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Volume 7 2000 Volume 7 Chapter 402 The Quarterfinals Battle

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    Li team has two wins and one loss, scored seven goals and conceded three goals, and has six points and four goal differences. The team has two wins and one loss, scored six goals and conceded four goals, and has six points and two goal differences. It ranks second. Spain has two wins and one loss.  Scored six goals, conceded five goals, accumulated six points and ranked third with a goal difference. The Moroccan team had three losses, scored two goals and conceded nine goals and was last. This is the final ranking of Group B.

    The Spanish team, one of the favorites to win the championship, was eliminated in the group stage, which really caused a shock, but when they saw the final ranking, everyone had nothing to say - generally speaking, a group can get six points.  It will definitely qualify. Sometimes with four points or even three points, it is possible to get second place in the group. Failure to qualify with six points only means that the team in this group is too strong or too weak, and it does not necessarily mean that it will be eliminated.  It must be worse than the teams that entered the quarterfinals.

    For the Spanish team, more neutral fans feel regretful, but for the Chinese Olympic team, which squeezed out the Spanish team and entered the quarterfinals, almost all neutral fans believe that the road of the Chinese Olympic team has come to an end.

    There is no other reason, just because the quarterfinal matchup has already been announced. The opponent of the Chinese Olympic team, second in Group B, is the first in Group A, the Italian Olympic team.

    Even the Chinese fans who should have the most confidence in the Chinese Olympic team basically believe that the Chinese Olympic team can reach the quarterfinals is a considerable improvement. Facing the Italian Olympic team, winning or losing has become a matter of itself.  It is an insignificant thing, even if it stops in the quarterfinals, it is still an acceptable thing, so in the next few days, Chinese fans are still celebrating extremely happily.

    After the match against Chile, the Chinese Olympic team took a day off. After all, the quarter-finals will be held in four days. It is also good for the players to have a good rest and relax at this time.

    As time goes by.  The remaining four teams that entered the quarterfinals also appeared. Brazil in Group C defeated the Japanese team that had already qualified early with a 1-0 victory, and also won tickets for the quarterfinals. The top two teams in Group D were Cameroon.  and Team USA.

    In the quarter-finals of this Olympic Games, Asian teams accounted for two seats, and two teams from South America also successfully broke through. Cameroon and Nigeria from Africa also entered the quarter-finals. The United States from North America occupied one seat, but Europe was miserable.  Except for Italy, the other three teams, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Spain, were all eliminated and had the largest number of teams entering the finals.  There are the fewest teams entering the quarterfinals. This is also determined by the fact that European teams generally do not attach much importance to the Olympics.

    September 23rd, the first two quarter-finals will be held on this day. The first one will be Brazil versus Cameroon.

    Although the Brazilian team did not perform very well in the group stage and lost to South Africa, fortunately they won Japan in the last round. South Africa was tied by Slovakia and entered the quarterfinals as the second place in the group.  But with the reputation of the Brazilian team, even if this team does not have any outstanding stars, no one dares to take a peek at them.

    The African Lions Cameroon team scored a beautiful direct free kick from overage star Mboma shortly after the game started, and then they came up with the tactics of the 1990 World Cup - almost a replica of that game.  , Cameroon used ferocious foul tactics and endless small movements and physical confrontations to prevent the Brazilians from dancing the samba at all. Of course, they also paid a heavy price for this approach-Gremy and Djemba successively lost their ability due to accumulation.  Cameroon was sent off for a yellow card and could only fight with nine men.

    Although there are two fewer people, the Africans, who have never lacked physical strength, are still not passive on the scene. They are about to defeat Brazil just like they defeated Argentina in 1990. [The only future superstar in the Olympic team stands.  out.

    Ronaldinho, who had the same teeth as Ronaldo - he was still called "Little Ronaldo" at that time, took revenge on the rough and fierce Cameroonian with a more exciting direct free kick.  His tricky free kick helped Brazil equalize the score in the 80th minute!

    Brazilian fans all over the world began to rejoice. In their view, after the equalizer, it was our turn to overtake the score - we have the advantage and we have two more people - how could we not win!

    Fans who think this way have forgotten.  On the football field, there is no such thing as "definitely able to win a game". They also underestimated the tenacity of the Cameroonians - Mira was still able to score goals in the World Cup at the age of forty.  No less tenacious than the Germans.

    In the last five minutes of overtime, when everyone had little energy to run, the Cameroonians showed the unique physical fitness of black people and the tenacious will given by God.

