Football King Bale

The 80,000 home team fans cheered. This penalty is really timely and critical for Wales!

As long as this penalty is scored, Wales will not only be able to break the deadlock, but also gain a numerical advantage, and it will be relatively safe to win this game.

And as long as this game is won, not only can Switzerland, a powerful competitor, be eliminated, but also Wales can take the lead in the competition with Montenegro.

After all, Montenegro's opponents in the last two games are the mighty England and Switzerland!

"The Swiss players are very dissatisfied. They are chasing the referee for an explanation. Obviously, they all think that the red card is okay, but the penalty kick is a bit unfair. Their foul just now should have been outside the penalty area. It was a free kick, not a penalty. But the referee's attitude was very firm, pointing to his own eyes to show that he saw very clearly."

"Indeed, he was chasing behind Bell and Ziegler all the way just now. It can only be said that Bell's speed is too fast. Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay. Just now, Bell threw away Behrami from the start. Ramsey's overhead kick was beautiful, and he cooperated very well with Bell. Bell's speed did not slow down after catching up with the ball. When facing Ziegler, he used a pendulum to pass by. There is also a noticeable sudden acceleration after Ziegler..."

"Looking at the foul this time again, Ziegler was obviously furious, and the flying shovel with his feet off the ground and the soles of his shoes behind him, the red card was not negotiable. And when he got the shovel, Bell had already stepped into the penalty area, it was indeed a point Ball, no doubts."

"Bell's speed is indeed fast, and the pendulum is also very exciting, just like Ronaldo himself used it. He can accelerate after passing. This really puts huge pressure on the defensive players."

"A red card plus a penalty kick will be a key penalty to change the situation on the court."

"Let's see who will take this penalty."

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While the commentator was talking about the game, the big screen in the stadium kept replaying the slow motion of Ziegler's foul just now, and the radio kept cheering Bell's outstanding performance, and the audience in the stands Welsh fans can't wait to enter the carnival.

A red card plus a penalty kick has basically determined Wales' victory.

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The referee finally dealt with the Swiss players and made them understand that this penalty cannot be changed.

Both sides gathered outside the penalty area of ​​the Swiss team, waiting for the imminent penalty.

There is no doubt that the penalty will be taken by Bale himself. He easily fooled the Swiss goalkeeper Benaoli and sent the penalty into the Swiss net.

1:0!

In the 60th minute of the game, after Bell himself made a penalty through a breakthrough, he personally took the penalty and made a penalty to help Wales take the lead.

Ziegler's foul has indeed become a turning point in the game.

The strength of Switzerland is indeed stronger than that of Wales, but it is not an essential gap. After losing one person, the strength gap between the two sides has been smoothed out, or Wales has already taken a certain advantage.

What's more, Wales is still playing at home.

Amidst the cheers of 80,000 fans at home, Wales continued to attack in the ensuing game, and Switzerland was completely suppressed.

Moreover, in the 72nd minute of the game, Bell once again scored the second goal of the game through a single chance obtained after a breakthrough.

Subsequently, both sides failed to continue to score goals, Wales defeated Switzerland 2:0, making it completely lost the chance of promotion.

In another game in Group G, England drew Montenegro 2:2 away.

As a result, with only the last round of the game left, Wales led Montenegro by 4 points, and Montenegro also lost the chance to compete with Wales for second place.

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A victory for Wales at home and a draw away for England made the Group G game easy but not easy.

To put it simply, it was because the third and fourth teams in the group could no longer threaten the positions of the first two teams. Not only was it impossible to advance, they even couldn't compete for the qualification for the play-offs.

It is not easy to say, because England has not locked in the first place in the group and won the qualification.

Currently, the situation in Group G is as follows:

England has 4 wins and 4 draws, scoring 17 goals and conceding 7 goals, with a goal difference of 10 and ranking first in the group with 16 points;

Wales has 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, scored 11 goals and conceded 10 goals, and scored 1 goal difference, ranking second in the group with 13 points;

Montenegro has 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, scored 7 goals and conceded 7 goals, scored 0 goal difference, and ranked third in the group with 9 points;

Switzerland has 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, scored 10 goals and conceded 10 goals, scored 0 goals, and ranked fourth in the group with 8 points;

Bulgaria has 2 draws and 5 losses, scored 3 goals and conceded 14 goals. The goal difference was -11. With 2 points, they ranked 5th in the group.

