Updated: 2012-12-16

The second game of the third group is Ireland against Croatia. The gap between the strength of these two teams is still very big. Croatia is very strong now. Even when facing Italy and Spain, they should have the strength to resist, and they seem to have hope of qualifying.

Ireland has been unbeaten in the previous 14 games, including 11 of which were completely defeated. The last time it lost was when he lost to Uruguay 2-3 at home in the warm-up match in March 2011. He was unbeaten away after Trapatony took office. Trapatony (73 years and 85 days) broke Baridge's record (71 years and 2 days) and became the oldest head coach in European Cup history.

The game was played in the rain. Croatia scored the first 157 seconds after the start! Ireland failed to destroy the opponent's corner kick. Serner made a cross from the right side of the penalty area and bounced into the middle. Manju, who scored the most headers in the Bundesliga last season, headed the ball into the lower right corner 12 meters in front of the goal.

Ireland tied the score in the 19th minute! McGidey passed the free kick from the left side to the penalty area, and Saint Ledger headed the ball eight meters away from the goal and rubbed into the lower right corner, one-to-one.

The Irish team's training skills are still very good after Trapatoni, but they are still suppressed by Croatia on the scene. Croatia is getting better and better, and there are more and more opportunities, which makes Irish fans very nervous.

Croatia surpassed again in the 43rd minute! After Ireland destroyed the opponent's corner kick, Modric's shot was blocked from 30 meters in front of the goal, Ward cleared the ball but kicked into the penalty area. Jelavic shot into the net from nine meters in front of the goal. Two to one, Croatia led again.

Croatian fans were very excited, Ireland fans were very unhappy, and Ireland players were even more unhappy. They launched a fierce attack and wanted to equalize the score.

Less than three minutes into the second half, Perisic made a cross from the left, and Manju Kic headed the ball at the penalty kick and hit the inside of the right post, then hit the back of goalkeeper Jiwen's head and bounced into the net, three-to-one.

The ball completely hit Ireland's confidence in counterattack. In the end, Croatia defeated Ireland three-to-one in the first group match, temporarily ranked first in the third group, and Spain and Italy temporarily ranked second in the group.

The third group match ended, and the first round ushered in the last day of the game. The fourth group match, the first game of the fourth group, was the highly anticipated British and French battle. This game attracted a lot of attention and this game attracted much attention.

The two sides have played 28 times in history, England has the upper hand in 16 wins, four draws and eight losses. However, in four matches in the European Championship, France has won two wins and two draws and remained unbeaten. Both teams won the top spot in the group in the qualifiers. France has lost one goal to Belarus in nine rounds since the start of the game, and has remained unbeaten in 15 wins and six draws in the last twenty-one games. England has remained unbeaten in eight games in the group stage, with five wins and three draws.

Everyone believed that this should be a very exciting game, but the process of the game made everyone drowsy. An old fan sat in the stands and fell asleep. It can be seen how boring this game was.

England broke the deadlock in the 30th minute, Gerald made a free kick from the right, Diyala was not closely guarded, Lescott headed the ball from the edge of the small penalty area, and England led 1-0.

France equalized the score in the 39th minute, Ribery made a comeback, and Nasri shot from 20 yards from the left and entered the net in the lower left corner, one-to-one, France equalized the score.

The previous game is still visible, but after this goal, the game changed completely. The boring flying made people want to sleep when they looked at it. At the beginning, the fans in the stands were booing the British and French teams crazy.

However, the British and French teams did not seem to care about the fans' reactions and continued to play their tacit understanding and bored balls. The fans behind them were too lazy to boo, so they simply slept in the stands. This game was really the most trashy match of this European Cup.

After this game, local media criticized the game, and countless fans claimed that it was the ugliest game in history.

Will this be the ugliest European Cup in history? Perhaps from the perspective of goals, the current situation is not bad, but from the perspective of the progress and quality of the game, it is indeed a bit disappointing, especially the more the stronger the conversation is expected, the more sleepy it feels like staying up late.

The battle between Britain and France! Just hearing these four words, just recalling those classic collisions, it makes people feel excited. But when beer is opened, cigarettes are lit, roast chicken, barbecue, peanuts... the fragrance floats, it is as slow as the rhythm of the game played in the 1960s. Yanba's uncreative and dragging passes, and the timid 901's conservative iron barrel array make this football feast become boring.

Especially in the second half, Benzema drew the ball into the penalty area, facing the English fans, and shot a goal, blocked the baseline by England goalkeeper Lecost. This crisis-ridden offensive and defensive process should have made the fans' heartbeat, which would have aroused cheers and sighs at the scene, but when the TV camera was given to the fans in the stands, an old French fan wearing a blue jersey was sleeping soundly!

