Chapter 40 Three Rounds of Attacks

The third round of the World Cup has been in a hot state since it started.

After all, it is for the qualification, so every team is fighting hard.

Especially those teams with only a glimmer of hope, they are constantly fighting to create miracles.

However, miracles are still not so easy to appear.

The third round of Group B started at the same time.

Spain VS Morocco.

Portugal VS Yin Lang.

After the game started, it fell into a weird atmosphere.

Portugal scored early in the first half, and then showed overall control and defense, and was not in a hurry to score, as if waiting for something.

On the other side, Morocco seemed extremely unrestrained after being eliminated.

After removing the pressure, they played better.

In the first half, facing the bombardment of Spain, they not only kept the score, but also scored the first goal.

Although Spain equalized the score in less than five minutes, the overall situation was not particularly favorable for Spain.

And from the process of the game, it can be seen that Spain does not seem to be in good shape.

The real weird atmosphere began to appear in the second half of the game between the two sides.

First, Morocco attacked the Spanish goal frantically, and even ten minutes after the start of the second half, Morocco's performance was even better.

Here, it is not ruled out that Morocco performed better without pressure.

In another game, Portugal as a whole seemed to be strolling leisurely.

Although they have obtained the qualification for the promotion and can play the game with confidence, they played too casually.

Especially in the 70th minute, Yin Lang broke through the Portuguese goal through a defensive counterattack opportunity and equalized the score.

Now, the whole stadium was in an uproar.

Both Portuguese fans and Yin Lang fans looked unbelievable.

"Portugal wants to get rid of Spain!"

Chen Man grinned.

It is not difficult to see from Portugal's game status that they are waterproof.

Although it is not blatant, the defensive pressure on some Yin Lang players is not great, and it even seems to cooperate with them to score goals.

A draw has little impact on Portugal.

On the contrary, the situation for Spain to qualify will be extremely severe.

If Spain loses the game, they will completely lose the chance to qualify.

Portugal and Yin Lang will qualify together.

If Spain draws, then they will have to decide the qualification issue with Yin Lang by goal difference.

Unless Spain can win the game.

And it is based on this point that during the halftime break, Portugal definitely heard Spain's current score and state, so they are letting the water go, in order to send Spain home early in the group stage and take the lead in getting rid of a threatening opponent.

This situation is not difficult to see in the World Cup.

Especially for those teams that have already obtained the qualification, they can strive for more vested interests on the premise of ensuring their own qualification.

"Portugal dare not let the water go." Le Kai said; "For now, even if Spain and Yin Lang have the same points, Spain will have one more goal difference, unless Portugal takes the risk of qualifying as the second in the group and loses the game as a prerequisite to prevent water, but this is impossible!"

Other Chinese players also nodded.

Sure enough, as time passed, Spain continued to attack fiercely, and Morocco also launched sharp counterattacks again and again.

The final 90 minutes of the game ended.

The scores of both sides were actually tied.

Spain 2:2 Morocco.

Portugal 1:1 Yin Lang.

Group B points ranking:

First: Portugal, 2-1-0, 7 points.

Second: Spain, 1-1-1, 4 points (goal difference).

Third: Yin Lang, 1-1-1, 4 points.

Fourth: Morocco, 0-1-2, 1 point.

Portugal racked its brains to get rid of Spain, but ultimately failed.

Both teams advanced to the World Cup quarter-finals.

Russia, Kazan.

The Chinese team arrived at the city where the third round of games will be held and has begun training.

After entering the third round, the schedule of the game accelerated, and the four teams in the same group played at the same time, so the Chinese team did not have much time to prepare.

Only three days after the last game, the Chinese team will prepare for the third game.

Germany is undoubtedly a strong opponent.

There is almost no specific way to win.

Of course, Lippi won't say this, but the training during this period is almost all based on chain defense and high-position pressing.

It is to meet Germany's passing and controlling mode.

Lippi believes that the German team will still use the passing and controlling tactics in the last round of the game.

Loew is a stubborn person.

Although the German team has a record of one win and one loss in the World Cup so far, it also shows that half of his tactics are feasible.

Just make adjustments on this basis.

For this reason, Lippi's training during this period is almost all based on defensive counterattacks.

Many of them are aimed at passing and controlling tactics and playing methods.

At the same time, the Chinese team is also paying attention to the current qualifying situation.

The qualifying battle of Group D will be held on the 26th.

At present, three groups of qualifying have been determined, with a total of six teams, namely

Group A: Uruguay, Russia.

Group B: Portugal, Spain.

Group C: France, Denmark.

Tonight, Group D, which is the group where Argentina, Croatia, Nigeria and Iceland are located, will play.

As the group where Messi is located, today's game has also attracted a lot of attention.

After being tied by Iceland, Argentina's qualifying situation is also uncertain.

And there is also the question of whether Croatia will let the water like Portugal.

After the first two rounds of games, Argentina is currently 0-1-1, and it is difficult to win.

It can be said that if Messi and Argentina want to advance, everything depends on whether this game can be won.

It can be said that whoever wins between Nigeria and Argentina will advance.

Especially for Argentina, they can't even draw.

After all, Nigeria has a victory in hand.

In the evening, after washing up, the Chinese players gathered in the conference room again.

At present, their lives are very simple and regular.

In addition to playing football during the day, there is only watching football at night.

Lippi encouraged the players to watch the game, on the one hand to let the players fully feel the tense atmosphere, and on the other hand to let them enter the state of the game in advance.

Before the game started, the Chinese players had already felt the suffocating pressure.

Especially looking at the expressions of the Argentine players who were ready to die, they all became a little nervous.

After all, it will be their turn tomorrow.

For the Chinese team, this is a life-and-death battle.

After all, the situation in Group F is too complicated, and they try their best to get a draw or even a victory.

"Do you think Argentina can advance?"

Chen Man asked nervously.

Le Kai shook his head.

He didn't dare to say that Argentina could advance, because Portugal had already qualified as the first in the group, and there were too many variables.

Although the qualifying teams for the World Cup round of 16 are the same so far, there may not be variables.

And Argentina's game is very suspenseful!

"Fuck! No way?"

Just 9 minutes into the game, a Nigerian player was violated and fell to the ground in Argentina's penalty area.

The referee showed a yellow card to the Argentine player Mascherano and awarded Nigeria a penalty.

Now, Argentina, which was originally passive, became even worse.

Nigerian player Moses took the penalty kick.

When he sent the ball steadily into the lower left corner, it also meant that Argentina was officially pushed to the edge of the cliff.

Taking a step back would be a hopeless situation.

And this penalty kick was a big blow to the Argentine players.

It can be felt that the expressions of those Argentine players became slightly panicked one by one.

Even Messi frowned.

The situation was extremely unfavorable for Argentina, and the Chinese players also quieted down one by one.

They could feel the complex emotions of panic, sadness, hope, helplessness, etc. flowing between the Argentine players and fans.

Throughout the first half, Argentina was in an extremely passive situation.

And Messi failed to bring absolute help to Argentina.

In Nigeria's strict defense of Messi, Messi also felt a little lost.

Argentina is facing the edge of the cliff!