During the period when the Chinese team was preparing for Spain, the World Cup group stage continued to take place.

All group stages have been played for two rounds. At this time, it is basically clear who can qualify and who will be eliminated.

After the second round of the group stage in Group C, Colombia defeated Côte d'Ivoire 2:1, won two games and advanced early. Japan drew 0:0 with Greece, and only earned one point after two rounds, and basically bid farewell to this World Cup knockout stage. In the last round, the Japanese team will face Colombia, the strongest in this group, and it will be difficult to win.

In the second round of the group D group, England, which had already lost one game, faced Uruguay, was a back-to-back battle. If they wanted to appear from this group, they had to defeat Uruguay. But the final result was surprising. England lost 1:2 to Uruguay, both games were lost, and they were eliminated early. This news really shocked England. The favorite to win the championship before the game is now eliminated one round early, which is a shame. However, other people outside the English themselves may not be surprised by this result...

England won the World Cup in front of their homes, and their performances were not considered a favorite to win the championship at other times. Their strong strength was completely hyped by the developed English media...

In another group match, Italy, which won one game, only needs to defeat Costa Rica to qualify from the group in advance, but the unpopularity was revealed again that Italy lost 0:1 to Costa Rica! Costa Rica, which defeated Uruguay and Italy, qualified from the group in advance. When it was divided, it was considered the weakest strength in the group. Costa Rica, which was the weakest team in the group, became the first team to qualify in the group. Some media have called Costa Rica the biggest dark horse in this World Cup...

In the second round of Group E group stage, Switzerland and France met, and the two teams staged a goal battle. In the end, the French team defeated Switzerland 5:2 and also qualified in the group in advance.

Ecuador defeated Honduras 2:1. In the last round of group stage, Ecuador and Switzerland had hopes of qualifying in the group, but Switzerland's opponent was eliminated early, while Ecuador had to face the strong France.

Argentina met Iran in the second round of the group stage in Group F. He thought he could win easily and advance in advance, but was forced into a mess by Iran. It was not until the 90th minute that he relied on Messi's direct free kick to defeat Iran. He got a three-pointer and advanced in advance.

Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina were also 1:0, Nigeria won. Now Nigeria has four points, Iran has one point, and Bosnia and Herzegovina lost both games and has been eliminated early. In the last round of group stage, Nigeria faced Argentina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran fought each other. If Iran wants to qualify in the group, then they must defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last game, and at the same time hope that Nigeria will lose to Argentina. There may be no suspense in Nigeria's loss to Argentina, but it is hard to say whether Iran can defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Germany in Group G was highly favored, but unexpectedly tied with Garner 2:2. If Klose hadn't come on as a substitute to score a goal, the German team might have even lost the game. Klosedi's goal also allowed him to tie the total number of goals scored by Brazil's legendary striker Ronaldo. The two of them both scored 15 World Cup goals, tied for the World Cup record number one.

The match between Team USA and Portugal also reached 2:2.

In this way, Germany and the United States are all four points, Portugal and Ghana are both one point. In the last round of the group stage, Germany plays the United States and Portugal plays the Ghana. Anyone can appear and anyone can be eliminated, which is quite complicated. The German team, which is considered a favorite to win the championship, may also be eliminated. For Portugal led by Cristiano Ronaldo, if they want to qualify, they have to hope that the German team will defeat the United States, and they will defeat Ghana with a big score.

Only in this way can they squeeze out the United States by relying on the advantage of goal difference when they scored with the United States. But because they lost 0:4 in the first game, the goal difference is -4, and the United States is now a goal difference. The gap between the two sides is five goals. They must first ensure that they have a goal difference of at least four goals, and then hope that the United States will lose to the German team at least two goals, so that they can gain an advantage in goal difference, but it is quite difficult because Garner also wants to qualify in the group so they will not sit and wait for death.

In the second round of group stage in Group H, Belgium defeated Russia 1:0, won two games and qualifying early. Before facing Algeria, which is said to be the weakest in the group, domestic media were ambitious and believed that the team could defeat Algeria. In that case, their chances of appearing with four points will be greatly increased. As a result, they lost to Algeria 2:4 in this game, and only accumulated one point after two goals. In the last round, they had to face Belgium, the strongest in the group. It can be said that the hope of qualifying in the group is already very slim.

At this point, the second round of the teams has ended. Judging from the points, the performance of the four Asian teams is not satisfactory.

China's opponent has two points and will fight Spain in the last round.

Japan, Iran and South Korea have only accumulated one point, and the hope of qualifying is very slim, which only exists in theory.

It is easier for the Chinese team to qualify. As long as they can beat Spain, it doesn’t have to look at others’ expressions. If the other three teams want to qualify, they have to meet very strict conditions and look at others’ expressions.

So far, the four Asian teams have not even won a single victory in this World Cup, which is very different from the performance of the previous World Cup. In the last World Cup, two Asian teams entered the knockout stage, which was the best performance in the World Cup after the 2002 World Cup. Since then, Asian football has been ambitious to gain a more important position in the world football world. As a result, this time it was beaten back to its prototype.

Originally, the Chinese team was still highly anticipated. They performed well in the qualifiers and had many top-notch players in Europe. Who would have thought that before the opening of the World Cup, their core Zhou Yi was injured in the Champions League final, resulting in a missed two World Cup group stages. In these two World Cup group stages, the Chinese team only won two draws.

Now the last round of group stage is about to begin, and the fate and glory of Asian football may be here to beat.

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On June 23, four group matches will be held in Group A and Group B. Among them, the two group matches that were held at one pm were Group B. The most eye-catching ones were naturally the matches between the Chinese team and Spain.

Then at 5 pm, the two group matches in Group A were kicking off at the same time. Whether the host Brazil can qualify from the group depends on their game against Cameroon.

The match between the Chinese team and Spain was at 1:00 noon local time and 0:00 Beijing time. For Chinese fans who stay up late to watch the game, this time period is very good. It will not be too late. It will only be two o'clock after watching the game, so it will not delay sleep.

As a life-and-death battle between the national football team, it may also be Zhou Yi's first comeback game, which naturally attracted much attention. The domestic ratings will definitely be the highest live broadcast of sports events in China. Some institutions predict that it may even exceed the ratings of the last World Cup final...

Before the game began, reporters were frantically inquiring about the starting list of the Chinese team.

There was news that Zhou Yi would definitely start, and there was another news that Zhou Yi might come on as a substitute. Then, after a while, the new news said that the previous news was wrong. Zhou Yi suddenly felt unwell before the game and might miss this life-and-death battle...

Various news was flying all over the world, some were published by Chinese media, some were published by foreign media and then reprinted to China, and even netizens made up the news of three-no-source sources. The Chinese fans were dazzled and could not believe any news later.

At present, the most certain news is that Lippi will not announce the starting list until the last moment. As long as you wait patiently until two hours before the game starts, the answer will be revealed.

With two and a half hours left before the start of the game, the Chinese team boarded the bus at the hotel and prepared to set off for the final decisive battlefield of Baishada Arena.

Chinese journalists gathered outside the hotel to take pictures of the Chinese team boarding and departing.

Zhou Yi appeared in the team, of course this did not explain any problem. Because all the players of the team had to go to the stadium, the person who went there did not mean that they could play.

When I saw Zhou Yi, the Chinese fans who could only wait at the hotel because they did not buy tickets and shouted at Zhou Yi: "Please! Zhou Yi! You must appear! You must qualify!"

Zhou Yi waved at them, then boarded the bus.
Chapter completed!