Green Destroyer

Chapter 149 Do you still need to watch the Chinese team's game?

Last day of June.

The first knockout round was played between France and Iceland.

One is recognized as the favorite to win the championship, and the other is the strongest dark horse in this tournament. There seems to be no suspense in this game.

But the Gallic Rooster is the same as the "Pampas Eagle" Argentina, in the Icelandic team composed of dentists, MV directors, workers, chefs, CS players, MBA graduate students, rugby fans, men who dream of being pilots... these people I'm in a hard fight!
After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the score turned out to be an astonishing 2-2!

The 19-year-old Mbappe, who shined in this World Cup, took advantage of his near-abnormal breakthrough speed to win two consecutive victories for the French team in the first half.
The tenacious Iceland first relied on the "Icelandic sniper" Sigurdsson's heavy artillery to get back a goal, and then relied on the only corner kick opportunity in the audience to smash the ball into the goal in chaos!
No one thought that with Griezmann, Pogba, Mbappé, Kante, Giroud, Matuidi, Varane, Umtiti, Dembele, Lemar, Fekir, The French team of Tolisso, Mendy, Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid full-back)... will be dragged into extra time by Iceland!

You know, the number of shots taken by the French team in 90 minutes... is 8 times that of the opponent!
16-2!

The Iceland team only had two shots, but with two chances, they continued to entangle with the favorites to win the championship!
The 30-minute overtime game made the gap between the strengths of the two sides obvious. French coach Didier Deschamps also sent three new troops to further strengthen the offensive.

The level of the substitute players and the main players of the Iceland team is obviously not at the same level. What's more, they are busy throughout the game, and they are always on the verge of collapse, both physically and mentally.

At the end of extra time, the French team's 22-year-old defensive player Pavard became a surprise player. This full-back, who was originally only a marginal choice, volleyed and rewritten the score to 3-2, allowing the French team to advance to the quarterfinals. !

When the final whistle sounded, two Atletico Madrid players Griezmann and Hernandez supported each other and walked to the sidelines.

Griezmann, who was physically exhausted, shook his head and let out a long breath:

"Lucas, I feel like I haven't played such a difficult game for a long time!"

His club and national team teammates are also exhausted:

"Yeah, Anthony, at the club...whether it's the Copa del Rey or the Champions League, when did we ever play extra time!"

Not only did they not play overtime, even when the game just started 10 minutes ago, they had already set the tone for the victory of the whole game!
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The French team narrowly beat Iceland 3-2 in extra time, making the first knockout round even more exciting.

In the next three days, the remaining 14 teams fought against each other, and there was also a fierce battle among them.

What followed was the match between Uruguay and Croatia. They also ended in a tie in 90 minutes. The Grid team had a more delicate and tacit cooperation, but they had Suarez, Cavani, two great strikers, and Uruguay, Godin and Jimenez's two golden defense partners, also did not fall behind. Until the last second of stoppage time, the score was still 2-2.

This is the first penalty shootout of the World Cup.

Croatia's first four were all shot, but Uruguay's third was bravely saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Cavani, who played fourth, had a heavy burden on his shoulders, but he kicked the ball into the stands!

The penalty shootout ended early, and Suarez, who was supposed to take the fifth penalty kick, didn't even have a chance to play!

Also did not play, and Suarez's club teammate, Croatian captain Modric, but unlike Su Ya, he has already celebrated with his teammates from the national team amidst the shouts of thousands of fans!
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In other games, there has never been a matchup that is too close:
东道主俄罗斯1-3不敌西班牙，瑞典2-1战胜瑞士，巴西2-0轻取墨西哥，比利时4-1大败日本，就连历来不被看好的“三喵军团”英格兰，也2-1顽强战胜了排名比自己还高的哥伦比亚。

As for the Chinese team's game... do you still need to watch it?

When I woke up, it was another big victory! -
"Friends from the audience, in the just-concluded 2018 Russia World Cup quarter-finals, the Chinese team swept the Vikings Danish team with a score of 20-2 and entered the quarter-finals.

During the match, the head coach and team captain of the Chinese team, Chen Hao, scored 18 goals and contributed 2 assists. One person participated in all the goals, and he is a well-deserved ace player.

Five days later, the Chinese team will usher in the quarter-finals. This round of opponents is the 2010 world champion, the Spanish team of the Matador Legion. We look forward to more exciting matches between the Chinese team and Chen Hao! "

Thousands of miles away in China, before the voice of the commentator on the TV ended, the man from northern Shaanxi dialed his exclusive phone number:
"Arrange it for me. I'm going to visit the Bear Kingdom in a few days. Yes, just a few days!"
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An agency under FIFA often announces the latest national team rankings at the beginning of each month, and July is no exception.

When the World Cup was drawn half a year ago, the Chinese team ranked 18th.

When the World Cup opened a month ago, the Chinese team had already risen to 13th with their winning streak in the warm-up match.

On July 7th, when the World Cup reached the quarter-finals, the Chinese team entered the top ten in the world for the first time in history!
They are number 4 on this list!

Germany, which had always occupied the first position before, gave up its throne, and the five-star Brazil returned to the top of the list after many years.

Portugal and Argentina, which failed in the group stage, slipped to around ten places respectively, and France and England swapped positions with them.

现在排在前十名的分别是1巴西、2比利时、3法国、4中国、5英格兰、6西班牙、7德国、8葡萄牙、9乌拉圭、10克罗地亚。

The "England in Asia" Chinese team surpassed the "European Chinese team" in ranking for the first time!
From then on, the east wind overwhelms the west wind! -
Entering the quarter-finals and ranking fourth, such a result has already made Chen Hao a hero of the whole country—although he has already been.

His domestic reputation also continued to skyrocket along with the World Cup!
After all, even if he has won many battles in European football and even overshadowed the sky with one hand, those who don't care about football will still not pay attention to his deeds.

But the stage of the World Cup is different. When the one-month World Cup is approaching, it seems that there is only one hot spot left on the whole earth. The stars who are having gossips, divorces, and albums every day seem to be quiet.

This is the highest stage of detached sports!
His fame and popularity reached new peaks in four games!

Cai Zhonghua, chairman of the Football Association who went to Russia with the team, is even more thankful that he made the most correct choice at the most difficult time and hugged the thickest thigh!
According to reliable sources, the organization is very satisfied with his achievements in the past few years, and will even appoint him a more important task soon!

How could he not be proud and rosy?As if the whole person is 20 years younger! !

He even paid out of his own pocket to hold a big banquet after the training to celebrate Chen Hao's achievements in advance!
(End of this chapter)