The opening match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia came to an end with the frenzied shouts of 80,000 fans, but it was a little difficult for the visiting Australian fans to get off to a flying start with a surprise 5-0 win at the Luzhniki Stadium.

The first match in Group C between China and France was played on the third matchday of the World Cup, and before that, there were three more matches.

Egypt vs Uruguay, Morocco vs Iran, Portugal vs Spain.

The three matches on the second day of the World Cup are played sequentially, while the four matches on the third day of the tournament are the time for the teams to train on the pitch in preparation for their first World Cup game tomorrow.

In fact, the playing style of each team has long been formed, and stepping on the field is more like players enjoying the atmosphere of the World Cup in advance and relaxing.

The head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, took captain Tang Zheng to the stadium's press conference hall to participate in the regular press conference before the game.

Prior to this, the French team had already participated in the regular press conference before the game, so the reporters covering the Chinese team had already thought about the problem.

A reporter from the French media "Team Daily" looked at head coach Lippi and asked a relatively harmonious question: "The first group game of the World Cup will start at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I wonder what kind of attitude Mr. Marcelo Lippi has towards that game?"

Lippi smiled, and then said very low-key: "The French team is a world-class team, when I was the head coach of the Italian national team, it was, and now it is even more so, Anthony Griezmann, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Colentin Tolisso, Rafael Varane, etc. are all well-known stars in world football, and we only have ...... Tang Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Lippi turned his head to look at Tang Zheng.

All the reporters in the press conference hall looked at Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng also smiled, and then shrugged his shoulders, expressing his helplessness about the misfortune of head coach Lippi.

The Chinese domestic media reporters who were present secretly gave Lippi a thumbs up, which is a typical show of weakness, and if Deschamps and his players underestimate the opponent, the Chinese team is really likely to upset at the Kazan Stadium.

Not to mention victory, at least a draw is a good chance.

After about two seconds, Lippi continued: "Tomorrow's game, we are aiming for a draw. ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, and none of the reporters present did not know that Lippi's nickname was 'Silver Fox', so the problems were normal, and the atmosphere of the press conference was very harmonious.

Silver Fox Lippi's weakness was in place, and Tang Zheng, who was interviewed later, was not to be outdone and carried out the weakness to the end.

Although the overall strength of the Chinese team is not as weak as imagined, it has to keep a low profile many times.

"The Art of War" has clouds, soldiers, and tricks. Therefore, it can be shown but it cannot be used, it is not used to show it, it is near and it is far away, it is far away and it is shown to be near, and it is tempting to benefit it.

Showing weakness is a tactic.

None of the reporters on the scene were fuel-efficient lamps, so they could naturally hear the weakness of Lippi and Tang Zheng, but they didn't break it, because they also wanted to see if the French team would take the bait, and then break out a big upset.

Previously, the bookmakers offered relatively decent odds, with France winning 1:1.56, drawing 1:2.98 and losing 1:4.25.

France has odds of 1:1.95 to win with a handicap, 1:3.28 for a handicap draw and 1:3.86 for a handicap loss.

The odds can seem confusing, and it means that bookmakers aren't sure which side the game is going towards.

The Chinese team's regular press conference before the game ended, the match between Egypt and Uruguay was also over, and the injured Salah in the Champions League final did not recover enough to play, but the Egyptian team performed well as a whole, and once had to hold on to the 0:0 score until injury time, but Atletico Madrid defender Jimenez's powerful header smashed the football into the Egyptian team's goal, killing the game!

The Chinese team did not pay attention to the match between Morocco and Iran, because the game was not spectacle enough, and the obvious vacant seats in the stands also proved that the game was not watched enough, which led to the lack of attention of Russian fans.

The result was a surprise as Iran won the match thanks to an own goal from Morocco's Bohaduz.

It was only the latest match that caught the attention of Tang Zheng and the Chinese players, as Portugal took on Spain at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in an Iberian derby that caught the attention of fans around the world.

