On June 12th, the opening ceremony of the European Championship began in elegance and grandeur at the Porto Dragon Stadium, and the commentators of the venue continued to explain various Portuguese characteristics and the program reports in the venue, analyzing these sources and meanings for the audience from a historical perspective.

"The blue sea and the white sailing ships symbolize the desire of the Portuguese people to conquer nature by sea in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal was one of the first countries to conquer the sea, and there are footprints of ancestors throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and other parts of the world..."

"Look, the orange phalanx of 2,400 people is aligned and forms the logo of this European Cup. We are a country with a thousand-year-old cultural tradition, we have a strong football atmosphere, and this is Portugal, a country full of vitality and romance. ”

There are a variety of national performances on the court, the most eye-catching of which are several yellow cartoon tiger costumes doll figures, who are constantly circling around the venue, and the fans in the stands next to them also throw their petals at them.

After Wang Li participated in the team presentation, he sat in the stands on both sides, and it was the first time he had seen such a grand ceremony since his rebirth, and all kinds of interesting things attracted him.

"The opening ceremony was really boring, and it was so boring that the Australians were talking about the politics of racial integration at the Sydney Olympics, and the Portuguese were starting to show off their ancestors discovering the New World." Ashley. Cole sat leaning over and commented impatiently.

"This kind of performance, it's not creative at all, it's better to watch the middle school sports day, you see, that commentator, he has been boasting about Portugal, he is really thick-skinned, and he doesn't feel ashamed." Rooney stretched his waist and took over the conversation, and he even felt that the opening ceremony of the Everton Football School Games was more interesting than this.

Looking at the program on the field and listening to the comments of his teammates, Wang Li was a little dumbfounded. He felt that he should watch more TV shows or go around to increase his experience, and every time he encountered this kind of thing, his thoughts were far from those of his teammates.

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In Wayne Rooney's words, the old-fashioned, boring opening ceremony is finally over, followed by the opening match between Portugal and Greece, when all the players are free to stay and watch the game or go back to rest.

However, Eriksen told England players that they could not go out before the game, so most of the players remained in the stands. No one expected that the game was beyond most people's expectations, and the first opening match of the Dragon Stadium broke out a big upset!

Just six minutes into the game, Greek midfielder Karagounis took advantage of a misplaced pass by the Portuguese defender and scored from distance.

Shortly after the start of the second half, substitute C. Ronaldo fouled in the opponent's penalty area, and Basinas converted the penalty. Figo headed back a point from a corner kick at the age of 19 years, four months and seven days, becoming the second-youngest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship finals.

Portugal lost 2-1 to Greece, who took the lead with three points and topped Group A.

Speaking ahead of the game, Portugal coach Scolari said: "For many years, Portuguese football has been considered the Latin school of Europe, known for its delicate technique. As the host of Euro 04, Portugal will be the new Samba style to the world. ”

But in fact, in front of more than 50,000 fans, Portugal has a big heel!

1:2., a score that no one expected before the game, before the game, the Portuguese media were full of confidence in the team, and they even predicted that the match would be a big win. It stands to reason that as the host, it is natural to win a big victory in the first game against a weak team like Greece.

But that's the case on the football pitch, anything can happen, Portugal can only swallow the bitter fruit and take a closer look at the next game, the first game is lost to a team like Greece, their form is definitely not optimistic, if the next game against Russia is not successful, maybe Mr. Scolari can consider resigning.

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Rooney and Wang Li hooked their shoulders and followed the flow of people, and after walking out of the court, they went directly back to the hotel.

England didn't play for two days, but from the afternoon onwards they had to train for two hours a day on a training ground at the Stadium of Light in case they couldn't find the feeling of playing when they played.

"Alan, I didn't expect you to be right." As soon as I walked to the second floor of the hotel, I happened to meet Brigi snickering and walking over, "Portugal really lost, see what these media will say tomorrow." ”

The day after the England team came to Lisbon, the Portuguese media began to ridicule him, "There is a brunette boy in the England team who actually said that Portugal will lose in the opening game tomorrow, this is really the most ridiculous remark I have heard this year, according to the investigation, he is just a lucky boy who has just landed in the Premier League for less than half a year, I really don't know how Eriksen would let this kind of player join the England team, is England no longer available?" ”

This is just the tip of the report, although the media still mainly report on the situation of the European Championship, but this kind of gossip is very eye-catching, the Portuguese newspapers have more or less mentioned Wang Li's name, of course, the comments are all consistent with sarcasm and mockery, perhaps, only the Greek players will have a good impression of him.

"How else can I say that Wang Li will definitely be described by them as the spokesperson of Eris." Rooney quipped that legend has it that the woman of Nix, the goddess of the night of Eris, is in charge of curses, feuds, and revenge.

"Alan, maybe you're famous, there will definitely be more media interviews with you tomorrow, because before the game you were the only one who said that Portugal would lose!"

"Let's go back, I'm going to train in a moment." Wang Li was noncommittal to the media's statement, when the media interviewed him, he was just in a hurry to sort things out and said casually, who knew that he would be right.

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Bridget's guess was very accurate, early the next morning, a large group of reporters gathered in front of the hotel of the England team, they wanted to interview Wang Li by name, Eriksen was surprised when he learned about it, Wang Li is a very secret card of the England team, how did these Portuguese media know about him, with Wang Li's reputation, it is impossible to affect Portugal.

After asking carefully, he understood the whole thing, and in order to get rid of these annoying reporters, he could only ask Wang Li to come out and be interviewed.

"Mr. Allen, can you predict the outcome of today's two matches?" A reporter from the "Public Daily" immediately preemptively asked.

Wang Li was stunned, he really didn't know where the team was participating in the game today, "What game?" ”

The reporters next to him looked at each other, and the reporters of the "Morning News" reacted quickly, "It's Russia vs. Spain, and Switzerland vs. Croatia." ”

"Oh, predict the score? All right. Wang Li rubbed his head and thought for a while, "Russia and Spain..., I think Spain will win." As for Switzerland and Croatia", he frowned, these two teams, he didn't know anything about them, "a draw!" ”

Anyway, I don't understand, it's better to say an answer casually, as long as my prediction fails, these annoying reporters will definitely not come to me again, Wang Li thinks so.

"And what about England? Do you think England will win the game the day after tomorrow? You know, the opponent is the defending champion France. A reporter from the Express asked with a smile, and the question made the eyes of the reporters around him shine.

"Of course it will win, there is no doubt about it!" Wang Li didn't think about it at all, and blurted out directly.

This sentence was hyped by the Portuguese media as a victory declaration for the England team.

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