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In the final game of the group stage, Hiddink hid most of the main players because the Chinese team's victory was decided, but Gao Jun still started and played more than 60 minutes because of his excellent fitness, and scored a goal in the game.

Although the German team also sent a lot of substitute players, but the strength of these guys is much stronger than the substitutes of the Chinese team, it can be said that the difference in the strength of the starting lineups of the two sides in this game is far greater than the main lineup of the two sides, and the Chinese team is only Gao Jun An offensive player worth focusing on, but even so, the German team still failed to prevent Gao Jun and won with a score of 3:1, which made the strong coaches who watched the game all worried.

And Hiddink's so-called "playing around Gao Jun" does not make him a lone wolf who only knows how to shoot, as long as Gao Jun thinks that the opportunity is good, he will not hesitate to send a good pass to his teammates, which was fully proved in the first game of the knockout round

It may be that the two teams are fateful, and it is more likely that the schedule was premeditated, and the Mexican team, which has been slaughtered by the Chinese team many times over the years, met the national football team again in the quarterfinals. Considering that Mexico's players are generally short in height, although there are hidden dangers in air defense, the defensive ability of ground offense is quite strong, so in this game, Gao Jun did not show off his perfect personal breakthrough ability, but took on more of the task of covering it, and the focus of the Chinese team's attack shifted to Xie Wenjun, who had a greater air advantage.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Mexican team 4:0, Xie Wenjun scored twice and assisted Gao Jun with a header to score a goal, and the oldest of the Chinese team's front four Ku Lin also scored a header in this game, if it were not for the Chinese team to slow down the offensive rhythm after leading 2:0, this game may be another slaughter.

The Mexican team was very helpless after losing this game, and the Chinese team had an obvious advantage in the frontcourt. However, the players on the back line are nimble, and there is a freak like Bai Jiajun, and Hiddink also changed the goalkeeper in this game in order to be safe, and re-activated Wang Dalei, who is shorter but reacts quickly, and the Mexican team has been restrained in all aspects. There is even less chance.

After the game, Chinese fans were relieved, but some people also raised a question, the Mexican team has been bullied by the Chinese head team for not a year or two, with their football foundation, it should not be difficult to cultivate some tall center forwards and central defenders, why did they fall into the same pit again and again?

As everyone knows, once a country's football tradition is formed, it is not so easy to change, not to mention that the national team that can defeat the Mexican team in all aspects is the Chinese team, and only the World Cup and the Confederations Cup may be encountered in the two official competitions. It would be foolish for Mexico to make such a major change for the sake of an opponent they don't run into very often. In the final analysis, we can only blame the Mexican team for being too unlucky, as long as the Chinese team plays in every game, they will definitely meet them early, otherwise how could they be so tragic?

After the defeat to Mexico, the Chinese team advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and their task indicators have been completed. After that, you can put down your burden and play easily, which is very beneficial for Chinese players who are generally not very good in psychological quality. But. The opponent in the quarter-finals was a bit unexpected, and I don't know if it was stimulated by the real Chinese team, England, known as the "European Chinese team", eliminated the strong Dutch team in the quarter-finals, and met the Chinese team in the quarter-finals

"Actually, England has always had the quality, even if it is starting to fall a little bit like us now, but there is still a level between the world-class and the second-rate. As long as they play well, theoretically no team can beat them safely. The biggest problem of the England team is actually the same as the old national football team, that is, the performance is inconsistent, occasionally bringing surprises to the fans when playing strong teams, and sometimes overturning in the gutter when encountering weak teams. It's sad to have this kind of team as your home team. But if you play against them, it's not necessarily a good thing, and who can guarantee that England won't suddenly play well? Gao Jun still attaches great importance to the England team, but the process of the Chinese team reaching the semi-finals is far smoother than he thought

In this game, in the face of England's obviously aging backline, Gao Jun's flexibility and speed were fully exploited, and with the full support of his teammates, he successfully scored his first hat-trick in this World Cup, and also increased his total number of goals in this World Cup to 8, almost booking the World Cup Golden Boot in advance. And Gao Jun's total number of goals in the World Cup finals has risen to an astonishing 26, which makes the latecomers sigh

However, England were unconvinced after the game, and they expressed strong dissatisfaction with the referee in this game in an interview with the media, but this noise was quickly lost in history, because there were no key controversial decisions in this game that directly affected the outcome of the game, and as Mourinho once said, history can only remember those statistics.

