Fox in the Penalty Area

Hu Lai followed his teammates out of the locker room and walked into the player tunnel, when he felt someone looking at him from a distance.

He followed his gaze and saw Pete Williams.

So he grinned and stepped forward. "Hey, Pete, long time no see!"

He also reached out to Pete Williams. Peter seemed to have anticipated Hu Lai's move and did not evade. Instead, he shook hands generously in return.

"How are you and Delphine? Ah, congratulations on reaching the Champions League next season. I'm looking forward to meeting you in the Champions League. I haven't been back to Leeds for several years, which is really nostalgic. How are you, boss? Has Charlie not found a girlfriend yet? Red Hot Chili Peppers has not updated its menu..."

After shaking hands, Hu Lai did not let go. Instead, he continued to hold Peter's hand and started talking about the household chores.

Zhou Zijing saw Pete Williams resisting from a distance and kept twitching his hand, trying to take it out but unable to do so. He couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to be thick-skinned...as long as I'm not embarrassed." , it’s others who are embarrassed!”

Because he plays in Leeds City, there are actually acquaintances of him in the England team.

But he never thought about running to say hello to acquaintances in the England team before such an important game.

Zhou Zijing felt that he still wanted to save face, but he couldn't do such a thing.

Seeing that he couldn't take his hand out, Peter said helplessly to Hu Lai: "Okay, Hu Lai, we have known each other for so many years and we all know what you are thinking. I am also very happy to meet you at the World Cup - we Ever since the group results came out, I have been looking forward to this game."

Hu Lai had an expression of surprise on his face: "Really? That's great!"

Then he said to Pete: "Then let's go all out and leave no regrets!"

After saying that, he finally let go of Pete Williams, turned around and walked back to his team.

Of course, when he left, he didn't forget to say hello to Jay Adams who just came over: "Hi, Jay. See you at the game!"

Before Adams could return the gift, Hu Lai walked back.

So Adams turned to Pete and asked, "What did he say to you?"

Peter looked at Hu Lai's back and said, "We were talking nonsense. Then he said let's go all out and leave no regrets."

Adams smiled: "He doesn't need to say anything, we will do our best."

After Hulay greeted the England players, there was no communication between the players from both sides.

They stood in their own team and waited for the referee team to come and take them out.

The television cameras panned over the faces of the key players, giving them close-ups.

The expressions of the players on both sides in the camera are very calm. Seeing this scene, He Feng and Yan Kang breathed a sigh of relief in the commentary box:

"The players of the Chinese team are very relaxed, which is a good thing! The knockout round of the World Cup is a brand new experience for our national football boys. We lack relevant experience and cannot imagine in advance what we will encounter in the game. situation... In this case,

Mentality becomes very important. A stable and relaxed mentality helps players maximize their ability in the game. Nervousness and over-excitement will greatly compromise your performance..."

"There is nothing wrong with saying this, but the problem is that this principle also applies to the England team!"

Yan Yan, who watched the live broadcast, complained.

Because in the close-up shot, it is not only the Chinese team players who have relaxed and calm expressions, but also the England team players!

What does this mean?

It shows that the mentality of England players is also very good! With the strength gap between the two sides, many Chinese fans hope that England can underestimate the enemy...

As a result, it now seems that they have prepared for this game very seriously, and the players attach great importance to the Chinese team.

Then there should be no "surprises" in this game that are beneficial to the Chinese team.

Both sides rely on

Give it your best shot. This gives people a bit of a headache...

The quarter-finals of this World Cup were generally uneventful, with the stronger teams basically winning.

Except for the German team, they unexpectedly lost 1:2 to Uruguay in the quarter-finals and were eliminated. There is no suspense in the rest of the games.

Portugal tied with Croatia 1:1 within 120 minutes, and in the final penalty shootout they narrowly won 5:4 to advance.

France defeated Morocco 4:2, the first victory in this World Cup

African teams were wiped out.

Brazil defeated Norway 3:2.

The first knockout match in the second half is Argentina versus Switzerland. Although Switzerland defended the game and hoped to delay it to a penalty shootout, Argentina still relied on their super offensive power to defeat their opponent 3:0. Melli scored a goal and assisted once in this game. His performance Very bright.

Many people are optimistic about Melli's breakthrough in this World Cup.

Although his performance in the club this season has not been satisfactory. But the club's poor performance does not mean that the national team's performance is poor.

There is often no positive correlation between the World Cup and the status of the club. Some players perform very poorly in the club, but when the World Cup comes, they are like a god.

There are also players who are like gods in the club, but because they came out too early, they withered by the time of the World Cup.

