The beginning of the story is undoubtedly Lola and Kate going to middle school together.

The two girls are very beautiful and have a very close relationship, but soon this intimacy has a slight mutation, Kate fell in love with Lola, Lola was still a little girl at the time, she didn't know much about anything, she felt very close to Kate, and then the two fell in love, it should be said that they were together in a very special relationship.

The relationship lasted two years.

Later, Kate entered the entertainment industry, became a female star, and became famous as a female pig's foot in "Pirates of the Caribbean", the contact between the two was much less, but the two still had frequent contact, before and after Lola and Zhang Tiehan met, the two still had close contact, but they were afraid of being known by reporters, the relationship was very secret, and even Kate found a boyfriend to act as a façade for this, so that even if the two met and were very close, they would not guess if they were photographed by reporters.

Although homosexuality is not unacceptable in Europe, it is still somewhat discriminated against, which will also affect Kate's career.

Who would have thought of such a thing?

But Lola is still difficult to persevere, after all, the two have not met much, and later she and Zhang Tiehan met, so she began to try to date Zhang Tiehan, she tried to accept that until now, she still has contact with Kate halfway, but she doesn't feel that way at all.

It's a transformation.

She wasn't a pure homosexual, but she knew that Kate was likely to be, and she felt very guilty about Kate, so she always didn't want to contact the media with guilt, but when she and Zhang Tiehan became closer, Zhang Tiehan's fame became bigger and bigger, which couldn't be hidden at all, especially when Zhang Tiehan came to play in England.

Kate got it.

Lola didn't know how to face Kate, but she had been hiding it from Zhang Tiehan, and she felt even more guilty. So he was very tolerant of many things about Zhang Tiehan, until the two were ready to get married.

This is a piece of Lola's heart.

Zhang Tiehan listened to Lola's story, and he didn't know what his mood was, his mood was very complicated, and it was a bit strange to hear that the wife he was going to marry was once a homosexual. After all, he couldn't say whether he was in a good mood or not, and he now kind of understood why she was a virgin when he slept with Lola, which was not easy, especially in Europe.

"It's okay." Zhang Tiehan kept talking.

He thought about it, he just felt strange about it, and he didn't resent it, thinking about saving a woman-lesbian-sexual, he suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment from a man. As a result, when Lola finished speaking, he couldn't resist and immediately started a big fight with her.

This time Lola is crazy.

Zhang Tiehan is also very crazy, when the qiē is over, Zhang Tiehan got dressed and kissed the stunner on the bed deeply, "I don't care, let's get married after the World Cup." He said so.

Lola smiled and nodded. Tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes at some point

Back on the court for training, Zhang Tiehan had mixed feelings.

As a matter of fact. He didn't care about what Lola said, but he thought it was strange, and he was also thinking about how the two women, Lola and Kate, were doing? This is a question worth studying, and it is estimated that most men in the world will be very interested, but when one of them is the person they want to marry, the mood is really a little complicated.

But he was sure that he was in love with Lola. And those are also in the past, Lola was good to him, he was good to Lola, and now he is a football star, but when the two met. He wasn't famous, just a minor player playing for Wigan Athletic, he was nothing at the time, and he didn't have any outstanding performances in the Championship.

The two have known each other for a long time, and there is pure affection between them.

Love is a thing that is difficult for anyone to explain, but if you want to say that you want to marry a woman, the only thing Zhang Tiehan can think of is Lola, other women don't have to think about it at all, now many teammates' girlfriends are models and actresses, but if they are not football stars, can they still have such a girlfriend?

I'm afraid it can't be.

And Lola didn't stay with him for his fame, they purely liked each other, not mixed with other things, and now he wouldn't give up getting married because of what Lola had done in the past, and he would never find such a good woman in the future.

He believes.

However, this day's training, Zhang Tiehan was chaotic, his teammates could see that he seemed to have something on his mind, fortunately, he had just returned to training, Eriksen's training was roughly just to make the players recover, and many players were a little weak during the two-day vacation, and it was estimated that it was all due to bed and alcoholism, as well as fatigue, that was a very magical reason, and it would be tiring during the holidays, and this kind of thing would only appear in Beckham. Mr. Heartthrob's two-day vacation, except for half a day with his wife, the rest of the time was handed over to the media and advertisers, which is not admirable.

