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If the entire World Cup is a sumptuous banquet, then the group stage can only be regarded as an appetizer ahead. Although there are also very exciting dishes, for the fans, what they really look forward to is the knockout stage.

The group stage is an appetizer and dessert, and the knockout stage is the main meal.

And when it comes to the quarter-finals, there must be enough games to make the fans mesmerized. There is no doubt about this.

Especially in this World Cup, none of the top [-] was just a mess or relying on luck. Every team has outstanding strength and outstanding players. Such teams can often achieve good results in the World Cup. And appearing in the ranks of the top sixteen also proved that their level and state are indeed very good.

Five South American teams, ten European teams, and one Asian team formed the top [-] of this World Cup.

Relatively speaking, the Central American and African teams were in a miserable situation. They performed mediocre in the group stage this time and were eliminated by many teams. In the first round of the knockout round, only Mexico, Teams such as the United States, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon were also eliminated one after another, so that no team entered the top [-].

The pattern of the top [-] this time proved that world football is still a stage for competition between South America and Europe, and the Chinese team is so eye-catching in the middle.

After the round of sixteen kicked off, all fans focused their attention on the World Cup.

The first game was played between the hosts Argentina and Switzerland-Argentina's strength is unquestionable, they have many outstanding players, but their FIFA rankings are much worse than Switzerland, although Switzerland seems They are not well-known, but their performance in the European qualifiers was quite good. Coupled with their high winning percentage in the warm-up matches, they earned enough points.

This game was not easy for Argentina. Their state in the first knockout round was not very good. Under such circumstances, there are some doubts about what level they can play in this game.

Switzerland has an excellent lineup. Although there are no top players in their lineup, there are not many first-class players and famous generals who have played in the four major leagues. They cooperate with each other tacitly. Apart from the lack of a core, it can be said that there is no defect .

Such a team is actually very difficult to deal with, and they also created a huge threat to Argentina in the game!
Soon after the start of the first half, Switzerland scored a goal through a counter attack, and then they used their excellent defense to make Argentina completely helpless in the first half of the game. One goal behind in the game...

Amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, Argentina launched a fierce counterattack in the second half. Metz continued to instigate the attack, tearing apart the opponent's defense line through passing, and the level of other Argentine attackers gradually came into play. Akun and Barra also started to come alive, creating huge problems for the opposing defense.

Under such circumstances, the tight defense Metz faced gradually became lax, and he quickly showed his star qualities!

After a wonderful breakthrough, Metz broke into the penalty area, took a shot at the first time, and scored his eighth goal in this World Cup.

After equalizing the score, Argentina became more and more courageous, and their head coach continued to send forwards to increase the scoring ability in the frontcourt-he has many excellent forwards under his command, and everyone knows this.

And Switzerland consumed too much physical energy in the previous games, so they could only be beaten passively under such circumstances.

Finally, before the end of the game, Metz broke through again, attracted enough attention from the opponent, and then accurately distributed the ball to the other side. Icardi, who came off the bench, stabbed the ball and scored the lore goal for Argentina!
When Icardi scored a goal, the entire Monument Stadium seemed to tremble slightly. Amid the crazy cheers of the Argentine fans, they became the first team to enter the quarterfinals!

"Argentina defended their honor at home! They are the first to enter the quarter-finals of the World Cup. What is gratifying is that Argentina finally has more and more players who can help Metz! If this continues, Argentina The advantage will indeed be great!"

After the first game, the next game is Germany vs. Uruguay.

For Argentina, their opponents in the next quarter-finals will be produced after this game.

Uruguay's captain Suaz said in an interview that he would try his best to get ahead of Metz. He and Metz are both teammates of Barcelona, ​​and the relationship between the two is also very good. For Suas, defeating Germany , to help Uruguay continue to move forward, that is what they must do.

Even if they reach the quarter-finals, they will work hard to beat Argentina and enter the quarter-finals.

