197. The European Championship in France opened
Qiansheng's video has become a hot spot in China in one fell swoop, and all major video websites rank first, and its popularity is unique in China for a while, many college entrance examination students have left messages to support Qiansheng's good performance in the European Cup, and many students said that after the college entrance examination, they want to go to France to cheer for Qiansheng.
Under the love house and Wuxia, England, which is nicknamed the "European Chinese team" by Chinese fans, has also become the second home team of Chinese fans. In some media surveys on who will be the winners of this year's European Championships, the majority of Chinese fans choose England.
In France, security is the key to this European Championship, especially for those stars who are worth tens of millions, and security must be of the highest standard.
The England national team arrived in Paris yesterday and checked into the hotel, which is protected 24 hours a day by very tight armed police. Yesterday, the hotel had its first training session since arrival, and this is also very strict security measures.
These armed police officers will be patrolling the area around the hotel 24 hours a day to ensure that there are no security issues.
Since June 9 is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival in China, Qianzhi celebrates this festival in the famous lavender town, the city of knights, the university town of Provence, the dean of Qiming Academy, his wife and a group of children. By the way, there are also the two presidents of the Qianjiu Society, Yidui and Duanmu Wenxuan, and Yidui's younger brother Yichen.
Accompanied by Qianzhi, the Qimingyuan family visited almost most of the European countries, this time in France, in addition to continuing to enjoy the mountains and rivers, during the European Cup, they had to go to the scene to cheer for Qiansheng.
Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives. How could Qiansheng miss the rare opportunity to get together with his father and the dean's grandparents and siblings, Roy Hodgson is not an unkind person, and Qiansheng is an indispensable core of his tactics, so after two days of training, Qiansheng was given a day off on the 9th.
After spending a happy Dragon Boat Festival with his relatives in France, Qiansheng devoted himself to the final time of preparation, and the first battle of the Three Lions also entered the countdown.
On Friday, June 10, 2016, at 7 p.m., the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, the stadium that witnessed the French national team win the glittering Hercules Cup in 1998 and the Confederations Cup in 2003, kicked off the 2016 French Euro Championship on a bright night.
After more than half an hour of wonderful opening performance, at 20 o'clock, the first game of the European Cup, the opening match of the first round of Group A hosts France and Romania started.
The hosts, who were looking for a good start in the first game, launched an onslaught against Romania with a bus swing. This team is very similar to Greece, the dark horse of the 2004 European Cup, in terms of playing style, lineup, grouping and the "civilianization" of the team.
Romania have conceded the fewest goals in this European Championship qualifier, conceding only two goals in 10 games, and qualified for second place in the group with five wins and five draws.
The hosts, who are considered favourites to win the tournament, found that the team that conceded the fewest goals in the qualifiers defended very strongly, and although Romania did not have a well-known star, the civilian team played very tenaciously and relied on the overall defense to finally break the upset and draw 0-0 with the mighty French team.
The hosts got off to a bad start, and the French media pointed the finger at French coach Didier Deschamps, accusing him of not recruiting Karim Benzema, which led to the French team's poor attacking power and failed to get off to a good start, which cast a shadow on the French team's group stage.
Didier Deschamps strongly stated that Romania is a strong team and that he believes that as long as they win the remaining two opponents, the appearance of the French team will not be a problem. And due to the expansion of the European Championship this year, in addition to the top two in the group directly qualifying, the four best group thirds will also enter the round of 16 knockout round. Therefore, with the strength of the French team, qualifying from the group is not a problem at all.
Some media said that from Romania's body, it seems to see Portugal's European Cup 12 years ago, that year, the host Portugal was defeated by Greece, which is generally considered weak, and Greece staged a Danish fairy tale, all the way to the final, defeated Portugal again, won the championship in one fell swoop, and achieved Greek mythology. Although France had a better end than Portugal's opening game, the failure of the significantly stronger hosts to win against the significantly weaker Romania made people have to make countless associations with the big dark horses of Euro 2004.
The other match in the first round of Group A, and the second match of the tournament, was played at the Stade Borralt Deleulie in Lens in northern France, between Albania, the land of eagles, and Switzerland, the watchmaker of Qiansheng's homeland.
Interestingly, two of the players on both teams are brothers, but each has its own master.
