By the time Shen Feng finished his trip to the capital and returned to Shangdu, it was already the fifth day of his return to China, July 6th.

During this period, the World Cup is still in full swing, the quarterfinals have all ended, and the quarterfinals are about to start.

The quarterfinals of this World Cup are quite different from everyone's pre-game predictions, mainly because the defending champion Germany was out of the group stage, and the runner-up of the last World Cup, Argentina led by Messi, stopped in the round of 16.

However, in addition to these two teams, the other teams that entered the quarterfinals are all deserved, except for the French team that eliminated the Argentine team, and the Portuguese team that eliminated the Dragon Country team, the other six teams in the quarterfinals of this World Cup are England, Brazil, Belgium, Sweden, Croatia and the host Russia.

England, Brazil, Belgium, these old powerhouses, there is nothing to say.

Sweden, Croatia and hosts Russia were able to reach the quarter-finals at this World Cup, which is still a bit of a surprise.

However, as has been repeated time and time again, football is not a simple comparison of strength, and the stronger team on paper does not necessarily win the game.

The victory of a football match is the result of a combination of factors!

In the next quarter-final matchup, there are two highlights, namely the Portuguese team led by Ronaldo against the French team that set off a real youth storm in this World Cup; and Brazil against Belgium.

After Germany, Argentina and Spain were eliminated one after another, France and Brazil have won more than enough in this World Cup.

However, the Portuguese team and the Belgian team should not be underestimated, the Portuguese team is the new European Cup champion, although the Belgian team has not won the championship of major competitions, but in the previous World Cup, the European Cup performance is quite good, known as the "European Red Devils".

The current group of players in the Belgian team can be said to be full of big names and talents, such as Hazard, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Fellaini, Kompany, etc., are all famous world-class stars.

In the latest FIFA rankings, Belgium is only in third place behind Germany and Brazil, who are tied for first place; Portugal are only fourth, while France are in seventh place.

Therefore, these two games can be said to be the second of the pinnacle showdowns of this World Cup.

The other two quarter-finals, between England and Sweden, and Russia and Croatia, have been played with a slightly lower level of attention.

As an old world powerhouse, England's record in the last two World Cups has not been very good, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa stopped in the round of 16, and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was an early exit in the group stage.

In this World Cup, the England team shouted the slogan of "happy football" that Dragon fans are very familiar with, and did not set goals for themselves that must be completed, but the record has improved, and in the group stage, in the first two games of consecutive wins, has ensured that they have advanced to the round of 16, the last game has saved its strength, and the result is a small loss to the Belgian team, but it is still the second in the group to advance.

In the quarter-finals, England faced a stern test against Colombia, the quarter-finalists of the last World Cup, as the two teams drew 1-1 in 90 minutes of regular time, and Colombia did not score the equaliser until the third minute of stoppage time.

In the 30-minute extra time, the two teams exchanged blanks, and the game entered a brutal penalty shootout, and in the end, the England team won a slight advantage in the penalty shootout, eliminating the opponent with a score of 4:3 and advancing to the quarterfinals.

England's quarter-final opponent Sweden team, because it did not recruit the biggest star Ibrahimovic in the country, was not very optimistic before the start of this World Cup, but in the group stage, defeated South Korea and Mexico, and the defending champion Germany team also played a 1:1 draw in 90 minutes of regular time, but unfortunately in the final stage of injury time, it was beaten by Kroos of the German team, which became the background of one of the biggest highlights of this World Cup.

However, Sweden still emerged as group winners and progressed to the quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Switzerland in the quarter-finals.

The two sides of the last quarter-final match, the host Russian team and the "checkered army" Croatia team, are the two dark horses in this World Cup.

Russia, as the lowest-ranked FIFA team in the top 32 of this World Cup, was able to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup held at its own doorstep, which exceeded everyone's expectations.

Moreover, the Russian team reached the quarterfinals, unlike the South Korean team in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, which used all kinds of bad tactics, and the Russian team played quite cleanly in this World Cup, perfectly showing the dignity of the hosts.

Croatia reached the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup and finished third, but since then they have had a poor record at the World Cup, missing the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and exiting the group stage at the last World Cup in Brazil.

It is really surprising that this World Cup can reach the quarterfinals, and people can't help but think of the style of the "Plaid Army" 20 years ago.

However, the overall strength of this Croatian team is still very strong, and the team of Rakitic, Modric, Perisic, and Mandzukic are all the best players in international football today, and they are famous.

In general, although there are dark horses in the quarterfinals of this World Cup, the overall level and performance can still be convincing.

On the day Shen Feng returned to Shangdu, he and his teammates watched the first game of the quarterfinals of this World Cup, the match between the Portuguese team and the French team.

The second game of the quarterfinals, because it was held too late, so Shen Feng didn't watch it, anyway, there will be a replay the next day, and there is also a full video of the game on Youdou Video, which can be watched back at any time.

When he woke up, Shen Feng learned through the message pushed by his mobile phone that in the second game of the quarterfinals, the five-star Brazilian team finally lost 1:2 to the "European Red Devils" Belgian team.

As a result, the three most dazzling superstars in this World Cup: Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar, have all bid farewell to this World Cup, which makes fans who like them sigh.