During the semi-finals of the Chinese team and the Spanish team, the quarter-finals were not completely over, and the last two quarter-finals were played immediately after the Chinese team.

In one of the semi-finals, Argentina beat Denmark 4-1, and Messi contributed two passes and one shot, once again highlighting his role as a leader. Aguero and Dybala each scored a goal, Argentina's performance in the World Cup was much better than in the World Preliminary Tournament, Sampaoli temporarily stimulated the state of the forward group, in the World Preliminary Round, Argentina's 390 million total value of the luxury squad actually fell into a strange circle of difficult goals, the whole team hugged Messi's thigh, when Argentina's life was hanging by a thread, Sampaoli's tactical design was criticized a lot. In the World Cup, Argentina suddenly blossomed in full swing, so far, Messi has only scored three goals, Higuain, Dybala, Aguero have scored two goals each, and Enzo Perez, Cranevit, Di Maria, Biglia and central defender Otamendi have opened their goal accounts. Therefore, the Argentine team was able to win all three games from the group stage, and the green light went all the way to the semifinals. Only Argentina, which is scattered in attack and does not rely too much on Messi, is the super strong team that makes all opponents competing for the championship the most difficult to crack.

In the other game, the German team was quite entangled, facing South American powerhouse Colombia, the defending champions twice fell behind and equalized twice, and finally scored the final score from Ozil in the 112th minute of extra time. The tenacious Germanic chariot survived the danger with great willpower.

With Germany in the last place in the semi-finals, the other semi-finals are also very interesting: Germany vs Argentina!

A pair of old rivals, colliding for the fourth time in a row at the World Cup.

Tragically, the "Pampas Eagles" lost their first three World Cup trips at the feet of the German team.

In the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup, the local German team eliminated Argentina 5:3 on penalties. Messi tasted defeat in his first World Cup.

Four years later, in the World Cup in South Africa, it was the quarterfinals, Messi has faded from his youth and grown into the absolute leader of the "Pampas Eagles", but this time in the face of Germany, Argentina unexpectedly lost without any defense. Four-goal defeat. The last time Argentina lost in the World Cup with such a disparity was back in 1974 when they lost 4-0 to the Netherlands.

In the World Cup in Brazil, Argentina held back its strength and wanted to step on the German team in the final to complete the top, which was a shame. And fate played a joke on them again, Higuain and Sergio Aguero missed chances to score, and Gotze's goal in the 111th minute of extra time gave Messi a third World Cup hate. It has achieved the four-star hegemony of German football.

And these are just the three important meetings between the two old rivals in the new century, if you go back further, in the 1990 World Cup, the German team let Argentina's previous generation of football champion Maradona fail to defend the title. German football's tough style and iron-clad tactical discipline seem to be the natural nemesis of Argentina's fast-paced style.

To use a figurative analogy, Argentina is known as the "Pampas Eagles" because of the vast Pampas grassland within its borders, and they are qualified to be proud of most strong opponents, but for them, the German team is the Himalayas of the "Roof of the World"!

Although the eagle is strong, it cannot fly over the forbidden area of life.

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Due to the presence of the Chinese team, it ended the situation that the semi-finals of the three consecutive World Cups were monopolized by strong European and South American teams. The Chinese team is only one step away from creating the best record in the Asian Football World Cup. Compared with Germany and Argentina, the luck of the Chinese team is not bad, and it is not that there is no chance at all when it meets Spain.

On the day of the game, the Chinese team and the Spanish team were in Kaliningrad Stadium for pre-match training, and when the Chinese team walked into the stadium, they happened to meet the Spanish players who came out of training, and the two sides collided at the stadium gate.

The players on both sides were stunned, but the players of the Chinese team were quite friendly, smiling and nodding at the stars of the Spanish team. Although he was a life-and-death enemy on the field a few hours later, his demeanor was still sufficient. Putting aside the objective factor that some of the stars of the Spanish team and even the idols of the Chinese team players, the actions of the Chinese team represent a great power demeanor. They don't just represent the country on the pitch.

The Spanish team players looked at the other players of the Chinese team without any expression, but when they looked at Wen Zhihao, there were two more points of vigilance in their eyes. The head coach of the Spanish team, Julen Lopetegui, also stared at Wen Zhihao meaningfully for two seconds.

