Strong Waist

The third round of the World Cup has been in a hot state since the beginning.

After all, it is for the promotion spot, and every team fights fiercely for this.

Especially those teams with only a glimmer of hope are constantly fighting to create miracles.

However, miracles still don’t happen that easily.

The third round of Group B games starts at the same time.

Spain vs Morocco.

Portugal VS Yin Lang.

After the game started, it fell into a strange atmosphere.

Portugal scored early in the first half, and then showed overall control of the ball and defense. They were not in a hurry to score, as if they were waiting for something.

On the other side of the game, Morocco looked extremely unrestrained after being eliminated.

After taking the pressure off, they played better.

In the first half, facing Spain's bombardment, they not only held on to the score, but also scored the first goal.

Although Spain equalized the score in less than five minutes, the overall form was not particularly favorable to Spain.

And it can be seen from the course of the game that Spain seems to be out of shape.

The real weird atmosphere started to appear in the second half of the game between the two sides.

First, Morocco frantically attacked the Spanish goal. Even ten minutes after the start of the second half, Morocco's performance was even better.

The factor that Morocco performs better without pressure cannot be ruled out here.

In another game, Portugal seemed a bit leisurely as a whole.

Although they have obtained a promotion spot and can play the game with confidence, they play a little too casually.

Especially in the 70th minute, Yin Lang used a defensive counterattack opportunity to score Portugal's goal and equalize the score.

At this time, the entire arena was in a state of shock.

Both the Portuguese fans and Yin Lang fans looked in disbelief.

"Portugal wants to get rid of Spain!"

Chen Man grinned.

It is easy to see from Portugal's game state that they are waterproofing.

Although it was not blatantly released, the defensive pressure on some of Yin Lang's players was not great, and it even seemed to be cooperating with them to score goals.

A draw would have little impact on Portugal.

On the contrary, Spain's qualifying situation will be in an extremely severe state.

If Spain loses the game, they will completely lose their chance to qualify.

Portugal and Yin Lang qualified together.

If Spain draws, then they will have to decide the qualifying issue with Yin Lang based on goal difference.

Unless Spain can win the game.

And it is precisely based on this that during the halftime period, Portugal definitely heard Spain's current score and status. For this reason, they were letting off steam in order to send Spain home early in the group stage and be the first to kill a threatening player. opponent.

This situation is not difficult to see in the World Cup.

Especially for those teams that have already obtained qualifying spots, they can strive for more vested interests on the premise of ensuring that their qualifying is stable.

"Portugal doesn't dare to let go anymore." Lucky said; "At present, even if Spain and Yin Lang have the same points, Spain's goal difference will be one more, unless Portugal risks qualifying for second place in the group and loses the game. The premise is to make it waterproof, but this is impossible!”

Other Chinese players also nodded.

Sure enough, as time passed, Spain continued to attack, and Morocco also launched sharp counterattacks again and again.

The final 90 minutes of the game ended.

The scores of both sides turned out to be a draw.

Spain 2:2 Morocco.

Portugal 1:1 Yin Lang.

Group B points ranking:

First: Portugal, 2-1-0, 7 points.

Second: Spain, 1-1-1, 4 points (goal difference).

Third: Yin Lang, 1-1-1, 4 points.

Fourth: Morocco, 0-1-2, 1 point.

Portugal racked its brains to defeat Spain, but ultimately failed.

Both teams advanced to the World Cup quarter-finals.

Russia, Kazan.

The Chinese team arrived in the city where the third round match was held and has already begun training.

After entering the third round, the competition schedule accelerated, and the four teams in the same group competed at the same time, leaving little preparation time for the Chinese team.

Just three days after the last game, the Chinese team will prepare for the third game.

Germany is undoubtedly a tough opponent.

There are few concrete ways to win.

Of course, Lippi wouldn't say that, but the training during this period was almost all based on chain defense and high-position pressing.

The purpose is to welcome Germany's transmission and control model.

Lippi believes that the German team still used passing and controlling tactics in the final round of the game.

Loew is a stubborn person.

Although the German team has a record of one win and one loss in the World Cup so far, it also shows that half of his tactics are feasible.

Just make adjustments based on this.

For this reason, Lippi's training during this period was almost all focused on defensive counterattacks.

Many of them are aimed at passing and controlling tactics and playing styles.

At the same time, the Chinese team is also paying attention to the current qualifying situation.

The qualifying match for Group D will be held on the 26th.

At present, three groups of qualifying teams have been determined, with a total of six teams, namely

Group A: Uruguay, Russia.

Group B: Portugal, Spain.

Group C: France, Denmark.

Tonight there will be a match in Group D, which is Argentina, Croatia, Nigeria and Iceland.

As Messi's team, today's game also attracted a lot of attention.

After being tied with Iceland, Argentina's qualifying situation is also in an uncertain state.

And there is also the question of whether Croatia will let go like Portugal.

After the first two rounds of games, Argentina is currently 0-1-1, and a win is hard to come by.

It can be said that if Messi and Argentina want to advance, everything depends on whether they can win this game.

It can be said that between Nigeria and Argentina, whoever wins will advance.

Especially for Argentina, who couldn't even draw.

After all, Nigeria has a victory in its hands.

In the evening, after washing up, the Chinese players gathered in the conference room again.

At present their life is simple and regular.

Apart from playing football during the day, the only thing left is watching football at night.

Lippi encouraged the players to watch the game, on the one hand, to allow the players to fully experience the tense atmosphere, and on the other hand, to get them into the game in advance.

Before the game even started, the Chinese players were already feeling the suffocating pressure.

Especially when they saw the Argentinian players' expressions of despair, they all became a little nervous.

After all, it's their turn tomorrow.

For the Chinese team, this is not a life and death battle.

After all, the format of Group F is too complicated, and they try their best to get a draw or even victory.

"You think, can Argentina advance?"

Chen Man asked nervously.

Lucky shook his head.

He dare not say that Argentina can advance. Portugal over there has already qualified first in the group, and there are too many variables.

Although the teams that have advanced to the top 16 of the World Cup so far are the same, there may not be changes.

And Argentina’s game is very suspenseful!

"Damn it! You can't, right?"

Just 9 minutes into the game, the Nigerian player was violated and fell to the ground in Argentina's penalty area.

The referee showed a yellow card to Argentina player Mascherano and awarded Nigeria a penalty kick.

Now, Argentina, which was originally passive, became even more terrible.

Nigerian player Moses takes the penalty kick.

When he sent the ball steadily into the lower left corner, it also meant that Argentina was officially pushed to the edge of the cliff.

Taking a step back will lead to a situation of no return.

And this penalty kick was also a big blow to the Argentine players.

It can be felt that the expressions of the Argentine players have become slightly panicked.

Even Messi frowned.

The situation was extremely unfavorable to Argentina, and the Chinese players also became quiet one by one.

They can feel the panic, sadness, hope, helplessness and other complex emotions flowing among the Argentine players and fans.

Throughout the first half, Argentina was in an extremely passive situation.

Messi failed to bring absolute help to Argentina.

In Nigeria's strict defense of Messi, Messi also feels a little lost.

Argentina faces a cliff!