The BUG about Piero replaced in the last chapter has been modified.,Originally,It was indeed intended to replace Piero and let Totti stay on the field.,As a result, I wrote a few strokes back and found out that in the last game of the 02 World Cup group stage,Italy and Mexico,Piero scored his first goal in the World Cup.,This goal can't be erased.,So it was changed back immediately.,Who knows that the change is not complete.,Leave a little tail......-

Italy, Italy!

Ling Feng has been a little nervous for the past two days!

He called Cannavaro that night, and Ling Feng's roar on the phone could be heard throughout the hotel where he was staying in Italy.

"Why are you so uncompetitive?!"

The quarterfinals, China and Italy, attracted the attention of the world.

Let's take a look at the matchups in the quarterfinals.

With the end of the last two matches of Group H, the round of 16 of the 17th World Cup is fully determined.

The Netherlands beat Tunisia 2-0 and Belgium beat Russia 3-2, so the quarter-finals were clearly in line.

1st in Group E: Germany vs. 2nd in Group B, 2nd in Paraguay, 1st in Group A, 1st in France vs. 2nd in Group VF, 2nd England in Group A, 2nd in Denmark vs. 1st in Group B, 2nd in Group VSE, 2nd Ireland in VSE;

1st in Group G: Mexico, 2nd in VSD Group, Portugal in Group C, 1st in Group C, Brazil in Group VSH, 2nd in Group VSH, Belgium in Group H, 1st in Group H, 2nd in Group VSC, 2nd in Group D, China in Group VSG, 2nd in Group VSG, Italy.

Among them, the two top encounters that have attracted the most attention are France vs England and China vs Italy.

Denmark and Argentina, Mexico and Portugal are also in the spotlight, and the other games are likely to be won by the traditional powerhouses, if nothing else.

The French team is quite depressed, because their crossed group is too dead, and it is okay to meet England, but if they meet Argentina led by Lao Ma - you must know that Lao Ma knows the core of the current French team, Zidane, and from this point alone, the French team will not take any advantage.

England, and now England's strength should not be underestimated, with Owen, Hesky, Scholes, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, David Beckham, ......

How to say, the battle between England and France will be the first big cake in the knockout stage of this World Cup, and the tickets for this game have been speculated to sky-high prices.

Chinese fans were about to faint with happiness, and they saw such a wonderful confrontation at their doorstep. It is indeed one of life's great joys.

On June 22, 2002, the first match of the quarterfinals kicked off at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangdong, where the two sides were Germany and Paraguay, a powerhouse in the Americas.

The match is a showdown between two veterans – German tiger Effenberg vs Paraguayan madman Chilavert.

Two rebellious players, two players who have been legends for a lifetime.

As the captains of the two teams, when shaking hands before the game, people saw the sympathy from the veterans through the picture of the two hugs.

Although the German team is no longer the glorious Germany of the past, compared to Paraguay, the German team has an advantage in terms of strength.

Santa Cruz, the arrow of Paraguay's attack, plays for Bayern, so it will be difficult for him to have much room to play in front of his teammates in this game - because the Germans know Santa Cruz too well!

Although the German midfielder Ballack was reported to have a calf injury before the game, he was able to recover in time for this game - Ballack participated in all 3 group games, although he was not in the best condition, but he still made a great contribution to the team, assisted 4 times and scored 1 goal, he and Deisler, Effenberg formed this generation of new and old German tank engine, in this World Cup full horsepower!

Jankel, who was out of form, was replaced by Neuville. Jeremes replaces the suspended Ziggy. Germany continued to play in the traditional 4-4-2 formation.

There were very few fans from Germany and Paraguay, and after the clamor in the opening stage, the stands gradually fell silent, and the two teams on the field also played a stable game, with the German team having a slight advantage on the field, and the threat created by Link's shot in the third minute of the opening game, and the threat created by Ballack's header to the back post in the seventh minute scared the Paraguayans into a cold sweat.

Interestingly, Paraguay has more long balls than Germany. In the 13th minute, Neuville threw a touchline ball from the left, and Ballack wanted to pass Bodø but couldn't get the right head. Germany won the ball on the counter-attack, Ballack received a return pass and volleyed the outside of his right foot from 22 yards out, the ball went wide of the right post.

In the eighteenth minute, Deisler had the ball on his back and was ready to get rid of it, but Paraguayan defender Cáceres knocked him down from behind, and Ballack took a free-kick high from 25 yards in front of goal.

A minute later, Paraguay crossed from the right and defender Caniza fired a low left-footed shot wide of the right post from 22 yards.

In the 20th minute, Effenberg saw Chilavert stand up front and shoot straight over the crossbar from the edge of the centre circle – the first direct conversation between the two veterans of the game.

In the 27th minute, Paraguayan midfielder Acuna was shaken down 30 yards in front of the field, and Paraguay was given a valuable direct free kick opportunity.

It was ...... who took the free-kick Chiravit!

As we all know, Chilavert is best known not for his brilliant saves, but for his goals.

He has almost always won the Paraguayan national team, as well as his club's penalty kicks and free kicks in dangerous areas, and has a fairly high goal percentage.

But at the World Cup, Chilavert has never had a chance to score – Paraguay has never won a penalty, and even Chilavert would not dare to step up to the penalty when it comes to free-kick opportunities.

But in this game, the Paraguayan team also realised that this was probably their last game of the tournament, and for Chilavert, it could be the last game of his World Cup career.

So Chilavert stood in front of the ball, and the opponent in front of him was a lion who was as good and domineering as him - Karn.

