Chapter 1142: The Four
"Against the sky! The Chinese team completes a shocking reversal!"
"The strongest battle in the history of the World Cup!"
"Great Showdown!Great Game, Great Victory!"
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This is on the second day of the game, and the world's major media reported on the Chinese team. "Milan Sports Newspaper" said: "It is unbelievable that the Chinese team can beat the powerful German team when they are down 0:3 and only ten players are fighting." If you didn't watch this game, it's hard to believe how the Chinese team did it, but they really did it! Liao Dongyuan's low-level mistake in the first half almost buried the Chinese team, and he can be regarded as the worst performer. However, Ma Junqiang is different, although Zhang Shujie scored two goals and sounded the horn of counterattack; although Li Mu's final draw dragged the game into a penalty shootout to decide the winner, but the real key to this battle is Ma Junqiang, after he played in the second half, the German team could not break through his ten fingers no matter what method was used! He is like the Great Wall of China, indestructible!"
"Deutsche Battle" said: "The German team performed better in the first half, and Liao Dongyuan's mistake allowed the German team to take an early three-goal lead. But since Ma Junqiang came on the field, the German team has never been able to find a way to score, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's goals are important, but without Ma Junqiang, the German team can continue to score. Maybe in last night's game, God wore the jersey of the Chinese team. ”
Chen Hui, on the other hand, wrote in the Sports Weekly: "What kind of game was this? How many Chinese fans were desperate after the first half? What happened in the locker room? But none of this matters. The important thing is that China won, we have to remember Ma Junqiang, remember Zhang Shujie, remember Li Mu, remember Liang Xiran, and remember every player who has contributed to the Chinese team, of course, what I should remember the most is this game. Although the final has not yet started, we have reason to believe that this must be the most exciting game in the history of this World Cup and even the entire World Cup. No matter how far the Chinese team can go in the end, I believe that decades or even a century later, there will be people who will remember this earth-shattering battle. ”
Guo Fan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, also spoke: "A very wonderful game. As I watched this game, every minute and every second stimulated my nerves. The Chinese team won this great battle, which is enough to write into the history of world football, I absolutely believe that the Chinese team can go to the end, boys, good luck!"
After the game, some media scored the players of the two teams, not surprisingly, almost every media gave Ma Junqiang a high score in the whole game, and they were all amazing 10 points! followed by Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, both of whom scored more than nine points, among all the Chinese players who played, only Li Yongxuan and Liao Dong were far from failing, of which Li Yongxuan only scored 5.5 points, and Liao Dongyuan's score was even lower, the highest was only 5 points, and some were even lower than 5 points.
Bai Shoushan got a passing grade. In addition, Liang Xiran also got a passing grade. To be fair, he wasn't bad, and if it wasn't for that red card, he would have scored more. Although everyone knew that he was forced to do so at the time, a red card is a red card, and there is nothing to talk about. Moreover, it was precisely because he was forced to be helpless that the media gave him a passing score, which can be regarded as a recognition of his overall performance.
The rest of the players are all over seven. The players on the German side did not score as much as the Chinese team, and none of them scored more than eight points. The top is Kroos with 7.9 points, followed by Muller with 7.7 points. Manuel Neuer failed to score, and his performance in the penalty shoot-out with three goals conceded in the second half made it difficult for him to score highly.
The quarterfinals are all over, and the top four teams are all released, namely Brazil, France, Argentina and China. The appearance of these four teams in the semi-finals is also expected, and there are no surprises. And these four teams basically gather the most influential and talked about superstars in today's football, such as Neymar, Messi, Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, including Mbappe, who is considered to be the future Golden Ball superstar. Only Cristiano Ronaldo, due to the strength of the national team, stopped in the quarterfinals.
It can be said that this year's semi-final competition is definitely very exciting. China vs Argentina and Brazil vs France will attract the attention of countless people. In terms of the odds of winning the championship, the Chinese team is currently an astonishing 1:1.5! Brazil is 1:2, Argentina and France are both 1:2.5.
The first semi-final will be between Brazil and France, which will take place at 2 a.m. Beijing time on July 11 in St. Petersburg. The match between China and Argentina will be held at the same time the next day in Moscow.
The World Cup has been carried out in white heat, and the main players of each team are extremely depleted. Of the four teams, Brazil, Argentina and France are all in full line-up, with the main line-up and several outstanding substitutes all available in the semi-finals. It was a different story for China, as Liang Xiran's red card in the quarter-finals prevented him from playing in the semi-finals.
This is probably the most worrying point for all Chinese fans, and the whole world knows that "Yan Tao + Liang Xiran" is the biggest guarantee for the Chinese team's backline. Liang Xiran, as the last classical defender in world football, has a style of play with elegance, even though he plays in the Premier League, which has the most defensive action, he has never changed his style of play. Pep Guardiola has described him as "elegant and tough".
With Liang Xiran in the field, Yan Tao dared to press more on the front court and give midfield support. If there is no Liang Xiran, Yan Tao will focus more on protecting behind him. Looking back at the second half of the game with the German team, Li Yongxuan dragged on to the end, but made a fatal mistake in a counterattack by the German team, and gave Gomez a single knife, if it wasn't for Ma Junqiang's timely blocking, I'm afraid the Chinese team would not be visible in the semi-finals. If it were Liang Xiran, there would definitely be no such thing.
In fact, when Liang Xiran was unable to play, An Rong did not only have one way to let Li Yongxuan partner Yan Tao, he could also let Tang Ling return to the middle lane. You must know that Tang Ling was born to play as a central defender, and in Atletico Madrid, Tang Ling will also have a few away central defenders in a season, and his performance is very good. It's just that if Tang Ling is really allowed to play center back, then who should go on the right side? Yuan Chengye? Through Yuan Chengye's substitute appearance in front, it is not difficult to find that his thinking and technical ability in attack are not at the same level as Tang Ling. In the previous five games, Tang Ling and Zhao Wenkang's cooperation created killing opportunities on the right side many times, and he also assisted Zhang Shujie to score directly in the last game. Although Yuan Chengye and Tang Ling are both very fast, Yuan Chengye really can't compare to Tang Ling in terms of reading offensive tactics and grasping the timing of attacks.
This is a difficult problem faced by the Chinese team, and how to solve it can only depend on how An Rong arranges it.
(End of chapter)