The World Cup is still in full swing, with matches happening day by day, and the most critical third round of the group stage is about to begin.
The final qualifying teams from both groups will be decided within one day.
With Suarez's goal, Uruguay defeated Mexico 1-0, easily won the first place in the group with 2 wins and 1 draw, and a record of 7 points without defeat in three games, heading into the top 16. This is a historic moment for Uruguayan football.
, after a lapse of 20 years, Uruguayan football has re-entered the World Cup knockout rounds, and the two victories in the group stage directly broke the embarrassment of Uruguay only winning once in the World Cup finals in 40 years. The two-time World Cup champion ushered in a recovery.
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From the early to the middle of the last century, Uruguay was the world's leading football power. In the two consecutive Olympic Games in 1924 and 1928, Uruguay football finally won the championship. Under these circumstances, the first World Cup was held in 1930.
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, and Uruguay also showed terrifying strength. They defeated Peru 1-0 in the first game of the group stage, defeated Romania 4-0 in the second game, and swept the former Yugoslavia 6-1 in the semi-finals. In the final decisive battle, Uruguay 4-2
Defeated Argentina and won the first World Cup championship.
20 years later, in the fourth World Cup, Uruguay remained strong after the upgrade, with 3 wins and 1 draw in the round-robin format and remained unbeaten. Especially in the first game, they played a classic game like an 8-0 bloodbath in Bolivia, and in the final, they even lost.
It's a 2-1 hit
Defeated the favorites, the host Brazil. After the game, the Brazilian media said this was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the World Cup. Uruguay took man-marking tactics to the extreme in this World Cup, and this feature also had a profound impact.
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Four years later at the World Cup in Switzerland, Uruguay defeated the Czech Republic 2-0 and Scotland 7-0 to qualify for the group. They defeated England 4-2 in the finals of 14 and lost to Hungary, the world's top team at the time, 2-4 in the semi-finals.
, In the battle for third place, the beloved Uruguay 1
-3 loss to Austria. Uruguay, which was defending its title, suffered a serious decline in strength subsequently and failed to enter the finals in the 1958 World Cup. In 1962, Uruguay entered the World Cup finals again, but after winning the first battle, it lost to the Soviet Union and the former
Yugoslavia was eliminated miserably.
After two consecutive poor performances in the World Cup, Uruguayan football ushered in a brief recovery in the late 1960s. In the 1966 World Cup in England, Uruguay drew 0-0 with England in the first game of the group stage and drew 0-0 in the second game.
1 defeated France, and faced Mexico in the final game and tied 0-0, but in
In the 14th final, Uruguay was beaten 4-0 by the German team. In the 1970 World Cup, Uruguay ushered in another historical moment since winning the championship in 1950. After a lapse of 20 years, Uruguay returned to the semi-finals of the World Cup, but regretfully failed in the semi-finals.
They lost to Brazil 1-3 and lost to Germany 0-1 in the third place match.
Since then, Uruguayan football has been in a trough for a long time. Before this World Cup, Uruguay had only qualified for the World Cup finals 4 times, and its best result was only the top 16. Even this result was achieved at the World Cup in Italy 20 years ago.
.Uruguay’s latest trip to the World Cup
The finals were in 2002, but Uruguay had 2 draws and 1 loss at that time and failed to advance to the knockout rounds. What is even more puzzling is that from 1970 to the start of this World Cup, Uruguay has only won one game in the World Cup in 40 years.
Victory, the decline of Uruguayan football can be seen.
Considering that Uruguay only qualified for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifiers, Uruguay was not favored before the start of this World Cup, especially when it was placed in a group with France, Mexico and the host country. Almost no one believed that Uruguay could
Get the right to qualify for the group.
However, in the first game, Uruguay drew with France 0-0, creating a surprise. In the second game, Uruguay defeated the host South Africa 3-0, firmly controlling the fate of qualifying for the group in its own hands. In the final game, in
With only a draw to qualify, Uruguay defeated Mexico 1-0 with Suarez's goal and qualified first in the group. After 20 years, Uruguay returned to the knockout round and Uruguayan football is enjoying a revival.
