Champion’s Heart

After a day's rest, the World Cup resumes.

The first game of the quarter-finals is a contest between France and Germany, the old rivals in Europe.

Two European giants met in the quarter-finals, which made many European football people regretful, because these two teams performed very well in this World Cup. Of course, I hope the two teams can separate. If It would be great if we could play against China and Colombia respectively.

It shouldn't be difficult for the Netherlands to defeat Costa Rica over there.

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

Of course, such a beautiful idea is difficult to realize. One of the two teams, France and Germany, must go home.

The two teams have met a total of 25 times in history. The French team has the upper hand with 11 wins, six draws and eight losses. This is different from the feeling that the German team is stronger now.

However, in the World Cup, the results of both sides were different.

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

The French team only won 6:3 in their first meeting in 1958. In 1982, after the two sides drew in the semifinals, Germany eliminated the French team in a penalty shootout. This game is one of the classic battles in the history of the World Cup. It can even be said to be the most classic comeback victory in the history of the World Cup. The German team broke the deadlock with Litbarski's long shot in the 17th minute of the game and took the lead. However, the French team, composed of Platini, Giresse and Tigana, took control of the situation after falling behind. They launched a siege on the German team and created a goal just nine minutes after the German team scored. A penalty kick was taken, and then Platini scored to equalize the score.

Then the two sides fought fiercely. French team player Batistone and German goalkeeper Schumacher collided. Schumacher rushed out of the penalty area and knocked Batistone unconscious with his knee, but he was not punished.

After the game entered overtime, the French team relied on Treso's free kick and Giresse's volley within six minutes to help the French team take a 3:1 lead. This score can basically declare the German team. It was a death sentence, but the German team burst out with strong combat effectiveness when they were in a desperate situation. Rummenigge, who came on as a substitute, pulled a goal back in the 102th minute.

In the 108th minute, Fisher's hook in front of the goal drove the football into the blind corner and equalized the score!

In the end, the German team relied on their excellent psychological quality in the penalty shootout.

Defeated the French team.

This game has become the best evidence that Deutsche Chariot has an iron will. After all, it is an example of being able to recover after conceding two goals in overtime and then win. It is unprecedented in the history of the World Cup and has never been seen since. Here comes someone...

When people later talk about the German team, they will have the impression that the Germans are tenacious, precisely because of this classic France-Germany battle.

The third World Cup meeting between the two sides was in the semi-finals of the 1986 World Cup. The German team easily defeated France 2:0 and reached the final. However, they lost to the Argentina team with ball king Maradona in the final and missed the championship.

The World Cup clash between Germany and France is easily a classic, but this game in this World Cup is different.

Before the game, fans and the media had high hopes for this powerful dialogue, hoping to see a classic matchup comparable to the 1982 World Cup.

This is especially true for many Chinese fans. There are already many fans of German football and French football in China.

Moreover, this game was preceded by the Chinese team's game, at ten o'clock in the morning, four hours, and it was easier to have such a strong dialogue.

Everyone is looking forward to a wonderful game.

But the actual results were disappointing.

Lyon lost a goal and had a dull game.

In the 12th minute, the German team got a free kick. Kroos hoisted the football into the French team's penalty area from the left. Hummels, the central defender who plays for Dortmund, squeezed away Varane who was defending him and scored with a header. Helped the German team gain a one-goal lead.

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

With just one goal, the German team finally defeated France 1:0.

One goal was scored in ninety minutes, and the scene was not exciting enough. This made the Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game very depressed. Many people said on the Internet that he fell asleep watching...

Some fans ridiculed the dullness of this 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 we Chinese fans have enough sleep time, they teamed up to present this hypnotic game. , successfully made us fall asleep. I believe that after these 90 minutes of sleep replenishment, the Chinese fans will be able to cheer for the Chinese team in high spirits when they watch the match between the Chinese team and Colombia!

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

For Zhou Yi, Yan Min and Yang Muge, they are more familiar with the German team. If they must choose between the French team and the German team, they hope it will be the German team.

Teammates who were once in the club will have to go their separate ways in the World Cup.

But not long after the second half started, the players of the Chinese team boarded the bus at the urging of their coach and went to the Castellan Stadium, the competition venue.

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

These fans waved to the Chinese team bus, and the Chinese team players on the bus also waved to thank them.

After arriving at the locker room of the Castellan Stadium, the equipment manager who arrived earlier had already placed the players' jerseys and sneakers in their respective positions. Before the players arrived, the photographer had already come in and took pictures of the locker room. There would be a lens on each player's jersey, but the lens stayed on Zhou Yi's ball the longest.

When the players arrived in the locker room, the match between France and Germany was coming to an end, and the German team still led the French team by one goal.

The players of the Chinese team are still concerned about the result of this game in the locker room. After all, if they defeat Colombia, the result of this game will be related to who their opponent is in the quarter-finals.

In the end, the German team defeated France with Hummels' goal and became the first team to enter the semi-finals.

Zhou Yi picked up his phone and posted a message on Twitter and Facebook: Congratulations to the German team for entering the semi-finals! Then he @called his teammates in Dortmund.

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

When the players started to change clothes, Li Te came in and found Rong Hao and Yang Hao who were changing clothes, and said to them: You two have yellow cards, and you will be suspended if you play another game. You will be on the field soon, so be careful during the game...

Lippi has not yet announced the Chinese team's starting lineup for this game. Not only does the outside world 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.

Li Te added: But if there is an emergency, even if you get a yellow card, you still have to do what you need to do. Don't hesitate. You are all defensive players and you will definitely face a lot of pressure.

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

Colombia wore their traditional yellow tops and white shorts in this game. Therefore, Colombian fans also dressed mainly in yellow jerseys in this game. Look around and see the yellow crowds in the sky. That is Colombia. Fans, they occupy most of the stands. Of course, there should be some Brazilian fans wearing yellow jerseys...

Brazilian fans have become less enthusiastic about the World Cup since their team was eliminated.

But judging from the attendance in the stands, this game was pretty good.

Maybe some Brazilian fans hope to see the Chinese team eliminated...

The Chinese team still wears red jerseys in this game, and Chinese fans also use red clothes as their main color.

The color of the 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 Korean jersey the red Chinese jersey. , although the red colors of the two teams are actually completely different, in the eyes of Brazilians who are not familiar with Korean and Chinese football, they are probably the same...

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