It has been half a year since the draw for the group group, and the England team has long been preparing for the three opponents of the World Cup, and now everyone in the team knows the three opponents very well, the first opponent is Paraguay, in recent decades, Paraguay is a very strong rising star in South American football, in the eyes of fans, Paraguay is already the second team after Uruguay, which poses a substantial threat to Brazil and Argentina.

This is the third consecutive time that Paraguay has reached the World Cup finals, this steady dìng table is enough to show their strength and growth, in the current South American football, in addition to Brazil and Argentina, other goals conceded such as Colombia, upstart Ecuador and the former South American powerhouse Uruguay are difficult to compete with Paraguay, especially this Paraguayan team, there are many famous stars in world football.

Among the famous ones are captain Gamarra, rising stars Santa Cruz and Baredes.

The 35-year-old is arguably an evergreen in Paraguayan football, having made almost eight appearances since his debut for the national team in March 1993 and has now broken the record for the most appearances for the national team in Paraguay's history, held by Juan Pautista Torlares.

Even Zilavert, the flag man of Paraguayan football, is much inferior in front of him, and it can be said that he is the soul of the Paraguayan national team.

Gamarra plays as a centre-back, captain of the Paraguayan national team and the only choice for scavengers and lagging centre-backs, and is one of the most important pieces in Paraguay's counter-attacking system. Physically strong and with an excellent header, Gamarra was the anchor of the Paraguayan backline and was named in the 1998 World Cup team.

Gamarra has excelled and has played for many clubs – Potno Hills, Independiente, Benfica, Corinthians, Atletico Madrid, Flamengo, AEK Athens and Inter Milan...... The list of names ranges from small teams to top giants such as Inter Milan. Gamarra was already 33 years old when he played for Inter Milan, which shows how 'evergreen' the veteran is, and at the age of 33, Inter Milan are willing to offer him a player contract, which is difficult for even the biggest names to do.

Despite being thirty-five years old, Gamarra is extremely important in Paraguay. Not only did he captain the team, he was also the only player in the team to be a sweeper and a trailing centre-back.

Paraguay's second star is Roque Santa Cruz, he is Paraguay's leading goalscorer, but also a typical talent player in the world, at the age of only nine, Santa Cruz has entered the Paraguay famous Olympia club junior team, only fifteen years old, Santa Cruz represented Olympia in the game, with excellent physical condition, good shooting awareness. His appearance is quite good, of course, if you want to become famous, it is not enough to be better than others, Santa Cruz also has the advantage that he has a handsome face, so he quickly became an idol star in Paraguayan football, in Paraguay, Santa Cruz is now like Beckham in the peak of his condition in England. His appeal among the fans is unmatched.

Now, Santa Cruz plays for Bayern Munich.

However, the name of Santa Cruz in Europe is not very loud. In fact, his performance is good, he made 19 appearances last season and scored 11 goals for Bayern Munich, which is definitely an excellent goalscoring efficiency.

But the most important thing is that Santa Cruz's body is the same as his handsome face...... It seems that a touch is terrible.

He kept getting hurt, he kept hurting.

Now he is only twenty-five years old. His fame has slowly grown, but his appearance has been inconsistent due to injury problems, and Beckenbauer said of Santa Cruz in early May, "If he had been better." Maybe he can become Bayern's Zhang. ”

Compare Santa Cruz to Zhang Tiehan...... That's definitely quite a high rating.

Although Zhang Tiehan is younger than Santa Cruz, he has scored too many goals in Liverpool, and now he has become synonymous with goals, in short, fans take it for granted when they hear this kind of reliance, Beckenbauer obviously means that he hopes that Santa Cruz can always play for Bayern, so that his goals will continue to be energy.

The good news for Paraguay is that Santa Cruz is not in good shape right now, he is all recovered, and many people are expecting Santa Cruz to play to their strengths, and Paraguay may be in the group at that time.

In addition to Gamara and Santa Cruz, Carlos Baredes is also a pillar of Paraguay.

Gamara represents Paraguay's backfield, Santa Cruz represents Paraguay's striker, and Carlos Baredes represents Paraguay's midfielder, he is the star of the Italian Reggina team, can become the star of a Serie A team, Baredes's strength can obviously not be underestimated, not only that, Baredes's goal efficiency is also good, just past season, Baredes scored nine goals for Reggina in 27 league games, It's amazing how effective a midfielder can be in a small club.

Although Baredes is 30 years old, he had only completed his transfer before the World Cup - from Reggina to Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon, who paid him a transfer fee of 6.5 million euros.

