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Chapter 487 Brazil's first big upset in the World Cup
All the top 32 teams showed up, giving people the feeling that the strong team is Hengqiang. Except for the strong team's defeat in the dialogue between the strong and the strong, there were basically no upsets in other games.

Is this World Cup will not expose the upset?
The media and fans don't think so, they think Spain is the underdog.

They beat the Netherlands four to three in the first round, but the media and fans believed that the overall performance of the Dutch team was better.

If it weren't for Li Chuanqi's superb performance, many media believed that the Dutch team would have won that match.

Now that Li Chuanqi is injured, who can take on the task of scoring goals for Spain?
Costa?
Iniesta?

Or other players?
Moreover, the defender Pique bid farewell to the World Cup in Brazil ahead of schedule due to injury. Who can take on the heavy responsibility of Spain's defense?
Spain's second opponent in the group is Chile. Chile can be regarded as a home game. Does Spain have a chance of winning against such an opponent?

The Spanish media is optimistic about Spain. As long as they can beat Chile, Spain will be able to lock in a promotion spot in advance, instead of fighting Australia in the final round.

"Bosque and his players know the importance of the match against Chile, so they also said that they will definitely try their best to win!"

Aspen said: "Our reporter interviewed several Spanish players, and they all expressed that they would take Chile seriously.

Harvey said, 'Although we had serious injuries after the first game, the morale of the whole team is very high now, and we will win the second game! '

Iniesta said, "Chile is an opponent worthy of respect. What we have to do is to be ourselves. As long as we play the football we want, we can achieve the results we want!" '

Costa said: "Many players have scored their first goals in the World Cup, and I will soon score my first goal in the World Cup. Li's absence has indeed had a great impact on us, but we are confident that we will lock in the qualifying places ahead of time!" '

From the words of the players, we can see their strong self-confidence.

Spain's biggest problem now is the defensive end. In the first game, the Dutch team penetrated the goal three times, which fully shows that Spain's defense has a big problem.

How far Spain can go in this World Cup depends on whether it can solve the problem of defense.

The outside world believes that the Spanish team will lose to Chile in an upset. We think this possibility is very small, and the possibility of an upset is basically zero. "

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After the first round, the second round will start immediately.

After the first round of competition, the second round will be more intense. The team that got off to a good start hopes to win another victory and lock in the qualifying places in advance.

The team that lost in the first round has to fight hard to win, leaving a glimmer of hope for qualifying. No one wants to be out early.

Both Brazil and Mexico in Group A won the first round. Both teams want to overthrow their opponents and secure their places ahead of schedule.

At 10:[-] p.m. on the [-]th, the two teams played at the Fortaleza Castelo Stadium. After [-] and [-] minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides ended with a score of zero to zero.

Both sides are dissatisfied with this score. They both failed to secure the qualifying places in advance, which provided hope for the other two teams.

Croatia seized this opportunity and beat Cameroon [-]-[-]. The African Lions lost both games and became the first team to be eliminated early in this World Cup.

Croatian striker Mandzukic scored twice in this game, shining brilliantly, and was the main contributor to the victory.

Group A is over, and Group B is on.

Spain's opponent in this round is the Chilean team. Both teams have won the first round, and whoever wins will be able to qualify ahead of schedule.

Li Chuanqi raised his exemption card, Martinez replaced Pique and Ramos in the starting lineup, and Pedro replaced Li Chuanqi to form a striker with Costa and Iniesta.

After the start of the game, Spain controlled the rhythm of the field with their strong overall strength, but they were unable to score goals for a long time. On the contrary, Chile's defensive counterattack was impressive.

Chile took the lead in the 20th minute. Sanchez cooperated with Vidal on the right and made a direct pass. Aranguiz made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Vargas stopped the ball in front of the small penalty area and flashed Casillas, and then stabbed before Ramos. Shot into the net!
One to zero!

Chile leads!

Chile expanded the score in the 43rd minute. Alonso fouled Sanchez in front of the penalty area. Sanchez shot a free kick 25 meters in front of the goal and was saved by Casillas.

Two to zero!
Chile extended its lead!
Chile entered the second half with a two-goal advantage.

After the start of the second half, the Spanish team launched a siege to the Chilean team.

But neither Costa's shot in the penalty area, Iniesta's long shot outside the penalty area, nor Harvey's free kick could knock on the Chilean team's door!

After nine 10 minutes, Chile won with a score of [-]-[-], revealing the biggest upset of this World Cup!
With six points, the Chilean team has basically secured a qualifying spot.

Spain's fate hangs by a thread.

L'Equipe commented: "Only by losing can you know its importance. Li missed the game against Chile due to injury, and Spain has highlighted its 'weakness'. Twenty shots did not score a goal!
In fact, in the first game, Spain showed the phenomenon of "weakness". If Li Chaoshen did not play well, Spain would be defeated.

In addition to the problem on the offensive end, Spain's defense line can be called a "car accident scene", and it was defeated by Chile's counterattack!

Watching Costa and others waste opportunities again and again, Spanish fans miss Li infinitely.

In an interview after the game, many Spanish fans said that if Li hadn't been injured, Spain would have won.

Bosque also mentioned this issue at the post-match press conference, "Lee's absence has had a great impact on our offense. The Spanish team has become accustomed to Lee's presence and his use of goals to help the team win."

Without Lee in the squad, they don't know how to play football...'

When talking about qualifying, Bosque believes that Spain still has the possibility of qualifying. "Chile's six points does not mean that they will qualify. As long as we win the last game, we can beat them to qualify."

Therefore, I am still optimistic about qualifying.

Li is actively recovering, and he may come back early! '

Li has now become Bosque's life-saving straw, can he really come back early? "

Spain failed, can the Netherlands seize the opportunity?

The general consensus is that the Netherlands will have no problems with their victory over Australia.

An hour after Spain's two-goal loss to Chile, the Netherlands' game against Australia began.

After 10 and [-] minutes of fierce fighting, the Dutch team won [-]-[-] cleanly and won the first victory of this World Cup.

In the standings, Chile topped the list with six points, the Netherlands and Spain ranked second and third with three points, Australia lost two and became the second team to bid farewell to the World Cup in Brazil.

If Spain wants to qualify, it must beat Australia by a big score in the final round.

Because the Dutch team will definitely fight against Chile. Once the Netherlands wins, all three teams will have six points, and it will be better than the goal difference.

Chile now has a goal difference of four, the Netherlands has a goal difference of zero and Spain has a goal difference of minus one.

(End of this chapter)