Different from the previous 16 World Cups, this is the first time to hold the World Cup in Asia, and it is also the first time for two countries to jointly hold the World Cup. There are two gimmicks that attract a large number of fans and media before the World Cup. Many people are expecting that this World Cup will bring them something different.
Actually, the World Cup will be jointly hosted by Japan and South 
Korea, which is not the original intention of the two national football associations. FIFA has already decided on the host of the 22 nd World Cup in Japan, but at this time, the Koreans suddenly ran out and said that we also want to host this World Cup …
Think about it. This is similar to the fact that the company is ready to give a large bonus to an employee who has performed well. As a result, no one jumped out and said that this bonus should be given to me in half because I also want it … Do you think this kind of person deserves a beating?
Don’t talk too much. What did you do when the national football associations applied for the World Cup? Now I’ve been through a lot of hardships and I’m almost successful. As a result, don’t you think it’s very sympathetic that you suddenly jumped out and stepped in?
Of course, maybe the Korean Football Association and Zheng Mengzhun did it because they were disgusted with the Japanese idea, but the effect was far beyond their expectationbecause the Koreans were unable to get rid of this group of people who were in control of FIFA in Havelange at that time, and finally they finally adopted a compromise and decided to jointly host the 22 nd World Cup by South Korea and Japan.
So the only World Cup jointly hosted by two countries was born in this way.
In addition to the previous two gimmicks, there are several quite strange things about the World Cup. First of all, it was held much earlier than before. Because of the multiyear system of the European League, the World Cup usually took place in midJune, but this time the opening match of the World Cup in Korea and Japan was scheduled for May 31, more than half a month earlier than normal!
Don’t underestimate the amount of international players who have played in the club for a whole season. This halfmonth adjustment is very important, because it can temporarily get rid of the fatigue accumulated in a season and be more energetic to meet the World Cup. Now, the organizers have arranged for these famous stars to have to be tired to deal with Asian and African countries that have been recovering for a long time.
There is also the situation of the top 16 matches. Generally speaking, the two teams meet in the final. For example, the first match in Group A is Group B, the second match in Group C, and the first match in Group D. However, in this World Cup in Korea and Japan, the organizers have modified this practice, and the opponents in Group D and Group H in the final are changed to Group G and Group C respectively!
The fans may think that it is unnecessary for the organizers to arrange the schedule like this, but wellinformed people and those who have eyes can see at a glance that there is something hidden.
If you think about it, as before, there is a great possibility that South Korea will be promoted to the second position in Group D. In the top 16, the opponent will be a strong Brazil, while the Japanese opponent will probably be a Mexican team with the same excellent technology, so that the possibility that the two hosts want to beat their opponents and advance to a strong position will be reduced a lot. Sitting in front of the TV, Zhuang Ge is analyzing the schedule for Karin and Rebecca at this time. Now that the schedule has been changed by the organizer, the Korean opponent is likely to be Mexico with excellent physical fitness and not bad technology. They are still facing the average physical fitness, and Mexicans still have a big The Japanese opponent has become the other three teams in Group C except Brazil. One of them is that Turkey, Costa Rica and China are much easier to deal with than Mexico.
Due to the level of the league and the cultivation of talents, there is a big gap in the strength of the national teams, so many games have not yet predicted the final result, but in addition, the national team is still in a very wonderful and almost unscientific situation.
The most typical example is Sweden and England. No matter how you look at it, the paper strength of the Three Lions Corps is much stronger than that of the Vikings in most periods, but the result is that England has never won Sweden in the competition since May 22, 1996. This kind of disproportionate contrast between the performance and strength is the best basis for the statement that the national team is nemesis!
In addition, Italy and Germany, Italy and Spain, Brazil and France are also in some strange nemesis. Because of the specific space, we won’t make a detailed list here. If you are interested, you can search by yourself.
The same is true of Japan and Mexico. Although Japanese football has become the firstclass force in Asian football after more than ten years of development, it is difficult to give full play to its technical advantages in the face of the same technical stream as Mexico Day, but it will fall into the wind because of its physical disadvantages. Zhuang Ge continued to instill his views on this World Cup in Karin and Rebecca. Even if it is the host of the World Cup in South Korea, it will definitely not be a Brazilian opponent. It is naturally more beneficial for them to choose a relatively weak team for their next promotion.
Zhuang Ge certainly won’t be stupid enough to tell Karin and them that Korean baseball in this World Cup will make fans all over the world realize their shameless degree and let everyone have a new understanding of the referee industry and the word black whistle.
Well, I hope Italy can give a little strength this time, and don’t be unlucky enough to touch the Koreans in the top 16. Zhuang Ge secretly prayed in his heart that an Italian fan really didn’t want to see Italy sent back to his hometown by a golden ball that fouled first in South Korea again.
