Qi Wusheng was sure that Ling Feng was unhappy with him ousting him, the head coach of the Chinese national team, everyone knew this, and Ling Feng himself knew it.

Among the coaching staff of the Chinese team, Lao Qi's position can really be regarded as a second-in-command, and it is more appropriate to describe him by this title.

If Qi Lao Er is the head coach, the Chinese team may have to go home in the group stage - because if he is the head coach, several young players who shine in the group stage will definitely not have the opportunity to participate in the World Cup, and Ling Feng alone can only be said to be alone.

Let Qi Lao Er and Lao Ma learn, and then arrange for him to coach some small clubs in Europe after the World Cup - the coach is not like a player, if the team makes any mistakes, he will definitely be the first to take the coach, with Ling Feng's ability, at best, Qi Lao Er can only be arranged to some downstream teams in the second division of the five major leagues.

To be honest, among the local head coaches of the Chinese team, Zhu Guanglu's level can still enter Ling Feng's eyes - after all, he has studied with Santana for more than two years, and he doesn't know how many kinds he has seen just by watching the pig run, and he can barely go to teams like Ligue 1 and Bundesliga to show his skills.

Speaking of coaching, Ling Feng remembered Milu for no reason at this time.

Bola•Milutinovic, the wonder coach, has led all of his teams to the knockout stages of the World Cup – leading newcomers Costa Rica to the round of 16 in '90, hosts the United States to the round of 16 in '94, and Nigeria this year to the round of 16.

It's a pity that Ling Feng and Mi Lu didn't have a chance to play each other, and in the quarterfinals, the Laudrup brothers defeated their opponents cleanly 4:1.

In general, Milu's coaching level is still quite good, but the reason why Ling Feng doesn't like him is that the media blew Lao Mi so hot, such a foreigner still can't afford the big hat of the savior of Chinese football.

Maybe at this time, except for some senior fans, many Chinese don't know which onion Milu is - this can't be helped, Ling Feng's arrival makes the magical coach have no chance to run to China to be embarrassed - to be honest, with Milu's level, even a team like Costa Rica that has been put together temporarily can lead to the round of 16, leading China to swallow nine bullets and not score a goal in the World Cup, and Ling Feng is embarrassed for him......

To get back to business, 7 July 1998, at the Stadio Vilodrome in Marseille.

The first semi-final of the World Cup officially kicked off, Brazil vs the Netherlands.

This is a top-level matchup, and what people are looking forward to is what the Brazilian team, which claims to have won the championship almost in the bag, can play when they meet their strongest opponent since the start of the tournament.

Brazil's grouping can be described as a top sign, from the group stage to now, there have been no decent opponents at all - losing a game is a big suspicion, and the strongest opponent Denmark team has encountered is not at the same level as Brazil in terms of strength.

The Netherlands is more miserable.

Four days earlier, they had beaten formidable opponents Argentina and midfielder Newman was destined to miss the game after being beaten by Simeone's superb performance – and although Brazil's win over Denmark was not easy, it was much more comfortable than the Netherlands.

The Netherlands were sniped by Belgium and Mexico in the group stage – really sniped, and both games were drawn.

In the first game of the knockout round, he faced the Eastern European powerhouse Yugoslavia, although the opponent was a tired division, but the Netherlands did not win so easily - not to mention Argentina, if it were not for the ice prince Bergkamp's last-minute stunner possessed by aliens, it would not have been the Netherlands who is now playing against Brazil!

But there is no doubt that this will be a world-class battle.

The title of the uncrowned king of the Netherlands is more of an irony than an honor, and there is even a strange circle in the history of the World Cup - anyone who beats the Netherlands in the knockout round of the World Cup can win the World Cup......

This cycle was not broken by France until this year's World Cup, otherwise Brazil would have become a five-star in '98.

Brazil advocates delicate coordination and individual performances, and the Netherlands is not bad in terms of technology, but it is worse than Brazil, but their high-altitude advantage is incomparable to Brazil, so this game can only be described as evenly matched.

The old horse began to shout in front of the TV - in fact, he wanted to go to the live to watch the game, but Marseille was not far from Paris, and it was not close, so for the sake of tomorrow's race, the old horse still endured.

There are always grievances between the powerful and the powerful.

The reason why Haoqiang is Haoqiang is because they have a history; The history of Haoqiang is built by each other, and the intersection of rivers and lakes is called grievances; The number of opponents is an important criterion for judging whether a team is strong or not.

The Chinese team does not meet any of the above three......

Of course, with the increase of time, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and other teams have gradually become China's rivals, maybe a thousand years later, the Chinese football club and Outer Mongolia have formed some beams, they have entered the space age, and the slogan of Chinese football has continued to shout out of Asia for thousands of years......