Uruguayan football has also recently begun to revive. They have many good players, most of whom play in Europe. They have shooters like Suas and top-level defenders. They are enough to cause headaches in the game.

And Germany was startled by Uruguay at the beginning. Not long after the kick-off, Uruguay's striker partner completed a beautiful cooperation. Center Carney made a beautiful ball. Suaz followed up with a wonderful long shot. The ball went into the dead corner of the goal!

The sixth goal in the Suas World Cup helped Argentina lead Germany!
This goal can be said to have brought a big blow to Germany, but their overall strength is indeed very good and strong. In the next game, they controlled the situation on the field and continued to launch fierce attacks.

Their central midfielder Balla quickly equalized the score with an equally wonderful long-range shot, and before the end of the first half, top striker Kerze headed in from the back and scored, allowing Germany to overtake the score.

After the start of the second half, Germany's control of the ball became more and more excellent. Although Uruguay launched a crazy press, they still couldn't break their ball control attack.

In the end, their midfielder Geer, who came off the bench, scored another goal. The German team still defeated their opponents [-]-[-] despite being affected, and advanced to the quarterfinals.

This victory made everyone lose their voices. Germany is indeed the most powerful team in Europe. It can be said that they won this game without too much effort. Uruguay has worked very hard to compete, but they are still defeated by them. Defeat, this kind of level of weightlifting as if it was light, surprised everyone.

As the defending champion of the World Cup, Germany is indeed a bit of a master of the king. Even if they don't have the real top players in their team, the number of second-level top players is probably only comparable to them in France and Argentina. Compared with Brazil, it seems to be worse.

But this is the territory of South American teams, and they still have the confidence to compete with Germany.

Argentina is also very miserable. If the previous 32 teams were divided into groups, Germany could be divided into another half with a little attention when grouping. However, it is not feasible now. The draw after the group stage itself has It is very complicated, and it is inevitable to meet Germany in advance.

But doing so may not be without benefits. If they can pass the German level, then no team can stop their progress!
The World Cup matches are still going on. The first two matches were between Europe and South America. Europe and South America each won one game, and the next match is a European civil war.

Netherlands vs Croatia.

The Netherlands has always been a strong team in Europe, there is no doubt about it, and Croatia has always been a strong team in Europe. Although their results seem to have been not very good, there are quite a few outstanding players.

This time Croatia is no exception. Except that there is no top player like Ruben in the team, the other players seem to be comparable to the Netherlands.

However, they lost in the end, that is, they lost on this little gap.

This is a goal war. Neither the Netherlands nor Croatia was conservative in the game. counterattack.

They recovered a ball quickly and then equalized with a fine move inside the box before the end of the first half.

This first half surprised everyone, but in the second half of the game, the craziness was still to come.

Croatia scored a goal again through a lightning attack in the second half, but Ruben began to explode. He first equalized the score with an unreasonable inside cut and a long shot, and then forced a breakthrough again and passed to his teammates, allowing them to take the lead Finished the Dutch lead for the second time!
The tenacious Croatia scored again after 5 minutes, but before the end, Ruben's personal performance made the whole stadium boil. During the counterattack, he continued to change direction and accelerate, passing the three Croatian defenders in one breath, and then in Before being brought down by the opponent's defender, he still broke into the penalty area, and was finally thrown to the ground by the opponent's goalkeeper...

Such a big move will of course get a red card and a penalty kick. Although Ruben's possibly extremely wonderful goal was stifled, he calmly scored the penalty kick.

Five to four, lore!Ruben scored twice, raising his goals in the World Cup to five, helping the Netherlands reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup!

The first three games of the quarter-finals were exciting, and then it was the turn of the Chinese team to play.

"The standard of the first three games is very high. We can't perform worse than them in the future, because they are our next competitors!"

After watching the last game, Gao Yuan sighed and said something to the players of the Chinese team.

"That's right, we will definitely not be worse than them. We won England, and then we will win Italy!" The players of the Chinese team waved their fists one after another.