There is no doubt that Spain is stronger than Portugal overall, but Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal won the European Championship in France two years ago, and the individual quality of Portuguese players is not inferior to that of Spanish players.

Especially with David Silva and Andres Iniesta aging one after another, it is really not so simple for Spain to win against Portugal.

Sure enough!

Just four minutes into the game, Nacho tripped Cristiano Ronaldo in the box, and the referee on duty Rocchi decisively awarded a penalty, which Cristiano Ronaldo easily hit in the face of club teammate De Gea.

No one expected Portugal to lead Spain less than five minutes into the game, and Tang Zheng, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the game, crossed Erlang's legs and said playfully: "This game is interesting." ”

"How interesting?" asked Lu Hao, who was sitting next to him, curiously.

"If nothing else, there will be a lot of balls in this game. ”

Tang Zheng pinched his chin, full of confidence.

"Impossible, right? A lot of experts say it's going to be a ball. ** said.

"You're not going to buy the periphery, are you?, so clear?" said Ko Joon-yi, who was the center-back partner in the first World Cup group stage.

"Go, go, how is it possible!"

"Don't believe it, the Portuguese defenders are old and young, and it's not a good thing for them to score too early. Tang Zheng's voice changed: "But I think that Ronaldo, who is in good shape, may score again, and may even score a hat trick." ”

"Won't it?"

Now the goalkeeper Yan Junling was puzzled.

"Why don't we make a bet?"

Tang Zheng looked at Yan Junling playfully.

Yan Junling thought that Cristiano Ronaldo was thirty-three years old this year, and he was in a sluggish state in the past 2017-2018 season, but seeing that Tang Zheng was full of confidence, he didn't dare to bet.

At this time, his teammates began to instigate,

"What are you afraid of? I don't want you to contribute backyard flowers. ”

"Cristiano Ronaldo was driven back to Manchester United in the Premier League by the captain, and you expect him to break out in this game?"

"Do you dare to bet? Don't you dare me to bet with the captain!"

……

Coupled with the instigation of his teammates, Yan Junling gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, what do you say to bet." ”

"A small bet is pleasant, a big gamble hurts your body, you lose and invite us all to eat after the World Cup, I lose and invite everyone to eat, how about it?"

Tang Zheng looked around at all his teammates.

"Good!"

"It's a deal!"

The atmosphere of watching the game rose in the bet between Tang Zheng and Yan Junling, but everyone did not make a big noise, but concentrated on watching the game.

As Tang Zheng had guessed, Diego Costa was close to fouling the ball to help Spain equalise in the 24th minute, but the in-form Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal score again before the break, and his powerful long-range shot in front of the penalty area caused club team-mate David De Gea to butter and put the score back again.

With two minutes of stoppage time and half-time, Portugal went into the dressing room with a 2-1 lead thanks to a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo.

At the same time, the Chinese players who were watching the live broadcast of the game at the hotel looked at Tang Zheng meaningfully.

Previously, Tang Zheng said that there would be a lot of goals in the match between Portugal and Spain, and there were three goals in the past half of this game, and if this situation continues, there will be goals in the second half.

And Tang Zheng also predicted that Cristiano Ronaldo may score a hat-trick, and now he scored two goals in the past half, and it is also very likely to score another goal in the second half.

So, Yan Junling cheekily lied: "Captain, can you surrender? Surrender and lose half, is it okay?"

"Of course not!" Tang Zheng was not very confident in Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick, but he scored two goals in the first half, and it is very likely to score another goal in the second half, and this kind of gambling to entertain the public can indirectly reduce the pressure on everyone's back, so naturally it cannot be terminated.

Even if he loses in the end, Tang Zheng doesn't care, he now has more than nine figures in his account, where does he care about the money for a meal?

Getting back to business, in the second half, Diego Costa also scored twice in the 55th minute to help Spain equalize again.

Three minutes later, Nacho made up for it with a stunning non-stop volley that put Portugal ahead in one fell swoop.