This game was simply unpleasant. The Englishman played in their backcourt, while the Frenchman was very tacit and cooperated very well, and symbolic pressing in the frontcourt. The time of the game was lost. Everyone seemed to be thinking about life... Britain and France were satisfied with a one-to-one draw, and they were satisfied with each scored one point, but is this worthy of the fans from afar? Is it worthy of the British and French war that should have been sparked by the whole world?

Everyone was very disappointed about this game, and they were extremely disappointed. Some people even thought that if football continues to develop like this, will there be football in the world in decades?

Fans are unwilling to talk about this game after the game. When players in other groups hear this, they don’t know what to say. Now that football is becoming more and more utilitarian, such a scene may be very tired later.

Under such circumstances, the last game of the first round of the group stage of this European Cup kicked off. Another host of this competition, Ukraine, is about to make a debut. Their opponent is Chitu, the Swedish team led by Ibrahimovic.

Judging from the strength of this group, England and France should be able to qualify. Now these two guys are each going to get what they need, and they start with tacit understanding, which clearly means to kill Ukraine and Sweden. Of course, these two teams are unwilling to do so. Every game is very important to both teams, and of course they will not be as tacit understanding as England and France.

This is the first time that the two sides have met in a formal match. The two sides have fought three warm-up matches in history, each winning one game and draw one. Former AC Milan striker Shevchenko started as the captain, and the current AC Milan main center Ibrahimovic leads Sweden as the captain.

At the beginning of the game, the scene refreshed the fans on the scene. It was much better than the previous British-French battle. Both teams played very actively. The two teams played against each other from the beginning of the game. The exciting scenes continued. Both sides had several good opportunities, but neither scored until the 52nd minute of the game.

Sweden broke the deadlock in the 52nd minute, and Salin fell near the sideline due to injury, but Sweden continued to play. Sebastian Larson made a cross from the right, Carlstrom made a long pass, and Fengxian pushed the ball to the edge of the small penalty area, and Sweden led the lead with one goal. This was the 34th goal he scored in 78 national team appearances.

After falling behind, Ukraine's attack became even more crazy, and they didn't want to lose in front of their fellow villagers. Ukraine equalized the score in the 55th minute, Yarmolenko made a cross from the right edge of the penalty area, and Shevchenko jumped outside the edge of the small penalty area before Melbery, 1-1.

Ukraine scored the ball, and the fans at the scene were very excited and cheered loudly. Shevchenko, who scored the goal, was even more excited and ran wildly, the proud veteran - Immortal!

After equalizing the score, Ukraine became even more excited and immediately launched a fierce attack. Ukrainian fans cheered wildly, calling on the Ukrainian team to attack and win the game.

Finally, Ukraine took the lead in the 61st minute. Voronin got rid of Granquist from the left side of the penalty area and made a pass and was blocked by Rustig from the baseline. Konopuryanka took a corner kick, and Shevchenko went around to Fengxian and headed the ball at the edge of the small penalty area in front of the front point. Two to one, the Ukrainian overtook the score.

Veteran! Proud veteran! Shevchenko is like a god coming, heading twice and killing the Swedish team, which excited Ukrainian fans.

Behind one to two, Fengxian certainly would not sit idly by. He led the team to launch a fierce counterattack, but the Ukrainians united as one to ensure that the goal was no longer broken. In the end, Ukraine defeated the Swedish team led by Fengxian 2-1 at home.

After the game, Ukraine temporarily ranked first in the group, England and France temporarily tied for second in the group due to tacit understanding, while Fengxian's team ranked last in the group.

After this game, the first round of the group stage of this European Cup was concluded. The first group match of this European Cup is indeed a bit disappointing, especially the battle between Britain and France, which is simply too disappointing. At the same time, the match between Germany and Portugal is also a bit disappointing.

However, the European Cup has just begun, and everyone has to find their state. As the game deepens, it will be better, especially in the second round, which is a key battle, and it is related to the final qualifying issue. There should be much less tacit understanding.

The second round of the group started immediately, and the first match was between the Greeks and the Czech team. In fact, the Greeks had a chance to win in the first round of the group, but they were not sure. Now it was time for them to fight. If they couldn't win this game, it would be difficult for them to qualify.

In this game, the Greeks started well and once led the half-time game with a score of 1-0, but when dawn approached, he peed on the bed and was defeated by the Czech team. One-to-two, the Greeks lost.

At this time, the Greeks regretted why they didn't seize the opportunity and defeated Poland in the first round? If they defeated the Polish team, then it would be another situation now. Unfortunately, there is no regret in this world.

The Czech team played well in this game and they had hope of qualifying.
Chapter completed!