Chapter 345: Europe's No. 1 Demon Team

After the game, including Wen Zhihao, almost all the players of the Chinese team fell on the turf on the spot, and even Wen Zhihao, who had developed super fitness with Simeone at Atletico Madrid, had cramps due to excessive physical exhaustion, not to mention the other players, who now don't have to talk about how to run and jump crazy celebrations, and they don't even want to move.

However, the smiles on everyone's faces are happy, they actually eliminated the five-star Brazil that they felt invincible and invincible when they were children, and the madness that belongs to the Chinese team continues to be staged.

This time, even Lippi was not calm, the old man was used to seeing strong winds and waves, but at this moment, he didn't care about the image at all, and waved his arms wildly and roared.

After the game, the Brazilian players were very depressed, many players just shook hands with the Chinese team players out of courtesy, and then quickly flashed into the locker room, only Paulinho sincerely congratulated Wen Zhihao: "Congratulations, I hope you lead the Chinese team further." ”

Wen Zhihao knew that he must be uncomfortable in his heart, so he didn't say anything, patted him on the back, and said: "You are also very good, if you don't meet us in the next World Cup, you can go further." ”

Paulinho's face stiffened for a moment, and he asked: "Do you mean that the next time we meet the Chinese team, we will still lose?" With such confidence, do you really think we can't do it? ”

Wen Zhihao and Paulinho joked that they didn't have so many scruples, and replied to his words: "Who knows what will happen in the future?" We didn't think we'd win against you before! ”

"You won't have that chance next time! We're going to make progress, too! ”

Paulinho retorted, Wen Zhihao smiled, didn't answer, the next time we meet again, it will be four years later, and in this game, the Chinese team is the winner, this result is enough.

Corresponding to the ecstasy of the Chinese media, Brazil commented that it was very dejected, and commented in a frustrated tone: "Since the 1990 World Cup, the Brazilian team has never been out of the round of 16, no one would have thought that the journey of the Brazilian team in this World Cup would stop in the quarterfinals, and it was the first time to lose to an Asian team, which is simply a more painful defeat than the 1-7 loss to Germany in the last World Cup, Brazilian football must reflect, where is the new generation of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaka?" The Brazilian team wants to embroider a sixth star on their jersey, and only such a genius can fulfill the wishes of the fans. ”

British Sky Sports commentator Joe Kruka commented that the Chinese team's elimination of Brazil was a "victory for the common people", he said: "The total value of the Brazilian team is firmly at the top of the list of 32 teams, reaching a staggering 673 million euros, which is more than 20 times that of the Chinese team. It is not a myth that the weaker side counterattacks, and the side with the superior strength capsizes in the small river ditch is not necessarily unpopular. ”

German commentator Marcel Leff also said: "If you watch this game, you will not think that this is a particularly surprising upset, and the Chinese team's performance on the field is not weaker than Brazil." The victory was well deserved. Hehe! The real protagonist of this World Cup is the Chinese team, even the German team and the Brazilian team can't beat them, who can stop them? Are they going to stage a counterattack in Russia similar to the 1992 'Danish fairy tale' and the 2004 'Greek myth'? ”

(Note: This refers to Denmark in 1992 and Greece in 2004, which were considered impossible by the outside world to win the European Championships. )

In the post-match press conference, Lippi rarely praised the performance of the national team in front of all the reporters: "Even if I take the Italian team that won the World Cup, if I want to win against Brazil, I have to go through a tough battle, although the Brazilian team is not at their peak now, but the strength is still far stronger than us." I'm very happy with the performance of every player today and I want to give full marks for the hard work of the players today. ”

China will advance to the quarterfinals first, and then wait for the quarter-finals opponents to be announced, with two quarter-finals still to be played, according to the schedule, the next round of the Chinese team will face the winner between Belgium, the first place in Group G, and Poland, the second place in Group H.

The Chinese team attaches great importance to this game, and Lippi even worked hard to rush to the stadium of this game with his assistant Maddaloni after the Chinese team game to observe the competition between the two teams.

The quarterfinals between Belgium and Poland kick off one day later than China, in terms of strength, Belgium has a clear advantage, although Poland has Lewandowski such a big killer, but Belgium is known as the "European Red Devils", in recent years, there are many demon stars, both Courtois and Mignolet, the two gods, and at the same time Kompany, Vertonghen, Alderweireld and other top defenders, the midfield is De Bruyne, Nainggran, Fellaini, Hazard, Lukaku and other talented players, Occupy the main position in the major European giants, and it is definitely not at a disadvantage to meet any team.

In terms of the quality of the new stars, Belgium is definitely better than Iceland and Austria, and the demons in various positions are produced in batches, so Belgium has another label in addition to the nickname of "European Red Devils": the number one demon team in Europe. This was the most popular label about Belgium in the last two years, and the starting line-up was almost all extremely individual and extremely young demons

Belgium has become a powerhouse in European football in recent years, and their rise to football is very similar to Iceland's, and their investment in youth training is extremely huge, by creating a football atmosphere across the country, allowing young children to take to the football field, and providing the whole country with a huge pool of football talents. Although they missed two World Cups in 2006 and 2010, Belgium's players shocked the world and reached the quarterfinals.

For Chinese football, although the results of this World Cup are gratifying, there is still a long way to go in the construction of youth training at the grassroots level.

In this game, Belgium showed a clear advantage in strength from the beginning. In the 10th minute, Eden Hazard took advantage of the acceleration to break through Poland's right side defence and deliver a high-quality cross that Lukaku used to dominate Bereszinski with his physical superiority and smashed the ball into the back of the net. Lukaku, nicknamed the Little Monster, has a style of play that bears a striking resemblance to Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, a goal that perfectly shows the aptly nicknamed he is.

The goal also kicked off Belgium's victory, with Nainggolan extending the half-time score to 2-0 in the 38th minute with a world wave from outside the box.

Poland's star Robert Lewandowski narrowed the gap in the opening stages of the second half, but Eden Hazard then made it 3-1 from the penalty spot-kick and substitute striker Mirallas added the icing on the cake in stoppage time.

In the end, Belgium defeated Poland 4-1 and met China in the quarter-finals.