After the Chinese team finished the last game of the group stage, there was no suspense in qualifying for the third place in Group A.

This ranking is not nice to say, so the Chinese media reported that "two consecutive World Cups have broken through from the group stage", or "two consecutive World Cups have reached at least the round of 16".

These statements sound very face-saving, not many teams in the world dare to guarantee that they can achieve the basic game of "qualifying from the group", and there are really only a handful of teams that can do it.

Wu Jie felt the most deeply about this, if the Chinese team in his original plane can stabilize the World Cup group qualification, then Chinese fans will not even feel tired of 996!

Now fans across Asia are looking at the Chinese team that has qualified from the group again, not to mention how envious and jealous they are.

It is said that after the start of the World Cup, the sales of the "Soccer Player" manga began to skyrocket, which will make many Japanese people only find some solace in the comics.

And after the Chinese team defeated Canada, many of the Chinese scattered around the world who only generously admitted to being Chinese more than three decades ago did not mind being asked where he came from.

“a！ a！ ”

This is also the headline of many well-known international media reports on the second day, although a team that finishes third in a group is not a big deal, but a 10:0 game is very remarkable, and it can become a global hot spot for several days in a row.

Wu Jie's controversial words after the game also became the headlines of major media reports the next day.

The reason for these words was that a British female reporter with very small breasts asked him after the game: "You led your team to create a great performance that shocked the world, and the rapid rise of Chinese football in the 80s also shocked the world, what do you plan to take this team to?" ”

Wu Jie's answer at the time was: "This is indeed a classic battle that is difficult to forget, but for Chinese football, which is restarting, we still need more victories, more classic battles, and championships." As for the ultimate goal in my heart......"

At this time, he pretended to be unspeakable, and paused before saying: "Let's put it this way, I hope that when fans in any country in the world buy football lottery, if they take out 100 US dollars from 1986 and bet a part of the proceeds to buy us win every time the Chinese team plays, then in 30 years, he will have at least a million-dollar or even million-dollar pension." And that's what I want to do with this team. ”

When Wu Jie's whimsical words were finished, the scene was completely silent, and countless reporters were staring at Wu Jie on the stage who seemed to have taken too many drugs.

But no matter how they asked after that, Wu Jie no longer answered any questions related to it.

This is obviously a run-and-run after pretending, which is very exciting!

However, to be honest, the Chinese team has not yet installed such a large capital of 13.

Wu Jie also took advantage of a great victory to say those words impulsively.

True, he also had moments of impulsiveness and unthinking.

In fact, if you don't look at the score of this game, the Chinese team is only 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, and even the top two groups have not been qualified.

But the force has already been loaded, and he must at least lead the team to the quarterfinals before he can explain.

Wu Jie now has a new understanding of the World Cup championship, and no team dares to pack a ticket to go to the end in the World Cup, after all, a single knockout game is full of uncertainty, and there are too many factors that can affect the outcome of the game.

But on the other hand, this kind of single-elimination game also gives those teams that are not the strongest in hard power a chance to defeat the strong.

Argentina, who originally won the World Cup in this year, their hard power will definitely not be in the top three among the 24 teams in this year, and even the top five is enough, but they finally won the championship.

Then the Chinese team, which has three historical TOP10, of course, has the possibility of creating miracles from it.

But at this time, it is necessary to take a look at the draw for the quarter-finals, according to the knockout group rules of this World Cup, the teams in the six groups will be divided into the upper and lower halves before the semi-finals, and the opponents in each round will be determined by the draw of the group.

To put it simply, the teams in the top half of the Chinese team will be drawn from the bottom half of the team before the semi-finals, and they will not meet the teams in the top half of the region at least until they reach the semi-finals.

In addition, the rules of the draw routinely give some preferential treatment to the teams with the best results in each group stage, and the winners of each group will not meet in the quarter-finals.

The top four teams in each group will be drawn to qualify for the third place in the group.

The Chinese team finished third in Group A in the top half of the group, and their opponent must be one of the three teams with the best results in the group stage in the bottom half.

