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Chapter 606 Chapter [040] - Where is the road - [Today's first update]

The Associated Press: Paraguay beats New Zealand with two goals to secure the top spot in the group.Despite a lackluster performance against New Zealand, Paraguay still reached the last 16 of the World Cup for the fourth time in its history.Although the New Zealand team lost the game, the New Zealanders still left a deep impression on the fans, especially their goalkeeper. New Zealand's two conceded goals were bad luck, and New Zealand's exit can also hold its head high.

Reuters: Paraguay beat New Zealand to qualify.Paraguay narrowly beat Australia's wallabies and New Zealand, and Paraguay successfully entered the top 16 of this World Cup.In the case of absolute possession in the first half, the South American powerhouse did not create real scoring opportunities.Knowing that a draw can guarantee the group qualifying, so Paraguay seems a little cautious.However, with the help of God, Paraguay killed the Australian wallaby with two goals in two occasions that were not chances.

Agence France-Presse: Two goals win, the first name will be determined.Paraguay advanced to the knockout stage as the top of the group after beating New Zealand 2-0, and the defending champion Italy national team that beat Slovakia national team 3-2 hand in hand.New Zealand, which performed well in all three games, is a pity that they are out.

As early as two days ago, Uruguay and Argentina advanced to the round of 16 as the first in the group, allowing the American team to completely overwhelm Europe.And just when the two teams broke through the group, the other three South American teams also temporarily ranked first in the group, and it is not impossible for five South American teams to advance as the first. On the evening of June 6, BJ time, the Paraguayan team continued the "first storm" of the South American team.

In this World Cup group match, the Italian media also discovered a phenomenon. The "Turin Post" reported with this headline: Paraguay continues the first storm in South America, and the South African World may turn into the America's Cup.

They reported this: In the 17-goal victory over New Zealand in the final game of the group, Paraguay encountered the most powerful defense since the start of the game.Although Martino's team still had [-] goals in the game, they only had four shots on target.Although they didn't really have many chances, they miraculously scored two goals when they were not chances, and they remained unbeaten with seven points in three games, two wins and one draw.

In the 2010 World Cup South American qualifiers, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay ranked 3rd to 5th. Among them, Argentina did not qualify until the final round, and Uruguay even advanced to South Africa after a play-off with Costa Rica.However, the performance of the three teams in the World Cup finals was extremely strong, which also shows the fierce competition in South American football.

Now that the South American representatives ranked 3rd to 5th have already qualified, the Brazil and Chile teams, who are the champions and runners-up of the qualifiers, naturally cannot fall behind.In the early hours of June 6, BJ time, Dunga's Samba Legion and Bielsa's Chilean cavalry will appear successively. Brazil only needs to draw against Portugal to secure the top spot in the group, while Chile will only need one point to retain the top spot in the group despite facing Spain, which is seeking a victory.

If the top five in South America all qualify as the first in the group, then they will be able to avoid a head-on collision in the first round of the knockout round.In the confirmed 1/8 final match, Uruguay will face the Asian representative South Korea team, Argentina's opponent will be Mexico in Central and North America, and Paraguay will wait for their opponents between Denmark or Japan.The only variable is the South American boss Brazil. If Chile squeezes Spain to second, then the 1/8 finals may stage an early final.And if the five South American teams can finally advance to the quarter-finals, it will sweep away the depression of European teams monopolizing seven of the quarter-finals four years ago, and truly turn the World Cup in South Africa into the "America's Cup".

On June 6, South African time, the last round of Group F of the 24 World Cup in South Africa was held at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. As a result, the defending champion Italy narrowly beat Slovakia 2010-[-] and advanced to the next level.After the game, the Italian media "Gazzetta dello Sport" made a comment, pointing out that it was conservative football thinking that harmed the Italian team.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" said: "This is a shameful game. Lippi's lineup today is very different from the lineup in the last draw with New Zealand. The change, from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1, has changed a lot, and there are many differences in personnel. One is to replace Marchisio with Gattuso, one is to replace Cannavaro who made mistakes in the previous two games with Ranocchia, and Quagliarella replaced Gilardino and Yakun. Ta and others were sitting on the bench. Gattuso's performance in this game was appallingly poor, and he only scored two points after the game, so he didn't deserve to play at all."

"Gazzetta dello Sport" criticized the Italian team's stubborn adherence to conservative defensive football: "Although the goal was advanced by the Slovak team, the Italian team still did not break the rules in the first half and aggressively attacked."

"Gazzetta dello Sport" also mentioned Xu Zhou: "If this game is not super Xu, if the Italian national team does not have super Xu, Lippi and his Italian national team will create the worst World Cup record in Italian history!"

Slovakia made detailed reports on the game. Of course, they also severely overcame the addiction of criticizing the Italian national team and avenged Italy's elimination of Slovakia.A domestic newspaper in Slovakia reported this: Pirlo failed to play the Italian savior, and the Azzurri had no successors in midfield.

They reported in the article: The reason why Italy won the World Cup in 06 was supported by a strong midfielder. Pirlo was the brain of the team, Gattuso and Perotta were the midfielders, Totti was the organizer, Camorane broke through from the west, and Barone was the substitute.This year's Italian midfielders are old and injured, and the rest are basically engineering players.In this life-and-death battle with Slovakia for the right to qualify, the Italian midfielder was even more controlled by the opponent.Although Pirlo came on in the second half, he failed to save the defending champions and almost sent the Italian national team home after the group stage.

