Chapter 238: World Cup Hot

　　 A few days later, the second round of the World Cup European play-offs began.
　　Croatia returned to home and defeated Iceland 2:0. The total score was 2:0 and successfully advanced.
　　 Greece went to an away game and drew 1:1 with Romania, with a total score of 4:2 to advance.
　　 There is also the most watched game. The French team lost to Ukraine 0:2 in the first round. They returned to the French Stadium to defeat their opponents 3:0 and completed a major reversal.
　　 This is the first time in the history of the World Preliminaries European play-offs that there was a 0:2 loss in the first round, but a successful comeback in the end.
　　 It is also said that the French love waves themselves. They should have won a series without much problem, but they did this foolishly and made it so thrilling.
　　 However, in this round of World Preliminaries, it was Portugal and Sweden that made the most news.
　　 Portugal defeated Sweden 1-0 at home in the first round. This score can only be said to be a small advantage for Portugal, but there is no guarantee who can advance.
　　 came to Sweden's home court in the second round. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Portugal. Then Ibrahimovic scored twice in response. Ibrahimovic began to pretend to be crazy, because Sweden has already started and is about to complete a major reversal.
　　 But then Cristiano Ronaldo made two more attempts to complete the hat trick by himself, and at the same time completely killed the game.
　　 This game has attracted a lot of attention. There is a duel between C Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic, and both sides have a good performance on the court.
　　 Ibrahimovic scored twice and Ronaldo had a hat trick.
　　 In fact, the goal of Portugal's home lore to Sweden in the first round was also scored by Ronaldo. Therefore, in the two rounds facing Sweden's life and death battle, Ronaldo scored four goals alone.
　　 Ibrahimovic, who was extremely arrogant after the recent Champions League outbreak, was cleaned up in front of Ronaldo.
　　 And Ibrahimovic is 32 years old this year. This is almost the last time he has been in the World Cup. Now he has failed again. Then he is probably the kind of star who missed the World Cup in his career.
　　 Of course, Ibrahimovic’s pretence level is definitely sufficient. After being eliminated in the game, he has already stated: "Zlatan’s absence will only be a loss for the World Cup, not my loss."
　　 Well, if you don't have Ibrahimovic, the World Cup will be the same as if you didn't. It's meaningless.
　　 probably means that.
　　 On this national team match day, England had two warm-up matches at home, against Chile and Germany, both of which were strong teams.
　　 Then, England naturally suffered a two-game losing streak.
　　 Faced with the Chilean game, Li Chenglong was the starting point, and then seized the opportunity to score a goal in a corner kick in the first half to help England open the record.
　　 But Sanchez scored twice in the second half and led the team to reverse the game.
In fact, England's overall performance in this game was pretty good. The whole game suppressed Chile, but the ability to seize the opportunity was almost impossible. There was also Joe Hart who was relatively pitted. In the case of the incarnation of the shot, the opponent only took two shots. All scored.
　　 Especially Sanchez's lore in stoppage time, Joe Hart could save the ball, but a butterhand came and directly leaked the ball into the goal.
　　 But this is also a required course for England goalkeepers. Traditional craftsmanship cannot be lost in a day or two.
　　The match against Chile can be said to be a loss, but facing the German team, it was really a complete defeat.
　　 Although the final score was only 0:1, England was completely suppressed at home, and the entire first half did not complete a shot.
　　 After Li Chenglong came off the bench in the second half, the situation improved slightly, and he barely completed two shots to make the data less shameful.
　　 England suffered a two-game losing streak in an international game. This was the first time in ten years. This made England fans very upset. The English media began to doubt Hodgson's coaching ability. By the way, it was hyped whether he wanted to change his handsome face.
　　 The international competition is coming, and of course the English media will have to pick things out.
　　 Whenever an international competition comes, the English media will come out and behave. This is also a tradition.
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　　 After this national team match day, the 32 places for the World Cup in Brazil next year have all been confirmed.
　　 13 teams from Europe, 6 teams from South America, 5 teams from Africa, 4 teams each from North America and Asia.
　　 In the qualifiers on all continents, there was basically no upset, and almost all the stronger teams were promoted.
However, there are also some stars who missed the World Cup due to the overall strength of the national team, including Bell and Ramsey of Wales, Ibrahimovic of Sweden, Cech of the Czech Republic, Ivanovic of Serbia, etc., all of which are from fierce competition. Europe.
　　 The top 32 came out, and the next World Cup group stage draw will be held in Brazil in December.
　　 When it comes to drawing lots, there will naturally be different grades.
According to the World Cup classification rules, only the first tier of teams is completely classified according to the national team's world ranking (except for the host), while the second, third, and fourth tiers are considered based on "sports and geographical factors". , Which leads to a lot of strong teams will fall, easy to form a group of death.
　　 According to this FIFA rule, the strong teams of England, France and Chile belong to the third tier, while Italy directly belongs to the fourth tier.
　　 So when the time comes to draw lots, maybe there will be a dead group.
　　Before the group draw, the media from all over the world are already doing the ranking of the favorites to win the championship.
　　 According to the most popular opinion, the host Brazil is considered the first favorite, Argentina is the second favorite, Germany is third, and the defending champion Spain is fourth.
　　 The top two favorites were directly taken over by the South American duo. It may be because the World Cup was held in South America, because in the history of the World Cup, the South American team has always won the World Cup in South America.
　　 But the fifth favorite, but a little surprised, is the upstart Belgian team in Europe.
　　Actually, this time I have entered the World Cup, which is only Belgium's first time since 2002. However, in recent years, Belgium's football talents have blown out, so it has risen in the championship rankings.
　　 And next are the Netherlands, Italy, France, Uruguay, Croatia and England.
　　England is ranked eleventh. This ranking is reasonable. After all, England has not performed well in recent years.
　　In fact, after two consecutive losses in the warm-up match~EbookFREE.me~, including England coach Hodgson and captain Gerrard have said: "England is indeed not the favorite to win the World Cup in Brazil next year."
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　　 During the national team match day, FIFA announced some candidates for the award ceremony, including the best team candidate list and the 23-man list for the Golden Globe.
　　 There is no doubt that Li Chenglong appeared on the list.
　　 Among the best team candidates, Lee Chenglong appeared in the forward position.
　　 The 23-man rosters for the Golden Globe Awards, Lee Chenglong is also included.
　　 Due to the overall performance of the Bundesliga in the Champions League last season, this year's 23-man Ballon d'Or roster, the Bundesliga has won a total of 8 places, the most among the five major leagues.
　　 Bayern contributed six people: Ribery, Robben, Neuer, Lahm, Muller, and Schweinsteiger. Dortmund has a Lewandowski, and Schalke has a Lee Chan.
　　 In addition, there are 6 players in La Liga, 5 players in the Premier League, 3 players in Ligue 1 and 1 player in Serie A.
　　 Although the Bundesliga has the largest number of shortlists, due to Ronaldo’s recent fierce performance, many gambling companies have raised Ronaldo’s top favorite in the odds of winning the Golden Globes.
　　 This also shows from the side that Ribery's advantage is gradually diminishing.
　　 But these have nothing to do with Li Chenglong, he is definitely not even in the three-person list.
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