Football Modifier

Portugal's defeat marked the formation of the top eight of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It also meant that Ronaldo, one of the new generation of football's "Four Kings", would have to bid farewell to the World Cup. For the Portuguese superstar, this result is so cruel. So far, apart from himself, the other 'three kings' Juan Mata, Kaká and Messi still stay in South Africa. They have received qualified, and will launch an attack on the name of a unique king in the new era in the next competition.

On July 4, the world knew the names of the top eight of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and the situation of the next quarter-finals also immediately took place the moment the whistle sounded at the end of the last quarter-finals. ——

[Orange] Netherlands VS [Seleção] Brazil! !

South American powerhouse Uruguay VS [Three Lions] England! !

[Blue and White] Argentina VS [German Tank] Germany! !

[Matador Legion] Spain VS South America’s traditional strong team Paraguay! !

According to the schedule, there will be a one-day truce on July 5. The semi-finals will officially start on July 6. On that day, there will be a match between the Netherlands and Brazil. From the 6th to the 9th, there will be a game every day, with eight teams. The teams will compete for the top four spots through head-to-head battles.

After the matchups became clear, major European media began to eagerly re-evaluate the fate of each team——

In the first matchup, young coach Dunga’s [Seleção] showed a dominant level in the previous games. From the group stage to the quarter-finals, the state of each game remained quite stable, including Eighteen well-known sports media in Europe, including Spain's AS, Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport, Germany's Bild and Kicker, are all more optimistic that the Brazilian team can beat the Netherlands to get a top four spot. .

In the second game, the England team was obviously much stronger than the Uruguay team. The Three Lions started low and started high. Their performance in the first two games of the group stage was mediocre, but they have maintained an overwhelming momentum since the third game. If the Uruguay team wants to be upset, they can only hope that their frontline duo Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez can perform exceptionally well. In addition, the Uruguayan media also dug up an old incident to cheer for the country - during the 2009 qualifiers, Madman Li once predicted that the Uruguay team could reach the top 4. This is also a success for them. good news. Because at least there is no direct evidence yet that shows that Crazy Li’s mouth has the same power as Brazilian football king Pele.

The third game between Argentina and Germany was the game that made many [Prophet Emperor] hesitate the most. If there were not so many accidents, if [Blue and White Army] coach Madman Li could still stand on the sidelines and direct the game... Well, perhaps most fans and media will vote for the Argentine team, but a red card in the quarter-finals instantly made the future of the Pampas Eagles uncertain.

For the Argentine team, another even more unpleasant thing happened——

Since the start of the World Cup in South Africa, Paul the Magic Squidward has predicted a 100% win-loss rate. His prediction for this encounter is that the German team will win. Considering Squidward's unpredictable power before, the occurrence of this incident directly affected the judgment of the media and fans. Even the world's major sports betting companies readjusted their winnings after Squidward Paul made predictions. Odds, Argentina's odds plummeted from first place in an instant, falling to fifth place.

In the last match between Spain and Paraguay, there was not much suspense. Many people chose to support the [Matador Legion]. This team, which Zidane said "represents the current direction of football development", has failed in the first game. Since then, it has maintained an absolutely stable state. The core players Xavi, Iniesta and striker David Villa are in peak condition and are difficult to stop.

The ranking of championship odds finally formulated by BWIN, a well-known sports betting company in the European group, also represents the degree to which most media, fans, football experts and senior celebrities in world football are optimistic about the future of each team. —

Brazil ranks first with odds of 2.30.

Spain ranks second with odds of 5.00.

England ranks third with odds of 7.50.

The German team ranks fourth with odds of 8.00.

Argentina ranks fifth with odds of 10.00.

The Dutch team ranks sixth with odds of 15.00.

Uruguay ranks seventh with an odds of 126.00.

Paraguay ranks eighth with odds of 1,300.

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HPC Sports Center.

The Argentina team is playing an intra-squad match.

Courtside.

Maradona, the acting head coach of the first team, became increasingly grim. Beside him, the expressions on the faces of Li Bing, Redondo, Kempes and Veron were also full of disbelief and solemnity...

There is a competition going on on the training ground.

The two sides of the match are Maradona and other seven members of the coaching staff and the Argentine senior team, while the other side is Li Tongbeom and the under-21 youth team.

This is a closed intra-team confrontation.

An hour ago, when Li Tongfan put forward this proposal with a smile, almost everyone thought that there would be no problem for the adult team to win. After all, the strength and physical gap between the two sides were too huge... However, when the game reached almost 60 minutes, At that time, the reality turned out to be a blow to the confident Maradona——

The adult team drew with the under-21 youth team 3:3.

