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Four hours later, the strong dialogue between Portugal and the Netherlands took place at the Frankish Stadium in Nuremberg!

Both teams boast some of the best attackers in European football, so before this game, it was widely believed that it would be a Mars collision match!

However, the process of the competition was a big surprise!

This game is indeed very hot, but this kind of popularity does not refer to the back and forth of the two sides, but is reflected in the conflict.

4 red cards, 16 yellow cards, that's the answer sheet handed over in this game!

The 4 red cards in a single game set a record for red cards in the World Cup, and the 16 yellow cards also tied the record set by Germany against Cameroon in 2002!

There are so many red and yellow cards on teams like Portugal and the Netherlands, which also intuitively reflects the fierce confrontation and utilitarian surnames in football today!

Although there are 12 games left in this World Cup, the total number of red cards in this World Cup has reached 23, breaking the record of the 1998 World Cup in France. The total number of yellow cards reached 291, which also rewrote the record of the World Cup four years ago.

Among them, the two teams of Portugal and the Netherlands contributed the most, eating 2 reds and 18 yellows and 2 reds and 16 yellows respectively.

In the end, in a chaotic match, Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 thanks to a goal from Maniche to reach the quarter-finals, and they will meet England again after the European Championship two years ago!

Although they managed to qualify, the Portuguese team suffered heavy losses.

Their two stalwart midfielders, Deco and Costinha, have each received red cards and will miss out on the England game.

In addition, Xiao Xiaoluo also suffered a minor injury in this game, and it is still a mystery whether he can play in England!

…… On the 26th, at 5 p.m., the fifth quarter-final was played between Italy and Australia!

Against a strong Italy, the Australian team played extremely conservatively.

After an initial burst of unsuccessful attacks, they decisively launched a defensive counterattack!

Obviously, in their opinion, it would be good if they could win the game on the counter-attack, but even if the counter-attack failed, even if they could draw Italy into a penalty shoot-out, it would be a good result.

As a result, as the grandfather of defensive counterattack tactics, the Italian team had to take the initiative to attack.

The Australian team defended very fiercely and had some counter-attacks from time to time.

In the extreme of the second half, they took advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity to cause Materazzi to be sent off.

This undoubtedly moves the game in Australia's favour.

However, with one more person to fight, they still did not have the courage to attack with all their might.

Seeing that the score of 0-0 is about to remain until the end of the game, it is about to enter overtime. The Italian team's "great left-back" Grosso appeared.

He drew in an assist into the box and drew a foul on an Australian defender to win a penalty for Italy.

This is undoubtedly a direct death sentence for the Australian team!

In the end, Prince Totti withstood the pressure and scored a penalty!

1-0, the Italian pair completed the lore!

This match made Italian left-back Grosso famous!

At the same time, in China, CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang also "became famous" in this game!

Either way, the Italian team finally stumbled into the quarterfinals!

…… Four hours later, the sixth quarter-final was played between two second-tier European teams, Switzerland and Ukraine!

This game can be described as lackluster!

After a dull 120 minutes, the first penalty shoot-out of this World Cup took place between the two sides.

As Ukraine's number one star and spiritual leader, Shevchenko missed a penalty as soon as he came up. This made her almost a sinner in Ukraine.

Fortunately, the goalkeeper of the Ukrainian team, Shovkovsky, saved the Swiss team's penalty kicks twice in a row, so that the Ukrainian team finally had the last laugh with an aggregate score of 3-0 and miraculously reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup!

They will meet Italy in the quarter-finals!

…… On the 27th, it is also the last game of the semi-finals!

First up are five-star Brazil and Africa's new Ghana team!

In this game, people are undoubtedly most concerned about whether Ronaldo can score, because as long as he scores, he will be able to break the World Cup total goal record held by Gerd Muller!

In this game, Pereira fielded all the main players, and Cafu reached 19 World Cup appearances, a record for Brazilian players, but there was still six games behind world record holder Matthaus. Ronaldo started 18 consecutive World Cup games, setting a new record for active players.

The fans who came for Ronaldo's record-breaking didn't have to wait long!

Just nine minutes into the game, Kaka sent a through ball, Ronaldo successfully countered offside, took the ball into the penalty area, and used his signature feint to shake the goalkeeper of the Ghana team and send the ball into the empty goal!

At this moment, the Westphalen Stadium in Dortmund fell into a frenzy!

Ronaldo's World Cup total reached fifteen, breaking the multi-year World Cup record held by legendary German goalscorer Gerd Müller!

The whole stadium is chanting the name of the alien Ronaldo!

…… In the following games, the Brazilian team also became more and more courageous, and in the second half of the game, they eliminated Ghana 3-0 and became the seventh team in the quarterfinals!

The final quarter-final takes place four hours later at the World Cup Stadium in Hannover!

The two sides of the war are the Spanish team of the Matadors and the French team of the Gallic Roosters!

This is undoubtedly another collision between Mars and Earth!

Needless to say, the French team is a star-studded team that has been the favourites to win every major tournament over the years.

It's just that this time in the World Cup, they almost replicated the painful defeat in the last World Cup. It wasn't until the win over Togo in the last game that qualification was secured.

The second place in the group also saw them face a strong Spanish side in the quarter-finals!

Prior to this game, Spain were unbeaten in twenty-five matches under coach Aragonés.

Therefore, the outside world is also generally optimistic about the Spanish team that is in better form.

Think they can get their revenge on the European Championship six years ago!

However, the French team showed their richness in the tournament in this match.

