activa-t Chapter 402 The Eve of the Semifinals
Chapter 402 The Eve of the Semifinals
Chapter 402 The Eve of the Semifinals
Although the Swedish team lost in the end, the Swedish fans were already very satisfied with this result. As for China, all fans entered the celebration.
On the second day, in various universities in China, fans spontaneously organized parades to express their excitement. We all know that the most popular sport in China is basketball, and football can only rank second.
Moreover, basketball is leading by an absolute advantage. I think that after Yao Ming joined the NBA as the No. [-] pick, he set off a frenzy in the NBA in China and made the sport of basketball popular in China.
However, with the retirement of Yao Ming, Huaxia has never had a player who can gain a foothold in the NBA. On the other hand, in terms of football, more and more Huaxi players have gone abroad to play in recent years, and some even play in the United States.
Moreover, there are several players who have joined European giants, which makes the sport of football more and more popular in the Chinese market, and the gap between it and basketball is getting smaller and smaller.
Especially during the World Cup, Huaxia has paid great attention to it in previous World Cups, not to mention the participation of the Huaxia team this year, which has led to more attention being paid to this World Cup.
More importantly, the Huaxia team's performance in this World Cup is also very good. They won all three games in the group stage, and then overtook and eliminated the England team. Yesterday, they eliminated the Sweden team by a big score.
The Huaxia team has created too much history in this World Cup, the first goal of the World Cup, the first assist, the first brace, the first victory, the first promotion to the top 16, the first promotion to the top 8, and the first promotion to the top 4.
In addition, the Huaxia team has created too many records in this World Cup, and the Huaxia team has also created a record. At the age of 18 years and 215 days, Chen Chen became the youngest scorer in this World Cup, and Chen Chen is also the fourth youngest scorer in the history of the World Cup.
The first youngest goal scorer is Pele, the second youngest goal scorer is Mexico's Manuel Rosas, and the third youngest goal scorer is England's Owen, and the name Chen Chen is written in the history of the World Cup.
This made all Huaxia fans start to brag about Chen Chen crazily, and what's more, they started to brag about Chen Chen, who will definitely surpass Messi in the future and become the world's top star.
In fact, not only in China, the name Chen Chen is well-known abroad, and the major foreign media highly respect Chen Chen.
Not only Chen Chen, but also other Chinese players, whose reputation has more or less improved. The Chinese twin stars who came off the bench to overtake England, Song Xuefeng with outstanding organizational skills, and the all-round midfielder Shi Wei.
They have all slowly entered the eyes of the rich. The World Cup is not over yet, and their social status has been improved to varying degrees.
The foreign media evaluated the Huaxia team as the most eye-catching team in this World Cup. It is only the second time to participate in the World Cup. The Huaxia team is already a strong team in the world.
And at this time far away in the capital, there is a group of players who are paying close attention to the World Cup. They are the players of Beijing Qianda, because the current Huaxia team is basically from Beijing Qianda.
Playing for the country is the dream of a football player. They are very envious. They also hope to wear the national team jersey to compete in the World Cup. Playing for the country and competing in Europe is the dream of many Beijing Qianda players.
Although Yu Tian has already left Beijing Qianda, fortunately the new head coach still trusts the young players, and many young players of Beijing Qianda have won a lot of opportunities.
Many of these players have become famous in Huachao, such as high center forward Zhang Yan. After Chen Chen left the team on loan, Zhang Yan got a lot of playing opportunities. He and Falcao had a good chemical reaction.
Among the local players in the scorer list, Zhang Yan is the third player with the most goals, second only to Wu Lei and Geng Zhonglin. Zhang Yan has scored 8 goals so far, which seems to be the big killer of Beijing Qianda.
Then there is the left forward Yu Zheng, who is very similar to Zhang Yan. Since Yu Shen transferred to the team and left the team, he has also gained a lot of opportunities to play. Yu Zheng is worse than Yu Shen in all aspects.
But Yu Zheng is very hardworking. Yu Zheng often acts like crazy. He works crazily on the court. In addition to the offensive end, Yu Zheng also does a good job on the defensive end. The head coach Xiao Xirong appreciates Yu Zheng very much.
Of course, there are those who are proud and those who are frustrated, and he is the midfielder Wang Yandong. In this season, Wang Yandong's playing time has been greatly reduced. Last season, because of Augusto's injury, Wang Yandong got a lot of opportunities.
This season Augusto has remained healthy and in a very stable state. Wang Yandong's chances to play have decreased, which made Wang Yandong's idea of studying abroad more firm.
At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 12, the first semi-final of this World Cup began. The favorite French team played against the Belgian team. The lineups of both teams were very luxurious.
For France, Giroud, Griezmann and Mbappe are the strikers, and Matuidi, Kanter and Pogba are also sitting in the midfield. Paval, Varane, Umtiti and Lucas Hernandez are also stars. Goalkeeper Lloris also plays for Tottenham in the Premier League.
The lineup of the French team is really luxurious. You must know that there are Dembele, Lemar, Benjamin Mendy and others on the bench. Every player is a main player or even a core player in their respective teams.
The Belgian team lineup may not be as good as the French team, but it is definitely not weak. Lukaku and Hazard are sitting on the front line. Fellaini, Witsel and Dembele are also well-known midfielders.
Of course, compared to the thickness of the Belgian team's bench, it is indeed not as good as the French team. This is the weakness of the Belgian team.
After the start of the game, the two teams attacked back and forth. In the first half of the game, both sides had their own offensive. Compared with the French team, the number of shots was much higher than that of the Belgian team, but neither side scored. After the second half, Umtiti of the French team broke the deadlock.
In the 51st minute, Umtiti took a corner kick from Griezmann, grabbed the point before Fellaini, and scored with a header.
This goal was also the only goal in this game. The possession rate of the French team in the whole game was 28% lower than that of the Belgian team, but the French team won the final victory.
After a lapse of 12 years, the French team returned to the final of the World Cup again. The opponents will be selected from the Chinese team and the Croatian team.
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