Chapter 157 Neymar was scolded for diving, and Lin Quan was praised for lying down!

The first game of the semi-finals is the host country's match against Uruguay.

This game is a civil war in South America. There are many grievances between the two teams, so before the game even starts, there is a smell of gunpowder outside the stadium.

As the biggest player in the Brazilian team, Neymar's personal strength is not to mention, and he has already been recognized by the majority of fans in the group stage.

However, Neymar's character has been questioned by fans.

This guy has just joined Barcelona and seems to have already fully learned the acting skills of La Masia Film and Television Academy.

His clumsy and exaggerated diving performance on the field made many fans feel embarrassed for him after watching it.

The key is that Neymar himself doesn't feel it yet. He often uses this trick on the court. Sometimes he can even deceive the referee and get a free kick or even a yellow card from the opponent.

This is no longer embarrassing, but shameless!

Fans of teams that have played against the Brazilian team are disgusted by Neymar's diving performance. They have attacked his character online and called him a shameless villain.

No, before the game even started, Uruguay captain Lugano publicly criticized Neymar for often relying on diving to deceive the referee.

"I don't understand why a young man as talented as him doesn't use his skills to win the game, but instead uses this clumsy way to turn the football match into a performance?"

After the Uruguayan captain's statement was reported by reporters, it immediately caused an uproar.

Brazilian fans were naturally outraged and attacked Lugano online.

The Brazilian Football Federation also came out to protest urgently. They issued a public statement before the game:

"Neymar is an important member of the Brazilian team. The threat he creates to opponents on the court is obvious to all. Facing such a talented player who is difficult to defend, opponents will take more aggressive actions or even foul to contain him. attack.

Neymar's actions were not a performance, but a form of self-protection.

The Uruguayans' attack was ridiculous. They were worried that Neymar would pose a huge threat to them on the court, so they tried to use this kind of remarks to interfere with the referee.

Leave a bad impression on the referee, thereby affecting the referee's penalty and giving them an opportunity to take advantage.

We firmly oppose this and strongly protest! "

The Brazilian Football Federation's response makes sense.

It is not ruled out that the opponent wants to use foul tactics to contain Neymar, but the Uruguayan's counterattack is also particularly sharp:

"Haha, a bad character means a bad character. What does it have to do with skills and talent?

Lin Quan is equally talented and outstanding.

Why are there no flopping or diving behaviors?

We lost to Spain on the field, but we will not attack the opponent's character, because we are convinced that we lost! "

This response was simply a blow, and the Brazilian Football Association was speechless for a moment.

In terms of his ability to create threats, Lin Quan is not inferior to Neymar at all, and is even better than Neymar.

However, no opponent against Spain has ever attacked him for his record of diving, diving, lying on the grass, etc., which is against the spirit of sportsmanship.

Comparing the two sides, Lin Quan directly completed the matchup against Neymar!

Lin Quan was innocently shot again!

It was originally a dog-eat-dog battle between Uruguay and Brazil, but I didn't expect that I was also involved.

But judging from the results, it seems pretty good?

There was no such intuitive comparison before, so people didn't think it was anything.

But with negative teaching materials like Neymar out there, Lin Quan's image in people's minds suddenly became taller.

"I never realized that Lin Huang's golf skills are so good!"

"The ability is so strong, the person is so handsome, and the game is so good. I love it!"

"Originally I had no interest in Lin Huang, but now because of his quality, I have to become a fan!"

"Did the little black guy upstairs show his chicken feet? We true fans all call Emperor Lin Brother Lin, how can we follow the bad fans and call him Emperor Lin?"

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Faced with doubts from all parties before the game, the person involved, Neymar, had to stand up and publicly stated:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of speech, and these words attacking me for diving will not hurt me.

I don't care about the verbal attacks from my enemies, I just think about how to help my teammates and my team and bring happiness to all Brazilian fans and fans who support the Brazilian national team. "

This statement is still very high-level, but it is not enough to just say it.

