Chapter 340 The First Battle of Group G
On the fifth game day, the match between the Chinese Hong Kong team and the Brazilian team will be played at the end. The first two games have already become the warm-up match of the last game in the hearts of Chinese fans.
Especially in the first match, New Zealand vs. Slovakia, in terms of the attention and popularity of the two teams, it is destined to become a warm-up match that no one cares.
In the end, the two teams also maintained the style of a warm-up game, and the teely scored 1:1, ending peacefully, each with one point.
I'm trembling and can't let go of my hands and feet. This is usually the first time, but today Slovakia is like common sense to say no! The match against New Zealand was the first match in the history of Slovakia to participate in the World Cup finals. It was a historic moment for Slovak football. However, the Slovak team showed calmness and calmness in the game, and finally scored a historic goal and a valuable point. New Zealand, which is also a fish team, also relies on With his tenacious will, relying on Reed's goal in the stoppage time stage, he grabbed 1 point. The two fish briskets got the first point in the history of their own World Cup at the same time, which was enough to swallow 9 bullets in the 02 World Cup, and the national football team was ashamed of 1 point.
Although there is Hamsik in the array. A big-name player like Skrtel, but Slovakia's overall strength is extremely weak compared with other European giants. In the World Cup qualifiers, the Czech team, which has long been able to win the World Cup qualification, has been regarded as a huge surprise. This World Cup is the first time in Slovakia's history to participate in the World Cup finals, and Slovakia, which is weak, is also mistaken for playing soy sauce, and the group stage is bound to be out.
Compared with Slovakia, although New Zealand participated in a World Cup 28 years ago, it was defeated in three games. After 28 years, returning to the World Cup stage, New Zealand's prospects are not optimistic. It can be said to be the team with the worst strength in this competition. Some media even assert that New Zealand's overall strength is not as good as that of the Chinese Hong Kong team, so New Zealand is regarded as a score-giving boy.
Considering the strength of the two teams, the fate of the two teams in this World Cup is also considered to be the same as the Chinese men's football team, which participated in the World Cup for the first time in 2002.
However, after the start of the game, it developed in the opposite direction as expected. New Zealand, which is obviously weaker, took the initiative, and even made Slovakia in front of the door in the first 30 minutes of the game. Although he failed to score a goal, he was very resolute in tactical play, and the players on the field also implemented the head coach's tactics in place. Judging from the first 30 minutes of the game, New Zealand has fiercely attacked everyone who despised them.
In contrast, Slovakia, although the scene was unfavorable for a while, as the game progressed, it still showed a better ability and gradually controlled the game. The Slovak team's efforts were fruitful in the 50th minute. In the 50th minute, after Xie Stark and Weiss cooperated on the right side, the former completed a wonderful pass. Vitke in front of the goal easily plugged it in and headed the ball into the net. This goal created the history of Slovak football and was the first World Cup final goal in the country's history. If the score of 1-0 is maintained until the end of the game, Slovakia, which participated in the World Cup for the first time, will usher in a feast of national football.
However, New Zealanders don't want Slovakia to specialize in the United States. New Zealand, which participated in the World Cup for the second time, obviously does not want to miss the opportunity to create its own football history. When Slovakia wanted to control the rhythm of the game, Reed equalized the score with a gold-like goal in stoppage time to help New Zealand grab one point, which was also the first point in New Zealand's World Cup history. The two fish brisket teams that were not favored before the game were able to create the history of their respective countries in the game, which obviously exceeded people's expectations before the game.
In contrast, in the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese men's football team, which participated for the first time, swore before the game to set the goal of "defeat Costa Rica, draw with Turkey, and lose Brazil" and the goal of "one goal, score one point and win one game". As a result, it was all three battles and swallowed 9 bullets. It is also a fish trip, and New Zealand's performance makes the Chinese national football team ashamed; it is also the teacher of the first brother, and Slovakia's performance is enough to make the national football team ashamed.
It won't be long before another Chinese Hong Kong team representing the Chinese will also step on the stage of the World Cup as Chu Ge. Their first opponent is also the Brazilian team. In fact, Chinese fans are also very worried. Will they repeat the old way of the Chinese national football team? It's worrying. This is death. Group!
