Chapter 131: Yesterday's Reappearance of the Final

This World Cup can be called the most secure in history, each city is hovering in the sky with several Russian Mi-28 catastrophe Wuzhi, the ground can be seen everywhere loaded police and armored vehicles, a tense atmosphere is self-evident, but for fans, football is the only one, nothing can affect their mood, many bold and enthusiastic fans are still on the street with the Russian soldier brother to take a group photo, this moment can see the excitement of football without borders. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the deliberate downplay of all parties, worries and tensions still exist, but Li Haolong did not feel that he was affected, and everything was business as usual.

There was a big upset on the first day of the game, the second favorite France team was defeated 1-0 by the Iranian team, which was recognized as the weakest team in the same group, which undoubtedly gave the confident French team a head start, and also gave the French fans a critical blow, what made Li Haolong even more embarrassed was that there were three Villa players who started this game, Griezmann, Amavi and Dembele, and Dembele even squeezed out Sissoko and became the starter.

Throughout the game, the French team seemed to be a little faltering and lacked excitement, everyone knows that the slow heat of the French team has become a habit, and it seems that there is also an end-of-season syndrome, and after a long season, they will be in a tense tournament immediately, and some teams will have this fatigue and it will be difficult to get into the state.

For a while, there was a lot of public opinion, saying that there were all kinds of things, some said that the French players lacked enthusiasm to fight for the country, some said that the head coach Deschamps had problems with the formation, and some said that the Villa team, Manchester United and other teams were overdrawing the players' energy, and there were faint voices mocking the Villa team, and even Li Haolong, who was a bystander, also lay down.

French coach Didier Deschamps, born a leader of the willful iron handsome, in the past few years his reform of the national team is obvious to all, a drastic "set things right", for the thorns in the team are all expelled from the national team, Nasri, who participated in the 2012 European Championship, was rejected by Deschamps because of his personality, the original French brother Benzema, because he was caught in a sexual AI video blackmail scandal was also expelled from the team, and even the meritorious veteran Ribery wanted to return to the national team was rejected by him for fear of disrupting the existing order of the team.

It is precisely because of his iron fist that the French team has swept away the decline of the past few years due to infighting and re-embarked on the revitalization. Deschamps is very strong, even if he is a more honest player now, if he feels that the game feels bad, he will not take care of you because of your fame, Pogba and Griezmann have been discharged from the main lineup by him at the same time, and his toughness can be seen.

The uproar caused by this defeat, Deschamps still resisted strongly, and he was confident in the selection of the lineup. With his strong pressure and commitment, the outside influence did not have much impact on the players, which was evident from the two days of open training sessions after the game, and the French players were still in good spirits.

In order not to cause trouble to Deschamps, Li Haolong did not visit the French team, nor did he try to cheer up his players or anything.

The current French team is a mature team, which has survived these few days, successfully rebounded in the second game, ushered in a hearty victory, defeated the South American powerhouse Colombia led by J Ronaldo 4-1, countered all doubts, Villa twin stars shined in Russia, Griezmann, Dembele, Mbappe scored four goals.

The third game was against Montenegro, and the Montenegrin team, which had produced superstars such as Savicevic and Mijatovic, also fell into a period of zero talent, and now the more famous ones are Jovetic and Vucinic. The disintegration of the once powerful former Yugoslavia due to political reasons and ethnic issues has directly weakened the power of football in the Balkans, just imagine how strong it would be if elite players from six countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia formed a team.

There are not so many ifs in football, and Montenegro cannot stop France, who are slowly getting into form. The French team, which lost one game and won two games in a row, still beat Colombia at the top of the table with a goal difference and qualified with its head held high. In the quarters, quarters, and semifinals, the French team eliminated Croatia, Italy, and Argentina one after another to enter the final.

The game against Argentina was the most thrilling, with a 1-1 draw in regulation time going into extra time. However, this year is destined to be the year of Griezmann, and the script has been written for him, the savior in overtime, the lore of Argentina, the heavy blow to Messi, and the overlap of the old and new kings...... Antoine Griezmann faithfully executed the script, and in the 117th minute he received a diagonal pass from Pogba and headed Argentina to lead his team to the final.

Another final opponent, breaking Li Haolong's head, would not have thought that it was the same as the script of the 2016 European Cup, Ronaldo's Portugal team stumbled, and didn't even score a few goals, but it was to the end, including Germany, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals in a penalty shootout, and Croatia and Brazil were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Mentoring in France.

Along the way, especially the collision of two Portuguese-speaking countries, it can be called the most incredible match of this World Cup. Neymar, Jesus and Coutinho's attacking line has almost blown up Portugal's backline, but it is hard to break through Portugal's door, as if there is a god in the dark, all kinds of central posts, all kinds of single knife insolence, all kinds of anti-sky saves, the Brazilian team's squandering opportunities can almost be sorted into a ten-minute highlight.

The 33-year-old Ronaldo should be the last national team competition, and his perverted physical fitness makes him still maintain a strong competitiveness, especially the header, the more obvious it is in the later stages of his career, it seems to have become his biggest killer, and he has also been pushed to the center forward position in this World Cup, 3 of the 4 goals are headers, and his younger brother Nani is even a header master.

In order to make full use of Ronaldo and Nani's headers, coach Fernando Santos also promoted Quaresma to the main front position in the next few games, that is, to use his crosses, especially the outside of the right foot cross on the left side, to make a scene.

Portugal's backline is old and strong, and Pepe has risen again, almost becoming a defensive grandmaster, and Liverpool defender Willian Carvalho has shown his huge sweeping ability in the Portuguese team, and is the most reliable barrier in front of the backline. In fact, this is also their last chance, Pepe and Fonte are both 35 years old, not as fast as before, and they have fought purely on willpower and experience, and the gaps behind them are now mainly filled by two wings, Guerreiro from Borussia Dortmund and Cancelo from Valencia.

It is with such a tenacious spirit that Portugal has come to the end, and it has to be said that it is a miracle.