In the last round of the group stage, the French team did not take a rest after qualifying early like the Brazilian team.
Their opponent in the last round is Uruguay, because both teams had six points before. So this game will determine who can take first place in the group.
The first place player in Group C will play against the second place player in Group D.
Conversely, the second place player in Group C has to meet the first place player in Group D.
The two games in Group D have been played before Group C.
The German team, which was originally ranked first in Group D, finally won the first place in the group as expected. However, the process was not easy.
The German team's opponent in the last round is Mexico. Mexico had only two points before, but because of its goal advantage, it ranked second ahead of Poland, which also had two points.
If they want to advance to the top 16, they must defeat the German team in the final round.
The task was difficult, but they almost succeeded.
Shortly after the start of the first half, Janus Edman finally scored his first goal in the World Cup. This goal also helped the German team take the lead.
But at the end of the first half, Pirates' high center Ruiz scored a goal to help Mexico tie the score at 1:1.
Mexico then had a full forty-five minutes to change the score.
However, Mexico did not play well in the second half, and the German team showed their traditional iron-bloodedness and tenacity.
In the end, we successfully defended the score of 1:1.
As a result, the German team ranked first in this group with five points.
The second place is neither Mexico, which has three points, nor Poland, but... Morocco!
This is really surprising.
In the last round of the group stage, Poland played against Morocco. Originally, in the eyes of the Polish team, Morocco, the best team in the group, was the meat delivered to their door, and they could fry and cook it as they pleased.
The trend of the game was as they expected before the game. In the first half, a penalty kick was passed, and Lasky took the penalty and took the lead.
But things changed suddenly in the second half. Morocco even chased two goals in six minutes to tie the score to 2:1!
They are ahead!
Now the Polish team, which had been enjoying themselves before, panicked.
Attack desperately, trying to equalize the score first and then win the game.
However, Morocco shrank its defense and was united, and was able to withstand all the Polish team's counterattacks in the second half.
At the end of the final game, Poland lost to Morocco 1:2 and was eliminated with only two points.
Mexico, on the other hand, only has three points due to a draw with Germany.
On the contrary, Morocco relied on its three points against Poland in the end to become second in the group with four points!
Originally Uruguay was not that willing to compete for first place in the group...
But since the second place in Group D is Morocco, Uruguay's thoughts have become active - if they can get the first place in the group and face Morocco in the quarter-finals, doesn't that mean they are sent to the quarter-finals?
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Uruguay thought so, and so did the French team, so the two teams launched a very fierce contest.
In such a situation, who dares to let the rotation lineup go up? Who dares to let the main players rest?
In the 70th minute of the game, the score was 2:1, with Uruguay taking the lead.
If this score is maintained until the end, Uruguay will win the first place in the group and go to meet Morocco. The French team will have to go head-to-head with the German team.
Therefore, the French team is attacking with all its strength, hoping to knock on Uruguay's door.
They don't need to defeat Uruguay, as long as they draw with their opponents, they can become first in the group with a goal difference advantage.
Kamara dropped back into the backcourt to get the ball.
In this game, he was also heavily targeted by Uruguay because his performance in the first two games was too outstanding.
The right wing where he is located has become the main direction of the French team's attack.
So so far in this game, he has been prevented from showing any decent performance.
In order to gain more space for acceleration, he had to retreat deeper, almost back to the back line.
A teammate passes the ball to him.
With his back to the direction of attack, he used the instep of his outside foot to move the football behind him.
Then he turned around leaning on the Uruguayan defender!
After catching up with the football, he did not move the football directly forward because Uruguayan midfielder Victor Montero came from the middle and pounced on him aggressively.
There was a change in Kamara's running rhythm. Instead of increasing his speed, he slowed down.
This made Montero think he had an opportunity, so he decisively tackled the football!
But just as he shoveled it out, Kamara suddenly pushed the football out with the toes of his right foot!
Then he jumped up and dodged the shoveling Montero.
After landing, he accelerated!
Press the accelerator to the bottom!
"Kamala! He's so fast!"
As he accelerated his attack, the cheers of the French fans in the stands became much louder.
Kamala threw away her legs and hands, driving her body forward quickly.
The Uruguayan players chased back one after another. Just when they were about to catch up with Camara, he suddenly knocked the football towards the center with his right heel and at the same time stopped and changed direction!
Cut inside!
After cutting inside, Camara still faced the fierce formation of Uruguayan players.
But he didn't intend to break into Longtan alone. He took a shot directly from outside the corner of the penalty area!
The left foot made an arc and went straight to the upper corner of the goal!
Although the Uruguay goalkeeper jumped into the air and fully extended his hand in the air, he still failed to touch the ball!