Everyone in this team has seen Wen Zhihao's power at club level. So even if he is not on the court, his first reaction when he sees him is instinctively vigilant.

Of course, this is only because they have no friendship with Wen Zhihao. Gabi and Saul are exceptions. It's a wonderful experience to be able to meet each other again on the national team stage and play against each other.

The two took the initiative to walk over to Wen Zhihao quickly, and seized the time to greet him: "Wen, you must keep in good shape, otherwise we will feel very bored in tonight's game." ”

Wen Zhihao looked at the two of them looking very scared, and leaned closer and said, "I know the weaknesses of the two of you very well, if you say two good words, maybe I will consider letting you go." ”

Gabby scoffed: "It's like we don't know anything about you, everyone here has suffered from you, and no one doesn't know about you." And...... The individual cannot be stronger than the whole. ”

After Gabi finished speaking, his gaze crossed Wen Zhihao, glanced around, and then looked at Wen Zhihao with deep meaning in his eyes.

Wen Zhihao's expression froze, how could he not see what Gabi meant.

Although you are strong, how much support can other people give you?

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In the last game against Belgium, Zhang Linpeng, the main defender who was absent due to a red card suspension, returned this game, but Lippi adjusted him to right-back in this game in view of the previous lesson. The double central defenders are an old and new combination of Shi Ke and Feng Xiaoting, which does have a lot of hidden dangers for the combination of central defenders, but Lippi considers that Shi Ke can inject vitality into the back line, inexperienced but running diligently and with a positive attitude.

In addition, Lippi changed the formation from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1, increased the coverage of the midfield, and was able to play as stalemate as possible in the middle of the field against the Spanish team, which is the premise of playing a long-term battle.

Compared to the previous game, several players involved in the rotation returned to familiar positions in this game. Yan Junling and Wu Qiu Wang returned to the starting lineup, Zheng Zhi returned to the back, and he had to shoulder the pivot of the midfield attack and defense in this game, and his role was particularly important.

Julen Lopetegui, on the other hand, insisted on a 4-3-3 attacking formation. Goalkeeper David De Gea, the back four Alba, Ramos, Pique and Nacho, are completely a combination of Real Madrid and Barcelona. The same goes for the midfielders. Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Isco.

Wen Zhihao's two Atletico team-mates, Gabi and Saul, waited on the bench. Fans want to see Atletico players on both sides "pinch each other" in the game and have to wait a little longer.

In addition, the forward trio of Julen Lopetegui in this game is looking for quick change. Real Madrid star Asensio, AC Milan winger Suso is one left and one right, but Sevilla striker Nolito is in the center. Julen Lopetegui abandoned Alvaro Morata, who had been a good goal-scoring efficiency in the starting position, and clearly intended to pursue the acceleration of the forward line and tear apart the Chinese team's defense with flexible and changeable movements.

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Kaliningrad Stadium as a stadium built in 2015 specifically for the World Cup, compared with several other World Cup venues, is not large, a total of 45,000 spectators, but with fanatical Chinese fans, the small stadium makes the atmosphere even hotter, when the two sides enter, the stands on all sides are set off with red fireworks, and the red main color of Chinese fans is integrated, like magma hot, spreading throughout the stands, very visually shocking, through the screen can feel the rolling enthusiasm.

During the pre-match performance of the national anthem, at least more than eighty percent of the total audience of Chinese fans sang loudly, and at this moment, the lyrics of the national anthem just expressed their expectations for the national team.

The spirit of the Chinese team really attracted all the commentators involved in this game, and they were shocked. But football is still about technology, and the enthusiasm to win is not enough.

And the start of this game was completely different from the past few games of the Chinese team, and even greatly surprised everyone.

Spain were the first to take possession of the opening kick and were the first to rewrite the score less than a hundred seconds later. Isco forced Liang Xin behind him with his physical advantage in the midfield, and in the face of Zheng Zhi's nearby pinch, Isco pulled the ball sideways and passed the ball quickly to Iniesta, because the Chinese team's double back has been completely attracted to Isco. In front of Iniesta, a huge hole was presented. The Barcelona midfield leader naturally did not miss such an opportunity, and with a penetrating diagonal pass close to the ground, the ball quickly rolled behind Shi Ke's left foot. The entire defense line of the Chinese team has been completely penetrated. Although Feng Xiaoting has a good sense of filling the position, he has been blocked behind Nolito, who directly faced Yan Junling and scored directly through the crotch from the middle.

