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England vs Portugal !!

By the time the big battle kicked off, England fans were all going crazy!!

The match was held at the Schalke Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, a small city of 270,000 people in the Ruhr region, a city of 270,000 people in the northwest corner of Germany. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The processing and manufacturing of coal and steel is the main economic pillar of the city, which is also a common feature of the Ruhr region.

In the past, Gelsenkirchen was called the "City of a Thousand Fires" by Europeans because of its numerous blast furnaces, coke ovens and steel plants, but now because the area is covered by solar energy, it is in a leading position in the field of solar energy, and the name of Gelsenkirchen has changed from "City of a Thousand Fires" to "City of a Thousand Suns".

It is worth mentioning that on the first day of the game, Gelsenkirchen was already filled with a frenzied influx of English fans, and the entire city has been flooded with nearly 80,000 English fans.

At the same time, due to the impact of holidays and the World Cup, the population of the entire city of Gelsenkirchen is less than 200,000, so many English fans have made Gelsenkirchen completely English territory.

Sky Sports News also mentioned: "The current Gelsenkirchen has become a sea of English fans, walking in every neighborhood of the city, you only hear English, only see English people, this place has been 'occupied' by English fans. ”

As Sky TV said, England fans can be seen from almost every location in the neighborhood of Gelsenkirchen, and all the hotels in the city are already full, and more England fans will choose to spend the night on the streets.

At the beginning of August, in the warmer hours, such a choice is also really good.

The media from all over the world that have poured into the city have also carried out a series of reports on the situation, and many Portuguese media have been protesting in articles because they feel that it is unfair to Portugal.

The World Cup should be a fair score, but 80,000 England fans have made Gelsenkirchen completely England's home stadium, and 'it could very well affect Portugal's performance'.

Unfortunately, FIFA doesn't impose any restrictions on fans watching the game, and these England want to be up close to the game, which certainly doesn't break any rules.

Is it also wrong to have a large number of fans in the team!?

This is obviously impossible.

And for this situation, I am afraid that the local police are the most headache.

Almost all England fans crowd the city's large and small bars, while only 30,000 of the 80,000 England fans have tickets, with the remaining 50,000 or so taking to watch on a large public screen outside the stadium.

This may seem like nothing, but the fans who come to Germany to watch the game in England are not all peaceful, and the increase in numbers will lead to all kinds of problems, just the night before the game, 13 English fans have been arrested by the Gelsenkirchen police, and they are also charged with various crimes:

There was a fan who was arrested for looting a ticket, he robbed a Portuguese fan yesterday while drinking in a bar, but he only took the other party's ticket.

At the time of his arrest, the fan also shouted: "I'm going to go into the stadium to cheer on the team, Alan come on!!" England must win!! ”

Another fan was arrested for urinating outside the city's city hall after booze and refusing to pay the fine. The arrest of the rest of the fans was basically caused by a drunken disturbance.

All of this is a headache for the Gelsenkirchen police, and they need to think about a lot of issues, such as if England wins, then these 80,000 fans will definitely start a carnival in Gelsenkirchen, which will seriously affect the normal life of Gelsenkirchen, and if England loses, it will be even more chaotic - who knows what disappointed England fans will do in this small town?

And on this day, the English and Portuguese media also went crazy, they constantly used various reports to baash their opponents, while praising their own teams, paving the way for public opinion in the team before the big game.

Each side wants to give the team the best support before the game.

Portugal's newspaper La Presse spoke about the game, believing that the current strong Portugal team is by no means something that England can beat, but they still reminded the Portuguese players to be careful to prevent accidents.

In the article, they stated: "Since we can turn history around and eliminate Spain, it is also very likely that England will suddenly change history, as we did, and we should avoid that." ”

And they also mentioned the reason for the success of the Portuguese team: to value the opponent and learn from the mistakes.

The current Portuguese team has grown, and the key is that it has learned a lesson from the defeat, from conceding two goals in the group stage to not conceding two goals, the manager Scolari has found Portugal's way of fighting, and found his ideal 'permutation'.

