[Football Fans] Glory

Spain, which was assigned to Group D at the World Cup, will face Nigeria in their first match.

The match will take place on June 6 at the Stadium Municipal de Toulouse.

This stadium is located in Toulouse, France. It is the seventh largest stadium in France and the home stadium of the Toulouse Football Club of the French Football League. This stadium was built in 1937. It was originally built for the 1938 World Cup. Rebuilt in 1949 and 1997, it can accommodate 37000 people.

During the current World Cup, there will be 6 games here.

After the opening ceremony on June 6, the Spanish national team players took the train to Toulouse, the fourth largest city in southwestern France.

Toulouse is about 700 kilometers away from Paris and is the capital of Haute-Garonne in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwestern France.

Before getting off the train, the players looking out of the window saw the astonishingly huge rocket model.

"Wow, what is that?"

Raul, the youngest in the team, pushed Guti and asked, pointing there.

Guti, who was a little sleepy, swept over lazily. The train was turning, which just covered part of the shape, but after he yawned, he still answered the curious baby Raul's question naturally.

"It's a space city."

"Space City?"

As the train turned around, Raul, who saw the tall model again, looked over there curiously, "Is there a space city here? A science museum or a children's playground?"

Guti covered his forehead helplessly, "Honey, the city of Toulouse where our competition venue is located is the headquarters of Airbus. The space city here is not only a tourist area, but also a park, planetarium and exhibition hall. The model you saw is Aria The model of the Na 5 rocket is imitated of Kourou's rocket prototype and made according to the same size, so it can be seen from a long distance."

"Jose, you know a lot."

Raul's bright black eyes looked over with a look of admiration.

Looking back at him, Guti looked at his joyful eyes, and thought of the scene when he brought his children here for a long time ago, and the fact that Raul brought his whole family and the Morun family to travel, and the news that their two families traveled together He only found out about it by reading the newspaper, and his son asked Guti, 'Do you know them well? '

Suddenly, there was a feeling of sadness and embarrassment in my heart. Guti looked down at his fingertips, and smiled softly after a few seconds.

"It's just a simple tourist information, it's because you didn't read it seriously."

Other teammates came over curiously to discuss with Raul. Except for the season, these "uneducated" players basically go to the beach for vacation or to the United States. Even if they come to France, most of them go shopping with their families. Take a look at Fifth Avenue in Paris and pay little attention to other things.

If it was the old Guti, he probably would not have known or understood these things, but a person would know more after traveling through many places.

"I really want to go~~"

Raul propped his chin and said so.

Although he knew that he was talking to himself, but Guti didn't feel like talking at the moment, so he pretended not to hear it.

"I said I wanted to go."

But Raul, who had been pampered by him for three years, didn't seem to understand his expression, and knocked him with his hand.

Guti sighed, "We want to compete."

"And after the game? There are five days apart."

Raul raised his hand and said seriously.

Seeing his stupid face, Guti sighed helplessly, "All right, all right, go and have a look."

The interaction between the two of them caused a burst of laughter, and Guti turned his head, "Fernando, are your wife and the others here?"

"Come on, my son and the others are here too."

Hierro laughed.

Without waiting for Guti to say anything, Kiko smiled and turned his head, "Jose, my wife and children are also here."

Immediately afterwards, Enrique also said, "My wife and children are also here."

Guti looked at them, they looked back at Guti, Guti rolled his eyes.

Then, Alcorta, Guerrero, Canizares, etc. also took the initiative to say that their wives and children also came to watch the game.

Guti raised his middle finger angrily.

In the end, Hierro made a final decision, "Let's go together during our break the day after the game!"

Guti: ...I'm not a tour guide! ! !

"Friends in the audience, what we are seeing now is the 1998 World Cup group match in France. In the first match of Group D yesterday, June 6, Bulgaria and Paraguay drew 12-0. Now we see the second game in Group D, Nigeria vs Spain in Africa, and now we see players from both teams already on the pitch..."

The Nigeria team in green and white jerseys and the Spanish team in red jerseys with gold stripes are exchanging national flags and taking pictures on the field.

The sidelines began to broadcast the starting lineups of both sides:

Spain's starting 11-man roster:

No. 1 Anthony Zubizarreta

No. 2 Albert Ferrer

No. 4 Rafael Arcorta

No. 6 Fernando Hiero

No. 8 Julen Guerrero

No. 9 Juan Pizzi

No. 11 Alfonso Perez

Goody No. 14

No. 19 Kiko Navas

No. 20 Miguel Nadal

No. 21 Luis Enrique

Nigeria's starting 11-man roster:

No. 1 Peter Ruffy

No. 3 Celestine Babayaro

No. 4 Nwankovo-Kanu

No. 5 Uche-Okchukwu

No. 7 Infinity George

No. 6 Talibo-West

No. 8 Mutiu-Adepoiu

No. 9 Rashid Yekini

No. 10 Augustine Okocha

No. 11 Galba Laval

No. 19 Ben-Iroha

"I feel dizzy looking at them."

Guti, who knocked the soles of his shoes, joked with Kiko beside him.

Kiko quickly scanned the opponent around and then whispered, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that the opponent can hear you."

"I know."

Guti was really just joking, but Kiko was right, he can't make jokes at this time, and it is very likely that he will be misunderstood by the other party.

The African brothers really didn't recognize each other. They grinned with the same smiling face, only their white teeth could be seen.

