Draw overtime.

This is the first time Wang Dalong has watched a game at the World Cup, and he is no different from ordinary fans.

"I wonder if we're going to play England in extra time?"

"If there is a penalty shoot-out, are we ready?"

Although he despises England on the lips, but after he really plays, who knows what the result will be, Portugal and France can play extra time, why can't China and England.

"So should we train on penalties? In case it does appear. Zheng Zhi echoed, "It's a pity that I won't have such a chance at that time......"

His face couldn't help but show a little regret, with his age, if he was a starter, then he would play more than 60 minutes at most, and Lippi would definitely replace him in advance. It is estimated that Wu Xi will be used to replace him.

So even if it's a penalty shootout, it has nothing to do with him.

In the past, in the national team, he was the No. 1 penalty taker, and after Wang Dalong came, he took over his gun.

He brought the conversation back to the court.

"Will there be a goal in extra time?"

"Probably not. Both sides are too cautious, it is estimated that no one will risk attacking, even if they do, they will be very cautious, the French have suffered losses in the European Championship final, they can't remember for a long time, as for Portugal, it is estimated that they didn't think about scoring at all, dragging the game into a penalty shootout is the best choice, of course, if Ronaldo can spell out opportunities? But don't look at him to run, but he's now at the end of his crossbow, after all, he's 33 years old. ”

Now Ronaldo is more focused on defense, where is the heart to sneak attack the French team?

The French team did not give up and kept sending the ball to the front, but they were worried about Portugal's sneak attack, so they did not invest enough offensive power. The two sides played a boring second half of extra time.

It's a boring quarter-final!

The silver ball did not appear, and in the end the two sides had to go to a brutal penalty shootout.

Portugal were the first to take the penalty and the first to stand at the penalty spot was definitely Cristiano Ronaldo. Once in the semifinals of the 2012 European Cup, Ronaldo saved himself to the fifth penalty in order to pretend to be forced, but he didn't expect Portugal to be killed by Spain without holding out until the fifth round, and since then Ronaldo has stood in the first penalty.

He calmly took the ball into the back of the net.

However, the first player in the French team to play next was not the star Antoine Griezmann.

Wang Dalong said on the spot: "Griezmann is too irresponsible, he should be the first to stand up and take the punishment, but he doesn't dare." He must have been scared. ”

As a result, it was Frenchman Paul Pogba who took the first penalty in his place.

Pogba was not on the job and hit the back of the net accurately.

The first three penalties were all conceded by both sides.

In the fourth round, Portugal sent a teenager Silva, who was also less than the mission, while France sent Payet.

As soon as Payet came out, it immediately caused boos on the pitch, and the Portuguese has always held a grudge against Payet, so it is not surprising that he was given the biggest boo.

But Payet had a big heart, and the contest ended up in the fifth round.

Portuguese veteran Quaresma was the last to come on and hit a left-footed volley just to see if Antoine Griezmann could get the ball in.

The pressure is always the highest on the last one to come out, provided the team can get this far. Griezmann stood in front of the penalty spot, hesitated for a long time, clearly releasing the pressure.

All eyes and lenses were focused on him.

He took a deep breath, licked his lips, and eventually bravely rushed to the penalty spot.

He opted for a half-high ball, however, the ball he shot didn't have much power.

As a result, the Portuguese goalkeeper judged the right direction......

In the end, through a penalty shootout, Portugal eliminated France with a score of 5:4 and became the first team to reach the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.

The absence of a single goal in the whole game underlined the idea of winning first, and no one dared to focus on attack in the game.

France had been cautious enough, but they still lost to Portugal, and the feud between the two national teams deepened.

At this time, the camera focused on Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane in the stands.

Zidane, who had just led Real Madrid to three consecutive Champions League titles, touched his bald head and looked very ugly. Seeing the French team eliminated by Portugal made him feel extremely depressed.

How can the French team not play well without him?

Knowing that this was the case, Zizu should have returned from the position of head coach and returned to the national team.

Since Zizou, the French team has not produced good results.

One can imagine how high Zizou's status in the history of the French national team is!

"This will stabilize Ronaldo's Ballon d'Or, basically no big problem, unless, Messi wins the championship ......," Wang Dalong muttered.

"What if the Chinese team reaches the semi-finals?" Zheng Zhi said leisurely.

"If the Chinese team reaches the semi-finals, then I seem to be ......" Wang Dalong was a little afraid to think.

It's a real possibility, but he still doesn't have as many chips as Cristiano Ronaldo. Champions League three times in a row plus World Cup semi-finals and honors......

In this way, the second favorite to win the World Cup was eliminated, they missed the World Cup semi-finals, this year's French team is unprecedentedly strong, but they lack a soul like Zidane, they still haven't been able to break through themselves after all.

The more we get to the next games, the more anxious the game will be, what will be the style of play for England?

Wang Dalong didn't know.

But he thinks that England will not be better than Arsenal at least, right? The club will always be better than the national team because the club players train together every day, but the national team is different.

It is impossible to play England without loopholes, there should be a lot of opportunities......

Even when he was watching the game, Wang Dalong did not forget to think about how to solve the England team.

Next, he and Zheng Zhi watched the second World Cup quarterfinals, Argentina vs Spain, in front of the TV.

The two teams played a friendly at the beginning of the year, when Spain won 3-1 against Argentina, but Argentina did not play Messi in that game, and it was believed that Argentina did not really show their fighting power.

"Messi who doesn't score goals is the most terrible, even if Messi doesn't score, he should be able to instigate Argentina's fiercest attack!" Zheng Zhi expressed his opinion.

