Vol 4 Chapter 20: Isn't it a bit early to think about the 1/8 final?

The idea of ​​being able to qualify evenly is too familiar to Chinese fans, especially the older generation of fans.
Fortunately, the opponent in the final round of the group was Colombia, who qualified early. The other game was Greece, which scored only one point in the first two rounds of the group, and Côte d’ Ivoire, which did not score points.
The Chinese team won one game and scored four points in two games and had a goal difference. The only team that has the chance to reverse the Chinese team to obtain the group stage qualifying position is Greece, which scores a point. This means that the Chinese team leads the Greek team with four goal difference.
Unless the Chinese team loses a large score to Colombia, Greece can win the Ivorian score.
This possibility is not very big, but it does not mean that there is no, and the best way for the Chinese team to appear is to firmly grasp their right to qualify.
For example: draw.
When it comes to draws to qualify, Chinese fans are somewhat entangled.
Chinese domestic media did not deliberately create pressure on the Chinese team in preparation for the battle. They listed the possibility of the Chinese team qualifying.
Fans often have no sense of autonomy, and like to see various topics that are beneficial to their support for the team, especially the possibility of qualifying.
The first two rounds of the Côte d’ Ivoire team lost to the Chinese team and Côte d’ Ivoire respectively, which led to the early elimination of the group.
In order to save face, African elephants will definitely do their best to fight for glory in the final round and defeat Greece.
If the match between Côte d’ Ivoire and Greece is ultimately won by Greece, even if the Chinese team loses a lot to Colombia, they can still qualify in small groups.
Another argument is that the match between Côte d’ Ivoire and Greece is a draw, and the Chinese team also loses to Colombia and can qualify.
The most satisfying thing for Chinese fans is that the Greek team did not score in the first two rounds of the game and netted three goals. The Côte d’ Ivoire team lost two games in a row but scored three goals in two games.
Apart from the defensive handicap, there is no problem with offense.
The players of the Chinese team are very standardized in preparation. Under the leadership of the Lippi coaching team, the players fully prepare for the final round and strive to firmly hold the initiative in their own hands.
Rather than expecting the only Greek team to threaten the team's qualifying draw or lose, it is better to fight for the final round of the group with a deadly attitude.
While the Chinese team and Colombia were preparing for the final round of the group stage, the fans of both sides were naturally bragging about the battle, opening a prelude to the upcoming focus war.
It is worth mentioning that the day before the game, the Chinese team and Colombia chose to come to the Pantanal Stadium at the same time to adapt to the venue.
Because everyone's time is tight, it is impossible for anyone to adapt to the venue first.
The organizer had no choice but to let the two teams adapt to the venue at the same time.
Before the World Cup in Brazil, there were media reports that the organizing committee of the World Cup in Brazil arranged chaos. Tang Zheng who entered the stadium really felt what it meant to be chaos.
It stands to reason that top-level events like the World Cup should be meticulous.
The time for the two teams to adapt to the venue appeared at the same time, which means that the organizing committee did not pay attention.
Or, inaction!
Of course, the preparation of the Chinese team has not been affected by the inaction of the organizing committee, and their attention is still focused on the final round of Group C to be held at this stadium tomorrow night.
In the process of adapting to the field, the players of both sides will inevitably have eye contact during the warm-up, especially the two players with good relations.
Hames Rodrigo and Tang Zheng have a very good relationship. They warmly looked at each other when they warmed up.
As in the past, Tang Zheng did not lose to James Rodriguez.
Zhang Linpeng, who plays for Porto, also has acquaintances in the Colombian national team, 21-year-old Quintero and Jackson Martinez.
The former gradually became the core player of Porto after Hames Rodriguez left the Portuguese Super League to join Ligue 1 Monaco. The latter has locked its main forward position since joining Porto.
Whether it is Quintero or Jackson Martinez, their relationship with Zhang Linpeng is very good. Occasionally the team will take Zhang Linpeng on holiday to invite these food-loving teammates to eat delicious Chinese food.
Over time, the relationship is naturally extraordinary.
But in a game about the honor of the national team, no one will take care of the "old feelings".
The Chinese and foreign journalists who came to the Pantanal Stadium were extremely sensitive to their occupations. They kept pressing the shooting button in their hands and recorded their precious materials in the camera.
