Dominate the midfield

Chapter 586 Chapter 586: Beacon everywhere!

Before the battle with the Swiss team, the Spaniard, who was seeking defeat in Dugu, was almost a representative of European football, but after being defeated by the Swiss team, Spanish fans became worried about their team.

The game against Honduras is a battle of life and death for the Spaniards.Win, continue to maintain the hope of qualifying for the group, lose, the new European Cup champion can only say goodbye to the World Cup in advance.

At 21:08 on the evening of the 30st, at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, Spain ushered in Honduras, which lost a small goal in the first round.

After the start of the game, Spain attacked Honduras by virtue of its strong strength in the midfield.Different from the slow pace of the first game, Spain played a very fast pace after the opening, and strengthened the pressing of the midfield.

In the 4th minute, Capdevila made a steal from the left side of the front court and passed back. Harvey shot from the edge of the restricted area!
The football was blocked by a Honduran defender with his legs!
In the 7th minute, Alonso passed the ball from the left, and Villa shot 25 meters away from the goal!
The football flew over the block of the Honduras goalkeeper Varadares like a cannonball and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!

Just when the Spanish fans were about to cheer, "Pong!..." There was a loud noise, and the football hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line!

Spain missed a chance to score.

Under the ferocious attack of the Spaniards, Honduras could only adopt a counterattack tactic and use long passes to create opportunities for scoring.

In the 16th minute, Honduras counterattacked with a long pass, and Casillas attacked in time to confiscate the ball before Suazo.Casillas threw the football to Pique, Pique made slight adjustments and made a long pass.

After taking the ball from the left, Villa forcibly broke through between Mendoza and Cuevara!
After Villa broke into the left side of the penalty area, he passed Chavez and shot ten meters away from the goal!
Soccer hits the net!

One to zero!

Villa, who is called "Gourd Baby" by Chinese fans, helped Spain open the scoring!

After leading by one goal, Spain relied on its strong strength to continue to put pressure on the goal of Honduras. After all, it is not safe to lead by one goal.However, Honduras' defense was tight, and the Spaniard failed to score again in the first half.

Just 6 minutes into the second half, Spain dealt a heavy blow to Honduras.Harvey quickly counterattacked and divided the ball to the right. Navas pretended to pass but passed the football to the penalty area. Villa took the ball from the edge of the penalty area and shot it hard!
Football changes direction after hitting centre-back Chavez!

The change happened, and the Honduras goalkeeper Valadares couldn't adjust his center of gravity at all, and could only watch the football roll into the net!

Two to zero!
The Spanish victory is in sight!

In the No.17 minute of the second half, Navas broke into the penalty area on the right side and was tripped by Izagure!
"Tick!..."

The referee blew his whistle without hesitation and firmly pointed to the penalty spot!
penalty!

Villa holding the football to the penalty spot, he is about to perform a hat-trick.After the referee blew the whistle, the gourd baby ran to the football!

"Snapped!……"

The football flew to the right of the goal. The Honduras goalkeeper Valladares made a misjudgment. He could only pray that God was on their side!
A miracle occurs!

The football went wide of the right post, and Villa missed the chance to perform a hat-trick!
However, this still couldn't save the Honduras team. They eventually lost [-]-[-] and completely lost hope of qualifying for the group stage.

With the victory of this game, Spain won the support of the fans again, and also won the chance of the final battle for their group qualifying.

So far, the second round of the group competition is over, and a total of six teams have qualified ahead of schedule. Except for the teams that have been eliminated after two consecutive losses, the other teams will have a real life-and-death battle in the final round.

Win, enter the knockout rounds, lose, end the four-year World Cup trip early.

After the second round, the third round started immediately. For the sake of fairness, the two games of the last round started at the same time.

At 22 pm local time on the [-]nd, Uruguay will face Mexico at the Royal Bafken Stadium in Rustenburg, and France will face the host South Africa at the Bloemfontein Free State Stadium.

Although the French and South African teams ranked last two in the group with one draw and one loss, theoretically speaking, they still have the possibility of qualifying.

There was a scandal before the French team. The players stopped training. The instigator Anelka went home early, which caused an uproar in the public opinion. They once again replaced the England team as the focus of the media.

Of course, Uruguay and Mexico are the most beneficial. If they tie, they can both appear, but the coaches of both sides said before the game that they would not do this.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the match between the two venues started on time.

Uruguay and Mexico, as their coach said, did not play tacitly. After the game started, Mexico attacked Uruguay.Less than 1 minute into the game, Mexican defender Marquez took a long shot in the hinterland and the football went wide of the goal.

Uruguay missed a good opportunity in the 6th minute, Hector Moreno made an interception error, and Suarez's single-handed oblique shot from the right side of the penalty area missed the left post!
Mexico's No.20 almost scored in the second minute. Guardado shot with his left foot 30 meters away from the goal!
Football hits the crossbar!

Then the two sides fell into a bitter battle. Just when people thought that the two sides would shake hands and make peace in the first half, at the end of the first half, the wind and rain on the court changed suddenly.

No.403 minutes, Uruguay launched an attack from the right, Cavani made a pass from the right, and the unguarded Suarez scored with a header from the edge of the penalty area!
Uruguay ended the first half with a score of [-]-[-].

Bloemfontein Free State Stadium, the host South African team launched an attack on the French team amidst the huge shouts of the home fans.The Frenchman who had the internal strife was obviously out of shape. No. 20 minutes into the first half, Chabalala took a corner kick from the right, Lloris attacked but couldn't reach the ball, Kumalo jumped high from the back to overwhelm Diaby , Headed in four meters in front of the goal!

One to zero!

The French No. was hit again in 205 minutes. Gourcuff elbowed Sibaia's jaw in the penalty area. Colombian referee Louis directly showed a red card!
South Africa's No. expanded its advantage in 307 minutes. Chabalala made a pass from the left. Diaby made a mistake in the penalty area. Masilela made a strong cross with his left foot to the center. Mfera grabbed a left-footed shot and was blocked by Clichy. , but he then pushed his right foot into the lower right corner!
Two to zero!
Zidane, who was sitting in the stands, was expressionless. This French team is no longer the French team when he was there four years ago...

At the end of the first half, Uruguay led Mexico [-]-[-].In the real-time standings, South Africa and Mexico are tied with four points, and the goal difference between the two is minus one and one respectively. South Africa must strive for more goals in the second half, and it may create a miracle.

In the 6th minute of the second half, the South African team almost expanded the score. Chabalala went straight from the top of the penalty area with his left foot.

The football hits the right post and bounces off the end line!

Then Henry replaced Cisse and put on the captain's armband.

With Henry playing, the French team was no longer so passive, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.At this moment, on another piece of turf, Mexico and Uruguay are still in a bitter battle, and neither side can change the score.

The French team has not scored in the first two games of this competition. They do not want to return to France with this disgraceful record. In the second half, 25 minutes later, Sagna assisted a left-footed pass from the center of the front court, and Ribery reversed offside Successfully, the right side of the penalty area faced Josephs who was attacking, and Malouda pushed the empty goal with his right foot eight meters in front of the goal!
One to two!

The French team finally ushered in their first goal of this World Cup, which they did not expect, this is their only goal of this cup.

In the end, the French team lost one to two, with two losses and one tie. The last runner-up went home in this way, which was very shameful.Although Mexico lost [-]-[-] at the feet of Uruguay, they still relied on the advantage of goal difference to beat the host South Africa and entered the knockout round as the second place in the group.

South Africa and France can only be eliminated miserably!

(End of this chapter)