World Gaming Magazine

23 WGM #59 2018/06 wgm8.com 韩国的世预赛表现并未能提升球迷的期待值。在关键的第三 轮，韩国在十场比赛中平了三场，输了三场，其中包括输给长期 对手中国。他们还在世预赛中输给了卡塔尔和伊朗。不过，最终 他们还是以小组第二晋级。在这个失望的世预赛之旅后，德国教 练乌力•斯蒂利克被解雇，申台龙接过了国家队教鞭。 任何从小组赛突围的希望，都关乎明星球员孙兴慜的发挥。 这名热刺前锋既可以踢边锋，亦可以踢中锋。25岁的孙兴慜刚刚 经历相当完美的赛季，继上赛季各项赛事打入18个进球之后，本 赛季打入了21个进球。然而，正如其英超表现那样，他在大赛中 倾向于隐形。这也是热刺球迷对这位相当有天赋的球员最大的失 望之处。 主教练： 申台龙 队长： 寄诚庸 国际足联排名： 61 夺冠赔率： $501.00 世界杯参赛次数： 9 世界杯最好成绩 ：半决赛（2002） 多么遗憾！2016年欧洲杯，我们见证了伊布拉希莫维奇时代 的结束。尽管此前曾传闻这位传奇射手有可能会为世界杯复出， 但最终瑞典巨人宣布他无意重返国家队。 伊布拉希莫维奇依然有很多可以贡献。他越过大西洋加盟美 职联的洛杉矶银河后，处子秀就惊人地攻入两粒精彩进球。但瑞 典人如今只能往前看了。 安德松执教的新瑞典非常勤奋，纪律严明。根据前意大利主 帅文图拉的说法，他们“踢得像意大利那样”在预选赛中淘汰了 意大利，也让意大利国家队六十年来首次错过世界杯决赛圈。 瑞典国家队对抗性强，组织严密，在4-4-2阵型中的坚韧防 线会让他们很难被对手攻破。但目前这支队伍缺少此前国家队所 具备的明星球员，绝大多数国家队成员在丹麦、希腊、俄罗斯及 苏格兰等小联赛踢球。 主教练： 雅尼•安德松 队长： 安德烈斯•格兰奎斯特 国际足联排名： 23 夺冠赔率： $151.00 世界杯参赛次数： 12 世界杯最好成绩： 亚军（1958） South Korea doesn’t have a convincing qualification campaign behind them to raise people’s expectations. In the decisive third round, South Korea drew three and lost three of its 10 matches including a shock loss to long-term foe China. It also succumbed to Qatar and Iran. But they still managed to qualify as runners-up in their group, just in time for German manager Uli Stielike to be sacked as a result of the disappointing campaign. Shin Tae-yong has since taken over the top job. Any hope of progressing beyond the group stage will come down to the performance of their star player Son Heung-min. The Tottenham Hotspur attacker can play as a winger as well as a center forward. The 25-year-old has enjoyed two fantastic seasons in North London, scoring 21 goals last season and 18 this season in all competitions. However, as has been shown in the Premier League, Son tends to be anonymous on the big occasions and this has been a major disappointment for Spurs fans towards the hugely talented player. Coach: Shin Tae-yong Captain: Ki Sung-yeung FIFA Ranking: 61 Odds: $501.00 World Cup appearances: 9 Best World Cup performance: Semi-finals – 2002 What a miss. Euro 2016 saw the end of the Zlatan Ibrahimovic era and previous talk that the great one might come out of international retirement just for the World Cup finally came to an end with the Swedish giant declaring his unavailability. Ibrahimovic still has so much to give in football, scoring two fabulous goals in an outrageous Major League Soccer debut for LA Galaxy just a few months ago after his trans-Atlantic switch. But now Sweden must move on. The new Swedish team under Janne Andersson is extremely hardworking and disciplined. They knocked Italy out of the play- offs by “playing like Italy”, according to then Italian coach Gian Piero Ventura, thus ensuring the Azzurri missed the World Cup for the first time in six decades. Physical and well-organized, Sweden’s rigid defense in their 4-4-2 formation will make them difficult to break down. But the current Sweden squad lacks the stars of previous eras, with most of its players now spending their time in the weaker European leagues of Denmark, Greece, Russia and Scotland. Coach: Janne Andersson Captain: Andreas Granqvist FIFA Ranking: 23 Odds: $151.00 World Cup appearances: 12 Best World Cup performance: Runners-up – 1958 韩国 South Korea 瑞典 Sweden Group F