A Chinese team defeated the Brazilian team in an upset, creating the biggest upset in this World Cup so far, and also changing the atmosphere of the World Cup.

It always feels weird to have a World Cup without a host.

Fans' enthusiasm for football has also decreased.

In the next few World Cup quarter-finals, the number of fans who came to watch the game was significantly reduced.

However, FIFA should not be unhappy about this, although they do not have the support of the host country's Brazilian fans, but they have gained a large number of fans from China, whose population is about seven times that of Brazil...... Gaining China's attention is more than enough for FIFA to make up for the loss of Brazilian fans.

The Chinese team's entry into the quarterfinals of the World Cup has indeed set off a wave of attention to the World Cup in China.

In fact, it was already very high, and now it is high on top of high.

There is more and more news about the Chinese team in the World Cup on TV, newspapers, radio stations and the Internet, and at the same time, there are already travel agencies in China that have launched tour groups to Brazil to watch the game. Coming to Brazil to watch football and traveling by the way is also a boost for Brazil's economy.

FIFA's official website has prominently reported the news that the Chinese team eliminated Brazil and reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and also reported various news about the World Cup in China.

Since the enthusiasm of Chinese fans has been overdue, it has been ignored by FIFA officials, after all, there is nothing to do with the Chinese team in every World Cup.

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After the match between China and Brazil, Colombia defeated Uruguay 2-0 and advanced to the quarter-finals, where they will meet China in the quarter-finals. I believe that after seeing the performance of the Chinese team in eliminating the Brazilian team, Colombia will definitely not take the Chinese team lightly, and it will be a close match.

China played two quarter-finals on the second day of the match, and the Netherlands trailed Mexico by one goal for a long time, until Sneijder equalized in the 88th minute. Just when everyone thought the game was going to go to extra time, in the 90th minute, Robben won a penalty for the Netherlands, and Huntelaar scored a goal for the Netherlands to beat Mexico and advance to the quarterfinals.

Later that same day, Costa Rica took the lead over Greece on a goal in the 52nd minute, but in the following game, Costa Rica's Duarte was shown a second yellow card for bringing down Greece's Holebas. Costa Rica, who had one man less, were equalised by Greece towards the end of the game, and it was Borussia Dortmund centre-back Papastathopoulos who scored for Greece. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw in regular time and could only decide on penalties. This was the second penalty shootout of this World Cup, and in the end, Costa Rica eliminated Greece 5-3 with the excellent performance of goalkeeper Keylor Navas to reach the quarterfinals.

It was the first time in Costa Rica's history that they reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup, and in 1990 they were in the first World Cup finals, and the manager at the time was the fantastic coach Bora Milutinovic, who did not even have a shirt sponsor and managed to make it through the group stage to the round of 16, but lost to Czechoslovakia in the eight-of-16 game.

Later, this team reached the finals again in the 2002 World Cup, and was in a group with the Chinese team. At that time, the Chinese domestic media and fans still fantasized that the Chinese team could defeat Costa Rica in the first game of the World Cup and win the first World Cup victory in the history of the Chinese men's football team...... The result, of course, was slapped in the face by reality.

Now, after 24 years, Costa Rica has finally broken through the limit of the round of 16 and made history in their country's football.

It's touching that two teams that were once in the same group have now made new history.

In the match between France and Nigeria, France broke the deadlock in the 79th minute by Paul Pogba, and in the 92nd minute, the game went to injury time, and the French team extended the score again, and finally defeated Nigeria 2-0 to break into the quarterfinals.

In the other match on the same day, the match between Germany and Algeria, everyone thought that the German team would win easily, after all, Algeria could reach the round of 16 of the World Cup, and the difference in strength between the two teams was huge. But who would have thought that the German team would not be able to break through the door of the Algerian team for a long time, and the two sides reached a 0-0 draw in 90 minutes of play, and only extra-time could be played.

