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Chapter 1195 World Cup Legend White Horse Dark Horse
(I originally planned to write [-] words a day, but now I can’t finish it with only three hours of sleep a day. I can only write [-] words. Depending on the progress, I’m afraid it will be difficult to finish this month. It may have to wait until the beginning of next month. Sorry, I broke my promise and lost weight.)
The draw of the top 32 marks that the World Cup has officially entered a state of combat readiness.As a result of the grouping, some are happy and some are sad, which is also in line with the rules of the lottery game.Although there is still half a year before the opening match of the World Cup, the preheating of the World Cup has already begun. Not only was the World Cup group draw ceremony broadcast live by more than 200 TV stations, more than 2000 reporters participated. After the end, major media in the world, including the Internet, also launched Voluminous analysis and commentary.

When the top 32 of the World Cup are fully finalized, the first thing fans think of is who will be the champion of this luxurious event. Looking forward to 2014, the host of the five-star Brazil, the defending champion Argentina, the European upstart Spain, and the steel chariot Germany are undoubtedly the most champions. In addition to the four giants, traditional powers such as Italy, England, and France will not give up their pursuit of world championships.Only Portugal and the Netherlands are the two strong players, and it is still doubtful whether they can make a breakthrough before the World Cup.

Menezes did not shy away from winning the championship. The former Corinthians coach said: "Brazilian fans always want the Brazilian team to be champions. In the World Cup held in Brazil, we are duty-bound to win the championship. I will not hide this, but before winning the championship, We have a lot of tasks to do, such as playing well in the opening game against South Korea and qualifying first in the group. This is very important for our subsequent schedule."

As the host, Brazil coach Menezes is satisfied with the grouping, but he cautiously expressed that it is not easy to get out of the group. South Korea and South Africa are both very strong, especially South Korea, with abundant physical fitness and good tactical organization. In the last World Cup, Brazil It is also very difficult to fight against North Korea. If you are not careful, Brazil will face a very dangerous state.

The defending champion Argentine coach Savilla has drawn a good lottery. Australia, Nigeria, and the Czech Republic are not weak, but they cannot threaten Argentina's top spot in the group. What Savilla needs to consider most now is not the group stage, but how to Adjust the state to play the next knockout round.

Savilla was cautious about the defending World Cup champion. He said: "The tournament system of the World Cup is very accidental. To win the championship requires the right time, place and people. We must have certain advantages in holding the World Cup in Brazil, but there is still a long way to go before winning the championship." It is far from enough, and we will do our best to keep the Hercules Cup in South America."

Germany has performed well in the World Cup and European Cup in the past ten years, and has repeatedly entered the finals, but has never won the championship. Coach Loew expressed his disappointment. He hopes that the German team can make a breakthrough in this World Cup in Brazil. "There is no doubt that our goal should be to aim at the championship. We have won several runners-up. Now is the time for us to break our destiny. It must be a very happy thing to win the championship in South America. Champions on land."

Although Spain has not won the championship in the World Cup, Spain is known as the number one in the world in terms of ranking and strength. However, Spanish coach Bosque obviously does not like the title of king of the qualifiers. He said: "Spain has not yet won the championship. It is our dream to win the World Cup, but we will patiently do a good job in any link. The death group in this draw is Group D:
China, Paraguay, and Turkey are all very powerful teams, and it is not easy to beat them. "

In addition to the team that won the championship, dark horses are also the most popular topic for fans. There have always been surprising dark horse teams in the previous World Cups. They have a certain level of strength. , Adding a bit of uncertain charm to the World Cup.Looking forward to Brazil in 2014, the American team "sit at home" is undoubtedly the darkest "dark horse group"; in addition, the Chinese team in Asia, the United States in Central and North America, Russia and Eastern Europe in Europe are also expected to stage a show. Or a few "Dark Horse Legend" good shows.

After the group draw, the reporter interviewed Li Huan, the head coach and core of the Chinese team, by phone. Li Huan was noncommittal about the opponents in the group, but he was very disgusted with the dark horse that the reporter said. Li Huan said: "The difficult qualifiers are over. We have completed part of the tasks entrusted by the fans—to qualify for the World Cup. Our tasks are still many and heavy. We must do our best to win this World Cup. I am not interested in the so-called dark horses. I think all the teams at the World Cup could be dark horses if the conditions are right."

