Upsets Galore, A Chaotic World Cup

The Chinese national football team's opening victory at the World Cup was undoubtedly a major event for Chinese football.

On the very night the match ended, major news websites had already placed the story in the most prominent spots on their homepages.

China Central Television's evening news broadcast reported the result immediately after the match ended.

Among the public, major Tieba communities and football forums had long since become packed.

Countless excited netizens spoke freely there, passionately sharing their thoughts.

This match broke multiple historical records for Chinese football:

The first World Cup goal, the first victory, the first point, the first brace...

The minimum targets fans had set for the national team had all been achieved in this one match.

This greatly boosted the fans' confidence in the Chinese national football team, and they were filled with anticipation for what lay ahead.

[Brothers, after watching this match, why do I feel like the Chinese national football team is going to make the Round of 16!]

[Although the current situation is very favorable for the Chinese national football team, we still can't let our guard down!]

[That's right. We only beat the weakest team in the group, Slovakia. We haven't yet dealt with the tough nuts that are Paraguay and the Italian National Team. Only after facing them can we determine the qualifying situation in Group F!]

With the first round of the group stage complete, the Chinese team led the group with 3 points and a goal difference of +4.

But the value of those three points against Slovakia was not particularly high. If Paraguay and the Italian National Team also defeated Slovakia in their upcoming matches, then the Chinese national football team would have to take 2 points from those two teams to qualify.

That meant drawing with