Although England is 3 points ahead of Wales and ranks first in the group, but because their 8 games have been played, and Wales has one game left, this makes it possible for Wales to overtake England and rise to the first place in the group in theory. So England has not yet won the right to qualify.

However, this possibility is only a theoretical possibility, because in addition to leading by 3 points, England also has an advantage of 9 goal difference. If Wales wants to overtake England and advance directly as the No. 1 group, they need to beat Bulgaria by more than 9 goals in the last game!

If it is possible for Wales to beat pocket countries such as Luxembourg and Andorra by more than 9 goals, it is impossible to win Bulgaria by more than 9 goals.

In any case, it is impossible for Bulgaria to have a near-double-digit fiasco to promote the Welsh group to qualify directly.

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In fact, this is also the case. In the final round of the group match where Wales visited Bulgaria four days later, Bulgaria did not have any intention of giving up at home, but went all out to play against Wales.

But Wales' strength is even better after all. In the end, with Bell's goal, they beat Bulgaria 1-0 and reached 16 points.

Although the points are equal to England, the goal difference between the two sides has a huge gap of 8 points, and Wales can only rank second in the group.

In this way, if Wales wants to enter the European Cup next year, it needs to beat the second place in another group in the play-offs.

The game between Wales and Bulgaria was considered a relatively late game, and not long after, all the groups ended the qualifiers.

In the end, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Greece, England, Denmark and Spain ranked first in the nine groups and won the right to qualify directly. In addition, Sweden in Group E became the second best group with 8 wins and 2 losses, and also won the right to qualify directly.

In fact, such a qualifying rule is not fair to the three groups with only 5 teams behind, because it means that they lost 2 rounds of games, and basically it is impossible to compete with the other six groups for the second place. Good group second.

But considerable facts doom this unfairness, because UEFA now has 55 member countries, and Poland and Ukraine have become the hosts. After directly qualifying, the remaining 53 countries are grouped in this way. .

In any case, the second place in the next three groups still has a chance to compete for the remaining four qualifications through the play-offs, doesn't it? Some high-scoring groups in the first six groups came third, and they felt that they were the real unfairness. Armenia, the third in Group B, scored 17 points, and Hungary, the third in Group E, scored 19 points. They all scored higher points than Wales, but they didn't even qualify for the play-offs. Where is the reasoning?

Similar situations include Israel, third in Group F, who scored 16 points, and Norway, third in Group H, who also scored 16 points. Their goals or goal difference surpassed Wales, but because they ranked third in the group, they did not even qualify for the play-offs.

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Two days later, Bell had just returned to Manchester and joined the team to prepare for the weekend's Premier League. The draw for the play-offs of the European Cup qualifiers also came to fruition.

Wales and the Czech Republic were drawn together in the second-placed draw for eight groups of Turkey, Ireland, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Wales, Portugal and the Czech Republic. The other three groups of opponents are Bosnia and Herzegovina against Portugal, Turkey against Croatia, and Estonia against Ireland.

This signing is not a good one for Wales, because their opponent, the Czech Republic, is not easy to deal with. Although in terms of the current world rankings, Wales, which ranks 37th in the world, is 10 places higher than the Czech Republic, which is ranked 47th in the world, but the Czech Republic, which has well-known stars such as Petr Cech, Rosicky, and Baros, is no worse than Wales in terms of real strength. , and even stronger.

However, this grouping is not unacceptable for Wales. After all, compared to Portugal, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the three top 20 teams in the world, it is already a good result against the Czech Republic.

Both play-offs will be played on the next international break, in mid-November. Wales' schedule is first away and then home, which is more favorable; the first game will be played on the evening of November 11, and the second round will be on the evening of November 15 four days later.

Therefore, the next international match day is really a battle of life and death for Wales!

Of course, with the complete end of the qualifying group stage, the scorer list of the qualifying stage has also been locked. Bell scored 9 goals in 8 group matches, and his performance was excellent, but [UU Reading 00ks] missed the top scorer, because Huntelaar of the Dutch team was even more popular, and he scored 12 goals in the qualifying stage. A goal, topping the scorer list. Bell, who scored 9 goals, can only be tied for second place in the scorer list with Klose. Then there are Spanish striker Villa and Finnish striker Forsaier who scored 7 goals.