Maybe many dragons are very dissatisfied with Lao Bing's arrangement of Maldini to miss a penalty, and some dragons even ran to QQ to question Lao Bing, even if they want to win, they can't do this, they have to call Maldini to shoot billiards? Zambrotta's substitute is fine, and Inzaghi, or Piero......

My Khan, it's not that I don't like Maldini to let him carry this black cauldron, it's just that this is also arranged-

Kowloon Stadium is boiling, the Chinese team is boiling, and the whole of China is boiling!

The Chinese team eliminated the Italian team in a penalty shootout and entered the quarterfinals!

Although the process was extremely difficult, it still won in the end, and the Chinese team was one step closer to the championship.

Italy's players are all sitting on the pitch in despair, and it is a penalty, twelve years, four consecutive penalty shootouts have been eliminated, maybe Italy's backline is the first in the world, it is difficult for other teams to beat them in 90 minutes or even 120 minutes through sports battles, but penalty kicks, they really do not have an advantage.

Baggio stood there as lonely as he had eight years ago, but this time it was different, eight years ago it was his lonely back, and eight years later, he was accompanied by his teammates.

Maybe for Baggio, this World Cup, he has no regrets, he has been in danger of savior many times, but Italy's luck has not been good, the last kick of the penalty shootout to break the fateful goal, can not save the situation of Italy's rout, they face the host, is the strong Chinese team.

Maldini cried like a child, and it was difficult to understand why Maldini was standing on the penalty spot as a player who was not good at penalty kicks, but he couldn't help it.

When Trapattoni chose the penalty taker, there was no one willing to step up for the fifth penalty taker, except for the four strikers.

Perhaps everyone already knows that this fifth penalty player may be the one who decides the victory!

The others flinched, and the penalty curse that had been hanging over Italy's head kept them from taking the risk, but as Italy's captain and his last World Cup appearance, Maldini did not back down, although he did fail......

After the Chinese team celebrated, the players came to hug the Italian players. Swap jerseys.

Ling Feng found Baggio.

The scene of two shirtless men hugging has once again become one of the classic shots of this World Cup, Baggio lying on Ling Feng's shoulder and crying, this is his last World Cup, his last time to represent the national team, or rather, it may be his last game, because after the World Cup, Baggio will officially announce his retirement......

The Chinese fans did not hesitate to applaud their opponents, and another strong team went home, but their performance was very beautiful.

Bypassing Baggio, Ling Feng also ran to comfort the crying Maldini with Nesta and the others, he was a hero, really, a hero!

It's impossible for Maldini not to remember missing a penalty when he came to China, or not to remember missing a penalty at Euro 2000.

For a player who has missed a penalty twice in an important game, to be able to step up when no one dares to step up is a heroic act in itself.

Maldini is old, he is really old.

Ling Feng remembered that in history, Italy and South Korea, when An Zhenhuan scored the golden ball in the last overtime, it was Maldini who grabbed some ground with An Zhenhuan!

He's old, and with nearly one hundred and twenty minutes of play, he can't jump anymore......

After the World Cup, Maldini will also announce his retirement from the national team and hand over the captain's armband.

Let's go, Paul, let's go, Robbie......

The Chinese players then declined all the interviews and returned to the hotel, they needed to rest, 120 minutes of intense competition made everyone physically exhausted, so the most important thing at the moment is to recover in time for the next game!

However, fortunately, the opponent in the next game is Spain, they have just fought Ireland for 120 minutes, and they barely won the penalty shootout, and when it comes to physical problems, they are not much better than themselves.

The quarterfinals of the World Cup are all finalized, and the quarter-finals are as follows.

Brazil vs England, Argentina vs Netherlands, Germany vs Portugal, China vs Spain!

The battle situation in the first half of the region can be described as terrifying!

Whether it is Germany, which has not yet succeeded in the replacement of the old and new generations, or Spain that is soft on its feet when it encounters the big game, or Portugal of the golden generation, it is only the second-rate level of Europe, but in the upper half, Brazil and Argentina are excluded, England who defeated France, and the Netherlands, which did not enter the top 32 of the World Cup, can be described as top teams!

Although China defeated Italy in a tiring way, their next journey is much simpler than that of Brazil and Argentina.

According to Ling Feng's estimate, uh, Brazil is sure to win England, and Argentina should have no problem winning the Netherlands, so the next semi-finals ...... Two South American powerhouses have a fierce battle, no matter who wins, it will be a pyrrhic victory anyway!

As for Spain, as well as Germany or Portugal, it can be said that there is no strength to bring too much pressure to China, the two teams are still deficient compared to Italy, and it is expected that the Chinese team will not encounter too much trouble in the next two games.

Of course, this is only relative, compared to the two perverted teams of Brazil and Argentina, in any case, Germany, Portugal and Spain, as traditional powerhouses, still have some strength, and they cannot but be taken into account tactically.

Italy's penalty kick was eliminated, causing another uproar at home, and many media outlets still stood up and accused Maldini of being "Italy's sinner".

Unexpectedly, this time the Italian players changed their usual style of silence and anger, starting with Baggio, and launched a counterattack against those noisy media!

As the best performance of the Italian team in this World Cup, Baggio, he has every confidence to point at the reporter and scold.

