With England, the favourite, eliminated, the World Cup has gradually entered its climax.

During the off-season, the spending power of tourists continues to surge.

Football-related bookings increased by 80 percent.

Sporting goods orders rose 129%.

Sex toys rose 3,296%.

The training base of the four teams in the semi-finals has become a "scenic spot", and countless tourists have poured into the station to visit the open training, which has also ushered in the spring of the local service industry.

Suburbs of St. Petersburg, Croatian station.

Luka Modric sits in front of his computer and watches the footage of the match in Spain.

A few pages of scratch paper on the table, covered in dense lines.

This is a habit he developed when he was a teenager at Dinamo Zagreb, and he was mistaken by other teammates for a math problem.

Model.

Model deconstruction of the established midfield.

From the small league, he has gone through the baptism of different styles in different regions and has become a master of his own.

Why does the national team version of Modric look stronger?

On the one hand, there is the will to fight.

On the other hand, the overall allocation of resources in the game is different, and the tactical weight is different.

Rakitic is different, he was very powerful and talented during his time at Schalke 04 and Sevilla, and after he went to Barcelona, he became a sapper who wiped his ass

"Luka, it's time to eat, there's nothing to study in the footage of the Spanish game, their problems are obvious."

'No, Lee will probably cover up those problems in the next game, and a lot of times he's the real manager on the pitch, like Pep Guardiola, Beckenbauer when he was younger.

Before the World Cup, few would have believed that Croatia, a small Eastern European country with a population of just 4 million, would make it to the semi-finals.

Krasnodar base.

Bosque gave all the players a day off to reunite with their wives.

The Spanish wives troupe is still very low-key, and will not beat, drink, sing obscene songs, and compare like the English wives troupe.

Of course, it may also have something to do with age.

The girlfriends of Ramos, Pique, Cesc Fabregas and others are all in their forties.

Even David De Gea's girlfriend is thirty-two years old.

Ripe.

The Matador Legion loves to fall in love with mature girls.

As if contagious, the whole team since 1999, every generation of players will like girls who are many years older than themselves.

The female junior holds the gold brick.

Some players have already held several gold bricks, especially Cesc Fabregas, who can hold four gold bricks.

in the conference room.

Mignano hesitated: "Boss, Li is left alone at the base."

Bosque scratched his belly: "It's a real headache. ”

The old coach silently made up his mind in his heart: the first thing he would do in retirement after this World Cup was to introduce the girls of Castile to Li Kang.

Li Kang was not bored, sitting in front of the computer and watching the video of the Croatian game.

The desktop is also littered with scratch paper.

He even forgot the passage of time and had to set the alarm clock for dinner.

Unlike other opponents, Croatia is a national team that plays more like a "club".

The world's top midfield pairing: Barcelona Rakitic, Real Madrid Modric, Kovacic, Inter Brozovic.

There's also an alternative tactical fulcrum up front: Mandzukic.

As for Perisic? Now more than Lukaku Morata.

With Germany and England eliminated.

Kroos's "Teach You to Be a Ceremonial Midfielder" and Harry Maguire's "World-Class Centre-Backs Teach You to Defence" have also been renewed.

Living up to the expectations of the fans, both gave predictions for the World Cup semi-finals.

in the video.

Kroos had returned to the training ground in Madrid, with the sky and the clouds clear, and the assistant had moved a tactical board to the turf.

The Real Madrid midfielder took the pen and wrote out the squad prediction.

'Croatia has exceeded our expectations, but they have a lot of problems.

"The forward line cares too much about the width of the attack, Mandzukic and Perisic's attacking ideas are not unified enough, and the contradiction between the fulcrum and the running position."

'Brozovic will be out of touch with Rakitic and Modric most of the time.

'The chemistry between the two full-backs and the midfielder is too low.

"It's very inefficient for them to push forward when they're pressed by their opponents."

"But now Spain, who tend to defend in the low post, will make Croatia all the problems above. becomes irrelevant. ”

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"I think it's going to be a battle that will last until overtime."

"The longer it drags on, the more likely Croatia will qualify."

Video column on the other side.

Maguire gives a different opinion.

"Croatia went through two extra time games and the squad dominated by older players has long been exhausted."

"No matter how tenacious and tenacious your will is, you can't make up for the lack of physical fitness."

"I'm not talking about the fitness of a game, but the fitness of a cup."

"Lee has the ability to settle the fight in ninety minutes."

"A nine-and-a-half kick? I'm the perfect centre-back for a no.1 half at the back."

He chatted and demonstrated the defense to the crowd.

If you don't pay attention for a while, you will be shaken down by your partner

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And so the days went by.

In the blink of an eye, the first match of the World Cup semifinals began.

France vs Brazil.

At the Luzhniki Stadium, 80,000 spectators were enthusiastic.

"The moonlight flowed like water over the top of Moscow State University and poured over the ancient and glorious Luzhniki."

"The statue of Lenin stands as if it tells the history of the completion of the stadium."

"Tonight, we're here to witness a great showdown!"

"Gallic Rooster against five-star samba."

"Destined to be a night of stars!"

The narrator's tone was full of anticipation.

Pity.

The game was one-sided.

Deschamps did not let the French little blackballs squat in this game to counterattack, but deployed around the two world-class midfielders of "Pogba + Kante" and hit the Brazilian team fiercely.

12th minute.

N'Golo Kante made a tackle at the back and passed to Pogba.

Pogba turns and accelerates with the ball.

When he was tackled by Paulinho.

With long dark legs and a strong physique, he made an extremely agile action to get rid of.

Syllable.

After breaking through the defence, Pogba sent a long through ball near the centre circle.

Mbappe nitrogen accelerates!

French supercar, wreaking havoc on Moscow.

The super connection of the three little black eggs amazed the world.

Pass with two feet and threaten the samba gate!

"Unbelievable speed!"

"Mbappe broke through the bag of Miranda and Fernandinho!"

"Volley the far corner!"

"The ball is in!"

Deschamps applauded lightly.

Brazil coach Tite, with a bewildered look: Just like that, he was scored by the opposite side?

Many national team coaches are not the kind of world-class coaches, and they have not played a resounding name in their careers.

For example, Tite.

He spent his club coaching career in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.

Deschamps is different.

As a player, he was an all-round midfielder at the European T0 level.

As a coach, he led Monaco to the Champions League final, and that year it faced Jose Mourinho's Porto.

Ultimately.

Mbappe has once again amazed the world.

Neymar shed tears in Luzhniki.

France 3:0 Brazil.

Advance to the World Cup final.

The cheering French fans in the stands were like a sea of black churning wildly.

After the game, mix the interview area.

Pogba was surrounded by reporters.

'It's the World Cup and I don't want to talk about the club.'

"I don't care about the doubts of the outside world, I speak with strength on the pitch, you have already felt my performance in the World Cup!"

"The opponent in the final? Of course, it's best that I don't care who the opponent is in the final at all! ”

"Don't waste your time on me, pay more attention to my teammates, my teammates are doing great!"

That being said.

Pogba was still a little unhappy that Mbappe had stolen the limelight, and he couldn't wait to go back to the hotel and turn on the game console: Violent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

For the World Cup.

Bear with it!

At the national team level, it is his best chance to defeat Li Kang head-on!

(End of chapter)