Just as Zhuang Ge explained to the two women that the two hosts were carrying out the opening match of the World Cup at the time of various calculations in the last World Cup, there were unexpected changes!
Chapter 111 Bad omen (in)
Due to a series of changes and butterfly effects caused by Zhuang Ge’s crossing, the two sides in the opening match of the KoreaJapan World Cup changed from France and Segal in previous lives to Italy, the defending champion of the World Cup, and the Croatian team, who was also from Europe and Italy, died in the World Cup in France.
Arranging Italy, the defending champion, to play the opening match is Zhuang Ge’s most wish to complain about the organizers of the World Cup. Although this schedule seems to be no problem on the surface, don’t forget that Italy was placed in Group G when the World Cup was drawn in groups … Has anyone ever seen the team go to participate in the opening match as a result of being placed in such a backward group?
Speaking of the World Cup organizers, let’s stop here for the time being. Now let’s talk about the two teams, Italy and Croatia, which are killing each other in the stadium.
There is no need to elaborate on the strength of the Italian national team with firstclass stars such as vieri, Inzaghi, Totti and Buffon. Although the selection of pierrot and Koko has caused some controversy, the Azzurri team of Zoff can still hold their opponent Croatia, the bronze medal winner of the World Cup, in the opening match.
After all, unlike Italy, which has experienced two wars in the past decade, Croatia has been completely exhausted by the endless war, and its national strength has been dizzy by the country’s population decline and economic weakness. tudjman and Mesichgen have no extra financial resources and energy to develop football that has brought great honor to Croats. This situation has led Croatia to win the third place in the World Cup in 199, which is as dazzling and shortlived as a flash in the pan. With the world cup season, the main players of the army are getting old and able to take over young talents and few young talents, Croatia quickly withdrew from the ranks of firstclass teams and fell to the secondclass level in Europe.
Therefore, before the opening ceremony, except for a few diehard Croatian fans, most fans are optimistic that the defending champion can break the curse of the opening ceremony of the World Cup and beat Croatia in front of them.
The trend of this game was indeed as expected by these fans. Italy quickly grasped the initiative of the game by virtue of its superior strength over its opponents. In the 24th minute of the game, their ace center vieri took the lead in scoring. The world’s most powerful center directly squeezed his opponent’s rober kovac after receiving Totti’s direct ball in the penalty area, and then turned around and volleyed vigorously to break the Croatian goal. pletikosa scored the first goal behind the scenes of the World Cup, which was also the first goal of the Italian national team in the World Cup!
However, with the deepening of the game, the situation did not take the lead as expected. Italy will pursue the victory and completely deal with Croatia, but there has been a development that surprised everyone!
Confronted with the scene of a goal behind and the unfavorable wind, the Croats did not surrender before, nor did they take contraction defense out of fear of the great power of vieri and others on the offensive end, but unexpectedly launched a fierce counterattack in the following period!
Although davor suker, who claims to be able to play the sogeum with his left foot, and Prosinsky, who is the only successful player in three musketeers, are now old, and Bo Ban, the former midfield engine, has become a thing of the past, there are still some talented players in Croatian football who have nurtured many famous stars.
Although no player in this Croatian team, including captain soldo, can reach the firstclass level in all aspects of personal ability, there are powerful experts such as kovac Brothers and soldo who are experienced in the game and keep in good condition, and simic and Olic. Simunic and other young talents who are not wellknown but are hardworking, therefore, in view of this situation, mirko Jokic (now head coach of Croatia) boldly changed the technical control flow from the golden age of Croatia, and Olic changed to davor suker, a meritorious veteran, to strengthen physical confrontation and antirobbing ability in the middle and front court, forcing Italian players to make mistakes in the game, thus giving them a chance to win a comeback.
Facts have proved that Jokic’s change of tactics is quite correct. Facing the crazy encirclement and suppression of Croatian players, albertini, who is in charge of controlling the pace of the game, showed disappointing performance. Instead of his sharp ball, the Croats were exhausted. Instead, he made frequent mistakes in grabbing around the other side, giving Croatian strikers a lot of shooting opportunities, and Olic helped Georgia equalize the score to oneone in the 73rd minute of the game!
Actually, this is not to blame albertini. Although the Milan vicecaptain, Guardiola, Lei Dongduo and paulo sousa are collectively called the top four midfielders in the 1990s by fans, his advantage is that he can cover the whole midfield running and long ball, instead of fighting his way through the crowd like Ronaldo and vieri.