Italy sent five midfielders in this field, De Rossi, Montelivo, Gattuso, Xu Zhou, Giovinco.Among them, the first three are intercepting midfielders, without any rules. Although De Rossi performed well in the first two games, he still lacks a sense of domineering at critical moments.Four years ago, De Rossi almost destroyed the whole team with an elbow in the group stage of the World Cup. He was suspended for four games for his malicious elbow to O'Brien of the US team.

In this life-and-death battle with Slovakia, the midfielder led by De Rossi was mediocre in the first half and made many mistakes. The reckless De Rossi was actually an Italian time bomb.In the first half, he chose long passes over the top many times instead of short passes. The mistakes between him and Montolivo were even seized by the Slovakian players to score the first goal.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Pirlo, the savior of all Italians, was replaced. Pirlo was the absolute hero of the 06 championship team. The AC Milan star became the last straw for Italy.After Pirlo played, the midfielder had a clear mind, and Lippi gambled to hand over all the midfielders to Xu Zhou.And Pirlo became a cover, but after Pirlo came on the field, he instigated two threatening shots. Pirlo passed the ball obliquely to Xu Zhou.

Although Pirlo's return from injury was not fast, and he was stared at by the opponent, he still drove Italy's speed with his visionary dispatch when he had an occasional opportunity. In the 87th minute, Pirlo handed the ball to De Rossi.

Although Pirlo showed his value in the only opportunity, he still did not become the hero of the Italian national team. He failed to save the Italian national team. Although his performance was brilliant, it had nothing to do with the overall situation.

This was supposed to be Pirlo's last World Cup game. He will become Italy's past history along with Cannavaro, Buffon, Gattuso and others.

Fortunately, there is Xu Zhou, this magical boy, who saved the Italian national team by himself.

However, among these younger Italian players, it is difficult to find Pirlo's successor. De Rossi is 27 years old, and Montolivo and others can only hang out in second-tier Serie A teams such as Fiorentina.

Although the Slovakian newspaper wanted to selectively forget about Xu Zhou, Xu Zhou's performance was too eye-catching to mention.However, they still believe that Xu Zhou will not become Pirlo's successor, and Xu Zhou's position determines his role.

After the game, the English media also reported on the game. The "Sun" of England used this headline: Italy is too old, not spiritual, and only one of the three lines is available. Sad!

It is written in their article: the blues art in 06 has gradually moved away from us, leaving only a beautiful back.The current Blue Army seems to be vaguely what it was four years ago, because we can see the shadows of many people four years ago.When they set foot in South Africa, we were thinking, what kind of surprises will blues art bring us this summer?
With four years ago as the main body, coupled with a mysterious veil, the Italian national team took the stage in the anticipation of everyone. This time we were shocked, the hairs stood on end, and the whole body trembled.This is just a joke.

I thought that the Italian national team is always slow, and a draw with the South American team Paraguay is also acceptable.However, who knew that when facing New Zealand, the so-called blues art of the Italian national team turned out to be so "sharp". The Australian wallaby was alive and kicking in the game, and once held the three-pointer tightly in his hand for nearly 10 minutes.

If it weren't for Xu Zhou, the Italian national team would have scored no points in the first two games. In the third game, the blues art of the Italian national team collapsed, and the only things that appeared in front of the fans were violence, impetuousness and roughness. Is this still Italy?

In the last match, it was him again, that Xu Zhou, the only person available for the entire Italian national team, who single-handedly sent the Italian national team to the top [-] of the World Cup. Without him, the Italian national team would create the worst World Cup trip ever.

After the game, the Spanish "Aspen" reported that the members of the Italian national team couldn't accept it. Their headline was: The art of blues has degenerated into simple violence, and now only Xu Zhou is left as a fig leaf!

They wrote in their article: Although they have a green tradition known as "concrete defense", Italian football has never belonged to the simple and rough category. From Rivera to Baggio, such as Piero and Totti, and even Baresi and Maldini, great individuals who are on the defensive end but interpret elegance and charm. When Italian players are combined, there is always a sense of comfort in blues music.However, Italy in this World Cup in South Africa, especially the first 65 minutes of the [-]:[-] narrow victory over Slovakia, did not show elegance or patience, and even more prominent was roughness and impatience.
The back-to-back fight does negate the possibility of Italy taking the initiative to control, but this does not mean that the game can only be played in a simple and rude state of blind movement. However, Italy in the first 65 minutes was full of physical contact and constant fouls.If it weren't for Xu Zhou's super fig leaf, the term Italy would have bid farewell to this World Cup long ago!
It can only be said that from the mentality of the players to the arrangement of the coaches, Italy is not really prepared. It is very likely that this Italian team cannot be effectively prepared objectively.This is a topic of strength.In the past, Gattuso used fierce defense to disarm opponents from the beginning of the game. This is the signature feature of Italy, but it is by no means the only clue for the Azzurri. In this game, Gattuso is still full of passion, but it has become the single theme of Italy.
Compared with England and Germany's successful advancement in the last stand, the gap in Italy's mentality and execution is very clear.Also under the pressure of not being able to lose, England played a wonderful offensive that had not been seen for a long time. The Germans firmly controlled the rhythm and expressed strong self-confidence. However, Italy was far behind the British and German teams in terms of offensive coordination and inner world.In such an Italy, there is no need to use "why the defending champion is out" to exaggerate the atmosphere. This is not the traditional blue shirt at all.

If, if it wasn't for Xu Zhou, the most popular player in world football this year, Xu Zhou, the Italian national team would have gone home!
This is not the Italian team in our hearts. Now the Italian national team has degenerated into simple violence. Italy has never been so impetuous and rude in the past!

Italy, where is your way?

(End of this chapter)