Wen Zhihao's analysis most of the team members listened to it, in the next few days, the training atmosphere was not as depressing as a few days ago, and the reporters waiting outside the base could vaguely hear laughter coming from inside, these reporters who have been tracking and reporting the Chinese team for many years were very surprised, this is the Chinese team? When did the national team have such a good mentality?

The reporters of the major domestic media are discussing in a whisper, and those foreign reporters are even more curious, what hole cards is hidden by Fei Lippi, who really underestimated the Chinese team, and will they be the dark horse team of this group?

While the Chinese team was preparing for the game in Sochi, other heroes from all walks of life arrived in the host city of their respective groups to start the final preparations.

In this World Cup, Russia has invested a total of eight cities to host the competition, including the host Russia in Group A in Moscow, Group B in Kazan, Group F in Sochi, Group C in Kaliningrad, Group D in St. Petersburg, Group E in Rostov-on-Don, Group G in Nizhny Novgorod, and Group H in Yerterinburg. A week before the official opening of the World Cup, heroes from all walks of life arrived one after another to start the final sprint.

Although the German team is strong and has great hopes of defending the title, there are several teams that are not weaker than them. Portugal, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, the Champions League Golden Boot, has the aura of European Cup champions, and the expectations for them are higher than in the previous two editions. In addition, Spain, France, South American giants Brazil and Argentina all have the strength to challenge for the championship. In particular, the South American duo and the Germanic chariot both had a vendetta in the last World Cup, and if they do meet in the semi-finals or final, it is very likely that there will be a passionate revenge battle.

In addition, this World Cup may be the last World Cup performance for the 31-year-old Messi and the 33-year-old Ronaldo in their prime, even if they can participate in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, I am afraid it will be difficult to have the current performance. The performances of these two superstars, from now on, are really one less to watch.

The countdown to the week passed quickly, and at 7 p.m. on June 14, at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, the opening ceremony of the World Cup took place as scheduled.

That night, the Chinese team also watched the live broadcast at the base, but no one could understand the Russian commentary, so they could only look for CCTV broadcasts on the Internet. After the opening ceremony, there will be a more exciting opening game, and if you can't understand the commentary after watching the game, it will be a real pain.

With a capacity of more than 89,000 spectators, the Luzhniki Stadium also hosted the Euro 2008 championship and runner-up finals between Spain and Germany, and is today completely filled with fans from all over the world. Even through the screen, Wen Zhihao could feel that the cheers at the scene made him feel a feeling of blood boiling.

The flags of the 32 participating national teams were erected in the center of the stadium, and then Russian President Vladimir Putin announced to the world the official opening of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and the cheers reached a peak again. A short theatrical performance in the form of song and dance to show the rich cultural heritage of Russia to the world. Russian singer Alexei Gorman sang the theme song of this World Cup "Russia, Forward!" The seventeen-minute opening ceremony is coming to an end.

Wen Zhihao basically has no literary and artistic cells, so he is basically not interested in the singing and dancing performances at the opening ceremony, but as He Wei announced the end of the opening ceremony on the computer, the opening battle began immediately, and Wen Zhihao suddenly came to the spirit.

The opening match of this World Cup will be played by the host Russia against the Asian team Saudi Arabia.

"Hey, Zhihao, do you think Saudi Arabia has any hope of winning?" Liang Xin asked. Since he is on the stage of the World Cup, he is still more inclined to Asian teams.

Wen Zhihao shook his head: "You think too much, the only thing that interests me in this game is how many Russia can win." ”

"Ah, no, Russia is so awesome?"

Wen Zhihao smiled: "Russia is really inconspicuous in Europe, but you think the gap between European and Asian football is an ornament?" Even Japan, the most powerful country in Asia, does not necessarily have a chance of winning, let alone Saudi Arabia, which has missed two World Cups. The first game against the host is the most back-to-back schedule, and even if Saudi Arabia has the ambition to smash the field, it does not have the strength. ”

The trend of the game quickly proved Wen's judgment. Amid the majestic cheers of the Russian fans, Russia opened the scoring after just nine minutes when Zagoev scored his first goal of the tournament with a volley from inside the box.

As the core of the Russian national team and CSKA Moscow, Zagoev scored four goals as early as Euro 2012 and is regarded by Russian fans as the new "tsar" who is expected to rival Arshavin in the future. Although he did not land in the top five leagues, which somewhat affected his current height and attention, this goal brought him back into everyone's sight.

The abrupt change in the opening kick-off made the Saudi players even more nervous, and once the mood of the West Asian players was affected, it often made you feel as if you were a group of amateur players on the pitch. Russia took advantage of the victory and fired 12 shots on goal in the first half. In the 25th and 37th minutes, the score was extended to 3:0.

Liang Xin couldn't help but spray: "Nima, Saudi Arabia is such garbage, did they buy their World Cup qualification?" ”

Wen Zhihao didn't look back, looked at the screen, and replied lightly: "Hehe, I guess you're really right, the AFC is a game for the Middle East tyrants, playing two tacit balls to send out the line, easy and happy." ”

Perhaps because the gap was too big and there was no hope of a comeback, Saudi Arabia relaxed in the second half and the situation improved, and striker Hutchiz scored with a header in the 77th minute to save face.

In the end, the full-time score was fixed at 1:3, and Saudi Arabia suffered its first defeat. However, compared to their 8-0 defeat to Germany in the 2002 World Cup, the result was much better, with at least one goal.

And this result also puts the Asian team's record in two consecutive World Cups to 13 games without a win.

At the last World Cup in Brazil, the four teams representing Asia, Japan, South Korea, Iran and Australia, collectively failed to taste a single victory and went out miserably.

Among them, South Korea scored three goals and conceded six goals (1:1 Russia, 2:4 Algeria, 0:1 Belgium), Iran scored one goal and conceded four goals (0:1 Argentina, 0:0 Nigeria, 1:3 Bosnia and Herzegovina), Australia scored three goals and conceded eight goals in three games (1:2 Chile, 0:3 Spain, 2:3 Netherlands), Japan scored two goals and conceded six goals (1:2 Ivory Coast, 0:0 Greece, 1:4 Colombia).

As soon as the Saudi team came up, the Asian team suffered a bad start to the World Cup. What's more serious is that, from the perspective of general grouping, it is also very difficult for Asian teams to win one game in this World Cup.