It's easy to guess what happened next, with the Spanish midfielder using his superior passing ability to control the end of the game, intending to boil frogs in warm water and expand the score, even if they failed to expand the score, they could maintain the current score until the end of the game.

However, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo did not agree, and he took advantage of a direct free-kick in the 88th minute to equalise for his country, and De Gea, who had a butter hand in the game, did not react.

Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was also the last goal of the game, and in the end Portugal and Spain were tied 3:3 and each scored one point.

However, no one expected that the first round of Group B would end, and the Iranian team, which was not optimistic, would magically rank first in the group.

The end of the match between Portugal and Spain means the end of the second matchday of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and the first match of Group C, which is followed by Chinese and French fans, will be played at 1 pm local time in Russia, which is 6 pm Beijing time.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the players returned to their rooms to rest and prepare for the group stage tomorrow at 1 p.m.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the whole Chinese team had breakfast at the hotel, and after an hour of rest, they did about half an hour of aerobic exercise in the gym, so that the players could feel the strength and condition of their respective bodies.

At about 11 o'clock, the whole Chinese team boarded the bus prepared by the organizing committee, and those Chinese fans who did not buy tickets came to the hotel where the Chinese team stayed early, cheering for the Chinese team in advance.

Fans held banners, slogans, flags and posters, and Tang Zheng, the biggest star of the Chinese team, became the existence that these Chinese fans had high hopes for, because most of them were more or less related to Tang Zheng.

There are a large number of Chinese fans, but fortunately, the staff of the 'Dragon Team' fan club and the hotel security personnel are properly arranged, which does not affect the travel of the Chinese team.

In the Beijing studio, CCTV 5 TV has been connected to the aerial signal transmitted by Kazan, and those Chinese fans who sat in front of the TV early and waited can clearly see that the Chinese team took the bus and began to slowly drive towards Kazan Stadium.

Everyone knows that the first World Cup match between the Chinese team and the French team is about to be presented in front of the TV!

The French team is the favorite to win the championship, while the Chinese team is only ranked eleventh, and the French team ranks first among all participating teams with one billion and eighty million euros in terms of total value, with a real per capita value of half a billion, the Chinese team is the most valuable Asian team, ranking seventh with the promotion brought by players such as Tang Zheng and Lu Liang.

However, the most German transfer market gives the player value ranking, but the Chinese player is higher than the French player, or higher than any player in the world.

Tang Zheng, who has just led Real Madrid to defend three titles, is ranked first in the world with 220 million euros, Messi and Neymar are second with 180 million euros each, and Cristiano Ronaldo is third with 150 million euros.

On the way from the hotel where the Chinese team stayed to the Kazan Stadium, there was a frenzied atmosphere of the World Cup, except for the scattered Chinese fans holding the small Chinese flag and the French fans holding the small French flag, more Russian fans.

The Russian fans are very pure, yes! just enjoy football and enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the World Cup.

Of course, they will also have players who they support.

On the way, Tang Zheng, who was riding the bus, could see through the glass the Russian fans with their backs and beards holding up their own posters, Lu Liang's posters, Griezmann's posters, and Pogba's posters......

Every street is filled with a frenetic football atmosphere, and the Chinese and French players sitting in their respective buses have a kind of anticipation from the depths of their hearts!

The quadrennial World Cup is getting closer and closer!

Tang Zheng took his eyes back from the window, put on his headphones again, closed his eyes, listened to familiar songs, and warmed up his emotions in advance.

World Cup, here I go again!!

About 20 minutes later, the Chinese team stopped at the designated location of the Kazan Stadium by bus.

"Whoa"

The Chinese fans, who arrived early without tickets, erupted in loud cheers as they cheered for the team.

The Chinese fans, who were queuing in a long line, looked over one after another, and then cooperated with a loud chant, which was deafening.

At 5 p.m. local time in Russia, 23 players of the Chinese team appeared at the Kazan Stadium, and the fans of the "Dragon Team" fan club, who had already been prepared, shouted almost frantically: "We must win! The Chinese team will win! The Chinese team will win!"