In the end, Denmark defeated the Japanese team 5-1. Qin Tian was replaced by Thomason in injury time. When he left the team leader's armband to Thomason when he left the court, all the Denmark fans stood up and applauded and thanked him, and sent Qin Tian to the bench with cheering voices.

The moment the referee Damon blew the whistle at the end of the game, all Denmark fans burst out with the strongest cheers of the game, shouting three times, "Long live, long live, long live!" The team advanced to the top 16 with a record of winning three games, which has never happened to the Danish team before. Everyone was extremely excited and more confident in this Danish team...

The Danes were celebrating, while the Japanese sat down on the lawn and cried loudly. The feeling of frustration swept across their bodies, because on another field, the Dutch team defeated Cameroon without any suspense, and the final result of Group E was also released. The Danish team ranked first in the group and advanced, followed by the Tulips Legion.

The Danish fans in the stands also had no sympathy for the Japanese team's elimination. After all, the opponent almost hurt the team's soul in the game just now, and the foul was very malicious, which made football a national football sports unacceptable. Fortunately, Qin Tian seemed to be not injured, otherwise there might have been a large-scale live-action PK show at the Banfoken Stadium.

It was already evening when we returned to the hotel. After everyone celebrated briefly in the hotel hall, Olsen gave everyone a half-day vacation to do what they wanted, but they were not allowed to go to ** and gambling. After all, the game was not over. But to Olsen and the coaching team, the players seemed to be very conscious. Most of them stayed in the room honestly. A very few people went out just wandered around the hotel and came back soon.

That night, everyone sat in the hotel conference room and took out the game between Slovakia and Italy for another viewing.

The game was held at 16:00 p.m. on the 24th. Slovakia and Italy met at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. After the 90-minute battle, with two goals from Vitke and Kopnek's goal, Slovakia defeated the defending champion Italy 3-2. The latter was eliminated with 2 points in three teams, while Slovakia and Paraguay joined hands to qualify from Group F.

Italy previously tied two games in the group, with only 2 points, tied with New Zealand for the second in the group, Slovakia scored 1 point, and the group was at the bottom. Paraguay, the leader of this group, also had only 4 points, and all the four teams in this group still had hope. Finally, the two sides had only one match. In the 1998 friendly match, Italy defeated Slovakia 3-0. In this game, Lippi also changed his team again to play 433, trying to solve the problem of not scoring on the front line. Giladino was abandoned, and the combination of Pepe, Yaqunta and Dinatale was ranked on the front line.

Italy launched an attack just as the game started. In the first minute, Dinatale shot from the front of the penalty area, and the ball flew out from the crossbar. In the fourth minute, Italy got a free kick opportunity in the backcourt. De Rossi took the penalty and drove to the frontcourt. Dinatale passed directly to Yaqunta who was inserted into the right rib of the penalty area, and the latter missed the shot. In the 6th minute, Slovak got a free kick opportunity in the backcourt and opened the ball towards the goal. Witech headed the ball at the front of the penalty area, and Hamsik shot directly without defending in front of the penalty area. The ball flew out from the right post.

In the 18th minute, the Italian team intercepted the frontcourt, Pepe passed the ball directly to Dinatale. The ball was too close to the goalkeeper and was confiscated. In the 21st minute, Slovakia obtained a corner kick on the right, Stoic took the penalty, and the ball passed the ball so much that it flew out of the sideline. In the 25th minute, Italy made a mistake in the backcourt, and De Rossi passed it back to Montolivo. The ball was cut by Kutzka and passed it straight to Vitek in front of the goal. The latter shot the ball into the net. Slovakia 1-0.

In the 34th minute, Sterba made a long shot from the frontcourt, and the ball was saved by Marchetti. Slovak got a corner kick opportunity on the left, and Yandrisek failed to score. In the 41st minute, Italy got a corner kick opportunity on the right, and the ball opened to the goal, and Chiellini headed the ball missed. In the 45th minute, Vitek passed the ball across the right side of the frontcourt to Kutska who was inserted. The latter directly shot from a long shot, and the ball flew out on the right post. After the 45th minute, with Vitek's goal, Slovakia temporarily led Italy 1-0, and the defending champion was on the verge of elimination.

