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Chapter 5 China's Group of Death

The World Cup is the 21st FIFA World Cup and will be played in 12 stadiums in 11 cities in the Russian Federation.

This is the first time that the World Cup is held in Russia, and it is also the first time that the World Cup is held in an Eastern European country.

Like the previous World Cups, there is no change in the rules of the World Cup in Russia. There are still 32 teams participating in the finals. They will have 64 games to decide the final winner.

The Chinese team is one of the Asian teams. It is the second time in the history of Chinese football that it has entered the World Cup finals.

In the World Cup finals, China is still a young new member.

According to the grouping rules of the World Cup finals, the 32 teams are divided into four grades. The Chinese team is the fourth grade team that belongs to the last stream. The opponents in the grouping are the Netherlands, Mexico and Brazil.

The strongest team in this group is Brazil.

Brazil is a transition that is rich in stars. Their historical record is so brilliant that it can be described as a stare. They are the leader in the number of championships in major cups. They are the team that has won the most World Cup championships. Brazil has reached the top 4 11 times and reached the finals 7 times and won the championship 5 times. World Cup champion.

In the 1958 World Cup final in Sweden, Brazil defeated the host Sweden 5-2 and won the championship, becoming the first American team in history to win the World Cup in Europe. The Brazilian team has reached the World Cup finals for 3 consecutive times from 1994 to 2002, and won 2 crowns and 1 Asia, creating football history.

Brazil in 1970 was voted the best team in world history by FIFA.

In addition to the World Cup, Brazil has won 4 championships in the Confederations Cup and is the team with the most Confederations Cup championships in the world. The Copa America has won 8 championships. Brazil is also the team with the most fans and a large number of fans in Europe. .

Because the Brazilian national team has swept all the awards and honors related to men's football and maintained various records and the Brazilian people's strong passion for football, the Samba country has also produced countless superstars, which is called the football kingdom by the world.

Among the four teams in Group E, the game has not yet started, and Brazil's qualification is already a certainty.

The second strongest team in Group E is undoubtedly the Netherlands.

The Netherlands entered the World Cup finals as a second-tier team, but they are definitely one of the top teams in the world. The Dutch football history is not comparable to the strong Brazil team, but it is also a frequent visitor to every World Cup. The overall result is quite good.

In the 1970s, Michels, a famous coach in the Netherlands, brought the all attack and all defense tactics of the famous English coach Reynolds to the Dutch national team and launched an impact on the World Cup.

The Netherlands has a history of winning Euro 1988 and has impressed people with exciting big wins in Euro 2000 and 2008.

In the World Cup, the Netherlands has reached the final three times, but they all lost to the runner-up. In 1974 and 1978, they lost to West Germany and Argentina respectively in the finals. In the 2010 World Cup, they competed for the championship with Spain in the finals. They lost 0-1 in overtime.

In the 2014 World Cup, the Netherlands team led by coach Van Gaal drew 0-0 with Argentina in the semi-finals. They were eliminated 2:4 in the penalty shootout and unfortunately did not enter the final; 0 beat Brazil and won the third place.

From the perspective of historical record, it can be seen that the Dutch team's performance has been quite outstanding in recent years, and they are a strong contender for the championship every time.

This World Cup, the second most promising team in Group E is the Netherlands.

In fact, in the eyes of the vast majority of the media, the situation in Group E is too clear, and there is no need for research at all, because Brazil and the Netherlands are too strong, no matter which team performs well or which team performs poorly, it is only a matter of The difference between the first and second place is only, as for the other two teams - Mexico and China, there is no hope at all.

Even among the two teams that are considered 'completely hopeless', Mexico is much stronger than China. Mexico has won the Central North America and Caribbean Gold Cup 7 times in history, the number of which is the first among all teams. , they are the football hegemons in Central and North America.

This World Cup is the 16th World Cup that Mexico has participated in. Even if the best result in the past is the quarterfinals of two local World Cups, the number of times and experience in entering the World Cup alone is completely unmatched by the Chinese team.

Of the four teams in Group E, China is undoubtedly the weakest.

In the history of the World Cup, the Chinese team has only participated in the World Cup in Korea and Japan once, and has not scored a goal in three games, ranking second to last in the World Cup top 32. This is because Saudi Arabia lost 0-8 to the German team that year. The number of wins and losses is too many, and the Chinese team barely has the last place.