Next, La Presse also predicted Portugal's starting line-up: Carvalho and Andrade are in the central axis of the back, and the two defensive giants make the whole Portuguese team feel safe; Costinha and Manisi are the winning weapons of the Porto club, and the two play very well together, and their chemistry will be very helpful to the Portuguese midfield. Petit is more energetic, and the combination of Figo, Deco and C. Ronaldo is becoming more and more perfect, and this triangle will be like three sharp arrows into the England defence, which is also the key to Portugal's victory.

At the end of the article, the newspaper commented: "This squad is already full of heroes, but we still have spare strength, that is, Costa and Simao, the quality of these two players is not in doubt, and the striker Gomez is even better, four years ago, the performance of the Portuguese team all belonged to Gomez, and now he is just as brilliant." ”

The English media were of course unhappy when faced with the News' vaunted reporting, and The Sun bore the brunt of the analysis, which comprehensively analysed the contrast between England and Portugal, and finally concluded that England had an overall advantage on either front.

First of all, the most prominent forward line, the combination of Wang Li, Owen and Beckham, is undoubtedly powerful, and Wang Li alone is more efficient than the entire Portuguese forward line.

Midfielders Steven Gerrard, David Beckham and Joe Gerrard. Cole's combination can really be said to be the best combination in the world, if Wang Li retreats, then Portugal's midline and England are not at the same level at all.

Backfield

At this point, the English media did not focus on it, they just emphasized that Terry, Gary. The strength of Neville and others is stronger than that of players such as Carvalho and Andrade.

In fact, after Rio Ferdinand's departure from injury, England's back was a clear weakness, and even manager McClaren admitted it in public.

However, in the reports of the English media, it is certainly not to talk about their own weaknesses, and the English media symbolizes the ignorance of this, in fact, England's midfield, forward line is known to be stronger than Portugal, at least in terms of the team's individual ability, the England team is stronger.

The 'boastful' reports of The News and The Sun also kicked off a media war between the two sides, and the rest of the media immediately followed suit - "Our goalkeeper is very strong, and if you save a penalty, you will lose to us on penalties." - Lucca, Portugal

'Our goalkeeper is Chelsea's main player, the best talented goalkeeper in the world, and your Rigvado is a lot worse. - The Guardian

"The combination of Figo and C. Ronaldo is unstoppable, and if Gomez comes on, England will be beaten into a sieve." -- Portugal's La Presse de Sport

"Alan. The king's heavy artillery is unstoppable, he will kick you all off the pitch and England will easily qualify. - Manchester Sports

'We have a first-class squad and Scolari is the stronger coach. -- Portugal's Morning News

'We've got first-class players and we've got £600 million worth of squads. -- The Times

"We" - Express Portugal

"We" - The London Post

After a few rounds of fighting, the media on both sides consciously closed their mouths, they knew that there was no way to distinguish the winner from the loser, so both sides began to prepare for the real game of the team, and constantly analyzed the team's advantages, and the opponent's advantages, and made suggestions for the team's victory.

As a result, Wang Li and C. Ronaldo became the protagonists of the media debate on both sides.

Manchester Sport interviewed Frank, who came to Gelsenkirchen with an injury to cheer on his teammates. Frank Lampard, who looks to be in good shape, raised his questions and said he was sorry to miss the World Cup and that he will not recover from his injury for at least two months.

Speaking about the game, Lampard called on his team-mates to seize their chances and progress to the semi-finals: 'We have Allen, Exception, David Beckham, Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney, we have a lot of confidence and I'm confident that we will win in the end. ”

After speaking about his views on his team-mates and his confidence in the team, Frank Lampard said there would be no excuse if England lost to Portugal this time.

'Four years from now, the World Cup will be in South Africa, where the temperature is higher and England could be in a group of death, so this is the best chance.

