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Chapter 5 Ninety: World Cup Final Four
The match between Brazil and Chile in the quarter-finals was a one-to-one match within 10 minutes of regulation. Everyone thought that the host, Brazil, would be able to settle the battle within 10 minutes. The score was dragged from 120 points to [-] minutes of overtime, and finally to the penalty shootout.

The penalty shootout has always been the most exciting moment. In the end, the Brazilian team saved two penalty kicks from the Chilean team at the beginning with the excellent performance of the old goalkeeper Cesar. Vidal's penalty kicks, the core of the field, were all saved. Although David Luiz's penalty kick was also saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, the Brazilian team finally defeated the Chilean team [-]-[-] in the penalty shootout and advanced to the next round. This round is another step towards their dream of winning the Hercules Cup at home.

In the match against Uruguay, Colombia once again relied on the excellent performance of Colombian wingers James Rodriguez and Cuadrado to directly eliminate the Uruguay team, which is not weak, [-]-[-].

It is worth mentioning that Uruguay's core striker Suarez was forced to suspend the game because of the biting incident. Although FIFA's final penalty for him has not yet come out, it is obviously impossible to play this game against Colombia.In the life-and-death battle between the group and Italy, Suarez was a little anxious in the process of fighting for a header. He bit Chiellini, who was defending and interfering with him.Chiellini yelled and pulled his jersey on his shoulders to show the scarlet tooth marks on his shoulders for the referee to see. In the end, the referee could only send off Suarez with a red card, although Uruguay won the game and finally qualified , It’s just that Suarez is destined to miss the knockout round, and Uruguay’s offense is not good without Suarez in the knockout round, especially Cavani does not have the domineering and scoring efficiency of the Naples club in the national team. Even his performance in Paris Saint-Germain was far inferior.

In fact, this is not the first time Suarez has bitten someone. Suarez already had a criminal record before joining Liverpool.After joining Liverpool, in the red-blue battle between Liverpool and Chelsea last season, he also bit Ivanovic's head in a hurry because of Chelsea defender Ivanovic's defensive interference. At the same time, he was also suspended by the FA for ten games as a punishment. He did not lift the ban until the eighth round of last season and came back, but once he came back, he was out of control.

After experiencing these two famous biting incidents, Suarez's nicknames of "Jaws" and "Man-eating Shark" spread like wildfire, and "Baoya Su" was so weak.

And Uruguay, which lost Suarez, was destined not to go far, and finally fell at the feet of Colombia.For the Uruguayan team that has now been eliminated, the most concerned thing is naturally what kind of penalty FIFA will make for Suarez.

It's funny how fans all over the world condemned Suarez for his vicious biting and unsportsmanlike behavior, but in Uruguay, Suarez was treated like a hero.

Another interesting thing is that after Suarez bit someone, many reporters wanted to find Li Zihan to talk about his views on this matter. Suarez’s Liverpool and Li Zihan’s Arsenal are both competitors. It's another direct contest for the league's Golden Boot, so everyone wants to see what Li Zihan thinks of his opponent.

It's just that the reporters didn't find Li Zihan himself, nor did they contact Li Zihan's manager Susan.In fact, at this time Li Zihan was having a meeting with his partners to discuss matters.

In other games, the Dutch team beat Mexico [-]-[-] without any risk and advanced to the quarterfinals.Since the Dutch team beat Spain, it seems that their character has run out, and they have won every game very thrillingly.

And Costa Rica, the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, was also a dark horse. They killed their opponents, the European defensive team Greece, in the quarter-finals.The regular score in nine 10 minutes was one to one, neither side scored in overtime, and the game entered a penalty shootout for the second time.The penalty kick lasted until the seventh round. In the final penalty shootout, Costa Rica defeated the Greek team [-]-[-] and entered the quarter-finals of this World Cup. This is also the best result in the history of the Costa Rica World Cup.

The match between the French team and Nigeria was no surprise. The Gallic Roosters easily defeated the Nigerian team [-]-[-] and entered the next round. The French team played for the attacking midfielder Balbuena of the Marseille club and the young teenager of Paris Saint-Germain. Griezmann performed well. It is reported that Juventus and Atletico Madrid have taken a fancy to the young striker, but it is not known whether it is true or not.

