host must win

Chapter 725 Before the Game
On July 2006, 7, outside Dortmund's Iduna Park Stadium, five hours before the start of the game, many fans of the Chinese team could already be seen gathered here.

Everyone knows that they can't enter the stadium so early, but they still can't help but come here early, looking forward to entering the stadium as soon as possible.

For the Chinese team, being able to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup really makes them very happy.

In fact, except for the super giants such as Brazil, Argentina and Germany, for any other team, entering the quarterfinals of the World Cup is a good result.

Especially for Asian teams that are weak and have always had a bad record, being able to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup is an absolute success.

The Asian team participated in the World Cup for the first time in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. This was the fifth World Cup in the history of the World Cup. At that time, the only Asian team representing an Asian team in the World Cup was the South Korean team.At that time, there were only 16 participating teams. South Korea participated in two group matches. In the end, they failed to score a goal and were eliminated from the group match.The result of the game was: Hungary 9:0 South Korea, Turkey 7:0 South Korea.

After 12 years in the World Cup in England, an Asian team finally advanced to the knockout round.As the only representative of the Asian team, the North Korean team entered the main match of the World Cup. Then they drew with Chile in the same group as the former Soviet Union, Chile and Italy, defeated Italy 1-0, and defeated the Italian team by 2-[-]. The No.[-] score in the group stage qualified for the group stage and entered the knockout stage of the World Cup in a historic way, which shocked the whole world!

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So far, only North Korea, Saudi Arabia (1994), Japan (2002) and South Korea (2002) have been able to qualify for the group stage in Asia, and only North Korea in 1966 has been able to advance to the quarter-finals. Japan and South Korea in 2002, but there were only 1966 teams participating in the World Cup in 16. In fact, North Korea was only in the knockout round; and South Korea and Japan in 2002, both took advantage of the hosts, otherwise they would not be able to advance It's all unknown.In particular, the promotion journey of the South Korean team has shown the whole world what is the darkness on the football field.

Now, the Chinese team has become the fourth team to advance to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, and it has advanced without any controversy. This undoubtedly proves the strength of the Chinese team!
At this point, although the Chinese fans still have a glimmer of hope for the Chinese team to beat Portugal, after all, the Chinese team has beaten Sweden in the group stage before and tied with a strong European team like England.

However, everyone also knows that the intensity of the World Cup group stage and the knockout stage are completely different.

Don't you see, even a team like Ecuador has made it very difficult for the Chinese team to win in the quarter-finals.

If the Chinese team can win against Portugal, it will be a miracle, and miracles cannot happen often!

So everyone is very relaxed, and will not have any requirements for the team's results and performance. As long as the loss is not too ugly, everyone can actually accept it.

They know that this kind of thing cannot be forced.It is simply unrealistic to require the Chinese team to beat Portugal, and it will only add unnecessary pressure to the team.

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The World Cup quarter-final match between the Chinese team and Portugal kicked off at 7:1 p.m. on July [-]st, domestic time.

This is the third round of the World Cup in Germany!

The first team to play is still the host team Germany, and their opponent is the Argentine team known as the Pampas Eagle.

Both teams are star-studded. The German team has top stars such as Ballack, Klose and Lehmann. Argentina also has big-name stars such as Riquelme, Crespo and Ayala.The two teams fought 120:1 in 1 minutes. After a penalty shootout, the host finally eliminated the Pampas Eagles and advanced to the semi-finals first.

Immediately afterwards, in a game of disparity in strength and weakness, Italy swept Ukraine 3:0, occupying another hope of the semi-finals.

It is precisely because of the disparity in the score between Italy and Ukraine in this game that the world realized how difficult it is for a weaker team to create another miracle when the super strong team starts to get serious!
That's why the media all over the world are so one-sided in supporting Portugal and not optimistic about the Chinese team!
Although the Chinese team has Yin Jun, the No.1 football player in the world, their weak comprehensive strength makes it difficult for them to take advantage of Portugal.

After all, football is a game of eleven, not one!
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Although the game didn't start until 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, the live TV broadcast started at [-]:[-].

At this point in time, it is not friendly to Chinese fans.This is especially true for office workers who need to go to work the next day.Because when the game ended, it was basically one o'clock in the morning.If it is to play overtime, or even a penalty shootout, it will not end until around two o'clock in the morning, which will definitely affect the rest of the fans.

But despite this, there are still a large number of Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV to cheer for the Chinese team.

Of course, there are also some fans who choose to go to bed for a while to recharge their batteries for the upcoming game, such as the little sisters Liu Xianer and Anyi.The two met to watch the ball in Liu Xian'er's villa, and they fell asleep early at eight o'clock after dinner.

Liu Xian'er's alarm clock rang on time at [-]:[-]. A few seconds later, a pink arm stretched out from under the quilt and grabbed the mobile phone on the bedside table. Sit up on the bed.

Waking up An Yi who was also asleep, Liu Xian'er got out of bed in her pajamas and walked out of the bedroom, went to the bathroom to wash her face with cold water, and when she came out of the bathroom, she was much more awake.

At this time, An Yi had already turned on the 47-inch Sony KLV-46X200A LCD TV in the living room of the villa. The voice of He Wei, the commentator of CCTV Sports Channel, came.

"... Judging from the starting lineups of the two sides, both teams have dispatched the strongest lineups they can currently field. From this point of view, the head coaches of the two teams are not lying—the head coach of the Chinese team Alihan said that he must go all out, and the Portuguese coach Scolari also said that the team will not underestimate the enemy... Yin Jun is the focus of the Chinese team in this game. What kind of performance can you show in the dialogue with the enemy..."

At the same time, on the land of China, there were countless people watching the game in various ways in front of the TV or computer.

For them, it's like a holiday, full of exciting anticipation.

　I have to go to work, watch the World Cup, and the epidemic. It is too difficult for me! (covers face, laughs and cries)...

　　
　
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