On the evening of July 15, before the final officially begins, the closing ceremony of this World Cup will be held first.

The combination of Russian national characteristics, elegant and unique ballet and football, which symbolizes blood and passion, is more visually enjoyable for audiences who pursue artistic beauty than the combination of samba and football in the last World Cup.

Like the Opening Ceremony, the Closing Ceremony was less than 20 minutes long, followed by the championship and runner-up finals that football fans around the world were looking forward to.

Wen Zhihao's treatment for this game was very good, because he was one of the protagonists of the award ceremony after the final, so he was directly arranged by the organizing committee to watch the game in the grandstand box.

Sitting in the box for the first time, Wen Zhihao admitted that this condescending feeling of watching the game is indeed much better than the ordinary stands, especially he also has special expectations for this game, although the Chinese team was blocked by the Spanish team in the final, but he still hopes that his two Atletico Madrid teammates Gabi and Saul can reach the top and touch the Hercules Cup. Before the game, he was not stingy, and he had an online exchange with the two of them about his feelings about facing the German team in the group stage. Hope it helps the two. And his selfless behavior also made Gabi and Saul give him countless thumbs up emojis.

And Wen Zhihao's expectations for this game seem to be a bit non-mainstream, and the vast majority of media and fans are more optimistic about the German team becoming the third team in the history of the World Cup to successfully defend the title.

Italy were the first team to successfully defend their title in the long history of the previous 20 World Cups, winning their second World Cup in 1934 and then their third World Cup in 1938.

The second team to successfully defend their title was the football nation of Brazil, who won the World Cup twice in 1958 and 1962, breaking the monopoly of the Italian team.

Since then, for more than half a century, thirteen consecutive World Cups, no team has been able to defend the title.

In fact, don't talk about defending the title, in the past two or three World Cups, there is also a curse specifically for the defending champions: the first World Cup champion will not even qualify for the group stage in the next World Cup!

It sounds a bit incredible, but Germany's World Cup champions Italy and South Africa's World Cup champions Spain have been recruited one after another, which also has a lot to do with the fact that they have changed generations after winning the championship, and the core players have become older and faded out of the national team. As the champion of the World Cup in Brazil, the German team not only successfully broke this curse, but now has the opportunity to win the cup again, which also proves the rationality of the age structure of the German team and the strength of the overall strength.

And the Chinese fans are almost one-sided in support of the German team to defend the title, the reason is naturally very simple, the Spanish team swept the Chinese team out, not to say that it is an enemy, but it also has a grudge with the Chinese fans, and many fans are looking forward to taking revenge on Spain by the hands of the German team.

The referee for the final was German referee Brech. He was also in charge of this year's Champions League final. In this World Cup, many famous whistles such as Rizzoli and Webb have not been selected, and this rising star in the refereeing world with a steady style has won a high degree of trust from FIFA. In the same year, he officiated at the finals of two top competitions, the Champions League and the World Cup, and the dude was already destined to make a name for himself in international football.

At 11 o'clock in the evening of July 15, Beijing time, Brech blew the whistle for the start of the final on time. The Spanish and German fans in the stands erupted in a shocking shout.

"Audience friends, what we are broadcasting for you is the ultimate gluttonous feast of this World Cup, and the final battle between Spain and Germany will determine who will win this World Cup." He Wei said.

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The two sides started in a slightly different formation, with Spain sticking to a 4-3-3 formation, and Julen Lopetegui made three changes to the semi-final against China, with Gabi and Saul both starting, and Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets. Surprisingly, Lopetegui kept Andres Iniesta as the most important player in this final, temporarily on the bench, waiting for the instructions to play.

Spain faced an opponent who was a cut above them, and Julen Lopetegui opted for a change of formation. Two Atletico midfielders have been entrusted with the task. Obviously, Julen Lopetegui has taken a fancy to the pair's ability to run around in midfield and be good at confrontation, and against a team with iron-blooded tactical discipline like Germany, Lopetegui needs both to make the most of their strengths.

In addition, Alvaro Morata replaced Nolito and returned to the starting line-up. In a winner-takes-all championship contest, Julen Lopetegui still has unconditional trust in the team's top scorer.

