The strongest winger

Chapter 1065 Headache Calculation Rules

The Chinese team won Brazil and Italy in the first two rounds of the group stage, so the group won two consecutive victories and qualified ahead of the group stage.

According to the group ranking rules with the same points, Brazil and Italy, the teams with points in Group A, were defeated by China respectively. That is to say, even if the Chinese team loses to Mexico in the last round of the group stage, regardless of whether Brazil wins or Italy wins, the Chinese team will occupy the first place in the group on the premise of qualifying ahead of schedule!
The promotion rule with the same points is great...

So when the game is over, the Chinese fans and the media are the most excited. The Chinese reporters in the press box rushed to the stadium the moment the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game to interview the players they wanted to interview.

Zhao Xuri, who was unexpectedly selected as the best on the spot, was approached by many reporters, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and even European and American, who asked Zhao Xuri repeatedly.

Zhao Xuri did not forget Balotelli, who has "contributed a lot". When he was interviewed by reporters, he fully mocked Balotelli, who was so brainless in this game. As a compatriot, the Italian reporter blushed instantly, and secretly scolded Balotelli for his stupid remarks and poor game state.

At the same time, they are also greeting Balotelli's family. Before the game, the Italian media were not very optimistic about Italy's defeat of the Chinese team, which was in good shape.

Although the Brazilian team did not show a satisfactory state in the first game against the Chinese team, they had a very good start against Mexico in the second round. It is not a problem to win Mexico at home, but only by a few goals.

So here comes the question. In the third round of the group, the Chinese team won two games and Mexico lost two games. Italy, which each scored three points, played against Brazil.

You must know that the venue of this game is the home court of the Brazilian team. Even if they think about it with their toes, they know that the Brazilian team will use the advantages of the home court to launch a fierce offensive. For the Brazilian team, which can only advance by winning, it is very difficult for Italy to keep the tie.

The grievances of the Italian journalists were all attributed to Balotelli, so the team Balotelli in the next season was a disaster. He couldn't find his form on the court, and he was severely criticized by the Italian domestic media off the court. A vicious circle happened...

Of course, this is something.

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At the regular press conference after the game, Guardiola, the head coach of the Chinese team, really died of happiness. He left Barcelona at the lowest point of his coaching career, took over as the head coach of the Chinese team, and started his career as the national team coach.

But now...everyone knows that Guardiola's choice is not self-sacrifice, but an extremely smart choice, moving from the trough to the peak!
But what makes him happy is not this kind of mentality, but that there are too many choices for the Chinese players, and he doesn't know who to put in the starting position.

Of course, except for Aiello in the starting position, because of his influence, as long as he is not affected by injuries, no head coach will put him on the bench.

Every other position has at least two players to choose from, and the difference in strength is not too big, especially in the choice of Zhao Xuri and Huang Bowen, Guardiola really doesn't know who is better to play.

In another game in the same group, Brazil defeated Mexico 2:0 to win the first game of the group. However, because the losing Italy also defeated Mexico 2:1 in the first round, the points of the two teams are the same.

So it comes to the Confederations Cup points equal rule to rank.

It's just that the direct confrontation between the two teams is in the third round of the group. The distinction between the two teams will automatically avoid each other's record and come to the second indicator-goal difference.

The Brazilian team lost to China 1:4 in the first round, and beat Mexico 2:0 in the second round, with a goal difference of -[-].

Italy defeated Mexico 2:1 in the first round, and not inferior to China 1:3 in the second round, and the goal difference was also minus one.

But the problem is that Brazil and Italy both scored three goals and conceded four goals. That is to say, no matter how the two teams are ranked according to the promotion rules after the second round, the suspense of promotion can only be saved until the last round of the group...

So after the game between Brazil and Mexico, the actuaries who calculated the advantages of each other were in pain...

If the final round between Brazil and Italy is tied after nine 10 minutes, there will be no way to tell which team will advance to the semi-finals.

The speed of news dissemination in the information age is rapid. Many fans are complaining that FIFA's rules for determining the promotion teams are not detailed enough. Therefore, FIFA Blatter hurriedly called a group of high-level executives and actuaries for a meeting.

Decide if there is a tie in the third round of the group, whether the two sides will go directly to overtime or draw lots (poker card size)

In the end, FIFA executives decided that if the match between Brazil and Italy was tied in the third round, it would go directly to a penalty shootout...

Because the schedule is very dense, if there is an overtime match in the group stage, it will definitely be unfair to the team that advances. Anyway, the overtime match cannot determine the winner, and they will all have to enter a penalty shootout. It is better to advance...

Of course, some people support this decision, and some people will naturally oppose it.

But because it is a public statement issued by FIFA, no football association organization can interfere in it, otherwise it would be bad to be directly judged by FIFA to lose.

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On the second day, the media coverage of the football world was very rich, not only the grievances and grievances between Balotelli and Zhao Xuri on and off the field, but also the problems with the promotion rules of FIFA.

So fans who pay attention to football dynamics are happy...

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Tahiti, which broke the team's scoring record, lost 1:6 to African champion Nigeria in the first round, and was bloodbathed by European Cup champion and World Cup champion Spain 10:0 in the second round of the group stage.

The score of the other game was Uruguay's 2:1 narrow victory over Nigeria, with Cavani and Suarez each scoring a goal.

So the other team that qualified early in the group is Spain, and it is very likely to qualify first in the group.

At the same time, both the Chinese media and the Spanish media breathed a sigh of relief.

Because China and Spain, the favorites to win the championship, meet in the semi-finals in advance will definitely be a big loss for this Confederations Cup!
The teams competing for the No.2 places in the other two groups will be produced by four teams from Brazil, Italy, Uruguay and Nigeria.

The cruelty of competitive football is fully reflected in the group stage of the competition...

(End of this chapter)