Chapter 434 The confident Neymar
A day passes quickly for ordinary people, but for football enthusiasts, it feels like a year. After turning around a dozen times during the night, I noticed the white fish belly vomiting out of the window.
A new day has finally come.
The entire England team had a rich and varied breakfast together at their hotel at 8 o'clock in the morning to replenish the high amount of energy they needed for the day and prepare for the World Cup quarter-finals in the evening.
The same is true for Brazil's preparations for the quarter-finals. Amazon, which cooperates with the Russian World Cup officials, also followed and filmed the two teams' preparations for the first time. Of course, the content of the filming was approved by the head coaches of the two teams.
The general picture of the official shooting of the World Cup is very simple. It is to allow fans who are waiting for the start of the World Cup quarter-finals to see the preparations of the teams they support, so as to have a good idea of the World Cup events starting in the evening/night.
The quarter-finals between England and Brazil kicked off at 2 a.m. Saturday morning, Chinese time, and the 90 minutes of regular time ended at 4 a.m. However, many jobs in China are not weekends, so many fans’ work the next day was affected. .
Having said this, we have to say that many Chinese companies are more humane and take great care of employees who love football. They deliberately adjust their working hours to allow fans and employees to enjoy the happiness brought by the World Cup.
Of course, there are many good companies around the world with such benefits. The World Cup comes once every four years. If you miss it, you will have to wait another four years.
Time flies so fast, the first quarter-final of the 2018 Russia World Cup came to an end at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. Uruguay and France, the favorites to win, started fighting, trying their best to get a semi-final spot.
Although France is the favorite to win this World Cup, it is at an absolute disadvantage in its historical encounters with Uruguay. It has only won once in the past eight encounters, and that dates back to the 1985 warm-up match in Paris.
The most recent confrontation was in June 2013, when Suarez scored the only goal of the game to help Uruguay defeat France 1:0.
The two teams have met three times in the World Cup, but they were all in the group stage. The 2002 World Cup and the 2010 World Cup were both 0:0. Only the 1966 Great Britain World Cup had a winner, when Uruguay defeated France 2:1.
However, due to the age, there is no reference for historical confrontations, and many players in the friendly matches five years ago have not been to the World Cup, so comparisons cannot be made.
France is the favorite to win the World Cup in Russia, and Uruguay's overall strength is obviously inferior. However, Uruguay's overall performance is good. Suarez at the front can play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army. It is a pity that it has never been able to help Uruguay take the lead.
In the 40th minute of the game, Griezmann took a free kick from the right. Varane beat Atletico Madrid's two central defenders Jimenez and Godin ten yards in front of the goal and headed the ball into the blind corner.
Uruguay, eager to equalize the score, did not have many opportunities, but they were not very good at seizing opportunities. The French team, which continued to defend passively, was very good at seizing opportunities. In the 60th minute, Griezmann received a knock from Pogba and missed the goal. An angry shot from 24 meters, Uruguayan goalkeeper Muslera saved the ball and the ball went into the lower left corner of the goal.
The French team led Uruguay 2:0 until the end of the game, taking the lead in advancing to the semi-finals of this World Cup.
The quarter-finals between England and Brazil kicked off an hour later at the Kazan Arena, which meant that at this time the two sides had already arrived at the Kazan Arena and the players were preparing to enter the field to warm up.
Kazan is the eighth largest city in Russia. The Kazan Arena, which can accommodate 45,000 fans, was already full when the players from both sides were warming up. The fans of England and Brazil were clearly divided.
One is a fan from the birthplace of modern football, and the other is a fan from what is known as the Kingdom of Football. Apart from their different stances, the fans of the two teams have the same love for football. Before the game even started, the fanatical atmosphere of the game filled the entire house in advance. court.
After the confrontation between Li Qing and Neymar before the game, this game gave fans more to watch.
Li Qing and Neymar have never had a direct confrontation at the club level in their careers. The only time the two met was at the new Wembley Stadium in November last year. Brazil, led by Neymar, lost to England 0:2.
Compared with Neymar's consecutive shots that missed the goal, Li Qing's two goals with two shots left a really deep impression on people. In addition, both of them have excellent foot skills. The upcoming confrontation will naturally attract the attention of fans all over the world. focus.
Li Qing, who appeared at the Kazan Arena, looked normal, chatting and laughing with his teammates. Neymar, who then came to the court to warm up, looked a little solemn, obviously not sure about the game that was about to start.
The words said in the press conference hall yesterday were just a whim. To put it simply, they were not thought through. Li Qing's reputation has been conveyed to the world every day this year, and Neymar knows it very well.
In addition, teammates Firmino, Marcelo, Alisson, Paulinho, Coutinho, Fernandinho and other teammates kept whispering in his ears how good Li Qing was, which made him a little timid. , but he knew that he could not be timid and must stand up bravely and shed blood for the national team, even if his body was shattered!
Thinking of this, Neymar felt the blood boiling in his body, and his eyes looked at Li Qing with a hint of excitement.
No matter how great your personal abilities are!
I want to win!
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Li Qing has already scored ten goals in this World Cup. Fans and media reporters are paying attention to how many goals he can score, so Li Qing, who appeared on the court to warm up, became the focus of everyone's attention.
The mobile phone cameras of reporters in the mixed zone and most fans in the stands were focused on the confident young man. The flashlights accompanied by a "click" kept flashing, permanently recording the wonderful moments of Li Qing's warm-up on their mobile phones.
The forty-minute warm-up time was over, and players from both sides returned to the locker room one after another to make final preparations for the upcoming game.
About ten minutes before the start of the game, the players from both sides came to the tunnel. The main players stopped at the entrance of the tunnel, and the substitutes went straight into the court and sat on their respective benches.
There are many players in Brazil and England who are club teammates, and it is inevitable to have a few words before the game.
Alisson, Marcelo, Fernandinho, Paulinho, Coutinho, Willian and Jesus, who have played against Li Qing, all twitched the corners of their mouths. Only Firmino looked at it speechlessly. Looking at Li Qing, he whispered in a funny voice: "Li, can you give me some face?"
"How many more goals?"
Li Qing said with a half-smile.
Firmino: "..."
Fernandinho, Jesus, Stones, and Sterling are teammates in Manchester City. They also chatted a few words with each other and cheered each other up. However, the English players were in a relatively relaxed mood, while the five-star Brazilian players were relatively dignified.
China Channel 5 commentator He Wei looked at the players from both sides in the broadcast and said with a smile: "The favorites to win the championship meet in the quarter-finals ahead of schedule. Who will go further? Brazil is dignified, England is relaxed, maybe... the game has not started yet. The clues were revealed..."
