"This is a super dark horse that broke out of the two groups of death, the Chinese team and the Costa Rica team. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The opponents of the Chinese team are the champions and runners-up of the last World Cup and the two favorites to win this World Cup, Spain and the Netherlands; Costa Rica's opponents are three former World Cup winners...... Italy, England, Uruguay.

To be honest, when the draw for these two groups came out, not many people would think that China and Costa Rica would successfully advance, after all, their opponents were too strong, even us, we didn't have absolute confidence, but now...... These two teams are about to meet in the quarter-finals tomorrow. ”

In this day's live broadcast, the host Zhang Bin introduced the two teams for tomorrow's game.

Female partner Liu Yuxi reminded: "The head coaches and player representatives of both sides have taken their seats at the press conference, let's listen to what the two sides will say." ”

The usual press conference requires at least one key member of the team and a representative of the players, that is, at least two, but this is the quarter-final stage of the World Cup, and the minimum requirement for two has also been raised to three.

The third person on the Costa Rican side is an assistant coach, while the Chinese team is Sun Jihai, a veteran who participated in the 2002 World Cup.

"Mr. Pinto," a reporter asked the Costa Rican coach, "Costa Rica surprisingly advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, your team has made history, are you satisfied with this result?" ”

"No," Pinto shook his head, not answering directly, "this is a question that will have to wait until the World Cup is over." ”

"What do you mean...... Will Costa Rica go further? ”

"Why not?" Pinto rubbed the stubble off his chin and smiled playfully, "We can beat Italy, Uruguay, England, and Greece, and I don't think these teams are underdogs. The most important thing is that we are strong. ”

"Mr. Pinto," another reporter raised his hand, "as we all know, your team has successfully advanced with defensive counterattacks, may I ask, will your tactics be effective against Coach Lippi and the Chinese team, who are also known for their defensive counterattacks?" ”

"Coach Lippi is a champion coach, he is highly respected and respected in football, he has proven himself in the Chinese team, and I have personally benefited a lot from his classic campaigns." Pinto looked like a junior with the modest appearance of a junior, and then he changed his words, "But...... After all, the Chinese team is not Italy, their defensive system will never reach the level of Italy, and the run-in and tacit understanding between their players are far inferior to Costa Rica, I believe that our tactics can restrain them. ”

"Now that we've talked about tactics, could you please talk about tomorrow's opponent?" The reporter took advantage of the situation to provoke, "How much confidence do you have to defeat them?" ”

Pinto was still thinking, but the assistant coach next to him said, "I can answer this question." ”

The manager's face changed slightly, but this change was not captured by the live camera.

The assistant coach is Costa Rican football legend Paul Wanchope, who played in the 2002 World Cup, and has played for Derby County, West Ham United, Manchester City and other teams in England, and he is even a club teammate of Sun Jihai, the "Sun of China......

"Haha, Sun," he smiled heartily at Sun Jihai, who was a few meters away, and then asked in English, "Do you remember that game 12 years ago?" ”

The muscles on Sun Jihai's cheeks trembled, but he didn't respond to the other party.

How could he forget!

12 years ago, June 4, 2002.

Sun Jihai is 25 years old and he is competing in the World Cup for the first time.

It was at the stadium in Gwangju, South Korea.

It was the first round of the group stage of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

The Chinese team, which had the dream of "drawing with Brazil in the group stage, defeating Turkey by a small margin, defeating Costa Rica, and qualifying hand in hand with the Brazilian team", was defeated by Costa Rica, who is also a little-known American mystery, in the first group stage.

In this game, Sun Jihai was pushed to the right midfielder position by coach Milu, and his activity on the side did pose a certain threat to Costa Rica, only in the 17th minute, Sun Jihai caused a foul on the opposing player on the right side, Costa Rica paid the price of a yellow card and a free kick, but Sun Jihai also injured his left leg because of the opponent's frequent fouls, and was replaced by Qu Bo in the 26th minute, and then bid farewell to the entire World Cup in advance.

It was definitely not a good memory.

Wanchope mentioned this game, of course, not to talk about friendship with the club's former teammates, they don't have such a deep friendship, he just wanted to hit the Chinese team psychologically.

"12 years ago, it was supposed to be the first game of the World Cup for the Chinese team, I was still in the national team at that time, we were very unfamiliar with them, Sun and I were not teammates at the club at that time, I couldn't even tell what they looked like, but that didn't prevent us from beating them 2-0. Now, 12 years have passed, I have been retired for a long time, and the young people of Costa Rica have perfectly taken the place of us old people, but ...... What about the Chinese team? Sun is still their main force, I don't know how much their strength has improved, but I think ...... The 37-year-old Sun is definitely not going to be stronger than the 25-year-old. ”

His meaning couldn't be more obvious:

There is no successor for the Chinese team!

Even the 37-year-old man is still the main force that can't be beaten!

So...... You couldn't beat us 12 years ago, and it won't be the same 12 years from now!

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The head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, is not the kind of "mouth cannon" head coach of Ferguson and Mourinho who is sharp and can scold the opponent and cry by his mouth, to a certain extent, he should belong to the type who does not like to be interviewed, and he is not too clear about the grievances between the two sides 12 years ago, so he can only reply in accordance with the usual salty and non-salty sentence:

"Regardless of the previous win-loss relationship, it was a previous thing and it has nothing to do with tomorrow's game."

As Wan Qiaopu's former defeated subordinate, Sun Jihai had no way to refute the facts posed by the other party.

But that doesn't mean the Chinese team won't fight back.

"I know what you mean, you're just trying to stir up the anger in our hearts, and then attack aggressively in the game, so as to fall into the trap you set in advance."

The Chinese captain, who had been silent for more than ten minutes, conveyed his attitude to the audience in English.

Qin Goode raised his gaze and looked at the pair of coaches in Costa Rica.

At this moment, Wanchope and Pinto seemed to see two sharp bayonets slash across their faces, and their hearts couldn't help but skip a beat.

"Okay, your plan has succeeded," Qin Gude raised his eyebrows like throwing knives, "You have succeeded in provoking me, and in tomorrow's game, I will attack you with all my strength, and let me see how impregnable your walls are." ”

"Yes, I do what I say!"

"It's a battle for revenge!"