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Chapter 879 This is War!Battle of Britain and Germany! (Please recommend tickets, subscribe!)
After the match against Slovenia, the England team returned to their hotel at Bamfokeng Royal Gardens.

After winning all [-] games in the group stage, one-eighth of the knockout rounds will be played in three days. When I got back to the hotel, it was already past [-]:[-] pm. Mourinho gave the team half a day off and allowed the players to go and meet their wives. Or to get together with girlfriends, you only need to come back before [-]:[-] noon tomorrow. However, the players stayed in the hotel obediently, because in two hours, the two group matches in Group D started. Will decide England's opponents in the eighth round.

The German team will play against Ghana. If the Germans can beat Ghana, then the opponent of the England team will be Ghana in one-eighth of the games. Conversely, if the German team draws, and Australia wins Sevilla in the other game, England's opponent will be Germany, and as long as Germany can't win, and if Sevilla wins, England's opponent will be Sevilla.

Considering the deadly rivalry between England and Germany, the group match between Germany and Ghana also had a very high ratings in the British peninsula. In the words of the "Guardian", the mood of England fans at the moment is contradictory , I hope that England and Germany will meet, see England kill the mortal enemy Germany, and step on the dead body of Germany to advance, but also worry that England will fall at the feet of the mortal enemy again. . .That tangle.

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"I think the possibility that the German team will win the Ghana team and win the first place in the group is still very high." Sky TV broadcasted the game of Germany VS Ghana live, and Lineker was explaining before the game started, "... (England VS Germany) timing is not good. From the physical condition of both sides, it is not a good time for England to meet Germany at this time. The Premier League will play at least a dozen more games than the Bundesliga, and our players are more tired than the Germans.”

The German team's game has not yet started, and the conference room is a bit noisy. The players in England are discussing. They are calculating the points of Group D, guessing various possibilities, and calculating which team England's opponent will be in one-eighth of the matches. More likely.

Mourinho closed his eyes and fell asleep. He didn't reprimand the players for making noise. Mourinho looked stern, but he wasn't the kind of cold-blooded old man who was unreasonable. On the contrary, he understood the importance of a suitable atmosphere.

Hearing the guest commentator Lineker talk about England's physical fitness, Mourinho curled his lips. This was not disdain, but because Lineker said what Mourinho was worried about.In terms of physical fitness, the German team is indeed much better than England.

"Damn the FA!" Mourinho cursed bitterly. When he was the head coach of Chelsea, he questioned the FA about the intensive and terrifying Premier League games and the lack of a winter break. However, In the face of huge broadcast income, the Football Association is indifferent to this.

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In the match between Germany VS Ghana, there was another episode, that is, the Boateng brothers represented Germany and Ghana respectively.In this World Cup, a total of five pairs of brothers competed in the same field, but only the two brothers Boateng had to fight on their own.I believe that when Kevin Boateng expressed his willingness to play for the Ghana team in June last year, even he himself did not expect that he would fight with his younger brother in the World Cup.I don't know if it's a coincidence or God's will, but the two will start at the same time in this campaign. Before that, the Boateng brothers played less than 6 games in their respective national teams.

When the national anthem was played before the game, the camera was specially aimed at the Boateng brothers who started the battle for Ghana and Germany respectively.

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When Li Rui was chatting with his teammates, they all predicted the game. Most people, including Li Rui, thought that it would be no problem for the German team to win the Ghana team.

However, no one thought that in this game, the Ghanaian team scored first. In the [-]st minute of the game, Ayew got rid of J-Boateng’s cross from the right, and Kevin Boateng headed forward. The German goalkeeper Neuer missed the save and the ball went into the net.

Ghana leads Germany [-]:[-]!
The English players in the meeting room looked at each other, which means that in the one-eighth match, the chances of meeting the German team will increase greatly from now on. Of course, if Ghana can win Germany, then Germany will be eliminated , but the possibility of this is too low.The toughness and strength of the German team are there.

At the end of the first half, Ghana still led the German team [-]:[-].

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"This is a dangerous score. When your opponent is the German team, it is not enough to lead by one goal." Lineker said, of course he is qualified to say this, Lineker He is a legendary striker of England. When he was in the England national team, when England faced Germany in the big game, the record was dismal, so that Lineker said a very classic sentence-'A football game is that both sides send [-] players each. , in the end the Germans won the game! '

Sure enough, in the 60th minute of the second half, the German team equalized the score. This is because the German team played a smooth short pass in the frontcourt. Thomas Muller got rid of the ball from the right. Bow volleyed with his left foot, Ghanaian goalkeeper Jin Sen missed the save, [-]:[-]! !