    Mboma, who retreated to the midfield, unexpectedly intercepted the Brazilian team's pass, and then he used his last strength to pass the ball to the forward.

    , Eto'o started toHe moved, his movements were agile, his steps were steady and fast - as if the game had just begun.

    Using his speed, he continuously got rid of two Brazilian defenders who were seriously exhausted, but no one around him followed up.  Unable to break through to the goal on his own, Eto'o was forced to the sideline.

    Eto'o had no choice but to use up his last strength to forcefully break through the opponent's defense, and then passed the ball into the Brazilian team's penalty area with one kick. It is estimated that even he himself could not expect anyone to come up to respond to this kick. After all,  When nine people fight against eleven, the physical effort required is doubled!

    Eto'o really didn't expect that someone would come to respond, but someone did come to respond - midfielder Mbami had been following up when Eto'o was dribbling the ball, and the Brazilian defenders actually  Big mistake, no one noticed him coming up!

    Mbami jumped high in the Brazilian penalty area and broke through the fingers of Brazilian goalkeeper Elton with a powerful header!

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Golden ball!  The football team Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals!

    Compared with Brazil's dismal exit, another South American team, Chile, was much more prosperous. In another semi-final three hours later, in another dialogue between Africa and South America, in the final round of the group stage  The Chilean team, which began to consciously preserve its strength, played a hearty game!

    The Chilean team's frontcourt trident showed amazing offensive strength. Zamorano scored one goal and provided two assists, Navia scored two goals and provided one assist, and Pizarro scored one goal and provided one assist. The Chilean team scored four goals against  As soon as the defending champion Nigeria was sent back to its hometown, Nigeria was indeed no longer the vigorous African Eagles four years ago. The result of being eliminated seemed to be that Kanu, Okocha, Babangida and others were due to the appearance fee.  It was doomed when he refused to participate in the Olympics due to dissatisfaction.

    After the first two quarter-finals, Africa and South America have followed in the footsteps of Europe - only one single seed is still in the Olympics, and the remaining two quarter-finals will be held on the 24th.  The matches will be played on the same day, with Japan facing the United States and China facing Italy.

    Asian sports media unanimously believe that if you want to compete for a place in the Olympic semi-finals, you can probably only count on Japan. After all, the level of football in the United States is not very high, and Japan still has great hope of winning. As for the Chinese team, although it may not be strong in terms of strength  They are the strongest team in Asia, but their luck is really bad. They just escaped death and defeated Spain to grab a ticket to the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, facing the more powerful Italy, it will be very difficult to go further.

    If Japan eliminates the United States and China is eliminated by Italy, then the top four will come from Europe, South America, Africa and Asia respectively. Europe and South America have always been the focus of world football. African teams have always performed well in the Olympics. Asia can  Entering a team can prove that Asian football has the confidence to compete with Europe and the United States to a certain extent, right?

    Chinese fans began to curse God for the injustice - if we were facing the American team, we wouldn't be able to reach the semi-finals!  How could it be the Japanese team's turn to show such a face!

    The Japanese media are even more triumphantly clamoring that we, the Japanese, are the kings of Asian football and the hope for Asian football to make an appearance in the Olympics. They did not see that the best results of Asian teams in the Olympics were created by Japan.  Of?  In the 1968 Mexico Olympics, I won a bronze medal.

    The Japanese media made the same mistake as the Chinese media before the Olympics - they came to the conclusion that the US team was vulnerable based solely on their impressions. You must know that the US team was in a group with the exception of Kuwait, which had lost all three games and was at the bottom.  Both Cameroon and the Czech Republic are very capable teams, and the team that can suppress the Czech Republic is definitely not as weak as it seems.

    Sure enough, the Japanese team learned a lesson. Although Naotai Takahara and Hidetoshi Nakata scored one goal each in the first and second half, the American team still relied on two goals from Al Bryant and Donovan to equalize the score.  After thirty minutes of overtime, the two sides entered a penalty shootout. Hidetoshi Nakata, who was the last to appear, missed the penalty kick, while Hajduk of the United States steadily scored the last penalty kick. The penalty score was 5-4.  The total score was 7 to 6, and the American team advanced to the semi-finals!

    Africa, South America, North America, there is only one left, Asia or Europe?

    All eyes are focused on the final quarter-finals three hours later. China from Asia and Italy from Europe will compete for the last four semi-finals.

    Italy wants to maintain the face of Europe, and the Chinese team wants to retain the last seed of Asian football in this Olympics.
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