Such football history is naturally hard to be optimistic about.

Some foreign media commented on the Chinese team, and also said, This is a team supported by the striker Wang Qiuming, somewhat similar to Ukraine who owned Sheva a few years ago.

In the eyes of the outside world, there is almost no suspense in Group E, but for the Chinese team, no suspense is equivalent to entering the 'group of death'. Even the domestic media are not optimistic that the Chinese team can qualify for the group. More is --

The Chinese team's entry into the World Cup is to gain some competition experience!

If the Chinese team can achieve a breakthrough of zero goals in the World Cup, it has been very successful!

Maybe the Chinese team has the hope of winning the next game, that is the game against Mexico. As long as they can win this game, even if the group does not appear, it is enough to return with glory!

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In short, the Chinese team has little hope of qualifying for the group stage.

In this case, after the Chinese team arrived in Moscow, it was understandable that there were not many foreign media to disturb them.

In fact, there are not many foreign media concerned about the Chinese team. Some foreign reporters want to enter the Chinese team to interview. They are not interested in other players of the Chinese team. They only hope to interview a limited number of people-Wang Qiuming and Wang Xiaolei are the most The two people who have received attention have won the world. Both of them are big stars, and the most watched is Wansheng as the head coach.

This is the first time after a lapse of five years, Wansheng once again led the team to participate in the competition.

Wan Sheng's coaching past is still fresh in their minds. Many people remember Wan Sheng's name. The miracles he created are remembered by many fans, especially England fans. Their only European Cup trophy is With Wansheng, there will be more English journalists, hoping to interview Wansheng.

Wansheng ignored foreign media.

Different from opening up to the domestic media, foreign media only pursue public opinion news. For news, they are not optimistic about the Chinese team and have no interest in the preparations of the Chinese team, and Wansheng does not need them to do publicity at all.

So after arriving in Moscow, the Chinese team just kept a low profile for training.

With the arrival of one team after another, the Chinese team was quickly forgotten. In addition to the constant reporting by the domestic media, it is difficult to see the words of the Chinese team on the news of other countries.

Time flies, two days have passed in a blink of an eye.

The opening ceremony of the World Cup was held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. This stadium is located in the urban area of ​​Moscow, Russia. It is the largest stadium in Russia with a total of 84,745 seats. This stadium is a component of the Luzhniki Olympic Sports Center. At the time this stadium was called Lenin Stadium.

The weather in Moscow was very good that day, and the opening ceremony went well.

The entire Chinese team participated in the opening ceremony, and then watched the opening match between Russia and Ghana, and the World Cup was held in the home country. The Russian team had a high morale and fought on a par with Ghana, and scored the first goal in the 33rd minute.

After that, Ghana's performance became eye-catching. They continued to use their strong bodies to compete with Russian players. After 21 minutes in the second half, the Ghana team used the strikers to play well and turned the score into 1-1.

The final game ended 1-1.

After the opening game, Wan Sheng led the team away. On the way, he asked all the players, What do you think is the gap between us and Russia and Ghana?

The players were silent.

They thought about it for a long time, some said technical strength, some said overall performance, and some said competition experience, etc. Wansheng shook his head silently, and said, What I want you to see is not experience, not technology, but their participation in the competition. The spirit of daring to fight!

Did you watch the second half? Ghana fought very fiercely. They kept colliding with Russian players in order to play their own advantage. African players are extremely strong, much stronger than whites. This is their advantage. Played to their advantage and put Russia on the back foot for a while, then they scored.

This is a very correct choice! There is a saying, 'one skill is strong, and the other is short', we should do the same, give full play to our overall advantages, and play out what we are training, and then our performance will be better. , and more hopeful of victory...

With the end of the opening game of the World Cup, the atmosphere of the war has also become strong.

The Chinese team's game is on the third day, the opponent is the Netherlands team, the two sides play in the Kazan Central Stadium.

The press conference before the game was lively.

Reporters from all over the world have been waiting for a long time, thanks to Wansheng's reputation. He used to be the world's top football coach. Even if he has been down for five years, he still has considerable influence. Rand is well known.

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