Schurrle gave Germany the lead at the start of extra-time, and then just as it was time to end, Mesut Ozil's goal doubled their lead. But just a minute after Ozil's goal, Algeria pulled a goal back, which immediately made the German fans nervous again. Fortunately, there was not much time left for Algeria in the end, and they scored this goal and were no longer capable of equalising.

In the end, the German team narrowly defeated Algeria 2:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

On the last day of the quarter-finals, Argentina and Switzerland played each other. There is also a big difference in the quality of the two teams. Argentina, which has a group of world-class stars such as Messi, Di Maria, Higuain, and Aguero, is the favorite to win this World Cup. After Brazil was unexpectedly eliminated by the Chinese team, Argentina became the only defense of the dignity of South American football.

However, the game was very hard, and Argentina tried their best for 90 minutes, but they still couldn't break through the Swiss goal. There was also a delay in scoring in extra time, until the 117th minute, Messi broke through with the ball in the bag of five people, and then passed the football to Di Maria, who followed up with a scuffle and the football flew into the far corner of the Swiss goal......

With this goal, Argentina won a hard-fought victory over Switzerland and also reached the quarterfinals.

The final quarter-final was between Belgium and the United States. The game also went to extra time, with neither side scoring in the first 90 minutes and a 0-0 draw. Just three minutes into extra time, Belgium broke the deadlock through Kevin De Bruyne to take the lead. In the 105th minute, Belgium scored another goal and pushed the United States team to the edge of the cliff 2:0. However, not long after the start of the second half of extra time, the United States pulled a goal back. But then the U.S. team failed to score again, and after 120 minutes of fierce battle, Belgium defeated the United States 2-1 to become the last team in the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals of this World Cup, except for the three matches between Colombia and Uruguay, the Netherlands and Mexico, France and Nigeria, the other five matches were all played for 120 minutes, and the score difference was very small, which fully illustrates the difficulty of this World Cup.

After all the quarter-finals, the World Cup enters a one-day break, when there is no game on this day, and both players and fans can rest and relax. For Chinese fans, after staying up for so many days in a row, they are indeed very tired, and this day of truce is very precious and necessary for them.

After a break from the day, the first quarter-finals will be contested on the afternoon of July 4.

This match is a direct confrontation between the European giants, France and Germany. In this World Cup, France and Germany have performed well, especially the French team. If you want to lose to South Africa only four years ago, the French team did not even qualify for the group stage, and they went home very badly. Four years later, they did really well, making it all the way to the quarter-finals.

After the match between France and Germany, it was followed by the match between China and Colombia.

Needless to say, this game is the one that Chinese fans pay the most attention to.

If the Chinese team can pass the threshold of Colombia, it will enter the semi-finals of the World Cup in history, which is a peak that the Chinese men's football team has never climbed in the history.

Chinese fans will also need to stay up late to watch the game, which kicks off at 4 a.m. Beijing time on July 5. However, I believe that no matter what time it is, it will not stop Chinese fans from watching this game. There will even be many fans who are so excited and nervous that they can't sleep, and wait directly in front of the TV and computer for the game to start.

There were just two matches on the day, and after those two matches, the next day was the next two quarter-finals, Argentina against Belgium and the Netherlands against Costa Rica.

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Although the World Cup gave everyone a day off, the Chinese team did not take a holiday, because tomorrow is the game, and they have to seize the time to train.

The training content on the last day was mainly based on set-piece tactics, and of course penalties were also a part that could not be ignored.

On this day, it is not open to the public, and no reporters or fans can approach the training ground of the Chinese team, so they can only wait outside, waiting for them to be allowed to enter before they can go in to cover the news.

None of the Chinese media complained about this arrangement, and everyone was very supportive and understanding of Lippi's approach.

At this time, the interests of the national team are paramount, and everyone and everything must make way for the national team.

The Chinese team has never enjoyed such treatment, and in this World Cup, they have changed many people's inherent impressions of Chinese football with their outstanding efforts and achievements. No matter how Chinese football has been before, at least this time, they deserve the support of 1.4 billion people.