The picture shows Messi celebrating a goal.
Chinanews.com, Beijing, November 27th. In a game that requires superstars to shine, Messi once again stood up.
In the Qatar World Cup Group C focus match that ended this morning, with Messi's goals and assists, the Argentina team, whose life was hanging by a thread, defeated Mexico 2-0 and regained the initiative to advance.
At the same time, the French team qualified from Group D one round ahead of schedule and became the first team to enter the knockout round of this cup.
Due to the loss to Saudi Arabia in the first game, the Argentine team has been pushed to the edge of the cliff.
In this campaign, facing Mexico, which has its own "knockout physique", the Argentine team did not have an advantage after the opening, and did not organize a decent offense throughout the first half.
The turning point of the game came in the 63rd minute when Messi broke the deadlock with a low shot from outside the penalty area and pulled Argentina back from the brink.
This is Messi's eighth World Cup goal, tying the legendary Maradona.
The picture shows Messi celebrating after scoring.
Then in the 87th minute, Messi assisted Enzo Fernandez to score and seal the victory.
After scoring a valuable three-pointer, the Argentine team and Argentine fans regained their "right to breathe".
In fact, before Messi scored the goal, the Argentine team was in a difficult situation. The high-intensity defense of the Mexican team made the Argentine players very uncomfortable.
But the superstar shines and helps the "Pampas Eagle" survive this level.
In addition to Argentina's victory over Mexico, there were three other matches in the seventh day of the group stage last night and this morning Beijing time.
Lewandowski celebrates his goal.
In another match in Group C, Poland defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0 and Lewandowski scored his first World Cup goal.
In fact, the Saudi team played quite well in this campaign, and once formed a siege against Poland.
However, the team not only missed a good opportunity for a penalty kick, but the defense also "played with fire" and gave a big gift. The failure is also reasonable.
After this campaign, Poland led the group with 4 points, Argentina ranked second with a goal difference advantage over Saudi Arabia with 3 points, and Mexico was temporarily at the bottom.
In the final round, Argentina only needs to beat Poland to ensure the group qualifying.
The Argentine team still needs to work hard for the promotion, while another traditional giant, the French team, has already qualified first.
In the past three World Cups, the teams that played as defending champions all failed in the group stage, including Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014 and Germany in 2018.
The picture shows French player Mbappe celebrating his goal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
This spell was broken by the French team this morning.
After beating Denmark 2-1, France qualified from Group D one round ahead of schedule.
Mbappe scored twice and scored in two consecutive games, temporarily tied for the top scorer list.
Christensen once equalized the score for the Danish team, but it was difficult to prevent the team from losing.
With a goal from Duke, Australia narrowly beat Tunisia 1-0 in the other game of the group, the AFC team's fourth victory of this World Cup.
After scoring the crucial 3 points, Australia held the initiative to qualify.
Denmark and Tunisia with 1 point not only need to win the final round, but also depends on the results of other games.
Image source: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar "Delivery and Inheritance" Organizing Committee official Weibo
From tonight to tomorrow morning Beijing time, the second round of Group E and Group F is about to start.
The four games are as follows:
Japan played against Costa Rica at 18:00 in Group E; Belgium played against Morocco at 21:00 in Group F; Croatia played against Canada at 00:00 in Group F; Spain played against Germany at 3:00 in Group E.
The strong dialogue between Germany and Spain is the most watched duel in a total of 48 games in the group stage, and it is also the only contest between former world champions in the group stage.
The performances of the two teams in their respective first games were completely different, which also added more topics to this confrontation.
Under the leadership of the "post-00s" such as Garvey, Pedri, Ferran Torres, and Bald, the Spanish team beat Costa Rica 7-0 in the first game, and the data of over a thousand passes in the audience is rare in history.
On the other hand, the German team was reversed by the Japanese team in the lead, and lost to South Korea and Japan in the last two World Cup games.
Spanish players celebrate the victory.
If they lose to Spain again, the German team is likely to miss the knockout rounds for two consecutive World Cups.
Not even a draw was an acceptable outcome for the German team.
Although the promotion situation of the two teams is very different, judging from the lineup, this is still a 50-50 matchup.
Due to winning too easily, the Spanish team did not experience too many tests in the first game.
However, the strength of the German team, which is fighting to the death, is far above that of Costa Rica, and the young Matador Corps will not pass the test easily.
The peak match between Germany and Spain is also regarded as another contest between Bayern Munich and Barcelona. This is one of the reasons why many people are optimistic that the German team can bottom out.
The picture shows the German team in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
The Bundesliga Banba and La Liga giants each contributed seven players to the national team, and most of them played important roles in the team, such as Neuer, Muller, Kimmich, Busquets, Pedri, Garvey and so on.
Recently, Bayern Munich has been showing people the image of a "Barcelona killer". For example, in this season's Champions League group stage, Bayern "double-killed" their opponents.
In another game in this group, the Japanese team will face Costa Rica at prime time tonight.
If the main test of the first game is the defense of the Japanese team, then in this game, the team's attack line will be tested.
When playing against Germany, the Japanese team still focused on defense. The German team's high defense line left room for the opponent to counterattack.
In the face of Costa Rica, which was "stunned" by Spain in the last round, the Japanese team will play more actively and control the ball more.
Costa Rica will not stick to it blindly, because a draw means little to the team's promotion.
This will be a wonderful game, and it will also test the quality of the "dark horse" of the Japanese team.
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