On the German side, Loew lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation for the final, with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and four defenders from left to right: Ginter, Hummels, Rudiger and Kimmich. Toni Kroos is partnered by Gundogan, the three attacking forwards are Gotze, Muller and Draxler, and the single arrow up front is Wagner.

Wen Zhihao from the beginning, the main focus is on his teammates, on the one hand, there are of course his subjective reasons, on the other hand, the so-called expert gatekeeper, he is very clear that the trend of this game and the final victory and defeat largely depends on the performance of the two. If the two can play at their normal level at the club, Wen Zhihao feels that the Spanish team has a good chance of winning.

At the beginning, the two sides met each other in the midfield, Iniesta did not play, the Spanish midfielder lost two points to overcome the aura of softness, and Gabi and Saul are both tough guys with high attributes, and the organization of the attack is not a master, but the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the midfield are absolutely daunting. Just five minutes before the opening, Gabi and Saul directly focused on Gundogan, Lopetegui grasped this very accurately, Gundogan is indeed the weakest point on the field of the German team, ball protection ability, physical fitness and overall view, against the three iron gates of the Spanish midfield, there is no advantage at all.

Gundogan's mistakes in the midfield increased, the German team's attack suffered a great blockage, the three defenders did not get firepower support at all, but the Spanish team continued to break the ball after the counterattack from the midfield played a sound and impressive, Asensio repeatedly broke through the German team's left side of the defense, sent crosses into the penalty area, fortunately Hummels as the soul of the German team's defense, the performance was solid enough, twice grabbed in front of Morata, one-on-one to help the team save the day.

In fact, Germany's opening performances at the back and in attack were completely different, with Spain not only threatening with crosses from the wings, but Saul also had an imaginative through ball from behind in the middle, but German left-back Ginter moved in time to block the ball to Alvaro Morata. Solve the trouble for Neuer in advance.

After the opening period was suppressed for a while, Loew quickly called on the three attacking forwards to approach Kroos and Gundogan to stabilize the midfield for the time being.

The final must be a battle of attrition for physical strength and willpower, and even if Loew is very confident in the strength of his team, he will never dare to move the idea of eating the opponent in one go. If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, especially if you are a master game, you will show flaws in your impatience.

The starting striker of the German team in this game is still Bayern striker Wagner, who started in the semi-finals, and the forward tower with a height of 1.94 meters, because of his existence, the German team has always contained the defense of the Spanish team, even if the overall offensive cannot be advanced to the hinterland of the Spanish penalty area for the time being, but as long as these midfielders pass the ball high, Wagner's physique can completely block Pique or Ramos, and the role of the bridgehead fulcrum is particularly obvious.

After 20 minutes of play, the German team gradually adapted to the intensity of the Spanish scramble, and they began to take the initiative to speed up the transition between attack and defence, often Kroos quickly handed over to Gotze or Ozil, and then Draxler quickly stepped forward, using Draxler's one-on-one breakthrough ability to penetrate the Spanish wide defense, and finally returned to the middle to find a decisive opportunity.

This move caught Spain off guard, especially Spain's defense on the right wing, and Nacho was completely blown up.

In the 29th minute, Draxler faced Nacho, feintted to shake off the first tackle, and then sent a low cross, Wagner's header in the middle attracted Pique and Ramos. At the back post, Gotze followed up with a falling shot into the back of the net.

German commentator Marcel Leff was instantly ecstatic: "GOOOOAL!! Super Mario! Haha, Mario Gotze is destined to be God's darling, and for two consecutive World Cup finals, he has been the absolute focus of the one who opened the door to the championship. And the way the goals are scored is highly consistent. ”

Gotze, who broke the deadlock, ran to the sideline dugout and gave him a hug as he swarmed his team-mates. The close-up camera first swept over Saul's face with his head down, and then the director accurately found the location of the box where Wen Zhihao was, and the scene of Wen Zhihao dragging his cheeks and thinking was accurately captured. He Wei's voice sounded at the right time: "Huh? Is Wen thinking about how his Atletico team-mates can make a comeback? However, Lopetegui's defensive tactics today came to naught from this moment, and now the drawbacks are starting to show, and it will be up to midfield brain Andres Iniesta to come to the rescue. ”

After the goal, the overall trend of the situation was five-five. Saul became the most brilliant player in the Spanish midfield, although the level of finesse in his feet was not as delicate as Iniesta, his individual attack was indeed stronger, and several strong bursts from the middle tore through the German defence, but he could not break through Neuer's final hurdle.