Li Tongfan stood on the sidelines and made timely tactical adjustments and formation changes, allowing the under-21 youth team to almost completely restrain the big-name stars of the adult team. If the strength of the two sides was not really far apart, the little guys might have taken the lead now. .

Such a result made Maradona feel so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. He felt a sense of suffocation as if he was full of strength but would not go out.

Several other coaches feel the same way.

Everything that is happening on the training ground is extremely strange——

There were no obvious mistakes in the tactics of the adult team, the offense was very sharp, and the players were in very good condition... However, the tactical changes of the under-21 youth team were always able to predict and restrain them one step in advance, allowing the stars of the adult team to organize The actual effect of the offensive is often greatly reduced. When the youth team attacks, they can always catch the defensive flaws of the adult team in an instant, and the success rate is very high!

Li Tongfan has been standing on the sidelines, shouting and directing the offensive and defensive rhythm of the 21-year-old youth team. Without the shouts and boos of thousands of fans, without the overwhelming and noisy volume of 'Vuvuzela', his voice It can be clearly transmitted to the ears of every youth team player under the age of 21 at close range, which makes him feel quite comfortable in commanding.

And because they were personally directed by their idol Madman Li, the players of the youth team played very excitedly and played 200% of their strength. Everyone wanted to impress this [godfather of youth players]. , hoping to win the favor of Li Tongfan and win an opportunity for his career to skyrocket in the future.

This training match will be conducted according to the time and format of the official match.

After 90 minutes, the youth team and the adult team tied at 5:5. If [Barcelona King] Messi hadn't made a stunning dribbling goal at the last minute, the adult team would have even been in danger of losing.

After the game, Li Tongfan laughed loudly and high-fived the players of the youth team to celebrate. Then he looked at Maradona and others with a smile, turned around and walked away, straight out of the gate of the HPC Sports Center, and got in the car. Know where it went.

The sweaty players dispersed and went back to shower and change clothes.

Maradona and others stayed on the sidelines of the training ground with ugly expressions.

The 7 people didn't know what to say for a moment. Only at this moment did they finally understand that the reason why Crazy Li wanted to conduct such a training match today was not to train players or practice tactics, but to test them 7 A person’s ability to command during a game.

This was a passing exam, but, judging from the results, they did not pass!

For the first time, several people experienced that a head coach's decision-making ability in the game can actually be exerted to such an extent! Li Tongfan's shouts were still ringing in their ears over and over again at this moment, with endless lingering sounds.

This game shocked them too much.

Before that, they were colleagues with Li Tongfan. They stood in front of the same command chair with him, watching the Argentinian team sweep through every opponent like chopping melons and vegetables, watching the opponents' faces turn white, gray and black, and it was natural for them to feel that they had achieved something. Victory was so simple... and it was not until this moment that they felt for the first time how terrifying it was to be an opponent with a guy like Crazy Li, even if it was just an ordinary training match within the team, Crazy Li can also make them deeply feel the despair and helplessness of Argentina's opponents such as Xu Dingmao, Aguirre, and Rehagel in previous games!

A feeling that will last a lifetime.

Dashuai Ma opened his mouth again and again, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He waved to his 6 friends beside him, turned and left, his expression full of frustration...

The remaining six people look at me and I look at you, their expressions are also not pretty.

The blow that Li Tongfan gave them was really too big. If an excellent coach is enough to narrow the gap in strength to such an exaggerated level, then they will face [Tactician Master] Le in the 8-man quarter-finals in July. What kind of insurmountable difficulties will the Argentine team encounter against an opponent with such experience and a brilliant record?

You must know that although Loew's ability is not as exaggerated as that of Madman Li, the strength of the German team is many times stronger than that of Argentina's under-21 youth team!

Several people shook their heads and left the training ground with deep thoughts.

Assistant coach Li Bing looked at Maradona's retreating back with a little worry, fearing that the previously confident football champion would be hit and depressed...

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Li Tongfan arrived at the Johannesburg International Airport in South Africa two hours later.

The flight from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, to South Africa also arrived here at the same time. The huge silver-white plane stopped at the terminal. A group of children aged thirteen, fourteen or five years old, with curious expressions, Walked out of the passenger passage excitedly.

Walking in front and leading the children was Li Tongfan's most loyal assistant, [Dog-Headed Military Advisor] Torosi-Tang. He saw Li Tongfan standing at the airport entrance from a distance, waved vigorously, and with the help of the accompanying staff, he quickly came to the front with the children.

"Hey, Tang, I'm so happy to see you!"

Torosi-Tang stretched out his hand to shake hands with Li Tongfan, but who knew that Lao Li gave him a warm bear hug and then squinted his eyes: "Let's talk about it in the car!"

Ten minutes later.

The group got on the bus that had been arranged long ago and slowly drove towards Pretoria.

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First update.