China News Service Kazan, June 27th. The World Cup "defending champion curse" still failed to be lifted on Germany. In the last round of Group F matches on the 27th, the German team lost 0:2 to South Korea, and finally the German team was eliminated in the group with 1 win and 2 losses, creating the worst record in the history of World Cup participation.
So far, since the 21st century, France, Italy, Spain and Germany have been eliminated in the five World Cups, and this is also the three consecutive World Cup defending champions.
Gomez sat on the court. China News Agency reporter Tian Bochuan
In the history of World Cup participation, Germany has not been eliminated in the first round of the World Cup group stage; Germany has not yet defeated the Asian team five times, and has defeated its opponents in both previous two matches with South Korea.
For the two teams, the last round of this World Cup is a life-and-death battle. After two rounds, the situation in Group F is the most chaotic: Mexico has 6 points, temporarily ranked first in the group, Germany and Sweden have 3 points, South Korea, which has lost two consecutive games, has 0 points, and four teams have the possibility of advancing or being eliminated. After the start of the game, the two sides quickly started a competition, and the German team gradually took control of the situation and launched an offensive in the midfield and frontcourt. In the 18th minute, the Korean team got the free kick in the frontcourt chance. Zheng Yourong took the penalty and directly shot with a heavy free kick. German goalkeeper Neuer saved the ball and lost his hand. Sun Xingmin quickly inserted into the door to cover the ball, but Neuer took the lead and broke the bottom line.
After the 24th minute, the South Korean team made a cross, and Sun Xingmin grabbed the second landing point in the penalty area, and volleyed with a strong kick and volleyed , and the football went out of the goal frame. In the 39th minute, the German team took a corner kick. After touching the ball several times in the penalty area, Hummels scored the ball and turned around and shot, but it was resolved by the Korean goalkeeper.
At the end of the first half, both sides ended 0:0. Looking at the first half, the German team took the initiative in the scene and created shooting opportunities many times, but missed the opportunity. On the other hand, the South Korean team, although the scene was passive, the counterattack was extremely threatening. The German team's goal was in danger many times, but at the same time, the South Korean team also made more fouls.
Change sides in the second half and then fight again. In the 48th minute, the German team created an excellent opportunity in front of the goal. Kimmisi made a cross from the right, and Grezka headed the ball, but the shot was straight, and was saved by the Korean goalkeeper Zhao Xianyou . This is the best opportunity the German team got in this game. In another arena, Sweden scored a goal ahead of Mexico and would be eliminated if Germany could not win.
Then the German team made substitution adjustments to further strengthen the offense. The German team hit the whole line and created opportunities in the South Korean team's penalty area many times, but the defense line exposed many gaps. The South Korean team counterattacked many times to create excellent opportunities, but also did not score.
injury stoppage time, the South Korean team got an excellent opportunity, Kim Young-kwon scored in the chaos army. The referee initially made an offside penalty first, but after VAR, it was confirmed that the German team made a mistake in the penalty area, and the South Korean team's offense was effective, and the South Korean team led 1:0.
In the 96th minute, German goalkeeper Neuer pressed to the frontcourt to attack but caused a loophole in the defense. Sun Xingmin scored the ball into the empty goal in the counterattack, rewriting the score to 2:0.
In this life-and-death battle between Group F, the German team finally lost to the South Korean team 0:2. In another game in the same group, Sweden defeated Mexico 3-0, so the Swedish team and Mexico qualified as first and second in the group respectively, and advanced to the top 16.
Although he defeated the German team for the first time in World Cup history, the South Korean team still missed the third place in the group. Kim Young-kwon, who scored the first goal for the South Korean team, said in tears after the game that the South Korean team really made a lot of preparations for this game and made a very detailed plan. All the players did not give up, and their efforts have paid off now.
F group top Sweden will play against the second place in Group E on July 3, while the second place Mexico will play against the first place in Group E on July 2. (End)
