After a day's rest, the World Cup is back in flames.

The first match of the quarter-finals was a battle between the two long-cherished European rivals, France and Germany.

The two European giants met in the quarter-finals, which is a pity for many European footballers, because both teams have performed well in this World Cup, and of course I hope that the two teams can be separated, if they can play against China and Colombia respectively.

It shouldn't be difficult for the Netherlands to beat Costa Rica.

It is that Belgium is likely to lose to Argentina. But it doesn't matter, when the time comes, in the semi-finals, three European teams will besiege one Argentina, and then it is very likely that European teams will meet in the final of the World Cup held in South America.

Of course, such a beautiful vision is already difficult to realize. France and Germany must have one of them go home.

The two teams have met 25 times in their history, with France holding the upper hand with 11 wins, six draws and eight defeats, which is not the same as the stronger German team feels like today.

However, in the World Cup, the results of the two sides are not the same.

In the World Cup, the two sides have met three times, in Sweden 1958, Spain in 1982 and Mexico in 1986.

France only won the first meeting in 1958 6-3, and in 1982 Germany eliminated France on penalties after a draw in the semi-finals. This match is one of the classic battles in the history of the World Cup, and it can even be said that it is the most classic comeback victory in the history of the World Cup. Germany broke the deadlock in the 17th minute through a long-range shot from Littbarski to take the lead. However, the French team, who formed the 'iron triangle' of Platini, Giresse and Tigana, took control after falling behind, laid siege to the Germans, and just nine minutes after the Germans opened the scoring, they converted a penalty and then Platini converted the equaliser.

The battle was fierce as France's Battistone collided with Germany's goalkeeper Schumacher, who rushed out of the box and knocked Battistone unconscious with his knee, but was not punished.

After the game entered extra time, France helped France take a 3-1 lead with a free kick from Theresso in six minutes and a volley from Giresser, which was almost a death sentence for the German team, but the German team exploded into a strong fighting force when they were in a desperate situation, and substitute Rummenigge pulled a goal back at the 1002nd minute.

In the 108th minute, Fisher's goalmouth hook hit the football into the dead corner and equalized!

In the end, the German team defeated the French team in the penalty shoot-out with excellent psychological quality.

This match became the best proof that the German tank has an iron will, after all, the example of being able to recover and win after conceding two goals in extra time is unprecedented in the history of the World Cup......

When people later talk about the German team, they will have the impression of the Germans being stubborn, precisely because of this classic Franco-German battle.

The third World Cup meeting between the two sides was in the semi-finals of the 1986 World Cup, where Germany comfortably beat France 2-0 to reach the final. However, they lost to the Argentine team with the "king of the ball" Maradona in the final and missed the championship.

The World Cup clash between Germany and France is an easy classic, but this one at this World Cup is different.

Fans and media alike had high hopes for a match-up match that rivalled the 1982 World Cup.

This is especially true for many Chinese football fans, who already have many fans of German football and French football in China.

And before the Chinese team played this game, at 10 a.m., four hours in the morning, there was such a strong dialogue, and the time was better.

Everyone is expecting a good game.

But the actual results were disappointing.

Lyon conceded a dull game.

In the twelfth minute, Germany won a free-kick when Kroos hoisted the ball into the French box on the left side, and Borussia Dortmund centre-back Hummels squeezed past Varane to give Germany a one-goal lead.

The two of them had just played each other in the Champions League final and now met again in the national team.

With just one goal, Germany won 1-0 against France.

scored a goal in 90 minutes, and the scene was not exciting enough, which made those Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game very depressed, and many people said on the Internet that he fell asleep watching it......

Some fans ridiculed the dullness of the game: "The German team and the French team must know that the next game is the focus of our attention, in order to ensure that our Chinese fans have enough sleep time, so they teamed up to present this hypnotic game and successfully made us fall asleep." I believe that after these 90 minutes of sleep supplementation, Chinese fans will be able to cheer for the Chinese team energetically when they watch the match between the Chinese team and Colombia later!"

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In the match between France and Germany, the Chinese players only watched the first half in the hotel, and they saw Hummels' goal.

For Zhou Yi, Yan Min and Yang Muge, they are more familiar with the German team, and if they have to pick one of the French team and the German team as opponents, they hope to be the German team.

Teammates who used to be in the club will have to go their separate ways in the World Cup.

But not long after the start of the second half, the players of the Chinese team, at the urging of the coach, boarded the bus and went to the venue of the game, Castellon Stadium.

Along the way, you can see Chinese fans waving five-star red flags cheering for them.

The fans waved at the Chinese bus, and the Chinese players on the bus waved to thank them.

After arriving at the locker room at Castram Stadium, the equipment manager, who had arrived early, had already placed the players' jerseys and boots in their respective places. When the players didn't arrive, the photographer had already come in and filmed the locker room, and there would be a shot of each player's jersey, but the camera stayed the longest above Zhou Yi's ball.

By the time the players arrived in the dressing room, the match between France and Germany was almost over, and Germany still had a one-goal lead over France.

The Chinese players are still concerned about the outcome of this match in the dressing room, after all, if they beat Colombia, then the result of this game is related to who they are against in the quarter-finals.

In the end, Germany defeated France with Hummels' goal and became the first team to reach the last four.

Zhou Yi picked up his phone and posted a message on Twitter and Facebook: "Congratulations to the German team on reaching the semi-finals!" and then he @circled his teammates in Dortmund.

After putting down his phone, he began to change his clothes and change into training clothes.

When the players began to change their clothes, Li Teh came in and found Rong Hao and Yang Hao, who were changing clothes, and said to them: "You both have yellow cards on you, and you will be suspended for another game, if you have to play for a while, you have to be careful in the game......

Lippi has not yet announced the starting list of the Chinese team for this game, not only the outside world does not know, but even the players themselves do not know who will start in the game.

Rong Hao and Yang Hao nodded: "Don't worry." ”

"But if there is any emergency, even if you have to get a yellow card, you still have to do the action, don't hesitate, you are all defensive players, and the pressure will definitely not be less." ”

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Forty-five minutes before the start of the game, the Chinese team appeared on the pitch and began to warm up. At this time, there were already many fans from both sides in the stands of Caststrong Stadium.

Colombia wore their traditional yellow shirt and white shorts for this game, so the Colombian fans in this game were also dressed in yellow jerseys, looking at the yellow crowd in the sky, that is, Colombian fans, who occupied most of the stands. Of course, there should be some Brazilian fans in yellow jerseys......

Since Brazil were eliminated from the tournament, Brazilian fans have lost a lot of enthusiasm for the World Cup.

But this game, judging by the attendance in the stands, was not bad.

Maybe there are some Brazilian fans who want to see China eliminated......

The Chinese team still wore red jerseys for this game, and Chinese fans also used red clothes as their main color.

The color of the South Korean team's home jersey is also red, so it's no wonder that two Korean fans were beaten by Brazilian fans while walking on the road some time ago...... The Brazilians must have called the red South Korean jersey the red Chinese jersey, although the red color of the two teams is actually completely different, but in the eyes of Brazilians who are not familiar with South Korean and Chinese football, I am afraid that they are the same......

In the stands, the yellow and red are very eye-catching, and they are distinct.