Although Mexico lost slightly to Uruguay 0-1, they still advanced to the top 16 as second in the group. This is the fifth consecutive time that Mexico has reached the top 16 of the World Cup. In the past five World Cups, not many teams have been able to do this.
In this World Cup, the Brazilian team has already qualified for the group stage in advance. They have become the only team that can compete with Mexico. In addition, only Italy and Germany have reached the top 16 for four consecutive years. Argentina, France, England, Spain and other traditional strong teams
No team can do it.
Unfortunately, the Mexican team failed to make any further progress in each tournament and ended up in the finals of 18. In the history of the Mexican team, only the 1970 World Cup and the 1986 World Cup held on home soil reached the quarterfinals, but the participating teams at that time
There are only 16 and 24 teams respectively. Can the Mexican team break through history in this World Cup?
The Mexican team is a frequent visitor to the World Cup and has reached the World Cup finals 14 times. As a specially invited team, Mexico participated in the first World Cup in 1930. In the group stage, they lost to France 1-4, Chile 0-3, and lost 3-6.
Enemy against Argentina, failed to qualify from the group. From 1950 to 1970, the Mexican team participated in six consecutive World Cups, only in 1970.
In the 2000 World Cup, they qualified from the group and advanced to the quarterfinals (16 participating teams), but lost to Italy 1-4 in the 14th final. In the other five times, they were all eliminated in the group stage. After missing the 1974 World Cup, in 1978
, Mexico returned to the World Cup finals. In the group stage, they lost all three games and were eliminated, and also lost to the former West Germany team by a score of 0-6.
In the 1986 World Cup, Mexico relied on the advantage of being the host to qualify from the group with 2 wins and 1 draw. In the 18 finals, they defeated Bulgaria 2-0, tying the best ranking created in the 1970 World Cup. In the 14 finals, the Mexican team ranked 120
Within minutes, they drew 0-0 with the former West Germany team and lost 1-4 in the penalty shootout, failing to make history again. In the 1990 World Cup, the Mexican team did not qualify for the World Cup.
Since 1994, the Mexican team has entered the World Cup for five consecutive times, and has reached the top 16 for five consecutive times. This has to be said to be a miracle. Unfortunately, the Mexican team was eliminated in the finals of 18 each time, and the top eight of the World Cup
It has become an elusive goal.
In the 1994 World Cup, Mexico tied with Bulgaria 1-1 in 120 minutes in the finals of the 18th round, and lost 1-3 in the penalty shootout and ended up in the top 16; in the 1998 World Cup, Mexico's opponent in the finals of 18th was Germany, and ended up losing 1-2.
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In the 2002 World Cup, Mexico lost to the United States 0-2 in the finals of 18 and qualified for the quarterfinals for three consecutive times. In the 2006 World Cup, Mexico faced Argentina in the finals of 18. Only 5 minutes into the game, Marquez's goal was
Mexico gets a fantastic start
Game. But 4 minutes later, Crespo equalized the score in the melee. Within 90 minutes, the two teams fought 1-1. In the 7th minute of overtime, Rodriguez scored with a super world wave.
The Mexican team finally lost 1-2 and unfortunately stopped in the top 16 again.
In the 2010 World Cup, the Mexican team defeated the host South Africa and the former World Cup champion France team, and joined hands with the Uruguay team to qualify. This is the fifth consecutive time that the "Plateau Feathered Serpents" have advanced to the top 16. In the 18th final, the Mexican team will face Argentina.
Facing this familiar old opponent, the Mexican team is definitely at a disadvantage in terms of strength. But four years ago, they were able to force Argentina into overtime; four years later, can they create a miracle and break through the top 16?
What about the curse? There is a saying that you are willing to cut yourself off to bring down the emperor!
In the group match that was held at the same time, South Africa finally won the first victory of this World Cup with 2-1, but the host South Africa still could not escape the bad luck of being eliminated from the group. As the first host country in 80 years to fail to pass the first round, South Africa
They chose to defeat the former World Cup champion France as their final ceremony. This allowed them to win the respect of fans all over the world while being tragically eliminated.
Looking at South Africa's World Cup journey, it is a blessing for the host country to score four points, and there is no need to be sad if it fails to qualify from the group. After three games, the host country has used its good performance to show the style of South African football to the world. Even if the score is
Slightly worse, but the value of this report card deserves recognition.
