The Dutch team arrived at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg at noon on the second day of the game, which was the day of the England vs. France and Ross vs. Croatia matches.

Just like the past few arrivals at the airport, thousands of fans came to the airport arrival gate in advance to pick them up.

Van Carey is the biggest star of the Dutch team and is the most popular. A large part of these fanatical fans are mainly women, and you can even find many beautiful girls who can score nine points.

Having scored 12 goals in five World Cup games, Van Carey was in a very good mood. While there was still time, he fulfilled the wishes of some fans for photos and autographs.

If time hadn't allowed, he might have satisfied more fans.

The Netherlands' opponent in the World Cup semifinals, Belgium, arrived at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport at 4 p.m. due to a longer journey from Kazan.

Although the Dutch team has a better chance of winning in the first half of the World Cup finals (World Cup semi-finals), there are also a lot of fans who come to the airport in advance, but it is inferior to the arrival of the entire Dutch team.

At five o'clock in the afternoon that day, the penultimate quarter-finals of the second half of the Ross World Cup kicked off. At the Samara Arena, the battle between England and France was almost as predicted by the media and fans before the game. It was very exciting. , the two sides refused to give in to each other and fought for every ball.

Fan Kerry watched the live broadcast of this game with a curious attitude. In his impression, there was no battle between England and France in the Rose World Cup, which means that the outcome of this game is unknown. England's overall strength is not as good as France. Every ball must be fought for. The method is also a very correct tactical choice.

Frequently disrupting France's offensive rhythm is England's only chance to take advantage of the chaos and create goals.

It is a pity that France's overall tactical quality is very high and does not give England any chance at all. Captain Harry Kane is closely monitored and cannot pose a direct threat to his club teammate Lloris.

In the 26th minute of the first half, France, which has maintained a relatively low profile since the beginning of the World Cup, broke the deadlock.

Varane intercepted Harry Kane's pass to Lingard and immediately passed it to Kante, who quickly kicked it to Pogba who ran out of space. Manchester United superstar Pogba, who has high hopes from French fans, Ba sent a long pass that seemed to be precisely guided, and found the star of hope Mbappe who came in at high speed.

Mbappe, who was running at full speed, was like a blue supercar with the accelerator pressed to the bottom. He used his amazing speed to crush England's entire defense. Facing goalkeeper Pickford, he made a very smart choice. He broke the deadlock with a light low shot and helped France 1. :0 leading.

England, which was lagging behind, launched a flood of offensives, but France, coached by Deschamps, was obviously more experienced and played very steadily. Even with the overall advantage, they still chose to defend and counterattack.

The threat from England, whose overall strength was already inferior, was almost negligible. Before the end of the first half, France, which adopted defensive counterattack tactics, scored another goal.

The offensive routine is still Pogba's long pass to launch a counterattack, and the extremely fast Mbappe assists Griezmann to score his fifth goal of this World Cup.

The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly, and the game changed sides again. England, which was two goals behind, had no choice but to continue to strengthen its attack and maintain the hope of advancing to the semi-finals.

The helpless thing is that France played too smart. When England was ready to attack in a big way, they changed the defensive counterattack posture in the first half and became mainly possession of the ball. They passed the ball back and forth through their technical advantages and reasonably consumed the game. time.

Until the end of the game, England did not score a goal, becoming another victim of Van Carey's time travel. They should have advanced to the semi-finals but had to stop in the quarter-finals...

France relied on golden boy Mbappe's passing and shooting achievements 2: Defeated England 0 and was elected Man of the Match.

It is precisely for this reason that Mbappe, whose performance shined throughout the game, was compared with Van Kerry by many media.

Mbappe was born in December 1998, and Van Kerry was born in February 1999. The difference between the two is less than two months, but the performance of the younger Van Kerry is many times that of Mbappe.

Therefore, Mbappe, who was interviewed by the media in the mixed zone after the game, was very unhappy...

He was obviously the protagonist, how could he be regarded as a copy of Van Kerry despite his outstanding performance.

This situation also appears on social media. Mbappe's long pass running after receiving Pogba is like a weakened version of Van Carey. His ability to advance with the ball is not much different from Van Carey's, but it almost means that his direct scoring ability is slightly lacking.

At 8 p.m., the last World Cup quarter-finals kicked off at the Fisht Arena in Sochi.

Ross, who had the home advantage, launched a flood of attacks on Croatia's defensive half at the beginning of the game, surprising many fans in front of the TV.

Is this... really the Rose team that was ranked 31st by FIFA before the World Cup started?

It’s almost the same as the top ten teams in FIFA!

Croatia seemed to be frightened by Rose's three-point attack and chose to focus on defense.

Rose's advancement to the quarterfinals of the World Cup has greatly exceeded the expectations of domestic fans, but people are all taking chances. Seeing the team's outstanding performance at home, naturally they hope to see the home team advance to the semifinals of this World Cup in a record-breaking manner..

The entire Fisht Arena was completely transformed into a sea of ​​joy for the fans of the home team, and the cheers came one after another.

Perhaps it was the fans who gave the players great confidence. In the 30th minute of the game, Ross's head coach Cheryshev cut in from the left to get rid of Rakitic and sent a cross. He met Dzyuba who was retreating to support him and played a 2-for-2. , escaped Modric's tackle and interception, and succeeded in shooting into the far corner about 21 meters away from the goal. The

1:0 goal also made Cheryshev the first Ross player to score in the quarter-finals since the 1966 World Cup in Great Britain.

Perhaps it was Cheryshev's goal that inspired the stronger Croatia's desire to fight. Seven minutes later, Perisic passed the ball from the left. Mandzukic took the ball and broke into the left side of the penalty area to cross. Kramari followed up in the middle. Qi hit the ball and headed over to equalize the score.

The two sides of the competition returned to the same starting line, and they both played carefully and did not dare to show their fangs easily.

Both sides had no achievements before the end of the first half, and there were very few threatening attacks from both sides in the second half. There was no change until the end of the game, and the two sides had to enter overtime.

The two sides in overtime were also more interesting. In the first ten minutes of overtime, Modric assisted central defender Vida with a corner kick to go ahead. Unexpectedly, in the tenth minute of overtime in the second half, the host country took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt to equalize the score. , the two sides entered a brutal penalty shootout.

Croatia and Rose are both very familiar with this situation. They previously defeated Mexico and Spain in penalty kicks in the 1/8 finals. This campaign once again entered a penalty shootout. Both sides are full of confidence, especially with the hope of breaking the record. The Ross team.

Both sides missed one penalty in the first two rounds of penalty kicks. The crucial third round became crucial. Mario Fernandez, who helped the home team equalize the score in overtime, was affected by the pressure and his penalty kick missed the left goal. Pillars.

The pressure came to Modric, he concentrated and held his breath, withstood the pressure and scored the penalty ball. In the remaining four penalty kicks of

2:1 , all players from both teams hit, which means...Croatia eliminated the host 4:3 and became the last team to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.

With the end of this game, the World Cup enters a three-day intermission period.

At the end of the game, there will be two semi-finals that determine advancement to the World Cup finals.

Netherlands VS Belgium, Croatia VS France.

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