After the match between the Chinese team and the Chilean team, no one knew what happened in the locker room. However, the outside media was quite disappointed with the result and pessimistic about the Chinese team's prospects in this World Cup...

After the match, the major domestic media in China expressed regret that the Chinese team had failed to win the game. They criticized the team's performance after the opening whistle, while also praising their performance after falling behind by two goals.

As for how to qualify from the group, the media and fans also enthusiastically analyzed and offered suggestions.

But in their view, no matter which method was used, defeating the Netherlands or Spain would be very difficult.

Spain's loss to the Netherlands in the strong-versus-strong match was not a big surprise to everyone, but the size of the scoreline was...

With the defending champion having already lost a game, they would definitely have to win the remaining two games to ensure qualification from the group.

The Chinese media and fans couldn't imagine that the defending champion would be eliminated after the group stage. Although at the 2010 South Africa World Cup, Italy, as the defending champion, also failed to qualify from the group, the situations of Italy and Spain were different, and how could it be possible for the defending champion to be eliminated in the group stage for two consecutive World Cups?

So, no matter how you looked at it, it was very, very, very difficult for the Chinese team to qualify from the group...

But within the Chinese team, it was a completely different scene.

The players were full of fighting spirit and confidence as they prepared for the match against the Netherlands.

Head coach Lippi also set the goal of striving to qualify from the group.

First of all, they had to face the strong opponent of the Netherlands.

The goal set by Lippi was surprisingly consistent with Zhou Yi's – it would be even better if they could win, but if they couldn't win, they must strive for a draw.

With two points in hand, they would then fight Spain in the last game, take three points, and qualify from the group with five points.

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The next day, four more World Cup group stage matches were played. During the group stage, the schedule was three or four games a day.

The earliest of the four games played on this day was Colombia against Greece, a Group C match. In the end, Colombia defeated Greece 3-0 with goals from Armero, Gutierrez, and Rodriguez.

The second game was a Group D match between Uruguay and Costa Rica, a Latin American civil war. Before the game, everyone was more optimistic about Uruguay, after all, Uruguay had top players like Cavani and Suarez, and at the previous World Cup, Uruguay was one of the top four.

Who would have thought that in this game, Uruguay would lose 1-3 to the little-known Costa Rica, causing the first upset of this World Cup.

Next up were England and Italy, the most watched game of this match day. Italy, as the defending champion of the previous World Cup, was eliminated at the bottom of the group, becoming a laughing stock for many people. At this World Cup, they were making a comeback, wanting to prove themselves again on the world stage.

The first group match was against the "top favorite to win the championship" England. With two strong teams competing, who would emerge victorious?

In the end, Italy defeated England 2-1. The controversial genius player Balotelli scored the winning goal in the game and was named the best player of the match.

England's "road to the championship" suffered a heavy blow right at the start.

At every World Cup, the English media will promote and hype that this England team is the "strongest England team in history" and a "top favorite to win the championship." But at every World Cup, England's performance is disappointing. Of course, the English media will not think that they have been slapped in the face. They will quickly find a scapegoat after the team fails.

The last game on June 14th returned to Group C, with another Asian team making its debut. Japan against Ivory Coast. Japan is also a very ambitious team. Since they reached the World Cup knockout stage in 2002, the country has been full of confidence. The goal of each World Cup has been set at reaching the knockout stage. Of course, for a team that has never missed any World Cup finals since 1998, they have indeed reached the time to take it a step further. They can't always be satisfied with painstakingly reaching the World Cup finals, and then packing their bags after playing three group matches.

At the last World Cup in South Africa, the Japanese team won two and lost one in the group stage, accumulating six points and qualifying for the group stage, once again reaching the knockout stage. However, they stopped in the round of 16, losing to Paraguay in a penalty shootout.

This World Cup, the Japanese team has gathered many excellent players from home and abroad. The goal is still to qualify from the group, but not just to qualify from the group, they hope to go further.

Although in this game, Japan took the lead in the 16th minute with a goal from Keisuke Honda, they still could not escape the fate of losing. Ivory Coast scored two goals in the 64th and 66th minutes, reversing the score. In the end, the result remained until the end of the game.

