China's defeat of the United States did not exceed everyone's expectations.
After all, its strength lies there.
Of course, there are many merits in this game, especially American goalkeeper Howard's consecutive superb saves against Aiello, which became the focus of everyone's attention after the game.
The fastest and most widely circulated online media even gave Howard a Come up with a new nickname Huo Shen.
In addition to Howard's performance becoming the focus of everyone's attention, Chinese team captain Ai Luo and young player Zhang Yunian were both mentioned by the media.
Zhang Yunian, who unexpectedly replaced Gao Lin, performed in the 67 minutes of limited appearances.
It's remarkable.
With excellent physical fitness and strong awareness of the game, he is considered to have unlimited potential.
If he can continue at the current growth rate, over time, Zhang Yunian will definitely become a core player for China's post-90s generation.
In this regard, neither captain Aiello nor head coach Guardiola was stingy with their words of praise, and fully praised him at the regular press conference after the game.
Closer to home, the Chinese team has won three consecutive games in the three group matches of Group G, which means it has become the undisputed first place in the group.
The other qualifying spot is the Portuguese team, which has two wins and one loss in the three group games.
Since the two games in Group H have not yet started, their opponents in the 18th final have not yet come out.
However, before the final round of Group H, the European Red Devils Belgium had the clearest qualifying situation.
They had won two consecutive games in the first two rounds, especially because they defeated Algeria, which ranked second with three points, in the first round and all of them in the first two rounds.
Russia, which has a draw and two points, has already won the first place in the group after qualifying early.
Therefore, Chinese head coach Guardiola can rest assured that they can avoid the powerful monster team Belgium in the 18th final.
Therefore, there are only three potential opponents for the Chinese team: Algeria, Russia and South Korea.
With the current strength of the Chinese team, no matter which team it faces, it can easily defeat it, and it is very likely that it will not even pose any threat.
Although Portugal has qualified, head coach Paulo Bento still has a headache.
He knows that the team's biggest reliance now is captain Cristiano Ronaldo, which means that the team's victory or defeat depends on him.
If Cristiano Ronaldo is completely restricted by Belgium in the 18th final, it will mean that the team loses the initiative.
Think of Hazard, Miralas, Januzaj, etc. who have been famous in European football in the past two years.
Young talents such as Benteke feel even more uneasy.
Two hours after the China vs.
United States game ended, the two games in Group H ended almost at the same time.
After ninety minutes of fierce battle, Algeria drew with its rival Russia 1:1, while Belgium also narrowly defeated the South Korean team, which meant that they had one win, one draw and one loss in the group and accumulated four points, becoming the second team in Group H to advance to the knockout rounds.
Team.
But their future opponents cannot be underestimated.
It can even be said that they have just emerged from the dragon pool and entered the tiger's den again.
Finally, after nearly half a month of fierce fighting, all sixteen teams that advanced to the knockout rounds of the 2014 Brazil World Cup were decided.
The qualifying teams are Brazil and Mexico, the hosts of Group A, the Netherlands and Spain in Group B, Colombia and Greece in Group C, Costa Rica and Uruguay in Group D, Germany and France in Group E, and the qualifying teams in Group F.
It is Argentina and Nigeria, China and Portugal qualify in Group G, and Belgium and Algeria qualify in Group H.
All sixteen teams that advance to the knockout rounds are divided into upper and lower halves, with eight teams in each half.
Top half: Brazil vs Spain, Colombia vs Uruguay, Germany vs Nigeria, China vs Algeria.
Lower half: Netherlands vs.
Mexico, Costa Rica vs.
Greece, Argentina vs.
France, Villa vs.
Portugal.
Sixteen teams will decide the final champion in the remaining nearly half a month.
It is worth mentioning that before the start of the Brazil World Cup, all the teams that were positioned as favorites to win the championship advanced to the top 16.
However, as the performance of each team in the group stage varied, bookmakers also had new expectations for the odds.
Adjustment.
Spain, which was considered the favorite to win the championship before the game, fell directly from first to fifth, while Brazil, which was originally ranked second, naturally ranked first.
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The Chinese team's odds of winning are the second, but William Hill, one of the three major European bookmakers, puts the Chinese team first among the favorites to win.
In the information age, network information spreads very fast.
William Hill adjusted the odds of the Chinese team to win the championship to be the first, which made many Chinese fans feel sincerely excited.
To become the first among so many of the world's top players is a huge achievement. honor.
Even if the knockout rounds have not yet begun, for excited Chinese fans, William Hill's adjustment can at least be seen as an endorsement.
In addition, as each team enters the World Cup semi-finals, there is an odds that have not changed.
That's right The odds of the top scorer in 2014 are still Aiello's 146 to 1, followed by Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo at 453 to 1, and third place is Argentina captain Messi, who is 462 to 1.
Slightly disadvantaged and ranked later.
At the same time, when the Chinese team entered the top 16 of the World Cup without a fight, those domestic fans who were ready to make a move directly decided to go to Brazil.
Even though the tickets for the 18th final between China and Algeria have been sold to sky-high prices by interested people, it still has not weakened the enthusiasm of Chinese fans.
Therefore, during the two days of the World Cup break, the Tourism Bureau was very busy.
Of course, entry and exit will not allow all fans to go to Brazil.
They have to wait for a visa.
It is precisely because they need a visa to go to Brazil that many enthusiastic fans are disappointed.
Who made them not decide in advance?
Those Chinese fans who have already been on vacation in Brazil to watch football are undoubtedly the happiest.
They took their seats early in Porto Alegre, the largest city in the south of Sao Paulo, waiting for the start of the 18th final.
During the two days of truce, the extremely active media in Brazil were also very busy.
They had to conduct interviews for the orders issued by their superiors.
This was precisely the time when the teams that had advanced to the top 16 were conducting closed training.
Because entering the knockout round means that no mistakes can be made, otherwise it will have to wait four years after being eliminated.
You must know that four years of waiting will change a lot.
It can bring a player at the peak of his career to the bottom.
Coupled with the uncertainty of the future, living in the present is the wisest choice
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