2014 is the year of the World Cup, and this World Cup is being held in the football kingdom of Brazil, and as the host, Brazil is of course the favorite to win the championship.

The Netherlands are the defending champions and favourites to win the title, although no team has been able to defend their title since Brazil successfully defended it in 1964.

The closest to defending the title are Argentina, who reached the final again in 1990 after winning the title in 1986 under Maradona.

However, they were ultimately defeated at the foot of the German chariot led by Mateus.

This was followed by Brazil, who won the title in 1994 and reached the final again in 1998, only to be knocked out by Zinedine Zidane's France.

In the subsequent World Cup, no defending champion made it to the final, and there was no chance to defend the title.

Therefore, although the Netherlands are the favorites to win the championship, there are still many people who are not optimistic about them.

People trust data.

Another data shows that in which continent the World Cup is held, the probability of winning the championship in that continent is very high, coupled with the presence of Messi, Argentina is another big favorite.

Of course, South Africa's World Cup runner-up Spain, former world champions Italy, Germany, France and other teams are also favorites to win the championship.

World Sports made a prediction for the World Cup in Brazil: "Some people think that the Dutch team with Chen is strong and has the experience to win the championship, so the Netherlands is the biggest favorite, but many data show that this is a wrong judgment.

In the long history of the World Cup, no team has successfully defended the title except for Brazil. Secondly, the superstar who won the Champions League that year could not lead his team to the World Cup.

Thirdly, in tournaments held in the Americas, teams in the Americas have a better chance of winning the championship.

The numbers don't lie, and defending champions The Netherlands don't have a good chance of winning the title in Brazil! ”

There are many such analyses, and Chen Fan, who returned to the Dutch team, hit back at this point of view in a program: "Data does not deceive people, but data is also created by people." Since it was created by people, then we can go and break the laws of these data displays!

Also, even if all the data is not in favor of the Netherlands, what does it matter?

If people are bound to the existing cognition, then human civilization cannot develop, the essence of human beings is to constantly break the previous cognition, we have created a lot of history, rewrote a lot of records, and there is nothing to break one more record.

For example, since the Champions League was restructured, no one has been able to defend the title, and this so-called 'law' is called a 'curse'.

But Real Madrid broke this spell and achieved three consecutive titles!

This shows that anything can happen before the dust settles! ”

Chen Fan's words won the support of Dutch fans, who said that they would go to the scene to cheer for the Netherlands.

The thing about the prediction of winning the World Cup lasted until the final.

Chen Fan was the last player to return to the Dutch team, and before he returned, the Netherlands played two warm-up games, and the results were not very satisfactory, only winning two consecutive draws, which shows that the Dutch team's form is not optimal.

The major leagues have just ended, and many players are still in a period of fatigue, which has affected their form.

Instead of criticizing the Netherlands as they did two years ago, the Dutch media took a tolerant attitude towards the poor form of the Dutch team in the warm-up matches.

The media did not want to be criticized by the fans, before the 10 World Cup and the 12 European Championships, the Netherlands did not have a very good pre-game warm-up performance, and they were severely criticized.

However, the Dutch fought back with the champion.

The media that used to criticize the Dutch team ended up being laughed at by the Dutch fans.

On June 11, the Dutch delegation arrived in Brazil with five tons of material, and they officially embarked on the journey of the World Cup in Brazil and embarked on the road to defending the title.

What is the final result that awaits them?

Now no one knows.

The Netherlands were drawn to Group B, where they faced Spain, Chile and Australia.

Spain are certainly a formidable opponent, with Chile boasting a large number of players playing in Europe's top five leagues, and they have the quality to cause upsets, with Australia being the weakest.

Group B is not yet a group of death, Group D, which consists of Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, and Italy, and Group G, which consists of Germany, Portugal, Ghana, and the United States, is called the real group of death by the media.

At 5 p.m. on June 12, the opening match of the World Cup kicked off at the Corinthians Stadium in São Paulo!

The start of this match announced the official start of the World Cup in Brazil.

Brazil launched a fierce attack on Croatia amid the huge shouts of the home fans, and the tense atmosphere filled all corners of the stadium.

In the 11th minute of the first half, Croatia attacked, Olic rolled the ball from the left through Thiago Silva's crotch, Jelavic's left-footed push in front of the post was not on target, but Marcelo made a mistake and pushed his own door six meters in front of the goal!

The ball is in!

1 to 0!

Croatia open the scoring!

The first goal of the World Cup in Brazil was born, and no one expected that this would be an own goal!

It was the fifth-fastest own goal in World Cup history and the second own goal in World Cup history after Scotland Boyd scored his goal in 1998.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Oscar passed the football to Neymar after fighting two people in the front court, and Neymar fired a low shot with his left foot at the top of the penalty area!

Soccer ball drills into the bottom right corner of the goal!

One-to-one!

Brazil equalised!

The two sides went into the second half with a score of 1-1.

In the twenty-fourth minute of the second half, Brazil launched an attack from the right side, Oscar made a low cross, Fred in the penalty area stopped the ball and turned around, fell to the ground under the slight contact of Lovren's left hand, and Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura blew a penalty after a slight hesitation!

Neymar made it overnight, two to one!

Brazil reversed the score!

In the first minute of stoppage time, Brazil launched a quick counterattack after a successful steal in front, Oscar took the ball to break through the two-man bag, stabbed it 18 meters from the goal, and the football flew into the goal from the bottom left corner of the goal!

Three to one!

Brazil seal the win!

In the end, Brazil defeated Croatia, the third place in the '98 World Cup, 3-1, and got off to a good start, laying the foundation for qualifying from the group.

Oscar's performance was refreshing, and he was the most eye-catching Brazilian star on the pitch other than Neymar.

The opening match officially kicked off the World Cup, and at 1 p.m. the next day, the second match of Group A began, with Mexico facing Cameroon, known as the "African Lions".

Neither side was successful in the first half, but in the 16th minute of the second half, Mexico broke the deadlock when Herrera broke through the ball and Dos Santos' low shot from the edge of the box was narrowly saved by Itanje, and the follow-up Peralta fired into the net from 10 yards.

1 to 0!

With this goal, Mexico beat Cameroon by one goal!

With the Group A fixtures over, the eyes turn to the Netherlands and Spain in Group B, where they will face off in the first round.