Teams with the potential to become dark horses include the United States in addition to the Chinese team. It is said that Americans do not understand football, but American football often surprises people. In the semi-finals of the 2009 Confederations Cup, the Americans staged a shocking upset, creating a 15-game winning streak for the national team and winning Spain 2-0. Going forward, in the 2002 World Cup group stage, the Americans also beat Portugal 3-2 .In the qualifiers, the Americans had 10 games, 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses with 20 points, beating Mexico to win the first place.The problem is that the performance of the US team often fluctuates too much. They may suddenly exert their strength, or they may easily be defeated.However, don't underestimate the Americans, as long as they want to play, they can play any sport well.

In addition, teams from Eastern Europe often have the tradition of becoming dark horses: Turkey in 2002, Croatia in 1998, and Bulgaria in 1994 all "accidentally" reached the top four. The stage of the World Cup came to the American continent. The opportunity to upset the outstanding North American powerhouses.

When it comes to the World Cup, apart from the competition of the strong, what fans talk about the most is the appreciation of dark horses. North Korea in 1966, Poland in 1982, Bulgaria in 1994, South Korea in 2002, and Turkey all left a deep impression on the world. In 2010, Uruguay and Paraguay were tortoises. However, due to various reasons, the dark horse never transformed into a white horse. One of the most important reasons why these teams failed to achieve a historic breakthrough is that their own strength is still obvious. insufficient.

However, compared to the dark horses, the second-tier teams in the World Cup teams, that is, those quasi-strong teams that are as strong as the traditional giants are undoubtedly more curious, because as long as such teams go crazy, they even have the strength to hit the championship. , and the most typical example is Croatia in 1998. At that time, the grid team with Boban, Prosinecki, Suk, Bilic and other first-line players almost entered the final. In 2014, Brazil In the World Cup, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Uruguay and Russia are also fully capable of disrupting the situation and impacting the Hercules Cup.

The result of the draw for the World Cup group stage was announced, and the bookmakers immediately issued odds for the 32 teams to win the championship.In William Hill's odds of winning the World Cup, host Brazil topped the list, European champions Spain came in second, defending champions Argentina came in third, and Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Uruguay ranked fourth- 4th, the Chinese team ranked 10st, while Honduras in Central and North America ranked at the bottom.

The Chinese team ranked 21st, ranking first among the five teams in Asia. Japan and South Korea, which aimed at the semi-finals, only ranked 25th and 27th. This made the Japanese and Korean media very dissatisfied. They thought that although the Chinese team With the backing of an awesome character like Li Huan, but their overall strength is not high, it is absolutely impossible to go further than Japan and South Korea.

Japanese team coach Zaccheroni said in an interview with reporters after the draw ceremony: "Finally, I can clearly identify my opponents. Although most of the opponents in the group are stronger than us, they still belong to our acceptable group results. Knowing how to prepare for the next game, the goal of entering the top four has not changed."

Zhao Guanglai, head coach of the South Korean team: "It should be said that the grouping of Asian teams is very difficult. Every team will face a great test, including the Chinese team, which performed miraculously in the qualifiers. It is very difficult, but we are confident that we will qualify from the group. I believe that my players also have great confidence to win the game, two wins and one draw, or one win and two draws, as long as we are fully prepared."

Chu Fu, the acting coach of the Chinese team, is not as tough as the Japanese and Korean coaches. He very euphemistically said that the Chinese team's signing is not good, but it can't be regarded as the worst. It can only be called a semi-dead group. In the games against Paraguay and Turkey, the Chinese team may reach the top 16 in history.

The Chinese team is not favored by the gaming companies in terms of odds of winning the championship, but in the judging of the Golden Boot Awards, Li Huan ranked first, Ronaldo and Rooney ranked second and third, and the Argentine genius Messi ranked sixth.Judging from the betting company's Golden Boot odds, Li Huan's miraculous performance of scoring 14 goals in six games in the qualifiers directly affected the whole world.

