Chapter 718 Promotion to the top 16

Chinese fans were all excited to wait for the end of the game, and Alihan also began to adjust personnel, which was to consume game time and prepare for the upcoming knockout round.

So, in the 83rd minute of the game, Yin Jun was substituted amid applause from more than 20,000 Chinese fans. The substitute was central defender Zhang Yuekun, and Zheng Zhi was mentioned as the midfielder.

Obviously, this is an adjustment to strengthen the defense. Of course, it also means that Yin Jun, a great hero, accepts the applause of Chinese fans at the scene.

Yin Jun played the first two games of the Chinese team, and almost played the whole game in this game, scoring all five goals of the Chinese team. It can be said that without Yin Jun, the Chinese team could not have become the first in Group B, and it is unknown whether it can even appear in the German World Cup.

Yin Jun had just left the game less than two minutes after he heard a piece of news from Cologne for the Chinese team. I don’t know whether it is good or not. That is, England scored a goal, and the score was changed to 2:1!

This means that the Chinese team has basically gone ashore, and Sweden has no threat to the Chinese team, which is good news; however, with England's goal, the Chinese team's first in the group became unstable.

At present, the Chinese team has the same points, the same goal difference, the same number of goals, and even the match results are the same. Although the Chinese team is ranked first in the group with the first letter of the name, the final ranking cannot be calculated like this. According to the rules of the World Cup, the two teams will have to draw lots to decide who is the first in the group after the game!

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Chinese fans were not happy yet because Paraguay scored a goal in the 86th minute!

Cuevas made a quick two-pass and one-on-one cooperation with Santa Cruz on the right. Santa Cruz passed the penalty area directly. Cuevas pushed the ball into the lower left corner 14 meters in front of the goal, rewriting the score to 2:2!

Although this goal loss will not change the result of the Chinese team's advance into the knockout stage, concealing the goal at such a moment is a bad thing for all Chinese fans.

Moreover, with the Chinese team losing the goal, it also declared that the Chinese team completely missed the first place in Group B. In the quarterfinals, the knockout round, he had to face the strong first place in Group A, that is, the host German team!

Even the most optimistic Chinese fans are probably not optimistic about the Chinese team being able to defeat the host in the knockout round to advance to the quarterfinals!

Chinese fans are unhappy, but English fans are very happy, which means they can avoid the feud and nemesis of the German team and turn to face the dark horse Ecuador, with a significant increase in the probability of advancing to the quarterfinals.

England fans have started to thank Paraguay.

However, England fans were not happy for long, because their opponent was Sweden, which was also their nemesis, and was a Sweden struggling to advance to the knockout stage.

Before the end of this round, Sweden has hope of advancing. As long as they can beat England, they will definitely advance!

With the current score between China and Paraguay, as long as they defeat England, they can even become the first in Group B!

Sweden, which strives to win, pays off when regular time is about to end.

In the 90th minute of the game, Edman threw an outside ball into the left, and the ball bounced to the ground and ran to the middle. Larson shot from 6 yards from the far corner into the net, helping Sweden rewrite the score to 2:2!

So, when both games entered injury stoppage time, the situation in Group B returned to the starting point before the start of this round of matches.

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In the last few minutes of the game, the scores of the two games changed drastically, which greatly stimulated the fans of several teams. Some timid or bad-hearted fans did not even dare to watch the game, worried that the score on the court would change again in the next moment, resulting in their team being completely eliminated.

The main concerns are Chinese fans and English fans. After all, before the game, these two teams are the most likely to advance. If the team is eliminated due to a few minutes of injury time, it will be really difficult to accept.

Fortunately, this kind of thing didn't happen until the end of the two games. In the end, the scores of both games were 2:2!

At this point, the three-round group matches in Group B were over, and the results were settled. The Chinese team, with a record of 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points, and England successfully advanced to the knockout stage. Sweden, with 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, 4 points, and Paraguay, with 1 draw and 2 losses, were eliminated and ready for a flight home.

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"The game ends!!! The game ends!" Huang Jianqiang couldn't hear the referee's whistle in the noisy and noisy court, but he always stared at the referee and observed his gestures. When he saw the referee raise his right hand and point it towards the sky, then put it down and point it towards the center circle, he could finally confirm that the game was over, so he immediately announced the news in the commentary.

"The Chinese team drew 2:2 with Paraguay in the third group stage! Thus, with a record of 1 win and 2 draws in the group stage, we advanced to the German World Cup knockout stage with England!! We are qualifying!!"

The Chinese substitute players who had been waiting on the sidelines ran into the court with their arms wide open, while the Chinese players on the court performed differently. Some raised their arms to celebrate the victory, some lay on the grass and waved their fists, and some jumped up to hug the teammates nearest.

"The history of Chinese football must have this day! June 21, 2006! The Chinese team created a brand new history and record in the German World Cup!"

"...When no one was optimistic about it before the game, the young men of the Chinese team overcame many difficulties and created their miracle! This miracle not only belongs to Yin Jun, who took charge of all five goals of the Chinese team, but also to every national team player! You are the heroes of all of us! We are proud of you!"

"Four years ago in South Korea, we were very close to promotion, but we were unable to create miracles in the end."

"Since then, I have been looking forward to this day. I once thought it was very far away from us, but the young man from the national team told me that this day was not far away!"

"...Tonight, at this moment, in the capital, in the Magic City, in Lingnan, and in Jiangzhou...Chinese fans in countless Chinese cities, please allow me... Please authorize me to pay tribute to the young people of the Chinese team in front of you on behalf of you! Thank you! Thank you!"

"...No matter what is waiting for you ahead, please remember how amazing you are today on the journey ahead! Please keep going, young people, keep moving forward. And we will keep cheering for you!"

I was busy all night the night before yesterday, and I had another day yesterday, but I had a cold, so I couldn’t update yesterday. After taking the medicine, I got a little better today and finally I can resume the update.
Chapter completed!