"I think Argentina missed the best chance for them to win the title, and the last World Cup in Brazil was the best time for them to win it. Now Argentina, what to play with the Spanish team. The Spanish team's midfield and backfield have always been strong, but the forward line is a little weaker, while Argentina has always been a strong forward line and poor in the middle and back. Wang Dalong expressed a different view.

"Argentina's midfield is actually not bad, they are the team that conceded the fewest goals in the qualifiers, although it was only difficult to qualify as fifth in the end, but I don't think their attack is smooth, there are too many times when they play separately, and no one is convinced." Zheng Zhi continued to express his different opinions.

"Hehe, Brother Zheng, that's just relative, Argentina conceded the least goals in the South American qualifiers, and that was only in the South American qualifiers, but it's not the same as Spain, Spain's passing and controlling play has not been lost, and Argentina's stubborn disease has not been dealt with well, so Spain's winning chance is quite big, let's wait and see!"

The game started quickly.

This game showed something completely different from the one in Portugal and France. Although Portugal and France also focused on possession, the goal was to defend against the counter-attack, but this time Spain and Argentina emphasized possession while looking for opportunities to score.

So Spain and Argentina are playing equally carefully, but they are always organising their attacks.

After the first ten minutes of restraint, the two sides gradually let go.

Especially the Argentine, it's impossible for you to keep them all over the field, and the offense is getting up. Messi kept dribbling the ball to Spain's penalty area, and was very stingy to distribute the ball to his teammates.

Unfortunately, neither Sergio Aguero nor Angel Di Maria could find the ball in the Spanish goal.

Spain's defensive line in the central midfield is quite tight, especially the tough midfield from Atletico Madrid, which plays a good role in protecting the defence.

Argentina's attacks were unsuccessful on several occasions, while Spain's counter-attacks were also quite sharp, with Real Madrid's twin stars Asensio and Vazquez attacking the Argentine backline together, leaving the fragile Argentine defence shaky, and although they also failed to score, there were several dangerous occasions.

After more than 20 minutes of attacking attempts, it was Spain who finally made more violent moves.

After more than 30 minutes of the first half, they came with a wave of crazy attacks, which almost overwhelmed the Argentine team.

In the end, Vazquez and Asensio both shot the goal, Asensio on the left crossed the middle, Vazquez pushed the goal, and the Argentine team fell behind.

"It's even more exciting. Argentina had to attack! ”

Yes, for the rest of the first half, the Argentine team went out to try to get the score back before the end of the first half, but the more anxious the mentality, the easier it was to go wrong, and as a result, when entering stoppage time, the Argentine defender made a mistake in passing, and Vazquez broke the ball successfully and handed it directly to Asensio, who scored in the Argentine penalty area.

No one expected that Argentina, which was aiming to win the championship, would lose 0:2 in the first half. They are already on the precipice, two goals down, and it will be too difficult to equalise against a team with a possession-based style of play in Spain!

In the second half, the Argentine coach made a change of players, trying to change the outcome of the game by changing formations and substitutions.

However, the Spanish team, which has returned to the top, has played quite resiliently, and the defense does not give Messi, who likes to break through, too much space to break through, Messi can only keep sharing the ball, but still has not been able to create many real opportunities.

As the game went on, the Argentines became more and more impatient, and even Messi behaved a little unstable, and even received a yellow card.

"It's over......"

Wang Dalong feels that Argentina is gone, and Messi and his Argentina are about to say goodbye to the World Cup.

At the last moment, the Argentines were once again playing on their own, leaving no team at all.

Messi dominated the final attack, but he didn't choose to pass the ball to his teammates either.

BIBIBI, the referee's whistle was quite loud, and Messi ended up missing the Hercules Cup again, this time, of course, even further than the last time.

Because Argentina stopped in the quarterfinals.

Messi was crying on the turf again.

This time, it's really different from four years ago, four years ago he was still young, and he still had a chance to start over, but this time, he may not have a chance, four years later, he is thirty-five years old, does he still have a chance?

I guess it's unlikely......

Spain's vice-captain Sergio Busquets came over and hugged Messi tightly in his arms, and his good friend Pique also came over to comfort him......

The next day, it was the turn of China VS England.

The Chinese team is about to embark on their World Cup quarter-final journey.

Chinese fans and Russian fans almost filled the stadium and did not give the Englishman many places.

There have been many fights and brawls before the game, and many England fans are afraid to come to watch the game, perhaps fearing for their lives.

It has become the red home of the Chinese team.

Huang Jianxiang opened his mouth and made a joke: "No one from these two teams has any experience in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, and it is out of Lippi and his assistants. ”

"Yes, only Lippi."

"In front of Lippi, the England manager is a rookie. Southgate led LinkedIn Gran to the quarter-finals, which surprised many, and of course he may be disappointed against Lippi. In preparation for the quarter-finals, Southgate has confined the players for three days, not allowing them to meet with any of their relatives, in order to play with the Chinese team at full strength. ”

'The English have a history of loose discipline before the tournament but this time Gareth Southgate didn't let that happen to the team and the players seem to realise that England haven't won the honour for a long time and they are killing them!'

'Southgate is likely to adopt England's usual tactics of flying on both wings, with his back nine coming in handy when they come up against strong opponents. It can be said that 5 at a time is definitely not a problem! Some fans even joked: This is the rhythm of the 901 formation..... Will they do that today? Looks more conservative than the Chinese team......"

"Of course, this does not mean that the Chinese team is a mermaid. Lippi's side were able to beat Switzerland, and naturally there was hope that they would fight England for the bayonets. Whether the 703 formation can continue to shine today depends on Wang Dalong, if he can give a big gift to the English......"

"Is 901 stronger, or is 703 more awesome? Of course, England can't really play 901......"