The world's major media have also commented on the World Cup draw group ceremony:
The German "Bild" appeared to be more optimistic about the situation of the grouping, and they paid tribute to Loew with cheers.Think that with group opponents such as Australia, Ghana and Serbia, the German team can already start to set their sights on the quarter-finals.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" reported the same concise. “The World Cup draw smiles at Italy. Everything looks good, but there is a hint of disappointment.”

The "Sun" cheered England for drawing a top lottery. They believed that England basically won the championship, as long as the luck was not like that of South Africa in 10, it would be OK.

China's well-known domestic comprehensive media "Weekly" felt a lot of pressure on the Chinese team's team, "After the Chinese team made it to the World Cup with difficulty, their bad luck seems to have not changed. Now we have to start from Spain, Paraguay, and Turkey. Kill a bloody road in the middle. Spain is very difficult for us to beat, and the games against Paraguay and Turkey will determine the fate of the Chinese team."

"Ball" commented on the World Cup group draw from another angle. Reporter Jia Lei commented: "Although it seems that we have entered the half-death group, in fact we are not without chances, and even say that our chances are great. Paraguay and We also like to fight back. The iron barrel formation they set up in the last year and 98 caused headaches for all teams, but when they met the Chinese team, it was Paraguay who felt headaches, because Li Huan's Xiao Li Feidao specializes in iron Barrel formation, if Paraguay is not prepared, their iron barrels will also be poked holes by Li Huan.

In this lottery ceremony, not only the grouping situation of each team was drawn out, but also the future schedule was determined.Especially the situation in the knockout stage, although it has not attracted too much attention, it will determine the future championship to a large extent.

In the knockout stage, the two concepts of "upper half" and "lower half" are often used. In the end, a team will be produced from each of these two halves to compete for the championship.However, when dividing the half district, there are two different schemes.The first set of plans is to draw the 8-line teams of the four groups in the upper half, and the 8-line teams of the other four groups in the lower half.The second set of plans is to divide the No. 1 teams of the four groups and the No. 2 teams of the other four groups in the upper half, and the situation in the lower half is just the opposite.

These two sets of plans have their own advantages and disadvantages. If the first set of plans is implemented, then after a team draws lots, not only has it determined its own group, but it has also clarified whether it is in the upper half or not. lower half.If the second set of plans is implemented, it will bring more variables to the game.Since the two qualifying teams in the same group will appear in the two halves, no one can confirm which half they will appear in before the end of the group stage.In addition, teams that have met in the group stage, unless they reach the finals in their respective halfs, it is impossible to meet again.

From a historical perspective, FIFA is still more inclined to the second set of programs in most cases.However, in some specific cases, FIFA will also adopt the first plan. For example, in the 2002 World Cup, due to the simultaneous appearance of the two host countries, South Korea and Japan, in order to avoid the participating teams from traveling too much between the two Between countries, FIFA has also adjusted the principle of division. The 8 teams of the ACFH four groups are concentrated in the same half area, and the BDEG four groups are arranged in the other half area.

The World Cup held in South Africa adopts the second division scheme. No.1 of the four teams of ACEG and No.2 of the four teams of BDFH will appear in the same half area, and the other half area will include No.1 of the four teams of BDFH and No.2 of the four teams of ACEG No.[-].This World Cup in Brazil is similar to the World Cup in South Africa, and it is likely to adopt the second set of plans.

This is the first time for Li Huan to participate in the World Cup. Although the main match of the World Cup has not yet started, Li Huan has already shown his magic in the qualifiers. In the review program of the qualifiers on the official website of FIFA, he only played six games. Li Huan was selected to the best team in the game, and became the top scorer in the Asian qualifiers with 14 goals. The Chinese team was also named the most improved team.

Some of the first-class teams in the top 32 of the World Cup are afraid of the Chinese team with Li Huan, worried that Li Huan will reproduce the magic of the Champions Cup in the national team, while some are dismissive. They think that the national team is completely different from the club. I hope to use the opportunity of this World Cup to teach Li Huan a good lesson. In short, no matter whether it is jealousy or disdain, because of Li Huan, no team can ignore the existence of the Chinese team.

(End of this chapter)