On the third day after the end of the battle between China and France, each group conducted the second round of the group stage.

Compared with its neighbors, the national football team has obviously been "trapped" again in terms of schedule.

Since there are only three teams in each group, one team will get a bye in the second round.

In this way, the team with a bye can wait and see what happens, and also get a better rest than the other two teams.

Therefore, in this round of competition, the two hosts of the three Asian countries all had byes, and only the national football team participated in the competition.

The result of Group A was Cameroon 2-0 Australia, and the result of Group B was Brazil drawing 0-0 with Canada.

This news once again shocked the fans.

If the Asian champion draws with the world champion, it is considered an upset.

Is it too much for you, the Oceania champion, to draw the world runner-up?

Anyway, this is the result.

Brazil failed to win the head-to-head match.

It also just verified what Pele said: The Brazilian team has lost its samba flavor.

But in fact, this Brazilian team is also a second team.

Not only is there no "ear" in the team, but most of the candidates are players from the Brazilian domestic league.

It is worth mentioning that Deco also received an invitation from Brazil Bamboo Shoes in this Confederations Cup.

But Deco has recently been working on naturalizing in Portugal.

In order to avoid suspicion, he did not join the team.

Therefore, the two forwards from Europe in the Brazilian team this time are Fiorentina's Leandro and Lyon's Anderson.

In addition, the Brazilians like to fight alone when they cannot attack for a long time. This 0-0 is reasonable.

In the third match of the day, the Chinese team faced the last Confederations Cup champion Mexico at the Niigata Stadium.

For the Chinese team, which had a draw in the first game, they can only win this game!

Even if you win, you may not be able to qualify.

In this case, Zeng Zheng had no good solution.

In addition to competing for victory, the only option is to score more goals.

Mexico is the defending champion of the Confederations Cup. The most eye-catching one is the captain of the defense, Suarez. His number of international appearances has surpassed that of Matthaus, becoming the player with the second most appearances for the national team in history.

, its momentum is close to the record holder Egyptian veteran Hassan.

Even so, the absence of famous players such as Blanco and Hernandez has greatly reduced Mexico's strength.

The important responsibility of the team is currently given to striker Borgetti.

Borgetti scored 22 goals this season, helping Laguna win the Mexican League Championship.

It is worth mentioning that all the players in Mexico are from Mexican domestic teams.

For the Chinese team, Zeng Zheng made some simple adjustments compared to the previous game.

The goalkeeper is still Ou Chuliang.

The four defenders are Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, General Fan and Wu Chengying.

The four midfielders are Li Tie, Zhang Ran, Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi.

The two forwards are Yang Chen and Xiao Wang Tao.

The high-altitude bombing played a role when playing against the French team.

Playing against a smaller team like Mexico, Xiao Wang Tao has no choice but to become the forward.

Because of the excellent performance of the Chinese team in the last game, this game once again attracted the attention of many scouts.

Scouts from all over the world took out their notebooks before the game to record the outstanding performance of the Chinese players on the field.

Especially Li Weifeng.

When I found out that this guy is a direct descendant of Zeng Zheng, but he has been playing in his country's league.

It was even marked with a "key number".

Mexico's last World Cup was the same as China's, failing in the top 16.

But the differences between the two are also obvious.

This is the first time for the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup, while Mexico has participated in the competition 10 times.

in the standings at the end of May.

Although the Chinese team's points dropped by 700 points, their ranking rose by 4 places.

Currently has 684 points, ranking 12th.

In this interval, the national team points are relatively dense.

Yugoslavia ranked 11th with 689, Romania ranked 13th with 683, Mexico ranked 14th with 680, and England ranked 15th with 673.

Wanting to win against the French team is still a bit of a “dream”;

But the fans are still looking forward to winning against Mexico.

Although Mexico received a bye in the first game, the team just lost to England 0-4 in a friendly match last week.

The fatigue of traveling and traveling greatly affected the team's performance.

On the other hand, look at the Chinese team.

After drawing with the French team in the first game, the momentum was high and they had the upper hand after the start.

Several consecutive attacks were made with the specific focus on Xiao Wang Tao.

If it weren't for Butterfly Campos's heroic save, the Chinese team might have scored in the opening game.

After withstanding the Chinese team's high-altitude bombing, Mexico made a beautiful defensive counterattack in the 12th minute.

Midfielder Rodriguez swung left and right in front of the penalty area and passed two defenders in a row.

Before rushing into the penalty area, he suddenly kicked off and hit a powerful long-range volley.

The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Fortunately, Ou Chuliang's position was reasonable, he reacted promptly, and he flew to save the ball with one palm and blocked the ball within the goal frame.

In the 20th minute, there was a gap on the right side of the Mexican team, and Sun Jihai made a decisive move forward and made a pass.

This time, Sun Jihai passed the ball to the back.

The ball flew over Xiao Wang Tao's head and landed on Li Weifeng's chest at the back post, creating a good opportunity for a two-on-one within a small area.

Facing the opponent's defender, Li Weifeng stopped the ball with his chest, stepped on it with his left foot, and kicked the ball back.

Xiao Wang Tao, who had just landed, swung his left foot to meet the ball. Campos missed the save and the ball went into the lower left corner of the Mexican goal.

After the goal, the morale of the Chinese team was greatly boosted.

Li Tie's fierce pressing and Zhang Ran's concise through ball made the Mexican team tired of defending.

In addition, the ball would stick to Zhang Xiaorui's feet and would not be broken no matter how hard it was. The Mexicans became even more anxious.

What troubles them the most is...

Although Li Jinyu is not on the court, Shao Jiayi's free kicks are equally dangerous.

The flowers and butterflies danced several times in a row, and this was how they managed to keep the goal.

In the 22nd minute, tall high school junior Wang Tao received a pass from Zhang Xiaorui near the penalty spot and turned around decisively to shoot, almost expanding the score;

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the 29th minute, under the interference of the opponent's goalkeeper, Xiao Wang Tao headed the ball 6 meters in front of the goal and missed a must-go goal.

ball.

This round of offensive completely knocked the Mexicans unconscious.

It wasn't until 30 minutes later that the Mexicans gradually adapted to the Chinese team's style of play.

Under the command of coach Mesa, the Mexican tried to use his personal skills to focus on the right wing of the Chinese team, and at the same time consume the physical fitness of Sun Jihai, who has great assist ability.

In the 40th minute, the Mexican showed his superb foot skills to the world for the first time in this Confederations Cup.

A few simple and smooth ground coordinations instantly tore apart the Chinese team's formation.

When his player went down to the right baseline, Sun Jihai was still two meters behind him.

"boom!"

Rodriguez passed a well-placed ball, and General Fan and Li Weifeng, who were guarding the front and middle points, both jumped over the ball.

Ruiz jumped high at the back post and hit the ball with a header.

Unfortunately, due to Wu Chengying's interference, the ball was pushed straight out of bounds.

The Mexicans failed to equalize before the end of the first half.
To be continued...