At this time, you can take a look at all the teams that have qualified-

Group A: West Germany, Soviet Union, China

Group B: Denmark, Italy, Spain

Group C: Mexico, Paraguay

Group D: Uruguay, England, Morocco

Group E: Brazil, Belgium, Poland

Group F: Argentina, France

This qualifying situation means that the Chinese team's opponents in the quarterfinals will definitely choose between Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina, all of which are South American teams.

"We're not going to draw Brazil, are we?"

After returning to the hotel, the Chinese team first gathered together to watch the live broadcast of the draw for the knockout round.

At this time, everyone has a bad premonition, because according to the tradition that the Chinese team can never draw a good lottery, the final draw result can be blindly sniped between the worst and the second worst.

"Don't look at it, it's definitely Brazil!"

Lin Yaodong put $100 on the table, ready to open a handicap that is sure to make a profit.

But the embarrassing thing is that after a long time, there is no second bill on that table, and the Chinese players don't like to do this.

After Lin Yaodong was bored, he could only wait for the draw results awkwardly.

But there was really no suspense about this result, when the Brazilian team's color ball was placed with the Chinese team, the Chinese players in front of the TV were not too surprised, because they were used to this result.

This scene was naturally filmed by the CCTV film crew, and even the coaching staff of the Chinese team discussed how the Brazilian team should play before the draw began.

If this video is released, it will really be a naked slap in the face to FIFA.

Of course, this pot will definitely be detained on the Mexicans, who let them not only draw Poland, which seems to be the weakest in the lower half of the draw, but also did not use automated machines in the draw, and actually drew lots with their hands.

If you want to say that there is no cheating here, I guess even the Mexicans themselves don't believe it.

"It's not a bad sign, now this Brazil team is in a period of scarcity, Zico and others have long since lost the courage of the past, a bunch of veterans in the Samba Army are coming down from the top, with a bunch of young players who have not yet grown up, this is a good sign for us!"

"That's right, not only is this Samba army old, but the artistic style of football they insist on is no longer suitable for modern football, and the strongest Brazilian team in history four years ago died under the impregnable defense, and there is no reason why we can't compare to the Italy team four years ago."

After Wu Jie and Lin Yaodong came out of the draw results, of course, they had to stand up and rush to their teammates with a wave of morale, and these words did boost the morale of the Chinese players who had just won the "victory of the century" again!

Their words will have this effect, mainly because they are not nonsense.

If the Brazilians in the last edition had the world's best luxury lineup, then the Brazilian team after four years is a group of withering veterans, plus a group of newcomers who have just stepped onto the stage.

This is also the historical cycle of most teams, the higher a strong team climbs at the top, the more resistance and difficulty it will be to rebuild.

That group of aging superstars is too high in popularity, influence, and prestige, even if they are getting older and their standards are declining, it is extremely difficult for newcomers to replace them, how can a team like the Chinese team dare to bring seventeen or eighteen-year-old newcomers to the World Cup.

This is no exception to the situation for European teams, but it is more serious for South American teams, who are always stuck in a cycle where every time a so-called golden generation emerges in one tournament, the next one is likely to become mediocre.

This edition happens to be a relatively mediocre session for Brazilians, and don't look at the ferocious momentum of the Brazilians in the group stage, but they have to hurt a main player in every game.

Of course, the slightly thinner camel is still bigger than the horse, but this has already given the Chinese team a chance to take out the samba army, and they are well prepared for this.

At this time, it was the Brazilians who were worried, and the Chinese team only glanced at the situation in the second half of the division after the game with West Germany, and basically determined that it was not Brazil, but Argentina.

The Brazilians did not have such an assist prediction, they did not expect to meet the Chinese team in advance, and did not start formal preparations until after the draw, which made them fall behind in terms of intelligence.

The most painful thing is that in the face of the Chinese team, which has been in the limelight in recent years, the Brazilians find themselves confused?

The Brazilians carefully recalled, except for a friendly match in China under the leadership of Pele in 77, it seems that they have never played against China again?

