The Paper's reporter Hu Jie
The Italian players were frustrated after the game.
For ST European Championship champions Italy, the nightmare seems to be back.
In the early morning of the 16th, Italy drew 0-0 with Ireland, while Switzerland defeated Bulgaria 4-0, And Italy was overtaken by Switzerland in the last minute, ranking second in the group and did not have the opportunity to directly qualify for the World Cup.
So far, the last two European Champions Portugal and Italy, all failed to reach the World Cup, they had to participate in the 12-in-3 hell mode play-off.
Faced with a draw, Mancini was helpless.
Italy did not qualify directly for the World Cup
In the early morning of the 16th, the 2022 World Cup European Qualifier Group C, Italy played away to Northern Ireland. Both teams fought hard for 90 minutes without scoring, and eventually drew 0-0.
In the final group stage of Group C, Switzerland defeated Bulgaria 4-0, surpassing Italy in the standings to 1st place, directly obtaining the ticket to the Qatar World Cup, and Italy, which slipped to 2nd place in the group, will continue to compete for World Cup qualification through play-offs.
Italy will play the play-offs in two consecutive World Preliminary Tournaments – after the 2017 World Preliminary Tournament play-offs, Italy lost 0-1 on aggregate to Sweden in two legs, and missed the World Cup again after a gap of 60 years.
After the match, Italy coach Mancini was interviewed by the media RAI Sport: "We can't do anything now, but there are play-offs next March and we will try to do our best." Even though we had the ball in control in this game and took the initiative, it was difficult for us to score goals because all the players in Northern Ireland were on the defensive and it was difficult for us to beat a team like that. ”
The Swiss team celebrates direct promotion to the World Cup.
At the same time, Poland also lost 2-1 to Hungary in the case of a round break in Levan, and participated in the play-offs as the second in the group. 10 places have been identified for the 12 places in the World Preliminary Play-offs, namely Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Scotland, Russia, North Macedonia, Wales, Austria and the Czech Republic.
There are many Candidates for the Ballon d'Or for the World Preliminary Play-offs, namely C Ronaldo, B Fee and Ruben Díaz of Portugal, Jorginho, Chiellini, Bonucci, Donnarumma, Barrera and Levan of Poland.
England 10-0 San Marino.
England won 10 goals to qualify for the World Cup
In the early morning of the 16th, the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in the European Zone Group I played the last round of a match, England away to San Marino. England won 10-0, Kane staged a senior year, and finally England advanced to next year's World Cup with 26 points.
Kane scored four goals in this game and contributed 10 goals and 1 assist in 6 appearances for the national team this season, while in the Premier League he only scored 1 goal and 1 assist in 10 games, all of which came in the 3-2 win over Newcastle.
After playing out the senior season, Kane has scored 48 goals in England, equaling Reinker's England goals, and only Bobby Charlton (49 goals) and Rooney (51 goals) are ahead of him, and it may only be a matter of time before Kane becomes the most goals scored in England's history.
Kane collected match balls after the game.
Kane said after the game: "Fantastic. It's the last game of the World Cup and everybody thinks we can win tonight, and we're doing a good job and it's great to qualify. ”
With England and Switzerland qualifying, the 2022 World Cup Round of 32 has already secured 11 spots. In addition to the hosts Qatar and South American solitary Brazil, the other nine teams are from Europe.
The nine teams that qualified were England, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, France, Croatia, Spain and Serbia.
The most suspenseful at the moment is the Netherlands, they will play against Norway on the 17th, if they draw, they can qualify, but if they lose, they may be directly reduced to the third place in the group.
Yang Junjing.
Yang Junjing retired, and the London Olympic 12 will bid farewell to the stadium
After Yan Ni, Yang Junjing, another deputy attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team, announced her farewell to the volleyball arena. On November 15, Beijing time, former Chinese women's volleyball player Yang Junjing announced the end of her 20-year volleyball career in a personal social media post.
Yang Junjing posted a photo of her memories on social media and wrote in an enclosed article: "2001.11.15-2021.11.15, a full 20 years! Even if you don't give up, you will eventually say goodbye, be grateful for everything, and be grateful for meeting! ”
With the official retirement of Yang Junjing, the 12 athletes of the Chinese women's volleyball team competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games have bid farewell to the stadium.
In the development process of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the London cycle is a special period. After the glory of the "golden generation", the women's volleyball team entered a turbulent period that has never been seen since its rise from 2009 to 2012.
Lost to Thailand at the 2009 Asian Championships; the worst record of three tournaments in 36 years at the 2010 World Championships; japan lost to Japan in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Olympic Games; and lost to Thailand in the 2012 Asian Cup to defend the title... The Chinese women's volleyball team left a series of embarrassing records during this period.
After losing the London Olympics in 2012, Yang Junjing cried and told the media: "For other veterans, this may be their last Olympic Games." But when she was young, she suffered a cruciate ligament rupture during the Rio Olympic cycle and eventually missed the Olympics.
As age and injuries increased, the 12 London Olympic generals also retired. After Zeng Chunlei bid farewell to the field for personal reasons last year, none of the 12 people played in the national team anymore; after this year's National Games, with the retirement of Zhang Lei and Yang Junjing, the Chinese women's volleyball players who competed in the London Olympic Games have left the stadium.