The football game itself is certainly concerned, but the news outside the stadium can also attract the attention of fans.
Zhang Linpeng knew very well about Quintero and Jackson Martinez. Similarly, Jintro and Jackson Martinez knew Zhang Linpeng. When the two sides met, they were very worthy of attention.
The story of Tang Zheng and Hames Rodríguez deserves more attention from the Chinese and foreign media, starting with the training of the young Boca young people, to the A Jia representing the river bed and Banfield, to Dortmund and Porto, the number of battles There are many, but the victory ultimately belongs to Tang Zheng's team.
When Falcao missed the World Cup in Brazil due to injury, James Rodriguez became the deserved number one star in Colombia, and Tang Zheng was China's first star.
This battle, just as the two played fiercely on Twitter, attracted much attention.
Most of the attention of Chinese and foreign journalists who came to the Pantanal Stadium focused on Tang Zheng and Hames Rodriguez, so they saw the two people's eye contact and brief eye contact.
The Colombian media has some regrets. Due to personal character reasons, Hames Rodriguez could not insist on looking at each other, so Chinese media reporters have more confidence in the game tomorrow night.
The same number ten, Tang Zheng has already won.
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James Rodriguez is still as introverted as ever, and Tang Zheng started the final round of the group match against the stadium at 8 o'clock tomorrow night!
On the evening of the same day, the final group matches of Group A and Group B started at 4 pm and 8 pm local time in Brazil.
The Brazilian team defeated Cameroon 4: 1 at the Brasilia National Stadium and became the first in the group with a goal difference.
Croatia did not win in adversity. They lost to Mexico 1-3 and were eliminated, so the two qualifying places in Group A were Brazil and Mexico.
The two games played at eight in the evening can be said to have little meaning. The Spanish and Australian teams lost two consecutive losses in advance, but the last game is about the glory of the two teams in the World Cup. For the two teams, they can no longer lose.
The confrontation between the Chilean team and the Dutch team depends more on who is the first group and who is the second group.
Since the qualifying places for Group A have come out, Group B will face Mexico first, while Group 2 will face host Brazil.
For both teams, the first in Group B is in favor of the next knockout.
In the final round of Group B, Spain defeated Australia 2-0 and won the only game of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The Netherlands defeated Chile 2-0 and became the first in the group, which means that the next 1/8 final against the two sides is Brazil VS Chile, Netherlands VS Mexico.
At the same time, the Chinese team held the last collective meeting before the game at the hotel where they stayed in Qubaia.
The schedule is extremely beneficial to the Chinese team, but after all, the right to qualify has to be in their own hands.
Moreover, in the event of an upset like Group D, defeating Colombia and winning the group first is also possible.
Lippi has a lot of coaching experience, and he has many years to instill in his players.
Especially in the second round, they did not beat the Greek team with an absolute advantage. At the same time, they had to find their own reasons.
Why there is no one more player, and the key data such as possession rate and number of shots have an absolute advantage and there is no way to score goals.
In this regard, striker Gao Lin is duty-bound.
As the Chinese team's starting center for this World Cup, there were too many opportunities for the Greek team to miss the game.
Especially in the second half, Tang Zheng sent him at least two elaborate passes, and he faced the goalkeeper Kanezis's shot either off or high.
Of course, Lippi didn't call the person in person, but it was specific to everyone who knew it.
Summarizing the draw of the last round of the draw with Greece, Lippi gave a tactical explanation of the final round of group C at the Pantanal Stadium tomorrow night and the technical characteristics of the opponent Colombian players.
In Lippi's tactical system, Tang Zheng's national team position is still a defensive midfielder, partner Zheng Zhi.
Because of the strength of Colombia, Tang Zheng's defensive responsibility is more severe than in the past two games. He must ensure that the team's defense is absolutely safe before he can participate in the direct attack on the offensive end.
But this way, the Chinese team's attack will be greatly affected.
Tang Zheng has no meaning for the coach Lippi ’s arrangement. The overall strength of Colombia is there. The Chinese team at a big disadvantage must have to correct its position, otherwise there will be a big score loss that everyone does not want to see. ball.