His vacation is more tiring than training.

Especially in the World Cup stage, Beckham's schedule is arranged slowly, and there is no extra time to do anything else, at this point, Zhang Tiehan is much happier, his holidays are arranged by himself, Zhang Zhenren and Camille will try to minimize those useless advertisements and interviews, they know Zhang Tiehan and know that he doesn't like these.

But it's not for nothing.

For example, some large-scale sponsorship contracts stipulate that the filming still has to be carried out, but the schedule is not scheduled in the World Cup, and Zhang Tiehan's life is quite easy.

After the training on this day, Zhang Tiehan went back to the hotel directly, and did not go to dinner with his teammates, and he believed that Lola would also wait for him to come back.

Sure enough, Lola has been in the hotel room, and she didn't go to the bar with the rest of the wife's group, and after Zhang Tiehan came back, the two had another big battle, and the two were almost like glue, and their relationship seemed to be better than before, and they were reluctant to part at all.

They feel this way about each other.

Maybe this is also because the relationship between the two has not experienced any twists and turns, after this time, Zhang Tiehan cherishes Lola very much, and he even turned down his date with Lucia and only stayed with Lola.

But by the next day, Lola was gone.

England manager Christian Eriksen will not allow the player's wife to live with the player in a hotel. Sex-life can affect the state of the players, which is not allowed on days close to the game.

The knockout rounds are approaching.

England's opponent is Ecuador, and both teams are preparing for it. In this way, Lola could only return to the wife group, and was teased by several women represented by Victoria. Lola could only respond shyly, and Zhang Tiehan was also mocked by a group of women.

"It's strong." Kuran touched Zhang Tiehan's chest muscles and said.

"How long did it take to see our little Lola run out of energy. ”

"It's not just night!"

"When will I try it too, you are the number one macho man in England" Vanessa laughed and winked at Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan was very embarrassed.

In the face of this group of women-perverts, he could only flee in the wilderness, and finally said, "Look, he is so innocent!" ”

How smart are Zhang Tiehan's ears? As soon as you hear it, you know that the voice is coming from Rooney's girlfriend Colin. was molested by a woman younger than himself, Zhang Tiehan really wanted to turn around and yell, "You come and try if I'm innocent!" But thinking about it, the result must have been teased again by a group of women, and in the end he still didn't dare to do that.

Straight back to the team, Zhang Tiehan was relieved.

He found out that the English press was right, that the English Lady Regiment was really a bunch of crazy women, and that Lola had to say that even though Lola was one of them. One beauty is cute, and two beauties are lively. Three beauties are a landscape, and a group of beauties is equal to a group of female madmen.

It's not a good thing to say, but it's true

The match against Ecuador is approaching.

Just like the media analysis, after Owen left injured, Eriksen had no choice but to put Zhang Tiehan in the center position.

The center forward is a position that Zhang Tiehan often plays.

At Liverpool he played as a centre-forward. However, occasionally, because of the strength of the opponent, when Zhang Tiehan needs to play more, Benitez will also let his position retreat, so that as the core of the frontcourt, he can show Xiàn better.

Erikson thinks so too.

Or should it be said. Zhang Tiehan's table in various positions is on the bright side, if he plays center, it is purely a goal-scoring player, and if his position is retreated, he can also lead the team's attack, and there are more opportunities, not afraid of the opponent's strict blockade of him, and his position after retreating makes it difficult for the opponent to defend.

But now Eriksen still has to put Zhang Tiehan on the premise.

Because of the formation.

In terms of the England team's playing style and tactics, there must be a midfielder in front, two players who can act as a center forward, either Zhang Tiehan or Rooney, in contrast, obviously Zhang Tiehan is more suitable, this is not strength and goals or anything, but Rooney is not good at playing in the front position, his body is very strong, but his height is not too good, his performance in the center is not very good, the whole world knows that Rooney is better at playing in the back position.

In other words, Zhang Tiehan is almost the only option for the center forward.

As for not having the courage of the centre-forward Eriksen, he can't change the tactics of the England team temporarily, that's simply not possible, he can't afford to lose like that.

