The Day I Played with Ronaldo

With two games, two goals and two assists, Ricardo is undoubtedly the most dazzling player in Brazil.

His odds of winning the World Cup Golden Boot have risen to 1 to 3.7. From this amazing odds, we can see how optimistic the bookmaker is to him.

Ronaldo in second place is 1 for 6.2, while Messi in third is 6.8 for 1 and has a big gap with Ricardo. Mueller, Villa, Fran, Well-known strikers such as Klose, Wayne Rooney and Higuain have lower odds.

In Group G, Portugal slammed North Korea violently at 7: 0 in the second game. Now the situation in the group is very clear. Portugal has basically ensured to qualify unless they lose to Brazil 4 goals, and Côte d'Ivoire can win North Korea 7 goals or more.

As long as Brazil do not lose to Portugal, they are first in the group.

Côte d'Ivoire also has theoretical hope—only in theory. But the probability of their qualifying is comparable to the probability of the Chinese team entering the World Cup.

Côte d'Ivoire, who had been optimistic that it would become a dark horse, couldn't even enter the knockout stage, which was distressing. If their opponents are France, England, Italy or Argentina, they may not be so embarrassed.

With Chile winning in Group H over Switzerland and Spain over Honduras, the third round of the World Cup group stage began.

The French horse in the A group lost to the host and lost to the host South Africa, which ranked the bottom of the group and lost the qualification for promotion. South Africa also failed to please, they were squeezed to third by Mexico due to the disadvantage of the goal difference, and could not qualify. Uruguay and Mexico join hands.

The French team missed the knockout stage, making fans and major media broke their glasses.

But the bigger news is yet to come.

The situation in Group B is not surprising. Argentina has won the first three games in a group. South Korea has 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Due to the mutual victory and defeat, Greece has advanced and Nigeria has the bottom.

In Group C, England finally did not drop the chain in the last game. They defeated Slovenia 0-1 and ranked second in the group due to the difference in goal difference, but also went smoothly. The United States unexpectedly became the group leader.

Group D didn't have much suspense, the German group was first, and the Ghana group was second. Ghana is the only African team to qualify for the knockout round. Relatively speaking, Asian teams have a better record, and South Korea and Japan have advanced to the knockout stages.

The teams in the E group are the Netherlands and Japan. To be honest, Japan can squeeze Denmark and Cameroon a bit unexpectedly. Both teams are not underdogs. Japanese football has indeed made great progress in these years.

Group F broke the big news. Defending champion Italy is not lower than Slovakia 2: 3, the bottom of the group. The defending champions are so miserable that they are rarely seen in World Cup history ...

Then it was G's turn.

Group G is the group that lost the suspense, and the only suspense may be Brazil and Portugal, who will lead the group first.

Before the game, the media analyzed that Brazil and Portugal would play a tacit ball, each taking 1 point.

After all, the team's first or second qualifying is related to the opponents afterwards.

The first name in Group G will be against the second in Group H, and the second in Group G will be against the first in Group F.

The current situation in Group F is a bit complicated, with Chile winning the first two games. Spain has one win and one defeat, and Switzerland has one win and one defeat. Due to the mutual victory, Switzerland is currently second and Spain is third. Honduras finished fourth in World War II.

In the final round, Spain will fight Chile, while Switzerland will win Honduras.

From the media's point of view, it should not be a problem for Switzerland to win this game, then Switzerland will win 2 losses, if Chile and Spain draw, or Spain, then it will be the first in the Chile group and the second in the Swiss group.

If Chile loses to Spain, then there will be 3 teams with the same points, the relationship between them is very chaotic, you can only look at the goal difference, the situation is very complicated, it depends on how much goal difference Spain and Switzerland can get from opponents to determine the order.

But in general, the performance of these three teams is similar.

Therefore, neither Portugal nor Brazil in Group G will try their best to compete for the first place. It is not worth it.

For Portugal, it is better to fight with Brazil now than to fight against the next opponent.

For Brazil, no matter who the opponent is, a flat push is all it takes.

There was not much smoke at the press conference before the game.

Dunga complimented Queiroz and praised Ronaldo; Portuguese coach Queiroz praised the three superstars Ronaldo, Kaka and Ricardo, humbly saying that Portugal still has a lot to learn.

It can also be seen from the starting list that the Brazilian team has little warfare. Dunga made a big adjustment to the lineup this time. The defense has not changed much, but Alves replaced Maicon's starter, but the midfield and frontcourt have changed greatly. Gilberto Silva and Felipe Merlo partnered on the back, with Ricardo left and Hernanes forward. Rico was still on the right and Fabiano was a single forward.

In fact, Dunga asked Ricardo whether to take a break before the game. Ricardo thought that he had no problems with physical fitness, and he was destined not to be too fierce against Portugal. He wanted to get the World Cup golden boots, and he applied to play.

Portugal has also made several personnel adjustments, with Dani, Pepe, Duda and Costa entering the starting lineup.

In history, Brazil and Portugal have played 19 times, and Brazil has 13 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. The loss to Portugal was mainly during the Eusebio period.

The last time they met at the World Cup, Brazil overcame their opponents under the leadership of Ricardo. Ronaldo's tears made the fans remember.

But in this game, both sides played very well.

After the opening, both sides played very well, preferring to kick in the backcourt when there was no chance. Most fans may not see anything, but in the eyes of senior fans and professional media, the players on both sides are indeed playing tacit **** and lacking investment in the game.

Some half-opportunity **** that may cause injury will not work hard to compete.

Kicked for more than 20 minutes ~ www.readwn.com ~ Both sides are threatening opponents with long shots and set balls, lacking the opportunity to really set the tone.

But in the 30th minute, Gilberto Silva drove the free kick to the Portuguese penalty area, and later Ricardo took the ball in place, throwing off the player who stared at him, and Portugal goalkeeper Eduardo struggled to save, using his fingertips The ball was called but failed to get the ball out.

The Brazilian team leads 0-1.

Lagging Portugal is still playing fast and Brazil is not chasing.

In the 60th minute, Portugal had the best chance in the game. Cristiano Ronaldo shot into the penalty area of ​​Brazil alone, attracted the attention of the defensive players and passed the ball to the back point.

In the 71st minute, after Ricardo Inchey disrupted the opponent's defensive formation, he passed the ball diagonally to the right, and Rike inserted it at a high speed. He passed the ball near the bottom line and Fabiano's header gave the goal. Brazil leads by 2-0.

Both sides then replaced the core players, and the score remained intact to the end.

The Brazilian team won all 3 matches and made it to the first place in the group.