Argentina and Brazil are natural rivals, a classic metaphor, each other is two whetstones, sharpening each other, the two countries have won the World Cup so far 6 times have each other's credit, without such a tiger-eyed neighbor will inevitably doze off.

Anyway, when it comes to Argentina and Brazil, whether it is the national team or the club, it must be a fight on and off the field, to paraphrase a classic and eternal topic, Mars collides with the earth.

So the old horse is hesitating now, who is he cheering for?

In his heart, he still hopes that Brazil can get rid of the Netherlands - after all, the Dutch are very "shameless" - the old horse said the truth, because the little donkey Ortega made the fraud but was yin - very shamelessly eliminated the Argentine team.

But the problem is that Lao Ma's relationship with Brazil is not good, he and Pele have been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years, even if they put aside their grievances on the surface, he doesn't want Brazil to be so carefree after Argentina goes home.

In the end, Lao Ma made a classic conclusion: "Let's fight, let's fight, we are all injured and full of red cards, so that we can win France is equivalent to winning the World Cup......"

The Chinese team has come to this point, and even Lao Ma thinks that the Chinese team has come to an end.

France, the Netherlands, Brazil, which is not N+1 times stronger than the Chinese team?!

What's more, Ling Feng is still injured now, France is now super strong, the back line is not comparable except for Italy, there is Zidane in the midfield - just look at his performance in the Champions League final, that whole Platini II, the front line - the front line blames Ling Feng for his own guilt, although it is a single striker, but Anelka and Henry, two guys who are not yet twenty years old, are more than one grade stronger than Hao Haidong when they pull one out, and it is basically impossible for the Chinese team to win.

So according to Lao Ma's meaning, the third place in the World Cup is nothing for them, but it is also a cake for the Chinese team - I haven't heard of three or four places competing for all the games in Europe, and it is estimated that the Netherlands or Brazil will not be interested in this meaningless ranking after fighting to the death, if Ling Feng preserves his strength and fights for the third place, it is still more dramatic.

But Ling Feng's guy just didn't do it, and he was still talking to himself about sportsmanship!

Lao Ma didn't care about it in a fit of anger, anyway, he entered the top four, his goal was achieved, and for the rest, how Ling Feng loved to toss and toss......

In the midst of high expectations, the summit showdown between Brazil and the Netherlands has finally begun.

Four years ago, Brazil defeated the Netherlands 3-2 to stage a classic battle for the world, led by Romario, but what about this year?

This year's protagonist is Ronaldo!

In this game, the alien finally showed his strength that does not belong to the earth, and after Ling Feng shined in the last game, the alien finally played his due level!

With continuous rapid starts, changes of direction and breakthroughs, Ronaldo showed the world the strength of his world's No. 1 striker!

In the first 25 minutes of the first half, Ronaldo rode alone, but his final shot was tackled by Davies, a wild boar who had been chasing after him, and the ball was deflected wide of the goal.

The Dutch team was simple in defending against Ronaldo, and that was tackles.

The Dutch team could not find a player who could defend Ronaldo, so they received two yellow cards in the first half of the game - all of which were caused by the goal of guarding Ronaldo.

The Dutch team also had a lot of chances, but they still didn't take advantage of them, and in terms of luck, neither team took advantage.

Kluivert and Bergkamp, the striker duo also caused a headache for Brazil's defenders.

Kluivert's body and height, Bergkamp's calmness, are enough to kill in an instant.

However, in this game, the Dutch team did not invest too much troops in high-altitude balls, and it was a delicate cooperation on the ground with the Brazilian team, known as the "king of technology"!

It is undeniable that the Dutch team's technology is quite good, but it does not have much advantage over Brazil, and Hiddink has a fatal hole in the tactics of this game!

Brazil lost twice to Norway in the warm-up games before the World Cup and also lost to their opponents in the group stage of the World Cup - although these three games are not important games and there is no need to force Brazil to give their full strength as this one, but Norway's three wins also vaguely illustrate a problem.

In the face of the dazzling short pass coordination and a variety of tactical play of the Brazilian team, which is delicate enough to play the violin with their feet, the Norwegian team, whose skills are so rough that they are simply clumsy, cleverly avoided the edge and played with the Brazilians the "long pass rush" that the opponent disdains to use.

The method seems simple, but it actually works. The Norwegians' tactical guiding philosophy of "high, fast and concise" allows them to go from defending to attacking with just one pass. This style of play even made the delicate and skillful footwork that Brazilians are proud of lose their effect for a while!

But the Dutch team did not do this, and even, there were serious divisions in the Dutch team!

As early as in the qualifiers for that World Cup, the white players of the Dutch team and the black people of Surinamese descent had a quarrel over racial discrimination, although Hiddink tried his best to suppress this unease, but this game was more common in this game, but it was Davies's solo performance and too many dribbling, and the pass was mostly passed to Kluivert; In contrast, Ronald • De Boer mostly passed the ball to Bergkamp rather than the better-placed Kluivert, and on several occasions he missed the ball......

