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On June 10, the 18th World Cup officially opened at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany!

The tone of the opening ceremony was elegant, cheerful and concise, and the entire ceremony lasted less than 40 minutes, arranged by director Christian Stucker. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Drummers have appeared at almost every World Cup opening ceremony, and the Germans are no exception, but this time the Germans showed a powerful drumbeat. As the boys' choir sang, 120 drummers lined up to cheer up the audience with drumming and rhythm, while nearly 20 brandished long whips and pulled out exciting beats. After the beating of drums, the choir and orchestra performed "Ode to Joy" against the backdrop of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, while a troupe of 1,400 performers showed off their charm and performed a folk dance to the accompaniment of Bavarian music.

As the opening ceremony gradually reached its climax, the big screen in the stadium played the picture of the captains of the previous World Cup winning teams, yes, history and classics, this is one of the themes of the World Cup that will always attract people.

At this moment, Pele and the German supermodel took the lead role, and Pele entered with the Hercules Cup in his hand and walked to the stage in the center of the field, where the king of the ball held the trophy that the players dreamed of.

The next scene was full of emotion, and the representatives of the teams that had won the World Cup entered one by one. The organizing committee invited 170 players who had lifted the trophy in the past, and their parade kicked off the climax of the ceremony. Leading the way were England representatives, with the likes of Bobby Charlton in 1966 taking memories to the distant past, followed by the likes of Desailly and Lizarazu and France, the 80-year-old legend Schiafino and two-time champions Uruguay, and the 1978 top scorer Kempes and Argentina and Italy all linking the present with the past in the same way. Later, familiar faces such as Mateus, Worrall, and Bremer appeared in people's sight again, and the audience applauded the heroes who had created brilliance. Pelé is back in the parade, with Jaylzinho and Leonardo coming in succession, and they are the well-deserved kings in the history of the World Cup.

After this series of ceremonies, German President Köhler announced the official opening of the World Cup!

Since then, 30 nights have been moving, 64 battles have been mixed with joy and sorrow, 720 hours of ups and downs, and 43,200 minutes of haunting dreams...... The curtain of the quadrennial football feast has begun!

…… The opening match of this World Cup is between the hosts Germany and Costa Rica!

In the end, Germany defeated Costa Rica 4-2 to maintain their unbeaten record of four appearances in the opening game and set a record for the most goals scored in the opening game of the World Cup.

Just six minutes into the game, defender Lahm scored the first goal of the tournament and the second-fastest opening goal in the history of the tournament. But Costa Rica's record scorer Wanchope equalised. After that, the winner of the "Silver Boot" award in the last World Cup, Klos, kicked his head and celebrated his 28th birthday with two goals. Wanchope followed suit. Before the break, Frings sealed the win with a brilliant long-range shot.

A goal shootout has the fans rejoicing and looking forward to more matches in this World Cup!

In the other game in this group, South American giants Ecuador continued to show their strength after leaving their highland home stadium with a 2-0 victory over European giants Poland. It is off to a good start in the history of the World Cup!

…… After the end of the Group A match, the media and fans also quickly turned their attention to Group B!

Because here, there will be the biggest favorite of this World Cup, England!

Their first group game will be against South American giants Paraguay!

The reason why this game has attracted much attention is not only because of England's own star-studded stars, but also whether Rooney, the most closely watched injured player before the World Cup, will play!

Prior to this, there had only been two meetings between England and Paraguay, with both of those games ending in England wins.

In addition, England are unbeaten in their previous six World Cup openers in Europe. Therefore, the outside world is also generally optimistic that the England team can get off to a good start to the World Cup.

The game starts at 3 p.m. German time on the 11th!

The venue of the match is the Frankfurt World Cup Stadium!

It's obviously a familiar place for England, who only played here in the Confederations Cup last summer.

In the stands, it is also the English fans who occupy the absolute initiative!

Finally, when the players entered the pitch, the question of whether Rooney would start was finally answered.

When England's starting eleven walked out of the tunnel, England fans were disappointed to find that Wayne Rooney was not among them.

Even so, the England fans gave the Three Lions the highest decibel cheers and applause!

In this game, the starting forward partners are Crouch and Irving.

In terms of midfield, there is no suspense, Chen Xi, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and David Beckham form the most luxurious midfield in world football.

At the back, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry and Ashley Cole lined up!

Paraguay still use their 442 defensive counter-attacking formation, and the partner of Santa Cruz and Valdés in the front line is a relatively well-known player in their team.

Of course, England don't take Paraguay's players lightly just because they are unknown.

You know, Paraguay is a notoriously difficult team to play against in the World Cup!

…… After the start of the match, face Paraguaina known as the defense of South American Italy. England launched a ferocious attack!

Obviously, after the baptism of the European Cup and the Confederations Cup. The England team can be said to be full of confidence in their attacking power!

It can be said that even if the real Italy comes, the England team will not be afraid, let alone this "copycat"!

Paraguay is arguably the team that has played the most World Cups in South American football, apart from Brazil and Argentina. Therefore, the experienced ones did not show any nervousness in front of the England team's attack.

However, in the fourth minute of the game, Chen Xi's forced breakthrough on the left side still caused a foul in Paraguay.

England get a free-kick from the left!

