The match between South Korea and Russia was the last game of the first round of the group stage.

After the game, the second round of the group stage will be followed.

Group A team made its debut again.

The host will face Mexico this time. As long as Brazil can defeat Mexico, they will have won two consecutive victories and will be given the right to qualify in the group in advance.

However, amid the cheering of Brazilian fans, the Brazilian team, which is famous for its offense, collectively fell silent. After 90 minutes of fighting, the two teams finally tied 0:0, and no one scored a goal!

The two teams scored four points in the same team, but Brazil ranked first in the group with the advantage of goal difference, with Mexico following behind.

Another match in this group, Croatia and Cameroon will have to wait until the next afternoon, so it is hard to say what the final qualifying situation of this group will look like.

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On June 18th, the first game of the day was the match between the Chinese team and the Netherlands.

The game time is 1:00 pm in Brazil local time. Although it is winter in the southern hemisphere at this time, for Brazil on the equator, there is no difference between winter and summer, and the noon sun is still very bright.

This makes Chinese fans more worried about what the team can perform.

In the home team locker room at Bellario Stadium, Chinese players are doing their final preparations.

In this game, the Chinese team drew the home team's draw. It is said that the Chinese team's home jersey is actually the white one, so the Chinese team should wear white jerseys to face the Dutch team. The Dutch team's home jersey is orange, which just doesn't make the contrasting colors, so it can be easily distinguished.

But there is a vote in the Chinese team because everyone is a little unsatisfied with this white jersey. In superstitiously, it is like mourning clothes, which is too unlucky. Everyone doesn't like this white home jersey sponsored by Adidas.

Zhou Yi is also a person who dislikes the white jersey, but his disgust for the white jersey began when he was a fan. At that time, the Chinese team's home jersey was white.

He never understood that our national flag is red, and our people's favorite color is red. Why is the home color of our national team's jersey actually white? White is equivalent to "mourning clothes" in most parts of China. You can only see a large area of ​​white when the funeral is held...

He always thought that the red set was the home jersey, but later he realized that he had made a mistake, and white was the one!

Compared with white, he prefers the red Chinese team jersey.

There are many people with the same idea as him in the national team. In the result of that vote, most people hoped to replace white as the color of the home jersey.

In the last game against Chile, the Chinese team won the away team draw. If, according to Adidas' regulations on the Chinese team's jersey, white is the color of the home jersey and red is the color of the away jersey, then the Chinese team should wear red. As a result, the Chilean home jersey that won the home team draw was red. Of course, Chile chose their representative color red - their national flag also has red. So in order to avoid contrasting colors, the Chinese team can only wear white jerseys.

As a result, the game that should have won was not won...

So this time, although the Chinese team won the home team draw, they still chose to pass the red "away jersey" outfit.

In this way, the Dutch team can only give up their favorite orange jersey and should wear the white one.

Now, Chinese players wearing red jerseys are all in the locker room, listening to head coach Lippi: "The Netherlands is very strong, there is no doubt about this. It can be said that they are the strongest team in this group. But this is not the reason for us to admit defeat. If we want to qualify, we must not lose in this game. For us, this is a battle of survival, and if we lose, we will die. The situation is very critical, but I heard that there is a saying in China that is called 'putting it to death and then live'. I think nothing is more suitable for this sentence than at this time."

"Let the Dutch team see our beliefs!"

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In this game, Lippi made a local adjustment to the starting lineup of the Chinese team, which was to replace the center Gao Lin who was more than the starting lineup in the last game and replace Wu Lei.

Then let He Ying go to the middle lane, Yan Min and Wu Lei go left and right.

This is a typical counterattack lineup. He Ying, Yan Min and Wu Lei are all speedy and have certain individual combat capabilities.

In addition, He Ying is also a very versatile striker, and he can also play the role of an offensive fulcrum in the frontcourt.

On the Netherlands, Van Gaal maintained the same starting lineup as the last 5-1 victory over Spain, without any adjustments.

The Dutch team did a good job in the game against Spain. As the team's head coach, there was no reason to make any adjustments to such a smooth lineup.

When winning, adjustments are not necessary.

This Dutch team is in good shape and they are confident of sweeping any opponent in front of them. Whether it is Spain or... China.

