The Era of Emerald

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As time passed, the European Cup finally started the final round of the group stage.When this round of group matches is over, the list of the quarterfinals of the European Cup will be released and they will enter the more brutal knockout stage!

The first match was Group A. Portugal and Spain, who had missed Greece successively, fought a fierce battle at the Alvared Stadium in Lisbon.In the end, the hosts beat their neighbors with a goal from Nuno Gomez and narrowly advanced to the quarter-finals at the last minute!

For this result, the Portuguese fans who were still worried about the fate of the national team in this European Cup before the game were naturally cheering, but the Spanish fans were sad at the moment.Although the game was over, it was really hard for them to accept this slightly cruel reality.

Of course, while these Spanish fans felt extremely sad for the team's early exit, they were also annoyed by the series of poor performances of the head coach Seth in this European Cup.

It’s okay to have one win, one draw and one loss in three group matches, but what’s the matter with only scoring two goals?Is this the same Spain that we love, always full of passion, eager to attack and score goals? !

Therefore, after learning that the national team will go home at the end of the group stage, Spanish fans launched a massive protest, demanding that the culprit, Seth, take the blame and resign!

In fact, there is no need for these fans to protest, the Spanish Football Association will definitely fire Seth after the European Cup.After all, although Spain's performance in international competitions in recent years has been quite average, it is too unreasonable to fail to qualify for the group stage.

Having said that, the Spanish Football Association's selection criteria are strange enough.Obviously there are many good head coaches in Spain. Camacho, who played in the European Cup in 00 and the World Cup in 02, also led the team to achieve good results, but they chose Seth, who wants to be famous but not famous. A guy with no prestige.I have to say, this is a really weird thing.

At the same time, when Seth learned after the game that Greece was defeated by Russia [-]-[-] on another field and Spain was there, the coach's first reaction was not to regret that he played against Russia in the first group match He won too little, but complained that the Russians were not strong enough, and they only won one goal against Greece...

If Russia can enter Greece one more time, wouldn't it be my Spain that has advanced to the quarterfinals now?Seth thought resentfully in his heart.

Seth, who only cared about complaining about Russia's incompetence, didn't realize the series of serious mistakes he made in this European Cup.For example, he was not aggressive in the first two group matches. After taking the lead, he aimed to hold the existing score, which prevented the team from earning enough goal difference on Russia and gave the Greeks the opportunity to equalize the score. Opportunities, which in turn led to the embarrassing situation where the Spanish national team had to fight Portugal in the final round.

In addition, Seth's blind trust in Raul is also criticized.After all, the current Raul is no longer the super killer who led Real Madrid to win the European Champions Cup two years ago. After the 02 World Cup, his state has declined from the peak all the way. Now he is only regarded as a spiritual leader, but he should not continue to Dominate the main position in the national team.

Judging from these two points, it is really not wrong for Spain to fall into the current situation.I would rather insist on using Raul, who is in a sluggish state, than give more opportunities to Belleron, who has stronger organizational skills and is more suitable for the current Spanish team. The fate of Spain in this European Cup begins with Seth making this choice. In fact, it has already been determined.

Although the news of Spain's exit from the European Cup group stage caused quite a stir in international football, England and France in Group B did not seem to be affected by this. was miraculously reversed by France in the last 2 minutes), eliminated both Croatia and Switzerland, and advanced to the quarter-finals together.

As for Italy's Group C, since the Apennines won all the previous two games, they have won the right to qualify for the group ahead of schedule. Therefore, before the final round of the match against Bulgaria, the players seemed very relaxed. The sky was full of laughter and laughter, and it was hard to see the shadow of the coming war.

It's no surprise that Italians up and down appear so relaxed.You must know that the Bulgarian rose has been sinking all the way since it bloomed once in the summer of America in 94. The dilemma of lack of successors has always plagued this country that once won the No.4 World Cup.Up to now, although there are still players in the Bulgarian team who have played in the four major leagues, such as Petrov and Bodinov, but these people cannot compete with the players of the generation of Balakov and Lechekov in terms of fame and strength. on a par.

The most important thing is that there is no iron-blooded coach like Rehhagel in the Bulgarian team.The backwardness of the technical and tactical level and the inconsistency of the team's thinking,

What's more, the Bulgarian players don't have the bloodiness of the Russians to pull a back even if I die.The reality of two games and two losses in the group stage and the fact that they scored seven shots and failed to score a goal made Bulgaria, who was out early, low in morale and hopeless, and the players' minds were no longer on the game.Maybe these Bulgarian players are now even more eager for the game to end quickly, so that they can enjoy the summer sun in those resorts, or have a romantic encounter.

Thanks to the Bulgarian player's indifferent attitude, if they follow Russia and fight for honor in the final round, Italy may suffer in this game like Portugal and Spain did against Greece What a loss.

In this way, Italy, who played with a full bench lineup, defeated Bulgaria [-]-[-] at the Enrique Stadium in Guimarães with the goals of De Rossi, Cassano and Perotta, and advanced with a three-match victory. European Cup quarter-finals!

After the results of Group B and Group C matches were released one after another, the fans finally let go of their suspense over Spain's elimination.In the eyes of these fans, more strong teams advancing to the knockout round is the result they are most willing to see. As long as there is one dark horse like Greece, it is enough. If there are too many, it will inevitably make the following matches look a little star-less. .

However, just one day later, another shocking news broke out in the European Cup: the German team, the runner-up of the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 02, only achieved two draws, one loss and no win in three games. In the group of the group of death!

This also means that just after the group stage of this European Cup ended, two traditional strong teams faded out of people's vision and waved goodbye to the Delaunay Cup!