Spain are in Group H with Ukraine, Tunisia and China and have a good chance of qualifying.

In Spain, Spanish coach Aragonés told reporters: "What really worries me is France, Switzerland and further afield Brazil in the knockout stages. It's an easy group and Spain and Ukraine will undoubtedly qualify. ”

"Group 8 started at the end and it was very beneficial for us to be more prepared, both physically and mentally, but of course it wasn't the deciding factor. In general I am happy with the results of the draw, for Tunisia and China, they are running out of options. ”

Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres said: "In theory, we had an easy group stage. But we've always been 'in the gutter' in the past, so we can't take it too lightly and think we're out of the group right now. I hope we can learn the lessons of the past. ”

Spain winger Vicente said: "We were lucky in the draw and I'm very happy with the result. We needed a lot of patience to get to the final stage and now it doesn't look like the group stage will be too difficult. ”

Joaquín, the other winger, believes Spain have no problem qualifying from the group. "We really shouldn't be afraid of any team," he said. We should be able to beat all the opponents in this group. ”

The Spanish team is believed to have been drawn. The comments of the Spanish newspaper "As" are the most representative. After learning the results of the draw, the newspaper "As" predicted almost without hesitation: Spain will meet Brazil in the quarterfinals. It also shows the confidence in Spain for the national team.

Looking at the opponents in this group, Spain's path to qualification will be relatively smooth. Even if Raul and Xavi don't return from injury, the group stage will still not be a problem for Spain. The physicality of the Western European teams and the European Latin style of play allow them to face every opponent in the group in any way. If the mistakes of the 98 World Cup are not repeated, then Spain's road to qualification will be smooth.

Shevchenko's Ukraine are also a very strong team, and their tough play has forced them to qualify ahead of new European champions Greece and World Cup runners-up Turkey. But their biggest problem is the experience of the tournament, and a record of never making it to the World Cup or the European Championship could be a hindrance for them to qualify. If they can get a point from Spain, or show their toughness against similar Tunisia and China, then the new forces in Eastern Europe are still very promising.

"Obviously, we have to beat China, the weakest team in the group, and then at least draw against Tunisia, so that we have a good chance of progressing to the round of 16," Shevchenko said in his outlook for the group stage. ”

Tunisia have participated three times, but Tunisia have yet to make a breakthrough at the World Cup. Their technique is delicate and somewhat tough, and the country has also spared no expense to bring in French coach Le Maire to coach. Can Le Maire, who led France to the European Championship, lead Tunisia to make history?

Coach Le Maire also said objectively: "In this group, we must do our best to appear, and the first round against China is a good opportunity for us to get all three points......

In the eyes of other opponents, the Chinese team that appeared last in the round of 32 is a fish on the chopping board, and they have to score all three points on the Chinese team, as long as they get three points on the Chinese team, they have a great hope of reaching the knockout round.

But there is no doubt that from the standpoint of the Chinese team, the Chinese team will score points against Ukraine and Tunisia......

Spain's words, the Chinese team can't imagine that although Spain was by South Korea in the 02 World Cup, but how many shady scenes there are, everyone knows that the game is not match-fixing, but a black whistle......

The Chinese team has perhaps the best schedule of all the participating teams in the World Cup. China's first opponent is Tunisia, for China, Tunisia is also the weakest opponent in the group, facing Tunisia, which is similar to Saudi Arabia's style, China also intends to eat the opponent and then get the three points.

Then in the second round against Ukraine, it was a tie and a win......

In the end, face Spain, then leave it to fate.

In fact, it was really similar to the 02 World Cup, when the plan was to win Costa Rica, and then win with Turkey to draw and lose less against Brazil......

People have dreams, otherwise what's the difference between them and a salted fish......

The dream of 2002 proved to be a fantasy, but it did not stop the dream of 2006 from continuing.

Chinese fans quickly compared the two national teams in 2001 and 2005, and the result was very sad to find that the national team in 2001 may be stronger, and the only position stronger than in 01 should be the forward line, because there is Dong Fangzhuo on the front line.

Having a strong striker means that there is hope of scoring, which is perhaps the biggest expectation of Chinese fans for 2006.

And, on the whole, although this national team is not as good as before, there are still eight months left for the Chinese team to prepare, and after eight months, who knows what will happen?

And in the ongoing East Asian Games, the performance of Chinese players also made Chinese fans feel excited.

Because the national team with Chen Tao, Zhao Xuri and Mao Jianqing as the core actually won the championship of the East Asian Games, which undoubtedly injected greater confidence into the fans and the team, not to mention, Dong Fangzhuo has not yet participated!

anyway

When Giggs is still working tirelessly for his original choice and has no regrets for his original choice;

When Samuel Eto'o could only hope for the European Championship to win the top trophy;

When Martins had no choice but to do a somersault in the Apennines;

When Okocha could only live like a juggling flower on the Premier League field; When Diouf lamented that he could not appear in the World Cup in the dark at the club... ……

Dong Fangzhuo laughed out loud to be able to show himself in the World Cup, and most of his national youth team partners will also participate in the World Cup in Germany with him. For Chinese football, it can't be more perfect.

Entering the World Cup finals for two consecutive years, Dong Fangzhuo is the person who laughs the most, because Chinese football can still appear in the World Cup when it is about to enter a dark period, so in an interview with the English media, he is full of pride:

"The whole world doesn't look down on us, and the group opponents look down on us, and that's true, because we haven't got the results yet. But if you want to say that we travel there, you are very wrong. Only after the game is played can you know that although the Chinese team is weak, it is not trampled upon. We'll see you on June 14th next summer. ”