In the end, Zhang Tiehan could only accept it.

England were studying their opponents before the knockout rounds began, Ecuador, and it was definitely a strange team for England.

Ecuadorian football began around 1912 and they never achieved good results in international competitions, losing to Peru in the 1938 Copa America by a margin of 1:9.

Ecuador's club team has not had a standout performance in international competitions either.

In 2002, the Ecuadorian national team reached the World Cup finals for the first time in its history, losing 0:2 to Italy and Mexico 1:2 in the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, but won the first World Cup match with a 1-0 victory over Croatia in the final game.

Now this is their second World Cup.

Reaching the World Cup twice in a row is a testament to Ecuador's success, and now they can qualify from the group again, which is also a big enough honor, and many people have analyzed the reasons for Ecuador's success and can reach the World Cup finals. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that they play at home in the South American qualifiers for the World Cup, the 2,850-metre plateau at Quito's home stadium is an important magic weapon for Ecuador, but it is not the only one.

Ecuador had never qualified before the 2002 World Cup, and the fact that the 3,600-metre altitude home stadium could not give Bolivia a chance to qualify for the 1994 World Cup is the best proof of this.

And Ecuadorian football itself has made considerable progress, that's a sure thing.

One side of the water and soil to support the other side. There are some factors that make it appropriate for the sport of football. Players from all countries in South America are suitable for this sport, Ecuador is a crazy country for football, although their historical results are not good, but it is undeniable that Ecuador's enthusiasm for football is one of the best in South America, and it is now their harvest season, the team has a lot of outstanding stars, it is said that they still have young Suarez did not follow the team to the World Cup. It was Ecuador's first day of talent, but he was too young, and before the World Cup, Coach Suarez finally put this talent in the same form as him in the country.

Ecuadorians believe that their country does not produce good coaches, a factor that has long constrained its football development.

In South America, it is not only Ecuador that holds the same view, but there are two or three other countries like South America, although this view is quite extreme. As a result, Ecuadorians today owe the right to qualify for two World Cups to the Colombian coach.

Three Colombian coaches have coached Ecuador. They have indeed helped the country's football to do wonders.

In 1996, former Colombia coach Maturana took charge of Ecuador for a year and laid some groundwork, but he did not achieve much during his tenure. In 1999, another former coach of the Colombian team came to Ecuador, and he was Gómez, who would later be hailed as a national hero of Ecuador. Reaching the World Cup finals for the first time in 2002 was Gomez's masterpiece.

However, Gomez also became a contradictory figure.

The dismal results of the 2004 Copa America seemed to prove that Ecuador was nothing when they went down the plateau. As a result, Gomez voluntarily resigned, despite the fact that the Ecuadorian Football Federation had retained him. After Gomez's resignation. His assistant, fellow Colombian Suarez, took over the reins and led the team to the finals again.

It's been a decade since Colombian football fell from the top, but the country's coach has been successful in Ecuador. Of course, this does not mean that Ecuadorians are better suited to play football, because there are many social factors for the decline of Colombian football, but for example, the poor environment. The fact that Ecuadorians are fit to play football is proven.

In terms of ethnic origin, Ecuadorians are somewhat similar to Bolivia and Peru, and Indian ancestry is heavier. Practice seems to prove that people of color, with the exception of yellows, are well-suited to football, and mixed-race people are especially capable of mastering this skill. Brazilians, Colombians and Ecuadorians have proven this successively.

Ecuador defeated Brazil and Argentina in this World Cup qualifier, and the technical and tactical level of the show is very extraordinary.

This is Ecuador.

A team that seems to have a little name but a bit of a terrible record, with victories over Brazil and Argentina in qualifying, Poland and Costa Rica in the group stage, and now they meet England.

The media is still full of expectations for the England team.

Although Owen was injured and could not participate in the next games, Owen did not perform well in the group stage, and the media did not expect much from him, they were more looking forward to Zhang Tiehan's continued appearance, more looking forward to Rooney's outburst, and expecting Beckham to bring surprises.

These three were the key to Eriksen's victory.

No doubt.

