Champion’s Heart

Just when the Chinese team arrived at the Baishada Arena, the Chinese team's starting lineup finally appeared on the official World Cup website. Anyone can check the Chinese team's starting lineup.

Zhouyi's name is on the list!

Zhou Yi is starting!

He is back!

The core is back in place!

Zhou Yi is confirmed to start against Spain!

Great news! Zhou Yi can participate in the game against Spain!

After missing two group matches, Zhou Yi finally caught up with the last one!

It is better to come early than to come in time, and it is better to be late than never. Zhou Yi is here!

Sorry to keep everyone waiting! The hero of Zhou Yi is back!

When the motherland needed him most, he finally came back!

Holy shit, I'm going to cry! Zhouyi finally caught up! The efforts of Panpan and other players were finally not in vain! They tried their best to keep the team's hope of qualifying, and now they finally waited for the most important person !”

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For a time, Zhou Yi became the most mentioned name on the Chinese Internet.

Everyone was enthusiastically discussing the significance of Zhou Yi's starting lineup to this game.

The question How to evaluate Zhou Yi's starting performance against Spain? was just posted on a large domestic knowledge sharing community, and there were more than 200 responses.

The answer with the most likes so far is: How else can I evaluate it? Of course, don't be a coward! Just do it! God will kill God if he blocks it, and Buddha will kill Buddha if he blocks it! Even if he is the defending champion, as long as he blocks our way, he will still kill him. Look! China’s World Cup is really starting now!”

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When the Chinese Internet was so excited about Zhou Yi's start that many people shed tears, Zhou Yi was tying his sneakers in the locker room. He didn't know what was going on in the outside world.

This is a pair of custom-made sneakers specially made by his sponsor Puma for his World Cup trip. Each pair of sneakers is printed with the two sides and the match time of the match.

And the place to play.

The left and right feet of each pair of sneakers are of different colors, and the color and design are based on the colors and patterns of the national flags of the two teams as the main colors.

So it can be said that every pair of sneakers is unique.

But unfortunately, he did not have the opportunity to wear the shoes in the first two games.

Today he wore customized sneakers for the match between China and Spain. The left foot is mainly red with a large area of ​​red and is embellished with gold, which represents China's five-star red flag and has an artistic five-star pattern on it. The right foot is matched with red, white and yellow, which are the colors of the Spanish flag and national emblem.

Puma's design of non-uniform colors in a pair of sneakers is not new, they have done it before.

But with this sneaker on Zhou Yi's feet, they have used this style to the fullest. The fancy sneakers will be very eye-catching on the court. They are exactly the same as Adidas and Nike, but the design of the shoes is completely different except for changing the color.

Compared with Adidas and Nike, Puma's market share is not high, but it still has a group of die-hard fans, which has a lot to do with their outstanding and innovative design style.

Zhou Yi tied the shoelaces carefully, then turned the tongue over to cover the knotted place of the shoelaces.

After doing all this, he got up and walked out of the locker room, followed his teammates to the court, and prepared to warm up.

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In the stands of the Baishada Arena, although there is still an hour before the start of the game, there are already many fans from both sides in the stands of the stadium. Fans are entering one after another. Every fan who enters the stadium, the first thing The thing is not to look for a seat, but to pick up the mobile phone and camera in your hand to take pictures of the players on both sides who are warming up in the stadium.

Zhou Yi, who was warming up, was almost the focus of everyone's lenses.

Whether it is Chinese fans or Spanish fans, whether it is Chinese reporters or Chinese reporters.

Everyone wants to see how Zhou Yi is doing.

In the past few days, although the media was saying that Zhou Yi's joint training with the team was effective, no one had actually seen it with their own eyes. Their so-called joint training effect was all said by the players and coaches of the Chinese team. Just like what the Spanish media said, it cannot be ruled out that the entire Chinese team may collectively deceive others.

Zhou Yi and Yang Muge were passing the ball to each other to warm up. They passed the football back and forth, but they were all passing the ball without stopping.

During the passing process, the distance between the two people is also constantly changing, from far to near, and from near to far. No matter how they run, they must pass the football directly without stopping the ball at their feet to ensure the accuracy of the passing. Spend.

It can be seen from this warm-up that Zhou Yi's passes are very stable. They are all very ordinary push passes. There are no difficult moves. He does not show off his skills and uses the most common moves, but football is all about them. It was delivered to the destination very accurately.

Especially when two people are very close to each other, both pass the ball very quickly, but with high accuracy.

It can be seen from this action that Zhou Yi's foot feeling has at least recovered.

Next, Zhou Yi tried a few shots, but the hit rate was not high. He tried four shots outside the penalty area. Only one shot broke through Sun Pan's fingers. One of the other three shots was directly hugged by Sun Pan. Stop, the other two feet missed.

However, Zhou Yi didn't care about the accuracy of his shooting. He and his teammates were talking and laughing to warm up, and he seemed very relaxed.

Before such an important life and death battle, you can see a smile on Zhou Yi's face, which shows that Zhou Yi is calm and has a good mentality.

This is a good thing for Chinese fans.

CCTV's on-site reporter also mentioned this to cheer up the fans in front of the TV.

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Players from both sides ended their warm-up and returned to their locker rooms one after another.

There's only half an hour left before the game starts.

When they come out again, the game will officially begin.

Lippi looked around at the players sitting in the locker room. They were ready for everything.

He raised his wrist to look at his watch.

In thirteen minutes, we will face a life-and-death battle. This is not the World Cup final, but I hope you will play it as a final. As for why, I think you all know it. Before the World Cup starts, we We have experienced many accidents and setbacks. At that time, many people were not optimistic about us and thought that we would go home after the group stage. But now we still have the hope of qualifying from the group. I want to thank all of you for making this final. A game is still meaningful. I believe Zhou Yi must agree with what I said, right?

Lippi winked at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi quickly stood up and bowed to everyone and said: Yes, I really want to thank you. I have never given up the idea of ​​participating in the World Cup from the beginning. I have always believed in everyone. Facts have once again proved that I was right. , Ha! I just have a good sense!

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room.

Lippi waited for everyone to laugh for a while, then raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. He continued: I think the final result will prove that our efforts in the first two games will not be in vain, and will prove that the persistence and dedication of all of us are worth it. It's worth it. Spain is the defending champion, but that only means they were strong before, not that they are strong now. Everyone has seen how their first two games played. I have confidence in you, you Be younger and more energetic than them, use your vitality to attack their old central axis, and victory will definitely belong to us!

Remember, you are very strong, far stronger than others think!

Also in the locker room, Del Bosque was encouraging the team: ...We have experienced a failed World Cup. As the defending champion, we have to face the embarrassing result of having gone home after playing two group matches. But The World Cup is not over yet, we have the last game left. This game is our only chance to atone for our previous poor performance. I think it goes without saying that you yourself also hope to end this World Cup with a victory, right?

Del Bosque looked at his players and continued: After we were eliminated early, there were many voices from the outside world. Many people thought that Spanish football was finished. The Spanish national team was just a show. It was not four years ago. We are the team that won the World Cup before, and there are many voices of contempt. So today is an opportunity to prove to those who despise us all over the world that the glory of Spanish football cannot be trampled on by just anyone!

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When players from both sides meet in the tunnel, they occasionally look at each other and then quickly look away, but despite this, the sparks and smoke of the clash between the two sides still remain in the air.

One is for honor, the other is for survival.

This heavyweight battle is about to begin!

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