Zhuo Yang said to Koukou: I still think that it is reasonable for only 24 teams to participate in the World Cup, although 32 teams are more beneficial to the Chinese team and more beneficial to the development of football, but I still think 24 teams are good.

Kou said: I don't know much about it~, I'm very happy to see you win.

Zhuo Yang said: I didn't win, I just played a draw.

In the last game of the group stage of the World Cup in South Africa, the Chinese team was equalized by the tenacious Italian team three times under the lead of three times, and this 3:3 allowed the Chinese team to enter the round of 16 of the World Cup, and in the other game in the same group, Paraguay and Cameroon played 0:0.

In Group F, Paraguay won one game and drew two with 5 points from three games, and the Chinese team won one win, one draw and one loss with 4 points, and the group was second. Italy is unbeaten in three draws, third in the group with three points, and Cameroon is at the bottom of the group with two draws and one loss and two points.

Of the six games in Group F, only two of the Chinese team participated in the winners and losers, and the remaining four were all drawn, ostensibly this is a group of death. However, the Chinese team qualified from this group of death, and although the first game was not satisfactory, it created the brightest splendor in the team's history in the second game. In the final battle, the Chinese played with the defending champions.

In the final stage of the game, the two sides were in chaos, but there was no fight. After the restart, the referee blew the final whistle as the ball left the centre circle. Many Chinese players cried at the end of the game, but Zhuo Yang didn't, maybe he had seen too many big scenes, and a mere top 16 was really nothing. Many Italian players also cried, they were used to success and today's defeat overwhelmed them.

Gattuso's nose stopped bleeding, and he burst into tears. The eighth master said: We are Italian sinners, and everyone present is a disgrace to Italy.

Meng Erge also apologized, but he should not be ashamed of scoring a hat-trick in the game, and the second brother swept all six goals of Italy in this World Cup. As a midfielder with defensive responsibilities, Monji has become impeccable. In the list of scorers in this World Cup, the second brother is only ranked behind Zhuo Yang seven, and the data of their brothers can become the top scorers in the past.

Looking at individual performances alone, Ricardo Montolivo is the best player in the last 32 of the World Cup and the best star in world football this year.

At the end of the game, Pirlo did not cry, he hugged Zhuo Yang tightly with a serene face like his second brother. Back in the locker room, Sleepy and the second brother lay on the seat and cried for a long time.

When Cannavaro and Zambrotta hugged Zhuo Yang, their eyes were still swollen. Facing the camera after the game, the two of them announced their withdrawal from the national team, and they also withdrew from the national team.

Coach Lippi didn't shed tears, the 62-year-old has been through too many flavors of life, but because he hurriedly hid back in the dressing room, he rudely forgot to shake hands with Rijkaard, which also showed that he was a little out of order.

Lippi graciously apologized to Jie Shuai at the post-match press conference and congratulated the Chinese team on their successful promotion.

"The Chinese team is outstanding, they have a great manager and an incredible captain. It's not like Italy lost to China, we actually played very well in this one, Italy lost the first two games. ”

Whether it is from the field or the data, it can be reflected that Italy has an absolute advantage in the game with the Chinese team, but the three mistakes in the whole game were seized by the Chinese team to take the lead three times, and this is football.

In the final game of the group stage, Italy played their best football at this World Cup, but the result was not satisfactory, and the root cause was indeed the decadence of the first two games.

Italy is one of the most well-known slow-burning teams in world football, often underperforming in the group stage, but gradually getting better when they reach the knockout rounds. Their performance at the 1994 World Cup in the United States was the best illustration of this.

That time, Italy was in the same group as Norway, Ireland, and Mexico, but Italy, which was obviously a head higher, stumbled and stumbled, and kicked the strong and weak into the group of death. All four teams have four points from one win, one draw and one defeat, and all of them were narrow one-goal victories in a circle, with Italy only reaching the semi-finals with a better group of third place with just one more goal.

After that, Roberto Baggio led his Italy to a killing spree, defeating the giants and dark horses all the way to the final against Brazil. That time, if there were 32 teams in the tournament and only the top two teams in each group would advance, there would be nothing for Italy, and there would be nothing for Baggio.

The World Cup has expanded from 24 teams to the round of 32, and the biggest loss is a slow-burning powerhouse like Italy, and a careless will make them doomed.

Zhuo Yang felt very sorry for Second Brother Meng and those old friends, especially Second Brother, his phenomenal performance this year should not have been played back home in the group stage. After Italy's dismal return, all the players were criticized by the media, but Monji was spared.

On the day the second brother left Nelspruit, he said to Zhuo Yang: "Among our brothers, I hope you win the championship the most, although it seems that you are the least likely. If you win the championship, I'll feel better because I'm tied with the champion. ”

Zhuo Yang said: "You also drew with Cameroon. ”

"Well, why are you so puzzled?" The second brother shook his bangs: "The night fell on my heart, and on my weed-stained hands, the water dripped down." ”

"Hey, good poetry, good poetry~"

"Gone!"

A week later, on the first day of the transfer window, second brother Ricardo Montolivo announced his official move to AC Milan.

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After the game, the Chinese team fell into a carnival, and captain Zhuo Yang delivered an enthusiastic speech on behalf of the team, dedicating the success of this promotion to the round of 16 to all those who have worked hard for Chinese football and to every hard-working Chinese.

Although football in China does not have the profound heritage of historical precipitation, the world's No. 1 sport has an infectious effect on the whole society that is incomparable to other sports.

Chinese are accustomed to keeping a low profile, and before the World Cup, the Chinese team still announced the three-stage goal of 'scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game'. In other words, in fact, as long as there is only one goal, the minimum task is completed. In fact, Zhuo Yang and the coaching staff are naturally dismissive of this goal, no matter how humble he is, he will not think that he can't even score a goal.

The competitive goal within the Chinese team is to be third in the group, a win is the minimum configuration, and advancing to the round of 16 is the direction of real efforts. In this way, the Chinese team has actually just reached the standard.

But the slaughter of Cameroon and Italy put on a brilliant halo for this 'standard', although it is only the second in the group, but it is the second most brilliant of the eight groups.