Zhang Tiehan's performance in the group stage is crazy, the efficiency of six goals in three games has made all the media who doubt that he will be soft in the World Cup have all shut up, he is the first scorer of the England team, and even the first scorer of the World Cup, no one can deny this, he is naturally the winning weapon of the England team.

Wayne Rooney is expected to do the same.

In the group stage, Wayne Rooney scored a goal, which can only be regarded as average, but considering that he has just returned from injury, it is good to have one goal in two games, and the media and fans are expecting Rooney's form to get better and better.

David Beckham, on the other hand, has been England's winning 'magic'.

How many times have England won games with Beckham's free-kicks, which is 'a trick that eats all over the world', this is Beckham, he can always score from free-kicks, and his long balls on the right can give a lot of support to the front. But Beckham is also the most doubtful of the three, as he was a mess in the group stage, with nothing but one goal.

Against Beckham, the pressure on Eriksen is still high.

The English media and fans are undoubtedly very picky, especially now that the England team is the most expensive player in the world and has so many stars. The natural strength should be quite strong, this is a problem that people will subconsciously think of, a team composed of a large group of stars, the result of each performance is not good, which has a lot to do with the manager.

Eriksen has been criticized a lot since he became the manager, especially since the "Chiefgate" incident, the name of the Swede Eriksen has been on the cusp of the British media.

England are now well on their way to the knockout stages with three wins in the group stage, but demanding England fans and journalists have not let him go, and the voices of condemnation and blame are endless. What makes Eriksen even more depressed is that this large-scale "anti-Egypt" wave originated from captain David Beckham.

In fact, long before the first game against Paraguay in the group stage, many football legends and experts, including Jeff Hirst, who won the championship in England in 1966, suggested that Eriksson should move Beckham out of the main line-up.

Hurst said: "England are not organised in attack at the moment, and the right flank controlled by David Beckham is a stagnant pool. ”

However, the stubborn Eriksen did not waver in his decision and allowed Beckham to play the full 180 minutes. But in fact, the England captain's table is indeed not convincing enough. In the second group game against Trinidad and Tobago, Beckham's only 28 effective passes were less than half that of fellow midfielder Frank Lampard.

The accusations from media experts are strong. Even the criticism that was supposed to be directed at Beckham was pointed at Eriksen.

The Swede, who was on pins and needles, finally couldn't hold back and countered at a press conference, saying, "I can do whatever it takes to get England on the way to the title, and of course, Beckham is not irreplaceable." ”

Maybe he was really confused. He even expressed his attitude with a very inappropriate analogy: "I didn't marry Beckham again!" ”

Eriksen told reporters that his attitude towards the captain and the rest of the squad was no different: "Beckham doesn't have any privileges at the dinner table, in the big bar, on the field or on the training ground. ”

It was also Eriksen's only indication before the game.

In the eyes of the outside world. The match was quite suspenseful, as the Ecuadorian team was unusually experienced in the group stage. The big defeat to Germany was to save their strength, and this England vs. Ecuador match will not be one-sided.

Objectively speaking, there is not much grudge between the two opponents in this game, and perhaps the only one in the Ecuador team who can have anything to do with England is De La Cruz, who plays for Aston Villa. Of course, ahead of the tournament, de la Cruz will provide some information about the England international to his coaches and team-mates.

In the group stage, England's quality was not convincing.

Compared to Eriksen, Ecuador coach Suarez is much less pressed: he has already achieved the best result in Ecuador's history. Losing to England, Suarez was also defeated; A win over England would see Ecuador become the biggest dark horse of this World Cup.

This relaxed mindset is more conducive to Suarez's on-the-spot command and England's biggest threat, not forgetting the Colombian's characteristics: three substitutions per game and a heavy use of "reasonable fouls" to stop opponents from attacking. He also encouraged all players to get involved in the offense, making the field full of "scorers".

On the other hand, it was not so easy for Eriksson, who almost had to win this match.

The Sun quipped, "Look at what he's done now? Eriksen only announced to the outside world that he might replace Beckham to refute the ridicule that the two of them were simply "husband and wife". ”

At this time, the England team is making final preparations.

Two days before matchday, England began training on penalties, as all teams would probably do, and the knockout stage meant a desperate fight with bayonets.