"Camara - BUUUUUUUUT!! BUUUUUT!! BUUUUT!! Camara! Ismael Camara!! Wonderful goal! He defeated Uruguay's defense alone! France 2:2 Uruguay
!We have a better goal difference! Well done, Kamara! You are a hero for France!"
Kamara ran towards the corner flag area and was pulled to the ground and pressed on by the swarming French team-mates.
In the stands next to them were cheering French fans.
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"The game is over! The Dutch team and the Swiss team finally tied 0:0! In this way, the Dutch team won the first place in the group with seven points, and their opponent in the quarter-finals will be the second place in Group E..."
The telecast focused a close-up on Maxi Carey.
Wearing a vest, he got up from the bench, walked onto the court, high-fived and hugged his teammates to celebrate advancing to the top 16 as the first in the group.
"Kyrie did not get a chance to play in this game. He started all the first two games of the Dutch team. The 35-year-old really needs a good rest this time to prepare for the quarter-finals. Regardless of whether the opponent is Argentina,
Either Belgium or Belgium, it will be a very fierce battle between dragons and tigers..."
"In the second round of the group match, which defeated Chile 4:0, Carey not only scored the first goal of his World Cup career, but also provided two assists to help the Netherlands beat Chile 4:0. Although he is already thirty-five years old
, but he is still the well-deserved core of the Dutch team. If the Dutch team wants to go further in the World Cup, they must rely on the performance of 'Super MAX'..."
The Argentine commentator in the commentary box was repeating Melli's name quickly and passionately.
In his machine-gun-like commentary, Melli was dribbling the ball along the center towards the Belgian penalty area.
Along the way, Belgian players kept coming up to press him, and they also tried to surround him, but they failed.
Along the way, people turned on their backs.
When approaching the Belgian penalty area, three Belgian players were already rushing towards Melli from different directions.
When everyone thought he was going to continue to break through, he gave away the football.
It was handed over to Ramon Cantero who connected at the front of the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, the latter turned around and moved in, successfully entering the penalty area!
Belgium goalkeeper Jonathan Hewel quickly struck out and pounced on Cantero.
But Cantero didn't shoot. He made a shooting motion, raised his leg high, and then lowered it gently.
When it fell, his ankle moved horizontally, pushing the football to the other side.
Appearing there was...Merry Banega!
Just after passing the football to Cantero, Melli did not stop, but dodged out of the encirclement. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Belgian players' attention was briefly attracted by the football, he continued to rush forward diagonally, killing.
Entering the penalty area, run to the back.
There he is unmarked!
Cantero did not raise his head to observe, but still passed the football because he knew that Melli would not be able to stand still after passing the ball!
If there is time there, Merry will definitely go!
Sure enough, Melly lived up to Cantero's wonderful pass. He pulled to the back and swept the ball away without even a Belgian defensive player!
"Pirate Father" Haywell flew back and rushed back, but it was already too late!
The football hits the net!
"Melli——!! Oh oh! Melli! Melli Banega!! An extremely wonderful personal performance! He almost defeated an entire team by himself! Argentina leads Belgium 1:0! They are in
They came from behind to win the first place in the group! If they can maintain this score, they will avoid the Netherlands, the first team in Group F!"
After scoring the goal, Melly ran towards Cantero who passed the ball to him, and the latter ran backwards towards the corner flag area while spreading his arms, waiting for Melly to pounce.
The Argentinian fans in the stands burst into cheers, shouting the names of their heroes one after another.
And after the last round of group matches, the same person was still being scolded bloody...
This is football, a hell and a paradise.
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"Hi, William."
After Jay Adams and Jimmy Stokes knocked on Pete Williams' door, they greeted William Sutton who opened the door and walked in.
Pete Williams is reclining on the bed, holding a cell phone in his hand.
"Whose game are we going to watch later?" Jay Adams asked when he saw Pete.
Young forward William Sutton was a little surprised: "Still watching football?"
"What else? It's still early for us to set off, so what are we going to do if we don't watch the ball?" Adams asked.
"Shouldn't we prepare for the game against Sweden?"
Although England qualified from the group one round early, they did not lock in the first place in the group.
The final round match against Sweden, the second-placed team in the group, is a chance to compete for first place in the group. If England loses to Sweden, Sweden will become first in the group with seven points, while England will be second in the group with six points.
So actually this last game is quite important for the England team.
"Watching the game is also preparing for the game against Sweden." Adams picked up the TV remote control and asked Peter again: "Which game are you watching?"
Pete Williams said: "I think the game between Spain and Italy is the key to determining the final trend of this group."