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Chapter 507 Chapter 505: Hey... the defending champion...

After the Netherlands played the second game, they started their journey to the next leg, and they rushed to Cape Town.

In the last game of the group, they will face Cameroon, which has been eliminated, at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town.

The World Cup is still in full swing, and the tyrants from all walks of life are fighting bravely to enter the knockout round.

After Group E battle, Group F debut.

The situation in Group F is complicated. The scores of the two games in the first round were one to one, and everyone was on the same starting line.

At 01:30 on the [-]th, Paraguay and Slovakia competed at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontaine.

Paraguay looked very active after the opening. In the 3rd minute of the opening, Valdez passed the ball, and Santa Cruz shot from the edge of the restricted area on the left!
The football was saved from the near corner by Mucha!
In the 6th minute, Barrios made a direct pass to Valdes, and Valdes shot wide of the goal!

No.18 minutes, Morrell made a free kick from the left, and Paulo Da Silva missed the chance to head the ball from the edge of the penalty area!
After 1 minute, Valdez returned a pass from the left, and Riveros' shot in front of the restricted area was confiscated by Mucha!

Paraguay's aggressiveness was rewarded in the No.207 minute of the first half. Barrios made a direct pass in front of the Slovak penalty area, and Bella stabbed and shot in the defense of Strba and Jurica!
Soccer hits the net!

One to zero!

Paraguay leads!
Then Slovakia counterattacked, and Paraguay changed tactics and adopted a steady counterattack.

There was a problem with Slovakia's offensive failure. No. 401 minutes in the second half, Paraguay defender Paulo Da Silva made a successful steal near the center circle, and then dribbled the ball forward with a straight pass!
The ball slips through the gap between the two Slovakian defenders, Riveros flies in and shoots from the edge of the box!
The football pierced through the fingers of Slovakia goalkeeper Mucha again!
Two to zero!
Paraguay defeated Slovakia and took the initiative to qualify for the group in their own hands!

At [-]pm, defending champions Italy take on New Zealand at the Mbobela Stadium in Nesplite.

Due to the gap in strength between the two teams, it was generally believed that Italy would win before the game.

However, what is surprising is that New Zealand scored the first goal!
In the 7th minute of the first half, New Zealand got a free kick on the left side of the front court, and they kicked the football directly to the Italian penalty area!

Surprisingly, this is not a very difficult ball, and the Italian captain Cannavaro made a mistake!

He failed to kick the football, and the football fell on his thigh!

New Zealand striker Smeltz flew out from behind him and stabbed him!
The football flew past the right side of the Italian goalkeeper Marchetti and got into the net!

One to zero!

New Zealand leads!
This made the New Zealand fans in the stands overjoyed, and left the Italian fans dumbfounded. Their captain made such a low-level mistake?
With the score behind, Italy launched a crazy attack.

No. In the 17th minute, Cannavaro took a corner kick from far away, and Chiellini's oblique shot from the upper left corner of the penalty area went wide!
Italy's No.20 almost equalized the score in two minutes, Montolivo passed the ball, Zambrotta shot from the right 25 meters from the goal, and the ball missed the upper left corner!

No.207 minutes, De Rossi passed the ball, Montolivo took the ball from the right, and shot 30 meters from the goal!
After the football bounced off the ground, it hit the left post and bounced back!
Two minutes later, Italy made a comeback. After taking the ball, De Rossi forced a breakthrough to the penalty area and entered the penalty area!
Tommy Smith, in a panic, pulled De Rossi down!
"Tick!..."

The referee blew his whistle, and pointed his right hand firmly to the penalty spot!

penalty!

Iaquinta did it overnight!

The defending champion equalized the score, which made the hearts of the Italian fans fall down.

Then, just come down and overtake the score!

However, Italy let their fans down. They used all kinds of martial arts in the next time, but they could no longer knock on New Zealand's goal.

In the end, the two teams shook hands and made a draw!
The defending champions got two draws, which is surprising.

The only thing that satisfies Italian fans is that their team is still eligible to compete for the right to qualify in the final round.

Gazzetta dello Sport criticized Cannavaro: Cannavaro, or Cannavaro, lost the goal in the first game against Paraguay. After the game, De Rossi took the responsibility on himself, but everyone knows that the person directly responsible for the ball is Cannavaro who took the top.

In the game against New Zealand, that shameful conceded goal came from Cannavaro!
At that time, the New Zealander took a free kick from the left at a 45-degree angle and flew over the crowd to the goal. Cannavaro and Smeltz ran to the goal at the same time, but Cannavaro, who put the opponent behind him, actually watched the ball flying towards him.

The "assist" was given to Smeltz. What's interesting is that Smeltz seemed to have expected that Cannavaro would miss the ball, and he didn't stop behind him, and went directly to the goal.

And the position where he took the ball to shoot was only three meters away from the goal!What a "comfortable" assist!

In fact, New Zealand's few threatening shots in this field all came from Cannavaro's "assists".

No.60 In the second minute, the New Zealand team threw a throw-in. Cannavaro did not throw the ball to the side, but directly directed at the New Zealand player at the front of the penalty area. As a result, the opponent did not wait for the ball to land, and volleyed it.

No.80 In the second minute, Cannavaro was even hit by New Zealand's No. 20 substitute player Wood, who slid out from the far post!

In the 701st minute, Cannavaro received a light lateral pass from his teammate. When no one was pressing, he wanted to stop the ball with his chest, but he stopped in his hand.

Among the previous European Ballon d'Or winners and World Player of the Year, is there any player who performed so poorly in the World Cup?
Lippi once said: "In the World Cup, a 35-year-old player is more trustworthy than a 25-year-old player."

But experience and status are always a pair of contradictions. It is true that Cannavaro was the best player in the last World Cup, and he was the European Golden Globe four years ago.

But it is also undeniable that Cannavaro performed in a mess at Juventus this season. Not only did he not get his contract renewed, but he could not even stay in Europe and could only go to Dubai to retire.

If a player who can only play in West Asia plays the main force in this World Cup defending champion team, what else can this team talk about defending?

Cannavaro has even lost the trust of his teammates. A defensive teammate once privately revealed to an Italian reporter: "Cannavaro is no longer good. He has no confidence in himself now. When I stepped forward to assist, he often called me back. This is very different from the past."

In fact, it is not that Italy has no other options on the bench. Bonucci, who was on the bench, had an amazing performance in the warm-up match, but he has no experience in the World Cup or even any national team competition.

He also has not played any big games is another backup central defender Bocchetti.

Italy's World Cup journey is still going on, and Lippi still has the opportunity to choose again. In terms of experience and status, who will Lippi choose?
(End of this chapter)