This is a duel between the old and new world No. 1 goalkeepers, and the duel is in a way that no other goalkeeper has ever experienced before......

The referee's whistle sounded, and Chilavert started running, volleying with his left foot!

The ball makes a perfect arc and turns towards the goal!

The ball was fast and angled, but Karn was prepared, moving quickly as Cilavert served, and then a beautiful leap in the air held the ball!

But the moment Karn's hand touched the ball, he immediately cried out in his heart, the power of the ball was much greater than he had imagined!

The fans watched as Kahn struggled to make a block in the air, the ball bouncing upwards, slamming into the crossbar and bounce off the baseline.

The German fans immediately erupted in earth-shattering applause, and the Chinese fans who were present at the scene couldn't help but give a collective standing ovation for such a wonderful free kick and such a wonderful world-class save.

Karn fell to the ground, unwillingly looking at Chiravit in the distance, and the other party was also looking at him at this time, the eyes of the two stirred up a spark in the air, but it was only a short time, the hostility in the eyes of the two was gone, in exchange, it was mutual respect.

Kahn is the best goalkeeper in this World Cup, although so far, Kahn and China's Li Ke are tied for the least number of goalkeepers conceded in this World Cup, but everyone knows that Li Ke's strength is far from being as good as Kahn, and the Chinese team is so smooth in the group stage because the opponent is not strong - but in other words, the opponent of the German team is not very good......

But now the overall strength of the German team is weaker than that of China, and Kahn's many wonderful saves in the group stage have also made people see a world-class goalkeeper who is a late bloomer!

For such a world-class goalkeeper, it is a shame for him to lose a goal, let alone be scored by the opposing goalkeeper!

When Chilavert took a shot, Kahn meant to hold the ball in the air and then launch a quick counter-attack. Breaking the opponent's empty goal, Chilavert also tasted the pain of the madman Iguita in the 90 World Cup. But at the moment of receiving the ball, he immediately gave up this idea, the speed and strength of the ball just now are definitely not something that people can hold directly.

Heroes cherish each other, and at this moment, this kind of affection arises between the new and old world No. 1 goalkeepers.

In the 31st minute, Santa Cruz fell to the ground in pain after a foul, and five minutes later, the fourth official raised the substitution sign and replaced Santa Cruz with former National Security team's Gombos.

Although Gombos received a round of applause from the Chinese fans, the departure of Santa Cruz deprived the Paraguay team of a top attacking player.

But just five minutes after Gombos came on, Germany misplaced a return pass, and Kahn, who had struck in time, slid in front of Gombos to clear the ball and destroy the threat.

Kahn's solidity is the biggest magic weapon of the German team this year, and it is also one of the factors that the Germans can feel comfortable after the transition between the old and the new, and it is because of his excellent performance that the German team can keep going, but to go further, it does not mean that Kahn alone can do it......

In the first half of the game, the two sides drew 0:0.

In the second half, the Paraguayans attacked as if they were desperate.

In the fifth minute, Chilavert hit the ball straight into the box from a free-kick at the back – or rather a pass – and Kahn struck a one-handed shot that Paraguayan pushed to the right and Bonnet's cross was sent to the unmarked Ayala, who volleyed wide of the right post from seven yards.

This attack was considered the most dangerous shot of the game for Upper Paraguay, and the German team, which has not completely replaced the old and the new, has a huge defensive hole at this moment.

Seven minutes later, Arce played a long pass from the right side of the midfield, Gombos received the ball past a defender and fired a right-footed shot from 20 yards in front of goal, Kahn lifted the ball over the crossbar, and in the 19th minute, Akuna's cross from the left was met by Canisa's low right-footed shot from the edge of the box.

It can be said that the rhythm of the game in the first twenty minutes of the second half was in the hands of the Paraguayan players, but just when the Paraguayans thought they were about to blast the door open to the German team, a variable appeared.

The beautiful blonde hair in the midfield of the German team, a brilliant pass!

In Paraguay, the players are still thinking about how to attack, and the German team's No. 11, Effenberg, ruthlessly shattered the Paraguayans' dreams with a pass.

The ball came out of the gap between the two Paraguayan defenders and went straight from midfield to the right side of the penalty area!

A perfect lore!

Deisler stepped in quickly, got the ball in the corner of the penalty area unguarded, took a step forward and shot directly with his right foot!

Chilavert couldn't do anything but hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the net.

1：0！

Effenberg and Deisler reversed the game with a 1-0 lead!

There are twenty-five minutes left in the game, and for the Paraguayan team it is the last twenty-five minutes.

Paraguay launched a furious attack, while the aging Effenberg was replaced by Borg, and the German team started to defend in full swing at the last minute!

Ballack's outstanding performance became a barrier in the German midfield, and he took over the captain's armband from Effenberg and began to play the role of a captain.

Under the defensive camp led by Ballack, it was difficult for the Paraguayans to form a threatening shot, and Chilavert was miraculously saved by Kahn in two free kicks, and in the dialogue of this game, Kahn established himself as a new generation of goalkeepers!

Finally, I got through the last time and waited for the referee's long-lost whistle.

Germany defeated Paraguay 1-0 and were the first to reach the quarterfinals!

After the game, Chilavert and Kahn exchanged jerseys, and the new generation of goalkeepers was finally recognized by the former goalkeepers, and the photos of the two raising each other's hands with their bare shoulders have also become the eternal footage of this World Cup......

Paraguay lost, but they were still defeated, and although the German team won this game, they still have a long way to go, and they still have to work harder to recover to the team that dominated the world back then.

An hour later, the eyes of the fans turned to another match, which was the battle of the century - England vs France!