The Chinese team rushed to Hamburg on the morning of the 27th German time, and the quarterfinals with the Italian team will be held at the AOL Stadium in Hamburg. This is the first time that the Chinese team has come to this stadium, and it was here that the Italian team played the Czech Republic in the final game of the group stage. This article has also been stuffed into the 8 reasons and 10 reasons why the Chinese team must lose, including the Chinese media. In this game, no one in the world is optimistic about the Chinese team, and the odds offered by the bookmaker can prove that Italy is 1.27 and China is 5.36.

Lu Hai is also not optimistic about this game, in his dream simulation game, more than 90 games, the number of wins of the Chinese team is only in single digits, but more than 30 games are drawn. But the problem is that in the history of the World Series, there are many teams that can draw with Italy, but there are only a few teams that can drive away the Italians in the knockout round, and the Koreans in 02 are not counted. This Italian team, in particular, is not the strongest on paper, but it is the most united Italian team of all time.

Of course, at the press conference of the match with Ukraine, Lu Hai still told reporters with confidence: "We have talented players such as Zhang Yi, Lei Heng, Yang Jie, etc., we have the best physical fitness in the world, we will undoubtedly beat the Italian team, we didn't come to Germany to go home after playing 5 games, we have to play 7 games." ”

On the afternoon of the 27th, the whole team watched the footage of Italy's game in the World Cup and the video of the last game against Australia, which Lu Hai had seen in his dream and then cut out in reality. And in the latest game, Lu Hai didn't watch it either.

When Materazzi was sent off in the 53rd minute, all the members of the Chinese team saw that their respected coach actually laughed, and the players' hearts lit up, this is the key to finding the win? Lu Hai saw the inquiring eyes of Zhang Yi, Yang Jie and others, and hurriedly waved his hand, signaling them to continue looking. Lu Hai couldn't help but see Materazzi's pretending innocent face, it turned out that this product still had this day in this World Cup. Before the World Cup, Materazzi was only a substitute for the Italian team, but in the final, as a role between a dragon and a supporting role, he played the leading role. France's goal was a penalty for a foul in the box and a spoon penalty from Zidane; Italy's equaliser was his header; At the end of the game, he co-starred with the original protagonist Zidane in the most exciting climax of the play. I don't know if it's Italy's feng shui problem, Italy's World Cup journey often has cases where the original character becomes the protagonist.

Materazzi is still very happy for Lu Hai to not play in this game, his height of 195 cm, weight of 92 kg, and positive and ferocious defensive attitude will be a big problem for the Chinese team in both defense and attack. Lu Hai looked at the list of players of the Italian team, it should be Nesta who replaced Materazzi, Lu Hai sighed in his heart, this is the foundation of a strong team, you think this is difficult to deal with, but it may be more troublesome for the other party to change someone than not to change. However, Nesta is still relatively easier to deal with than Materazzi, and can basically ignore Nesta's threat in defense. Moreover, Nesta was born in a famous family since he was a child and is a true gentleman. Even when defending, he is also personable a lot of the time, this is a player who wins and wins cleanly, loses gracefully, and disdains the use of immoral means. Materazzi, on the contrary, has a very bumpy career, and only entered the giants and entered the Italian national team at the age of nearly 30, so the players who climbed up from the bottom have a relatively low moral bottom line. With him on the field, there are often some strange things in the game.

Lu Hai took the list and looked at the physical condition of the Italian players one by one on the TV, Totti is injured, but he is not in good shape, just get him down, Italy still has Piero, and he will not consider this plan until the Italians' 3 substitutions are used up.

Lu Hai's plans came up one by one, and he denied them one by one, and when Lu Hai thought about everything he could think of, he found that he had no way to deal effectively with the Italians.

When the game was over, all the players were waiting for Lu Hai to speak. Lu Hai was silent for a while before he slowly spoke: "I think a lot, except for physical fitness, we don't have any advantage." We have it, the Italians have it, and we don't have it. I've been thinking about it for a long time, and there's no good way to do it. Do you have one? ”

The team members looked at each other and shook their heads. The team leader and assistant coach next to him were in a hurry, and before the game started, they said this, isn't this cowardice before the battle? How do you get the players to work the pitch?

Lu Hai ignored them: "The Italian team is actually the most stable team in the knockout round in the history of the World Cup, they have not lost in the knockout round since 90, lost to Argentina in the semifinals in 90, lost to Brazil on penalties in the 94 final, lost to France on penalties in the quarterfinals in 98, and were eliminated by South Korea in 02, which is not included in the statistics." ”

Although the players below listened with solemn faces, Lu Hai's last sentence still amused them.

Lu Hai didn't laugh: "That is to say, if we can hold on to the penalty shootout, we have a chance to reach the semi-finals, in fact, with the comparison of the physical conditions of our two teams, we only need to hold on for 70 minutes, we can win." But I don't know if you're going to be able to hold on for 70 minutes. ”

At this point, Lu Hai is lying. The Italians have the initiative, the tempo is in their hands, in such a situation, they can slow down the tempo at any time to recover their fitness, the Chinese team wants to force the Italian team to continue to consume physical energy, the whole team must come forward to press, and the Italians counterattack will make everyone desperate. Fitness is one of the most important factors in football, but it is by no means the whole story.

When the players heard that they could win as long as they lasted 70 minutes, they were excited.

Zhang Yi watched coldly, and smiled secretly in his heart, is there much difference between 70 minutes and 90 minutes? And with the virtue of the Italians, as long as the first goal is scored, the game is basically over. But he won't break down the land and sea, and he can't do anything about this Italian team.

"So, in this game, we're going to figure out how we can defend for 70 minutes." This is where Lu Hai is really happy that Materazzi is not available, Nesta poses little threat to the Chinese goal, and Materazzi is a real heavy bomber from set-pieces, especially corners. In Lu Hai's memory, in the final, the French team was in danger in front of the goal for a long time by Materazzi, Grosso, Toney, three players over 190.