Chapter 11 The first round of the group stage
Brazil beat Norway from Northern Europe 3-1 in the opening game, with Ronaldo, Rivaldo and substitute Edmundo scoring a goal apiece, and Norway pulled one back from 2-0 down by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who plays for Manchester United in the Premier League. (Chapter 181 of Volume 1 is incorrectly grouped, and the opening match is the match of the previous champion, so Italy, Belgium, Morocco, and the United States are in Group A and Brazil, Mexico, Norway, and South Africa are in Group D)
On June 11, in another match in Group A, Mexico crossed from Garcia on the left side in the 91st minute, and Hernandez at the back post jumped to the top to score the killer goal, helping the team to a difficult 1-0 victory over African powerhouse South Africa.
Group B also started on the same day, with the Netherlands beating Scotland 2-0. In the opening nine minutes, the Netherlands won a corner kick, and Kluivert in front of the small box scored with a header from Hendry. In the 32nd minute of the second half, Bergkamp was knocked down by Scottish defender Caldwood in the penalty area.
In the other match of Group B, Croatia played against South Korea, a small club of East Asia, and it was a big surprise that South Korea actually pressed Croatia in the first 30 minutes, and scored a goal in the 24th minute by Kim Do-hoon. Croatia equalised just before half-time with a long-range shot from the left flank.
Croatia, who found their form in the second half, scored three goals in a row and walked away with three points. In the 12th minute, Suker fired a left-footed shot into the far corner of the upper right corner of the penalty area to overtake the score, and then 11 minutes later, Boban scored a free kick in front of the penalty area, and the score was rewritten to 3:1.In the 39th minute of the second half, Prosineschi scored low shots from three South Korean players in front of the penalty area, and the score was finally locked at 4:1.
On June 12, Germany defeated Chile 2-0 in Group C, laying a solid foundation for the top spot in the group. It is worth mentioning that Klinsmann was urgently recalled to the national team before the start of the World Cup, and scored the winning goal in the 81st minute of this game. Germany's first goal came in the 13th minute of the second half by Bantam Thomas. Hasler scored from a direct free-kick.
Denmark and Tunisia scored one goal each in the first 15 minutes, and it was not until the 39th minute of the second half that Denmark scored a long-range shot from front of the penalty area by M. Laudrup, who plays for Guangdong Hongyuan.
On the same day, Italy took on Morocco in Group D, with the Azzurri almost overturning Morocco under the green No.7 Haji. In the opening 19 minutes, Hadji broke the deadlock with a long diagonal pass to assist No. 9 Jalill in the box, and Italy equalized by Chiesa of Parma 20 minutes later. Two minutes before the end of the first half, Italy's Baggio replaced Piero on the field, and tens of thousands of fans cheered in unison.
In the 8th minute of the second half, the Moroccan full-back stepped on Pagliuca and received a yellow card when he made a supplementary shot in the penalty area, and the goal was invalid, but Pagliuca's phalanges were cracked, and the Italian team was forced to replace the No. 2 goalkeeper Toldo.10 minutes later, Morocco made a comeback, Haji broke through Pesoto's defense on the side and cut into the penalty area, and fired a left-footed shot into the far corner on the line of the small penalty area to help Morocco take the lead again. In order to strengthen the impact of the frontcourt, the Italian team replaced the 9th master Inzaghi with Vieri, and it was this substitution that activated Baggio. Vieri and Chiesa's runs tore apart the Moroccan defence, and Baggio made a quick stop in front of the box to flick past three players before making a quick stop and firing low past the last man to equalise. 2 minutes before the end of the game, just when everyone thought that the game was about to end with a score of 2:2, Baggio stood up again, received a long pass from the backfield Di Biagio on the penalty line, unloaded the ball in the air and passed the ball in a row, and then faked the shot to shake off the opponent's central defender, took a step to the left laterally and then shot low again to the far goal, Italy relied on Baggio's play to win the first win and 3 points.
