green mercenary

Chapter 513 Opening of the Eighth Finals

We don't know whether Bai Xiaotian got sick, but the national football team members know that Bai Xiaotian paid out of his own pocket and treated all the national football team members and staff to a big meal.

Such a level of banquet, many Koreans will never have the opportunity to see it in their lifetime.

The South Korean team topped the group with one win and two draws.Portugal was not ruined by the two red cards. Relying on the relationship of goal difference, one win, one draw and one loss accumulated four points to squeeze out the US team and broke into the top [-] of the World Cup.

After the Portugal-Korea war, the top [-] of the Japan-Korea World Cup have all been born, namely Germany, Denmark, England, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Paraguay, Senegal, and Mexico.

This is also the first time that three Asian teams have entered the top [-] of the World Cup. Many media have published reports, predicting the rising Asian football.

Thanks to Bai Xiaotian's trip to Europe, East Asian football is thriving.Many young players from China, Japan, and South Korea were picked up by scouts from Europe and brought to low-level leagues in various European countries to slowly train them.

It can be seen that after a few years, when these children become the main force of the national team, their tactical style and technical skills will no longer be any different from European players.

After the group stage, the quarter-finals will be staged immediately.

In the knockout round, any mistake may cause irreversible consequences.

At 6:15 on June 14th, the World Cup round of sixteen kicked off.

At the Seogwipo World Cup Stadium, Germany beat Paraguay 1-0 and became the first team to reach the quarter-finals.

German coach Völler still has a four-four-two formation, and midfielder Ballack returned to the game in time with a left calf injury.Ballack participated in all 3 group matches, although not in the best form, but still made a great contribution to the team, assisted 4 times and scored 1 goal.

Janker, who was in poor form, was replaced by Neuville.Remo, Jeremes, and Bird replaced the suspended LaMelo, Harman, and Zieger respectively.

Paraguayan midfielder Paredes was suspended for a red card and was replaced by Struve.Bonet made his debut, replacing Alvarenga.

The two sides fought for nearly 10 minutes, and the game was about to enter overtime.

In the 89th minute, Kahn took a goal kick with a big kick, Frings ferried the header in the frontcourt, Schneider crossed from the right sideline at high speed, Neuville outflanked the front point, and half volleyed with his right foot 7 meters in front of the goal and scored into the near corner.

It was also with this goal that the German team eliminated Paraguay.

After the game, Paraguay coach Paolo Maldini announced his resignation.

Germany's difficult 1-0 win over Paraguay was reminiscent of their 8-0 start to the World Cup with an [-]-[-] win over Saudi Arabia, as the three-time world champion seemed to have lost all of his former glory for a while.

In many games, the Germans always seemed to be lacking in creativity. Facing the unobtrusive but powerful opponent Paraguay, the German team had few chances to score until the second half.

Deutsche Presse Agency also reviewed the situation before the German team started the World Cup tour.

They were beaten 1-5 by England in Munich and then suffered a storm of injuries before coming to Japan and South Korea.This made them cautious when starting the World Cup group stage, and did not dare to have too much hope.

Similarly, apart from the midfielder Ballack, there is no one truly outstanding player in the whole team, which also makes the German team inferior to other strong teams in terms of viewing.

But those generally favored teams such as France, Argentina and Portugal have all returned home, while the German team, which has always had a reputation for "winning ugly", is eager to continue working hard in the World Cup.

Now, the German team has met another fate: in the past two World Cups, they stopped in the quarter-finals.

The German team did not play well in this game. Even the football emperor Franz Beckenbauer said: "The German team seems to have used the luck of the whole game to create that wonderful goal, because they played so ugly at other times, and there is no viewing at all."

Another eighth-final at 19:30, the whistle was blown at the Niigata Giant Swan Stadium in Japan.And this time, the Danish fairy tale is not repeated.

In the 4th minute of half time, England captain David Beckham took a corner kick from the left side of the front court. The ball drew an arc and went straight to the back of the goal. The follow-up England No. 5 central defender Rio Ferdinand grabbed a header and scored.

England took an early lead.

In the 22nd minute, the England team launched an offensive from the left frontcourt.

No. 4 forward Sinclair, who assisted to the opponent's penalty area, calmly rolled out a low and flat pass to the center. No. 21 Bart, who was ambushing in the center, cleverly rubbed the ball forward with the outside of his right foot. The ball passed through the legs of Danish No. 7 Grafson, who was defending from the front, and just landed at the feet of England striker Owen in front of the small penalty area.After Owen stopped the ball with his right foot, his movements were connected very quickly. Before the Danish goalkeeper Sorensen attacked, he kicked the ball with his left foot and shot it into the lower left corner of the goal.

After Owen made the icing on the cake, England's offensive started.

In the 44th minute, the England team got a throw-in from the right side of the midfield.

Defender No. 2 Mills threw the ball vigorously, and Danish left-back No. 12 Jenson headed the ball to clear the siege, and the ball hit the follow-up Beckham.The latter breaks forward after getting the ball and crosses the ball in front of the opponent's penalty area. The No. 11 forward Heskey followed up in the middle and made a low shot with his right foot.Although the Danish goalkeeper Sorensen fought hard to save, the ball was extremely fast and flew into the net after touching Sorensen's hand.

So far, England has firmly locked the victory 3-0 and kept the score until the end.

After the game, Beckham said: "We completed the task and played a pleasing cooperation. As for who our opponent is in the quarter-finals, it has no effect on us. We will continue to play in our own way no matter what kind of opponent we encounter!"

Owen also excitedly said to the camera: "I want to stay here, my old groin injury is almost healed! Although I scored one goal today, I still want to score more goals! If possible, I want to win the World Cup Golden Boot with Klose, Bai Xiaotian and others!"

After the game, the British "Sun" scored all the British players on the field.

However, it is not Irving or Beckham who scored the highest score, but midfielder Butt and goalkeeper Seaman.

The defensive midfielder Bart made it difficult for the Danes to easily send the ball to his forwards with his fierce fighting, and the stable performance of the veteran Seaman was also the basis for the Danes' repeated attacks to no avail.

Perhaps for England, which has a well-organized offense and a well-organized defense, it is the team most likely to compete for the championship in recent World Cups!
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