Ivory Coast defeated Japan 2-1, and the Japanese team's goal of qualifying from the group was hit hard from the start.

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The Chinese team's next game is the twentieth game of this World Cup, and it will not kick off until the 18th. In the meantime, they trained while paying attention to the performance of other teams in the World Cup.

In the two Group E matches, Switzerland defeated Ecuador 2-1, and France defeated Honduras 3-0.

In Group F, the real favorite to win the championship, Argentina, debuted. Argentina, with many world-class stars, finally defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were participating in the World Cup for the first time, 2-1. However, this game did not seem very convincing, because Argentine players only scored one goal in the game, and the other two goals were scored by Bosnian players, one of which was an own goal... Messi scored the only goal for Argentina, and they relied on an own goal to defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were participating in the World Cup for the first time. This made people wonder whether Argentina could really win the championship in this World Cup.

The World Cup held in South America is a good opportunity for Argentina to win the championship, because they are more familiar with the environment here than European teams. If Messi wants to be crowned king without controversy, then he must win this World Cup championship.

Messi himself is probably very clear about this, so he scored a goal in this game.

In another game in the same group, the third Asian team made its debut. Iran and Nigeria drew 0-0.

In Group G, the German team showed their terrifying strength and form in the game against Portugal. They defeated Portugal 4-0. This result really surprised many people. Before, everyone thought that even if Portugal were to lose, they wouldn't lose by so much...

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the strongest two people in football at the time, was able to dominate in the club, but in the national team, he could not support the entire Portuguese team by himself. It was difficult to achieve anything with one hand clapping, and no matter how much power he had, he could not use it.

In another game, the United States defeated Ghana 2-1.

The first game in Group H was Belgium against Algeria, and in the end, Belgium, full of talented players, defeated Algeria 2-1.

In another game in the same group, the last Asian team made its debut.

The Korean team faced Russia.

In the eyes of the Korean team, Russia should be the team they must win in this group. Like the Japanese team, they also have the goal of qualifying from the group.

The best result of the Korean team in the World Cup was also created at the 2002 Japan-Korea World Cup, when they reached the top four. However, fans from other countries besides Korea are probably not very convinced of this result of the Korean team.

At the last World Cup in South Africa, both the Korean team and the Japanese team reached the knockout stage, but their fate was the same as the Japanese team, and they were eliminated in the round of 16. They also qualified as the second in the group and met Uruguay, losing 1-2 and stopping in the top 16.

This year, like the Japanese team, they not only want to qualify from the group, but also hope to go further and further.

Facing Russia, the Korean team believed that they should win, which is a necessary path to qualify from the group.

But the final result was disappointing, they drew 1-1 with Russia...

At this point, all four Asian teams have made their debut. The Chinese team, Iran, and the Korean team have all achieved a draw, gaining one point, while the Japanese team has lost the game.

Judging from the first round of group matches, the performance of the Asian teams is not satisfactory, because their opponents are not considered the strongest in the group stage, but even so, they have not been able to win even one game.

If you want to rank these four Asian teams, the Chinese team is still the best performing one, because they scored more goals...

However, this kind of comparison, like chickens pecking at each other, is meaningless.

Some experts analyzed that, judging from the performance of each team in this first round of group matches, it is possible that the Asian teams will be completely wiped out in this World Cup. If that is the case, it would not be a good thing for Asian football.

Because the World Cup participation quota is directly linked to the performance of teams from each continent in the World Cup.

If Asian teams always perform poorly, then the qualification places belonging to them will be reduced, and there are many Asian teams, which is obviously a great loss to the overall interests of Asian football.

For a time, a cloud of sorrow not only enveloped the hearts of Chinese fans, but also enveloped the hearts of fans in Japan, Korea, Iran, and even those who did not participate in the World Cup, such as Australia – they initially joined the Asian Football Confederation, thinking that the competition in Asia was not strong, and there were many qualification places, which was profitable. Who would have thought that they would encounter the rising Chinese team in this World Cup, and even failed to get a qualification place. If the Asian teams are completely wiped out in this World Cup, it will inevitably affect Australia's future World Cup participation opportunities...