Albania's older brother Taurrant Xhaka is also the most famous player in the Land of the Eagles. His younger brother, Granit Xhaka, is the heart of Switzerland's midfield. The brothers' battle is the highlight of this game.
In this European Championship qualifiers, Albania, which is in the same group as Portugal, Denmark and Serbia, is considered by many fans to be the role of accompanying the prince to study, and is listed by the media as the favorite to be at the bottom of the group. However, Albania stunned fans around the world in their first qualifying match, beating mighty Portugal 1-0 away for the first time in history.
Seeing compatriot Claudio Ranieri lead the Foxes to a miracle, Albania coach Giovanni Debiasi smiled and said, "We can be Leicester City at the European Championships." ”
FIFA is ranked 42nd and odds to win the tournament at odds of 500 to 1, with Albania topping the Euros round of 24 in both categories. In this arena where Danish fairy tales and Greek mythology were born, why can't Albania create miracles?
Switzerland, which has always been a lackluster team in the European Championship and has always been a lackluster team in the European Championship, has re-entered the European Championship finals in the form of European preliminaries after 12 years.
Borussia Dortmund's main goalkeeper Roman Burki, Juventus' main right-back Stefan Lichtsteiner, Wolfsburg's Ricardo Rodriguez, Watford's Wallon Behrami, Arsenal's Granit Xhaka, Stoke City's Sheldan Shaqiri, and now Switzerland can also be called a star, with a FIFA ranking of 15, above the host French team, proving that it is extraordinary.
What's more, they also have a superstar Qiansheng who has chosen the England national team, but also has Swiss nationality.
The match was played at 2 p.m., and the hot weather was a great test of the physical strength and willpower of the players on both sides. Maybe it's too cautious, maybe it's the hosts who have been forced to equalize, which makes them mentally unbalanced. With both sides missing a lot of chances, after 90 minutes, the second game in a row was 0-0.
In this way, the first round of Group A ended, and all four teams were evenly divided with one point each. In the second round of the group stage, I am afraid it will be even more cruel, because at this stage, no one can afford to lose.
For more than ten years, it has always been difficult to score big scores in international competitions, especially in the European Cup, where many teams are close in strength, and it takes a lot of effort to score a goal.
In Porto, in the southwest of France, the Matmut Atlantic Stadium welcomed two new teams that were playing in the European Championship finals for the first time: Red Dragon Wales from the British Isles and Slovakia from Eastern Europe.
Wales, who have been playing a role in various qualifiers, are in the same group as the European Red Devils Belgium, Yugoslav Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel, with 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and 21 points are second in all qualifying groups.
This former European fish belly team, being able to enter the main match of the European Cup, has already created their miracle. However, Wales are not satisfied with a short trip to France, with the world's top three "Great Sage" Gareth Bale and "Death" Aaron Ramsey Red Dragon, with huge ambitions for this European Cup. Because of the expansion, they have a good chance of finishing second in the group and third in the group with the best result, so the first game of the group stage is very important for them. Therefore, for Slovakia, who also reached the European Championship finals for the first time, Wales coach Chris Coleman issued a must-kill order.
Wales have superstar Bale, Slovakia also has Marek Hamsik, and in terms of strength, Slovakia, who participated in the 2010 World Cup, has tournament experience that Wales does not have.
In their first appearance, they beat defending champions Italy in the final group stage to reach the round of 16, and although they reached the quarter-finals, Slovakia is still respected by people all over the world.
Therefore, fans are more optimistic about Slovakia getting their first win in the European Championship. But football is round, 6 years ago the weak Slovakia was able to beat the strong Italy, why the undersized Wales did not have a chance to beat Slovakia, which has experience in major tournaments?
After two uneventful 0-0 games, the match between Wales and Slovakia was played with passion.
Wales stars Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey each scored and crossed, and Slovakia captain Hamsik pulled a goal back to no avail, and in the end, Wales beat Slovakia 2-1 to earn valuable three points and lay a good foundation for group progress.
And Bale was selected as the best player on the spot, and his odds on the scorer list are constantly declining.
When the time comes to 19 o'clock on the evening of June 11, 2016, the fourth game of the first round of the European Championship, the second focus game of Group B, England VS Russia, will start in an hour.
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