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Chapter 520 Chapter 518: Brazil and Portugal qualify together!
None of the champion and runner-up teams in the last year qualified. From another perspective, the competition in the World Cup is too fierce.

So besides Brazil, who can qualify in the group of death?
Portugal is in the best situation. They have scored seven goals against North Korea. As long as they don't lose to Brazil by a big margin, they will be able to qualify.

If the African elephant Côte d'Ivoire wants to qualify, in addition to defeating North Korea by a big score, it also needs to hope that Brazil will beat Portugal. Is this possible?
As long as Portugal draws with Brazil, it won't matter how many goals they win.

Drogba said to the media before the game: "Although we are not in our own hands, we will do everything we can to beat the North Korean team, because we have to be worthy of the fans who have always supported us.

In addition, we must always believe in miracles. Slovakia has proved that there are miracles in the World Cup! "

North Korean coach Kim Jong-hoon told reporters at the pre-match press conference: "Although we have no hope of qualifying, we will strive to give the great leader a victory!"

Due to the difference in strength and reputation, the match between Côte d'Ivoire and North Korea will certainly not receive as much attention as the match between Portugal and Brazil.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on the 25th, the two games were played at the Mbobela Stadium in Split and the Durban Stadium.

At the Durban Stadium, Portugal can qualify first in the group as long as they can beat Brazil, and Brazil can keep the first place in the group as long as they have a draw.

After the start of the game, the two teams fought fiercely in the midfield. In the 6th minute, Brazil won the battle in the midfield. Baptista, who replaced Kaka, passed the ball in the hinterland, and Daniel Alves volleyed from 25 meters in front of the goal!
The football flies towards the lower left corner of the goal!
In the blink of an eye, the football rubs against the goal post!

Cristiano Ronaldo was heavily marked by the Brazilian team. The Brazilian did not give him a chance to get the ball comfortably. It was not until the No. 15 minute of the first half that the Portuguese superstar got a chance to shoot.

Portuguese full-back Coentrao assisted, and suddenly a left-hander passed the ball before reaching the Brazilian penalty area, throwing away Maicon, and made a cross!
Cesar of Brazil made a decisive attack and saved the football!
Portuguese midfielder Thiago took two steps forward to control the football. Facing the frontal defense of the Brazilian defender, he knocked horizontally!
Ronaldo followed up in the middle and volleyed directly!
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva stretched out his right foot and blocked the football tenaciously, defusing Portugal's consecutive attacks this time.

In the ensuing game, the two teams once again fell into the midfield competition.

The Mbobela Stadium in Nesplite, Côte d'Ivoire sieged from the very beginning of the game by virtue of their superiority in strength.

Only 55 seconds into the game, Yaya Toure made a direct pass, and Keita broke into the penalty area and scored a single goal ten meters away from the goal!

Keita kicked a shot!
North Korean goalkeeper Li Mingguo bravely blocked the football with his legs, and then saved the football to the bottom line!

In the 3rd minute, Romaric passed the ball, and Boca took a long shot from the left and Li Mingguo easily got it again!
In the 9th minute, Romaric took a direct free kick 35 meters away from the goal and was confiscated by Li Mingguo!
After 1 minute, Côte d'Ivoire made a comeback, Drogba made a direct pass from the hinterland of North Korea, Gervinho broke into the penalty area and made a cross from the left, and the ball slipped past the goal!

No.11 minutes, Keita made a cross from the right, and Chelsea center Drogba scored with a header eight meters away from the goal!

Just as the Ivorians were about to cheer, the referee signaled that Drogba was offside and the goal was invalid.

Drogba was not discouraged, and encouraged each other with his teammates, they saw the hope of scoring goals.

Under the continuous and violent blow of the Ivorians, North Korea's back line had problems.

In the 14th minute of the first half, Boca made a pass from the left, and the unguarded Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure pushed a shot from the edge of the penalty area!
The football flies to the bottom right corner of the goal!

Li Mingguo made a brave save, but the angle of the ball was too tricky. The football flew past his fingertips and entered the net from the lower right corner of the goal!
One to zero!

The Ivorian leads by one goal!
After the game restarted, the Ivorian players became more motivated. They adopted an aggressive defense and quickly resolved the opponent's offensive.

In the No.20 minute of the first half, Côte d'Ivoire once again launched an attack from the left. Boca made a cross, and Drogba in the center stopped the ball beautifully and turned to get rid of the defense!
The Chelsea center turned and shot!
A white light shines!

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud noise of "Pong!...", the football hit the crossbar and bounced off the ground!

La Liga Sevilla midfielder Romaric headed into the empty goal from the edge of the small penalty area!
The ball is in!
Two to zero!
The Korean team is in danger of collapsing!
The Ivorian saw the possibility of a big victory!
However, the North Koreans did not break down as people imagined, and did not allow the Ivorian to score again in the rest of the first half!
Another turf, the Portuguese and the Brazilian ended the first half with a scoreless scoreline of [-]-[-].

Although neither side scored a goal, the scene was extremely hot. The referee took out seven yellow cards in the first half!
In addition to the fact that both sides wanted to compete for the first place in the group, such a hot scene was inseparable from a penalty from the referee.In the 204th minute of the first half, Portugal countered with a long pass from the backcourt to Ronaldo, and Juan blocked the ball with his left arm when he cleared with a header.

The Portuguese team asked the referee to give a red card, but the referee Arjundia only showed Juan a yellow card, and the yellow card warned Duda who had physical contact with him during the protest.

This penalty made the field full of gunpowder.

After a 15-minute intermission, the players returned to the field.

Côte d'Ivoire is obviously affected by the match between Portugal and Brazil. No matter how many goals they score, as long as Portugal remains unbeaten, they will still be eliminated.

Now they can only hope that Brazil can beat the Portuguese, and they must win by a big score.

The Portuguese have won [-] games unbeaten, and it is very unrealistic to want them to lose to Brazil by a big score.

This mentality obviously affected the state of the Ivorians, and they missed chances to score again and again.

In the No.307 minute of the second half, Côte d'Ivoire attacked from the left again, and Boca, who scored the first two goals, made a cross from the left!
Chelsea winger Kalou, who got rid of the defense, volleyed and scored eight meters from the goal!

Three to zero!
Côte d'Ivoire seals the victory!

However, at this moment the score of the other game is still zero to zero.

Durban Stadium, the Portuguese focused on the defensive center in the final stage of the game, and the Brazilian launched a fierce attack.

No.403 minutes of the second half, Daniel Alves made a cross from the right with his left foot, and Lucio's header from a small angle was confiscated by Eduardo!

In the No.405 minute of the second half, Daniel Alves shot from a small angle on the right and missed the near post!

In the first minute of stoppage time, Ramirez volleyed from 1 meters in front of the goal!
The football touches Bruno Alves' back and changes the line and hangs to the upper right corner, Eduardo flies and holds it out with one hand!

In the end, Brazil and Portugal scored a goalless draw, and the two teams joined hands to advance!
Although Côte d'Ivoire beat the North Korean team [-]-[-], they still could not escape the fate of being eliminated.

(End of this chapter)