The players of Hames Rodriguez, Jackson Martinez, Guarin and Quadrado are all very characteristic players, and their physical conditions are very good, especially Hames Rodriguez, With Tang Zheng's understanding, he has the ability to become a world-class superstar.
World-class superstars have the ability to change the game!
Tang Zheng has always believed in one sentence: defense is not shameful, only loses after losing.
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On June 24th, local time in Brazil, Cuiabá in Mato Grosso state in central and western Brazil is sunny with a daytime maximum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. The match between the Chinese team and Colombia is It is eight in the evening.
The temperature is moderate, the humidity is moderate, and there is a breeze in this period, which is very suitable for a high-quality football game.
Prior to this, Group D took the lead in two group matches.
Italy VS Uruguay, England VS Costa Rica.
In addition to Costa Rica's two-game winning streak and advancement in advance, Italy and Uruguay both scored three points in two games.
The winning side certainly advanced, but Italy has one more goal difference than Uruguay, and the draw can also advance to the round of 16.
According to Italy's good defensive counterattack, it is very possible to keep the score of 0: 0 until the end of the game, and the odds of the world's top ten gaming companies are also very optimistic about the Italian draw to Uruguay.
Unfortunately, there was a huge change when the game went to fifty-nine minutes. After Marchisio lost the ball, he counter-robbed and there was an obvious step-up action. The sole of the shoe was firm and stepped on the calf of Uruguayan player Rios. The referee directly shows the red card.
In the case of one less player, Italy can only insist on defense, and even once gave up to fight back.
After all, a 0: 0 score can guarantee that Italy will qualify from Group D, but the Uruguayan defender Godin, who was good at scoring key goals in the past 2013-2014 season, once again stood out at a critical time. Click the back of the head to smash the ball to the bottom right corner of the goal, the goalkeeper Buffong whip is beyond reach.
Italy, which has no retreat, can only choose to go all out. Uruguay, who leads the number and score, chooses to retreat to halftime defense.
However, the score did not change until the end of the game. Uruguay finally defeated Italy with Godin's goal of 1: 0, thus reversing the promotion to the 16th World Cup.
Due to time constraints, Tang Zheng did not watch the live broadcast, but learned the result from assistant coach Madaloni.
Tang Zheng sighed for Italy's outs.
The 2006 World Cup champion in Germany, the 2010 South Africa World Cup stop group stage, and the 2014 Brazil World Cup stop group stage again.
In fact, Tang Zheng knows the reason, but this reason is not unique to Italy, but also reflected in England, Spain and other teams.
Tang Zheng was standing on the side of the court with a lot of thoughts. The Chinese fans at the Pantanal Stadium were not distracted. They made a huge deafening cheers: "Aoao Aoao--"
It was the huge shouts of the mountain tsunami that brought Tang Zheng back to reality. He returned to the court to keep up with the warm-up rhythm of his teammates.
The next game is crucial!
Before the game started, according to the long-range shots given to the live guide, it is not difficult to see that the Pantanal Stadium, which can accommodate 45,000 fans, is significantly different from the previous two group matches of the former Chinese team.
As Brazil's neighboring country, Colombia naturally influxes a large number of Colombian fans, so the Colombian fans at the scene and the Chinese fans form a resistance in court.
According to preliminary estimates, the Chinese fan zone surrounded by red and the Colombian fan zone surrounded by yellow occupy about 80% of the position, and the remaining 20% ​​belong to local Brazilian fans and other neutral fans.
With the switch of the live broadcast camera ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Fans sitting in front of the TV can already see the players of both parties leaving the locker room and coming to the player channel, which is the focus of the third round of the 2014 World Cup Group C Brazil The war is coming.
Colombia scored six points in two battles, and the Chinese team scored four points in two battles. As long as the two teams will draw together, but the specific ranking of Group D has come out, Costa Rica has become the first in the group, which means that the group C will face the second Costa Rica is relatively weak.
Able to choose easy mode, no one will choose difficult mode.
Originally, coach Peckerman was prepared to change his mind and used a lot of substitutes, but the core players in the team were eager to fight.
After thinking about it, I still sent a large number of main players and let only a few main players take turns.
By this time, Lippi hoped that the team could draw to Colombia and determine the group second.
Facing Costa Rica in the 1/8 final, it is a very good choice!
It's just ... Is it a bit early to think of the 1/8 finals at this time?