Chapter 195 Group Round 3

The group stage of the World Cup in Brazil has entered the last round. After the end of the group stage, 16 teams will return home and the other 16 teams will continue to move forward.

In the first Group A competition, Brazil has appeared in advance against Cameroon. Kaka made his debut in this game and gave a wonderful performance. He assisted Neymar to score twice in the first half. At the beginning of the second half, he carried the ball**, pounded Huanglong and scored by shooting. Frey before the end of the game The icing on the cake.

After three rounds of the group stage, the Brazilian center finally scored, but Fred and Ruo only scored one goal in three games, which made the once star-shining and powerful Brazilian front line unbearable.

Kaka's performance is a brightening, and now even the media is calling for Scolari to give Kaka a chance to play.

In another game, Croatia lost 1:3 to Mexico and had no choice but to leave the stage of the World Cup. Brazil and Mexico joined hands to qualify.

In the Group B match the other day, Spain, which had been eliminated early, finally made people vaguely feel that the team that was once respected by countless people has returned.

Although this game has nothing to do with the overall situation, the Spanish team, which fought for honor, still did its best. Torres scored, Villa scored, Iniesta assisted, and assisted. Spain ended this imperfect trip in the last game of the World Cup in Brazil in a perfect way, 3:0 The victory also sang the last elegy for the former Spanish fleet! Goodbye! Spain's golden generation!

In the past six years, although Spain has been suppressed by Belgium in every competition, their beautiful playing style has attracted the attention of countless people and is known as the representative of beautiful football and sexy football, which is their golden moment.

However, on the stage of the Brazilian World Cup, after losing consecutively in the group stage to the Netherlands and Chile, Spain's unique golden generation has come to say goodbye.

In fact, this day will come sooner or later, and the World Cup in Brazil is the farewell day for this generation of players. Spain's golden generation will end in Brazil.

33-year-old Casillas, 32-year-old Renner, 34-year-old Harvey, 33-year-old Harvey. Alonso, 33-year-old Villa and 30-year-old Torres, will find it difficult to see them again in the next Spanish national team list.

In this list, Casillas is the most regrettable. In this World Cup, the goal guarded by Cassie was pierced by his opponent seven times. His performance has been questioned unprecedentedly. While young goalkeepers such as De Gea rise rapidly, it may be difficult for Cassie to continue to occupy the position of the main goalkeeper of the national team.

Spain will also bid farewell to Harvey and Alonso. Harvey will not only say goodbye to the Spanish national team, but also to Barcelona. Previously, some media reported that Harvey will join the Qatari giant Arabi, and he will officially join after the World Cup.

Alonso previously bombarded his teammates after losing the game. In fact, before the start of the World Cup, Real Madrid hoped that Alonso would withdraw from the national team after the World Cup. The bad experience in this World Cup strengthened Alonso's reason for withdrawing from the national team.

In tonight's game, Villa and Torres scored both. Spanish fans saw the shadow of Spain's golden age again, but unfortunately this is only their last elegy.

33-year-old Villa is the top scorer in Spanish history. After helping Atletico Madrid win the La Liga championship this season, Villa chose to leave Europe for the United States, which is also his last national team game.

Although Torres did not clearly withdraw from the national team before, it is difficult for him to win a place in the team at the age of 30. You should know that there is some controversy that he defeated forwards such as Negrero and Lloente to be selected for the national team.

In the following competitions such as the European Cup and the World Cup, people may not see the above players again, and they will no longer see the combination of Villa and Torres.

For Spain's World Cup, defeating Australia is actually a sad farewell. This once dream team will slowly move away from people's vision, but the era and tiki-taka style they represent will never be extinguished in the history of world football.

Spain kept the last trace of dignity, while Australia became the first of the four Asian teams to officially bid farewell to Brazil with three consecutive defeats.

But compared with the boring football of Japan and South Korea, Australia's crazy attack may be the only highlight of this year's Asian team. People can't forget that he is not a loser. Although his two goals did not bring victory to Australia, they have won respect for the Kangaroo Legion.

In fact, after Viduka, Cowell and Schwarzer withdrew from the national team one after another, the former Kangaroo Legion also bid farewell to their golden age, and only Cahill was struggling to support it.

In the Asian preliminaries, Australia has begun to be unable to do so, let alone the stage of the World Cup, but compared with the weak offensive of Japan and South Korea in this World Cup, Australia's three-game losing streak is more like standing to death.

