"It's really a nerve-wracking, scary and exciting game. What's more, after such a difficult process, we finally got the win and the chance to reach the World Cup round of 16 final. ”

On this matchday with multiple matches played simultaneously, the Croatian coach who broke through after all the Group B matches of the World Cup group stage attended his post-match press conference as the winner.

However, since the two matches in Group A and the two matches in Group B are all played in the same time slot on the day, it is bound to be mentioned in interviews.

The Croatian coach was asked if he knew that as a former member of the Croatian Under-21 team, Skotic's Netherlands team had not been able to make it through in the group stage of this World Cup.

After hearing this question, the Croatian coach, who had seemed to be complacent, fell silent, and the entire press conference became quiet. Only the flashes of the Croatian coach's camera became intense.

"I know." After a moment of silence, the Croatian coach said: "After our celebration, someone told me the news. I was very surprised. ”

When the man said this, he opened his mouth again, obviously having more to say, but he couldn't figure out where to start for a moment.

"I know...... I know there were a lot of reports in our hometown for a while that I was unhappy with Scottic and even my players had seen my anger at the mention of Scottic in the dressing room. But in fact, if you only consider it from the competitive aspect, this young man's choice may not be wrong. Although he started playing in Croatia and his hometown of Split, he spent many years in the Ajax Academy. He understands the Netherlands better than Croatia's football philosophy. He's familiar with the Eredivisie style of play, he's more familiar with the Dutch players than with ours. So when I calmed down, I realized that if I thought about it rationally, I could already understand Scottic's choice at that time.

"But people are emotional, and football is emotional. None of us can think completely from a rational point of view. Scottic is a player I admire. And he's also a player I'd love to get, and Croatia will definitely get stronger with him. Perhaps from the perspective of such a young player, it is difficult to understand the feelings we have for our motherland after the war of division. But I always hope that one of our former Yugoslavia will one day win the World Cup......"

A long, long time ago, a head coach who coached the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team said that if Yugoslavia had not been divided, then we would have won the World Cup one day.

Before the Bosnia-Herzegovina coach said this, perhaps most of the world had forgotten that Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, these countries with excellent players were the territory of former Yugoslavia. If you bring together the best players from these countries, plus the stars of the former Yugoslav descent who have been exiled to other countries in Europe because of the war of secession, then this team will be a formidable force on the World Cup stage.

And now, the Croatian coach has brought up the topic once again.

But apart from making people sigh and reminisce about the country that once existed, it will no longer be useful to revisit the old things. The two teams belonging to the former Yugoslavia can only fight separately in the round of 16 finals of this World Cup.

Maybe some of them will make it to the quarterfinals.

Or maybe the round of 16 final, which kicks off in a week's time, will be their last gift at this World Cup.

On June 25, the third round of the group stage of Group E.

Brazil vs Belgium.

"Very good! The Brazilian team played very well in this game! It looks like there is not much suspense that Brazil will advance to the quarter-finals with a top finish in the group stage! Aha! The director of the scene put the camera on the audience again, Italy's Prime Minister Forani and his beloved daughter! I think many fans who care about Serie A on a daily basis already know that the new Italian prime minister is also the president of Serie A giants Inter Milan! And Domingos, the main defender of the Brazilian team, is also the ace midfielder of Inter Milan! It looks like Forani is probably here today more as the president of Inter Milan!

"It's no secret that Forani has always been a fan of the Brazilian player in the Inter Milan squad! Even Forani had recently publicly stated that he would certainly be willing to introduce his beloved daughter to Domingos, and claimed that all fathers would be happy to marry their daughters to someone like Domingos. ”

On June 25, Brazil won their third World Cup group stage and are on the verge of reaching the quarterfinals.

Lei Yi returned to Rome, Italy, on this day as an international player of the Chinese team who was eliminated after three rounds of group stage. Returned to his home here.

In previous years, he would always go back to China with his parents during the summer holidays. Maybe it would be nice to find friends who had been playing with him since he was a professional. Or maybe he'll go on vacation with his friends.

But in this World Cup year, he just wants to get back to the city where he plays for the club he plays for as soon as possible.

He wants to come back here. Training, playing football, doing things seriously that are only related to football, but not entertainment and play.

The training base was opened for him, and the strength and conditioning coach went there to train with him. But Thunder Wing still felt that it wasn't enough. When he recalls what he saw in the third round of the World Cup group stage against the Netherlands, he feels that wasn't enough.

Whenever he stopped, he couldn't help but think of the Dutch midfielder, who had been substituted with Skotic towards the end of the game, and whose name he still can't remember, sitting on the bench and crying bitterly. and the way his nemesis, Skotic, smiled self-deprecatingly as the Dutch star looked at him.

That scene certainly didn't just give the defender of the Red Wolf family a deep touch.

At the age of 16, he told his then-club team-mate Dominguez that he was anxious to become the king of the ball. Now, Lei Yi, who has been playing in Europe for four years, has never talked to anyone about this dream in his heart. But that doesn't mean he's forgotten that.

He's an anxious guy in the eyes of everyone, always anxious to score goals, anxious to help the team win, anxious to win one honor after another! But he never made any effort to understand what it would be like to miss something important in his career.

Now, he can read the tears that welled up in the Dutchman's eyes.

That's what the 21-year-old European Golden Boot doesn't want to have.

Therefore, he wants to make more and more efforts, worthy of his long and short legs! He also knew that when he ended the peak of his career, there would be nothing regretful that would leave him with such tears!

July 15, the day the final of the 2042 World Cup will be staged.

In the end, it was Domingos's Brazil team that won the World Cup.

After watching the game at his home in Rome, Italy, Lei Yi felt that his heart could not be calm for a long time. So he sat on his bed and flipped the ball barefoot when it was drizzling outside the window. At times like these, he has to do something football-related with his feet.

But the last ten minutes of the World Cup group stage game against the Netherlands and the aftermath were all in Thunderwing's head, and the images of Brazil lifting the Hercules Cup were constantly intertwined, and they couldn't be distracted.

So the long and short legs were half-leaning on their hands to support the bed, frowning and staring, and their feet were performing a juggling motion that could only be done without a brain.

At this moment, he is really looking forward to the summer break that has caused him to have a ball to play in a hurry. It's the kind of "ball to kick" that can be played twice a week in a hearty, win-lose game, rather than walking on the road and seeing a pebble will want to run over and kick it into the trash can not far away.

It was also at this time that his good friend Tigos called him. And when Long and Short Legs picked up the phone, what he heard was Tigos's energetic and excited voice:

"Turn on the computer, Leiy! After the FIFA World Cup championship award ceremony ended, they broadcast a promotional video on their TV signal that the World Champions Cup is about to start! Now you can see this promotional video on their Facebook and Twitter pages! We both appeared in the promo! We're going to play the World Champions Cup in March next year! Did you hear me say Leiy! We're going to play the World Champions Cup in March next year! ”