[ad_1]
Anxiety and expectation for the 2018 World Cup were excellent on the eve of the tournament. The novelty of the video referee, a host country with a very special culture, investment in stadiums never seen in history, the opportunity of hexa in Brazil, Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Salah, Kane, Suarez, Mbappe, the Belgian squadron …
But just as the clock seems to work with a good football game, the World Cup is also in drop, without many fans noticing. In 15 days of matches, the first phase, the group stage, where the 32 teams each made three matches
between the emotions, perceived mainly in front of the choros of the Iranians and the Germans and the Panamanian Party, to the controversies and Curiosity to the novelty of the use of technology in the aid to arbitration, the Glbad of the World of Russia has lived a remarkable period and will be recorded in the history of football [19659002] Therefore, Gazeta Esportiva brings here a balance of what was the first phase, these first 15 days of the main competition between nations that involves the most popular sport on the planet.
with 32 participating teams. From now on, turn 16, only 16 are still alive. The other half are already each in their homeland.
Of the 14 European teams, 10 have survived. Of the South Americans, four stayed and only one returned home. Unlike Asia, she also took five representatives and saw four en route. Of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, only three of them have left Russia. The worst performance was for the Africans, who eliminated their five eliminations before the playoffs.
Scorers
Nobody has scored more goals than Harry Kane up here. The Englishman has shaken the net five times, one more than the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Belgian Lukaku. The Russian Cheryshev and the Brazilian of Spanish origin Diego Costa have left their mark three times. With two goals, the list of players is excellent and the shirt 11 of the Brazilian national team, Philippe Coutinho, is a highlight.
Penalties / VAR
The World Cup in Russia will forever mark a pioneer in the use of technology for interpretive throwing.
The aid to arbitration that does not even arouse controversy and that is 100% effective refers to the doubt launched on the goal line. On at least three occasions of this first phase the judge was saved by the clock that he warns him when is goal or not. This technology, however, is not new, since it has been used in Brazil for four years.
On the other hand, the VAR (video referee), that yes, was tested for the first time in a World Cup this year.
Until then, the Cup with the highest number of penalties was scored by Japan and South Korea in 2002, when the referees scored the lime mark 15 times. In Russia, only 24 penalties have already been scored in the first round, nine of which are directly influenced by the VAR.
The VAR and field monitor also served to the referees to override the penalties, correct the handicap mistakes,
Goals
The 48 confrontations of the first phase of the Cup World averaged in the first round of the World Cup, from 45,394 fans to now have played 122 goals, with 2.5 goals scored on this match. Of the nine draws so far, there has been only a 0-0 draw between France and Denmark.
And if it's the VAR penalty shoot-out, it's also been the Scorer's Cup in total. In no other period of games in Russia scored as many goals as the 45 minutes of the last stage. In all, they were 32 goals scored after regulation time.
Still on the ball in the net, 88 goals came after the finalizations of the inside of the box. Only 10 were scored outside the box and six in fouls, plus 18 goals from the penalty shootout.
The best attack of the World Cup is Belgium, with nine goals scored. The most elusive defense was that of Panama, which took 11 goals in three challenges. The Belgians also appear alongside Uruguay and Croatia as selections having obtained a 100% advantage in the first round (nine points: three matches and three wins).
The "price" of the worst attack is much more disputed. No less than 13 teams bid farewell to Russia with only two goals scored. They are: Germany, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Iran, Australia, Morocco, Panama, Peru, Poland and Serbia.
Brazilian Selection
After drawing 1-1 against Switzerland and defeating Costa Rica and Serbia by the same score: 2-0, Tite's team has scored seven points and won first place in Group E ahead of Switzerland. (19659002) Philippe Coutinho was "the face" of the national team five times in this first phase. In the Brazilian cast, no one made two goals like him or hit more pbades than the shirt 11. There were 188 hits sure to the teammates.
Neymar, so criticized and questioned for what he did on the pitch, is the player who missed the most pbades in the Brazilian national team: 19. Shirt 10, author [19659002AbadpectedtheplaymakerofParisSaint-GermainistheBrazilianplayerwiththemostmistakes:17anaverageof56pergoalOntheotherhandnoonehasmademoremistakesthanMirandainthegreenandyellowgroupThedefensivesystemofTiteprovesitsharmonywiththedrawbetweenMirandaCasemiroandFagner
In terms of some disarmament, Tite's defensive system proves its harmony with the link between Miranda, Casemiro and Fagner. The trio managed to intercept, each, six games of the rivals in an efficient manner for the team.
Curiosities
They were only 15 games, but already enough for a series of curious and striking events
It is in Russia that the Egyptian El Hadary became the oldest player to enter the field at a World Cup. The goalkeeper broke the record in a 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia but defended a penalty in the same match at age 45, five months and 10 days.
It is also on Russian territory that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have failed penalties. Both stopped in the defenses of the goalkeepers. Argentina was wrong against Iceland and the Portuguese were disappointed against Iran In both cases, the VAR was decisive to score the penalty. The restriction was that Cristino Ronaldo had one more opportunity than his main competitor because he also had the chance to beat Spain when he did not hesitate and sent the ball into the net.
Speaking of the shooter's failure, Poland, after an incredible campaign in the European Qualifiers, was kicked out of the World Cup without a single goal from Robert Lewandowski, who scored 16 goals in the campaign. qualifying for the World Cup.
Lewandowski drought is shared by Gabriel Jesus The difference is that the Brazil 9 jersey will still have a chance to finish his fast in this World Cup. Even so, pbading the first zero phase represents an unpublished mark for a center-forward of the Brazilian national team in the modern era of Cups. Since 1966, Brazil has not seen its benchmark in the attack get empty in the group stage.
Group stage that traumatized the Germans. The 2014 World Cup win, with a memorable 7-1 title on the hosts, was temporarily forgotten with a vexatious and unprecedented elimination of champions four times before the knockout stages.
The counterpoint of the German tragedy is seen in Belgium. The hosts of the best attack of the World Cup, the Belgians reached a 100% advantage in the first round with a 1-0 win against England which earned them more than three points.
Ranking among the top 16 in Russia may have been an easy task for teams like Belgium, but not all of them enjoyed the same peace of mind. . Japan and Senegal, for example, experienced moments of distress until the last lap of the third round. In the end, Asians ended up guaranteeing a place for Africans because of discipline. With such similar campaigns, the criterion of yellow cards was what determined the Japanese clbadification
Gazeta Esportiva
[ad_2]
Source link