At the beginning of the second half, Italy, which was behind, replaced Marco and Quarliarera in succession, replaced Crishto and Gattuso. In the 48th minute, Pepe made a big cross from the right side of the frontcourt, and Aquinta headed the ball in front of the goal, and the ball went to the left post and rolled out of the baseline. In the 56th minute, Italy got an excellent opportunity. Marco made a straight pass from the right side of the frontcourt, and Dinatale directly shot against Muha on the right side of the penalty area, and the ball missed. This was one of the best opportunities in Italy in this game.

In the 63rd minute, Slovakia got a corner kick opportunity on the right side. The ball took the penalty and opened the ball towards the goal. Kutska failed to head the ball in front of the goal. In the 67th minute, Italy got a corner kick opportunity on the right side. The ball went to Quariarela on the left side of the small penalty area in a mess. Naples striker shot. The ball blocked it with his knee on the penalty area. In the 72nd minute, Slovakia got a corner kick opportunity on the right side. The ball entered the penalty area and was pushed out by the Italian defender. Hamsik got the ball from the right side of the frontcourt and passed it across the goal. Vitke grabbed the point in front of the goal and broke the net. 2-0, the defending champion was ready to go home.

In the 81st minute, Yaqunta made a clever pass in the middle of the frontcourt, Qualiera quickly inserted into the middle of the penalty area, the ball was saved by Muha, Dinatale followed up on the left and scored a supplementary shot. 1-2. In the 85th minute, Pepe made a big pass, Qualiera quickly inserted in front of the goal, and sent the ball into the net. But the linebacker signaled that the ball was offside. In the 89th minute, Slovakia made a counterattack, Pecaric made a long pass in the backcourt, Kopnek quickly inserted into the middle and drifted past Marchetti and sent the ball into the empty goal, 3-1. The Italian was desperate. In the second minute of stoppage time, Qualiera shot in front of the goal, and the ball drew an arc and hung directly into the upper left corner of the goal. Italy recovered another ball, 3-2.

After the 90-minute battle, Italy lost 2-3 to Slovakia. He was eliminated with 2 points in three games in the group, while Slovakia and Paraguay joined hands to qualify from Group F.

Whenever he saw Slovakia score a goal, Qin Tian always looked very seriously, especially Vitke, who scored two goals, which made Qin Tian remember it in his heart. At the same time, Qin Tian also had a simple discussion with the defender Ag at any time. Other players in the conference room were also saying something to each other. Outside the conference room, Olsen smiled and nodded constantly, and exchanged glances with Michel beside him.

"Okay, guys, I've been tired for a day, don't pretend to be active anymore," Olsen pushed open the door and walked in, "Everyone goes back and rest. Only after you have a good rest can you fight Slovakia well!"

Everyone laughed knowingly. The opponent in the next game was not Italy, which undoubtedly relieved everyone's mood a little. Although Slovakia is not bad, the Danish team is confident of defeating the opponent.

After all the players were basically exposed, Olson, the coaching team and Qin Tian still stayed, "Qin, do you know why you were asked to stay?"

"Haha, Slovakia is not an easy opponent to solve," Qin Tian thought about it.

"Yes," Olsen lit a cigarette and picked up Slovakian information.

Slovakia, a small Eastern European country that was only the best in 1993, was previously unknown in both international football and other fields, which led to many people being easily confused with Slovenia. In the field of football, Slovakia has been considered a third-rate team in European football for 16 years and has no record worth mentioning. After the lottery for this World Cup qualifier, their European Group 3 brought together the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia, the strong Eastern European teams, so no one was optimistic about the Slovak team qualifying in advance, and at most they could only play the role of a disruptor. However, Slovakia's performance was shocking, and they finally advanced directly to the 2010 South Africa World Cup final circle as the first in the group.