After almost no upsets in the group stage, the big teams are ready. Greet the hard-fought battles that have begun. In every knockout match, extra time and penalties will inevitably be staged. The Netherlands will play against England, and the two European giants with penalty nightmares will each face their first knockout game of this World Cup.

And the final preparation before the game was also a special drill for the penalty kick without exception.

Within the England squad, David Beckham has been training on penalties almost every day. A little close to Zhang Tiehan's powerful shot.

But understandable.

This edition of the England national team, known as the strongest in decades, has a 'penalty syndrome'. In the warm-up matches before this World Cup, they also fell to the penalty spot twice. England's former number one penalty taker, Frank Lampard, has missed a chance to score from the spot-kick, let alone anyone else.

And the history of penalty nightmares of the England national team really has a thick resume to be checked.

As early as the semi-finals of the 14th World Cup in 1990, they lost on penalties to the later champions West Germany; By the semi-finals of the 1996 European Championship and the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup, they were eliminated by penalty shoot-out defeats; Two years ago in the European Championship in Portugal, David Beckham was defeated by France in the group stage after Beckham missed two penalties. They were then eliminated by hosts Portugal in the quarter-finals.

When there was another chance to usher in a penalty shootout, captain David Beckham, who had already experienced N penalty defeats, was the first to stand up and cheer for his teammates, "If we really have to face penalties, I think we will be able to play at our own level, because the current England team is no longer the immature team we used to be, and we are confident that we can maintain a good mentality and win the penalty doom that has plagued us for a long time." ”

Thankfully, Eriksen has a better option. Zhang Tiehan.

The whole team knows that Zhang Tiehan is almost a guarantee of a penalty victory. For him, the penalty is almost 99% scored, "you can expect goalkeeper Robinson to make a miraculous save, but you definitely don't need to question whether Zhang's goal can be scored", this is the English media's evaluation of Zhang Tiehan's penalty.

They put goalkeeper Robinson and Zhang Tiehan together.

Without a doubt, the most disappointing thing for England is the goalkeeper. Robinson's appearance is really mediocre, few people can expect him to save the penalty that must be scored, as long as the penalty kick is good, Robinson is difficult to save, he is not good at this. It's not the kind of world-class goalkeeper who can become a big name.

And Zhang Tiehan's penalty kick is more efficient.

As long as he plays seriously, it is almost impossible to kick away, this is confirmed by many players in England, in fact, there is no need to confirm, think about his direct shot on the penalty line, it will make the opposing goalkeeper unable to react, let alone a penalty, that distance is too simple for him.

England had even started the game before they had a must-score penalty in hand.

That's the good news.

But it is undeniable that the vast majority of England do not want the team to go to a penalty shootout with Ecuador, this England team can be rated as the strongest England team in history, if such a team and dark horses, but also rely on penalties to win, then how to play the next game against the world giants?

Time passed, and soon the game was approaching.

The England squad travelled to Stuttgart by bus, and the match between the two teams will be played at the Gottley-Budemler Stadium in Stuttgart.

Previously known as the Neckar Stadium, the Gottley-Boudeimler Stadium was built in 1933 and subsequently expanded several times, with the final renovation completed in early 2004.

The first international match after German reunification in 1990 was also played in Stuttgart, and the opponent was Germany vs. Switzerland, as it had been 40 years earlier. In the 99-01 season, Daimler AG invested 107 million marks to renovate the stadium, which also won the naming rights of the stadium.

However, in order to meet the standards set by the National Football Confederation for World Cup competitions, a total of 51.5 million euros were spent on the renovation, and the stadium was completed in 2005, and the renovated Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium has a capacity of 53,200 people (including 47,757 seats).

The most striking thing about the renovated stadium is the addition of two new displays, each measuring 115 square meters, which are currently the largest in Europe.

It didn't take long for the stadium to be filled with fans.

The atmosphere was lively.

Soon as the two teams got off the field to prepare for the game, the referee entered the field, the players of the two teams entered the field, the two teams took pictures, shook hands, and after a series of pre-match activities, they lined up in formation, and with the whistle of the referee Frank de Brickry from Belgium, the game officially began. (To be continued......)