Before the match against the Swiss team, Dugu Qiu defeated Espanyol was almost the representative of European football, but at the foot of the Swiss team, Spanish fans became worried about their team.

For Espanyol, the match against Honduras is a life-and-death battle. Win, continue to maintain the hope of qualifying in the group. If you lose, the new European Cup champion can only say goodbye to the World Cup in advance.

At 8:30 p.m. on the 21st, Spain ushered in a slight defeat to Honduras with a goal in the first round.

After the game started, Spain relied on its strong strength in the midfield and backcourt to attack Honduras. Unlike the slow pace of the first game, Spain's pace after the opening was very fast and strengthened the pressing in the midfield and frontcourt.

In the fourth minute, Capdvilla made a steal from the left in the frontcourt and returned, and Xavi shot hard on the edge of the penalty area.

Football is blocked by Honduran defender with legs

In the seventh minute, Alonso passed the ball from the left, and Villa shot with a strong shot from 25 meters away from the goal.

The football flew over the block of Honduras goalkeeper Valadales like a cannonball, and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal

Just as the Spanish fans were about to cheer, there was a loud bang, and the football hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.

Spain missed a good opportunity to score.

Under the fierce attack of the Spaniards, Honduras could only adopt a steady defense counterattack tactic and use long passes to create a chance to score.

In the 16th minute, Honduras made a long pass and counterattacked. Casillas attacked in time and confiscated the ball before Suazo. Casillas threw the ball to Pique, and Pique made a slight adjustment to a long pass.

Villa forced a breakthrough between Mendoza and Quevara after getting the ball from the left

Villa broke into the left side of the penalty area and stumbled past Chavez and shot ten meters away from the goal

Football enters the Internet

One to zero

Villa, who was called a Calabash by Chinese fans, helped Spain open its first record

After taking the lead with one goal, Spain continued to put pressure on the Honduras goal with its strong strength. After all, it is not safe to lead with one goal. However, Honduras has a tight defense and Espanyol failed to score another goal in the first half.

Just six minutes into the second half, Spain hit Honduras hard. Xavi quickly counterattacked and divided the ball on the right, Navas pretended to make a cross but passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Villa took the ball at the edge of the penalty area and shot with a strong shot.

Football plays central defender Chavez and changes direction

The change occurred, and Honduras goalkeeper Valadales could not adjust the center of gravity at all. He could only watch the football roll to the goal net

Two to zero

The Spanish win is in sight

In the 17th minute of the second half, Navas broke into the penalty area and tripped by Izagure

Beep

The referee blew the whistle without hesitation and pointed firmly at the penalty spot

Penalty

Villa held the football and walked towards the penalty spot, and he was about to perform a hat trick. After the referee whistle sounded, Huluwa ran towards the football

Smack

The football flew to the right side of the goal, Honduras goalkeeper Valadales made a mistake in his judgment, and he could only pray that God would stand on their side.

A miracle appears

The football missed the hat trick

However, this still cannot save the Honduras team. They eventually lost zero to two and completely lost hope of qualifying in the group.

With the victory of this game, Spain won the support of fans again and also won the opportunity to qualify in the group to the final decisive battle.

At this point, after the second round of the group, a total of six teams qualify early. Except for the teams that have been eliminated after losing two consecutive games, other teams will have a real life-and-death battle in the last round.

Win. Enter the knockout stage, lose. End the four-year World Cup journey ahead of schedule.

After the second round of the game, the third round will start immediately. To be fair, the two games of the last round of the game will begin at the same time.

At 4:00 p.m. local time on the 22nd, Uruguay played against Mexico at the Royal Bamberken Stadium in Rustenburg, and France played against the host South Africa at the Liberty Stadium in Bloemfontein.

Although France and South Africa ranked behind the group with one draw and one loss, theoretically, they still have the possibility of qualifying.

A scandal broke out before the game between France and the players stopped practicing. The initiator Anelka returned home early, which caused an uproar in public opinion. They once again replaced the England team and became the focus of the media.

Of course, the most advantageous ones are Uruguay and Mexico. They can both appear if they draw, but the coaches of both sides said before the game that they would not do this.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the competition at both venues began on time.

Uruguay and Mexico did not play tacitly, as their head coach said, and Mexico attacked Uruguay after the game started. Less than a minute into the game, Mexican defender Max shot a long shot in the hinterland, and the football missed the goal.

Uruguay missed an opportunity in the sixth minute, Ector Moreno made an interception mistake, Suarez's single-shot shot from the right side of the penalty area hit the left post and missed

Mexico almost scored in the 22nd minute, Guardado shot with his left foot thirty meters away from the goal

Football hits the crossbar

The two sides then fell into a tough battle. Just when people thought that the two sides would shake hands and make peace in the first half, the storm on the court suddenly changed when the first half was about to end.

In the 43rd minute, Uruguay launched an attack from the right, Cavani made a cross from the right, and Suarez, who was unguarded, headed the ball from the edge of the small penalty area.

Uruguay ended the first half with a score of 1-0.

The host South Africa attacked the French team amid the huge shouts of home fans. The Frenchman who had an internal strife was obviously not in shape. In the 20th minute of the first half, Chabala took a corner kick from the right, and Loris attacked but could not reach the ball. Kumaro leaped high from the back point and defeated Diabi and headed the ball four meters in front of the goal.

One to zero

France was hit again in the 25th minute, Gurkuf fought for the elbow to hit Sibaya's jaw in the penalty area, and Colombia referee Louis directly showed his red card

South Africa expanded its advantage in the 37th minute. Chabala made a cross from the left, Diabi made a mistake in the penalty area, Masilella made a strong cross from the left foot on the left side, and Mferra grabbed the left foot and shot was blocked by Klich, but he then pushed his right foot into the lower right corner

Two to zero

Zidane, sitting in the stands, had no expression on his face. This French team is no longer the French team he was when he was four years ago.

At the end of the first half, Uruguay led Mexico by one to zero. In the real-time standings, South Africa and Mexico scored four points, with the goal difference between the two being one and one, respectively. South Africa must strive for more goals in the second half, which may create miracles.

In the sixth minute of the second half, South Africa almost expanded the score. Chabala made a pass with his left foot at the top of the penalty area. Mferra successfully counterattacked and pushed the ball with his right foot from nine meters in front of the goal.

Football hits the right post and pops up the bottom line

Henry then replaced Cice and put on the captain's armband.

With Henry's appearance, the French team was no longer so passive, and the two sides were in a stalemate. At this moment, Mexico and Uruguay were still in a tough battle, and neither side could change the score.

The French team has not scored a goal in the first two games of this game. They don't want to return to France with this shameful record. The second half was 25 minutes. Sarnia assisted to the frontcourt and passed the straight with his left foot in the middle of the frontcourt. Ribery successfully counterattacked. He faced Josephs who attacked on the right side of the penalty area and Maluda pushed the empty goal with his right foot eight meters in front of the goal.

One to two

The French team finally ushered in their first goal in this World Cup, which they did not expect was their only goal in this Cup.

In the end, the French team lost one-to-two, with two losses and one draw. The last runner-up returned home in this way. Although Mexico lost to Uruguay by zero-to-one, they still defeated the host South Africa with the advantage of goal difference and entered the knockout round as the second in the group.
Chapter completed!