Although the main attacker Wang Yimei has not yet officially announced her retirement, she has not appeared on the court in the past two years, and the possibility of wearing another jersey is minimal.
Curry led the Warriors to lead the league with 11 wins and 2 losses.
Durant and Curry were elected The Best of the Week in The East and West
On November 16, the NBA officially announced that with the outstanding performances of the past week, The Brooklyn Nets' Durant and Golden State Warriors Curry were named the Player of the Week of the Week in the East-West League.
This is Curry's second choice of Weekly Best of the Week this season, and he is also the first player of the season to be selected multiple times as a Week's Best player.
Named Best of the Week for the 18th time in his career, Curry led the Warriors to a 3-1 loss in the past week, averaging a league-high 34.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 2.25 steals. The Warriors currently lead the league with 11 wins and 2 losses, and they are the only team to score more than 100 points in every game.
Durant is the 28th career winner of the week and the second time as a Nets player. Durant has led the team 3-1 in the past week, averaging 32.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and he has 62.9 percent shooting, 52.6 percent three-point shooting and 91.2 percent free throw shooting.
The 28-time selection of best of the week put Durant in third place all-time, behind James (64) and Bryant (33).
Durant won the best of the week for the 28th time.
The Japanese men's basketball team announced a 24-man roster, but Hachimura Watanabe was not selected
On the evening of the 15th, the Japanese men's basketball team officially announced the training list of the first window of the World Preliminary Tournament. The list includes a total of 24 players, including 3 players including Yamura, who plays for the Japanese men's basketball team in overseas leagues, and is not included in the list.
The specific 24-man roster for the Japanese team is: Kosuke Takeuchi, Takatoshi Furukawa, Ryuichi Kishimoto, Shin Hieshima, Aqui-Chambers, Luke Evans, Yuma Fujii, Yutaro Suda, Tenjō Shōgun, Masaaki Morikawa, Kengo Nomoto, Isaaki Tomiken, Bundorame Reisu, Shuta Hara, Shuto Ando, Takumi Saito, Yoshita Imamura, Matthew Aquino, Elit Tonyo, Zak Muir, Ryo Terajima, Yukiki Sheaver, Yudai Okada, and Yudai Nishida.
The average height of the members of this training list is 1.9 meters, the average age is 27.7 years old, and the 12 players who will officially participate in the final competition will be selected through this list optimization. This means that the Japanese team's "overseas trio" Hachimura, Yuta Watanabe, and Yudai Baba will not participate in this competition.
In the first window of the World Preliminary Tournament, the Japanese team will sit at home and play against the Chinese men's basketball team twice. The specific competition time is 11:05 Beijing time on November 27 and 17:35 on November 28.
In the 2023 Men's Basketball World Preliminary Tournament in Asia Pacific, Japan is divided into Group B with China, Australia and Chinese Taipei. However, as the host of this men's basketball World Cup, the Japanese team has advanced to the round of 32 in advance.
Shen Zijie.
Shen Zijie shot 100% from the field and won the fourth week's best
On the 15th, the CBA announced the fourth week's best player, and Shen Zijie of the Shenzhen men's basketball team won the award. In the three rounds of the fourth week, Shen Zijie averaged 17.7 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game.
In addition, Shen Zijie shot 100% in 3 games. In addition to last week, Shen Zijie has shot 100% in four consecutive games.
The Shenzhen men's basketball team, with the help of Shen Zijie, also achieved a record of three wins last week - at present, the first round of the CBA regular season has ended, and the Shenzhen men's basketball team is currently ranked third with a record of 11 wins and 2 losses.
With his outstanding performance in the CBA League, Shen Zijie was selected into the Chinese men's basketball team training roster. However, in the last round of the match against Shanghai, Shen Zijie injured his neck, and when Shen Zijie arrived in Beilun to start training, Shen Zijie wore a neck guard to achieve better recovery.
Gong Lijiao opened a new round of training.
The Chinese athletics team started winter training and prepared for the Asian Games
On November 15, the official website of the Chinese Athletics Association released a number of training notices, covering jumping events, throwing events, middle running events, hurdles events, long-distance running marathon projects, etc., and some teams will officially start the first phase of winter training on November 18, preparing for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and the Eugene World Championships.
According to the schedule, in July 2022, the one-year postponed Athletics World Championships will be held in Eugene, USA, and the 2022 Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou next September, and the team members will soon enter a new competition time.
From November 18th to 29th, including Peng Jianhua, Tung Guojian, Yang Shaohui, Dobjie, Zhang Deshun, Li Zhixuan and other famous players, the team members will train at Beijing Sport University. From November 26 to December 18, some of the team members will be transferred to the Shanghai base to continue to concentrate on preparing for the battle.
As the best performer at the Tokyo Olympics, the training lineup for the throwing event was very luxurious. Among them, the shot put event is divided into 5 groups, the new Science Olympic champion Gong Lijiao in the Cong Yuzhen group, and the Sui Xinmei group, Li Meisu group and so on.
The javelin event, which also made a breakthrough in the Tokyo Olympic Games, is divided into Guo Qingxian group, foreign teacher group and Lv Gang group, and Olympic champion Liu Shiying and Liu Qizhen will train with coach Guo Qingxian.
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