Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 2nd. Beijing time last night and this morning, the matches of Group E and Group F of the Qatar World Cup were all over.

Morocco and Croatia advanced from Group F.

The qualifying situation in Group E was reversed several times. In the end, the Japanese team won the first place in this group. They defeated the Spanish team 2:1.

Although the German team beat Costa Rica 4:2, they were still eliminated.

The picture shows the players of the Japanese team in the game

　　In the opening stage of the two games, the situation was favorable for the two traditional teams of Spain and Germany: the German team led Costa Rica 1:0 in the 10th minute, and Raum made a cross from the left to assist Gnabry to score; the Spanish team 1-0 in the 12th minute. :0 leading Japan, Morata jumped high and scored with a header.

　　Until the end of the first half, there were no more goals in the two games.

According to the current points, the Spanish team will join hands with the German team to advance.

　　However, shortly after the opening of the second half, the situation of both games was reversed.

On December 2, Beijing time, in the third round of Group E of the Qatar World Cup group match, the match between Costa Rica and Germany officially started.

The picture shows players from both sides fighting for a header.

　　The first is the Japanese team.

In the 48th minute, Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon's shot was intercepted, and Don Anru scored a strong shot from outside the penalty area; in the 50th minute, Aoi Tanaka slammed the ball into the goal after receiving an assist from his teammate.

In just two minutes, Japan overtook Spain 2:1.

　　Then there's Costa Rica.

In the 58th minute, Tejeda equalized the score for the team; in the 70th minute, there was a scuffle in the penalty area of ​​the German team, and Juan Vargas scored.

Costa Rica overtook Germany 2:1.

　　According to the score at this time, Japan and Costa Rica will both qualify, while Spain and Germany will be eliminated.

The picture shows the German team player (white) attacking the goal

　　The lagging German team launched a tidal offensive. After hitting the post many times, they finally had Phil Kruger assist Haverts to equalize the score.

　　The goal stalled Costa Rica and sent Spain back to second place in the group.

At this time, the promotion teams became Japan and Spain.

　　From the 85th minute to the 88th minute of the game, Haverts and Phil Kruger scored two goals in a row, and the German team sealed the victory 4:2.

But the German team ultimately fell short as another game ended in a 2-1 victory for the Japanese team.

The picture shows the moment when a Japanese player (blue on the right) scores a goal

　　In the first round, they reversed and defeated the German team, and today they reversed and defeated Spain. The Japanese team with 6 points won the first place in this group in a very convincing way.

　　The Spanish team and the German team have 4 points. Thanks to the goal difference advantage brought by the 7:0 victory over Costa Rica, the Spanish team finally ranked second in the group.

The German team was out of the game and was eliminated in the group stage for two consecutive World Cups.

　　In addition, a panel of three female referees officiated the match between Germany and Costa Rica, with France's Stephanie Frappal in charge, making World Cup history.

The picture shows the No. 5 player of the Moroccan team (right white) blocking the opponent's cross into his own goal (own goal)

　　In the Group F match, with Ziyech and En Nesri's goals in the first half, Morocco defeated Canada 2:1 and won the first place in the group with an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw.

In this game, the first own goal of this World Cup was born. The Moroccan team Agerde accidentally scored an own goal when defending. Fortunately, this conceded goal did not change the team's winning result.

　　With this victory, Morocco became the second African team to advance to the knockout stages of this tournament after Senegal.

Not only that, the last time an African team won the top spot in the group dates back to the Nigerian team in the 1998 World Cup in France.

The picture shows the match between Croatia and Belgium

　　Morocco's early lead meant last World Cup runners-up Croatia and third-place Belgium had to compete for a place in the final.

This strong dialogue finally ended with a score of 0:0, and the Croatian team qualified as the second place in Group F.

　　As Brazil and Portugal have advanced ahead of schedule, besides the host Qatar, Belgium has become another seeded team that was eliminated in the group stage of this cup.

　　In fact, in this game, the Belgian team created a lot of threats, especially after Lukaku came off the bench in the second half.

However, the Belgian striker was clearly out of shape and missed at least 3 good chances to score.

　　After the game, the unwilling Lukaku punched down the glass windshield of the bench.

Extremely depressed, he shed tears on the field, but these could hardly save the team from being out of the game.

The Belgian "golden generation" players who have reached their thirties will hardly appear collectively in the next World Cup.

The picture shows Belgian player Lukaku (second from left) shooting

　　With the end of Group E and Group F, the quarter-finals produced two more teams:

　　December 5th at 23:00 Japan vs Croatia

　　Morocco vs Spain at 23:00 on December 6

　　Up to now, there have been six groups in the quarter-finals, and the other four are:

　　December 3rd 23:00 Netherlands vs United States

　　3:00 on December 4th Argentina vs Australia

　　December 4th at 23:00 France vs Poland

　　December 5th at 3:00 England vs Senegal

Image source: screenshot of FIFA website

　　From tonight to tomorrow morning, Beijing time, the final round of Group G and Group H is about to start. This is also the last four group matches of this World Cup.

The game time is: South Korea vs. Portugal at 23:00 in Group H; Ghana vs. Uruguay at 23:00 in Group H; Serbia vs. Switzerland at 3:00 in Group G; Cameroon vs. Brazil at 3:00 in Group G.

　　With the five-star Brazil having advanced ahead of schedule, Switzerland, Serbia and Cameroon will compete for another place in Group G.

　　Judging from the current group points, the Swiss team has a certain advantage. As long as they win, they can ensure advancement. Even if they draw with Serbia, the possibility of qualifying is not small.

But if the Swiss team loses, they will definitely be eliminated.

　　Compared with Serbia, Cameroon has less hope of qualifying.

However, although the overall strength is far inferior to the Brazilian team, if the Samba Army imitates the main force of the French team, the "African Lions" are not without opportunities.

Image source: screenshot of FIFA website

　　The situation of group H is similar to that of group G.

The Portuguese team, which has won two consecutive victories, has already qualified ahead of schedule, but has not yet secured the first place in the group.

The South Korean team is only eligible to see the results of another game if they beat Portugal, otherwise they will be out of the game.

　　Although the Uruguay team currently only has 1 point, it seems that the possibility of qualifying is low, but as long as they can beat Ghana, they have a good chance of advancing.

In the last round of the game against the South Korean team, Ghana's defense exposed many problems, especially how to deal with the impact of high center forwards.

At this point, Cavani and Nunes will be the key to Uruguay's victory.

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