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Casillas obviously didn't care much about this. Obviously he was still in the locker room at this time, otherwise he wouldn't have lowered his voice so deliberately: "Juan, did you watch the game?"

"See." Juan paused, "I'm sorry."

"There is nothing to regret. Anyway, we have worked hard, but it's just a pity..." Casillas coughed lightly, "I just want to say that Raul doesn't seem to be in a very high mood now, today is his birthday Hey, I guess he doesn't even have the idea of ​​going to a party with the rest of us right now."

"That's not true." Juan was very realistic, "As long as it is something he promised, he will definitely do it, right?"

"...To be honest, I would rather he not be so considerate." Casillas murmured in a low voice, which was approved by Juan.No matter what time Raul is trying very hard to demand himself with a very strict attitude, this is even his own life habit, so no matter who they are, they all hope that he will not be so hard on himself.

However, this seems to be very difficult for him.

"What are you talking about?" A voice suddenly appeared on the other end of the phone. Casillas was obviously taken aback, and Juan subconsciously pinched his eyebrows.

——Look, talking about your teammates in the locker room is not good. It is very easy to be caught by your own teammates.

Listening to the voices of Raul and Casillas on the other end of the phone, Juan coughed lightly: "I want to say... what are you two doing?"

There was a smile in Raul's voice: "It's not what they are doing, but everyone is not in a good mood. I guess there may be a fight later."

Juan persuaded him very kindly: "Calm down, although today may be Aragones' last national team, it's not good to beat the old man."

Raul was silent for a while before answering: "What kind of person am I in your heart?"

Juan replied with a smile: "No, it's just a pity that I can't celebrate your birthday face to face today, you guys have fun.

"Naturally." Raul replied calmly, then he paused and raised his voice, "It's just a loss, the European Cup in two years' time, and the World Cup in four years' time, we still have chances. "

Juan knew that his words were not only addressed to him at this moment, but also to the players in the locker room in front of him, so he coughed lightly: "Don't call me anymore How about motivating your teammates from time to time?"

"I'm the captain." Raul replied softly, and then returned the phone to Casillas. When Juan heard his voice, just the sporadic fragments of sound, Juan knew that it was nothing more than various incentives This is what Raul has been used to for so many years-silence after victory, but he will stand up and carry the whole team after failure. This is the captain.

Casillas hurriedly said in a low voice: "That's it, we'll talk about it later." Then he hung up the phone, but Juan didn't say anything, just put down the phone with a sigh.

Tonight, the Spaniards wept alone and licked each other's wounds.

Two days later, Brazil and France will compete together for the penultimate quarter-finals.

The enmity between these two teams cannot be explained in one or two sentences, especially in the 1998 World Cup final in France, Brazil had no chance, and Ronaldo was sleepwalking.

——You know, that time was the year when Ronaldo established himself as an "alien" different from all players on the earth, and it was magical that he would have such a performance.

Rumors abounded after that game, and many people firmly believed that Ronaldo was assassinated at that time, and even many newspapers swore that "the French president must have drugged the aliens!"

This is almost a mystery in the history of the World Cup. This game caused Brazil to complete its five-star hegemony until four years ago, which also makes many people still worry about it.

Now it is the match between Brazil and France. Compared with eight years ago, Brazil seems to be more high-profile today. They are the favorites to win the championship. Both said: "This World Cup is divided into two parts, the championship game and the No.2 game. In the former category, there is only one team from Brazil, and the rest of the teams are in the latter."

In this regard, Juan gave a very accurate evaluation in private: "poisonous milk."

Similarly, the Brazilian team is not only high-profile overall, but also outstanding individuals. For example, before the game, Ronaldo accepted a column interview with "World Sports Daily", which is almost impossible for other teams. .

And Ronaldo also seems to be very ambitious. On the question of what happened before the final eight years ago, his answer was very forceful: "I don't think it makes sense to go back to that night eight years ago. I went to the game like my teammates that day, France played much better than Brazil, they won the World Cup fairly, we have nothing to say, everything is about tonight's game, we will win in the end."

Brazilian star Romario said in an interview: "The current France is just the back of the team eight years ago. Compared with France, Brazil has a lot of opportunities to succeed, it's just a matter of time."

And France was also not to be outdone. Cantona was the first to stand up and express his support for France. The former King of Manchester United said: "France has never been a team that can be underestimated. We There is always someone leading the way, it was me and now it is Zidane."

France and Brazil are almost quarreling. In contrast, Portugal and England, who competed for the last place in the quarter-finals on the same day as France and Brazil, are very calm and low-key. They rarely even have an interview. Both sides are also very polite. There was no sign of anger.

But if you really want to say, the two sides are not without festivals - after all, the whole of Europe is such a big place, and the strong teams can count on their fingers. Who hasn't played back and forth with others?

In the European Cup in Portugal in 04, England had a duel with Portugal. In that game, Juan did not play, and sat and watched England fall in front of the penalty shootout.

Therefore, when facing England, Scolari still had time to joke: "I said, why don't we still use penalty kicks this time? With the goal of a draw, we will go directly to the penalty shootout. I even think about the order gone."

Everyone in the Portuguese team: "..."