But to be honest, the England team did suffer a lot of dark losses in this game, due to the home advantage of the Chinese team, there was no obvious tendency in the penalty in this game, but the referee in this game was extremely strict in the penalty scale of the body impact, almost reaching the standard of the Japanese J League, which made the English players who are used to opening and closing very uncomfortable, although they converged their actions and no one was sent off because of two yellows and one red, but how can they play normally under the restrained mentality? Originally, the strength of the England team did not have an overwhelming absolute advantage over the Chinese team, and now it is still tied hand and foot, how can this game be played?

In fact, it was not only the penalty scale of this game that affected the course of the game, in the previous quarter-finals, the Mexican team also suffered a big loss. However, contrary to this game, the game aimed at the Mexican team's slightly worse physical confrontation, but it is very good at small action harassment, the referee's penalty scale is very loose for the body collision, and the opponent's action penalty is extremely strict, under such a penalty scale, the Mexican team's performance, especially the defense has been greatly affected, if it is not for the Chinese team to take the lead after seeing a good thing, it is not impossible to have a crazy massacre with a big score

Strictly speaking, the penalties in these two games are not even the home whistle, but they have already made the Chinese team benefit hugely. Gao Jun finally understood how much advantage he could take as the host of the World Cup, and sighed, "Bidding for the World Cup is really right!" ”

Moreover, the refereeing problem is only one aspect of home advantage, and the impact of countless home fans cheering on cannot be ignored either. In addition, there is another factor that is often ignored by fans, that is, the host country is more adapted to the climate, water and soil and accommodation and transportation conditions of the country, so it must do a better job in rest than those opponents from foreign countries. And because the early qualification of the group stage allows a large number of rotations in the third game, and the next two knockout games are not too hard, the current physical advantage of the Chinese team is much greater than Hiddink's expectations before the game.

As we all know, abundant physical fitness is a necessary prerequisite for players to complete technical movements normally, and the impact is obvious, and it is no wonder that Gao Jun dared to make such a bold statement to his comrades after the third game of the group stage, "Although we lost this game, we don't need to be discouraged at all, but we should gain confidence from it." You know, if we have a chance to meet Germany again in the future, when both sides have played six games, our physical advantage will be very obvious, the main team against the main team, we are more than capable of fighting them! ”

Fully aware of the home advantage has a huge impact, Gao Jun's expectations for this World Cup have naturally risen a lot, of course, the last World Cup host Brazil team was slaughtered by the German team is not far away, Gao Jun will not be stupid enough to be blindly confident, not to mention that the Chinese team will face the powerful French team in the semi-finals, they even defeated the German team in the 2016 European Cup, this World Cup is also recognized as the favorite to win the championship before the start of this World Cup, where does the Chinese team have the qualification to light the enemy?

What's even more terrifying is that this French team has played very consistently and well in every game since the start of this World Cup, and in the previous five games, the French team not only won all of them, but also conceded a total of one goal, such a defense is not even good for the Italian team, which has always been known as the "concrete defense". And unlike the traditional anti-counter-attacking tactics of the Italian team, the focus of the French team's defense has always been the midfield, so after the defense is successful, it can often get the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack immediately, and the ability of this French team to grasp the opportunity in front of the goal is also quite good, the quick counterattack and set-piece attack are particularly powerful, and it is absolutely a terrible thing to be led by them. Thanks to their excellent quick counter-attacks and set-piece attacks, France have averaged three goals per game in this World Cup, which shows that this French team has not sacrificed attack to ensure a solid defence, which is even better than the world champions led by Zidane (to be continued......