Chapter 1027 Before the knockout
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Facing Zhuang Mingge's extremely straightforward slap in the face, Moji was very angry, but he did not come up with any good way to fight back. After all, this happened in front of everyone, and even he had nothing to argue. Although the final result was pretty good, Pierro's behavior did destroy the harmonious atmosphere in the Italian team and made many people start to dislike him.
What's more, even if the old fox wants to continue to whitewash the Zebra Prince, he really can't find any convincing evidence - after all, the video of that game is enough to prove many things. Coupled with the analysis of a group of professionals, it is almost impossible for Moji to reverse right and wrong through the media he is familiar with.
In fact, the two sides had such an unpleasant quarrel, which was ultimately because Pierro was too impatient and destroyed Vieri's chance to monopolize the World Cup goal record in the game. Zoff added fuel to the fire, forcing Juventus to have such a serious confrontation with other teams in order to keep the team's flag.
Fortunately, although both sides were shouting happily, they still maintained basic rationality and bottom line. They only fought a war of words that only concerns face through their respective agents in the media field, and did not make a fuss to the point where the bosses like Zhuang Mingge and Agnelli were required to take action in person.
If the matter is at the point where the big bosses of each team have to come forward in person, then this is not just about the face of each club. Once the matter develops to that extent, it will never end easily without creating a scapegoat to take on the responsibility of causing conflicts between clubs.
Now, no matter which side is indirectly confronting the media, it is still in the category where both sides can stop at any time. After all, although this is not the Heavenly Kingdom, no one except Zhuang Mingge should have heard the saying "Be a person and stay at the front line, and we will meet each other in the future", but everyone has been in the football circle for so long, and even if there are some things that don't like, they will not make things so hard that they can't handle them.
In fact, if the Turin Sports Daily, which is the mouthpiece of Juventus, had not been able to come out to whitewash Pierro this time, and at the same time, it was extremely ruthless to send a map shot to other clubs, the scope of this incident would have been expected to not even be able to go out of the Italian Football Association headquarters, and would have been absorbed and digested by the Football Association internally.
Just when the Italian media started to confront Pierro's slap, the only two remaining groups in this World Cup finally decided the final winner the day after Italy successfully advanced to the quarterfinals!
Although fans had expected it before the game started, the final result was shocking when the game ended. The situation in Group H was better. In the good situation of one win and one draw in the first two games, the host Japan team easily defeated the weak team Tunisia and advanced to the top 16 as the group leader. As Belgium and Russia, with severely aging lineup, these two former European powerhouses started a battle for another qualifying place. In the end, Belgium defeated the Polar Bears three-2 in a goal battle and successfully entered the rematch stage.
If the final result of Group H is basically as expected, then the result of the final round of Group D is extremely strange. The Polish team, which was defeated in the first two games of the group stage, suddenly regained its form that night. The goals of Olisadebe and Chriszalovic helped Poland establish a two-goal lead in just five minutes of the game. Zevaranov's goal in the second half further expanded Poland! Compared with Poland, which scored consecutive goals, the US team, which had no cowboy style in the first two games, only Donovan scored a goal to save face in the final stage, and finally lost one-to-three.
The Poles used an undisputed victory to prove to people that the reason they were eliminated early in the group stage was only because of bad luck and encountered the hosts of Portugal and South Korea led by the Golden Generation. Otherwise, there would definitely be a place for this Eastern European cavalry in the top 16!
Although he lost to Poland in the final game of the group, American fans did not show much frustration after the game. The reason is very simple, because in another group match in Group D, the host South Korean team, with two red cards given to Portugal by the referee on duty, had two more players on the court, and relied on Park Ji-sung to score a goal in the 70th minute of the game to defeat Portugal, which had a golden generation, and blocked the European powerhouse from the top 16, and advanced to the eighth final as the first in Group D!
With the help of South Korea, the US team, who was careless in Poland, was able to defeat Portugal with one point and advance to the top 16 in the World Cup for the second time in history.
Portugal's return home in the group stage surprised many fans. They did not expect that this powerful team led by the golden generation would not learn from the lessons after losing to the United States, and then capsized the gutter on South Korea!
However, except for the hardcore fans of Portugal, most fans only feel sorry and regret for Portugal's exit, but do not have too many questions about this result. After all, an unwritten practice in the World Cup was to take care of the host team, so it is normal for Portugal to be treated to a certain extent by the referee in this game. At most, they can only complain that the red card given to Beto was a bit too heavy.
What's more, it can be seen from the game video that although the referee is somewhat biased towards the host side in the penalty for this game, such as the second yellow card that Beto received in the second half, which is a bit far-fetched and is a type that can be judged or not, in general, Portugal's defeat is more due to his innocence and incompetence. If they hadn't thought South Korea would play a tacit understanding with them and the several attackers were wasting a lot of opportunities, how could they lose to South Korea, which is not as good as their overall strength or personal ability?
Therefore, Portugal's elimination is a bit self-inflicted. If they did not underestimate the enemy in the first game of the group stage and directly dealt with the United States, or did not dream of having a tie with their opponents in the game with South Korea, how could this team fall to this point?
Chapter completed!