Although they lost the first game to Chile, Cahill put too much pressure on Chile with a header. If they are lucky, they are even expected to get a draw.

Against the hot Netherlands, Cahill stood up again. In the side pass of his teammates, Cahill once again let people see his good header. Cahill used this goal to prove that Australia will not easily hand over the gun even against one of the best teams in the world.

Three consecutive defeats, this is their worst World Cup trip and the first Asian team to be out early. However, Australia's fighting spirit is admirable. Although it conceded three goals per game, it also scored three goals, the most among Asian teams.

They may be the worst overall strength of the top four teams in Asia, but they have reached the bottom. After the World Cup, the veterans represented by Cahill may retire, but some of the memories they left in this World Cup will be captured. Of course, more importantly, three consecutive defeats are not a shame. They It will make a comeback.

In another game in Group B, the Netherlands and Chile, which had appeared in advance, sent all the substitutes in this game. Although the Chileans also wanted to strive for group transparency, the Dutchman's huge goal difference finally made them give up. Instead of fighting with the Netherlands in this game It's better to preserve your strength and fight against the host Brazil.

In the end, the Netherlands won the game 2-0 and qualified with Chile.

In the match between Group C, Japan, which fought against Colombia, tried its best, but its strength was not enough to threaten Colombia. In the end, it suffered a 1:4 defeat and became the second Asian team to leave the World Cup.

No one cares whether the Japanese will continue to stay in the World Cup. The focus of attention is on the young core of Colombia, Rodriguez. In this game, although Rodriguez did not assist, he scored a goal before the end of the game and continued his journey of becoming a god. .

In addition, a major focus of this game is Colombia's old goalkeeper Montragun, who appeared as a substitute in the second half and also set a new record for the oldest player in the World Cup. When he completed a save before the end of the game, all the fans at the scene collectively stood up and applauded for this four times. The veterans of the World Cup gave a round of applause.

In another game, the battle between Greece and Idymois was finally staged again. Samaris scored the first goal and helped the Greek team take the lead. However, Boni's goal in the 74th minute gave the Idyvans hope. Seeing that the game was coming to an end, Samaras stood up and he At the moment when the referee was about to sound the whistle at the end of the game, he kicked Greece into the top 16 of the World Cup in Brazil with a wonderful goal, and also let the Iordidia, which has played in three consecutive World Cups, out of the group again.

In the game of Group D, Italy unexpectedly lost to Uruguay, but Italy was unwilling to lose. Their experience once put the game in their own hands, but after Marchisio's red card, Suarez bit people on the court. The referee ignored it and let the game continue, and then happened. It's Godin's final kill. If Suarez is punished by the referee, will Italy still lose the ball?

There is no hypothesis in the world, and today's Italy lacks a key gentleman. Losing has nothing to do with the referee.

In the history of Italian football, there is never a lack of legends, let alone key gentlemen, such as Baggio, the nearest Italian hero named Grosso!

In the summer of 2006, Italy, which was not favored and had a negative impact, unexpectedly won the final championship.

In that dramatic summer, the whole world remembered that Digan, who came down with tears after being injured in the final, also remembered Grosso, the great left-back, but since then, Italy still has no lack of legends, Pirlo and Buffon, but now the key gentleman has disappeared.

In Prandelli's Italian national team, the European Cup runner-up is a flashing moment. Although the highly expected midlife substitute's performance is not bad, it always makes people feel that there is something missing.

After the game against Uruguay, people knew the answer: Italy's soul was lost!

In 2006, Lippi was lucky. In the eighth final with Australia, the great left-back Grosso stood up and Totti scored a penalty created by Grosso, which saved Italy's hope.

In the final, Materazzi dodged the referee's eyes and kicked Degan off the field. Finally, Italy won the coveted championship.

And there are many such heroes, such as Robert. Baggio.

And these heroes are also part of Italian football. The gray beauty of melancholy and sadness is the favorite of all Italian fans. Although it does not have the magnificence of "tikitaka" or the charm of "full attack and defense", Italy always has The hero stands out.

However, now there is a lack of such a character in Italy. Pirlo is old and Buffon has tried his best. The two heroes of the 2006 World Cup champion team have lost the magic of eight years ago.