'We are only two games away from the World Cup final and we will definitely be able to win both of those games, this England team has the confidence and ability to beat all opponents. We should play our own style, which is fast-paced attacking football. ”

Speaking about the Grape team, Lampard felt the biggest threat was Portuguese left-back C. Ronaldo, saying: 'Ronaldo can play with both feet and the biggest problem for a defender like him is that maybe you can defend him for 89 minutes but he can still create a dream moment in the 90th minute. However, England's defenders have the ability and determination to defend Ronaldo and it will be time for our backline to be put to the test. ”

At this time, C. Ronaldo of the Portuguese team was absent from the team's training.

As a result, many media outlets have asked whether the thigh injury is getting better and whether it will appear in the quarter-finals against England.

Ronaldo was substituted in the first half of the Portugal-Dutch game and is said to have improved after a few days of recuperation and was expected to play in Saturday's Anglo-Portuguese clash with the exception.

At this time, the spokesman of the Portuguese side, Miro, declared to the outside world, "In the past few days, Xiao Xiaoluo has been training alone, but if his injury has not fully recovered by then, we will not risk letting him play." ”

In addition, Miro also emphasized: "If C. Ronaldo is not 100% recovered, Scolari will never start him, everything should be based on the player's body. But most British media outlets said, "It must have been a smokescreen by Scolari before the game, perhaps deliberately not showing up at the training ground." ”

The news obviously did not affect Lampard's judgment, he laughed and said that 'Portugal like to play tricks', and said that Ronaldo Jr. will definitely play in the game: "In the Premier League, I have always been opponents with him, that kid likes to 'pretend' all day long, I have to say, his acting skills are very high, and this may have affected the Portuguese team"

There is no need for Lampard to explain, all the media, including the Portuguese media, know what Lampard is referring to, Ronaldo's fake fall is world-famous, and now many referees who enforce the Premier League are turning a blind eye to Ronaldo's fall, because they have been deceived too many times.

Their compassion has been deeply stabbed.

However, Lampard didn't say much about that, only emphasising Cristiano Ronaldo's qualities: 'It's very difficult to play against Ronaldo, he's one of those versatile strikers, he's got the quality, speed and technique and you have to watch him from the start, otherwise anything can happen. ”

"Ronaldo is one of those players: you can watch him well for the first 89 minutes of the game, but in the 90th minute, he suddenly got rid of your defense and created a terrible killing. It's only when you walk off the pitch and don't let him score that you can really relax, otherwise you could be fatally hit at any time. Don't think you can defend him well, a great player like him has the ability to turn any moment into a great moment! His courage and faith are impressive, but we also have the same strong will. ”

'For England's defenders, Ronaldo is a huge test. We will face a great team in the quarter-finals. After this game, people will know exactly how the England team performed. Portugal were our biggest test so far. ”

Frank Lampard's sudden praise of C. Ronaldo even embarrassed the Portuguese media, so they immediately turned to worry about the Portuguese team, why?

Portugal's C. Ronaldo is certainly a bright spot, but compared to England's Alan Wang, what is C. Ronaldo?

"We must be vigilant!!"

This sentence was the headline of the afternoon edition of the World Cup supplement, and the first page article reminded Scolari and all the Portuguese players to be careful of England's No. 21 Allen. King.

"The strength of this black-haired boy is no worse than C. Ronaldo, when he plays, Portugal's goal is always in danger, we must pay attention to him, keep an eye on him at any time, so as to ensure that Portugal's goal is not lost."

"Scolari should focus on defending Allen. If this is not done, it will be extremely difficult for Portugal to win. Compared to C. Rowe, Allen is more threatening, and we should see the difference between the two. ”

When it comes to Wang Li's problem, no matter which Portuguese media outlets, none of them praise their superstar C. Ronaldo, because compared to Wang Li, C. Ronaldo really has nothing to offer.

than a goal?

There is no comparable surname.

Compare team contributions?

There is still no comparable surname.

