The knockout rounds of the European Championship finally started on June 23.

Each team had a break of around five days and didn't give too much time to relax.

The Belgian players began a day of training and watching football on this day, just like in the group stage, sitting in the dressing room every day to watch the round of 16 matches in other games.

First up was the match between Switzerland and Poland.

This game was still very exciting, and the two sides bombarded each other, creating a lot of absolute opportunities.

Poland relied on Kuba's goal to hold on to the lead in the first half, even into the 80th minute of the game.

At the critical moment, the savior of the Swiss team came.

"Shaqiri!!"

"Barb shot! Oh! World Wave! A shocking barb! It's outside the box and can be counted as a long shot!! ”

Hearing the excited voice of the commentator, all the Belgian players saw Shaqiri's world-famous long-range barb to draw with Poland.

But at this time, in the conference room, most of the players just applauded slightly, and they did not have the same state as before.

In the past few days, whether it is the news of the intensifying internal strife in the outside world or the tense atmosphere in the team, they are a little breathless.

Many people have lost the desire to communicate with others, especially when everyone is together.

And this wonderful game ended with Poland winning on penalties and securing the first place in the quarterfinals.

This was followed by Wales and Northern Ireland.

The game was a bit dull compared to the previous one, and it wasn't until the 70th minute of the game that the first goal was scored when Wales' cross resulted in an own goal from the Northern Ireland player.

It was the only goal of the game, and Northern Ireland sent Wales to the quarter-finals in the most painful way possible.

It will also be Belgium's opponents in the quarter-finals, and if they can knock out Hungary in their upcoming fixtures, the next opponent will be Wales.

Then, in the match on June 26th.

Portugal relied on a tenacious defense to play Croatia until the final minutes of extra time.

At the last moment, the veteran Ronaldo plugged in at high speed and led Portugal to carry out a counterattack, and after the shot was blocked, the follow-up Quaresma header shot into the net!

1 to 0!

Portugal lore Croatia!

Croatia is out of the game!

Santos's team eventually stumbled to the quarterfinals.

This team has shown a lot of resilience in every game, and there's a reason why they have absolute superstars in the team.

Perhaps, it can be used as a strengthened version of Sweden.

Immediately afterwards, the match between France and Ireland began.

It was a bit of a surprise when Ireland were awarded a penalty in the opening game and Brady then converted the penalty to give France the lead.

Until the 55th minute of the second half, Ireland maintained the lead.

It's true to look at superstars in adversity.

In the minutes from 57 to 61, the French king Griezmann, connected to the assists of Sagna and Giroud, scored a brace and lifted France to the quarterfinals!

Griezmann!

This is the soul of the French team in this tournament!

At this point, the four teams that have entered the quarterfinals have come out.

Poland, Wales, Portugal, France.

There are still no upsets, except that Wales seems to be more unpopular before the game.

Earlier on June 27, the Belgian squad travelled to Nice, France, to prepare for their last-16 tie.

Their opponent is the Hungarian team, which had a glorious period in their ancestors.

The foundation of this team is definitely stronger than Belgium, but there is definitely a big gap in the strength of today.

Rao is like this, and the whole Belgian team is still shrouded in a layer of gloom.

This is the point where the morale of the infighting is weakened, and there is no way to avoid it.

There will even be a resurgence of distrust of their team-mates, especially against Courtois.

Unless, Courtois doesn't play.

On the way, Chen Yufeng received a call from Mahrez again.

"I just watched the game in France, it's so thrilling, how the hell did you beat Ireland 6-0?" A voice came from the other end of the line.

"Is there something wrong? It's game day, and I want to be quiet for a while. Chen Yufeng looked a little tired.

"Of course, there is a very important thing." Mahrez's voice came.

"What?"

"There is a mysterious beauty, the media contacted us, and let us contact you, and want to ask you to have afternoon tea together." Mahrez's wicked laughter rang out.

"I'm not in the mood to make such a joke, I've seen the news from the outside world these days."

"It's true, guess who?" Mahrez laughed.

"Who? Watching Taylor from the Belgian game? Chen Yufeng seemed relatively calm, he could only guess like this.

"How do you know? Fack! Mahrez's tone was both shocked and regretful.

"Is it really her?"

This time it was Chen Yufeng's turn to be a little surprised, he just said it casually, listening to Mahrez's tone, it seemed that he really guessed.

This was incomprehensible to him.

Taylor Swift, a singer who knows him very well in both his previous life and this life, asked him for afternoon tea?

Chen Yufeng didn't mean anything else, but he felt that all this seemed to be a bit too coincidental.

Not very reasonable, very abrupt.