When Prandelli bet Balotel, Imbele and the "bad boy" Cassano, people realized a bad omen that there was no one in Italy.

I don't know if Prandelli will think of Gilardino, Totti and Tony, who was rejected by him, and even Roman rookie Florenzi, who was kicked out of the list at the last moment, and Giuseppe, who was shaken by him. Rosie.

Without creativity, no breakthroughs, and no heroes, Italy's joy of defeating England to the shock of losing to Costa Rica, and finally being killed by Uruguay, the Blues are not wronged. Even if Suarez should be kicked out of the red card, the person Italy lost is not the referee, not the brother. Stari is not Uruguay, but himself.

Looking forward to the moment when the hero appears is bitter and complex, but it is more worth pondering.

It's time to say goodbye again. Every World Cup, when Italy is eliminated, the TV lens always focuses on a group of painful and lost superstars.

This time, when Italy was out, the camera was aimed at Pirlo and Buffon. Everyone knows that the glorious generation of Italy, who was crowned the champion in Germany eight years ago, will completely say goodbye after the 2014 World Cup. People are even more worried: if the Italian team plays the World Cup again in four years, will there still be superstars?

In 2006, Lippi led 23 Italian tigers to win the fourth World Cup trophy in history. Since then, Italian football has had few glorious moments, but has constantly felt the atmosphere of separation.

After the 2006 World Cup, Nesta, Totti, Peruzi, Inzaghi, Piero, Baroni, Materazzi, Tony, Perota and others withdrew from the World Cup first for various reasons.

After the 2010 World Cup, Yaquinta, Camoranesi, Gattuso, Tony, Odo, Zamburota, Cannavaro and others said goodbye for various reasons.

Today, only four of the 23 Tigers that Italy won the 2006 World Cup remain in this Italian team: Buffon, Barzali, De Rossi and Pirlo.

This loss to Uruguay is likely to be a farewell to the World Cup between the four. Pirlo has already made it clear before the game that this will be his last World Cup. Pirlo did kick in a long-lost state. The 35-year-old veteran proved with more than 10,000 meters of running that he was indeed playing with the belief of "last fight".

33-year-old Barzali and 36-year-old Buffon did not clearly say in an interview that they would withdraw from the national team after the World Cup, considering their age, especially considering Buffon's continuous injuries, it is difficult to imagine that they can still appear in the 2018 World Cup.

Perhaps a glimmer of hope to participate in the next World Cup is De Rossi, who is 31 years old. In the 2018 World Cup, De Rossi was nearly 35 years old. It is certain that even if De Rossi can really survive that time, he will only be the team's rotation player at that time. .

After the game, the Italian media's "old theory" when attacking the Italian team annoyed Buffon, who said to the camera: "Every time Italy's performance is sluggish, old guys like me, Pirlo and Barzari are always taken out to say, but why can't people respect what they say? Every time Italy encounters difficulties, they always say they want to rely on us!"

Some words exposed the biggest problem in Italy. Italy seems to have brought a lot of young people, such as Cerci and Candreva of the mesozoic, the post-90s Ba Shen and Insine, but when it comes to the critical moment, when Italy needs a savior, people will still look at those old boys. Son.

When Baloteli is busy venting his temper on the field, when Mobyle is looking forward to starting the starting opportunity but can only be invisible, and when Damian and Paleta waste rare offensive opportunities under their feet, people can only hope that Buffon will stop the opponent and Pirlo will destroy the city.

After Italy was eliminated from the World Cup, the magnesium lights and the lens were aimed at Pirlo. People all know that this is Italy's core World Cup farewell. What will it be like to say goodbye in such a grievance and resentful way? Will Pirlo cry sadly, or will he blow his beard and stare angrily? People are disappointed. What people see from Pirlo is only the Baggio-like look in 1994: calm and calm.

It has proved Pirlo's excellence. Even if Italy lost, the Blue Shirts still completely suppressed Uruguay in terms of possession rate and pass success rate.

But as Prandelli said after the game: "Italy's four-year preparation can't beat a red card and a bite."

In such a sad way, Italy was eliminated and Pirlo said goodbye to the World Cup forever. What a pity?

But people didn't see Pirlo's gaffe after the game, but he didn't cover his face with his hands like Baloteli, nor did he shed tears like Chiellini. He just walked to the locker room calmly, and what people saw from his face was just a wave.