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"Australia scored a goal, and they lead Serbia [-]-[-]." said Gerrard, who has been watching another game between Australia and Serbia on his mobile phone.

Li Rui and Beckham looked at each other. In the match between the two sides, with such a score, England will fight the German team in one-eighth of the match.

Ten minutes later, someone shouted again, Australia [-]:[-] Serbia.

Mourinho quickly and his assistant coach Alan.Shearer exchanged opinions. Now it seems that the victory of Australia's game has been decided. However, even if Australia wins, they will be eliminated. Then it depends on the game between Germany and Ghana. If the Germans can score If the ball wins the game, then England will meet Ghana in the first round of the knockout round, and if the score ends at [-]:[-], the highlight of England VS Germany will be born in one-eighth of the game.

From the heart, Mourinho still hopes that England can avoid Germany. His goal is to lead England to win the Hercules Cup, not to satisfy the fanatical psychology of England fans and want to fight with the German team.It is not so easy for any team to meet Germany, even to advance. Most of the physical strength and luck are often lost. If you want to go further, you will have great difficulties.

Mourinho and England's coaching staff have become fans of Germany at this moment, hoping that Germany can win Ghana.

In another game, despite Australia [-]:[-] Serbia, both teams went home.

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"The game is over! Germany [-]:[-] Ghana! This is a small upset. Now, everything is a foregone conclusion. England's opponent in the eighth game is Germany! This will be a game worth looking forward to... Let's bless Mourinho, bless our lads," Lineker yelled, cheering on England.

Mourinho also rubbed his temples. He wanted to avoid Germany, but he would definitely not be afraid of anything if he really encountered Germany. At this moment, he wanted to pass on this confidence to the players.

"Okay, lads." Mourinho clapped his palms, "We all go back to rest. After resting, we can practice the Germans properly!"

Everyone laughed and shouted. Although it would be troublesome to meet Germany, the England team really does not need to be mobilized for the match against the German team.

Li Rui's eyes are also shining. He is already extremely eager for the match against Germany. The feud between England and Germany has little effect on Li Rui. He is only because he has finally reached the knockout round, and it is still the German team Such an opponent is very excited, this is the frenzy of eager to step on the corpse of a powerful enemy!

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The German team was tied [-]:[-] by the Ghana team. This made Mourinho and some sensible English football stars feel a little bit sorry, and worried about the England team, but it made the media excited like a chicken blood.

The second day's front page of The Times summed it up in one sentence:
At 8:[-] on June [-], at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, England and Germany will fight to the death for a place in the top [-]!
A seemingly formulaic report, if you taste it carefully, you can feel the strong smell of blood in it!

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In world football, there are some teams that can be called mortal enemies, such as Argentina and Brazil. However, the most famous ones are England and Argentina, England and Germany. The grievances between England and Germany are not only because of the political sequelae of the "World War II" period , not only because the two teams have an 80-year history of rivalry, but also because the two teams have left too many eternal controversies, unresolved grievances, and classics that cannot be forgotten!
The grievances between England and Germany became intense, starting from the 1966 World Cup.At that time, the whole world had not yet come out of the trauma of World War II, and the grievances that the Germans blew Britain into rubble were also brought into football.It happened that the two teams met in the World Cup final.

Within 90 minutes, the two teams drew 2-2 and entered extra time.In overtime, Hurst shot angrily. The ball hit the lintel and bounced off. It was impossible to judge whether it crossed the line.The referee whistled that the goal was valid, but the Germans refused to accept it.In the end, England defeated Germany 4-2 and won the only World Cup championship in the team's history.

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Did the ball go in?According to the game video at that time, using the current scientific and technological analysis, it is also difficult for people to judge whether the ball is scored or not.At that time, scientists from Britain and Germany analyzed this and came to different conclusions. The Germans believed that the ball was not scored, while the English believed that the ball was scored.The two sides could not settle down, and football became a battle between the academic and media circles of the two countries.Wembley Stadium even set up a voting system. Every fan who comes here has the right to vote: Did the ball go in?

Moreover, even after Beckenbauer came to London, the taxi driver in London would ask the German football emperor, "Do you think that goal was scored?"