His current mentality is definitely different from before, and he won't have a special filter for these singers or anything, but he feels surprised.

'It's her, do you know how envious they were after I told Vardy and Kante the news? That's a Grammy diva, and now, I'm reaching out to you! Mahrez's voice was full of jealousy.

"It's a bit tight in the past two days, so let's forget it, I'm going to prepare for the game against Hungary."

Chen Yufeng was not in a very good mood, and not long after that, he hung up the phone and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Rather than having afternoon tea with this flowery beauty, he is more concerned about how to reverse the atmosphere in the team and go further.

He was also a little afraid that Mr. Wilmots would not have the courage to remove Courtois from the main position and bury more hidden dangers.

It's not like he's pretending to be or anything, it's just that he really didn't bother to put it on it.

…………

1:40 p.m., Nice Stadium, Belgian dressing room.

The players change their gear and prepare to warm up on the pitch.

At this time, head coach Wilmots walked in and posted a starting list for the game at the door of the dressing room.

Many players went up to take a look, and then looked at Mignolet and Courtois in shock for a moment.

There were too many such people, so in the end Courtois also noticed that something was wrong, and glanced at it when he went out to warm up.

It was this glance that made his anger come up at once, and he walked quickly towards the door, as if he had seen something terrible.

'Mignolet was the starter.

Someone shouted in the locker room, and all the players stopped what they were doing, hesitated for a moment, and then chased after the goal.

At this time, if Courtois and Wilmots, who are out of control, fight in the players' tunnel, it will be a shame for adults, and it will directly cause the biggest joke in the European Championship.

Everyone ran out as fast as they could, their sneakers creaking on the ground.

By the time the army reached a short distance from the gate, Courtois and Wilmots had already been seen facing each other.

"Why would you do this? Don't you want to win? Or do you think I'm going to play a fake match and betray the team?! ”

Courtois looked very angry and pushed Wilmots into a corner, "You make me sick! ”

"Courtois, I want you to recognize your status, as long as you are not the president of the Belgian Football Federation, let me stay where I should be!"

Wilmots, of course, did not hesitate, and stepped forward to put Courtois on his forehead, and the scene gradually became uncontrollable.

The Belgian players rushed to the scene and pulled the two apart.

Inevitably, this scene was filmed and recorded by countless reporters outside.

It seems that a bigger scandal is inevitable.

Not long after, at the pre-match press conference.

Wilmots sits here, being interviewed by journalists.

Sitting next to him was Chen Yufeng.

The two men, because of their strange positions, stood on the same side after talking that night.

Chen Yufeng has never been afraid of these, for him, he just wants to see a united team, a team that can continue to win and constantly strive for honor.

As for the rest?

Let's go to the side.

"We've just received news that Mr. Wilmots seems to have dropped Courtois and sent Mignolet out?"

A reporter showed an expression of disbelief, "Including the bombshell news you just got, the two of you seem to have some personal friction?" Is there a personal reason for this choice? ”

'I can't say there aren't personal reasons for me, but I'm just trying to get better for the team.'

Mr. Wilmotz replied that there were many inside stories that he could not actually say, and could only express himself as much as he could.

But often, this is not trusted by the media and outside fans.

In that case, are the rumours of news of the Belgian infighting true? Or even to the level of a manager? Someone continued to get up and asked.

'Obviously, I had some unpleasant things with the players, but the team as a whole didn't, and it didn't go up to the team.

In order to relieve the pressure on the players, Wilmots could only draw all the attention to himself.

This is the responsibility he must bear, and it is the only way for him to break the game.

Only by reducing the pressure on the team as much as possible, enhancing the team's combat effectiveness, and defeating more strong teams to go further, can his words convince others and win the convincing of the fans.

Otherwise, Courtois's ultimate public opinion, including the media's smearing, may directly lead to him never turning over.

"Chen, what do you think about this?" A reporter turned his head to look at Chen Yufeng.

"There was an unpleasant scene in the team and there was an attempt to sabotage the group."

Chen Yufeng had been waiting for an opportunity to express himself for a long time, and said: "But it is definitely not Mr. Wilmotz's reason, nor is it the incident he provoked. ”

'We'll show with our performances that no one is indispensable to this team.'

The meaning of his words was already obvious, Courtois was the rat who had spoiled the pot of soup.

This is a direct name for Courtois, who did not appear in this game.

Chen Yufeng will not take the initiative to stir up trouble, but when he finds that the team is in difficulty, he can also stand up and take some responsibility.

As soon as these words came out, the reporters in the audience were in an uproar, and Wilmots next to him also felt a little tearful.

He's never had that kind of support, especially against big names.

(End of chapter)