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How Zinedine Zidane and Jacques respond to the condemnation and pressure from all sides is a matter for the French, and now let's turn our attention back to the World Cup, which has just concluded all quarter-finals.

Shortly after Italy eliminated hosts France to become part of the World Cup semi-finals, the remaining three quarter-final matches were quickly decided.

Facing Denmark, led by the Laudrup brothers and Kasper Schmeichel, the Brazilians struggled a lot in the game, and finally relied on Rivaldo's brace to defeat this not very strong opponent 3-2 thrillingly, becoming the second team after Italy to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

The Netherlands' opponents in the quarter-finals are Argentina, who are in full swing after knocking out the English. As a result, after 90 minutes, Hiddink's most united orange team of the decade kept Batistuta and Zanetti out of the semi-finals thanks to goals from talented strikers Kluivert and Ice Prince Bergkamp. And after the game, Bergkamp's goal was also rated by many media as one of the best goals in World Cup history.

The aging German team finally showed its true form in front of the Croatians after reaching the quarter-finals, with one goal each from Jairny, Vlašović and Davo Suker beating the European champions 3-0 and reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup in their first appearance, and sending the superstitious veteran Vogts into the abyss.

And the impact of this defeat on Germany is much more than that, and an even bigger earthquake awaits the old powerhouse - after the World Cup quarter-final defeat, the three defenders of Reut, Coral and Helmer have announced that they will retire from the national team en masse with immediate effect!

People can't criticize their choice too much, after all, now that Reut and Helmer are the best marking centre-back in Europe, Coral is 33 years old, and it is indeed quite normal to choose to retire from the national team at this age.

However, these three defenders can be called the current defensive pillars of the German team, and now they have chosen to withdraw from the national team en masse, which is undoubtedly an extremely fatal blow to German football in the period of scarcity!

Four days after the semi-finals were announced, the semi-final between Brazil and the Netherlands officially began, and as in history, the alien goal gave Brazil the lead at the start of the second half, and although Kluivert equalized for the orange in the final stages of the game, the Dutchman, who had been very hard at the end of the penalty shoot-out, fell to the penalty again!

The Brazilian hit all four penalties, but the Netherlands' Cocu and Ronald de Boer missed one after another, making the Samba Army reach the World Cup final for the second time in a row!

The day after Brazil successfully advanced to the final, Italy continued to sit at the Stade de France, and Maldini Sr.'s team faced the biggest dark horse of this World Cup in the semi-finals - Croatia, who reached the semi-finals in their first World Cup match!

While Croatia are a true newcomer to the World Cup, their players are no newcomers, and many of them have already made a name for themselves in European football – such as Boban, who is currently playing for Serie A giants AC Milan, Prosinetski, one of the "three musketeers" who led Red Star Belgrade to the Champions League trophy, and Davo Suker, who is known to be able to "play the violin with his left foot".

Coupled with the powerful players such as Jarni, Sordo, Stanić, and Bilic who appeared in the starting lineup, Croatia, which received more than half star resources from the divided Yugoslavia, reminded many people of the style of the "European Brazilian team" back then.

However, while Croatia's stars have evoked fond memories, many can also see that this World Cup may be the swan song of these players on the international stage.

After all, most of these people have already entered their prime, and it is completely unknown how many people will be able to dominate football like they are now in four years, so the current World Cup in France is the last chance for Suker and Boban to strive for results.

Therefore, for this semi-final against Italy, all the Croatians are gearing up to give a look at the favourites in everyone's eyes.

Italy are quite calm compared to Croatia, many of whom have already competed in a number of tournaments and know how to adjust to the next game in the best possible condition.

In this game, Maldini Sr. used the four-three-three formation used in the last game against France, but made some adjustments to the starting lineup.

Goalkeeper Pagliuca, Maldini Jr. and Panucci were the former AC Milan full-backs who played side by side in the semi-finals, with the centre-back duo of Nesta and Bergomi, and Materazzi, who played a major role against France, was not selected in the starting line-up because Maldini Sr. feared that Materazzi would be deliberately targeted by the referee during the match.

Albertini and the two Baggio continued to play in the starting midfield, with Di Livio and Di Matteo on the left and right, and they were responsible for feeding Vieri up the flanks on the flanks.

On the evening of July 8, at the Stade de France, Zhuang Mingge sat in the box and watched the whole game that had never happened in history.

To be honest, the overall strength of Croatia with stars such as Suker and Boban is indeed very strong, and it is also very difficult, creating a lot of trouble for the Italian backline led by Maldini on the offensive end, but it is just trouble, after all, Pagliuca is not the butter hand of Barthez, Italy's defense is only stronger than France, so although the Croatian offensive is gorgeous, it did not break through the goal guarded by Pagliuca.

On the defensive end, in the face of Italy's multi-layered counterattack, Croatia's backline obviously did not have the Italians' two strokes, and the opponent repeatedly seized the opportunity to play a quick counterattack in the game, and each counterattack would make Jarni and Bilic scramble.

In the end, Italy scored his seventh goal of the tournament and Albertini's free kick to defeat Croatia 2-0 in this semi-final!

Thus, a scene that everyone did not expect before the start of the World Cup was born - after Italy eliminated Croatia, the Apennine Army and their old enemies Brazil met in the World Cup final for the second time in a row!