In fact, for the English, regardless of whether the goal is scored or not, they are very happy. If they score, they can say that they have killed Germany with their own strength. Germany's historical hostility, this kind of "unjust case" makes the Germans aggrieved, and makes the English feel even more happy!
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That is to say, since the [-] World Cup final, England and Germany have become more and more sworn enemies on the football field.Unfortunately, this pair of mortal enemies always meet in big competitions.

In the semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup, the two teams met. England once led 2-0, but was dragged into overtime by Germany chasing two goals in a row, and defeated England 3-2 in overtime to advance.

1972欧洲杯，德国在1/4决赛上3-1淘汰英格兰。

In the second group stage of the 1982 World Cup, England, which threatened revenge, only drew 0-0 with Germany.

In the 1990 World Cup, England and Germany met in the semi-finals. The two sides kept scoring penalty kicks, and Germany won in the end.

In the 1996 European Cup, Germany once again eliminated England in the semi-finals with a penalty kick!
Until the 2000 European Cup, England defeated Germany 1-0 in the group stage. After 34 years, the Three Lions finally defeated Germany in a world-class competition. A dispute fell in 1966, and England paid back for a full 34 years!
But hatred is always like this. When one party takes revenge, it will leave a deeper hatred for the other party, so the grievances are repaid, and the grievances are getting deeper and deeper.

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Since the beginning of the new century, there have been constant grievances between the two teams. In 2000, the last official game at the old Wembley Stadium, England met the German team in the World Cup qualifiers, trying to commemorate the greatest stadium in the world with a victory.But the 0-1 failure directly made Kevin Keegan helpless to dismiss get out of class. In 01, England beat Germany 5-1 in the second round, which made the Munich people miserable.

However, what really made the English feel elated was that in the [-] European Cup final, with Li Rui's "great performance", he helped England defeat Germany and win the Delaunay Cup for the first time in history!
This victory, this championship, is considered by the English to be comparable to the great victory of winning the World Cup in [-], and because of Li Rui's outstanding performance in the European Cup, especially because he almost single-handedly helped England defeat Germany. The champion really made England fans start to accept him and go crazy for him!
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After the draw of the World Cup group, although according to the half of the region, whether it is England or Germany, if the two teams want to go all the way to the final, people think that they will meet in the quarter-finals at the earliest. At that time, England fans began to look forward to four One-third of the 'British-German War' showdown!

It’s just that no one thought that the German team would lose in the second game against Serbia in the group stage, and England also won the first place in the group with three victories, and the German team only won the second place in the group , The two teams actually met in the first round of the knockout round!

"This is one-eighth match, the most focused matchup!" In the European Cup special program on Sky TV, the invited guest German football star Hamann sighed.Although the group stage games are not over yet, and some of the eighth match-ups are yet to come out, Harman is saying so for this game, and no one will think he is exaggerating.

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"L'Equipe": This is a matchup comparable to Homer's epic, a game with gold content no less than the World Cup final!A duel that was destined to be recorded in the annals of the World Cup before the game even started!

"Marca" has a good relationship with Real Madrid. Silva, a columnist who often interviews Li Rui, said in his column: "England VS Germany! The Germans want revenge for losing the Delaunay Cup in [-], and England wants Stepping on the dead body of Germany, this will be a great game, one can imagine that Li Rui will be the key man to decide the outcome of the game! He must not wait for such a duel!"

"The duel between Germany and England is a history of war on the green field! Now, we look forward to the coming of war at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein at [-]:[-] on June [-]!" said the World Cup team of the host South Africa. Committee, in such provocative terms.

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"In the history of the duel between England and Germany, suspenseful judgments, massacres, humiliation, revenge, tears, carnival...everything that can make people's adrenaline boil, there are here...in the [-] European Cup final , Li Rui became the greatness of the whole football world. He helped England to kill Germany and won the Delaunay Cup for the first time in history by stepping on the body of the sworn enemy Germany. That was the first step for Li Rui to become king. Meeting England again, the Germans must be looking forward to revenge! Revenge!! Revenge! But first, they have to ask Li Rui if he will agree! We are looking forward to this match! We are looking forward to it! Because he will be very very very very very very exciting !” After the match between the German team and England was officially confirmed, Duan Xuan said so excitedly when he was interviewed by the court channel sports channel in South Africa. At this moment, his identity is no longer the host and commentator, but more A passionate fan looking forward to the duel!
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