And the Spanish team, which was once known as the "king of qualifiers" and "warm-up champion" together with England, when facing this powerful French team, it reflected that they always can't get up at critical times!

Although Villa's goal helped Spain take the lead.

However, France were soon equalised by Franck François.

The score of 1-1 was maintained until the end of the game, and the two veterans of the French team, Zidane and Vieira, stood up one after another and scored a goal each to help the French team lock up the victory at the last moment and let the Spanish team "suddenly die"!

In this way, the French team, which stumbled in the group stage and was very unfavorable, seemed to suddenly open up after entering the knockout round. They also became the last team in the quarterfinals!

…… With the quarter-finals decided, the World Cup will undoubtedly become more and more painful.

Germany, Argentina, Italy, Ukraine, England, Portugal, Brazil, France, in addition to the dark horse of Ukraine, in the quarterfinals of this World Cup, the strong teams are all very good.

In the quarter-finals, Germany will face Argentina, England will meet Portugal, and Brazil and France, the two teams in the 98 World Cup final, will meet again.

…… After the quarterfinals, as the schedule became more and more intensive, the organizers finally arranged a day off.

Eriksen also gave the team a chance to relax a little bit and gave everyone a day off.

In the face of such a holiday, Chen Xi and his teammates did not go to the carnival or crazy indulgence as if they were released in prison.

Chen Xi just walked around with Gerrard and a few other good teammates at Gale New Kiesen, the venue where the next game will be held, and then found a place to have a few drinks.

A day of vacation passed without being salty. However, the fatigue of continuous combat has dissipated a lot.

…… On June 29, the quarterfinals of the World Cup officially began.

It was the hosts Germany who took the lead, and their opponents were Argentina.

Germany and Argentina are also old enemies in the World Cup. In 1986 and 1990, West Germany and Argentina met in back-to-back World Cup finals, with each team winning once.

In last year's Confederations Cup, the two teams were in the same group.

For Germany, they have a good record at the World Cup, having only been eliminated three times before the semi-finals after reaching the knockout rounds. All three times were defeats at the feet of Eastern European teams.

According to this record, it will naturally be difficult for Argentina from South America to eliminate the German team.

In the first half of the game, the two sides exchanged scores.

At the start of the second half, Argentina took the lead. And the way the goal was scored was an unexpected header!

Ayala, who is less than 1.8 meters tall, scored with a header in the long-standing German team's penalty area!

However, before the end of the game, Krauser also took advantage of a header to score his fifth goal of the tournament. His total number of goals in the World Cup has also reached double figures!

Of course, since there is already a pervert of Chen Xi in front, his number of goals can only be for him to compete for the silver boot of the World Cup!

In the end, the score remained 1-1 until the end of the 90 minutes and went into extra time.

In extra time, both sides still failed to achieve anything, and the game entered a brutal penalty shootout!

In the penalty shoot-out, the Germans showed their unity.

Even though he has been haunted by being squeezed to the bench by Lehmann, the German goalkeeper Kahn still gave Lehmann a man's hug before the penalty shootout and gave him his own encouragement!

In addition to this, the assistant coach of the German team handed Lehmann a mysterious little note!

The note was full of the habits of the Argentine players who took penalties.

This also became the basis for Lehmann's outstanding performance in the penalty shoot-out afterwards!

In the end, with Lehmann's brave save on Argentina's two goals, Germany defeated England 4-2 in the penalty shootout and advanced to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 5-3!

Germany also continue their proud tradition of being unbeaten on penalties at the World Cup!

…… Four hours after Germany's victory, the second quarter-final was played.

Italy showed excellent form against Ukraine, the weakest team in the quarter-finals.

They eliminated Ukraine 3-0 to reach the semi-finals. They will face hosts Germany in the semi-finals!

…… The match between England and Portugal is the third quarter-final!

The match will be played at the Afschalk Stadium!

For Chen Xi, this stadium is a blessed place for him, because he won his first European Champions Cup here two years ago!

Chen Xi was joined by club team-mates Steven Gerrard and Carragher during his time at Liverpool. Owen also played in that final, but he is now in the middle of the World Cup.

Interestingly, the Portuguese team, including Deco, Maniche, Costinha, Carvalho, Ferreira and others, happened to be players in that game, and Liverpool's opponent Porto was in the team.

In addition, in the European Championship two years ago, England eliminated Portugal as hosts.

The media also called the match a revenge battle for the Portuguese team.

The game was hyped with a lot of gunpowder, but in reality, the relationship between some players from both teams was good.

For example, Carvalho and Figo are both Chen Xi's teammates at Inter Milan.

Portugal's Ronaldo is Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville and others' team-mates at Manchester United.

Pacos Ferreira and Frank Lampard are also from Chelsea............ Before the game, the media also unearthed some records from both teams.

Prior to this game, for example, Scolari's side had gone on a frantic 11-game winning streak at the World Cup.

Among them, he led Brazil to win the championship with a record of seven wins in the last World Cup, and Portugal won four consecutive victories in this World Cup!

As for Eriksen, although England's winning streak has been ended in qualifying during the period of Chen Xi's ban. But at that time, his team still had a two-year unbeaten record since 2004!

It can be said that this is a contest between two teams that are in the limelight!

However, for the Portuguese team, the suspension of Deco and Costinha, who received red cards in the last game, is a big blow to them.

Fortunately, Xiao Xiaoluo has been confirmed to be able to play in this game after a physical examination.

As for England, apart from Owen, who has already withdrawn from the World Cup, there are no new injuries and suspensions.

It can be said that for this match, the England team is well prepared......

(To be continued)