People are not unfamiliar with such a scene, are they?

In 1994, when Baggio brought Italy to the final with his own efforts, but he lost the penalty that helped Brazil win the championship, Baggio was the only one who stood still.

Real sadness can't cry!

Looking back on Pirlo's World Cup journey: In 2006, he participated in the World Cup for the first time and led Yaquinta, Perrotta, Grosso and other players to win the championship.

In 2010, he participated in the World Cup for the second time, but only played for a few minutes due to injury, witnessing the team's tragic exit.

This is Pirlo's last World Cup. He had expected to sublimate his career again, but he met such a referee, such an opponent.

He fought with all his strength, but he could only drink and hate like this, which was too cruel for him. Even for the World Cup and football, it is even more sad to say goodbye to such a master is the fans of the world. Fortunately, people know that Pirlo's football achievements no longer need more victories and trophies to interpret, which may be the only comfort of this night.

After the game, when Degan was asked by reporters to comment on Pirlo, Degan pondered for a while before saying, "I have been a teammate with him for a season. I don't know his character, but I can say for sure that he is a real master!"

Pirlo left, together with his Italian national team, there are still people destined to leave, that is, Suarez, who won the game but lost the German.

After only one game was deified, Suarez was immediately returned to his prototype and bit his opponent. I'm afraid that the punishment he will face this time is not as simple as a few games. Even if he is a player fighting for Uruguay on the court, even Uruguayan fans are not ashamed of his behavior.

"Suarez bit again!"

After the game with Italy, major media began to play Suarez biting Chiellini repeatedly in the game, and the TV station found the video of him biting his opponent in Ajax and Chelsea with ulterior motives.

A group of Uruguayan fans who had just watched the game couldn't help saying, "It's disgusting! The victory has been stained by him!"

The last game was still the hero of the team, but this game was criticized like this. What do Uruguayan fans think of Suarez?

"We are very grateful for his contribution to the team, and you know that Suarez comes from a poor family. In such an environment, he must make himself strong to show his sense of responsibility. We can all understand this, but this does not mean that he can use it on the court. The way to attack the opponent, not to mention this is not the first time. I think we will only cheer for his goal on the sidelines. At the end of the game, it is difficult for us to treat him as a hero.

Subsequently, FIFA also officially announced that Suarez will be thoroughly investigated for biting. Once this matter is confirmed, he is likely to face a penalty of up to two years of FIFA competition suspension.

In another game in Group D, the English failed to defend their dignity like the Spaniards, and they drew 0-0 with Costa Rica in the last group stage.

After England lost the first two games, England's famous player Reinkel also comforted himself and said: England is as bad as Spain!

However, as soon as the words fell, England and Spain showed a completely different performance in the last round after being eliminated. Spain defeated Australia 3-0 with a group of substitutes, but England, which also trained as a substitute, could not help Costa Rica and could only end the World Cup journey with a 0:0 draw.

Costa Rica is stronger than Australia, but Australia has lost 2:3 to the Netherlands, which is not completely defenseless. Moreover, Costa Rica has qualified ahead of schedule and is no longer the Costa Rica that defeated Uruguay and Italy in terms of mental state and fighting spirit.

From a paper point of view, even if England is a substitute, the player's personal strength is stronger than Costa Rica's main force. What's more, England's idea of winning is much stronger than Costa Rica. In this case, England has failed to win Costa Rica, which at least it shows that England's substitute is no stronger than Costa Rica. Even weaker, after all, Costa Rica's players are obviously not doing their best, and England is full of energy.

What frustrates English fans more is that this draw heralds a bleak future for England. Many of England's starting points are young players: Phil. Jones, Luke Shaw, Barkley, Lallana, Wilshire and Sturridge are all regarded as the hope of England's next World Cup, but these young players are much more famous than Costa Rican players, but they do not show any advantage in strength. With this performance, even if these people will be in the next four years It can make progress, but where can it be stronger in four years?

In fact, at the pre-match press conference, England's head coach Hodgson was timid. He said that the team's hope is in the future, but he refused to give a deadline for the future: "I hope they can prove that my vision is right. We just hope that in the next two, four or six years, England will have some Good performance."

What Hodgson said is really smooth. If you really wait for six years, God will know what kind of variables will happen.

Spain's mental state and strength in the last round at least showed the possibility of their short-term rise, but England's performance in the last round made people hopeless.