So how far a player can go in the World Cup has nothing to do with his performance in the club.

Melly has failed in all four positions at the club this season and has been scolded a lot.

But instead, it helped him put down his burden and help him win the championship in the national team.

Have better performance.

In this World Cup, Melli has scored three goals and one assist, and his performance is very good.

The season when the Madrid Kings failed seemed to have made him more mature.

Melli, who scored three goals, also ranked second on the scorer list, second only to Hulay, who scored four goals.

Argentina, which successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, faced Italy in the quarterfinals.

The latter eliminated Sweden 1:0 after a boring battle. Italy's defense is really strong and it has not conceded a single goal so far in this World Cup!

They are also the only team that has not conceded a goal so far - Brazil and Croatia did not concede a goal in the group stage. However, after entering the knockout rounds, they also lost goals. Croatia conceded one goal against Portugal, while Brazil was conceded two goals by Norway.

Albertazzi naturally performed well, but the Italian team's defensive genes also contributed a lot.

By the way, Caesar must have been injured this time, because he did not play in the entire game against Sweden.

All six previous quarter-final games have been played, and three quarter-final matches have also occurred.

Portugal plays Uruguay, France plays Brazil, and Argentina plays Italy.

Basically, it is a dialogue between strong players - Portugal and Uruguay are also relatively close in strength - there is no situation where anyone can definitely win.

The remaining quarter-final matchup depends on today's two quarter-finals.

The first to appear are China and England.

After their game, it was the last quarter-final match - the Netherlands versus Belgium.

Zhong Shihao, who was watching the live broadcast, suddenly asked: "If we can eliminate England, will our quarter-final opponents regard it as a 'big gift package'?"

His question was laughed at by others: "If we can eliminate England, who would dare to regard us as a 'gift package'?"

As the referee team arrived, the players held the hands of the little ball boys around them. They were about to appear!

The atmosphere in the stadium has already reached boiling point. With England fans here, the atmosphere in the stadium will never cool down.

From the moment the players from both sides went out to warm up, the singing in the stands never stopped.

Most of the time it was England fans singing.

Although the Chinese fans are also very enthusiastic, they are still not as professional as the English fans on this matter.

"Players from both sides have appeared!" He Feng shouted excitedly during the live broadcast.

Everyone who was still discussing the previous quarter-finals suddenly fell silent and looked at the projection screen intently.

This much-anticipated game is finally about to begin!

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In the pre-game coin guessing ceremony, Wang Guangwei once again chose the side with the World Cup.

This has become a regular routine for him at the World Cup. As long as he is asked to choose a side, he will definitely choose the World Cup side, unless the other side chooses the World Cup first.

As for why you chose the World Cup... Do you need a reason to choose the World Cup? Are there any professional players who don’t yearn for the World Cup? Shouldn't this be a knee-jerk reaction?

This time Wang Guangwei chose the World Cup side, but he failed to guess correctly.

England captain Connor Kirk guessed the coin

The kickoff was chosen without hesitation.

Since Hulay scored in the opening game against Spain, almost all the Chinese team's opponents will choose to get the ball away first - if possible.

At the same time, the coach will also tell the goalkeeper that when the Chinese team kicks off, he must stay in front of the goal line and not leave the small penalty area.

Because the England team took away the kick-off right, Wang Guangwei naturally had no choice but to take sides.

He chose the half court where the Chinese team was warming up. Then both sides shake hands with each other, then shake hands with the referee team, and finally go back to their respective homes.

After returning, Wang Guangwei gathered his teammates and formed a circle.

He wants to do a simple pre-game mobilization.

"This game is definitely not easy to play. Although they say that 'England is the Chinese team in Europe,' it is just a joke. Whoever believes it is ****. England is very strong. We have to go all out, and we may have to You have to rely on luck to win. But..."

Having said this, Wang Guangwei looked around at his teammates and continued: "But we are not weak either! We have made it to the top 16 by our own ability, and we are qualified to compete with the England team. They look like they are facing a formidable enemy. From the looks of it, you know how strong we are, right?"

Everyone nodded, agreeing with what Captain Wang said. "So in the next game, don't think about anything, just focus on the game itself. Go all out, no reservations!"

Having said this, Wang Guangwei took the lead in extending his hand to the center of the circle.

The other team members stacked their hands on top of each other one after another, and so on, more and more, until finally everyone's hands were stacked together.

Wang Guangwei shook his arm slightly: "One, two, three...China team!"

Everyone shouted together: "Come on!!!"

Then they turned and walked away to their respective places.

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ps, the third update starts today!