Chapter 266: The Knockout Tournament Begins

The tickets for the one-eighth final between the Dragons and Portugal are divided into three grades, and the official ticket prices set by FIFA are 4,280 dragon coins for three types of tickets, 4,880 dragon dollars for the second class of tickets, and 5,680 dragon dollars for the first class of tickets.

However, before the start of this game, the scalping price of the three types of tickets for this game has been speculated to 50,000 dragon coins; A type of ticket has even been fried to 100,000 dragon coins, but it is still priceless, and it is difficult to find a ticket!

When the World Cup enters the knockout stage, it can almost be said that there are no inconsequential games, every game is crucial for the participating teams, and for the fans of both participating teams, it is also not to be missed!

Even for neutral fans who have bought tickets, the quadrennial World Cup is a rare experience in their lives, and they will not just transfer their tickets because of the high price.

Therefore, although the Dragon Kingdom fans who flocked to the country had a lot of money in their pockets, there were only a few who could really buy tickets from others at a high price.

This made the upcoming one-eighth final the smallest number of Dragon fans in this World Cup, according to later statistics, less than 10,000 Dragon fans were able to enter the Sochi Fice Olympic Stadium to watch the game live.

However, in order to attract tourists and fans, the Sochi city government has set up giant display screens in major squares in the city, so that fans who have not rushed to buy tickets and cannot enter the game site can also feel the atmosphere of the game during the game.

After the coordination of the Dragon Embassy in Russia and the Dragon Football Association, the Sochi City Government specially allocated two squares with a capacity of tens of thousands of people to provide Dragon fans who came specifically for this game, so that they would not run in vain.

This also makes Sochi, which had only 370,000 permanent residents before the start of this game, after the influx of nearly 50,000 Dragon Country fans and tourists, the city is full of Dragon Country atmosphere.

The quarterfinals between the Dragons and Portugal were scheduled to start at 9 o'clock in the evening local time in Sochi, and it was already 2 o'clock in the morning the next day.

But fortunately, the time of this game happened to be a weekend, and most of the Dragon Kingdom fans did not have the trouble of work and life, and they could stay up all night to watch the game.

This made the ratings of this game on the National Television Sports Channel, as well as the number of live viewers on Youdou Video, reach the peak since the start of the World Cup!

This is not only because this game is very likely to be the farewell performance of the Dragon Country team in this World Cup, after this game, Dragon Country fans want to see the heroic appearance of the Dragon Country team again in the World Cup, and they will have to wait at least another four years!

At the same time, there is also the opponent of the Dragon Country team in this game, which is the reason for the Portuguese team.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of the Portuguese team, is one of the most outstanding superstars in international football in the past decade, and Messi of the Argentine team has become the "peerless double pride" of today's international football, with countless loyal fans all over the world, including the Dragon Kingdom!

With one Ronaldo alone, it can bring a lot of ratings to this game, and with the Dragon Country team, it is reasonable that this game will have explosive ratings in the Dragon Country.

The game doesn't start until 9 p.m., and the Dragons will leave the hotel at 7:30 p.m. – the latest game of the tournament in the tournament.

Before the start of this match between the Dragons and Portugal, the quarterfinals of this World Cup took the lead in a major event, with France and Argentina respectively.

Both teams are favourites to win this World Cup.

After the French team won the first World Cup championship in team history in the 1998 home World Cup, it was silent for 20 years, and finally cultivated a group of highly talented players, in their team, Griezmann and Pogba, are international superstars who are popular in international football today, all of them are in their playing years, and there is only 19-year-old Mbappe, one of the most watched young players in this World Cup, in the previous group stage, although only one goal was scored, but with excellent performance, proved their strength and potential.

On the list of rising stars in this World Cup, only in the group stage, Shen Feng, who scored 7 goals, Xingguang can compete with Mbappe.

Not to mention the Argentine team, but a Messi, all over the world, has countless fans, in the past ten years of international football, in terms of personal achievements, only Ronaldo can stand shoulder to shoulder.

In the last World Cup, Messi almost single-handedly sent the Argentine team to the final final, but in the duel with the German team, when the game entered the last moment of extra time, Gotze, who was substituted by the German team, scored the winning goal, unfortunately lost, and passed by the Hercules Cup.

Messi is only one Hercules Cup away from the well-deserved title of "King of the Ball"!

This World Cup is also Messi's last chance to win the World Cup.

Messi, who just celebrated his 31st birthday a few days ago, has maintained his competitive condition well, but it is currently unknown whether he can play in the next World Cup after four years.

The group stage of the French team went smoothly and finally advanced as the first group in Group C; The group stage of the Argentine team went through several twists and turns, and at the last moment, it grabbed the throat of fate and thrillingly passed the test as the second group in Group D.

The one-eighth final of the two finals attracted the attention of fans all over the world, and the two warring sides also joined hands to dedicate a tense and exciting, exciting and ups and downs goal battle for fans all over the world!

The French team, which set off a storm of youth, took the lead in the game, but the Argentine team was still in color at the end of the first half, and the two teams drew 1:1 in the first half.

After the start of the second half, it was Argentina who took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field, but after this goal, the game went into the control of the French team, and the French team scored three goals in the next twelve minutes, especially the teenager Mbappe, who scored two goals in five minutes, almost single-handedly, pushed the Argentine team to the edge of the cliff.

Although Argentina scored another goal in stoppage time of the whole game, it was to no avail and finally lost with a score of 3:4.

The French team advanced with their heads held high, but Messi and his Argentine team could only end this World Cup journey and go home.