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Another 3-2, England defeated five-star Brazil, ushered in three consecutive wins in the Confederations Cup, and advanced to the semi-finals with the first place in the group!

This time, the Brazilian team, which almost sent the strongest lineup, faced Mexico and England in the group, with one draw and one loss, and finally stepped on the Mexican team to qualify only by virtue of the winning goal, which obviously could not satisfy the discerning Brazilian media and fans. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is said that there is already a high demand in Brazil for Pereira to be dismissed.

You must know that Pereira, as the champion coach of the 94 World Cup, had a strong appeal in Brazil.

In fact, if the Brazilian coach brought a group of young players to the Confederations Cup in the past, it would be reasonable if he didn't perform well. It's just that this time Pereira has almost included the best players in the Brazilian team except for veterans such as Ronaldo, Carlos and Cafu.

As a result, the performance is still so bad, and it is normal that it is not satisfactory.

After reaching the semifinals, though, Pereira had a chance to prove himself. Because the opponent in this semi-final is their continental rival Argentina.

If you can beat Argentina to reach the final, the previous poor performance in the group stage can be erased!

Compared with the stormy Brazilian team, the England team has been unanimously praised!

In the matches against Mexico and Brazil, England's performance can only be regarded as equal to their opponents, but they are better than their opponents in handling key balls!

When analyzing the reason, the media invariably mentioned Chen Xi.

In fact, it is not difficult for anyone who has followed these two games to come to this conclusion.

In the match against Mexico, Chen Xi used a crazy hat-trick to help England take the lead three times, and had the last laugh.

Against Brazil, it was another last-minute flash of inspiration that scored the winning goal.

It can be said that Chen Xi is the absolute hero of the England team to win these two tough battles!

Many professional media have come to conclusions based on the performance of the England team in the European Championship and this Confederations Cup. That is, Chen Xi let the England team lose the problem of dropping the chain at a critical time. And, make the Three Lions a team that is good at playing tough battles!

The Telegraph bluntly pointed out that there are now two leaders in the England national team. Captain David Beckham is the spiritual leader of the team, and the young Chen Xi has unwittingly become the team's leader on the field!

When the word "Every Telegraph" was first proposed, it can be said that it caused an uproar in England~.

After all, it is a bit of an exaggeration to regard Chen Xi, a young man in his early twenties, as the leader of the England team.

It's just that when everyone calmed down and thought about Chen Xi's performance in the national team in the past two years.

In particular, BBC TV released a highlight of Chen Xi's wonderful performance in the England national team on the second day's football program.

England fans have also accepted this statement in their hearts!

…… After the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup, the semi-finals were also closely watched by the media.

Group A winners Argentina will face Group B runners-up Brazil in the semi-finals, while Group B winners England will meet Group B runners-up Germany!

This is a South American civil war and a European civil war, and at the same time, it is also a direct dialogue between two old enemies!

Needless to say, Brazil and Argentina have always regarded each other as their most important teammates, and both in continental competitions and in world competitions, the South American brothers have countless grievances.

Similarly, the feuds between England and Germany are innumerable.

In fact, as early as the First World War, Britain and Germany were mortal enemies.

Later, this hostility spread to the battlefields of peacetime...... On the football field!

As the strongest team in the United Kingdom, England has inherited the grievances of the United Kingdom against Germany!

"Football is a game of 22 people running on the football field and the Germans win!" Lineker, a famous English goalscorer who became a commentator after retiring, once said such a classic quote!

And this famous quote also expresses the feelings in the hearts of English fans.

Whenever England and Germany collide, there is a love-hate relationship in the hearts of England fans, who always think that God is a German.

It is unbelievable that England and Germany have only met 10 times in official matches. Germany has a advantage of 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Of those, five of them were decided after extra time and penalty kicks. The tragedy of the war and the tragedy of the heroes are unprecedented.

Of the 10 official confrontations, the most famous was obviously the final of the 1966 World Cup on home soil.

In that match, the two sides played 2-2 after 90 minutes. After extra-time, England scored a suspenseful goal in the World Cup final. England striker Hurst, who had scored a hat-trick in that game, had a turning shot that hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced near the goal line.

