Dominate the midfield

Chapter 561 Chapter 561: The Heroes Compete!
At half past three in the evening, Brazil ushered in a challenge from North Korea at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.With their advantage in strength, Brazil quickly took control of the game, and they continued to put pressure on the North Korean goal.

Relying on their tenacious will, North Korea did not allow the Brazilians to break their own goal in the first half.In the 10th minute of the second half, the most exciting goal of this World Cup appeared. Elano made a direct pass. Maicon unexpectedly volleyed from the right side of the penalty area with a nearly zero angle, and the football went directly into the goal!

One to zero!

The score fell behind, and the North Korean team wanted to launch a fierce attack. However, the gap in strength was too large, and the Brazilian team soon took control of the situation again.In the 207th minute of the second half, Robinho's direct pass shredded North Korea's defense, and Elano shot from 12 meters from the right side of the penalty area into the net!
The score became two to zero!
When everyone thought that Brazil would win, the North Koreans did not give up. In the 809th minute of the second half, the North Korean team launched the final attack. Jung Dae-se headed the ferry, and Ji Yin-nam broke into the penalty area and scored a goal from the left rib [-] meters away!
The score became one to two!

This goal inspired the morale of the North Korean team. They launched a fierce attack on Brazil in the last few minutes, but there was not much time left, and they had no time to change the outcome.

In the end, Brazil beat North Korea with a score of [-] to [-], and won the first victory without any risk. They also temporarily ranked first in the group with this victory.

Although the North Korean team lost the game, their tenacity won praise from the world.

With the end of the G group game, the H group game where Spain, the last favorite to win the championship, started.

At 01:30 pm on the [-]th, the match between Chile and Honduras started at the Mbobela Stadium in Split.Chile launched a fierce attack on Honduras after the start of the game, and they hoped to take the lead in the opening stage.

But under the tight defense of Honduras, they returned without success again and again, and then the two teams appeared cautious and fell into a stalemate.

Just when people thought it was another dull first half, the Chileans gave people a surprise.In the 304th minute of the first half, Matias Fernandez made a direct pass, and Isla made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Mendoza made a tackle and made a clearance and hit Bosse Hall to deflect into the net!
The score became one to zero!

The backward Honduras then launched a counterattack. In the 309th minute, Alvarez passed the ball, and Nunez's left-footed shot in front of the penalty area missed again.

The two sides were unable to change the score in the second half. With a goal in the first half, Chile beat Honduras [-]-[-].

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the final match of the first round of the group stage will be played.The favorite to win the 08 European Cup, Spain, the new champion, played against the Swiss team, the inventor of reinforced concrete defense.

Although the Swiss are the inventors of the reinforced concrete defense, it is the Italians who really made this defensive system famous all over the world, which is directly related to the results.

European champion Spain has achieved [-] wins and [-] draws in [-] encounters between the two sides, remaining unbeaten!
Spain has been in a hot state in the past two years. In the qualifiers, they won all ten games and advanced to the finals!

Not only that, Spain beat France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Poland in the warm-up match!

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the match between the two sides officially started. Based on Barcelona's success in La Liga and the Champions League in recent years, and the fact that there are six Barcelona players in the starting lineup, Spain continued Barcelona's pass-and-control style of play.

Unlike Spain's emphasis on pass control, Switzerland's style of play is concise.

Spain's first shot appeared in No. 17 minutes, Capdevila passed the ball, David Silva shot with his left foot inside the left edge of the penalty area, and the football was confiscated by Benario.Then Pique passed the ball, and Ramos cut into the right side of the penalty area and shot wide of the near corner.

No. In 201 minutes, Capdevila passed the ball, and Iniesta shot from 25 meters, which was easily obtained by Benario.

Spain's No. 204 minutes almost scored, Iniesta made a direct pass, Pique passed Gerrichting and went solo!

The Barcelona central defender's shot from 12 meters away from the goal was blocked by the striker Benario with his legs!

Spain missed the best chance to score in the first half!

Switzerland tenaciously withstood Spain's tide of attack, so that the first half ended [-]-[-].After the start of the second half, Spain continued to besiege the Swiss team's goal by virtue of its advantages in strength.

However, they were unable to attack for a long time, and their defense had a fatal problem. In the 7th minute of the second half, the situation on the field changed suddenly.
Deldiyoc falls while dodging Casillas!
Fernandez followed up with a push, and Barcelona central defender Pique blocked the football at the moment of crisis!

Fernandez stepped forward alertly with two steps and one foot to make up the shot!
This time Pique couldn't save the Spanish goal anymore, the football rolled over the goal line and got into the net!
The score became one to zero!

Spain, which was behind in the score, stepped up its offensive efforts. Spanish fans believed that their team would soon equalize the score and then overtake the score.

In the 13th minute of the second half, Iniesta passed the ball, and Villa's lack of power in front of the penalty area also failed to test Benario!
In the No.15 minute of the second half, Harvey took a corner kick and Ramos missed the goal with a header from 15 meters. After 1 minute, Harvey made a direct pass to Villa, but Benario struck first and saved the football!
Spain's offensive was raging. In the second half No. 205 minutes, Spain ushered in the best chance to equalize the score.Villa made a direct pass, Torres broke into the penalty area and shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, and the football missed the near corner!

Then Xavi took a corner kick and Alonso shot from 22 meters from the goal!
The football hits the goal like a cannonball!

"Pong!..."

With a loud bang, the football flew off the baseline on the crossbar, and the crossbar shattered the Spaniard's hopes of equalizing the score.In the subsequent games, the inventor of the reinforced concrete defense made Spain suffer, and they stubbornly resisted the crazy attack of the matador.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Spanish fans woke up like a dream. Their invincible team was defeated!
The Swiss fans were ecstatic, they defeated the favorites to win the 08 European Cup champion Spain!

Public opinion was in an uproar. Although not all the other world's top teams won, they did not fail. Spain was killed by Switzerland. This was the first big upset of this World Cup!

The Spanish media admitted that this unexpected defeat cast a shadow over the future of the Spanish team.

The English media took the opportunity to ridicule the Spanish team. The Daily Mail commented: It is also famous for its luxurious midfield. England won a [-]-[-] victory, but Spain suffered a loss!
Matadors, do you keep your sights at home?
We have the king, we have the Wolves twins, who do you have?

Pique?
He can't even hit a one-handed ball!
Alonso?

He put his sights on Spain and his shot was denied by the post!
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