Since **, Slovakia has been living under the shadow of the Czech team. But since this World Cup qualifier, they have been reborn under the leadership of coach Weiss, and defeating the Czech Republic 2-1 away is a proud battle. Mintar, who was once the best scorer in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga, even made a bold statement after the game: "Our team is stronger than the Czech Republic, and we can surpass the former Czechoslovakia." Compared with the big brother Czech Republic, Slovak players are younger, and there are all star players who have made the five major leagues in the front, middle and back. Central defender Skettel is the absolute main force of Liverpool; midfielder Hamsik, who plays for Naples, is outstanding in talent and is the hope of Slovak football; Bochum striker Shstark scored 6 goals in this qualifier, which is the number one hero for qualifying this time.

Looking back at this qualifier, Slovakia experienced several ups and downs, but thanks to the joint efforts of "heaven, earth, and man", the team helped the team to the end. The first round of home victory over Northern Ireland was an expected victory, because the older Slovakia team was not afraid of such an opponent. It was not surprising that they lost away from Slovenia in the second round, because the team did not think they had the strength to qualify. Although they defeated San Marino 3-1 in the third round, it was still a shame to be scored by the weak opponent.

On October 15, the home match against Poland was the real turning point in the team's qualifiers. This was not an easy victory, because at the 80th minute of the game, Slovakia was still behind 0-1. Fortunately, forward Shestark got a "superstar possession" and scored two consecutive games in the 84th and 86th minute, making a difficult three points. Next, Slovakia narrowly defeated its neighbors in the "former Czechoslovak derby", and then took advantage of the melee of the other four teams in this group to slowly expand its lead, which was expected to be ahead of schedule.

Two rounds of qualifying from the group. However, the accident came again, that was, after the Slovenian team won 2-0 at home, the situation suddenly became serious again. In the last round, they had to face Poland away. Fortunately, God opened his eyes again. On the one hand, it was snowing heavily in the last round of the group stage, and on the other hand, the Polish team was eliminated at that time, and Benhak's dismissal resulted in the team not even a formal coach, and the players were even less motivated... This gave the Slovaks the opportunity to get all three points, and Weiss's team would certainly not waste it.

We have to mention the team's coach, Weiss. He was born in Bratislava in 1964. He was already well-known when he was a player. After retiring and coaching, he brought Bratislava to the Champions League group stage, which is also the first time in the history of Slovak clubs. Looking forward to the group situation in the World Cup final, Weiss performed more optimistically. "This is a very good group. In fact, some people are in a more difficult situation than us. We just need to be down-to-earth. Italy is undoubtedly the most likely to qualify. Paraguay and New Zealand are also very strong opponents, but we can give it a try. We will first face New Zealand, then Paraguay, and finally Italy. We will definitely not be humble and fight to the end."

With Sktel, Hamsik and powerful players Karhan, Mintar, Vitk and Shestark, who have repeatedly shocked the Bundesliga in recent years, it is not an exaggeration to set the goal of the World Cup finals as a group qualifying. But the hidden worries of this team are enough to make people worry, such as weak substitutes, poor goalkeeper experience, only defending and counterattacking, and not pushing out attacks, etc. In the qualifiers, except for San Marino scored 3 goals and 7 goals in the two matches, Slovakia did not score more than 2 goals in a single game, especially when facing the Czech Republic and home against Slovenia, the teams that hold home advantage and have the advantage in offense did not win the game. The game lost to Slovenia 0-2 at home was almost handed over the initiative to qualify.

In the World Cup main team F match, Slovakia's performance was also eye-catching. In the first two games, one lost and one draw were almost unfavorable, they defeated Italy in the last game and were able to qualify for the second in the group, which fully demonstrated their resilience and gradually entered the game.

"What is next is a war without gunpowder," Olson pinched off the cigarette butt...
Chapter completed!