Guti sighed and put his hands on Kiko, "I used to think that it was nonsense that people said that we Europeans are face-blind, but now I think it might be true. I really think they all look the same."

"Uh, cough, actually, I can't tell the difference."

Kiko smiled embarrassedly.

"Why are they still bald? If only they had a head like Valderrama's."

"why?"

Keiko asked strangely.

"Valderrama's Afro has a very high resolution!"

Pfft, Kiko couldn't help laughing.

The Valderrama they are talking about is the captain of the Colombian national team. His full name is Carlos Alberto Valderrama (CarlosAlbertoValderramaPalacio). With a golden explosive hair style, he was named the Golden Retriever Lion King, and his hairstyle was unique at the time, and he was a very distinctive existence.

After Redondo made his debut and became famous, many people once said that his style of play is very similar to that of Valderrama. Of course, their skills and style of play are indeed very similar. The wind is elegant and meticulous.

"I want his jersey if I get the chance."

Guti laughed.

"You should ask Redondo for it."

Kiko laughed too.

"I know they have a good relationship, but if you want a jersey, it's better to ask me directly!"

Guti thought for a while and answered.

This time, Kiko laughed out loud, causing the surrounding teammates to look over involuntarily.

"If our team qualify, they will also qualify and play all the way..."

Kiko shrugged.

Speaking of this, Guti recalled that Colombia did not qualify for the World Cup - "I heard that Valderrama had withdrawn from the national team because of what happened after the 94 World Cup. I didn't expect him to come back to compete."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about the tragedy, but I still feel strong that he's back."

After the 94 World Cup, Colombian defender Escobar was shot dead by crazy fans because of an own goal that caused the team to lose. Valderrama, who was hit, announced his withdrawal from the national team, but because no one could carry the national team After the Football Association came forward, he returned to the national team and took up the task of leading the team again.

"It's just a game!"

"Some people in this world will lose their minds because of some crazy things."

While the two were talking, as the two captains finished the pre-match procedures, the players from both sides began to stand.

Kiko glanced at Guti, "Come on!"

"Well, the same!"

After high-fiving each other, the two smiled and ran to their respective positions to stand, waiting for the whistle.

Since the start of the game, the two sides have been playing without any big scenes, and the comparison was uneventful. There were very few exciting scenes in the first three and 10 minutes of the first half.

The sideline commentary had nothing to say, and could only say 'I'm almost falling asleep'.

At this moment, when the game entered the 35th minute, Spain's No. 6 Hierro broke through and launched a fast break.

After a long pass, the midfielder Guerrero suddenly cut in from the wing to the center after receiving the ball, and crossed Pizzi in the diagonal.

Pizzi dodged the opponent, volleyed from the outside foot, and a surprise shot.

It's a pity that this shot went wide of Lixin on the right in seconds and hit the billboard behind the net.

The Spanish fans sighed in disappointment.

And Pizzi himself was very disappointed, and he shook his hand bitterly.

Spain's sudden fast break seemed to make a game that seemed dull and unspectacular all of a sudden tense.

The Nigerian players also became excited. Their No. 4 Kanu also dribbled the ball quickly. After passing the Spanish player's defense, he made a short pass and gave the ball to his teammate No. 8 Mutiu Adeboiu. .

Adeboiu stopped the ball in his chest and volleyed from a small angle, but he pursued the angle too much and let the ball slip out of the goal.

Spain also escaped.

The Nigerian players also held their heads in disappointment and sighed.

In the next 10 minutes, the offense of both sides accelerated.

You come and go and exchange the ball with each other, and there are more collisions between the players on both sides.

From time to time, the whistle of the referee can be heard.

In the past 10 minutes, one player from both sides has received a yellow card.

Seeing that the first half was coming to an end, Guti was a little impatient. He still remembered that Spain lost to Nigeria in this match. He didn't want to experience the end of being ridiculed by Spain, who was a seeded team but failed to qualify in the group. .

Look at the sign on the sidelines, there are still 2 minutes, there is time.

Licking his lower lip, Guti raised his arm and asked his teammates to hand him the ball.

Enrique, who was in the backcourt, saw the arm of his little teammate, who was in possession of the ball, immediately kicked up and passed the ball.

This long pass was passed directly to Guti at a distance of about one meter, which was just right for Guti to step forward to catch the ball.

Of course, Guti would not miss this opportunity. He stepped forward to control the ball with his feet, squinted his eyes and looked at the front court. The distribution of personnel on the entire court was divided into several areas in his mind.

He dribbles forward with the ball, turns and jumps away from the opponent's tackle, and then clips the ball between his feet and jumps over the legs of another defender.

Then through the ball, the ball flew diagonally to Guerrero.

Guerrero made no mistake, he understood Guti's meaning, took the ball forward and ran two steps forward, pushed with his heel, and passed the ball to Pizzi's feet.

Pizzi quickly circled the opposing player and the ball was diverted to the other side.

Perez rushed over and set his foot to shoot.

Guti in the rear rushed over the moment he shot, and he had a feeling that the ball was going to be crooked.

Sure enough, the ball hit the crossbar hard and bounced back.

Guti, who rushed from behind, jumped high on the penalty area line and shook his head.

This header directly hit him hard on the goal post and bounced in.

The ball is in.

The author has something to say: PS: I made ten case files in one go yesterday, and finished the remaining four this morning. OK, I am really a hardworking person who works neatly.