One phenomenon worth paying attention to in this World Cup is that the seemingly average fish-belly team will completely change your perception in three days.
The fifth place, of course, is Australia, losing 1:4 to France in the first game, changing faces in the second game, 1-0 Nick Tunisia, currently second in Group D with 3 points, and playing Denmark in the final round to reach the round of 16.
The fourth place, Iran, lost 2:6 to the Three Lions England team in the first game, and it seems that he can't play very well, but the second game played Wales, played 90 minutes, scored two goals before the end, beat Wales 2:0, ranked second in the group with 3 points, and played the United States in the final round, drawing to reach the round of 16.
The third place, Saudi Arabia, who would have thought that the Saudi team could trample the championship favorites Argentina under their feet, but it is such a second-tier team in Asia that has pulled Argentina, which has superstars such as Messi and Di Maria, down, and still reversed the victory. Although they lost to Poland in the second round, they won the Mexican team in the final round to reach the last 16.
The second place, Costa Rica, swallowed seven bullets in the first round, lost to Spain, this round against Japan, presumably few people think that the brother team can win Japan, but in the match with Japan that just ended, Costa Rica scored the winning goal in the first ten minutes of the final game, won the morale of the Japanese team, the points were also tied with Japan, and the last round played Germany, still retaining half of the qualifying chance.
The first one, Canada, is this team, who played Belgium in the first round, dominated the game, and if it were not for the bad luck of the last kick before the penalty, Belgium would have lost at the feet of this new team. In this round of Croatia, Canada must learn the lesson of the previous round of inscore, win the runner-up of the last round, and first show the biggest dark horse of this World Cup. Three points are scored in this round, and Morocco is beaten in the final round to advance to the round of 16.
Of course, Japan's comeback to win the 2014 world championship Germany gave the Japanese hope for the future, and playing Costa Rica in this round was, in their view, abuse. Who would have thought that losing by 1 goal is a typical example of seemingly tough, but in fact. Facing Spain in the final round, it seems that Japan has only three or four days left to go home.
Of course, it has to be mentioned that the only team that can be called fishbelly in this cup is the host, who has lost both games and rested early. I hope that in the final round of playing the Netherlands, Qatar can play in style, play at a level, pull the Netherlands forward, and justify the host.
