host must win

Chapter 536
After three days of rest, the Chinese team moved to Frankfurt, ushering in a crucial battle with the European champion Greece.

During the rest period of the Chinese team, the World Youth Championship continued in the Netherlands next door. Not surprisingly, the national youth team defeated Panama, the weakest opponent in the group, with a score of 4:1, and advanced to the knockout round with a perfect record.

The national youth team has advanced to the knockout round with excellent results, and the fans hope that the national team can perform well in the Confederations Cup. Not to mention the first place in the group to advance, but at least the group must qualify.

Because the Chinese team has a strong Brazilian team in Group B, it is simply a fantasy for the Chinese team to win the first place in the group.After defeating the powerful Mexico team in the first game, it is not too harsh to fight for a qualifying place.

On the afternoon of June 6, local time in Germany, the Chinese team challenged the European champion Greece at the Commerzbank Stadium in Frankfurt.

In this game, the Chinese team finally broke a very embarrassing record, that is, since the quarter-finals, only Yin Jun has scored goals for the Chinese team, and the rest have scored nothing.

In the game, Shao Jiayi, who played for 1860 Munich, finally broke the national team's scoring shortage and helped the Chinese team beat the European champion Greece with a score of 1:0.

Yin Jun encountered the Greek team's all-round chasing and interception in this game, and rarely had the chance to get close to the Greek team's goal.However, the Greek team lost sight of the other, and in the case of double-teaming Yin Jun, the defense in other positions was not so tight, which gave Shao Jiayi a chance to score with a long shot.

After defeating the Greek team, the Chinese team, which has won two consecutive victories, has advanced to the semi-finals one round ahead of schedule.

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The Chinese team's defeat of Greece is not a big surprise. After all, in terms of the current world ranking, the Chinese team is still one place higher than Greece.

After the Chinese team advanced, three seats in the Confederations Cup semi-finals have been determined. Germany and Argentina in Group A won the first two rounds and both advanced.The two teams only need to determine who is the first in the group in the third round.

At this moment, the eyes of the whole world are focused on the last game of this round: Mexico vs. Brazil.

Because of the loss to the Chinese team in the first round, and the main goalkeeper was also suspended due to a red card, especially in the Copa America last year, the Mexican team lost 0:4 to the Brazilian team, so the Mexican team is extremely unfavorable in this game .

However, after the results of the game came out, the whole world was stunned: the Mexican team defeated Brazil 1-0 at the AWD Stadium in Hannover!

The star-studded five-star Brazil was defeated by the crippled Mexico. Is this world crazy?

Many people are very puzzled.However, the fans who watched the game felt that Brazil's loss was not wronged.

In the game, there was a situation where Mexico made three penalty kicks.

In the 29th minute, Morales made a pass from the left. Roque Junior pulled Borgetti down in the penalty area and was sentenced to a penalty kick and received a yellow card.Borgetti took the penalty and scored in the middle of the goal, but the Mexican player entered the penalty area ahead of time, and the Italian referee Rossetti gave a heavy penalty.Borgetti hit the lintel again.But because the Brazilian player entered the restricted area ahead of time, Rossetti asked him to give him a heavy penalty again.For the third time, Dida pounced to the right and blocked the penalty.In the first round of law enforcement against Tunisia in Argentina, Rossetti awarded 3 penalties.

However, the good luck of the Brazilian team failed to save them after all.In the 59th minute, Cicinho took the top and Morales broke through to pass the ball, but was destroyed by Lucio's shovel. Mexico took a corner kick and Borgetti jumped high and headed the ball in, 1:0.

This ball was the only goal of the game.

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Mexico's surprise win over Brazil complicates matters in Group B.Chinese fans who once thought that the Chinese team had already qualified one round earlier discovered that the Chinese team had not qualified ahead of schedule!

The current situation in Group B is as follows. The Chinese team ranks first with 2 wins, Brazil and Mexico both rank second and third with 1 win and 1 loss, and the Greek team has already lost two games in a row.

In the last round of the group stage, if the Chinese team loses to Brazil and the Mexican team defeats Greece at the same time, then there will be a situation where the Chinese team, Brazil and Mexico have the same 6 points.As a result, the three teams will have to compete for goal difference and even calculate their mutual records.

Because the Chinese team defeated Mexico, and the current goal difference is more than that of Mexico, it seems that the situation is more favorable. However, if Mexico beats the already eliminated Greek team by a large score in the final round, and the Chinese team loses to For the Brazil team, the goal difference of the Chinese team must be less than that of Mexico, so they will be eliminated!

In this way, what the fans thought was the last round of friendly match against Brazil suddenly turned into a battle of life and death!

Of course, the current situation is quite favorable for the Chinese team. They only need a draw to advance smoothly.Both Brazil and Mexico must win if they want to advance.

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赛事主办方将小组赛第三轮的比赛，都安排在同时开战：A组的两场比赛在当地时间6月21日的晚上七点45分，B组的两场比赛则是在6月22日的晚上七点45分。

This is for the principle of fair play to prevent certain teams from playing tacit ball under certain circumstances.

For Group A, which has already decided the result, this arrangement is not necessary.But for Group B, this arrangement is very critical.

The life-and-death battle between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team will be held at the Rhine Energy Stadium in Cologne.

Due to the very bad situation of qualifying, the entire Brazilian team is on the verge of a formidable enemy.The Chinese team is also not easy, because the overall strength of the team is indeed at a disadvantage.

Alihan is also full of expectations for this game, but he is still somewhat lacking in confidence.

"For the Chinese team, this will be a great game, we all feel the pressure, and I am very much looking forward to seeing the surprise."

"This is the first time we have participated in the Confederations Cup, and we have performed very well in the first two rounds of the group stage. In this game, everyone expects us to go further, and I always believe that the players It will surprise us."

The Chinese team also attaches great importance to this game. At noon the day before the game, they took a bus to Cologne after the lunch break.

The distance between Frankfurt and Cologne is only 150 kilometers. It took the Chinese team just over an hour to arrive in Cologne by bus, and then rushed directly to the hotel. .

To Yin Jun's surprise, when the Chinese team arrived at the Rhein Energy Stadium, just as the Brazilian team was about to leave, Yin Jun naturally bumped into Brazilian players including Ronaldinho and Kaka.

(End of this chapter)