On the contrary, the French team completely performed a farce of internal strife in the World Cup. It was humiliating and was even considered a strange flower in the World Cup.
Domenech, the coach of the French team, wanted to save the ailing French team. He eliminated three main players, Abidal, Evra, and Henry, in an attempt to use this extreme method to quell the internal strife and encourage the French team to do their best.
responsibility. But is this approach useful? The answer is no! The score of 1-2 gives the answer.
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However, if this is true, people need to reflect. What is Domenech doing? Isn’t he the coach of this French team? What is Gourcuff doing? Isn’t he the core of the French team? Ever
What is La doing? Isn’t he the captain of the French team? What is Govou doing? Isn’t he the No. 10 of the French team? Why do so many people have less influence than a retired player?
In the final analysis, the problem of the French team is that it lacks a leader and a general. Everyone misses Zidane precisely because they know that there must be someone with the ability to unite them together before the French team can succeed. And in the current French team
, the coach can’t do this, the hard-supported core can’t do it, the captain can’t do it, No. 10 can’t do it... no one can do it!
In Group B, as the favorite to win this cup, the Argentina team led by Maradona is getting better. After winning both games in the group stage, as long as the blue and white army draws with Greece, Argentina will surely qualify first in the group.
, even if they lose to their opponents, as long as there are no big surprises, the Blue and White Army can successfully advance to the top 16. Historically, Argentina and Greece have only had one confrontation record. In the group stage of the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Argentina lost 4 to
0 victory over Greece.
In the end, Argentina defeated Greece 2-0 at Paulo Guani's Mokaba Stadium, winning all three games and advancing to the top of the group, while Greece was eliminated. In the 77th minute of the game, Demichelis broke the deadlock; in the 89th minute,
Palermo scored another victory. Argentina will face Mexico, the second-placed player in the group, in the 1\8 finals.
In the third round of the group match between Argentina and Greece, Maradona made some rotations and captain Mascherano took a rest. The armband of Argentina was therefore handed over to Messi. This was also the first time that Messi became the captain of Argentina.
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In the history of Argentina's World Cup, it is extremely rare for a player who is one day short of turning 23 to wear the captain's armband. It is difficult to examine the history that is too long, but "Ole" pointed out that historically, in the World Cup, Argentina
Teams usually select their captain based on the number of games played and prestige, so the captain must not be very young.
In fact, although Messi is young, he has already had the experience of wearing the captain's armband. In Barcelona, Messi once wore the captain's armband in some friendly matches. For example, in the warm-up match between Barcelona and Dundee United, due to Puyol
, Xavi and others were absent, Messi wore the captain's armband. Inspired by the armband, Messi scored three goals to help the team defeat the opponent 5-1. But this is the first time for Messi to wear the armband in the Argentine national team.
Messi has long been the number one star of the Argentine team, the core and spiritual leader on the field. This captain's armband is just a form of making something obvious that people have long recognized. What's more, Messi is the core of this Argentine team.
The player with the most goals in the national team, he scored 13 goals in 46 games, surpassing Maxi Rodriguez with 12 goals, Tevez with 9 goals, and Veron, ranking first. He is certainly qualified to wear it.
For Messi, the captain's armband is undoubtedly an inspiration and the best birthday gift. Messi will turn 23 on the 24th. After qualifying in the group, he will spend his 23rd birthday; before the cruel knockout rounds come,
Taking over the captain's armband, these are the biggest incentives for Messi. Maradona hopes to use this method to make Messi more deeply aware of the responsibilities he bears and his status in the Argentine team.
And the role he plays in Argentine football.
As we all know, before the World Cup, Messi still had some controversy in the Argentina team. This was mainly because he performed too well in Barcelona and his performance in Argentina's World Cup qualifiers was somewhat mediocre. Fortunately, in the World Cup main game, Messi has already
With a series of wonderful performances in the group stage, these controversies have been eliminated. Now, with the best incentive like the captain's armband, Messi will definitely work harder and be more diligent.
It can be said that Messi already has everything: form, feeling, the trust of the coach, and authority within the team. What he needs to do now is to lead Argentina to win the championship!