Chapter 177:-for-tat!
On the 19th, the final round of the group stage of Group D. Vals-Zitzenheim in Salzburg, Austria, Spain vs. Greece. Spain have already qualified for both games, while defending champions Greece have already gone out of the tournament after losing both games. The outcome of this game will not affect qualification, with Spain fighting for top of the group and Greece fighting for glory.
The other match was a do-or-die match, with Russia and Sweden both winning and losing one. Russia will have to beat Sweden to qualify on goal difference, while Sweden only need a draw to qualify. The match between them will be played in Innsbruck, Austria.
At 7:45 p.m., both games start at the same time!
At the Vals-Zitzenheim Stadium in Salzburg, Austria, Greece, who were fighting for glory, opened the scoring against Spain before half-time. In the 42nd minute, Calagones took a free kick from the left side into the penalty area, Juanito nodded the ball in front of the ball and failed to clear it, and the unguarded Charisteas headed the goal from eight meters, Greece 1-0!
Greece ended the first half 1-0 with this goal.
At the Innsbruck Stadium in Austria, the battle of life and death was very intense from the start, and both sides had to fight for promotion. There is no way back, and the Russian team, which must win, is more proactive. In the 23rd minute, the Russian team attacked quickly, Ziyanov split the ball on the right side, Anyukov immediately knocked on the middle after getting the ball, Pavlyuchenkov shot diagonally with his right foot 11 meters in front of the goal, and the ball rolled into the lower left corner of the goal. The Russian team leads 1-0!
Russia also ended the first half with a 1-0 match.
After a half-time break, two games were restarted. At the Vals-Zitzenheim Stadium in Salzburg, Austria, Spain, which was behind the score, stepped up their attack. They have a strong midfield and frequently threaten the Greek goal.
In the 61st minute, Cesc Fabregas made a long pass from the backfield, Guiza's header in the penalty area swung back, and De La Rede inserted a right-footed shot from 16 meters on the right rib. Nicopolidis made a block with his arm, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the net, and the score became 1-1 and Spain equalized!
In the next game, Spain, who equalized, became more and more courageous. In the 88th minute, Garcia crossed from the right, and Delas suddenly slipped in the middle. The unguarded Guissa headed home from six yards. The ball flies into the net from the top left corner!
2-1, Spain reversed the score near the end of the game. In the end, they won 2-1 and won all three matches. Advance to the quarterfinals. The defending champions, on the other hand, lost all three fights. Eliminated miserably.
Innsbruck Stadium, Austria. The battle of life and death, the second half of the game was more intense. Sweden were anxious to equalize, and they frequently put pressure on Russia. However, a heavy blow came immediately, and just after the fifth minute of the second half, Russia extended its lead with a quick counterattack!
In the 50th minute, the Russian team broke the ball at the back and attacked quickly, Zhirkov knocked on the left side of the middle, and the follow-up Arshavin stabbed with his right foot ten meters in front of the goal, and the ball rolled into the lower right corner of the goal. The Russian team leads 2-0!
With a two-goal lead, Russia retracted the defensive line in the next game, and the Swedish team, who had no way out, sent a fierce attack. However, under the tight defense of Russia, they returned empty-handed again and again. As the referee's whistle blew at the end of the game, the Russian team defeated Sweden 2-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals!
At this point, all the quarterfinals were produced, and the two host teams were all eliminated. Portugal and Turkey advance in Group A, Croatia and Germany in Group B, the Netherlands and France in Group C, and Spain and Russia in Group D.
According to the event arrangement, the first group and the second group will fight each other. Quarter-round matchups: Portugal vs Germany; Croatia vs Turkey; Netherlands VS Russia; Spain vs France. All four matches are strong dialogues, and after the baptism of the group stage, many teams have entered the state, and the game will be more and more exciting.
The venue for the quarterfinals between France and Spain was moved to Vienna, Austria. After a day's rest in Switzerland, the French team arrived in Vienna at 11 noon on the 20th. The group walked off the plane in good spirits and was able to come out of the group of death, especially after Tang Jue returned very strongly, and the French team was full of confidence in the future.
The airport has long been crowded with reporters, mainly to hear what Tang Jue has to say, and this star with a lot of personality often makes bold statements before the big game. In addition to reporters, there are many fans here, and these fans mainly want to see Tang Jue. They want to get up close and personal with the striker, who has won the Champions League three years in a row, and he is their idol.
Most of them wore Real Madrid's white No. 17 jerseys, some held flowers in their hands, and some held Real Madrid jerseys and pens in their hands, which was to ask for Tang Jue's autograph. There was anticipation on every fan's face.
At 11:17, the French team appeared in front of everyone in light gray suits and full of energy. Tang Jue looked very abrupt in the crowd, with yellow skin, black eyes, black hair, and a confident smile on his delicate face. The emotions of the reporters and fans became excited, and some screams rang out, and some fans shouted Tang Jue's name......
Tang Jue walked towards the fans with a smile, and he put the reporter aside. The reporters didn't dare to have any grievances, they had learned the temper of this person. The reporters knew that the reporter was going to sign the fans before giving the interview, so they could only wait patiently.
Of course, there are also reporters who don't know Tang Jue's temper, and a South Korean reporter is complaining: "Are we still not as good as the fans?" ”
Many European journalists looked at the South Korean journalist like a monster, and one French journalist gave him a contemptuous look and said, "Hillbilly! I didn't know this person's temper, and I dared to complain. ”
The South Korean reporter's face sank, and he was very dissatisfied, and he was despised as a "hillbilly". At this time, an Italian reporter persuaded him: "You should not be Chinese, Korean or Japanese?" ”
"South Korea!"
The Italian journalist nodded and said, "You probably don't know the temper of this one. ”
The South Korean reporter said dissatisfiedly: "Who said I don't understand his temper." I know he's strong and doesn't have a good relationship with a lot of journalists. and even a lawsuit with the media. ”
The Italian journalist shook his head and said, "Did you know that he once banned some Spanish and British journalists?" ”
The South Korean journalist's face was wonderful, he had only heard of a reporter banning a player, and he had never heard of a player banning a reporter, which was incredible......
The Italian reporter told South Korea about the ban on the "anti-Tang alliance", and he pointed to the reporter next to him and said: "Look, in addition to the reporter of the Guardian, are there any other British reporters here?" There are not many journalists in Spain either. ”
He looked deeply at the South Korean reporter and said, "If you want to interview him, you have to wait quietly." Also, it's better not to bring up topics that he is not happy about. Otherwise you'll be embarrassed. ”
The South Korean journalist snorted coldly. "Isn't he just a player, we can ask whatever questions we want. Blocked? I'm not afraid of him! ”
Yes, he is not afraid, he is a journalist for KBS, the largest television station in South Korea. His name is Park Tae-min. Graduated from Harvard University. The family is solid. After graduating, Park Tae-min stood out from many competitors and joined KBS. Before that. He lives primarily in the United States and reports on the NBA. This time, because a colleague was sick and could not come to Hungary, Taili thought that he had experience working overseas, so he was temporarily transferred.
Park Tae-min has interviewed many big-name NBA stars in the United States, and he feels that the stars are quite polite to reporters, and he thinks that Tang Jue should also be polite to reporters. Players ban reporters? Are you kidding!
At this time, there was a sudden scream in the fan base, and Park Tae-min hurriedly turned his eyes to see that a seventeen or eighteen-year-old female fan had fainted.
"What's wrong?" Park Tae-min said. With that, he was going to squeeze over and see what was going on there. The Italian reporter grabbed him and said with a smile: "There's nothing to see, that fan must be too excited." Don't go over, let's wait here. ”
That's right, the fainting female fan was caused by being too excited, Tang Jue kissed her on the face, and she fainted excitedly.
Park Tae-min's face became more and more ugly, because Tang Jue came to the reporter's side for more than ten minutes. While he was stunned, other reporters had already rushed over.
"Don, what do you think of the quarterfinals?" A female reporter was the first to ask.
Tang Jue said with a smile: "No matter who the opponent is, our goal is to defeat the opponent!" ”
"Spain are in good form, they have won all three of their group games and there are a lot of people who think Spain have a good chance of winning the title this time. France also lost one game in the group, and it was not so easy to win. A Spanish journalist said dissatisfied.
Don was by no means dissatisfied, he knew that Spain was strong. In the ranking of the odds offered by the three major European gambling companies, Spain is in second place, while France is only in fifth place. This Spanish team, dubbed by the media as "the strongest Spanish team in history", has a strong midfield and backfield, somewhat similar to the French team in 98.
'Spain are very strong, especially in the midfield and at the back, there are a lot of world-class players, but don't forget, they are very familiar to me. I have absolute confidence to overcome them. We will beat them like we did against Italy because I know the Italian players and the Spanish players very well. Tang Jue said firmly, his confidence was very high.
Spanish journalists were quite dissatisfied, and Italian journalists did not look very good. A French journalist nodded and said: "In four peak games, Barcelona lost all." The core of Spain's midfield is from Barcelona, Don has the confidence to say so. ”
Park Tae-min was squeezed behind by other reporters, and he felt uncomfortable. In addition, he was dissatisfied with Tang Jue's previous behavior, and now he was full of confidence, and said coldly: "Being strong on the surface is nothing, and if you don't win, it's mostly because of lack of confidence, and you use bold words to cover up your inner fragility." ”
The words were abrupt and harsh, the faces of the reporters were wonderful, many people gloated, and the French reporters shook their heads and sighed. Tang Jue raised his head to look at Park Taemin, frowned, and asked, "Which country are you a reporter?" ”
"South Korea!" Park Tae-min said loudly without fear.
Do you still want to ban me?
"South Korea? Well, I know South Korea, my first hat-trick in the World Cup, it was against South Korea. Tang Jue said lightly.
It's definitely a slap in the face!
06 World Cup, France and South Korea were in the same group, and a lot of stories happened in that game. Zidane kicked the door of the dressing room angrily after leaving the field, and the outside world immediately rumored that the French general was at odds.
Park Tae-min's face is very ugly, isn't this revealing scars?
"A lot of French people think that you don't love France and are not fit to be the captain of France, what do you think about that?" Park Tae-min went-for-tat and began to fight back.
Tang Jue's face suddenly became gloomy, and many reporters realized that the storm was coming! (To be continued......)