The strongest winger

Chapter 1066 Confederations Cup semi-final

The Chinese team and the Spanish team, which are the favorites to win the championship, both qualified for the group stage with two consecutive victories, and they are likely to occupy the first position in the group. Therefore, fans of both sides, the media, as well as the coaches and players of both sides breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, there are also certain surprises...

For example, the Chinese team lost to Mexico in the final round, while Brazil

Because often the finals with disparity in strength will definitely not attract enough attention, just like the UEFA Champions League final held at the New Wembley Stadium in the 2012-2013 season, Valencia's strength is two chips higher than Dortmund's. The final victory can be determined before the game starts.

What's the point of such a game?
Therefore, many active-minded fans believe that after the Chinese team and the Spanish team have won two consecutive victories in the group, the senior management of FIFA will try their best to ensure that the two teams occupy the top spot in the group, so that the two teams will face the second place in the other group and increase the chances of advancing to the final.

With the approach of the third round of the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil, the focus of media attention is slowly shifting to the focus of the death group. Because the Chinese team has won two consecutive victories, while Mexico has lost two consecutive games. The result of this game will not affect the prospects of the Chinese team.

The focus is all on Italy and Brazil, because after the second round of the group, no matter how they rank according to the promotion rules, it is impossible to determine who is second and who is third, so FIFA has prepared an emergency plan. If the winner cannot be determined in the third round, a penalty kick will be kicked directly.

The game is about qualifying for the group stage, so this game is particularly important. Both Prandelli and Scolari gave the players must-win orders before the game, especially the Brazilian team playing at home. In the Confederations Cup played at home, no matter what, they are not allowed to be eliminated, otherwise their entire team will become the focus of fans' ridicule...

Prandelli seemed to be prepared for Brazil's impatience. Facing Brazil's indiscriminate bombardment, he insisted on putting on a defensive lineup. All the players were huddled in their own 30-meter defensive area, like a bus in front of the goal.

So the Brazilian fans in the stands were very upset. As long as the Italian team had the ball on the field, they booed loudly, thus showing their jealousy and dissatisfaction with the Italian players on the field.

It is worth mentioning that the Italian coach Prandelli was even scolded by the Brazilian fans, but Prandelli, who was standing on the sidelines with his hands in his trouser pockets, didn't care. In his cognition, as long as he can lead Italy to the knockout round, it is a victory!
However, a hundred secrets are sparse, and the star's shining has become the main picture of this game.

After Neymar led the team in the first round of the game, his state has rebounded strongly. His breakthrough with the ball on the left is very reasonable.

When the game entered the final 35 minutes, Neymar used his super personal ability to break through the penalty area from the bottom line on the left, and then suddenly sent a comfortable inverted triangle pass, keeping up with the forward midfielder Oscar in time to shoot non-stop. The football drilled into the goal from Buffon's armpit, and Brazil took the lead!
Taking the lead in conceding the goal on Brazilian soil means that the Italian team has no way out in the next game. Only by tying the score in the next game can they have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals.

As a result, the game became very entertaining. The two sides held high and played high, and the score can directly show the offensive efficiency of the two teams.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was 4:3 and Brazil narrowly won.

Among them, the Brazilian genius Neymar staged a hat-trick, which was the biggest contributor to the Brazilian team's victory over Italy to advance to the Confederations Cup semi-finals in the mainland!
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Another group match at the same time also scored a big score, but the score was that the Chinese team beat Mexico. The final score was 4:2, and forward Gao Lin scored a hat-trick.

And the captain Ai Luo, who everyone is concerned about, staged a hat-trick of assists, which means that Gao Lin's three goals all came from Ai Luo's assists.

Although Brazil beat Italy to advance to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup, Brazil's domestic criticism is still loud. Except for the 2-0 victory over Mexico in the second round of the group, which was satisfying, the other two games made the Brazilian media very unhappy.

As a team of champions, the most important problem to be solved is defense, followed by offense. However, this Brazilian team, which has high hopes, conceded seven goals in the match against China and Italy.

Uncle can bear it and auntie can't bear it!
If it weren't for Neymar's hat-trick in the third round of the group, it is unknown whether Brazil can advance to the semi-finals...

So the next day, the content reported by the Western media was ironic. They attributed the promotion of the Brazilian team to good luck.

Of course, they did not forget to put a high hat on the future Brazilian football king Neymar.

Brazil's narrow victory over Italy was due to Neymar's explosion, otherwise the suspense of promotion would be infinitely magnified.

On the same day, the two games in Group B also had results. Uruguay defeated the Oceania champion Tahiti 8-0 without any suspense in the final round, while Nigeria lost to Spain 0-3 in the game, so the other qualifying place in Group B is the Copa America champion Uruguay.

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At the same time, the semi-final opponents of the 2013 Brazil Confederations Cup have also been announced. The Chinese team's semi-final team is Uruguay, while Spain's semi-final opponent is the host Brazil.

There is no doubt that the game between the hosts Brazil and Spain is the game that most attracts the attention of fans.

However, the match between China and Uruguay also did not lack the focus of fans' attention. There are Valencia players in the Uruguay team. Forward Cavani and central defender Godin are the main players of Valencia.

They are quite familiar with Chinese team captain Ai Luo and goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei. In addition, in Liverpool, Wu Xi and Suarez are Liverpool teammates. In the past 2012-2013 season, according to the statistics of the goals scored by the European football authority CIES, 33 of Suarez's [-] goals in various competitions came from direct assists by Wu Xi...

So not long after the game ended, a few people who had a good relationship with the club began to use social networks to call for battle. Godin "declared war" to the club captain Aiello, and Cavani claimed that the ball must be scored into the goal he guarded.

Wu Xi 'ridiculed' that Suarez had no assists of his own, so he could only use a team like Tahiti to play with scoring statistics...

Compared with the focused battle between Brazil and Spain, the match between the Chinese team and Uruguay is closer to the nature of a friendly match.

(End of this chapter)