Immediately, the first game of the death team was the first to come into people's eyes, Portugal vs. Ico d'Ivoire.
The much-anticipated Cristiano Ronaldo finally appeared. Although the value of the whole team in I Cote d'Ivoire is equal, it is not as good as him alone; although the current influence of Cristiano Ronaldo in international football is no less than that of any top star, including Messi. However, this battle still proves that football is a team sport, and a person's strength is limited after all.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo? The 2008 Golden Globe Award, the winner of the World Footballer of the Year, is the only top star in today's football that can compete with Li Yu and Messi in terms of limelight and status. In the 07-08 season, he scored 42 club goals throughout the year, so he was known as a "god", "nuclear weapon", "supernatural" and "foreigner". The British media even thought that "he is a subversive existence that subverts the rules of football, and all football principles are not true to him."
But there is at least one rule that works for him. This is: football is a team sport. After all, a person's strength is limited, and it can't always determine the outcome of the game. In the past season, Cristiano Ronaldo played at the top level in Real Madrid, scoring 26 goals in 29 league games and 7 goals in 6 Champions League games. Such a performance made the world exclaim again, and the Spaniards had to admit that this person was indeed worthy of 94 million euros.
According to the value assessment of the authoritative media "Transfer Market", the value of the players in IIvoire are goalkeeper Barry (2 million euros), defender Demer (5 million), Big Toure (20 million), Jocola (10 million), Tien (3 million), Eboué (7 million). ), Yaya-Ture (17 million), Tiote (3 million), Geverinho (9 million), Dandani (3 million), Klau (14 million). And the added value of these players is only 93 million! In other words, the sum of the value of the 11 starting people in the I'Ivoire team is less than that of Cristiano Ronaldo!
But what? High value doesn't mean you can win. In today's game, Cristiano Ronaldo did not work hard. In the whole game, he almost tried his best. He can see him on the side, and he has 4 passes; he can see him in the middle, and he has 4 times with the ball into the penalty area; he also works very hard to pass the ball, 47% of his passes are offensive passes; he is very hard to fight for the top, and the success rate of the header is 75%. He even had two shovels, one foul, three steals, and ran to throw two outbound balls. However, in front of the overall well-organized defense of the I'Ivoire people, in front of the opponent's more than a dozen thick legs in the penalty area, he is as strong as Cristiano Ronaldo, and can only threaten the opponent with three long-range shots, and then watch the ball hit the post and keep sighing.
There is no need to blame Cristiano Ronaldo. His efforts prove his fighting spirit. In the past, when it came to the World Cup, after his team was eliminated, he always shed tears of heroes because of disappointment and pain. There is no need to accuse Idyvre of being conservative. In this football era, paying attention to defense is the survival philosophy of every team. Don't you see that Brazil has also played European defense, and fierce attacking marshals such as Brückner and Zeman are often beaten by weak teams?
Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo did not perform, Portugal did not win, the sin is not in Cristiano Ronaldo, and the sin is not in the opponent. The problem is that football is an overall sport, a team sport. The role of the star is important, but the competition on the court is the team, the whole, not the value, let alone fame. Queiroz can't condense many Portuguese stars into an effective whole, so no matter how strong Cristiano Ronaldo has martial arts, it is difficult to perform.
The same scene has been staged in the Champions League in the past season. Messi is the new footballer and is considered to be the most powerful player in the post-Ronaldo era. However, Messi has an embarrassing record. He led the team against Mourinho seven times in his career and did not score in all seven times. In fact, Mourinho is not always more famous than Barcelona's, but Mourinho knows how to pinch the whole and build a team to create such a miracle.
Milan Sport said well: "Football has long passed the era when one person decides everything. If Fontaine, Bailey and Beckenbauer were born in this era, their legend would be greatly reduced!" It makes sense to taste it carefully.
The World Cup in South Africa will be the end of Portugal's "Golden Decade". Queiroz formulated the strategy of "the first battle". In the end, he returned from a frustrated battle with Idywa. Cristiano Ronaldo, who took over the captain's armband in 2007, was empty-handed again. Does the "Golden Decade" have to be a tragic curtain call?