This is obviously a great opportunity for the tall England team.

Because, the Paraguayan team's back line is very disadvantaged in terms of height!

Sure enough, when Ferdinand and Terry in the backfield of the England team came to the Paraguayan penalty area, Paraguay sounded the air defense alarm.

Their high striker, Santa Cruz, also had to return to the box to participate in the defense.

When Beckham sent a pass with the iconic Beckham arc into the box, the players from both sides in the box slid in towards the path of the ball and jumped up one by one.

There is no doubt that England have always held the high ground!

Chen Xi is also a big man with a height of more than 185, but due to the limited number of tall players in Paraguay, he is defended by a Paraguayan midfielder who is more than 1.7 meters tall.

Beckham's ball flew high in the air for some time before it suddenly began to fall in the middle of the box.

Chen Xi also rushed to this landing point with a comprehension, and then ignored the interference of the defenders around him, jumped high, and flicked his head to the far corner of the goal!

In a free-kick opportunity like this, basically as long as the player puts the ball towards the goal, the goalkeeper is absolutely powerless.

This time was no exception, although Paraguay's goalkeeper Ravelle made a flying side pounce, the ball flew into the goal!

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！ Edison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chen !! Paul Mortensen, who had been holding his back and was ready to shout, burst out as soon as possible, "In less than five minutes of the opening period, England took advantage of a set-piece opportunity to take the lead. What a fantastic start! Edison also scored his first goal at the World Cup! It also broke the record for the fastest goal of the tournament just set by Lahm in the opener!! ”

The English fans in the stands also let out a tsunami-like cheer!

Although they firmly believe that the England team can win this game, they probably never imagined that the team would be able to take the lead so quickly!

On the sidelines!

Eriksen also waved his fist excitedly!

He knew before the game that the odds would be good if the team took their chances from set-pieces. Now it seems that he was clearly quite right!

On the field!

After the goal, Chen Xi also rushed directly to the stands where the England fans were!

Excitedly waving his hands!

Although he is now a well-known player in world football, he is still a veritable chick in the World Cup!

ushered in his first goal in the World Cup so soon, he naturally couldn't hide his excitement!

At this time, many Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very excited.

In the last World Cup, the Chinese national team went for a while, but unfortunately they didn't even score a goal.

Chen Xi's goal can be regarded as making up for the regret of the fans.

In the World Cup, there was finally a goal scored by a Chinese player!

…… After taking the lead, England clearly played more comfortably.

And the Paraguayan team also had to start devoting some energy to attacking!

Santa Cruz and Valdés are both very good goalscorers in the Bundesliga. However, against England's world-class backline, they are still a little lacking.

Although they also organized a few good attacks, they never caused too much trouble for England!

On the England side, there were a couple of very good counter-attacks.

If it weren't for Crouch and Owen's missed chances in a row, it is estimated that England would have extended their lead long ago.

In the end, until the end of the first half, the score of 1-0 could not be rewritten again.

…… In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Paraguay replaced a defensive midfielder with an attacking midfielder.

Their attack has also become a little more disciplined, causing some problems for England.

Among them, in the 60th minute, Santa Cruz also got a chance to head the ball in the penalty area.

It's a pity that James performed very well today, and a flying pounce fished the ball out of the bottom line.

Having missed this rare opportunity, the Paraguayans are clearly very frustrated.

You know, the reason why they have been able to achieve great results in the World Cup with defensive tactics is because of their high counter-attacking efficiency.

For them, the number of chances in a game is definitely not too much, so to speak, one less time to miss.

After withstanding several waves of Paraguay's attack, England also started their own attack.

England's tactic was simple, which was to constantly attack Paraguay's backline, which was only 175 years tall with crosses.

It's a pity that Crouch is two meters tall, but he doesn't look like a strong center at all.

Facing a Paraguayan defender who is twenty or thirty centimeters shorter than him, although he can grab headers from time to time, the quality of the header is not flattering.

Faced with this situation, the England team took the initiative to make adjustments.

In the seventy-fifth minute of the game.

Beckham won the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right flank, crossed the ball and after attracting a block, he suddenly moved the ball forward and then passed the ball into the box before it was out of the line!

This time the pass bypassed the big man Crouch at the front point, and also bypassed Owen in the middle, and came to the back point!

And Chen Xi appeared in that position, facing Gamarra, who had played with him in Inter Milan, Chen Xi made good use of his physical advantage and pressed the opponent to complete a header!

Once again, the ball flew into the door of the Paraguayan team!

“it`s~a~gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！ Edison! Edison! Edison ~~~~~~~~~~~ Chen !! Another header! Edison scored twice with a header, which also put him at the top of the World Cup scorers list along with Krause! Once again, Edison showed his potential to be a top center! There is no doubt that he is the favorite to be the top scorer in this World Cup!! "Paul Mortenson's roar rang out again!

The entire Frankfurt World Cup stadium has also become a place of celebration for England fans!

Chen Xi rushed directly to Beckham, who had provided assists for him twice, this time and gave him a huge hug!

The picture of the two handsome guys hugging in world football made the rotten female fans in front of the TV or at the scene drool...... In the end, the score of this game was 2-0, and England got off to a good start to this World Cup!

(To be continued)