Under normal circumstances, a team that plays a defensive counterattack, once the score is behind, will usually be scored more goals by the opponent because they are eager to tie the score, and then fall into a state of collapse.

That's what happened to this Iranian team right now, and after falling behind the score, they have been pushed to the brink and have to fight back with all their might.

However, in the face of a strong team like Spain, once a big counterattack fails, the consequences can be very serious.

In the 65th minute, Carvajal sent a cross from the right wing and assisted his club teammate Isco to score a goal to make the score 0:2.

In the 74th minute, the Spanish team played a delicate pass and cut in the front, and after Diego Costa successfully countered offside, he received Lin Quan's assist and sent the ball into the goal.

The score became 0:3, and the Iranian team was gone.

Seeing that the game was decided, Bosque used up the last substitution, Lin Quan was replaced in the 75th minute, and Rodrygo from Valencia came on.

When Lin Quan left the stadium, he once again enjoyed a standing ovation from the fans.

He was outstanding in this game, contributing an assist and a goal, and was a crucial goal in helping Spain break the deadlock.

Without his goal, it would not have been so easy for Spain to win the opponent.

After successfully winning the opponent, the Spanish team also won two consecutive wins in the group stage, advanced to the first round in advance, and locked the top spot in the group.

In the other game of the same group later, Cristiano Ronaldo continued his red-hot form in the previous game, scoring quickly in the opening four minutes to lead Portugal to a 1-0 victory over Morocco and get their first win in the group stage.

So far, all four goals scored by Portugal in this World Cup have come from Cristiano Ronaldo.

In what may be the last World Cup he will participate in, Ronaldo has put on a super-god-level performance.

Considering that Portugal's final game is against the weakest Iranian side, they still have a good chance of progressing to the round of 16.

Compared with Lin Quan and Ronaldo, who are smooth, the situation on Messi's side is much more severe.

In this round of the game, the Argentine team led by Messi was swept 3:0 by the Croatian team.

Messi's performance in this game was still sluggish, and Argentina as a whole was completely suppressed by the Croatian team.

The Plaid Army, led by Modric, Rakitic and others, announced their strength to the world with a hearty victory.

And the Croatian team has quickly become the number one dark horse in this World Cup, the black and shiny kind!

"I've long said Croatia are not to be underestimated, they beat Spain, the number one team in the world, in the last European Championship!"

"Yes, if it weren't for the bad luck of meeting Portugal in the round of 16 and being dragged to penalties, they would have gone far!"

In the last European Championship, Croatia faced the champions and runners-up Spain and Portugal in succession, they won first against Spain and then drew with Portugal, and finally fell to the penalty shoot-out with bad luck.

can play with the champions and runners-up of the European Championship with such a result, Croatia is naturally not a fish belly.

If you are lucky, draw a good lottery, maybe you will reach the quarterfinals or even the semifinals.

Although there are more top teams in the World Cup than in the European Cup, the group stage of the World Cup may not be as difficult to play as the group stage of the European Cup.

With the quality Croatia are showing so far, their qualification for the last 16 is a certainty, and the only question worth discussing now is how far can their dark horse go in the World Cup?

When the outside world inquired about the situation of the Croatian team and was shocked by the excellent performance of the Croatian team, many media reporters began to report on the defeat of Argentina.

Argentina were held to a draw by Iceland in the first game and lost to Croatia in the second.

After two rounds, Argentina have only one point and are currently at the bottom of the group.

Croatia has won both games and has advanced to qualify and locked up the top spot in the group, while Nigeria has one win and one loss, and is second with three points.

Iceland and Argentina both have one draw and one loss, but Iceland has a goal difference of minus 2, one more than Argentina, so they are ahead of Argentina.

Argentina, the favorite to win the World Cup, is actually ranked first from the bottom.

This result was completely beyond everyone's expectations!

Who would have thought that Argentina's performance would be so poor, could it be that they would stop in the group stage, and in the end they could not even get a victory, and they would be out of the tournament in disgrace?