But I have to say that the offensive and defensive conversion speed of this game is very fast, and the cheers in the stands are also one after another, this is the top football game, the top offensive battle!

Unparalleled powerful attack, all-attack and all-defense combat system, individual performances with a flash of inspiration, Ronaldo, Bebeto, Rivaldo, Bergkamp, Kluivert, Zenden......

These top superstars put together a gorgeous performance with their performances, the only fly in the ointment is that both sides attacked so fiercely for 45 minutes, and they got a lot of chances, but neither of them could break through the opponent's door.

Ronaldo's ability to take chances in front of goal at this time is nowhere near as good as he was after his injury – and that's true.

Da Luo is unrivaled in the current breakthrough and possession of the ball, but in front of goal, he still lacks a little bit of fire, otherwise, he had at least two chances to tear open Van der Sar's door in the first half, but both missed good chances.

It would be terrifying if Ronaldo's pre-injury technique and post-injury fat old spicy were perfectly combined......

In first-half stoppage time, Ronaldo, who had wasted two chances, finally made a good chance in front of goal!

Bebeto's pass from 30 meters away went straight to the penalty area, Ronaldo used his body to block Stam's pull behind him in the high-speed run, stopped the ball in the air with his left foot, and pushed it with his right foot!

The ball is in!

In the last minute of the first half, Ronaldo's shot gave Brazil a one-goal lead!

This shot is similar to Bergkamp's swan song of the century in the last game, but because the ball received by Bergkamp at that time was too far away, it was more famous and exciting than Ronaldo's goal, but when it comes to difficulty, the two goals are really comparable.

The first half ended with Brazil leading 1-0.

In the second half, both teams continued to strengthen their attack, and the leading Brazilians did not shrink in defence.

Fifteen minutes into the second half, Ronaldo won the ball in the center circle, broke through Reziger and Stam in succession, and took the last step to pass De Boer in the penalty area and hit the goal directly, but as the captain Frank • De Boer fell to the ground and tackled the ball dangerously, and the Brazilian team missed a good opportunity.

In slow motion, Ronaldo's two consecutive disguised dribbles were wonderful, Reziger and Stam were flashed without any energy left, and De Boer claimed after the game that his tackle was a gamble, and if Ronaldo was allowed to shoot comfortably, the ball would go in ninety percent - fortunately, he won the bet, and the Netherlands escaped for the time being; Unfortunately, however, he won the bet and lost one of the top goals in World Cup history.

In the 23rd minute, Bergkamp's shot went just over the crossbar and scared the Brazilian into a cold sweat.

The two sides are stuck in this way, and the time of the game is also spent minute by minute.

It wasn't until the 87th minute of the game that the Dutch finally found a chance in the penalty area, and Kluivert finally took advantage of the Brazilian's unsuccessful header to score the equaliser, and dragged the game into the Golden Goal to win extra time!

This overtime did not repeat the scene of Ling Feng riding alone for thousands of miles in 45 seconds and ending the game very quickly.

Players on both sides, who had already consumed most of their stamina, became timid when faced with the concept of sudden death.

The shrunken defense and futile attack quickly wasted half an hour left, and the two sides had to go to penalties!

This is the third penalty shootout of this World Cup!

Three penalty shootouts between six teams at the top of the world!

The fans who watched the strong dialogue in this World Cup were fascinated, such a strong team could not distinguish the winner within 90 minutes, and could only be decided by the most cruel penalty kick, who entered the final?

Italy was the weaker country in penalty shootouts, and they even scored a World Cup hat-trick that was eliminated on penalties.

But even worse than Italy is the Netherlands – as we can see from the 2000 European Championships, when the Netherlands scored just one of six penalties in the match between the Netherlands and Italy, setting a record for the world's top competition......

The players of both teams fell to the ground when the referee blew the whistle for the end of extra time, and the 120 minutes of intense play used up almost all their energy.

Ronaldo fell to the ground, letting the paramedics shake his thighs to relax his muscles, while Kluivert, who was sweating profusely, was doing the same thing.

Finally, the third penalty shootout of this World Cup began......

Brazil have a lot of players who can go down in history, but when it comes to goalkeepers alone, it's hard to find a few decent guys.

But Tafarel made up for that role.

Four years ago, he saved Baresi's penalty in the final, and four years later, he saved Brazil again!

De Boer and Cocu's penalties were saved by Baresi, while Brazil scored all four!

I can't forget the powerful swing of the Brazilian team's captain Dunga when he scored the penalty, which also announced the victory of the Brazilian team!

4：3！ Brazil eliminated the Netherlands on penalties and were the first to reach the final!