The Competition News has mixed feelings before the game. "For Portugal, the facts are clear: we have the ability to go far in this World Cup, but before that, we have to take the right step. Portugal has participated in the World Cup five times and six times in a row. The first victory is the key to the team. Indeed, in the 10 years since the European Cup in 2000, Portugal has not been absent from any of the six competitions (3 World Cups and 3 European Cups), and Portugal only had two World Cups before 2000.
In the past 10 years, Portugal has won the European Cup runner-up and the World Cup, and the "golden generation" has made great contributions. The "Golden Generation" takes the two generations of "Youth Army" who won the World Youth Championship in 1989 and 1998 as the core. Figo, Rui Costa, Baia, Joao-Pinto, Paul Sosa, Conccao, Pauleta and Domingos can be called star-stulled. After becoming an army, the "Golden Generation" played in the European Cup for the first time in 1996 and lost to the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. The loss of the World Cup in France in 1998 was a heavy blow to the "Golden Generation". The comeback of the "Golden Generation" 2000 European Cup is at its peak. The "death group" has successfully qualified in England, Romania and Germany in a row, and lost to the semi-finals of France, thus starting the "golden decade" of Portuguese football history!
In the "Golden Generation" 2002 World Cup halberd group stage, the painful Portuguese Football Association hired the champion instructor Scolari, in the hope that this move can cure the chronic disease that has been repeatedly questioned as "pretentious". The Brazilian leader recruited his fellow countryman Deko, and buried the mines for Portugal's "Brazilization" since then. The 2004 local World Cup is the last gorgeous "report performance" of the "golden generation", winning Russia, Spain, England and the Netherlands in a row. Unfortunately, Greece's "turtle football" has no choice but to win the final. In the runner-up, Rui Costa withdrew from the national team after the European Cup, and the "golden generation" gradually disintegrated, while Cristiano Ronaldo, who shed heroic tears after the final, gradually grew into a leader.
In the World Cup in Germany, Figo led the team to withdraw from the national team after the end of the game with 5 wins and 2 losses, and the "Golden Generation" withdrew from the historical stage. In the 2008 European Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo led the game for the first time, and finally lost to the "Germanic chariot" in the quarterfinals, which was the worst result of three consecutive competitions. Cristiano Ronaldo only had one goal in the four games. The strange thing is that the goal against the Czech Republic on June 11, 2008 turned out to be the beginning of the "ball shortage" in the Portuguese striker's sports game. On June 15, against Cristiano Ronaldo only scored a penalty against Finland in February 2009, which was the only goal in two years. The goal in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers is like Cristiano Ronaldo. In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, he did not break his eggs in seven games. At one time, he missed the life-and-death battle with Bosnia and Herzegovina due to injury. Therefore, it was rumored that "Portugal qualified, Cristiano Ronaldo got a meal for free", and the leading ability of Real Madrid's striker was questioned.
Although Portugal has an excellent record in five games against England (3 wins and 2 draws) and the Netherlands (3 wins and 2 draws) in 10 years, the elimination of England with two penalty kicks in the 2004 European Cup and the 2006 World Cup has almost made the British fans feel unstricken, but Portugal has fought against Italy, France and Europe in the past 10 years. Lajing lost 10 games (1 draw and 9 losses), why? These three teams have a strict defensive system, and "Big Phil" and Queros have never been able to solve the old problem of incompetence in the "attack battle". Compared with Scolari, Queiroz, who once commanded the "Golden Generation" and won two consecutive World Youth Championships, now spoils Cristiano Ronaldo too much, which has attracted criticism from fans. "We need a head coach who can treat children like parents, not a coach who treats Cristiano Ronaldo and other players differently like Queiroz."
