruguay has masters like Cavani and Suarez, and in the World Cup, Uruguay is one of the top four.

Unexpectedly, in this game, Uruguay lost 1:3 to the little-known Costa Rica. exposed the first upset of this World Cup.

Next up are England and Italy, and this is the match that everyone is most concerned about on this matchday, Italy was the defending champion of the last World Cup, but ended up bottom of the group and became the laughing stock of many. In this World Cup, they are back and want to prove themselves again in the World Cup.

In the first group stage, they met England, the "favorite to win the championship", and the two top two competed, who would die?

In the end, Italy beat England 2-1, and controversial talent Balotelli scored the winning goal in the game and was voted Man of the Match.

England's "road to the title" was hit hard at the beginning.

In the absence of the World Cup, the English media will promote and hype this England team as "the strongest England team in history" and "the favorite to win the championship". But in every World Cup, England's performance has not been satisfactory. Of course, the English media will not think that they have been slapped in the face, and they will quickly find a scapegoat after the defeat of the team.

The final match on June 14 was back in Group C, with another Asian team in action. Japan vs. Ivory Coast. Japan are also a very ambitious team, and since they reached the knockout stage of the World Cup in 2002, the country has been full of self-confidence and has been aiming for the knockout stage in every World Cup. Of course, teams that have not missed a World Cup finals since 1998 have indeed reached the time to go one step further and not always settle for a hard time to reach the World Cup finals and then go home after three group games.

In the last World Cup in South Africa, the Japanese team won two wins and one loss in the group stage, accumulated six points and won the right to qualify for the group, and once again entered the knockout round. However, they stopped in the quarter-finals and lost to Paraguay on penalties.

In this World Cup, the Japanese team has gathered a number of outstanding players at home and abroad, and the goal is still to qualify from the group, but not only from the group, they hope to go further.

Although the game opened the scoring for the first 16 minutes, Japan opened the scoring for the team by Keisuke Honda and took the lead. But then they couldn't escape the fate of defeat - Ivory Coast scored twice in the 64th and 66th minutes to turn the score around. In the end, this result was maintained until the end of the game.

Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1, and Japan's goal of qualifying from the group was hit from the start.

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The next game of the Chinese team is the twentieth match of this World Cup, and it will not kick off until the 18th. In between, they trained and followed the performance of other teams at the World Cup.

In the two games in Group E, Switzerland defeated Ecuador 2-1 and France beat Honduras 3-0.

Argentina, the real favourites to win Group F, defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 with a number of world-class stars. However, the match did not seem to be very convincing, as the Argentine players scored only one goal in the match, the other two goals were scored by Bosnia and Herzegovina players, and one was an own goal...... Messi scored the only goal for Argentina, and it was an own goal to beat Bosnia and Herzegovina, which participated in the World Cup for the first time, which made people wonder if Argentina can really win the championship in this World Cup.

The World Cup in South America is a good chance for Argentina to win the tournament because they are more familiar with the environment than European teams. If Messi wants to be undisputed, then he must win this World Cup.

Messi himself is probably well aware, so he has a goal in this game.

In the other match in the same group, the third Asian team made their debut, with Iran and Nigeria playing to a 0-0 draw.

In Group G, Germany showed their form-in-form against Portugal as they thrashed Portugal 4-0. This result was really unexpected by many people. Before, everyone thought that even if Portugal were to lose, they would not be able to lose so much......

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the two strongest people in football at that time, was able to kill all sides in the club, but in the national team, he couldn't support the entire Portuguese team alone.

In the other match, the United States defeated Ghana 2-1.

The first match of Group H was Belgium against Algeria, and in the end, Belgium, full of talented players, defeated Algeria 2-1.

In the other match in the same group, the last Asian team was unveiled.

South Korea faces Russia.

In South Korea's view, Russia should be the team they must win in this group. Like Japan, they have the goal of qualifying from the group.

South Korea's best result at the World Cup was also set at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, where they reached the semi-finals. It's just that for the South Korean team's results, except for the fans of other countries in South Korea, I'm afraid they are not very convinced.

In the last World Cup in South Africa, South Korea and Japan both reached the knockout rounds, but they had the same fate as Japan, being eliminated in the quarterfinals. They also qualified as the second in the group and met Uruguay, losing 1:2 and stopping in the round of 16.

This year, like the Japanese team, they not only want to qualify from the group, but also hope to go as far as possible.

Against Russia, South Korea felt they deserved to win, and it was a sure way to qualify from the group.

But the end result was disappointing, as they drew 1-1 with Russia......

So far, all four Asian teams have been presented, with China, Iran and South Korea all drawing and picking up a point, while Japan has lost.

None of the Asian teams were satisfied in the first round of the group stage, as their opponents were not the strongest in the group stage, but even then, they failed to win even a single game.

If you want to rank among the four teams in Asia, the Chinese team is the best performer because they score a lot of goals......

However, this comparison of rookies pecking at each other is meaningless.

Some experts analyzed that judging from the performance of the teams in the first round of the group stage, if this World Cup is not good, Asian teams will be wiped out. If that's the case, it's not a good thing for Asian football.

Because the quota for the World Cup is directly linked to the performance of teams from all continents in the World Cup.

If Asian teams consistently underperform, then their qualifying places will be cut, and the large number of Asian teams is obviously a big loss for the overall interests of Asian football.

For a while, the gloom and misery hung over not only the hearts of Chinese fans, but also in the hearts of Japan, South Korea, Iran, and even those fans who did not participate in the World Cup, such as Australia, who joined the AFC because they thought that the Asian side was not very competitive, and there were many qualifying places, which was profitable. Who would have thought that in this World Cup, they met the rising Chinese team, and they didn't even get the right to qualify. If all the Asian teams in this World Cup are wiped out, it will inevitably affect Australia's chances of participating in the World Cup in the future......

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