Entering the fourth matchday, the European Red Devils Belgium beat the United States 1-0 in Group D to take all three points. The goal came in the 28th minute of the second half, when Wilmots went through and the striker Mpenza, who played for Belgian giants Standard Liege, picked it up.
In the first game of Group E, Romania was unable to attack for a long time, and was used by the Paraguayans to counterattack to win two consecutive cities, and finally relied on the goal of No. 11 Ilier to save some face. Paraguay scored the goal by Jose. Cardoso and Gombos, who played for Beijing Guoan in his previous life, unfortunately the troika that caused a green whirlwind in the first A has never had a chance to get together again in this life, and Gombos currently plays for the champion team of the national league, Olympia Asunción.
In another key match in Group E, England, the long-awaited favourites to win the championship, defeated Japan 5-0. In the opening 4 minutes, McManaman cut inside laterally on the left and scored in front of the penalty area.11 minutes later, Beckham's corner kick smashed over the head of Shearer in the middle and bounced into the goal, and the world's cameras can testify that Shearer was dragged by two Japanese defenders and did not jump up at all. Then in the 25th minute, McManaman's left broke through, and the bottom line crossed to the feet of Shearer in the middle, who took the ball back to Gascoigne on the penalty line, and shot again. In less than 30 minutes, the Japanese were already stunned by the British's three goals.
Second half Robbie. Fowler took over the game, Gascoigne's through ball and David Beckham's long ball set up Milan's striker to score twice, and Japan sent a cross from the side of Naoki Soma in the 79th minute, and Adams' unexpected leak in front of the top made Miura behind him a scrambled kick, only to have an anti-aircraft gun tell the Japanese that they were still a lot short of World Cup standards.
On June 14, Group F hosts France defeated Cameroon 2-0, and both sides did not score at half-time. IN THE 33RD MINUTE OF THE SECOND HALF, HENRY COUNTERATTACKED AND CONNECTED THREE PEOPLE ON THE SIDE TO CUT HORIZONTALLY INTO THE CORNER OF THE SMALL PENALTY AREA, AND THEN A TRADEMARK HENRY GOAL GAVE FRANCE THE LEAD.8 MINUTES LATER, IT WAS THE EMPEROR'S WIDE BREAKTHROUGH THAT FOUND TREZEGUET WITH A CROSS FROM A DEFENDER, WHO HALF-TURNED AND VOLLEYED TO GIVE FRANCE THE WIN.
The other match in Group F was played by Bulgaria, who finished fourth in the last World Cup, against Asian powerhouse Iran. It was the first upset of the tournament, Iran won 2-1 to get three points, and the aging Barakov was blown out by Iran's rising star Bageri in midfield. Akiz and Bagheri scored one goal each, and Bulgaria scored one goal in the 74th minute through Stoichkov, who played for the defender Huandao. What made domestic fans talk about it was that both players who played in the Chinese league scored in this match.
Group G runners-up Nigeria played fourth Jamaica with little suspense, with Okocha providing two assists and scoring a solo strike in the final three minutes to secure a 3-0 victory, with the other two goals scored by Oliseh and Babangida.
The first match on June 15 will be played by Argentina, the world's top team led by the football king Maradona, against the new World Cup team China men's football team where supernova Li Boen is played. After that, there are two matches in Group H, Spain vs Colombia and Yugoslavia vs Austria.
In this World Cup, due to FIFA and the tournament organizers, Rice's holographic technology was not purchased, so the fans at the scene could not enjoy the breathtaking holograms. To this end, in the domestic Rice Sports and Yang 5 cooperation, in the 11 cities where the Rice youth training is located, 100 open-air live broadcast venues, CCTV live broadcast signal plus Rice holographic technology so that domestic fans living at the end of the 20th century in advance to enjoy far more than 4K picture quality of the game. It is rumored that the more scummy the picture quality, the stronger the national football team, what changes can this high picture quality bring to the national football team, let's see you in the next chapter.