The German team also successfully advanced to the next round, but the German chariot's win was not convincing. They beat Algeria [-]-[-] thrillingly. It is not known whether it was a poor performance or the Africans performed too well.

Argentina defeated the European team Switzerland [-]-[-], and the Crusaders stopped in the top [-], but they performed well in the face of the mighty Argentina with only one goal loss.Switzerland, which performed well, naturally set off Argentina's poor performance. If Di Maria hadn't assisted Messi to score a goal at a critical moment, perhaps Argentina would have been forced into a penalty shootout by Switzerland in this game, because Switzerland The defense is really good, of course, it may be Pastore's poor performance and Aguero's premature injury.

The European Red Devils Belgium defeated the United States [-]-[-], and finally the quarterfinals of this World Cup were also released.It's just that we didn't see the Spanish and Italian teams. Many fans are still not used to it. As for the England team, well, it's not surprising that they can't be seen in the quarterfinals. In fact, they didn't even come out of the group.

On the eve of the World Cup, some media broke out that Hodgson was worried that England would fall in front of penalties like every World Cup and European Cup, and he specially practiced penalty kicks in his usual training.It's just embarrassing for the Three Lions that the penalty kicks they practiced were useless at all, and they didn't even touch the shadow of the knockout round.

After three days of rest, the first few teams from the top sixteen to the top eight immediately started coaching the quarterfinals, and the games of the last few teams that qualified were put on the next day.

There are also many things to watch in the quarter-finals, and the German-French battle between France and Germany is naturally the focus.This is a strong dialogue. Although the strength of the French team is not as good as that of the German team, the Gallic Rooster, which lacks Ribery, performed very well in this World Cup, and the German team also stumbled along the way after their big victory over Portugal.

The French team did not conservatively want to drag the game directly to a penalty shootout just because the opponent was the German team. This is unrealistic.So the French team took the initiative to attack as soon as they came up, and the French team with Benzema, Balbuena who performed well, and Matuidi and Pogba who played well in the midfield also performed well. One point opened the door for the German team.

Of course, that is also almost, if the German team does not have Neuer.In this game, the goalkeeper Neuer received high and low blocks and resolved all the attacks of the French team. Especially when the central defender pressed forward, Neuer also moved his position to the front of the penalty area. Neuer immediately rushed up to act as a sweeper central defender, slid the tackle to destroy the opponent's dribbling, and then won the time for his teammates to return to defense, then returned to the penalty area to guard the goal non-stop.

Neuer's performance really blinded everyone's eyes, but the fans of the German team were still very frightened.Because they were afraid that Neuer's mistake would be passed by the opponent, and the opponent would go straight in and hit the empty goal.

It's just that such worries have not turned into reality. Neuer's performance made French center Benzema cry. Recently, he has only been so speechless on two people. One is the German goalkeeper Neuer in front of him. , and the other is the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois who is on loan at Atletico Madrid.

In the end, the French team still failed to break through Neuer's ten fingers. Instead, in a counterattack, Ozil assisted the young German genius Gotze to score a goal.

This was the only goal in the game. The final result of the match between the two sides was that the German team beat the French team [-]-[-] and became the first team to advance to the semi-finals.

Everyone played relatively safely in the knockout rounds, because there was no chance to make up for their mistakes, so once some mistakes happened, they might not be able to make up for it for a lifetime. This kind of cautious play also greatly reduced the number of goals scored in the knockout rounds up.

After the German team entered the semi-finals, the host Brazil team was naturally not to be outdone.They defeated their South American compatriot Colombia [-]-[-] at the San Paolo Stadium and advanced to the next round.Colombia is helpless against hosts who are determined to enter the Maracana Stadium (the venue of this World Cup final).

Neymar, as the leader of the Brazilian team this year, naturally performed well. He took the lead in using an assist to lay the foundation for the Brazilian team. After James Rodriguez equalized the score, he received Oscar's pass and directly killed Colombia.

It's not easy for Colombia to get to this point, so even if they lost the game, no one said anything. Instead, many fans stood up and applauded for them, especially their current hero James Rodriguez, now with six goals. The advantage has actually led the World Cup scorer list, defeating Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, Aguero and other world-class shooters.