On June 23rd, the final round of the group stage officially began, and the round of 16 of this World Cup will also be determined in the next week.

First of all, Brazil, who had already advanced to Group A, played against South Africa, with a score of 4:2 to show the world the strong attacking power of the Samba Army, and at the same time, South Africa also avoided the embarrassment of being eliminated from the group with zero goals. Ronaldo scored twice, Carlos added the icing on the cake from a free-kick and Dunga's long-range shot sent South Africa away.

In the other match, Nordic powerhouse Norway defeated Mexico 2-1 to qualify for the second place in the group. Garcia scored in the opening 15 minutes with a long-distance run to give Mexico a 1-0 lead.Seven minutes later, Blanco's free-kick hit the post, and the Mexican, who was on the move, never imagined that he would fall under the Norwegian's aerial bombardment. In the 37th and 43rd minutes of the second half, two identical goals from high school striker Flo killed the game. At the end of the game, the whistle sounded, and the players of both teams fell to their knees on the field to hide their faces and wept, tears of joy on one side and tears of pain on the other.

In Group A, Brazil and Norway finished the top two to advance to the round of 16.

In the other group, the Netherlands beat South Korea 3-0, with Overmars' lightning goal in the opening 14 seconds completely crushing the South Koreans, and then in the 15th minute of the first half, Bergkamp converted a penalty to give the Netherlands a 2-0 lead. In the 9th minute of the second half, Seedorf scored from a distance, and the South Koreans could only hope for a comeback at the next World Cup held on home soil.

The final score of the match between Scotland and Croatia was 0:1, and Prosineski was called in the second half and scored a goal with the second touch of the ball in the first 3 minutes. The Scots regretted saying goodbye to the stage of this World Cup.

In Group B, the Netherlands won B1 to advance to the round of 16, while Croatia won B2.

As a result, the list of the first two matchups in the round of 16 has also been released:

A1 Brazil VSB2 Croatia B1 Netherlands VA2 Norway

On June 24, the German team in Group C easily defeated Tunisia 3:0, and the air leader Bierhoff completed a hat trick of headers, and the German header team deserved its name.

The match between Denmark and Chile was played darkly, and the two sides finally played 3:3.M. Laudrup, who plays for the Chinese league, scored twice, and then Salas also scored two goals and also colored, and in the second half, Chilean midfielder Acuna's long-range shot helped the team complete the reversal.3:2 The score lasted until the 46th minute of the second half. Henriksen slotted home from the back to save Denmark with one foot in the door, and Chile were less than a minute away from qualifying.

Germany won C1 with 7 points, Denmark finished second with 5 points, and won C2.

In Group D, Italy beat the United States 2-1, with Vieri and Inzaghi scoring a goal each, and the United States won a point from a corner kick in Weigler.

Morocco drew 0-0 with Belgium and advanced to the round of 16 with a goal difference advantage.

Italy deservedly secured a spot in the 1D1 of the group, while Morocco had to bite the bullet against three-time World Cup winners Germany in the next round.

C1 Germany VSD2 Morocco D1 Italy VSC2 Denmark

Paraguay, who defeated Romania in Group E and drew with England, welcomed the last opponent in the group, Japan, almost capsized in the gutter. Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata scored a long-range shot from the outside of the area in the 37th minute of the first half, and then the two sides were deadlocked for more than 40 minutes before Chilavert stepped up. In the 35th minute of the second half, Paraguay's legendary goalkeeper Chilavert equalized with a free kick.

The Japanese team saw that the first win of the World Cup was gone, and the ruthlessness came out again, and the little devils who had nothing in the group stage but wanted to win all attacked. The Paraguayans sacrificed their unique turtle shells and began to fight a defensive counterattack, and the last madness of the Japanese was just to hit the gun, and the Paraguayans used their good counterattack in the second half 43 minutes by the 17-year-old rookie Roque. Santa Cruz burst into the penalty area against offside, Japan's central defender Masami Ihara sent a red dot package, Chilavert stood in front of the opponent's goal again and shot straight into the corner to make Japan's main goalkeeper Nobuyuki Kojima helpless. In the end, Paraguay secured a place in the group 2:1. It's just a pity that Chilavert didn't have the opportunity to complete the hat-trick of goalkeepers from set-pieces in the World Cup.