Paraguay has a forward, a midfielder, a backfield, and a big player who can shoulder the heavy responsibility, which shows that Paraguay is by no means an opponent to be underestimated.

In the eyes of the media, Paraguay has the potential to become a dark horse, it is not impossible for them to qualify in Group B, England is unlikely to be eliminated in the group stage, then Paraguay's competitor is Sweden, I want to be stronger than Sweden, but Paraguay is not weak at all, if they play well, it is likely to squeeze out Sweden's qualifiers.

Now they have to play England.

The Paraguayan media believe that the team still has hope of threatening the results of the England team, although there is little hope, but in this match with the England team, Paraguay can draw and win, if they can get points against the England team, it is very beneficial for them to qualify from the group.

Still, most people feel that there is little hope.

Perhaps Paraguay's squad can be said to be very outstanding compared to some small teams, but compared with the England team, which is the most expensive team in the world, their squad strength is a little shabby, let's say their star Gamarra, if he is an Englishman. It is definitely impossible to make it to the England team, Santa Cruz's table xiàn is good, but his table xiàn wants to enter the England team...... It is estimated that he can barely fight with Walcott, because whether it is Owen, Rooney or Zhang Tiehan, the table is much better than him.

That is, midfielder Baredes can still make do.

But if he can make it to the England squad, it will depend on Eriksen's ideas if he wants to play. After all, the England team has two midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who are the core of the Premier League powerhouses Liverpool and Chelsea, and the core of Regina...... It's a bit not enough to see.

In short, the two teams are still incomparable.

Before the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the England team is preparing for the game, for the opening ceremony or something, like the team is going through the motions, but the opening ceremony still has to participate, for the England team, the time of the game is not very good. The team's match was scheduled at the Allianz Arena in Munich, after the match between Germany and Costa Rica.

In other words, the whole team has to participate in the opening ceremony, and then rest for more than an hour, and then have to prepare for the game.

Maybe they'll come in just in time for the end of the game between Germany and Costa Rica......

All in all, this game time will keep England busy all day.

But England, as one of the teams that has attracted much attention, can't be scheduled to play at this time, especially under FIFA's publicity. England and Paraguay were promoted as the forerunner of European football and South American football.

The collision of European football and South American football is an eternal topic in world football.

South American powerhouses include Brazil and Argentina. They are all top teams in the world, among which Brazil is the team that has won the most World Cups in history, Argentina is a little worse, but also won two World Cups, and since the Maradona era, Argentina's domestic stars have emerged in an endless stream. The overall strength of the team is quite strong.

There are a lot of strong teams in European football.

Italy, Germany, England, and France are all high-profile strong teams, followed by Spain and the Netherlands, but they are only historical results. This shows that European football has a lot of balance in power in various countries in recent years.

England have not had a good run of results in recent years, but no one can question their quality...... Who would question a team with world-class superstars such as David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Tiehan Zhang, Wayne Rooney and many more?

And Paraguay is also a South American upstart, so this game is also advertised as the first collision between European football and South American football.

Due to the close connection between the schedule and the opening ceremony, various media were covering the opening ceremony before the game, and the England team was not disturbed too much when preparing for the game.

Soon the time opening ceremony began.

Like other teams, the whole England team wore traditional white jerseys and walked on the pitch together, which felt like being inspected by the fans in the stadium, like the state of the Olympic Games, Zhang Tiehan was experiencing this for the first time, and he felt very interesting, so he followed the team around the stadium for a slow week, and accepted the eyes of the audience to the beat of the music.

The atmosphere of the scene was not so strict, he looked around casually.

It was his first World Cup trip and he enjoyed every aspect of it, even going into the stadium for the opening ceremony, which he found interesting, maybe it would be boring to go back in the future?

Turning his head to see his teammates' energetic appearance, Zhang Tiehan had an answer.

After all, this is the highest stage in the world!

It is estimated that no matter how many times you participate, no one will find it boring, not to mention, how many times can a professional player participate in a quadrennial event? From the age of twenty, until the age of thirty-two, you can still participate, and the middle is uninterrupted, and this is only four times.

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm thirty-two......

Zhang Tiehan's thinking was a little floating.

However, his eyes paid attention to the surrounding stands, and he saw the amazing group of beautiful wives in the left stand, which was a strong support for the England team, but the fans of other countries also supported the England team for the wives group...... Among other things, this group of women will definitely add a lot of viewership to the England game, and it will also increase the interest of fans in the England game.