This Chinese team does have some players who have performed well in the European League, but the most important thing is Zhou Yi. In fact, in the Dutch team's mind, the threat level of the Chinese team has dropped a lot.

Before the game, Van Gaal carefully studied the game videos between the Chinese team and Chile, especially in the first fifteen minutes, to see how Chile led the Chinese team two goals in a short period of time.

He believes that this is of reference value to his team.

Of course, the Chinese team finally got back, but Van Gaal believes that it was because of Chile's own problems. They made a mistake. In addition, the strength of Chile does not have an advantage over the Chinese team. The two teams are as strong as each other, so it is normal and fair to tie the team in the end.

The Netherlands is not Chile. Once the Netherlands takes two goals, it is absolutely impossible for the Chinese team to equalize.

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After the game started, the Netherlands did launch a fierce attack like the Chinese goal. Their goal was very clear, which was to use their speed to break the Chinese team's defense line at the beginning of the game, catch the Chinese team off guard, and then strive to lead two goals in a short period of time. Just like Chile.

Then next, the game will not develop like Chile.

Five minutes into the game, the Chinese team took the ball in the midfield. Yang Hao was a little hesitant when he got the ball. He was supposed to pass it to the front, but he didn't know who to pass it to, so he was posted by De Rong immediately.

Derong's reputation was famous. Yang Hao was a little shaking and quickly turned around to protect the football. As a result, he just turned around, and Sneider forced him up again.

Yang Hao didn't care about anything else at all, so he could only rush to pass the football back!

However, because the return pass was too hasty, Zheng Zhi did not receive the ball, Yang Hao missed the pass, but instead asked Zheng Zhi's queen Robben to intercept the ball!

Robben, who intercepted the ball, turned around and kicked the football forward with a hard kick!

Then he started to accelerate and forced his way through the Chinese central defender Feng Xiaoting in front of him at his own speed.

Although he was still a little far from Feng Xiaoting, his speed was too fast. He came first and received the football from the penalty area line.

"Robben - Danger!" He Ping exclaimed.

However, in this process, Feng Xiaoting did not give up. He was also sprinting with all his might and forcing Robben.

Under his close pursuit, Robben received the ball, but did not completely throw him away.

So when Robben got the ball in the penalty area, he found that Feng Xiaoting had actually caught up!

This was a bit beyond his expectations.

Maybe it was shocked by this accident,

Next, Robben made a mistake when handling the ball again. He dribbled the football out, but when he was about to speed up, his feet became weak and he didn't kick up...

Feng Xiaoting hurriedly protected the football and gave it to Sun Pan.

A false alarm.

"It's so dangerous, so dangerous... Robben's foot was weak at the last moment, otherwise the ball would be really dangerous... The Chinese team should be careful. You can't make such mistakes again when you pass the game back in the midfield..." The Chinese team's game was changed, and He Ping, who usually commented on La Liga and the Champions League.

The one he partnered with is a domestic football commentator and coach Gong Lei.

"Yang Hao is too sticky to deal with the ball. He should be clear about his positioning. He is not the organizer. He must be decisive in handling the ball. Just give the football to his teammates around him. Don't think about sending a fatal pass with one kick... It is best to handle the back midfielder cleanly..." Gong Lei also criticized Yang Hao's way of handling football just now.

"Fortunately, Feng Xiaoting did not give up on the defense of this ball. Although Robben was thrown away by speed, he still chased him relentlessly and finally caught up in the penalty area..."

"Actually, Feng Xiaoting's speed was not slow at all. He is one of the few central defenders in China who have excellent sprinting speed." Gong Lei himself is the head coach of the Chinese Super League team. Of course, he understands the situation of the players who play in China. "Lippi must have strengthened the team's defense requirements, and the defensive players' attention was obviously concentrated. The ball was an unexpected situation just now, but Feng Xiaoting's reaction was also very fast. Our bottom line in this game was not to lose, so defense seemed very important..."

Robben, who missed this opportunity, laughed helplessly in the close-up.

The commentator of Dutch TV cannot understand why Robben's legs became weak at the most critical moment...

"...But it doesn't matter, the game has just started for five minutes, and we still have a chance!"
Chapter completed!