'I've been fighting for Uruguay for 30 years, 12 years as a manager and players and I'm closer than ever to the real goal.

Before the game, the 71-year-old was confident, "We will go all out to win." ”

"The Chinese team is strong, but we can get past them."

'Crouchen is an old friend of mine, I was very young when we first met, so it's nice to meet him again at the World Cup and this time we can win.

"I look up to Crawford for what he has achieved, knowing that he changed the history of Chinese football and that he and Dong have set incredible records together."

"The Chinese team has the best players in the world, which is their biggest strength, but also their biggest weakness. He is almost unstoppable, but the Chinese team can be stopped, after all, football is a team sport of 11 people, we may be far inferior to the Chinese team in individual positions, but we are far superior to them in more positions. ”

"We want to show our strengths in the game, not magnify our weaknesses."

Veteran coach Tavares looks confident.

'I think it's the last time a lot of players will play in the World Cup and, like me, I don't need to mobilize anything, they're going to give everything they can and they know what that means.'

"I'm really looking forward to the start of this fight."

……

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Still in Sochi, the Chinese team ushered in Uruguay, the strongest opponent in this World Cup.

The main forces of both sides were exhausted without any reservations.

Fans from both sides arrived at the stadium two hours early, and the two colors were distinct, red and sky blue. The red is the Chinese team fans, and the blue is the Uruguayan fans. Both sides were very friendly and there was no discord. Journalists from the two countries interviewed each other's fans.

The CCAV5 reporter asked the Uruguayan fans: "Do you think you can win against the Chinese team?" ”

"I don't know." Uruguayan fans are quite honest.

"Why don't you know?"

"Because I have a fear of Dong, I've been particularly impressed with him since 10 years, and after eight years, he's still the best player, and every time he gets the ball, I think he might score, which may have been a heart disease."

"I don't know if I can win, but I will definitely support my national team. As long as Suarez and Cavani can step up, we will score more goals than the Chinese team, and we can also qualify. ”

When Uruguayan reporters interviewed Chinese fans, the answer was very different.

"Yes,"

"Of course we can win."

"Because we have Dong Fangzhuo!"

When the Uruguayan reporter heard such an answer, he really felt how important it was for the team to have a spiritual totem.

Yes, China has Dong, who is there in Uruguay? Suarez and Cavani are strong enough, but not enough to be a spirit, I really envy the Chinese. Just like Maradona was to Argentina, Pele was to Brazil, Beckenbauer was to Germany, they all had the best footballers of the time, and then led the national team to the top of football.

The main forces of both sides are exhausted.

Uruguay (442):

Goalkeeper: Muslera

Defenders: Laxalte, Godin, Jimenez, Cáceres

Midfielders: Nandez, Vecino, Bentancur, Torreira

Forwards: Suarez, Cavani

Team China(442)

Goalkeeper: Zeng Cheng

Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Zheng Zhi, Feng Xiaoting, Wang Gang

Midfielders: Hao Junmin, Huang Bowen, Zhao Xuri, Feng Renliang

Forwards: Wu Sanshi, Dong Fangzhuo

As the managers of both sides have said, they don't even need to motivate their players in the dressing room, they are experienced players who know what the knockout stages of the World Cup mean, and the two veteran managers don't need to use impassioned language to motivate their players like other managers.

When the players of the two sides met in the players' tunnel, Suarez took the initiative to go forward to greet Dong Fangzhuo, not surprisingly, this is also the last time the two people met in the World Cup, four years later, maybe they can only sit in the stands to watch the game.

"Dong,"

"Luis,"

The two of them didn't say much, they just high-fived each other, and everything was silent.

Godin also came to say hello to him, Godin has defended Dong Fangzhuo a lot over the years, but every time it is the losing side, none of them are victorious, if you let Godin recall the most terrifying player he has dealt with in his career, that person is definitely Dong Fangzhuo, not Messi, not Ronaldo.

Then Godin found his old teammate Feng Renliang to greet him, and the two also had a pretty good relationship at Atletico Madrid.

Tabares stood tremblingly beside him on crutches, and after seeing Crawford come out, the two of them hugged each other with a smile, not daring to push too hard, after all, the body bones are not very tough.

Out of respect for the two veteran coaches, the World Cup organizing committee let the two of them take the lead out of the player tunnel, which is unprecedented in the history of the World Cup.

When they saw the two of them walking out of the stadium, the fans immediately gave deafening applause, at this time there was no opponent, only friendship, only respect for these two old men.

"It's not easy,"

"Crowchen and Tavares, both old men deserve respect."

"The applause from the fans on both sides was surprisingly unanimous."

Huang Jianxiang and Duan Xuan spontaneously applauded.

"There is always one person who will leave sadly today, and only one person is the winner, but the result does not matter because the two of them have won everything."

……

Beep –

The first elimination of the 2018 Russia World Cup has officially begun!

The Chinese team took the lead, and Dong Fangzhuo quickly withdrew after kicking off and participated in the team's organizational attack, instead of rushing to the front as soon as before. Maybe it's also worried about the team's lack of control in the midfield.

Bentancur rushed forward and quickly approached him. The reason for Dong Fangzhuo's retreat is very simple, and everyone understands it.

However, it was impossible for him to deal with Dong Fangzhuo alone, although he was sticking behind Dong Fangzhuo, Huang Bowen still handed him the ball!

With his back to Bentancur, Dong Fangzhuo quickly went to the right, and sent the ball over the top with his left foot, as if he had eyes behind his back, and he didn't need to look at Feng Renliang's running route at all, but the pass was unusually accurate and fell in front of Feng Renliang.

Feng Renliang didn't wait for the ball to fall, he hooked the instep of his right foot in mid-air, and the ball accelerated directly in mid-air.

With a whoosh, the whole person was like an arrow from the string, just catching up with the ball, and his right foot pushed the back of the ball.

It was clear that he wanted to force his way past Nandez and Laxalte! Tactics are like that!

However, Feng Renliang took it for granted, and just as he accelerated and just rushed past Laxalt, the central defender Godin quickly rushed over diagonally, and flew up with both feet to shovel Feng Renliang's feet! Feng Renliang passed Nandez and Laxalt, but he didn't prevent Godin!

With a bang, Godin's left foot accurately shoveled on the ball, and there was no foul at all, but Feng Renliang's sprint speed was too fast to brake at all, and his right foot finally tripped over Godin's foot, and his whole body flipped forward in the air, smashing heavily on the turf.

"Ouch!"

Screams echoed through the sky.

This fall was so miserable that the fans watching at the scene were distressed.

"Feng Renliang may be injured,"

"He landed on his arm first."

The referee immediately stopped the game, but did not award Godin for a foul, deeming Godin's tackle to be a good shot.

It's friends off the field, but it's not on the field!

However, Godin immediately came up to apologize to Feng Renliang and personally helped him off the field.

"Man, I didn't mean to."

"You've got to hold on!"

"I'll wait for you to get back on the court!"

Feng Renliang was treated by the team doctor on the sidelines, but soon gave up on the idea of continuing to return to the stadium.

Crouchen had to immediately ask Zhang Xizhe to take off his clothes and warm up in a hurry!

Get off the wrong foot!