Football and beauty are always inseparable.

Zhang Tiehan thought, suddenly smiled, suddenly he stared in one direction with wide eyes, and in his eyes time was slowing down. This is the magic skill of 'seeing through', under the gaze of his eyes, the fans in that direction are clearly visible, and each one can be seen clearly.

To his surprise, he saw acquaintances.

Four women, one man......

One of the women. Zhang Tiehan recognized it at a glance, it was Zhang Meiling, his sister...... No, no, it's my sister! Then he took a closer look at the blonde beauty next to him, it was the female student he met in China, Zhang Meiling's classmate Lucia, and then a young and beautiful shorter gentle girl in the back, Zhang Tiehan didn't remember it very clearly, but he was very sure in his heart when he recalled it. That's Chen Lin, a little girl who had a dewy relationship with her cousin, it's really interesting to think about going to China last year, the morning after my cousin had sex with her...... My mind has gone astray again.

The fourth woman, with a familiar face, was still holding a video camera in her hand, looking like a reporter, Zhang Tiehan was very sure that he had seen her. A Chinese journalist, is ...... In the end, Zhang Tiehan still didn't remember the name. After all, he has met too many reporters, even Chinese female reporters.

The man......

Zhang Tiehan gritted his teeth, because he saw that the man was half-hugging Zhang Meiling, if he could do something now, Zhang Tiehan would definitely rush over and punch him hard. Sue him, "Let go of my sister!" ”

Although Zhang Meiling and his relationship are not very deep, after all, the number of times the two meet is really limited, but they are still their sisters after all!

The cousin is very close, and he only has this one cousin!

That's just like your own sister!

Oh yes. Bastard-ass!

Zhang Tiehan gritted his teeth, his fists were clenched tightly, Lampard and Bridges walked next to him, both of them felt a little strange when they saw his cousin, the three of them were really not familiar with each other before, Lampard was okay, Bridge was completely unfamiliar, but they will become teammates in the future, Zhang Tiehan and the two of them have a lot of communication these days, and they may be good friends.

Lampard asked, 'What's wrong?' Sheet! He looked in the direction of Zhang Tiehan's gaze, but there were only crowds of fans, and it was impossible for him to look at them all carefully.

The same goes for Bridge, who jokes, "Are you looking at beautiful women?" Where is it? By the way, there's Peroncel over there. ”

Zhang Tiehan and Lampard both rolled their eyes.

Nessa Peroncel is Bridge's new girlfriend, the two have not been dating for much time, this time Bridge brought Peroncel to Germany, he wants Peroncel to integrate into the wife group, but Peroncel is a newcomer, especially she and Bridges have not been dating for a long time, it can be said that there is no connection in the wife group, and she doesn't seem to attract much like women, so she is a little excluded.

Bridge, though, doesn't care, and he seems to enjoy talking about Peroncel in front of his teammates.

Zhang Tiehan also glanced at the wife group again, and then he looked at Bridge carefully and asked, "Wayne, is there a blue crystal pendant on Peroncel's chest?" You gave it to him? ”

Bridge was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "How do you know?" ”

"She's wearing really little, she's a little gone, and there are two men in the back row staring at her chest......" Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes and continued to walk forward, Bridges was stunned for a long time before being urged by the staff behind to keep up.

Zhang Tiehan didn't know what kind of mood Bridges was in at the opening ceremony, he was a little guilty, Bridges was joking with him just now, he just shot back, but this seems to have gone a little too far.

So after returning to the hotel after attending the opening ceremony, Zhang Tiehan apologized to Bridge very sincerely.

Bridge said magnanimously, "Nothing. ”

Nothing really.

Frank Lampard didn't think it was a matter at all, he only thought that Zhang Tiehan was joking, after all, they and their wife had not seen each other for two days, how could Zhang Tiehan know that there was a blue pendant on Peroncel's chest, it didn't make sense, but whether it was true or not, only Zhang Tiehan and Bridge knew.

Then everyone saw Bridges make a phone call, and scolded twice on the phone, and they heard one of the words clearly, "You need to wear more!" "No one likes to show their girlfriend's chest to others.

Fortunately, it's not a big deal.

Zhang Tiehan's own problem made him even more annoyed, Zhou Yang ...... That guy actually dared to hug his sister, Zhou Yang was chasing Zhang Meiling when he was in China last summer, but the two were definitely not so close, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he felt.

Other than that...... How did they come to Germany?

When did it come?