Even if compared to some other things, such as fame, salary, etc., the two are incomparable, if C. Ronaldo's performance at Manchester United has shocked the whole of Europe, Wang Li has shocked the whole world, and no team dares to ignore Wang Li when playing against England, it is almost a loss.

In the match against Ecuador, Wang Li made three seemingly ordinary long-range shots by himself, allowing everyone to see this extremely efficient shooting ability again, and having such a player in the England team is definitely a great crisis for Portugal.

So, after talking about Wang Li, the Portuguese media all died down, and they held back their energy to wait for the team to defeat England on the field, and then come forward to show the strength of the Portuguese team with facts.

Portugal won the European Championship two years ago when Wang Li played, and now they feel that their side is still likely to win!

After all, the victory already has a criminal record.

And at this time, what are Wang Li and C. Luo, who are the focus on, doing?

C. Law is already hiding

As the Portuguese press spokesman revealed, C. Ronaldo seems to be really injured and is training on his own, at least he has not played in recent Grape games, and even when he appears on the pitch, no journalist has been able to interview him.

It seems that Scolari is very 'protective' of C. Ronaldo.

Wang Li has been training normally with the team, and since coming to Gelsenkirchen, Wang Li has been training hard, and during the break, he also looks for opportunities to do simple training, so that his condition can reach the peak at any time.

As the saying goes, grinding the gun in battle is not fast.

Wang Li believes in his own strength, but he still needs to train more in order to better complete his revenge. The failure of two years ago was the only stain on his career, and he felt that he had to erase it strongly in order to achieve perfection in his career.

From this point of view, Wang Li can be regarded as a perfectionist.

This game is very important for Wang Li, he must make the team win, not only for England to advance in the World Cup, but also for his own revenge, and to be able to touch the world's top football glory - the Hercules Cup!

In this format, the time quickly came to six o'clock the next night, and the two teams had already arrived on the pitch and entered the tense final battle.

The game starts at eight o'clock in the evening.

By this time, the fans who had come to Gelsenkirchen had already begun to enter, but it seemed that most of them were England fans, all of them collectively wearing England's home shirts, holding the England flag in their hands, and many of them had the England flag logo painted on their faces.

It doesn't make a difference for 1 or 2 fans to do this, but when most of the English fans who enter the stadium do it, it becomes a beautiful sight to behold among the fans.

As a result, journalists from all over the world have walked into England fans to interview them up close about their feelings.

They immediately felt the hunger of the English fans for victory.

England have suffered too much pain in the knockout rounds, each injury is like pouring salt on the wounds of England fans, and now the accumulated pain of England is about to explode fans, and they are all desperate for a real revenge to squander everything from the past and bring light back to England.

And now the strength of this England team is undoubtedly strong, and no media denies this, so England fans all come to Germany with the hope of victory, and all they need is victory!!

When the fans in the audience entered the stadium, they saw that 60% of the stands around the stadium were all English fans, and there were only about 10,000 Portuguese fans, which was too big a gap with more than 30,000 people in England.

After entering the stadium, although the players of the two teams have not yet entered the stadium, these fans have begun to sing the team song of England for this World Cup, and they hope to cheer the team on and arouse the fighting spirit of the English players to win.

Ten minutes later, at the signal of the referee, the two teams finally walked out of the players' tunnel.

Subsequently, the cries of the fans in the stadium reached the first **, and every fan was cheering for the team they supported. When Wang Li followed the team and walked out of the players' tunnel step by step, he saw the crazy English fans around the stadium, and then his heart became a little excited.

The fact that so many English fans come to the stadium in Germany, a land that does not belong to them, also shows the desire of English fans to win.

When the opponent becomes Portugal, it is not just Wang Li's revenge alone, this has completely escalated to the revenge of the whole of English football!

So, let me be a messenger of revenge!

Wang Li thought excitedly, he suddenly felt that before he married the little princess of England, it was also a very good thing to use a hearty revenge battle as a gift to England fans

(To be continued)