Neymar must prove himself with practical actions on the field!

And Neymar did not disappoint. He gave a world-class diving performance on the wing from the beginning.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Neymar met Uruguay captain Lugano when he broke through with the ball.

Neymar first used the stunt of riding a bicycle to try to get past his opponent.

But Lugano was experienced and did not fall for the trick. Instead, he looked at Neymar as if he were watching a fool's performance.

Seeing that this trick didn't work, Neymar accelerated forcefully and tried to overtake.

Is Lugano an easy person?

When he saw this, he immediately got stuck in his position and kept moving his feet, trying to steal Neymar's ball.

During the fight, the two men pushed each other and made small movements with their hands.

And when Gargano raised his right hand, Neymar's performance began:

He suddenly paused, leaned back, and covered his face in the air, his expression looking very painful.

Then he threw himself high in the opposite direction and fell heavily to the ground, just like the movements of a gymnast, extremely exaggerated.

Neymar's 'gymnastics' move aroused strong dissatisfaction among Uruguayan players, who gathered around to condemn him.

Lugano stood nearby, spreading his hands, indicating that he was innocent, and making a silent mockery of Neymar who fell to the ground:

Did you see, I told you this guy can dive!

The referee came over with a dark face, ignored Neymar's performance, motioned for him to stand up, and awarded the ball to Uruguay.

The nearby Uruguayan players immediately applauded the referee for his insight, while the Brazilian players looked embarrassed.

Only Neymar was still chattering to the referee, thinking he had been violated.

But in the referee's mind, he has been blacklisted, so he will not pay attention to his protest.

Seeing that the protest was ineffective, Neymar gave up.

In the 13th minute of the game, Uruguay launched an attack. Lugano personally dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was about to shoot when he was tripped by David Luiz.

The referee decisively awarded a penalty, leaving the host with one foot on the edge of the cliff.

The Brazilian fans at the scene couldn't help but worry:

Could it be that the tragedy of fifty years ago will happen again?

Will they be eliminated by their old enemy Uruguay on their own doorstep?

At the critical moment, goalkeeper Cesar, who had played for Inter Milan, performed bravely. He saved Diego Forlan's push and saved his team!

Then the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield, but both made mistakes again and again, making it difficult to control the situation in the midfield, and the game became anxious!

Seeing that the team was unable to take the lead, the Brazilian fans at the scene couldn't help but become anxious.

They shouted the names of the players loudly, hoping that they would step forward and help the team win.

Among them, Neymar's name was shouted the most.

Encouraged by this, the morale of the Brazilian team has improved.

In the 41st minute, after the Brazilian team stole the ball in midfield, Paulinho passed the ball into the penalty area.

Neymar received the ball in the penalty area and shook away the defensive player. He did not choose to pass the ball to his teammates, but chose to do it himself.

Uruguay's goalkeeper concentrated and saved Neymar's shot with the outside of his right foot.

However, the ball he saved fell in the penalty area and was caught by Fred, who scored with his right foot from 5 yards away from the goal, rewriting the score to 1:0.

After seeing the team take the lead, the Brazilian fans at home sang and danced, with smiles on their faces.

They seem to have seen their team reach the finals!

But the situation suddenly changed after the start of the second half. Only two minutes later, Uruguay equalized the score by taking advantage of a mistake by the Brazilian defenders.

The culprit for conceding the ball this time was Marcelo, the left back who plays for Real Madrid!

After receiving the ball, he did not pass the ball decisively and was intercepted by Cavani.

The other defenders of the Brazilian team failed to cover up in time, giving Cavani the opportunity to challenge the goalkeeper.

As the top transfer bidder so far in the summer window, Cavani will naturally not miss such an opportunity.

After the score was equalized, the game became more intense.

Both teams attacked with great intensity, but no one was able to score a goal.

Seeing that the game time has passed 85 minutes, the score on the field is still 1:1.

This score made the Spanish players who were following this game a little unsure as to who would advance to the final.

