At 8 p.m. on July 4, 1998, at the neutral stadium Gerland Stadium, the last match of the quarterfinals of the World Cup in France, the Croatian national football team against the Salwyn national football team started on time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Whether it is the Croatian national football team or the Salwein national football team, they are both newly formed national football teams, and they are also the first time to reach the World Cup, and of course, the first time to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Going one step further, both teams will undoubtedly want to make history with their respective players and reach the last four of the World Cup.

Compared to the other six teams in the quarter-finals, the Croatian national football team and the Salwyn national football team have a relatively weak star line-up, so this match undoubtedly received much less attention than the other three games.

Perhaps, it is the outside world that generally looks down on them, and the two teams without psychological pressure can go all the way to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

In this game, the head coach of the Croatian national football team, Miroslav Blazevic, presented a 442 regular formation that focuses on the balance of attack and defense.

starting goalkeeper No. 1 Draghan Radic;

Zvonimir Sordo, number 14 left-back, Igor Stimac, number 20 Dario Simic, number six right wing-back, Slevan Bilic;

Starting midfielder No. 10 Zvonimir Boban, starting midfielder No. 13 Mario Stanic, starting midfielder No. 17 Robert Járni, starting midfielder No. 7 Aljosa Asanovic;

Left striker No. 9 Davao Suker and right midfielder No. 19 Goran Vlaovic.

On the sidelines of the Croatian national football team, eleven substitutes are ready to go.

Player No. 22, Vladimir Vasily, goalkeeper on the field, born on July 6, 1975, is 23 years old;

Player No. 12, Mariyan Mumich, goalkeeper, born on May 6, 1965, is now Chinese New Year's Eve;

Player 15, Igor Tudor is a defender on the field, born on April 16, 1978, and is now 20 years old;

Player No. 18, Zoran Mamic, a defender on the field, born on September 30, 1971, is now 27 years old;

Player No. 5, Goran Juric, a defender on the field, born on February 5, 1963, is now Chinese New Year's Eve;

The number three player, Anthony Seric, plays as a midfielder, born on January 15, 1979, and is now 19 years old;

The number eight player, Robert Prosinetski, plays as a midfielder, born on January 12, 1969, and is now 29 years old;

The number 11 player, Silvio Maric, midfielder, born on March 20, 1975, is now 23 years old;

Player No. 21, Kurenslav Jursic, midfielder, born on November 26, 1969, is 29 years old;

No. 2 player, Pita Kerpahn, a striker on the field, born on July 1, 1974, is now 24 years old;

Player No. 16, Adian Kizriku, is a striker born on October 27, 1967, and is now Chinese New Year's Eve.

Opposite the Croatian national football team, the Salwyn national football team used the 4321 Christmas tree formation as always, insisting on defensive counter-attacking tactics without wavering.

Even if the Salwyn national football team only relies on goalkeeper Long Zheng to support the backline, and the other players in the back line are amateur players, the Salween national football team is also the only team in the French World Cup so far, clean sheets, without conceding a goal, is recognized as a strong defense, weak attack, even if the Salween national football team has Michael Ballack, Rete Ribeiro Adriano, Ronaldo de Asis Moreira, Miroslav Klose's four-man terrorist attack combo.

starting goalkeeper No. 1 player Long Zheng;

Starting left-back No. 2, starting centre-back No. 3, starting centre-back No. 4, starting right-back No. 5;

Starting left midfielder No. 6, starting midfielder No. 7 Michael Ballack, starting right midfielder No. 8;

Rete Ribeiro Adriano, the number nine of the left midfield, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, the number ten of the right midfield;

Starting lone striker No.11 Miroslav Klose.

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The referee on duty blew the whistle, and the final quarter-final of the World Cup in France began.

Unlike the previous four games, the Salwyn national football team started the game with the first attack, which was absolutely impossible to happen before.

In a dangerous move, the No. 7 player in the back midfield, Michael Ballack, the No. 9 player in the front midfield, Rete Ribeiro Adriano, the No. 10 player in the front midfield, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, and the No. 11 forward player Miroslav Klose, four players took turns to play, and the sudden continuous offensive of the Salwyn national football team caught the Croatian national football team off guard.

In the middle of the rush, Salwyn's continuous offensive hit the nail on the head, and the Croatian national football team's defenders, who had not yet entered the state, made a fatal mistake before the goal, allowing the number nine player in the back row, Rete Ribeiro Adriano, to burst straight into the penalty area unmarked, and Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, the number 10 player in the front, made a risky through ball, and the ball flew through the defense of several opposing players into the big box.

In the Croatian national football team's big penalty area, Adriano in the back row was seamlessly connected with the football, and under the premise that the Croatian national football team's starting goalkeeper No. 1 player Drazan Radić was forced to attack, Adriano shot decisively, a magical pick, and the football flew straight over Drazan Radić's head and fell into the net.

The goal was valid, and the score was changed to 1-0 in the ninth minute of the game, and the Salween national football team took the lead in the opening stages of the game.

Unexpectedly falling behind, the Croatian national football team on the field couldn't help but be in a state of confusion.