"We are naturally responsible for losing the penalty shootout, but this responsibility should not be borne by Paul alone!" Baggio changed his previous Sven, and said angrily in an interview with reporters: "Many reporters think that Italy is very strong, very strong, we are a traditional strong team that has won the World Cup three times, and our league is the world's first league, but now the pattern of world football has changed, there are more and more strong teams, and there are more and more outstanding stars, and the Italian team has not been able to maintain its leading position in the world, and even our league has gradually been caught up by the Premier League La Liga in terms of ratings, Okay, we have to admit our mistakes, if we can score six goals a game, I don't think any team can stop us. ”

Vieri also said with a strange yin and yang on the side: "Six goals, maybe in the eyes of some people, it is not uncommon to score six goals in a game, as long as they play, maybe they can break the record set by Ling just in one game, isn't it?" ”

"Maybe we can break Fontaine's record in one game." Piero also interjected coldly on the side.

The reporters were stunned, they didn't expect that the Italian players would dare to be so unruly, could it be that they went to China and became as lawless as Ling Feng one by two after they came back? !

You know, in Italian football, where the media dominates, it is a big crime to disdain journalists so blatantly!

Many reporters have already begun to think that this kind of behavior of looking down on themselves must be severely punished, and they must be written, and their fame must be written!

Most of these reporters are not very well-known tabloid reporters, and they are the ones who make the most trouble, while several large Italian media such as "Milan Sport" and "Torino Sport" have unexpectedly chosen to remain silent, and only objectively report the results of the Sino-Italian war and comment on it.

However, the calculations of these small media were wrong, and the next day, when their overwhelming scolding was all over the newspapers, Turin, Milan and other newspapers without exception expressed their support for the players.

"We should look at the game objectively," Milan Sports newspaper said: "We do not have any advantage with the Chinese team in this game, the strength of the Chinese team is terrible, as for the penalty kick, in their home stadium of more than 90,000 fans, it is really impossible to win the penalty shootout, the Italian national team is currently a big problem, but it does not mean that these problems must be borne by the players." ”

"Maybe we have been too demanding on our players," Torino Sports also expressed the following opinion: "In this World Cup, we found that Italy is actually not so stable in the position of the world's top team, maybe God is not on our side, and our young players also need to take over the work, such as the Chinese team, their lineup, and then play in the 06 World Cup without any problem." ”

The wind direction of several major media has suddenly changed, and those scolding small media can't find the north, why has the practice changed? In the past, including the 2000 European Championships, the media didn't give the players a good look after the loss!

How come the way of the world has changed after two years?!

It doesn't work if it doesn't change!

Italy is in an awkward situation at the moment, and if they don't get it right, they will become the second German team - Totti's inability to pick up Baggio's squad is a big problem, and the league's declining profits have made the mainstream media aware of the existence of a crisis.

What's more, it lost to the host Chinese team, although it is an eighth-finals, it can only be said that Italy's luck is too back, and it is a strong host, and it is a powerful host, and the players can't be blamed for losing, not to mention, Italy has never had any advantage in the game, to put it mildly, it has been a success to drag it to the penalty shootout.

After a two-day hiatus, the quarter-finals officially began.

Brazil and England staged a battle of the century, and Ronaldo made a name for himself in this game.

Brazil dominated the attack from the start of the game, with Rivaldo, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho attacking England but failing to break Seaman's goal.

In the 23rd minute, there was a fatal mistake in Brazil's backline, Lucio intercepted Heskey's pass, but he stopped the ball wrongly, and Owen burst into the box after winning the ball and fired the ball into the goal of Marcos, giving England a 1-0 lead.

Brazil looked impatient after conceding the goal, and the 3R frequently tried to burst into the opposition penalty area from the middle, but England's bucket formation did not give the Brazilians too many chances.

In the 26th minute, Ronaldo forced his way into the box from the right side, but his shot was blocked by Seaman.

In the 32nd minute, Carlos suddenly shot from the left corner of the penalty area, and the ball hit the side netting.

When the first half went into the third minute of stoppage time, just when everyone thought England would go into the break with a lead, Ronaldinho's brilliant individual performance destroyed the England defence.

Ronaldinho won the ball from the middle, deceived Ashley Cole with a bike feint in front of the box and handed the ball to the unmarked Rivaldo on the right side of the box just before the arc, who curled a trademark curling ball with his left foot into the far corner. In the first half, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw.

In the fifth minute of the second half of the game, the most classic free kick of this World Cup was born!

Nearly 50 meters from midfield, Ronaldo's hanging door directly broke through the England gate guarded by Seaman. 2:1, the Brazilian team successfully overtook it, and Xiao Luo scored a goal and an assist to become the brightest star of the Brazilian team in this game!

Although Xiao Luo was sent off for an uncool action after that, it did not affect his brilliance in this game, 2:1, Brazil finally defeated England and was the first to enter the semi-finals!

Argentina met their rivals last year, but Hiddink was unable to keep them out once again, with goals from Batistuta and substitute Crespo giving them a 2-1 victory, with Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring a late face-saving goal from Ruud van Nistelrooy.

That is, one match of the semifinals has already been decided, and that is Brazil v Argentina!

Coincidentally, the match between Germany and Portugal was also 2:1, and in the quarterfinals, three of the games were 2:1, which has to make people sigh that the difference in the strength of the two teams is very small, and this is also a wonderful World Cup game.

Finally came the last game, China v Spain.