0:1, the Chinese team is behind!

"Oops! It's too bad, the Chinese team concedes the ball too quickly, which will put the game into the rhythm that the Spanish team likes, and the Chinese team is in trouble. ”

However, He Wei soon found himself speaking too early. In the third minute, Busquets made a steal in the midfield, and Isco shot directly from 35 meters away from the goal, and the ball grazed Yan Junling's fingers and hung in the dead corner.

The Spanish team lightningly rewrote the score to 0:2, He Wei shouted "oops" three times in a row, subconsciously bowed his head, his expression was painful, and all the Chinese fans were completely stunned.

Nima, what's the situation?

Conceding two goals in three minutes! This......

Most fans looked confused, instinctively reminiscent of Brazil four years ago, facing Germany in the semi-finals, and the world thought it would be an inextricable matchup between Mars and Earth. As a result, no one expected that the final result would be 1:7, and the host country suffered the biggest defeat in the history of the World Cup semi-finals.

And strikingly similar, before this game, the Chinese team took a lot of trouble to change the outside world's perception of the Chinese team, and the vast majority of the media believed that the Chinese team and the Spanish team may have the strength to fight. As a result, the game started in an extreme direction.

Is this a revelation from history? Will the Chinese team follow in the footsteps of the Brazilian team tonight?

Although most fans are prepared to lose and do not expect the Chinese team to really enter the final, the successive opening goals are unacceptable to everyone.

The fans are emotional. Especially for the team that he supports in his heart, playing is scolding and loving, and after the score became 0:2, there were a lot of dissatisfied and whining voices.

"the hell, what's going on? Did the Chinese team gamble on the ball or did they take the medicine before, and now the medicine is over? The style of painting has changed so much that my little heart really can't accept it. ”

"Nima, I'm finally used to watching the Chinese team win, and now I'm going to get used to watching the fiasco? Is it really good to toss people like this? ”

"Poof! Conceded two goals in three minutes, Brazil lost 1:7 in the last World Cup, and the first goal conceded started after ten minutes. Is the national football team ready to look up to Brazil? Not only to imitate, but also decisively to surpass? ”

"The nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, Liu Adou has been an ancient man for 3,000 years, and the Chinese team is ...... Hehe! ”

It's understandable that the fans are not strong-willed, after all, they are not the ones who really decide the fate of their national team, and who is not in a hurry to watch the national team slide into the abyss?

The harder you scold, the deeper the love.

On the field, including Wen Zhihao, he was in a trance for a moment, but his strong psychological adjustment ability allowed him to return to reality earlier than others. He first ran to Yan Junling's side to stabilize his emotions, the team lost the goal, and the goalkeeper was the most likely to fall into self-blame and sadness.

Wen Zhihao put his arm around his shoulders and said: "Dayan, don't put all the responsibility on yourself, everyone is responsible for losing the ball, including me, if I return to the defense in time to grab one more step, Iniesta will not be able to pass that kick at all." Now you need to pick yourself up, your responsibility is great, we need you to make sure we don't concede any more goals, the attack is handed over to us, it's only been three minutes now, you will definitely be able to play back, trust me! ”

Listening to Wen Zhihao's words, Yan Junling's eyes regained two points of brilliance.

Then, while the Spanish team was celebrating frantically and the game was temporarily suspended, Wen Zhihao and Zheng Zhi gathered everyone together again, repeated what they had just said, and emphasized: "Remember what Mr. Pi said, we are patient with them, and it is only a second's work to kick the ball in at the door, and the difficulty is that we have to take the game back into our own hands, so that we can really have a chance of winning." ”

Wen Zhihao subconsciously glanced at the sidelines, not only saw Lippi's gesture, but also saw the Spanish bench, looking down at his thumb down, provocative gesture Saul.

Wen Zhihao smiled inwardly. Xindao: It's too carried away, isn't it?

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