It is said that Zoff made a mistake from the beginning. He shouldn’t have pushed Totti to the front line and let albertini control the rhythm of the game alone. Although this can give full play to the scoring ability of the Roman king, it has reduced the Italian field control ability by several grades.
Only three minutes after Olic and Croatia equalized the score, they didn’t recover from the goal they just lost. Italy was hit hard again. albertini gave Totti a straight ball, which was intercepted by niko kovac. kovac immediately stuffed the ball straight to Olic, who withdrew from the penalty area. Ricardo Navarro grabbed it and left it as an assist. lapac scored a goal to rewrite the score 21!
In this way, after nearly an hour of unremitting efforts, Croatia finally finished overtaking Italy before the end of the game and became the leading party in the score!
In the end, with the goals of Olic and lapac, Croatia completed a staggering reversal in the optimistic situation. In this World Cup opener, the defending champion Italy was beheaded by a horse!
Chapter 112 Bad omen ()
Defending champion Italy was defeated by Croatia in the opening match! At this moment, all the fans in the world who sit in front of the TV and watch the game with their own eyes can’t believe the reality before them.
Is this the Italy that won the World Cup and the European Cup in succession? The one that once defended for 120 minutes and let the Dutch do their best and finally returned to Italy? Which team can beat the top teams such as Brazil, France and the Netherlands to become the first team in history to win the European Cup after winning the World Cup?
The reinforced concrete defense is famous all over the world, and it is surprising that Italy was scored twice by its opponent in just three minutes. What’s more, it is even more surprising that it has already fallen to Croatia, a secondrate team in Europe.
So with this incredible and magical reversal, Croatia contributed a key goal. Two strikers, namely Olic and lapac, not only became famous figures in the media overnight, but also became many teams competing for the title in the transfer market with the help of this victory, and they won a little turn for the better in their original careers.
Perhaps it is still difficult for Olic and lapac to make achievements in the four major leagues now, but it is not a problem to stand in some secondrate leagues in Europe. If they can seize this opportunity well and join a team that can give them enough trust, it will not be difficult to write a good chapter in their careers.
On the other hand, if there is no chance of victory, then football talent is not outstanding. No matter how diligent Olic and lapac are, they are likely to end their careers in a daze.
Can you say that it is to seize this rare opportunity to further your career, or is it a waste of time? This overnight fame opportunity will eventually disappear, and everyone will have to look at Olic and lapac before acting.
Just as Croatia beat the powerful Italy and won the World Cup group match, it was very exciting, while the Italians were gloomily enjoying a series of bitter fruits brought by this defeat.
For example, Italy’s defeat against Croatia in the opening game has given Mexico and Ecuador, who are in the same group as Italy, enough confidence to all teams that may play against Italy in the World Cup. They realize that Zoff is not the old Maldini who coached the Apennine team, and there is no chance to beat Italy if he leads the champion division tactically.
Similar to the Ecuadorian Mexicans who were excited to see the hope of defeating their strong enemies, Italy was not calm at this time. After winning first and losing in the first round of the group stage, the wind direction of public opinion changed a lot overnight.
Although the Italian media did not discuss dino zoff at the first time because of the team atmosphere and the World Cup competition, they continued to support the national team coach, but in the eyes of many Italian supporters, dino zoff was obviously the chief culprit that led to Italy’s unfavorable start.
It is precisely because of this that Zoff’s formation and onthespot command in the first round of the group stage have been criticized and criticized by many celebrities and professionals, among which bearzot, the pipe coach, has the sharpest comments!
Dino zoff, a former coach, was optimistic about Italy’s attack on Brazil and the Federal Republic of Germany. Finally, in people’s consternation, Italy brought back the third World Cup. The pipe coach was very rude when commenting on his younger brother. A head coach Zoff’s performance in this game was really disappointing. He didn’t have good hands of these resources. vieri is indeed the world’s leading powerful center, but his coping ability trained in Florence is not in this national team. It shows that Zoff used Inzaghi as a siege hammer to make him a top hunter, but Zoff put him on the bench. albertini needs help to share the pressure of his organization, but who do you think Zoff arranged for him to help? It was Dibiagio and tommasi, the midfielders! Jesus! Is he competing for muscles in the football match? ！”
Even the old Maldini, who was at home at this time before Zoff, joined in the excitement at this time. I personally think that coach Zoff made some mistakes when arranging troops. For example, he didn’t equip Demi (nickname of albertini) with qualified helpers to let him face the encirclement and suppression of Croatian midfielders alone. This is a very wrong practice. You know, when I coached the national team, albertini was never alone. Robert (Baggio), Totti and Aolei can all share Demi’s physical pressure well. Now? Zoff chose to put Totti in the front line and Inzaghi on the bench, which would reduce the team’s control in midfield without much threat on the offensive end.