In the other do-or-die match in the same group, the seeded Romania will face England, and both sides know that Paraguay's last game against Japan will definitely lock in a qualifying place, and both sides with the same ambitions for this cup are not willing to rest on their laurels, and a wonderful battle of attack begins.

England took the lead, in the 17th minute of the first half, Beckham's cross was hit by a single punch by the Romanian goalkeeper, Gascoigne outside the box stopped the ball on his chest, and then picked the ball past Petrescu and then turned around with the outside of his right foot and volleyed, England 1:0 Romania.

It is worth mentioning that Romania, as in the previous life, the whole team collectively dyed blonde hair from starters to substitutes, and I don't know if this time will bring them good luck.

In the 28th minute of the first half, Romania equalized, Haji in the middle of the steal and then transferred a long pass to the right, Iliye burst into the England penalty area with the ball unguarded, saw He-Man standing in front, suddenly a hanging shot, He-Man whip out of reach. The score between the two sides came to a 1:1 draw. (The goal was real, but Illier's lob hit the crossbar)

Then in the 38th minute of the first half, the Romanian side throw-in was thrown to Iliye on the line of the big penalty area, and the Cobras, who had just scored a goal, were in good shape, picking up the ball and turning past Paul. Ince then picked up a cross to the middle of the box with the instep of his foot, and Moldovan slid a quick chest from behind Adams to stop the ball before Stabbing Heman into the far corner. Romania overtook the score 2:1. (It's still real, and the goal was scored at the time)

The score remained until halftime, and at the beginning of the second half, the two sides were like two red-eyed bulls, and the battle was on the verge of breaking out after the referee's whistle.

England seized their chances in the eighth minute of the second half, Beckham's corner was sent to the edge of the front post, and Shearer, who retreated to receive the ball, half-turned and volleyed into the far corner. Fowler took a volley from the crowd and kicked the ball into the back of the net. The two sides are back on the same running line again.

After that, both sides had several attacks with a fraction of a cent difference in the score, and the time passed minute by minute, when the game reached the 34th minute of the second half, it was Haji who found the fast insertion of Ilier with a long pass over the top in the middle, England's left-back Le Sox was squeezed in by Ilier when he was stuck in position, He-Man was unlucky in this game, and he was able to take the incoming ball into his arms, but Ilier reached out from behind Le Sox and kicked the ball from under He-Man's crotch into the goal. With 10 minutes remaining, if the score is maintained until the end, the Romanian will knock out Ingra and advance to the round of 16. (It's still a real goal, but it was Petroscu who scored later)

In the final moments of the game, Capello replaced teenager Michael Owen, and the time on the sidelines showed that it was the 40th minute of the second half, leaving little time for England.

2 minutes after Owen came on the field, Beckham made a long pass to Fowler in the penalty area, the ball bounced a little further over the head of the Romanian defender, Fowler took the ball and crossed horizontally, the ball touched the front point of Gascoigne and the opposing defender and then changed direction and rotated to the middle, and suddenly a figure came out and fell to the ground to complete the goal. It's 18-year-old Owen!

3:3! In the 43rd minute of the game, England's first World Cup youngster Owen was in danger, and after England's lying grass tactics in the last minutes, the score remained until the end. England advanced to the round of 16 in the second group, and Romania was still honored despite defeat!

Paraguay qualified for E1 and England narrowly missed out for E2.

The next Group F match is Group E on the 25th, with France beating the Persian Iron Rider 2:0. In the 13th minute of the second half, Desailly scored with a header from a corner, and 23 minutes later, Henry burst into the penalty area on the wing and scored from a distance of 45 degrees.

Bulgaria's 1-0 victory over Cameroon, which has long been in their hearts, was a bit of a face-saving victory, and the goal was scored by veteran Barakov.

In this way, the round of 16 matchups in Group E and Group F will be played by E1 Paraguay VS F2 Iran, F1 France VS E 2 England.

As a result, 12 of the 16 promotion spots have been determined, and the final two groups will be completed on June 26, and the round of 16 will be unveiled.