"Brazil is a little harder to beat. We have played Uruguay twice and are more familiar with them. If Uruguay advances to the final, it will be more beneficial to us!"

"It's hard to say. Uruguay's momentum has obviously picked up. Their defense has become much more stable in this game. If we meet them again, I'm afraid it won't be as easy as before!"

"Why are you thinking so much? No matter who reaches the final, we are confident enough to beat them and win the Confederations Cup championship trophy!"

Ramos, who was full of self-confidence, seemed not to take these two opponents seriously.

In his opinion, Spain's current lineup is stronger than when they won the World Cup three years ago. With such a strong strength, do they need to be afraid of anyone?

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Seeing that the game was about to drag into overtime, Neymar, who had no outstanding performance in the whole game, finally stood up.

In the 86th minute, the Brazilian team got a corner kick opportunity.

Neymar stood in the corner kick area, observed the positions of his teammates and opponents, and then drove the ball far away.

The Brazilian midfielder Paulinho, who was ambushing here, carried the opponent's defender, jumped up high, and hit the goal with a header, rewriting the score to 2:1!

Scoring at this time is almost a sure win!

There are less than four minutes left in the game, and even if injury time is included, it will still be less than eight minutes.

As long as they can hold on to this goal lead and prevent their opponents from scoring, then they will be the ones to advance to the finals!

While Brazilian fans and players were celebrating the goal, the big screen at the scene replayed the conflict between Neymar and Uruguayan player Gonzalez in the corner kick.

The two seemed to get into an argument, and when Gonzalez walked off the field, Neymar made something similar to blowing a kiss to Gonzalez.

There is no doubt that Neymar's 'blowing kiss' and the altercation between him and Gonzalez will definitely become the focus of media reporters after the game.

In the end, with the goals of Paulinho and Fred, Brazil defeated Uruguay 2:1 and advanced to the final first.

Although there was a lot of controversy in the game between Brazil and Uruguay, some of Neymar's actions after the game also caused a war of words between fans of the two countries.

However, after this game ended, people's focus quickly shifted to the other semi-final.

Maybe it's because Neymar's performance on the field was too exaggerated, or maybe it's because he failed to continue his streak of scoring goals in the last game.

So before the start of Spain's match against Italy, people's debate about who is stronger or weaker, Lin Quan or Neymar, seems to have been answered.

Currently on the scorer list, Lin Quan is already 2 goals ahead of Neymar.

If he can still score in this game, he will surpass Neymar in consecutive scoring games and will not give his opponent a chance to overtake.

Moreover, as long as Lin Quan can score in this game, he will have a goal advantage of at least 3 goals over Neymar after entering the final.

Since ancient times, the final game has been unknown. It is very difficult to score a hat trick or even a big four in the final.

Especially against a top team like Spain.

Therefore, if Lin Quan can score the Italian goal in this game, he will basically lock in the top scorer of this Confederations Cup.

Considering that Lin Quan has scored 5 goals so far, he is only 2 goals away from the historical scoring record of the Confederations Cup.

As long as he can score three goals in the remaining two games, he will break the historical record of 7 goals set by Romario in the 1997 Confederations Cup.

Of course, this record is still a bit hard to break.

Spain's next opponents are not weak, and it will be difficult to score three goals against Italy and Brazil.

Under the spotlight, one day later, the semi-finals between Spain and Italy started as scheduled.

However, it was different from what the fans imagined before the game.

After the game started, the Italian team performed very well.

Their chain defense seemed to have regained its magical power, strangling the opponent's offense outside the penalty area time and time again.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was still 0:0.

Spain could not find a chance to score, and had to return to the locker room depressed with the draw.

This result shocked all fans!

Not long ago, Italy scored four goals in a single game against Brazil and three goals against the weak Japanese team. Why did Italy let the world champions have nothing to do with them?

Could it be that the world champion is not as strong as they thought?

In the locker room, Bosque said to the players with a serious expression:

"We underestimated our opponent!"