In fact, in the past 20 years, England has never performed well in the competition except for the 1996 local European Cup to reach the semi-finals, but relying on the good marketing of the Premier League and the developed English media, England will make people have a strong illusion of each competition.

And after every big game, England will call on fans to see the future, but every time the future will disappoint fans again, and I'm afraid this time will be no exception.

After the group stage of Group D, Italy and England, which were favored before, were really out of everyone's expectations, but this is football, and anything can happen.

The subsequent Group E match did not make a surprise again. The Swiss team killed Honduras 3:0, and Shaqiri staged the second hat-trick of this World Cup.

This time, Switzerland has made no more mistakes. In previous competitions, Switzerland has always been in a good situation in the group qualifying situation. In the last round, it suddenly had a cramp in its head, which made the good situation go to nothing.

Fortunately, this time, the Swiss team withstood the test. Throughout the game, the Swiss team maintained 100% attention and finally defeated Honduras in the autumn.

In another game, the French and Ecuador drew 0:0. In this game, Benzema and other main players did not appear, which affected the French team's attack power to a certain extent. Although they only achieved a draw, in the end, France and Switzerland joined hands to qualify, and Honduras and Ecuador played Fortunately, their home is not far from Brazil.

In the last round of Group F, Iran, the most promising Asian team, finally lost 1:3 in the game with Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had been eliminated early, allowing Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their first victory in the World Cup and returned home.

In another game, Argentina, which has qualified ahead of schedule, sent all the main players in this game. The star-shining degree is clearly the rhythm of intending to take Nigeria away. In the end, the two teams gave a wonderful offensive battle for the people. As a result, Argentina won 3:2, Messi With two more goals, the number of goals in this World Cup has reached four. After the end of the game, the two teams also qualified together and advanced to the last 16.

In Group G, Portugal ushered in a life-and-death battle. Before the game, their group qualifying situation was not very optimistic. In the first round of the group stage, they were blooded by Germany 04. In the second round against the United States, Portugal only narrowly got a draw, so they played against Ghana. The game is a life-and-death battle for Portugal.

It is said to be a life-and-death battle. In fact, the initiative is not in Portugal's own hands. Because the pit dug before is too deep, whether it is a goal difference or points, Portugal is completely at a disadvantage. What's more, Germany and the United States have no reason and obligation to fight for Portugal. Therefore, from the beginning, not many people believed that Portugal would make surprises in the last round.

Although Portugal defeated Ghana 2:1, it had no choice but to be out because of the lack of goals. The fiasco of this World Cup is also Portugal's elimination in the group stage of the world competition since 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. Since 2002, Portugal has been in 2004 Won the runner-up in the European Cup, won the World Cup in 2006, won the top 16 of the World Cup in 2010, and entered the top 4 of the European Cup in 2012. Now this Portugal can be called the worst in 10 years, and the cruel reality will make Portugal begin to seriously reflect on their country's talent training model, because and Compared with other traditional strong teams, the current Portuguese personnel are mixed. Except for Kim Yoro and a good Coentelan, there are no other exciting and impressive players.

Take the position of center as an example. Today's Portuguese player who plays the main role in this position, whether it is Almeida or Edel, strictly speaking, is not even a second-rate center. Since the development of modern football, the requirements for the center are all-round. The reason why Kim Malo can play in Real Madrid Shuiqi is inseparable from his support from Benzema, and in the national team, Kim Mauro does not have such a helper. These two, Pauletta, are simply the same as the legendary archer Eusibio in Portuguese history, and are not even as good as Pianto and Gomez.

In terms of midfield, Portugal is not as good as Rui. A classic master like Costa, Mutinho can only be said to be an excellent player. On the back line, there is no strong player like Cotto in Portugal.

The active players are not good enough, and the young players can't keep up. There are basically no young talents with superstars in Portugal. For a long time, because Kimuro's reputation is too great, it may give the Portuguese themselves and many fans the illusion that Portugal is very strong, but the cruel reality has ruthlessly exposed the truth. Portugal has exposed too many problems in this World Cup.

In another game, although the United States lost 0:1 to Germany, it also appeared smoothly. Their opponent in the 1/8 final will be Belgium, the top of Group H. Although the United States has performed well in this World Cup, Uncle Sam will probably say at the thought of Belgium they are about to face at night. I don't feel well.