For the Brazilian players, it is better to focus on Portugal for the time being. Although everyone thought that the victory over Portugal would not be a problem, and the atmosphere in the team was relatively relaxed, and everyone seemed to feel that they could win easily, several veteran players still reminded everyone not to take the opponent lightly.

There is no weak team in the World Cup, the players are a grand ceremony once every four years, how many people's entire football career is just for this time to bloom?

Although everyone thinks that Portugal's overall quality is average, Portugal were runners-up in the European Championship two years ago and they are good at playing in major tournaments.

They also have Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco. Deco may be a little inferior to Zinedine Zidane, but Figo is also a great player, only two months older than Zidane, and has the ability to dominate the game like Zidane.

It's just that as a winger, he is more affected by age than Zidane as a playmaker in the midfield.

But he's still a miracle player. This World Cup can be said to be his last World Cup trip, and it is conceivable that he will definitely go all out, and it will be even more terrifying than when he was at Inter Milan.

As a team-mate at the club, Ricardo knows Figo well enough and is wary enough.

Moreover, Portugal also has Cristiano. Ronaldo. At this time, he was affectionately called "Little Luo" by Chinese fans.

The 21-year-old made 33 Premier League appearances for United last season, scoring nine goals and providing six assists. In World Cup qualifying, he scored a total of seven goals for Portugal.

Of course, this statistic can't be compared to Ricardo, but it's already a super rookie statistic.

The media across Europe agree that Ronaldo is a rising star. Of course, at this time, except for Ricardo, no one knows what Ronaldo will achieve.

Everyone just sees Ronaldo as Figo's successor.

In terms of his status in football, the current Ronaldo cannot be compared with Ricardo.

Manchester United have offered Inter Milan £50 million plus Cristiano Ronaldo in exchange for Adriano, while Ricardo and Adriano are now worth about the same.

In other words, the difference in value between Ricardo and Ronaldo is now 50 million pounds.

But that's not to say Ronaldo can't pose a threat to Brazil.

Portugal also has Deco. Deco is actually a Brazilian who played for the youth team of São Paulo, but was not appreciated in Brazil, so he came to Portugal early and made his way to Europe, only to be carved out of the world by him, and finally decided to become a Portuguese citizen.

The 29-year-old Deco is at his peak, and he has both offense and defense. Costa squeezed out the national team. Last season, together with Ronaldinho, he helped Barcelona win the La Liga title.

In addition to these three well-known players, Portugal also has Carvalho, Maniche, Pauleta, Simão and other powerful players. They were runners-up at the European Championship in 2004 and reached the semi-finals of the World Cup this year.

The main reason why Portugal is called the "Brazilian team of Europe" is that the Portuguese players are very technical, with some characteristics of South American players.

Moreover, Brazil was once a colony of Portugal, and many Brazilians will choose Portugal as their first stop in Europe, and many Brazilian players have chosen to become Portuguese citizens over the years.

In addition, the coach of the Portuguese team, Scolari, was the one who led the Brazilian team to the 2002 World Cup.

He took his pragmatism to the extreme for Portugal, who scored just six goals in five games, but did top the group and knocked out the Netherlands and England in quick succession. It can be seen that their defensive skills are by no means weak, and although there is only one star player in the backline, Carvalho's overall defensive tactics have seen them concede just one goal in five games.

In contrast, Brazil were much sharper in attack and conceded more goals. They have scored 14 goals in five games but also conceded four.

Therefore, the media generally believes that although the Brazilian team can win Portugal, it should only be a small victory, and Portugal's overall defense is not inferior to France.

As for whether Brazil can play a goal battle like Portugal in the last game? The media generally believed that it could not be.

After the victory over France, the Brazilian team traveled to Munich.

Of course, the wives also moved.

Ricardo didn't make contact with Stella, but he heard some news from her teammates. She is like no one, she goes shopping and shopping with other players' wives every day, and sometimes takes one or two simple small advertisements, and her life is quite good.

Ricardo himself spends his days in the hotel, except for the team's training is fitness, and occasionally interacts with fans on Facebook.

Now, all his thoughts are on winning the championship.

Brazil's defeat of France proved that fate is not immutable. Who said Italy would win the championship as it did in another time and space?

Who can deny that this Brazilian team already has a championship statue!

The Brazilian team is training hard. The attitude is much more serious than before.

Perhaps it was the narrowly lost in front of the French team that made the Brazilian players realize that they are not invincible.

The good news for Brazil is that Emerson's injury is almost healed and he is ready to practice with the team.

His addition is definitely a big boost to the overall strength of the Brazilian team.

With him in midfield, Brazil's transition between attack and defense is more comfortable and the defense is more reassuring.

On 5 July, Germany suffered a surprise 2-0 defeat to Italy, leaving the media in tears.

Italy, mired in the phonegate scandal, burst into great energy, and Cannavaro and others combined to contain Klose's attack, keeping the score at 0-0 for 90 minutes.

After extra-time, everyone expected that Germany would rely on perseverance and determination to win the game, but Italy went from strength to strength, first hitting the post twice in a row, and then scoring in the 118th and 120th minutes by Grosso and Piero respectively to crush the mighty Germanic chariot.

They will be Brazil's opponents in the final. Ricardo thought. He didn't think about the possibility of losing to Portugal at all.

Yes, Portugal are good, Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco are all strong. But Brazil must win!

On July 6, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, the battle between Brazil and Portugal was about to begin.

In their pre-match press conferences, both Scolari and Pereira expressed their admiration for each other, the importance they attached to their opponents, and their cautious confidence.

Because the atmosphere is better, when they walk out of the player tunnel, the attitude of the players on both sides is also more friendly. Ronaldinho and Deco put their shoulders together and laughed, and Figo also greeted Ricardo, Adriano and McCone in a friendly manner.