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Chapter 15 Opening Ceremony and Opening Game!

Corinthians Stadium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Brazil time, the opening ceremony of the 2014 Brazil World Cup was officially staged.

The entire opening ceremony is divided into three parts, nature, human beings and football.

The first link is the welcome ceremony, welcoming fans from all over the world to Brazil and paying attention to the Brazilian World Cup. In this link, various unique local plants in Brazil are displayed. At the same time, the big ball in the middle also shows the development and evolution of the earth.

In the second part, the live performers danced, and the dancers danced samba. Of course, there were also performances of other dance forms, and all the dance and music came together to form a Brazilian symphony.

In addition, the roly-poly doll that appeared on the scene is a handicraft that symbolizes black women and is now a symbol of tourism in northeastern Brazil.

Part 3, football is here!

64 children representing 32 participating teams entered the center of the venue to perform.

When a child appeared at the Corinthians Stadium holding the five-star red flag representing China, the Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the opening ceremony were filled with excitement.

For every Chinese fan, this moment is an extremely happy time!

Unlike the previous dark period, they are now also one of the participants in the World Cup.

Subsequently, a huge Brazilian flag entered the field, and a paraplegic Brazilian youth kicked off the opening game of the World Cup. His mobility comes from an "exoskeleton" robot system developed by scientists from many countries. The system can achieve the goal based on brain signals. Stand and walk.

Throughout the lively session, the melody of the Brazilian World Cup theme song "We Are One" resounded over the stadium. The three singers Pip Paul, Claudia Leti and Jennifer Lopez appeared in the stadium, cheering and The entire song was sung to applause.

Until the song ended, the screen suddenly switched to the player channel.

Two teams from the World Cup opener are already standing among them.

Host nation Brazil and Modric-led Croatia.

At this moment, a strong World Cup atmosphere suddenly appeared.

"I'm coming!"

In the hotel conference room, the players of the Chinese team also gathered together to watch the opening ceremony and the opening game.

The commentator on TV kept talking, and most people couldn't understand it.

But Lucky and Chen Man, who understand 'Portuguese', can understand it.

At the same time, the starting lineup of the game also appeared on TV.

Brazil (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Cesar.

Defenders: Alves, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Marcelo.

Midfielder: Hulk, Paulinho, Oscar, Gistavo, Neymar.

Forward: Fred.

Croatia (4-2-1-2-1):

Goalkeeper: Predicosa.

Defenders: Vrsalikko, Lovren, Joel Luka, Srna.

Midfielder: Olic, Rakitic, Kovacic, Modric, Perisic.

Forward: Jelavic.

Amid huge cheers and noise, players from both teams walked out of the tunnel and onto the court.

Standing in a circle in the middle, three children release doves symbolizing peace.

After that, the two captains divided sides.

The game officially begins!

"Brazil's attack is so fierce!" Chen Man said with his eyes widened.

"Croatia also played well, and every counterattack was very threatening." Liu Kairui said nervously, licking his lips.

Others are also expressing their opinions.

Everyone watched the game with the intention of feeling the atmosphere.

Once the game started, there was a lot of excitement on both sides.

At 6 minutes, the Japanese referee awarded Brazil a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

This set piece is located not far from the left side of the penalty area and can easily pose a threat.

This is also true, but the Brazilian team failed to seize the opportunity and returned in vain under Croatia's fierce defense.

The Chinese team players are also constantly analyzing the trend of the game.

Everyone is expressing their opinions.

It wasn't until the 11th minute that Croatia suddenly counterattacked. Modric gave Olic the dribble forward, and Olic went down and passed directly.

The ball passed through three Brazilian players and came to the feet of Marcelo, who was eager to drive drunk, and then an own goal was born!

In 11 minutes, the host Brazil team beat Croatia 0:1.

At this moment, the entire stadium fell silent.

The Brazilian fans looked at the stadium in disbelief, and Marcelo, the instigator, glanced blankly again and again, his eyes full of guilt.

The moment the goal was scored, not only the stadium fell into silence, but also the conference room where the Chinese team was located.

Gudong!

Guan Zhe swallowed subconsciously.

This own goal made the Chinese team's defenders nervous.

In this atmosphere, everyone will subconsciously bring themselves into it.

Even Liu Kairui, who has always been lively and talkative, fell silent for a rare moment.

Marcelo's own goal put great pressure on them.

If you think about it from their perspective, if they scored an own goal, they would probably have a mental breakdown!

Chen Man saw that the atmosphere was a little gloomy and couldn't help but said, "You won't do the same."

Le Kai interrupted Chen Man with a slap.

Chen Man covered his burning back, turned around and glared, "Why did you hit me?!"

Lucky said angrily: "Shut up if you can't speak. I know what you want to say."

"Okay, okay!" Chen Man gave up.

I just subconsciously wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but if I really said it out loud, I would probably have a teammate mentality.

The atmosphere was extremely solemn, and at this moment, the Chinese team was also brought into the atmosphere.

Time passed little by little, and Brazil began to press forward significantly after falling behind.

In the 28th minute, Neymar hit the ground once outside the penalty area. The ball flew close to the ground and penetrated into the goal near the right post.

At this moment, the whole place was boiling.

In the Chinese team's tactical room, the players also clenched their fists subconsciously, and some even whispered 'yes! ’.

They don't really support the Brazilian team, but bring the lagging side into themselves, creating a tense atmosphere for this.

And with Neymar's goal, the depressing atmosphere disappeared.

Neymar's goal completely opened Brazil's offensive switch.

A fierce attack began.

Oscar, in particular, performed extremely well in this game, making many beautiful passes to stuff the ball into Croatia's dangerous areas.

Compared with the blank figure in the Premier League, the national team's Oscar is even more eye-catching.

The game entered the second half.

The score between the two sides is still 1:1.

Croatia relied on Modric's pass to advance.

Brazil, on the other hand, still chose to attack fiercely.

Brazil's offensive was fierce, especially due to the excellent performance of Neymar and many players, Croatia gradually showed its weakness.

In the 71st minute, Croatia committed a foul in its own penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick.

Neymar took the penalty kick.

After a small step, Neymar easily scored the ball into the opponent's goal.

Brazil beat Croatia 2:1.

Despite taking the lead, Brazil's attack continued unabated.

Near the end of the game, with one minute of injury time, Oscar replicated Neymar's goal. He also hit the ground outside the penalty area. The ball flew towards the left goal and touched the goal. Behind the post, it rolled into the net.

At this moment, the game is over.

When the final injury time ended, the opening match of the 2014 World Cup came to an end with Brazil's score of 3:1 against Croatia.

Throughout the entire game, despite some minor twists and turns, the Brazilian team still defended its first victory at home and got off to a good start.

The first day of competition ended with the Brazilian team's victory.

On the second day, groups A and B will complete the first cycle.

The three games on the second day are:

Mexico vs Cameroon.

Spain vs Netherlands.

Chile VS China.

Among these three games, Spain vs. Netherlands is undoubtedly the game that attracts the most attention from fans around the world.

Next is the game between Mexico and Cameroon, and finally Chile VS China.

But even so, for Chinese fans, what they are most looking forward to is the Chinese team's game.

They are nervously waiting for the moment of the game.

In China, major media have begun to warm up this game in advance.

CCTV even issued an announcement: