At 405 on the fourth floor of the inpatient department of Zurich Hospital, sunlight shines through the gaps in the curtains on the beds. Tang Jue was lying on the hospital bed, and Alice handed him the peeled apple. In a ward of more than ten square meters, there is only one bed, Tang Jue leaned back against the head of the bed and said to Alice: "You cut one for yourself!" ”

Alice shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat it." ”。 She took out her phone to browse the news on the Internet. At this time, the door was pushed open, and several familiar figures came into Tang Jue's eyes. Alice hurriedly put her phone on the head of the bed and got up to greet her.

Thuram strode to the head of the bed, gave Tang Jue a big hug, and asked in his ear, "You don't really want to lie in a hospital bed for three weeks, do you?" ”

Tang Jue smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Of course, I definitely won't lie in bed for three weeks, and I will definitely be able to catch up with the last two games of the group stage." ”

The teammates were overjoyed, and Makelele exclaimed, "Look, I just said this guy couldn't have been lying that long!" ”

Henry sat at Tang Jue's feet and said: "It's very lively outside now, and the media in Italy and the Netherlands are very happy to learn that it will take you three weeks to recover. If they knew you could make it to the last two group games, they would be dumbfounded! ”

After saying that, Henry laughed.

"Oh! Oh, God! Didn't you say it would take him three weeks to recover? How did you heal now? God, damn the French, they are a bunch of liars! Ribery said with a sass.

The crowd burst into laughter again.

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The Hilton Hotel, the room of the French manager. Domenech sat on the couch and listened to the news from his assistant.

"Thuram and the others were very happy when they came back from the hospital, and they said that Don could make it to the next two group games!" Assistant coach Henrik said excitedly. But he soon became worried again: "I don't know if this news is correct." ”

Domenech's eyebrows rose, his prediction came true, and a miracle really happened!

"It's very simple, the current equipment is so advanced, let the team doctor take him for examination!" Domenech stood up and hugged his opponent and said loudly: "Henrik! That's the best news I've heard today! We don't have a headache anymore about how to change formations! ”

Assistant coach Henrik said: "Mr. Domenech, don't get too excited, wait for the doctor's examination to come out!" ”

"So. What are you waiting for now. Let the team doctor take Don for a check-up immediately! By the way, check it every day and let me know the news as soon as you finish it! ”

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The German Bild newspaper published an article on the 12th: The loss of the team's number one star, the French team should have been demoralized. However, this morning's training. The team members seemed very relaxed. Laughing. It's puzzling!

When the French coach rehearsed the lineup, he still lined up in a four-four-two formation, with Thierry Henry and Karim Benzema as strikers. It seems that Domenech does not plan to change formation.

The Bild report did not attract attention. It was thought that the French team was pretending to be relaxed.

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On the evening of the 11th, the match of Group D began. The first match was between Spain and Russia. At half past seven in the evening, the Tivoli Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria, was packed.

Although Cesc Fabregas has performed well at Arsenal, Spanish coach Aragonés insists on using a midfield composed of La Liga players. Spain's midfield will be dominated by Barcelona's Xavi and Andres Iniesta, with Villa and Torres up front.

Hiddink changed the formation in this game, abandoning the traditional three-back formation and playing 451 instead, and none of the three CSKA Moscow defenders who played the main force in the qualifiers started, and the Russian lineup changed a lot.

Once the game began, Spain was not used to the unexpected light rain, and the Russians had the upper hand in the first fifteen minutes, threatening Casillas' goal. After fifteen minutes of adaptation, Spain's formidable midfield showed its power and gradually dominated the game.

In the twentieth minute, the Russian ball was lost in front, and Spain immediately sent a long pass from the backfield, Torres shook off Kolotin with his speed and burst into the box from the left side. In the face of the attacking Akinfeev, he chose to cross horizontally, and Villa pushed an empty goal from 12 meters to score, Spain 1-0!

With the score down, Russia launched a frantic counterattack, but they failed to find the back of the net under Spain's tight defense. In the forty-fourth minute, a Russian corner kick was broken and Spain counterattacked. Iniesta sent a through plug in the middle, Villa inserted it into an offside position successfully, and shot with his right foot from 12 meters!

The ball flew between the legs of the attacking Akinfeev and into the goal, Villa scored twice to give Spain a 2-0 lead!

At the end of the first half, Spain led 2-0. After the half-time break, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 75th minute, Cesc Fabregas made a diagonal pass from the right side of the midfield, Villa burst into the penalty area and shook the defender 12 meters behind, and fired a low shot with his right foot into the bottom left corner, and the football crossed the goal line!

Villa scores a hat-trick, Spain 3-0!

In the 86th minute, Ziyanov took a corner kick from the right side. Sirokov's header was ferried, and Pavlyuchenkov's header from four meters behind the goal was scored by Russia, and the score became 1-3.

In the ninety-first minute, Spain counterattacked!

Xavi volleyed a right-footed volley from 10 meters on the right flank, and Akinfeev struggled to block it. Fabregas, who came on as a substitute, scored with a header from five meters to the empty goal, Spain 4-1!

In the end, Spain defeated Russia 4-1 and won the first game.

Half an hour after the match, the other match in Group D was played between defending champions Greece and Sweden. Historically, Greece and Sweden have met a total of six times, with Greece having a slight advantage with two wins, three draws, and one loss. It is worth noting that in the last eighty-eight years, the Greek team has never lost to the Swedish team!

As the defending champions, the overall strength of the Greek team has decreased compared to four years ago; The strength of the Swedish team should not be underestimated, with Ibrahimovic partnering with veteran Larsson in the front; Ljungberg led the midfield.

After the start of the first half, the Greek players were quite active on the field. Sweden are looking for Ibrahimovic more often through long passes. Both teams were attacking at a high tempo. In the sixth minute, Chalisteas burst into the right side of the box after connecting three players on the right side. He then fired a low left-footed shot from 13 yards out that was parried by Isaksson. In the 10th minute, Dras's header was not far away, and Svensson's left-footed volley from outside the box went wide of the left post.

The two sides shook hands 0-0 in the first half, and the situation changed suddenly in the second half. In the 66th minute, Sweden threw a throw-in from the right side, Ibrahimovic got the ball and kicked the wall with Larsson, and then Ibrahimovic shot with his right foot at the edge of the penalty area!

The ball went straight into the top left corner of the goal and Sweden took a 1-0 lead. Ibrahimovic ended the national team's three-year goal drought!

Seventy-first minute. There was a serious hole in the middle of the Greek defence, and Ljungberg burst into the box to form a one-on-one knife. Although his low right-footed shot was blocked by Nicopolidis, there was chaos in front of the Greek goal, with Hansson stumbling in front of the goal line and slamming the ball into the back of the net. Sweden leads 2-0!

It was Hansson's second goal for the Swedish national team. Ultimately. Sweden beat Greece 2-0!

So far, the first round of the group stage has ended. The big teams basically won, except for Italy, who lost 0-3 to the Netherlands, there were no upsets.

The first round of the competition was commented on by major media outlets. The team newspaper believes that Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal have become the biggest champions, and France should have become the favorites to win the championship, but the loss of Don's absence to the team is immeasurable.

According to Bild, the German team should now concentrate on preparing for the game, ignore the comments from the outside world, and the championship is their eternal goal.

Torino Sport believes that although Italy lost the first game, they should not be discouraged, and their future is still bright. The Italian team should be like two years ago, with the courage to win and win against the next two opponents!

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On the 12th, the second round of the group stage began. Stadium Geneva, Switzerland, Portugal vs. Czech Republic. In the first half, Portugal opened the scoring with a clever combination at the edge of the Portuguese penalty area, but nine minutes later the Czechs equalised from a set-piece through Cironko. In the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of this European Cup. In stoppage time, Cristiano Ronaldo again used a counter-attack to help Quaresma open the scoring, and Portugal beat the Czech Republic 3-1.

Half an hour later, hosts Switzerland played Turkey in Basel. In the 31st minute, Hakan Yakin scored for Switzerland; In the 56th minute of the second half, substitute Sentuk equalized for Turkey. In stoppage time, Turland sealed the win.

After this campaign, Turkey's points rose to 3 points, while Switzerland's were 0, and the hosts became the first team to exit the tournament early. With Portugal qualifying early, the Czech Republic and Turkey will compete for another spot in the group in the final round of the group.

On the thirteenth, the match of Group B began. At the Wöltssee Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria, Croatia faced Germany, and Croatia beat Germany 2-1. Croatia played well in the game, scoring twice in the second half through Srna and Orić, and Germany pulled one back in the 79th minute through Podolski, but in the end it was defeated. Croatia, which has won two consecutive games, is in sight, and the German team, the favorite to win the championship, is in the upset!

Half an hour later, another match in Group B began. Hosts Austria play Poland in Vienna. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Austria drew 1-1 at home to Poland. In the 29th minute, Guerreiro scored the first goal for Poland; In stoppage time, Vastic equalised from the penalty spot.

After this game, Austria and Poland are tied on one point, and this draw allows Croatia to qualify for the group with six points. In the final round of the group, Germany, Austria and Poland will compete for another place in the group!

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At half past eight o'clock in the morning of the 14th, when Tang Jue carried a sports bag and followed the French team off the bus, the media reporters who came to interview were fried. They looked at France's number one star with a calm face in disbelief!

Doesn't it take three weeks to heal? He didn't have a pestle and crutches, could it be that the news announced by the French two days ago was a smoke bomb? It must be so!

The Dutch journalist scolded in his heart: damn the French! In 06 a smoke bomb was set off and this time again!

The emotions of the reporters were ignited, and they swarmed up!

Under the protection of French staff and security guards at the training ground, the French team walked into the training ground, and the reporters did not succeed. What made the reporters even more angry was that they were told that they could not watch the training from the sidelines!

The journalists were not discouraged and did not leave the training ground, they immediately transmitted the news back home. So the major European TV stations immediately broadcast the news that Tang Jue followed the team to start training!

This news is undoubtedly a bombshell, and the whole of Europe has fried the pot! (To be continued......)