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Chapter 469 Chapter 467: England, the favorite to win the championship, debuts!
Another match in Group B is over before the Argentina-Nigeria match.

In order to meet the needs of Asian fans to watch, the game between South Korea and Greece is scheduled at 01:30 noon local time.

The game is scheduled to take place at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

Relying on Lee Jung-soo's goal in the 7th minute and Park Ji-sung's goal in the 7th minute of the second half, the South Korean team defeated the European Cup winners in 04 with a score of [-]-[-] and got off to a good start.

Manchester United star Park Ji-sung was named man of the match for his outstanding performance.

There was also a Group C game that night.

Group C seeds, England, the favorites to win the World Cup, face the United States at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.

Only 212 seconds into the game, England got off to a fantastic start!

Glenn Johnson throws the ball in from the right side, and Lampard pokes a pass which Rooney misses to Heskey.Heskey hit the top of the penalty zone with his back and right foot to Gerrard who cut in from the right.

Gerrard stopped the ball with his right foot and ejected from his instep 12 meters from the goal before Clarke tackled!
The football flies into the net from the bottom right corner of the goal!

The ball is in!
One to zero!

Liverpool captain helps England get off to a fantastic start!

However, England were unable to hold on to their one-goal lead until the end of the first half.In the No.40 minute of the first half, Dempsey broke through the middle and turned around to get rid of Gerrard, then volleyed with his left foot from 24 meters in front of the goal!

The shot was not too threatening, England goalkeeper Green accidentally dropped the ball when he leaned over to catch it, he turned around to catch the ball in vain, but the ball had already rolled into the net!
The ball is in!
The score became one to one, and the US team was lucky to equalize the score.

The two teams entered the second half with a score of [-]:[-], but neither of them could score again. In the end, the two teams could only regretfully shake hands with a score of [-]:[-].

England failed to get the opening goal they wanted, but there was no criticism of them in the UK.

The Daily Mail commented with the headline "The shameful draw looks like a narrow victory, why England is closer to the championship than Argentina!".

“英格兰身上存在一个怪现象，在世界杯首战上从未取得过连续两届的‘连胜’，1950年2比0击败智利、4年后被比利时4比4逼平；1970年首战1比0胜智利，但下一届没打进决赛圈。

82年世界杯首场3比1胜了法国，4年后的第一场0比1不低葡萄牙；而从98年起，近三届世界杯首战英格兰的成绩是胜、平、胜，于是到了今年又以平局告终。

What made Capello secretly crazy was the way of losing points. Green's low-level mistakes would be a joke to any team. It seems that England will have to switch teams in the next game.

The only consolation is that the group's strong rival, the United States, was tied in this game. The next two opponents are relatively weak, and England's qualifying is not a big problem.

Argentina, another popular team that debuted on the same day, won a thrilling victory. Although Messi was in a brave state and drove the team to attack like a wave, the problems exposed in the midfield and backcourt were very serious.

Facing Nigeria's counterattack in the second half, Argentina's midfielder was weak in interception and the defense also had frequent loopholes. If it weren't for the opponent's repeated misses, Maradona might not have been able to get all three points.

Compared with England and Argentina, perhaps Maradona, who won the victory, should be more worried.Nigeria has already gone downhill, the chronic problem of being disorganized as a whole has not been eliminated, and its personal ability is not as good as in previous sessions, but even with such an opponent, it is quite difficult for Argentina to deal with it.

The U.S. team has always been strong. The 2-0 victory over Spain in the Confederations Cup and the 2-3 loss to Brazil showed their strength. Compared with their opponents in the first round, England's difficulty is stronger than that of Argentina.

The reason why Argentina’s defense is weak is that Argentina’s problem lies in the lineup structure. The midfielders Di Maria and Veron don’t defend very much.

As for the two forwards, Messi and Higuain, they are not used to retreating to help defend.

On the central line, Demichelis is recognized as a ticking time bomb, and Heinze's defense is also difficult to reassure. Right back Gutierrez is still a cameo.Among the ten people in Argentina who removed the goalkeeper, only Samuel and Mascherano were really good at defending.

It was the fatal flaw in staffing that made Argentina's overall defense and interception capabilities look very weak. In the second half of Nigeria, there were too many gaps in the midfield where no one was pressing the ball forward. The left winger Oden Wenjie who came off the bench even had room to dribble the ball in the penalty area.

Assuming that Argentina meets a stronger team, their gate may not be so lucky.

Argentina's problem is in the overall structure, while England's problem is in the individual state. The former needs to be corrected, while the latter is relatively easy to solve.

Green is useless, and Capello still has the best goalkeeper in the Premier League this season, Joe Hart. The left wing Milner and Wright-Phillips are not feeling, but there is also Joe Cole, who is getting better at the end of the season.

The most important thing is that despite the poor personal condition, England's overall formation is still very strict. This is the result of Capello's long-term careful training. The goal conceded in this game was an accident.

In the offensive, England played at a very high level in the second half, basically pressing down on the United States to play, but unfortunately they missed repeatedly.

As for the status problems of individual positions, Capello can quickly solve them by changing personnel, but Argentina has always lacked the weakness of the overall tactical framework, and it may be difficult to improve in one or two games.

What's more, in order to achieve results in the tournament system, overall and defense are the foundation and the key. England's advantages in this area may determine that they will go further than Argentina. "

At 01:30 pm on the [-]th, another match in Group C was held at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

The opponents are Slovenia and the "African Fox" Algeria.

Algeria and Slovenia have never met before, and because they are in the same group as England and the United States, both teams are very clear that if they lose this campaign, qualifying will become an impossible task.

Although both sides worked very hard in the first half, the scene seemed lacklustre, and the fans in the stands even played a human wave...

In the 208th minute of the second half, the situation on the field changed suddenly. Algeria launched an attack from the left.
The referee showed him a second yellow card, two yellows turned into one red, and Algeria had to fight with one less man.

Obviously, this red card changed the morale of the two teams.

Six minutes later, Slovenia launched an attack from the left. Jokic made a low pass from the side. Collen stopped the ball and turned around. He shot the far corner with his right foot 6 meters in front of the goal!

Algerian goalkeeper Chauchy is holding the ball sideways with both hands, but the ball bounces in front of him, slips past him and sticks into the net!

The ball is in!
The score became one to zero!

With this lucky goal, Slovenia narrowly beat Algeria with one goal, got off to a good start, and won the initiative for their group qualifying.

(End of this chapter)