"Since 1961, England and Portugal have three wins, five draws and one loss, it seems that the advantage is obvious, but in fact, the strength of the two teams has been about the same, although Portugal has some disadvantages in the past record, but today they are the host team, with the support of local fans, may become the home team against England, who wins and who loses is in suspense, so let's focus on the afternoon battle." --- The News

'Now the team is fully prepared from top to bottom, we are confident that we will try to win.' ---David. David Beckham.

'England have a lot of my team-mates and I hope they can be on the pitch! I'm looking forward to this game and hopefully Portugal can win and I'll do my best. By the way, I don't know about England's Allen. I'm looking forward to playing against him again, you know, last time I lost, yes, yes, I lost to him, and this time I'm going to win back. "--- Cristiano. Ronaldo.

"I just have to do what I have to do, as for who wins and who loses in the end, it's a matter of luck, everything is possible in football and I think the two teams are at a similar level." --- Scholes.

"David told me that if England win, he would take our family on holiday after the European Championships, and of course, I wouldn't be knocked down by this sugar-coated cannonball, haha." ---Louis. Figo.

It can be seen that many players of the England team and the Portuguese team are very familiar, and they are either in the same team or friends at all, so the players did not have anything to do with each other before the game, but as if they were very cordial greetings, which made the reporters who wanted to see 'Mars hit the earth' very disappointed.

However, because of another matter, their attention immediately shifted from here.

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At 10 o'clock in the morning, the players of the England team drove into the Stadium of Light en masse for a pre-war warm-up.

In the group stage, most of the matches are held at 6 p.m., but once they enter the knockout stage, they attract the attention of more fans around the world, so the highlight of the quarter-finals is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the Stadium of Light.

"Cheer up, we have a game in the afternoon!" Captain David Beckham shouted to his team-mates after kicking the ball hard into goal.

"Okay, Captain!"

"We're going to win, for the fans!" Scholes, the good old man, raised his right hand and shouted loudly to the audience.

"Yes! Come on! Wang Li also followed suit, and with a 'bang', he directly hoisted the ball from the midfield position into the net, although there was no goalkeeper there.

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The England training ground was surprisingly calm today, completely devoid of the usual laughter, and even Bridget, who has always been a joker, was honestly jogging and doing some warm-up exercises, because they heard the infuriating news this morning.

"Yesterday, on a street near the Coibla Municipal Stadium, a fan was stabbed to death, it is reported that this person is an England fan, he was there to watch the game between the German team and the Czech Republic that day, on the way back to the hotel, he was ambushed by a mob, according to the police investigation, the murderer is likely to be two German fans who were drunk and vented their anger, but until 5 o'clock this morning, there is still no progress in the case, the police are contacting the German side, trying to solve the case together." --- Express

Another fan has become a victim of off-field violence, and he is also an England fan, which makes the England players who learned about it happy!

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"I'm going to announce the starting line-up for this game, goalkeeper James, defender Gary. Neville, Terry, Saul. Campbell, Ashley. Cole, winger David. David Beckham and Paul Scholes, midfielders Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, striker Wayne. Wayne Rooney and Michael. In the Irving's locker room, Eriksen finally announced the starting line-up for this game, which made Wang Liliu slightly regret that he still couldn't start this game.

"Don't worry, I don't even get a chance to be a substitute." Next to Paul. Robinson looked at Wang Li's expression and patted him on the shoulder and comforted.

"Thank you!" Wang Li turned his head and smiled at him, saying that his national team career has only just begun, and even if he performs, it is impossible to gain the absolute trust of the head coach, let alone squeeze out the position of Rooney or Owen.

Wang Li turned his head to look at Bridget, Dyer, Bart and others, and he felt that he was still very good on the team, at least the first substitute on the front line, didn't he?

I have to say that Wang Ligang has been in this world for more than 10 months, but he has learned a kind of 'great' self-protection ability - Ah Q spirit, and the vivid character surnames created by Lu Xun have spread to all over the world and are loved by the majority of losers.

Of course, this is just a joke, in fact, Eriksen wants to start Wang Li in this game, against a technical team like Portugal, sending a technical forward like Wang Li may have unexpected gains, but in the end, considering the uncertainty of the situation, and Wang Li's cooperation with his teammates, he still chose Owen.

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At 2:10, the starters of both teams each have a caddie by their side, since 96, this has become the practice of international A-level competitions, children are innocent and pure, so the meaning of this is for the purity and friendship of football.

"David, are you ready to lose today?" In the tunnel of players, Portugal captain Fike, who plays for Real Madrid, walked up to Beckham and gave him a warm hug.

"I'm trying to win a few so I don't disgrace you!"

Although the players of the two teams did not say much in front of the media before the game, they still began to look at each other while standing in the players' tunnel.

Wang Li stood at the back of the team, with Phil next to him. Neville was chatting happily, at this time, he felt a kind of unscrupulous gaze on his face, turned his head to look, only to find that it was a Portuguese player, he had short Mogansi hair with sharp hair, big eyes, it was C. Ronaldo. Wang Li smiled at him and went back to chatting with Phil, he didn't want to waste his time in the 'right eyes', it was pointless.

However, C. Ronaldo doesn't think so, he thinks that this brunette kid doesn't look down on him at all, so he actually turned his head and smiled, and immediately turned around, he seemed to be ignored?

'It's not just a substitute, he probably doesn't even have the qualifications to play, what's the big deal. C. Ronaldo turned his head angrily and thought.

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With the signal of the fourth official, the main players of the two teams, each leading a caddy, walked into the court.

As they entered, the shouts from the crowd immediately became deafening, and at this time the stands were clearly divided, and the east and south stands of the stadium were Portuguese fans, who stood at least half of them, while the England fans in the west stand were only about 30%, and the rest were all neutral fans.

However, to the surprise of most people, the England players each wore a black veil on the pitch, and after the on-site commentator shouted loudly, they realized that it was to mourn the death of an England fan who was assassinated yesterday.

England's approach won the hearts of more neutral fans, and many England fans were even more excited, the fans were full of affection for their favorite team, and of course they would want the team to care more about themselves, and now the England team wore a black veil to mourn the dead fans, which made them feel a kind of excitement spread in their bodies, making the shouts even more enthusiastic, and the cheers even overshadowed the east stand of the stadium for a while.

Then the two teams stood in a row and began to play the national anthem, and the whole game was the only time when it was the most orderly, and almost everyone kept themselves without making a sound, or sang along with the national anthem, so it sounded like there was only one voice in the whole stadium.

After these ceremonies, Beckham and Figo went to guess the coins to distribute the pitch and tee off.

In the end, England won the right to pick the edge, and the players rushed to the eastern half of the pitch, took their positions, and waited for the game to begin, with the managers and substitutes of both teams already on the bench.

Wang Li sat there with a few teammates, looking at the court with his chin in his hands. He's hoping for a quicker time until he's on the pitch and he's had enough on the bench.

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The referee of the match was Pierluigi from Italy. Corina, the famous bald referee who is known all over the world, was so interested in the quarter-finals that he submitted his own application to officiate the match.

"Beep......

Hearing the whistle, C. Ronaldo stabbed the ball to Gomez, and at the same time announced that the game that attracted the attention of the whole world had finally begun.