Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 190 The "Coldest" World Cup in History (Favorites!)
The first round match between the South Korean team and Australia was on October 10th, which was during the Chinese National Day. The warm-up match originally arranged by the Chinese team also fell through for some reason. The fans in their spare time had no time to watch the two teams dog-eat-dog.

Australia's world ranking and top [-] group points are higher than South Korea's. The Kangaroo Army will go first and then host in the two rounds.Numerous experiences have shown that the team that plays the away game first has a clear advantage. As long as it can score an away goal, the possibility of advancing is infinite.This is why all teams with higher rankings in the cross-elimination play away games first.

CCTV arranged a live broadcast of the game on the paid sports channel, but the two commentators, He Wei and Gong Lei, had nothing to do with the game itself.

He Wei compared the distant 02 World Cup: "Although the Chinese team's achievements in the 2002 World Cup were not satisfactory, the people across the country turned their attention to the football field through a World Cup journey. Most of our national international football chose football as a professional. China needs the World Cup to stimulate more children to go to the stadium, especially for the generation of children in the environment of the only child. Football is a guidance of personality, such as team consciousness and hard work. The best education is not only in the school classroom, but also on the court. "

Gong Lei responded: "He Wei's words are very reasonable. If the Chinese team can score a goal or even a victory in Russia, it will be another great progress, and it will have a greater motivational effect on children."

"Haha! With the auspicious words of Gong's guidance, I hope your wish, and the expectation of all our Chinese fans, can become a reality in Russia."

The two commentators drew a very good blueprint for the Chinese team, but the Chinese fans dare not agree rashly.The current strength of the national team may be close to the first-class level in Asia, but the opponents on the stage of the World Cup are strong teams from five continents, and the gap is still very large.The national football team definitely belongs to the last group of teams in the top 32, and pragmatism is the last word.

Japan and South Korea, long-term leaders in the overall level of Asia, were abused by European and American teams in the last World Cup in Brazil. Iran and Australia, whose style of play is close to Europeanization, did not lose so ugly, but they did not win.It is enough to explain the gap between Asian teams and the world's advanced level.The eyes of the Chinese fans are actually very realistic: just score one goal, make up for the regret of the two goals in the 02 World Cup, this trip is worth it.

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The two commentators had a heated discussion in the live broadcast room, and on the screen, the match between South Korea and Australia had reached a fever pitch. Of course, the South Korean team wanted to take a victory to Australia at the World Cup Stadium in Seoul. The 58 Taichi Tigers fans gave the South Korean team great motivation, but Australia made up for the lack of momentum with strong physical confrontation, especially the double-team defense against the number one star Sun Xingmin. The rate was high, but there were only five shots in the game, and two shots were on target, which shows how effective Australia's central defense is.

In the end, the two sides drew 0:0.The Australian coach Postkoglu breathed a sigh of relief. He returned to the home court and he was confident that he would defeat his opponents. In the 2015 Asian Cup, Australia defeated the South Korean team to win the championship after extra time at home. Postkoglu had a huge psychological advantage.

Five days later, in the second round of the ultimate contest, the media released rumors that this may be Postkoglu's last game in charge of the Australian national team, and he will hand over the coach regardless of the outcome.Postkoglu's determination before the game remains: "Bringing Australia into the World Cup and eliminating the Koreans is my biggest mission now!"

The Asian Golden Whistle Irmatov enforced the game. Australia did overwhelm the Koreans in momentum from the very beginning. Tim Cahill, Australia's top scorer for many years, used his iconic header for the home team to take the lead in No.203 minutes, igniting the passion of the entire Melbourne Stadium.South Korean coach Shin Tae-yong kicked the water bottle angrily.

More hopes of the lagging South Korean team are pinned on Sun Xingmin.The Tottenham striker is indeed capable. Just at the beginning of the second half, he squeezed the two defenses away, and then broke through Matthew Ryan's ten fingers with a low shot.The situation reversed instantly.The initiative to advance was transferred to the Koreans. They had the advantage of away goals. The commentary of SBS TV was already choked with excitement, and they wished that Irmatov would blow the final whistle immediately.

The South Korean team showed their tenacious genes at the critical moment and slapped the gaming company hard in the face.

However, in the No. 807 minute, Cahill received Kruse's cross and outflanked the goal again, telling the Koreans to be happy too early, and don't easily assert who is the winner until the end.

The total score of the two rounds was 2:1. The Kangaroos sent the Korean back home. Cahill became the hero of Australia. After the game, he was surrounded by thousands of people.

He Wei said with emotion: "The Korean team's glorious achievement of qualifying for the World Cup for eight consecutive times since 1986 is about to come to an end. This world preliminaries is really a surprise. The Chinese team is shortlisted, um, it is also one of the surprises. How many people dared to make such an idea before the top [-] match? But we did it! The Chinese team counterattacked and replaced the position that originally belonged to the South Korean team. It is really an inspirational story!"

The South Korean team was eliminated, and the Chinese fans were as happy as the national team rushing into the World Cup. They tried all kinds of ridicule, not because they didn't report that the time was not up, and let out a bad breath.

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At the same time as the Asian play-offs ended, 32 of the 24 seats for the World Cup had been confirmed. As He Wei said, the upsets from all continents were repeated, and it was not ordinary coldness, but shocking coldness!

It has been determined that the intercontinental champions of the three continents will collectively miss Russia.Africa Cup of Nations champion Cameroon is out, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup champion USA is eliminated.The America's Cup champion Chile is the most deadly. He originally wanted to join forces with Brazil to kill Argentina, but in the end he was tricked by the club king's hat-trick.

Asian champions Australia will also face North America's No. [-] Honduras in the intercontinental play-offs. It is hard to say whether they can pass.

Among the traditional strong teams in Europe, the most surprising thing is that the Dutch team missed Russia. Robben, born in 1984, missed his last chance to participate in the World Cup. The lack of a World Cup champion in his career may be Peter Pan's biggest regret.

In addition, the future of European teams such as Italy and Croatia, which finished second in the group, is uncertain...

Many World Cup regulars are out, and the World Cup in Russia is destined to dim the stars.

"Bild" joked after the international match day: "Russia is the host country with the highest latitude in the history of the World Cup, but now it seems that this may not only be the World Cup with the coldest weather, the unpopularity is even colder than the weather!"

The coldest World Cup ever!None other than Russia.

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