Maradona, the football king who came to the scene to cheer for his national team, almost had a heart attack when he saw his team being bloodied by his opponent.

And the picture of him grabbing his hair, widening his eyes, and an expression of disbelief was captured by reporters and fans, and even spread all over the Internet after the game.

"I feel sorry for the old horse!"

"Lao Ma must be thinking, let this kid Sampaoli take it, it's better for me to do it myself!"

"Hehe, Lao Ma is a great kicker, but let him coach? Forget it, after all, 10 years of Argentina have been what he has become! ”

"What is this, the Alvas Club of the UAE League, coveted Lao Ma's fame and achievements when he played, and spent a lot of money to invite Lao Ma to coach, but he was taken to the ditch, and finally fired Lao Ma's squid directly!"

"Haha, it's really fake, this is outrageous, right? Is Lao Ma's coaching ability really so poor? ”

"It's true, Lao Ma really has nothing in his stomach, and he is not suitable for coaching at all."

The Internet suddenly turned into a sea of joy, and jokes about the old horse were floating everywhere.

"Alas, you feel sorry for the old horse, I feel even more sorry for those gambling dogs, I don't know how many gambling dogs are going bankrupt tonight!"

Originally, after Argentina was forced to draw by Iceland in the first game, there were many gambling dogs on the rooftop.

After Argentina was bloodied by Croatia, the wind on the rooftop was only stronger.

The Argentine team is simply the end of betting on dogs!

Although the responsibility for the loss of the Argentine team is not all Messi's, as the captain and number one star of the team, he naturally has to bear the biggest infamy and carry the biggest black pot.

On the day after Argentina's loss, the Internet was full of verbal criticism of Messi and the Argentine team.

What dwarfs, dwarves, cowards and the like all smashed over.

Even Argentina's head coach Sampaoli shook the pot at the post-match press conference:

"I'm always looking for the best position for the players on the pitch, each player has a responsibility, but we can't find a link between the team and Messi."

Sampaoli then added: "I think we are still good, but we need to show cohesion and I hope we can improve!" ”

These words put Messi directly on the fire, making him unable to get off the stage.

"It has long been said that Messi is a cancer, he is completely out of touch with his teammates on the field, and he can't play any role as a leader at all, but will only drag down the team."

"That's right, you Messi fans, you used to always say that Messi was too powerful, and the consciousness of his teammates couldn't keep up with him, so he didn't cooperate well, but if you look at the Spanish team, why can Lin Huang fit in perfectly? In the end, it's your own food, don't make so many excuses. ”

In these two games, Lin Quan has been silently doing the work of green leaves in the back, giving up all the opportunities to be in the limelight to his teammates.

And his way of sacrificing personal data to complete the team's style of play is seen by every fan.

So they all have a question, why does Lin Quan play like this, but Messi can't?

In the face of the overwhelming accusations and abuse outside, Messi was extremely tired and once again came up with the idea of quitting the national team.

Playing in the club, he cooperates with his teammates very tacitly, plays very easily and freely, and really enjoys the happiness that football brings him.

But every time I return to the national team to play, I feel very heavy, as if I have thousands of pounds on my shoulders, and every step is very difficult.

Not to mention happy football, he is even always scolded and blamed, and some people even criticize him for not working in the national team because he doesn't love Argentina as a country and only has Spain in his heart (Messi is a dual citizen of Argentina and Spain).

These accusations hurt Messi very much, he is really very passionate about the Argentine national team and wants to lead the team forward.

But he really can't take it!

Although the teammates of the national team are good, they cannot reach a tacit cooperation with him, the players are not completely convinced of him, and many people have their own ideas, which leads to both sides playing awkwardly on the field.

What the head coach said at the press conference was not untargeted, but true, and the Argentine team was not united.

But because he is the most famous, everyone thinks that he is not good, and they all come to scold him, ignoring the problems of others.

It's not that Messi hasn't tried to make green leaves in the past, but the effect is not good.

And when he wanted to stand up for himself, his teammates only thought about showing off and didn't pass the ball to him......

He felt like he was too hard!