At the end of the first half, Germany maintained a one-goal advantage.

Julen Lopetegui brought Andres Iniesta on the pitch at the start of the second half to replace Gabi. Strengthen the midfield combing.

Obviously, Julen Lopetegui is anxious about the backward situation, and he sacrificed the strongest nuclear weapon in the midfield in advance, trying to recover the decline as soon as possible.

And with an absolute core of the attack, it will not be easy for the Spanish team to equalize. Even in a sense, putting Iniesta on the pitch is a double-edged sword. The offense will become more layered, that's for sure. But at the same time, the whole team had to lower the tempo and match Iniesta's running.

The deadliest way to score a goal in modern football is not a scalpel pass in positional warfare. Rather, it is a quick counterattack from defense to attack, and the goal efficiency is much higher than that of slow and methodical mobilization in positional warfare.

And the German team captured this essence. With a one-goal advantage in hand, they took the initiative to cede part of the possession, tighten the defensive fence, and at the same time launched high-intensity pressing around Iniesta in midfield, once successful, the three defenders did not hesitate to launch a counterattack at the first time, Kroos and Gundogan as the second echelon to follow quickly. It has put a lot of pressure on Spain, as long as the ball is wrong, the back line will immediately fall into a dangerous situation of defending more with less, and the sharpness of the German team's counterattack is absolutely feared by any opponent, even if Pique and Ramos are the top in the world, but the two are not the same club, and they are only paired together when they are in the national team. In other words, it is almost impossible to achieve a seamless cooperation between the two, and it only takes one look to achieve an intimate tacit understanding.

And with such a problem, it is inevitable that there will be a misunderstanding between the two.

With the 82nd minute played, Wagner showed his true value as a high striker when he received a cross from Draxler on the counter-attack, beat Ramos with a full 10 centimeters of height and smashed the ball into David De Gea's goal from close range.

This goal was the final verdict for this final!

The German fans erupted in a volcanic eruption, and their national team will have a fifth star on their jerseys!

Since then, there have been not only five-star Brazil, but also five-star Germany!

Five-star Brazil has witnessed the historical glory of samba football, while five-star Germany has proved with iron that the Germanic chariot with iron tactical discipline is the strongest today!

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As Brech's final whistle blew, Wen Zhihao had no intention of feeling sorry for Gabi and Saul, and the final was over, and it was time for him to play. Take the stage to receive the Golden Boot Award.

This is also the moment that Chinese fans are most looking forward to. When FIFA President Gianni Infantino handed over the Golden Boot model to Wen Zhihao, He Wei said loudly: "This moment has been fixed in history, Wen Zhihao has scored eight goals in this World Cup, this honor is well deserved. Another thing that must be pointed out is that Klose, the top scorer in the history of the World Cup, scored a total of sixteen goals, and Wen Zhihao caught up with half of it in only one World Cup! With his age, if there are no surprises, there are still two or three chances to participate in the World Cup, and there is every chance to hit this historical record, and it is only a matter of time before he surpasses the legend! ”

Chinese fans were thrilled by He Wei's words, and Wen Zhihao's parents, who witnessed this scene at the scene, were filled with deep pride. At this moment, the two elders also noticed that there was some warm and crystalline liquid in their eyes.

In addition to the Golden Boot award, Wen Zhihao also won the Best Newcomer Award, which has nothing to say and almost no controversy.

In addition, the World Cup Golden Ball Award belongs to the champion member Muller, and the Golden Glove Award, which symbolizes the best goalkeeper, was also won by the German goalkeeper Neuer, from the second game of the group stage to the quarterfinals, Neuer maintained the longest 270 minutes of this World Cup without conceding a goal.

As the German team lifted the championship trophy, the yellow ribbon fell, and the 2018 World Cup in Russia came to a successful conclusion.