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As time goes by, the European Cup finally began the last round of the group stage. When this round of group stage ends, the list of the European Cup quarterfinals will be released and enters the more cruel knockout stage!

The first group A game was played, with Portugal and Spain, who lost in Greece, fought a fierce battle at the Alvarede Stadium in Lisbon. In the end, the host defeated their neighbors with a goal from Nuno Gomez and advanced to the quarterfinals at the last moment!

Regarding this result, the Portuguese fans who were worried about the fate of the national team in this European Cup before the game were naturally cheered and excited, while the Spanish fans were sad at this moment. Although the game has ended, they really couldn't accept this slightly cruel reality.

Of course, while these Spanish fans were extremely sad about the team's early exit, they were also angry at the series of poor performances of head coach Seth in this European Cup.

It’s fine if you win, draw and lose in three groups, but what’s going on? Is this still the Spain we love, which is full of passion and desire for offense and goals at any time?!

Therefore, after learning that the national team will return home at the end of the group stage, Spanish fans launched a massive protest, demanding that the culprit Seth resign!

In fact, there is no need for these fans to protest, and the Spanish Football Association will definitely fire Seth after the European Cup. After all, although Spain has performed quite average in international competitions over the years, it is too unreasonable to not even go out of the group stage.

Having said that, the Spanish Football Association's standards for selecting coaches are also strange. There are obviously many good-level head coaches in Spain. Camacho, who has played in the 2000 European Cup and 2002 World Cup, also led the team to achieve good results, but they chose Seth, who is famous but not famous. I have to say that this is really a strange thing.

At the same time, when Seth learned after the game that Greece was defeated by Russia 2-1 on another field, and Spain was there, the coach's first reaction was not to regret that he won too little in the first group match against Russia, but to complain that the Russians were not strong enough and that he only won one goal in Greece...

If Russia could enter Greece one more, then wouldn’t it be my Spain who advances to the quarterfinals now? Seth thought with resentment in his heart.

Seth, who only complained about Russia's incompetence, did not realize the series of serious mistakes he made in this European Cup. For example, he was not enterprising in the first two group matches, and after gaining the lead, he aimed to defend the existing score, which prevented the team from making enough goal difference in Russia, and gave the Greeks the opportunity to equalize the score, which led to the Spanish national team falling into an embarrassing situation where he needed to decide a life-and-death victory with Portugal in the last round.

In addition, Seth's blind trust in Raul is also a bit criticized. After all, Raul is no longer the super killer who led Real Madrid to win the European Champions League two years ago. After the World Cup in 2002, he has declined from his peak and is now regarded as a spiritual leader by people, but he should not continue to hold the main position in the national team.

From these two points, it is not unfair to Spain's current situation. It would rather insist on using Raul, who is in a sluggish state, than give him stronger organizational capabilities and more suitable for the current Spanish team. Spain's fate in this European Cup has actually been determined since Seth made this choice.

Although the news of the group stage of Spain's European Cup has caused quite a stir in international football, England and France in Group B seem to have not been affected by this. The two traditional strong teams performed very stably (although England was magically reversed by France in the first match in the last two minutes), eliminating Croatia and Switzerland out, and joining hands to advance to the quarterfinals.

As for the Group C where Italy is located, since the Apennines won all the wins in the previous two games and had already obtained the right to qualify in the group in advance, the players seemed very relaxed before the last round of the game with Bulgaria, and the training ground was full of laughter and joy, and it was difficult to see the shadow of the war.

It is not surprising that Italy will be so relaxed. You should know that the Bulgarian Rose has begun to sink all the way since it bloomed in the American summer in 1994. The dilemma of lack of successors has always troubled this country that once won the fourth place in the World Cup. Now, although there are still players in the Bulgarian team like Petrov and Bozinov who play in the four major leagues, these people are not as famous or strong as players of Balakov and Lechekov.

The most important thing is that there is no iron-blooded coach in the Bulgarian team like Rehagel. The backwardness in the technical and tactical levels and the inconsistent team's thinking.

What's more, Bulgarian players do not have the bloody nature of Russians who want to get a back even if I die. The reality of two losses in the group stage and seven bullets and one goal has not been scored, which has made Bulgarian who was eliminated early in the game sluggish morale and the players' minds have long been no longer on the game. Maybe these Bulgarian players are more eager to end this game now so that they can enjoy the summer sunshine in those resorts or have a romantic encounter.

Thanks to the uneasy attitude of the Bulgarian players, if they follow Russia and fight for honor in the last round, Italy might suffer a considerable loss in this game like Portugal and Spain were against Greece.

In this way, Italy, which played in the bench with goals from De Rossi, Casano and Perotta, defeated Bulgaria 3-0 at the Enrique Stadium in Guimaraes, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Cup with his head held high with all three wins!

After the results of the matches between Group B and Group C were released one after another, the fans' mood of being suspended because Spain was eliminated was finally slightly relieved. In the eyes of these fans, more strong teams to advance to the knockout stage are the results they are most happy to see. As long as there is one dark horse like Greece, it is good to have one. If there are too many, it will inevitably make the next event look a bit star-like.

However, just one day later, another amazing news broke out in the European Cup: the runner-up of the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, Germany, had only achieved two draws and one loss in three games, and fell into this group that could be called a death group!
Chapter completed!