……

This time, Lin Quan didn't stand up and say anything again, and he himself thought that Messi did have a problem with his play.

As the leader of the team, not even being able to handle the dressing room is a dereliction of duty.

The situation within the Argentine squad is complicated, with different factions, but which national team does not have a faction?

There are also two powerful factions in the Spanish national team: the Barcelona gang and the Real Madrid gang!

If you don't have the support of the manager, you are backstabbed by the coach, you can't fix the dressing room, you are isolated by your teammates on the field, and you are too much of a failure as a captain.

After learning what happened to Messi, Guardiola took the initiative to stand up and help Messi say some justice.

It can be seen that he still cares a lot about his former proud disciple.

But compared with the original, the feelings have faded a lot, and the reason is very simple, because Lin Quan has completely replaced or even surpassed Messi's status in his heart.

He stood up and spoke, completely out of past affection!

……

After two rounds of kicks, the qualifying situation of each group is basically clear.

In Group A, hosts Russia and Uruguay both won two consecutive victories to advance to the round of 16.

The next round of direct confrontation between the two teams will determine the final winner of Group A.

As for Egypt and Saudi Arabia, they are now all defeated, and they will have to rely on each other to save face in the final round.

In Group C, France lived up to expectations, winning two in a row and qualifying one round ahead of schedule, where they will compete with Denmark for top spot in the group.

Australia, who are in the same group, currently have just one point, but retain their theoretical hopes of qualifying.

They will have to beat Peru in the next round and pray that France will beat Denmark to qualify or they will be eliminated.

As for Peru, they are already out of the tournament one round early, with 0 points at the moment.

The situation on this side of Group D is a bit chaotic, with Croatia already in progress and Nigeria, Argentina and Iceland all hopefuls.

Among them, Nigeria, which has 3 points, has the best situation to qualify, and as long as they draw in the next round, they can rely on the advantage of winning and losing to qualify steadily.

As for Iceland, the conditions for them to qualify are tough, not only will they have to beat Croatia, who are top of the group, but they will also have to pray that Argentina will beat Nigeria, and Argentina can't win too much yet, otherwise the goal difference will overtake them and lead to their elimination.

As for Argentina, they are in the worst position to qualify.

Even if they beat Nigeria in the last round, they couldn't make it out consistently.

If Iceland also beat Croatia, Argentina are very likely to be eliminated from the tournament because they are at a disadvantage on goal difference.

So the final battle is a real life-and-death battle for Argentina.

In fact, Argentina is not the only favorite to fall behind, and the runner-up team Germany in the last World Cup has also performed poorly in this World Cup.

In the first round, the German team unexpectedly lost to Mexico, and although they won Sweden in the second round, the main central defender Boateng received a red card, which brought hidden worries to the German team's backline.

However, compared to Argentina's desperate situation, the German team is in a slightly better situation.

At least they have three points in their hands, and they only need to beat South Korea in their next game to secure the last place in qualifying.

The Germans are also confident about this game, and Loew said in an interview before the game that they will learn from the previous two games and that the next game will definitely show everyone a real Germanic vehicle.

The key is very high, and it has successfully aroused the curiosity of the outside world, but I don't know how the final play will be sung.

If you lose unexpectedly to South Korea in the end, you will have fun.

In addition to these traditional strong teams and favorites to win the championship, Lin Quan also pays more attention to the matches in Group G.

In Group G, there is not only De Bruyne's Belgian team, but also the re-launched Three Lions - England.

Because the other two teams in the group are weaker, both teams are currently on a two-game winning streak, with the final game set to battle for the top spot in the group.

Because of De Bruyne's relationship, Lin Quan naturally supports the Belgian team more.

This European Red Devils are quite strong on paper, but I don't know how far they can go.

It is worth mentioning that compared to other Asian teams that have basically been eliminated in the first round in advance, the Japanese team in Group H is currently tied with Senegal for the first place in the group and has a great hope of qualifying.

Japan now has 4 points, and as long as they don't lose too badly in the final round, they have a good chance of qualifying. (End of chapter)