Why don't you say it? Zhang Tiehan didn't know at all, and he was sure that his cousin Zhang Zhenren didn't either. In other words, they came to Germany to watch the game in private.

Is this to surprise them?

Then Zhang Tiehan thought of Lucia again, remembering that this blonde beauty tasted really good...... The thoughts are a little off again, and the key is that Lola is still in the wife's group...... No, you shouldn't think about that!

Zhang Tiehan held the phone in his hand, hesitated for a long time or decided to deal with the game first!

He shook his head hard.

It's hard to forget, though. When he entered the Allianz Stadium again and warmed up before the game, Zhang Tiehan was looking at the stands around him, but he didn't see anything, and then went back to the locker room to listen to Benitez's final advice on tactics and a series of other things, and when he returned to the stadium, Zhang Tiehan was still thinking about it.

When he shook hands with the Paraguayan players during the game, Zhang Tiehan was a little absent-minded.

Then he saw the east side of the stand.

At that moment he was shaking hands with Santa Cruz, and instead of looking at Santa Cruz, he glanced at the stands. Many cameras captured this scene, Santa Cruz was a little annoyed, he was a little excited to shake hands with Zhang Tiehan, after all, Zhang Tiehan is too good, he is the world's top striker, Santa Cruz is not small, but it is still a lot worse than Zhang Tiehan.

Now the two shake hands and officially want to fight on behalf of their respective teams. This was a very solemn moment, but the other party didn't actually look at him......

Many cameras pointed at Zhang Tiehan. Then he pointed to the stands as far as Zhang Tiehan's eyes could see.

Who's there?

The cameras are like treasure hunts, looking for the object that Zhang Tiehan might be staring at in the massive number of fans, and what makes them strange is that this grandstand is not where the England wife group is, that is. Zhang Tiehan is not looking at his girlfriend Lola, so ......?

Keira Knightley?

Quite a few cameras found the target, which was a brown-haired woman sitting in the back row with a hat, a slight glance at nothing, but a closer look. Isn't that Keira Knightley?

The heroine of Pride and Prejudice!

This is a very famous actress in Europe, Keira Knightley began her acting career as a child, played the heroine in "Pirates of the Caribbean" in 2003, and starred in the film of the same name "Pride and Prejudice" adapted from Jane Austen's novel last year, for which Keira Knightley was nominated for Best Actress at the 78th Academy Awards and Best Actress at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards.

Such a famous actress actually sat in the fan stands to watch the game?

Thinking of Keira Knightley sitting here, thinking of Zhang Tiehan's eyes and movements just now, thinking of the age of both of them being twenty-one, and thinking of a football star, a British female star...... There is no need to find any relationship between the two, in short, all media reporters suddenly realized, especially those professional gossip news reporters, they have already thought about what to report after the game.

Zhang Tiehan turned his head with a solemn look in his eyes, and Keira Knightley sat down calmly...... This is a natural pair!

As for the Mrs. England group, Zhang Tiehan's girlfriend Lola has been ignored by them, a star and an actress, such a combination is the most exciting, Zhang Tiehan's private life can be reported too little recently, regardless of whether it is true or not, in short, they have caught the evidence.

The big screen gave Keira Knightley.

I saw the British actress sitting there with a calm face, just staring at the stadium, and even the fans around her looked at her, and her demeanor did not change at all.

Kayla was looking at Zhang, her heart had been touched by Zhang, and the two were looking at each other at this moment...... The match between England and Uruguay may also be the beginning of the development of their love ......"

It is estimated that many Keira Knightley fans will be very depressed, and many people are worried about Lola, after all, Zhang Tiehan and Lola's relationship has been exposed for a year, and now this is a third party involved, right? Or Knightley...... A strong competitor.

Fortunately, Zhang Tiehan didn't look in that direction anymore, otherwise the match between England and Uruguay would have turned into a love farce.

Regarding the media reports, the players on the field are not aware.

Zhang Tiehan saw Zhang Meiling and the others just now, so he took a closer look, and then put his mind at ease and prepared to devote himself to the game.

Zhang Meiling and others were also in that direction, but the audience could see the big screen, the big screen just now showed Keira Knightley, the position was behind them, they were very happy, but then they showed the contrast between Zhang Tiehan's eyes and Keira Knightley's movements, it really felt like the two of them were looking at each other with affection.

Several people were not happy.

No, it should be said that Lucia was upset, she stared at Keira Knightley on the screen, holding her little hand and gritting her teeth hatefully. (To be continued......)