In order to catch up with the score as soon as possible, the midfielders frequently stepped forward to launch attacks, while the defenders were different, they were afraid of the Terror attack of the four Salwyn midfielders, including Michael Ballack, the No. 7 midfielder, the No. 9 midfielder, Rete Ribeiro Adriano, the No. 10 midfielder, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, and the No. 11 striker Miroslav Klose. The passing and cutting coordination and penetration ability of the four Salwyn midfielders are terrifying, as long as the four people take the ball into the big penalty area, the goal probability of the Salwyn national football team reaches a terrifying 40%.

Because the Croatian players' intentions on the field were not uniform, the front and back formations quickly opened up, leaving a huge gap in the midfield position.

When the interruption continues, it is chaotic. Seizing the vacancy in the midfield of the Croatian national football team, Long Zheng saved the shot of Goran Vlaovic, the starting right forward of the Croatian national football team, with both hands, and immediately kicked the ball into the midfield and handed the ball to the defender Michael Ballack.

Quickly came to the goal 20 meters away, noticing that all the Croatian defenders were gathered in front of the goal, trying their best to prevent the penetration of their own attacking players, Michael Ballack, who was unmarked and interfered, decisively kicked up, and after a powerful and violent long-range shot, the football was fast and fast, straight to the corner of the goal. Under the horrified gaze of the Croatian national team's starting goalkeeper number one, Drazan Radić, the ball flew into the net as Radić's fingertips grazed it.

At 2-0, at this moment, the game time is only 14 minutes, only five minutes after the first goal of the Salwein national football team, and the players of the Croatian national football team are a little blinded by the fact that they have conceded two goals in five minutes.

At the loud signal of head coach Miroslav Blazevic on the sidelines, the players of the Croatian national football team urgently contracted the defense and held on to the goal until they were able to overcome the disadvantage of conceding two goals in a row.

The Croatian national football team was forced to slow down the offensive because of conceding two goals in a row, and after winning the ball, more chose to fall in the backfield, and the Salwyn players who saw this scene were secretly happy, as long as the opponent did not dribble the ball over the halfway line, the Salwyn national football team was also happy to consume the game time.

Twenty minutes of game time flashed by, after the thirty-fifth minute of the game, the Croatian national football team that stabilized the formation of the offensive again, under the command of head coach Miroslav Blazevic, the Croatian national football team's formation as a whole pressed forward, and after the 40th minute of the game, the Croatian national football team's formation actually crossed the middle line as a whole. All of a sudden, there was a lot of noise between the goals of the Salwyn national football team, and there was a lot of danger. It is also fortunate that the coaching staff of the Salwyn national football team lives up to its name, and the amateur players of the Salwyn national football team are trained quite methodically, and the bus formation is also decent, without major loopholes, coupled with the courageous play of Long Zheng, who has the blessing of mental power, this can defend the goal in the face of the crazy offensive of the Croatian national football team, and truly achieve "he is strong, he is strong, and the breeze blows the hills".

In the 43rd minute of the game, Long Zheng, who is tall and has long arms and great explosiveness, made a decisive sideways pounce, and on the premise of judging the direction of the opponent's shot, he saved a must-score from Davo Suker, the starting left forward No. 9 player of the Croatian national football team, who hung straight into the corner of the goal.

After pounced on the football, Long Zheng jumped up, and after observing the situation on the field, Long Zheng kicked the ball to the right side of the court.

On the right sideline of the pitch, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, the number 10 in the midfield, easily unloaded the football, and with a trademark bulltail, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was able to get away from the opposition defender who was risking to rush forward.

Chances, after shaking off the opposing defenders, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was in front of Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, the number 10 of the midfield. Quickly galloping forward with the ball, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, the No. 10 player in the front midfield, has already brought the ball to the opponent's penalty area line, facing the bag of the opponent's defender, Ronaldo De Assis Moreira did not dare to hold it up, as if he had eyes in the back, and Ronaldo de Assis Moreira kicked the ball with his unbelievable heel and kicked the ball to the forward No. 11 player Miroslav Klose who was inserted in the back row.

From the penalty spot, Klose struck a powerful left-footed shot that flew past the Croatian national team's starting goalkeeper Drazan Radić and into the net.

At 3-0, before half-time, Salweyn's national football team added another goal to extend their lead to a full three goals.

It is an undeniable fact that among the five goalkeeper No. 1 player Long Zheng, No. 7 midfield player Michael Ballack, forward No. 9 player Rete Ribeiro Adriano, forward No. 10 player Ronaldo de Asis Moreira, and forward No. 11 player Miroslav Klose, in addition to the sixteen-year-old forward No. 9 player Rete Ribeiro Adriano because of his young age, goalkeeper No. 1 player Long Zheng, back No. 7 player Michael Ballack, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (No. 10 in midfield) and Miroslav Klose (No. 11) in forward No. 11 are the only players in Croatia who have the individual qualities of all Croatian players.

In the one-on-one confrontation, there is no player in the Croatian national football team who can match the four.

After Klose's goal, the little time left in the first half passed quickly, and although the last offensive organized by the Croatian national football team was very threatening, it did not pose any threat to the goal of the Salwyn national football team under the all-out bus team and the brave play of Long Zheng.

At the end of two minutes of stoppage time, the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the first half. With a 3-0 disparity, the two teams went into a fifteen-minute halftime break. (To be continued.) )