Fame with a ball

The Chinese team and the Brazilian team finally shook hands and made peace, which really broke the glasses of many people.

Brazil VS China became the most discussed game after the end. The first thought of many fans who did not watch the live broadcast was definitely "Brazil lost Jingzhou carelessly?" After reading it once, my mind will change immediately: Brazil team made no mistakes and no carelessness in this game. The reason why the game ended in a draw was because the Chinese team broke SEED.

The head coaches of various countries began to carefully examine the Chinese team, and began to estimate the chances of colliding with their own team once the Chinese team qualified.

On the Brazilian World Cup scorer list, Lin Zhigao ranked first with two goals - of course, there are a large number of players tied with him, such as Muller, Villa, Messi, Neymar... the gap between these people It will be completely pulled away after the knockout rounds start. If a person scores 4 goals in the group stage and ranks first in the scorer list, but his country fails to qualify from the group stage, then the record of 4 goals will be destroyed sooner or later. broken by other players.For countries that travel further, their players can also get more chances to score goals.

However, in this extremely competitive World Cup, he can also score a place in the scorer list. At least it shows that Lin Zhigao is a big-game player who can live in the club and the national team at the same time. The transfer managers of countless clubs are ready to move.

On June 6, the 23th day after the opening of the World Cup, the Chinese team played the third and final game of the group stage.

Against Denmark at the Grand Mineiro Stadium.

Denmark has had 4 promotion experiences in the history of the World Cup. The best record is the quarter-finals in the 1998 World Cup in France. Denmark is not a traditional strong team, but its strength should not be underestimated—there are many Danish national teams The team's players play in the five top European leagues. The goalkeeper Liandigat is from Manchester United, the defender Agger is from Liverpool, and there is even a teammate of Lin Zhigao, the 26-year-old Juventus striker Bendtner.

All the matches in Group A are only one between Denmark and China, and one between Brazil and Cameroon.China and Brazil have one win and one tie with 4 points, Denmark has one win and one loss with 3 points, and Cameroon has 2 points for both losses.In view of the strength of the Brazilian team far surpassing that of Cameroon, it will inevitably top the group with a total score of 7 points after the group stage. Therefore, this match between Denmark and China is extremely important and will directly determine who will advance to the two teams.

In order to beat the Chinese team and successfully qualify for the qualifying round, the Danish coach Ochen adopted a 442-[-]-[-] offensive tactic in this game, and even let Lin Zhigao's teammate Bendtner start, hoping to use his familiarity with Lin Zhigao to help the Danish team defend the Chinese team. China's core players... But what made Aochen miscalculate is that Lin Zhika did not actively attack in the game at all, because the task assigned to him by Camacho was still to assist the defense. Still tied by the Chinese team.

The score is 0:0.

A lackluster game, a boring game, a drowsy game.

In fact, Mr. Renault, the French commentator responsible for explaining the game, really took a nap during the live broadcast. In the end, he was woken up by the director when the game was about to end, and he squinted for almost 10 minutes. Mr. Renault rubbed his face in front of all the French TV audience, then shrugged and apologized helplessly: "Sorry everyone, I fell asleep because this game is really boring and boring."

This incident became "one of the World Cup anecdotes" in "Le Figaro" the next day, but Mr. Renault was not criticized by the fans. I'm going to sleep too" and "I just watched the first half and then turned off the TV and went to bed. You can persist until the end of the game, it's amazing perseverance!"

The Chinese team's games in the group stage are all over, with one win and two draws, a total of 5 points, Denmark 4 points, and Cameroon 0 points-although Cameroon and Brazil still have a game to play, but even if they win, they will be in the standings. The top position is also unable to advance, and the Chinese team's qualifying is a foregone conclusion.

6月24日，巴西轻松战胜喀麦隆、A组赛程全部结束，四支球队的最终积分是巴西7分、中国5分、丹麦4分、喀麦隆0分，巴西与中国携手出线。

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The end of the World Cup group stage, the top 16 and the release of the standings of each group indicate that the matchup table for the quarter-finals is no longer suspense-this matchup was arranged before the start of the World Cup. The rules for deciding opponents by drawing lots are different. After the top 16 of the World Cup is released, the top two in each group qualify. No.16 in one group will play against No.1 in another group, such as 2A-1B, 2B-1A, 2C- 1D, 2D-1C...and so on.

In addition, after entering the knockout stage, the 8 groups will be divided into upper and lower halves. No.1 of ACEG and No.2 of GDFH are in the upper half, No.2 of ACEG and No.1 of BDFH are in the lower half. When a team goes to the final, the World Cup champion will be produced among the winners of the upper and lower half of the semi-final.

Group A No.1 is Brazil, No.2 is China.

Group B No.1 is Japan and No.2 is France.

In recent years, the Japanese national team’s excellent players have never been poor, and there are many who have played for the major European football teams: Nagatomo Yuto, Uchida Atsuto, Sakai Hiroki, Honda Keisuke, Kagawa Shinji, Hasebe Makoto, Shinji Okazaki, Takashi Kan... Each of them has become a first-team player in the club they play for, and many of them are even the main force or core.

Japan's victory over France ranked first in the group points, which is considered an upset, but this upset is obviously not big, at least not as strong as the shock wave to the world football caused by the Chinese team breaking into the finals which is rare in a century.

Now the world football is saying that the Chinese team is "the biggest dark horse produced in this World Cup". European betting companies such as William and Ladbrokes have even opened a market specifically for the Chinese team for gamblers to bet on the "Chinese team". In which round will the team be eliminated, the quarter-finals? The quarter-finals? Or the further semi-finals?"

Perhaps the truth will make many Chinese fans feel uncomfortable, but so far, those who beat the Chinese team to the quarter-finals will be eliminated account for the most.