Although Cristiano Ronaldo repeatedly put "team spirit" in his mouth, he ignored his teammates' free fire on the court. The first free kick against Idymish was 40 meters away from the goal, but Cristiano Ronaldo put on a standard advertising posture and hit the wall. A good opportunity to attack was was wasted. Former French international Karembu hit the nail on the nail, "Grape The problem of teeth is that individualism is prominent. Cristiano Ronaldo's last World Cup was because of personal heroism. Under the court, there are endless gossips. The "airborne" training camp in a private helicopter has attracted criticism from the media, and there is no honor in the Cristiano Ronaldo Youth Championship and the Olympic Games. How can fans and the media not recall the bits and pieces of the former leader Figo!
The "golden generation" relies on team spirit to open the glory of Portuguese football for ten years. The "super-golden generation" that was once talked about by the media has only the embarrassing situation of "Queros + Cristiano Ronaldo + 22 people". A Cristiano Ronaldo can't support Portugal. Mourinho once satirized, "He is 100 kilometers per hour, and he also takes It can't be the world champion," this is Cristiano Ronaldo's problem, Queros' problem, and it's also a question that Portuguese football should be worth thinking about!
In contrast, Idymmediate's number one star Drogba, although he failed to start, in the first match of the World Cup with Portugal, Cote d'Ivoire's number one star Drogba is still a substitute. In addition to his competitive significance, his appearance is more reflected in the spiritual level.
In the 66th minute of the game against Portugal, the head coach waved the flag, and the top African star Drogba appeared as a substitute. Despite wearing a long-sleeved jersey, the protective gear of Drogba's right arm was still looming. After the substitute, Drogba's biggest threat came in the injury time. At that time, he received a pass from his teammate to the front of the small penalty area, but in the face of the goalkeeper Warcraft, who did not choose to shoot but passed the ball across. As a result, no teammates in the middle, the Iote dyvar fans in the stands felt extremely sorry.
According to statistics, Drogba made 1 shot and 5 passes after the substitute, of which 2 passed successfully and 2 headers to compete for the top. Although he failed to bring a victory to the team, his appearance was a miracle in itself. Since his broken arm in the warm-up match with Japan on June 4, Drogba came back in just 10 days after the operation, and from today's game, Drogba did not show any symptoms of discomfort, the former The unstoppable Warcraft is back. This is the blessing of Ivora, the blessing of the World Cup, and the blessing of Africa. Fox Sports Network praised: "Droba returned successfully!" The American Radio and Television Network also praised: "Although the game did not break the deadlock, Drogba still brought surprises."
In fact, if he was thinking about his body and career, Drogba did not have to take such a risk to make a hasty debut, but Warcraft's inner sense of national honor prompted him to come back. In his eyes, the interests of the team and national honor are supreme and far above his personal interests. As early as after qualifying for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Drogba led all the players to kneel in the locker room. He prayed that all parties to the Ico d'Ivoire crisis lay down their weapons and restore peace. For an athlete, he not only works conscientiously on the field, but also always cares about the domestic economy and people's livelihood. Such a player is definitely worthy of eternal respect.
At this point, people will naturally think of Manchester City center Adebayo, who is regarded as Drogba's successor and known as "Little Warcraft". Some time ago, the Togolese striker officially announced his withdrawal from the national team, and the fundamental reason was that the terrorist attack at the beginning of the year made him lingering. For the Togo national team, Adebayo's withdrawal not only greatly reduced the team's strength, but also lost its pillar and spiritual leader. In the face of disaster, when the Togo national team urgently needed someone to stand up, the number one star in the team chose to escape in panic. If it were Drogba, I believe he would absolutely It is impossible to do such a thing.
Drogba's magical debut is also reminiscent of another great star, German football emperor Beckenbauer. In the semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup, Beckenbauer dislocated his shoulder after a collision with his opponent. At that time, the German team had run out of substitution and the score was still 0-1 behind, so Beckenbauer refused to continue the game. At that time, he only fixed his right arm with splints and bandages, which also became the most classic scene in the history of the World Cup. Drogba's injury appearance today is also touching. This spirit is not only lacking in lax African teams, but also in the African continent suffering from poverty and war. It is urgently needed.
Anyway, the draw between the two teams is good news for Huaxia Hong Kong. Next, it's Huaxia Hong Kong's turn...