At the time, there was hardly anyone who could prove that the ball had crossed the goal line or not. But in the end, the referee's decision was to signal that the goal was valid.

The morale-boosting England team was beaten by Hearst in the following game, and the Three Lions met their first and only World Cup title so far!

To this day, the German legend, the football emperor Beckenbauer, who was on the pitch at the time, still believes that the goal did not cross the goal line!

Four years later, at the World Cup in Mexico, England and Germany met in the quarter-finals.

In the end, the German team completed their revenge 3-2, and it is worth mentioning that they completed a big comeback from two goals down. This match is also a classic match in the history of world football!

After that, England and Germany met several times, and England began a period of draw and defeat against Germany.

In the 1990 World Cup, the England national team was star-studded, and the attacking line formed by Gascoigne, Beardsley, Pratt and Lineker was almost invincible. They also reached the last four of the World Cup after a gap of 24 years.

However, in the semi-finals, they faced their arch-rivals Germany.

In that game, the two sides played out a one-to-one draw in the regular period, and after going all the way to the penalty shoot-out, England's Pearce and Waddell missed penalties in quick succession, giving Germany another laugh.

After the game, Gascoigne's tears also became a classic shot in the World Cup!

Six years later, England is celebrating another major tournament on home soil, the European Championship!

At that home European Championship, England also formed what is known as the best-looking national team in history (of course, it has now been replaced by the current England team with Chen Xi). From their 4-1 sweep of the Netherlands, it is not difficult to see the strength of that England team.

However, after making it all the way, they welcomed Germany in the semi-finals!

It's one to one in regulation again, and it's a penalty shootout!

In the first five rounds, the two sides hit every shot, and in the sixth round, England, Southgate's penalty kick was saved by German goalkeeper Koepke, and Germany's Andy Muller scored the penalty, Muller's proud celebration at Wembley's rooster at the home stadium of the arch-rival deeply hurt the hearts of England fans, and finally Germany reversed the Czech Republic in the final and won the European Championship on England's doorstep. It further deepened the grievances between English and German football.

Later, at Euro 2000, the two teams also met. On that occasion, England finally ended an embarrassing record of no win against Germany in the tournament. But good fortune did not bother England. Because in that game, the British and German teams finally went home hand in hand in the group stage.

It wasn't until the World Cup qualifiers a year later that England could be said to have completed their real revenge!

In that game, thanks to Owen's hat-trick and goals from his other two club team-mates, Steven Gerrard and Heskey, England won the biggest 5-1 victory in the history of the Anglo-German confrontation. The English media proudly called this game the "Munich tragedy"!

This time, England and Germany met in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup.

In the previous World Series, the situation of being eliminated by the German team in the knockout rounds many times in a row also made England fans desperately hope that the team can complete revenge in this competition!

Although the Confederations Cup is not an important world competition, it is considered that this time it is the host of the German team, and it is a precursor to next year's World Cup in Germany. Therefore, England fans still attach great importance to this competition!

If they can be eliminated on the home soil of the German team, it can be regarded as a successful revenge. After all, no one can guarantee that in next year's World Cup, the British and German teams will not have a chance to meet!

…… However, before the much-watched Anglo-German war, there was a confrontation between the two South American heroes!

June 25th, 18 o'clock!

At the World Cup Stadium in Nuremberg, Brazil and Argentina are fighting for a place in the Confederations Cup final!

In this game, Adriano, who wants to compete with Chen Xi for the first place in the scorer list, broke out with strong strength.

He scored twice with an overhead kick in both halves!

However, the Argentine team did not show weakness in the face of old rival Brazil!

With two goals from Riquelme and Saviola, Argentina equalized twice!

In extra time, the two sides still did not decide the winner, and the game went to a penalty shootout!

Argentina continued their excellent performance in penalty shoot-outs for so many years.

Argentina scored the first five penalties. However, Ze Roberto, Brazil's fourth penalty, kicked the ball away.

In the end, Argentina eliminated Brazil on penalties and advanced to the final!

(To be continued)