Godfather of national football

Chapter 185 Fighting France ([-])

This Diarra is not Las Diarra (L Diarra) of Real Madrid, nor Mohamed Diarra (M Diarra), but Aarau Diarra who played for Porto, referred to as A Diarra.

A Diarra is 1 meters tall, but looks very easy-going. Facing the cool and indifferent Chinese captain Zhou Dun, Diarra smiled and showed her white teeth.

After entering the field, the national anthem was played. After the national anthem was played, the captains of the two teams took sides. Zhou Dun and Di Yala faced each other and guessed coins under the guidance of the referee.

"head,"

Zhou Dun picked heads, and the referee tossed the coin into the air. The final result was that the Chinese team kicked off first in the first half.

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China's official commentators for this game are Duan Xuan and Xu Yang, who are also golden partners in the commentary circle.

"Xu Yang, what do you think of this game? How much does the internal strife in the French team affect this team?"

Xu Yang chuckled, "It's not that I am gloating. Of course, as a Chinese fan, I hope that our opponents will have problems. I hope that the Chinese team will win. I don't know about the internal affairs of the French team, and I don't want to talk about them, but one thing is clear. The French team is the champion of the World Cup, the European Cup, and the Confederations Cup."

"Xu Yang, I understand what you mean. You want to remind the Chinese team to pay attention to their opponents. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although several main players have been kicked out of the national team, the strength of the French team is still there."

"Yes, that's what I mean, but I think Director Li should have thought of this too. Judging from the starting list, Director Li did not send Feng Xiaoting, but chose Sun Jihai and Zheng Zhi. It can be seen that the Chinese team is still very cautious, and the veterans are in the lineup."

Duan Xuan agreed, "Actually, in theory, as long as the Chinese team draws in this game, they can still hope to advance to the top 16."

"It's not theoretical, it's very possible, because the possibility of Côte d'Ivoire defeating Argentina in another game is not very high."

Duan Xuan continued: "On the other hand, our opponents, as long as they beat us, can also advance,"

"So this is really a five-five game. Group D is a veritable group of death. All four teams may go home after tonight," Xu Yang said.

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Before the kick-off of the game, the live broadcaster has been scanning the scene for interesting scenes. First of all, celebrities cannot escape.

Here comes Platini,

Zidane is here.
Here comes the rebellious Cantona,

Didier Deschamps and Blanco also came,
Before the game, it was said that Jacques would also come, but it turned out to be false news. France is a football powerhouse. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, these former French football leaders do not want the French team to end their trip to South Africa in such a shame.

After celebrities, the protagonists in the camera are the fans. The camera found French fans. French fans are easy to find. They will paint their faces in red, white and blue. Some wild fans even dye their hair like the French tricolor flag.

The French fans held a sign with some words of encouragement on it - the glory of France, there are too many brilliance in the football history of this country, so there is no need to say too much at this moment, everything is in the air.

The camp of Chinese fans is smaller than expected. It is indeed too inconvenient to come to South Africa from China and need to transit in Europe, so it is reasonable that there are fewer Chinese fans, but such a small number of Chinese fans still creates a good atmosphere.

Since they are Chinese fans, the theme is of course China Red. A small group of Chinese fans wearing red jerseys formed a phalanx and waved the national flag, which was very eye-catching in the camera. It is the most beautiful touch of red in South Africa in winter.

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The starting lineup of the French team for this game is:

Goalkeeper - Lloris

Defense - Sagna, Gallas, Abidal, Clichy
Midfielders - Diarra, Toulalang
Avant-garde line - Malouda, Gourcuff, Ribery
Solo striker - Cisse

The starting lineup of the Chinese team is:
Goalkeeper - Wang Dalei
Defense line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong
Midfielders - Fang Suo, Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai
Single striker - Shen Rui, Ji Ke, Chen Gelin
For the Chinese team, Ji Ke, who scored two goals for the Chinese team, finally started this game. Before the game, many fans were petitioning on Weibo, hoping that Ji Ke would start, and Li Guo did let Ji Ke start this game.

After the opening, it was unexpected that the first threatening attack of this game was completed by the Chinese team. I remember that in the first two games, the opponent completed the first shot.

When Shen Rui made a strong attack on the side, Clichy, who was on the stage for the first time, was still a little numb, and his position was not accurate, so Shen Rui rushed past him.

But Shen Rui didn't have a good grasp of it. Immediately after the breakthrough, he kicked a cross. Ji Ke in the middle made a header from a little inside the penalty area, and the ball flew directly.

Although the only function of this ball is to collect statistics and add a sum to the statistics of the number of shots taken by the Chinese team, there was still applause from the bench of the Chinese team. Only the Chinese team understood the meaning of this ball.

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At the opening 5 minutes, the statistical data came out. The Chinese team’s ball possession rate was 55%. This is the first time in this World Cup. Maybe the 5-minute statistics are meaningless. The 15-minute statistics of the football match are of reference value, but again, this is the first time that the Chinese team has the ball to lead.

Football is a sport of hard bridges and hard horses, and there is no room for fraud. After the game started, the Chinese team clearly felt that the French team was really not strong.

Li Guo remembers that in his previous life, the French team was defeated by South Africa in the third group match after internal strife, which shows the huge impact of disunity on a team.

"Li Guo, it seems that that incident has had a great impact on the French team." Chen An walked to Li Guo and said.

"Yes, it feels like they're absent-minded and don't know what's going on in their heads,"

"By the way, in the game over there, Argentina has already scored, and Messi scored,"

"So fast?"

It seems that Argentina is in the massacre mode, and Côte d'Ivoire is called the French second team by the outside world. It seems that France and South Africa are against each other. Neither the first team nor the second team has taken advantage of it.

Argentina took the lead, so Li Guo felt more at ease. This game only needs to be 0-0.

Li Guo made a gesture of pressing down on the court, asking everyone to be steady. There used to be a curse on the Chinese team. If they were tied, they would qualify and they would not qualify. It seemed that the more favorable the situation, the less likely the Chinese team would play.

Under Li Guo's hands, this kind of situation can never happen. Li Guo stretched out three fingers, corresponding to three midfielders, or three midfielders.
Li Guo thought to himself: "Stop for me!"

(End of this chapter)