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After the eighth-final matchup table was released, fans in two countries on the earth were boiling-one was China and the other was Japan.

Will China face Japan in the World Cup?

Such a coincidence makes people feel excited.

Camacho can make the Chinese team stick to Brazil, Denmark, Cameroon, and even all other games, but when the Chinese team meets the Japanese team, this tactic obviously does not work.

Because of public opinion.

Chinese fans voted on the Internet, hoping to reach Camacho's ears: "We would rather die tragically than peacefully!"

Let the Chinese players continue to shrink in their own half like a turtle?

Let Japanese players ravage our goals over and over again?

Let fans all over the world satirize Chinese football "can only defend but not attack"?

Finally, hand over the victory of the game to God, and let him decide who can go further in the penalty shootout?

Do not!

Let's not do this!

We've had enough!

Compromise is possible any other time, but not right now!

The boiling public opinion on the Internet and in reality has caused countless reporters to chase Camacho, hoping to get his words out of his mouth.

Camacho had to reveal a bit of his own tactical plan: "Everything I do is to win... It is not worthwhile to play against the Japanese team... Their midfield is stronger than ours..."

What's worse, under the constant questioning of reporters, Camacho said without hesitation: "As a head coach, every time I play a game, I have to consider two consequences, one is victory and the other is failure. Now it is undoubtedly the top team in Asia... You said I think the Chinese team will definitely be eliminated? No, no, no, I didn't imply this, I just said that it is possible, after all, the Japanese team is really strong... You know Yes, we used to play against the Japanese team, and we always lost more than we won..."

Camacho's original intention was to "vaccinate" Chinese fans, and he has been doing this for several years.This shrewd old man always beats the media before the start of the competition, either saying that the opponent is simply too strong, or actively exposing some problems of the national football team, with only one purpose - when the Chinese team he leads encounters another failure Time to avoid becoming a target for fans to vent their anger.

In view of the fact that Chinese fans really didn't expect too much from the national football report in the past, Camacho's tactic has been effective. Since he coached until Lin Zhigao joined the national team, his winning rate has not been as good as his predecessor Gao Hongbo, but domestic fans still Did not shout for him to step down.Later, Lin Zhigao joined the national team, and the Chinese team almost won consecutive victories. It is even more impossible for this kind of voice to appear. There has even been news recently that the Football Association will continue to renew the contract with Camacho after the World Cup.

But now, voices calling for Camacho's "resignation" appeared in China, and quickly spread across the country like a prairie fire.

The fans could not accept Camacho's words of showing weakness to the Japanese team before the game. Because of the unique historical complex, Chinese fans can accept that their coach is very incompetent, but they absolutely cannot tolerate the coach admitting that "China is not as good as Japan!"

The roars of all the fans converged into one sentence at this moment: not only to fight, but also to win!

When the voices gradually became louder, Camacho and his team immediately came out to explain and promised: "We will definitely respect the voices from all sides and strive not to disappoint the fans."

This promise did not comfort the fans, because everyone with a brain said: Whoever believes this kind of fake and empty words is an idiot.

Camacho encountered the most stressful game since coaching the Chinese team, and he began to have a headache.

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Lin Zhigao has not been in a very happy mood recently.

The last two games he's played in a position he doesn't like, the feeling of trying to suppress his desire to score is really terrible.

What gave him a little bit of comfort was that Camacho found him during training yesterday and said to him: "I have carefully considered the team's tactics in the past two days and found that what you said is correct. We were too conservative before."

Lin Zhigao immediately looked at him expectantly: "Will you adjust my position in the next game?"

Camacho smiled and said: "You are a striker, of course your position is in the frontcourt. I expect you to perform well in the next game."

This sentence made Lin Zhigao immediately put aside all his previous complaints about Camacho, and began to look forward to the game wholeheartedly.

However, a strange thing happened next.

At least Lin Zhigao thought it was strange.

In the past few years when Lin Zhigao was abroad, whether he was studying abroad or playing professional football, he always called his family once every three days. If he was busy, he might delay calling once every five days.But this rule was completely changed a month ago. Lin Zhigao’s cell phone started ringing once a day. Every time, Lin Chang’an and his wife had to chat with him for at least 5 minutes before hanging up. Lin Zhigao always thought it was his parents’ love affair. It exploded, but on the phone earlier today, Qian Hongyan asked him more and more strange questions.

For example, the tenth time this month I asked "Son, when will you bring your girlfriend back for us to see?", the seventh time I asked "You won't make up a lover to lie to us, right?" and I can't remember how many times "Gao Gao, where are you now? Are you staying in a hotel with your teammates, or... alone outside?"

Why did his parents, who had promised him not to disturb his personal relationship for a while, become so eager now?Also, why did they suddenly start checking their jobs?You must know that he is already 21, no matter in Eastern or Western society, this is considered a complete adult.The recent phone calls always gave Lin Zhigao the feeling that his parents were deliberately setting his own words.

and many more!

Lin Zhigao suddenly remembered that a week ago Qian Hongyan had just asked him for his brand of pair rings, saying that she had a friend's daughter who was getting engaged, and she was going to buy a pair just like that.What was his reaction at the time?He stared at the ring for a long time but couldn't see the nameplate, then told his parents to wait, ran to ask John, and then came back with a dry smile and replied: "The pair of rings is custom-made, there is no brand."

There are probably very few women in this world who take the initiative to buy rings for their lovers, right?And if the man took the initiative...how could he not know the origin of the ring!

Lin Zhigao sang an elegy for his IQ, his head must have been muddled at that time!

Thinking about it this way, the sentence Lin Changan said to himself today: "Play well in Brazil, let's talk about anything after we get home." It is not without meaning.

"I think we've been exposed." Lin Zhigao texted John in this way.