They have very limited knowledge of the Chinese team's tactical play and Chinese players.

In this team, only Zico played once with Wu Jie's Bayern at the club, but because he was injured before the World Cup, he only started once in this World Cup.

This is also one of the advantages of the Chinese team, they know Brazil far more than the other team knows themselves.

This is not an ordinary advantage, a win-lose knockout game, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can increase the winning rate by at least two percent compared to knowing nothing.

But whether they know the Chinese team or not, the Brazilian's style of play will not change, because the proud Samba Army will never be afraid of a third-tier team, let alone face a third-tier team, and change the artistic style of play that they have always admired.

Therefore, in this quarter-finals, the Brazilians will undoubtedly continue to play offensive football, continue to pursue the perfect game process, and use mercury-like attacks and personal improvisations to deal with the Chinese team that shocked the world 10:0, in fact, in the group stage.

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The next day, Ricardo Alemão, the defender of the Brazilian team, publicly provoked Wu Jie, claiming to peel off the camouflage suit he was wearing to let everyone see if he was an alien.

The defender, who originally froze Maradona after four years, looks confident, and of course the Brazilian team's sharpshooter at the peak, Careca, who scored three goals in three games, also publicly called Wu Jie, claiming to take the golden boot off Wu Jie in this game.

Zico, Socrates, and Júnior, the three "Brazilian four superstars" in the early eighties who were still in the national team, were very subtle in their interviews, and even praised the strong attacking power of the Chinese team.

The godfather of Brazilian football, coach Santana, nicknamed "Samba Coach", spoke highly of the three superstars of the Chinese team.

"I think Wu is the 'king of the ball' of our time, he has shown absolute dominance like Pele in both club and country, and there is no player in today's football who can match him."

But when asked what strategy he would adopt in the match against the Chinese team, the godfather of Brazilian football did not answer directly, but said: "No matter what the game, the 22 players on the football pitch and the football they play should be works of art and not ugly garbage, only artistic football can bring instant and lasting happiness to the audience, which is the highest state of football." ”

When these words reached the ears of the Chinese team, many people laughed.

This Santana is very famous in Brazilian football, so he was able to continue to lead the "Samba Army" after leading the golden generation to lose the Hercules Cup in 82.

If Wu Jie were a fan, he would definitely like Santana, because the team he coached pays attention to fair play, advocates offensive football, emphasizes gorgeous technique and personal ability, and plays a pleasing style of play, which can be called an artistic "samba football".

But the problem is that this style of play has already suffered a waterloo in the last World Cup against the Italians' tight concrete defence, although that defeat was also related to their own waves.

This year, Santana's "Samba Army" made a comeback, and although they suffered a series of injuries in the group stage, they still won consecutive games and played a game they are proud of and pleasing to the eye.

The Chinese team can be sure that Brazil's tactical style will not change, and Santana's words are by no means a smoke bomb, but an attempt to provoke them, fool them into playing offensive football, and have a hearty offensive battle with Brazil.

This guess is a bit too simple for the other party's plan, but Wu Jie knows that Santana means this, because the original plane is how they provoke the French team.

Well, the French team really hit the hook.

Of course, it may also be that both parties know each other's thoughts, but they are not convinced by each other.

So the two teams staged one of the most hearty offensive battles of this World Cup in the quarterfinals, not only did there not have a single red and yellow card in the whole game, but even the number of fouls was much less than that of normal games, and the rhythm of normal games can be called smooth and silky.

But I'm sorry, the Chinese team will definitely not fight against the Brazilians, which is not what they are best at, at least not what they are best at now.

In fact, when they saw that the top teams in the second half of the division were all South American countries, they had already decided to launch a concrete-like chain defense on the defensive end, and it would be a new version of the ship that was more encrypted and impermeable than the group stage!

"Art Football?" At the last tactical meeting the day before the game, Lin Yaodong once again made a mobilization in front of the CCTV crew for tomorrow's tactical play that could not be broadcast, "Brazilians like to engage in art, so let's engage in Brazil, which is called in-depth art." ”