Fox in the Penalty Area

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After Juan Ramirez was replaced, the game between Spain and Italy quickly entered "garbage time".

The lagging Spanish players did not show a particularly high fighting spirit and never-give-up spirit.

As some commentators said, Ramirez's injured departure was a heavy blow to the hearts of all Spanish players.

Watching Ramires stumble and fall in the Italian penalty area was a huge shock to all Spanish players.

They can’t help but think:

Has God abandoned us? No matter how hard we try, we can't change reality... This is fate, right?

Especially after Ramirez couldn't hold on and was substituted, the Spanish players lost their last vestige of fighting spirit.

They were only two goals away from qualifying for the group stage, but the gap between the two goals was like a natural chasm, standing in front of them, making them unable to cross and did not have the courage to cross.

Ramirez, who was substituted, did not return to the locker room to deal with his injury. He just sat on the sidelines with an ice pack wrapped around his knees and his face covered with his hands.

He also had a premonition of the team's failure. This time he did not stand on the sidelines and actively cheer for his teammates as he did in the past.

As the leader of the team, even he had given up at this moment.

From the coaching bench to the bench, the whole Spanish team was filled with a depressing atmosphere of failure.

Due to Ramirez's injury, the game ended with ten minutes of stoppage time.

In the last ten minutes, Spain finally made a last ditch effort.

It's just that they lack excellent shooters, and their last fight is no different from before. Nothing can be changed.

Some Spanish fans in the stands simply left the game early. They really didn't want to see their home team go through such a humiliating and painful moment.

But many Spanish fans stayed.

When the referee finally blew the full-time whistle, huge boos erupted from the Crown Stadium.

The boos came from those Spanish fans who insisted on staying to watch the entire game.

They expressed their dissatisfaction with the team's performance with deafening boos.

"The game is over! What an incredible result! The defending champion and host Spanish national team was eliminated in the group stage and missed the top 16 of this World Cup!"

"It's over! Everything is over! The defending champion's journey ended in the group stage! It's unbelievable! Before this World Cup,

Has anyone ever imagined such an outcome? ! "

"Spanish football has a big problem! In the past four years, their football has hardly changed compared to the football that won the championship four years ago. While the whole of Europe is beginning to pay more attention to centers who can score goals, they are still strong. Controlling the ball... They have unknowingly been out of touch with the trend of modern football! When they faced the Chinese team and the Italian team in the World Cup and were unable to score, I don’t know if they will still persist for themselves. We are proud of our football philosophy..."

"The biggest upset of this World Cup so far has occurred! It's not the outcome of this game - Spain's loss to Italy is not a surprise - the biggest upset is that the host and defending champion failed to qualify from the group !”

"Since losing 0:3 to the Chinese team in the first round of the group stage, Spain has been on the edge of the cliff at any time. And now, they have finally fallen into the abyss..."

"In the history of the World Cup, there has never been a defending champion that was eliminated in the group stage, and there has never been a defending champion and a host country that couldn't even advance to the knockout rounds... And today, the defending champion Spain has made history!"

Commentators from all over the world who commented on this game all expressed their opinions on Spain's unexpected elimination.

Some people feel sorry for Spain, while others feel that Spain deserves the blame.

The Spanish national team was eliminated, which still caused a great shock in everyone's hearts.

Not to mention before this World Cup, even before this game, few people really dared to think that Spain would be eliminated.

After all, they just need to beat Italy.

And this is Spain's home court. Wouldn't the Spanish team, which has been forced into a last-ditch battle, burst out with huge power?

The time, place and people are all right.

What does Spain have to lose?

In the end, Spain lost.

And he lost very simply.

The Spanish team did not create any decent opportunities throughout the game to threaten the goal guarded by Albertazzi...

Both the process and the result are surprising.

When the full-time whistle was blown, many Spanish players on the field cried bitterly. Obviously they could not accept this result...

Joaquin Bella cried especially sadly.

Four years ago, he was not selected for the Spanish national team in the World Cup, and that championship had nothing to do with him.

After four years of training, he originally hoped to use his abilities to help the team defend the title locally.

He also won his first career World Cup title.

After all, he felt that he had made great progress in the past four years. Already ready to take on greater responsibilities.

But unfortunately, what he thought he became stronger was actually just his wishful thinking...

He hasn't grown enough to help the team.

Just when Joaquin Bella lowered his head and cried until his whole body was shaking, someone gently pressed his shoulder to suppress the trembling of his body.

"Don't cry, Joaquin. You have tried your best and failure is not your responsibility. Four years later, you still have a chance."

Captain Juan Ramirez's voice sounded behind him.

But hearing the captain's comfort, Joaquin Bella cried even more sadly.

Four years later, at the World Cup in China, I am thirty-two years old, so of course I still have a chance.

But the captain is already thirty-six years old, but I don’t know if he still has a chance...

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Ramirez was not able to comfort all his teammates, because as he was walking, he stopped and stood on the noisy court, with his hands on his hips and looking at the stumbling teammates in front of him.

He wants to comfort his teammates, but he himself also needs comfort...

Just then someone came up from the side and stretched out his hand: "Hi, Juan."

He turned around and looked over, only to realize that it was Caesar.

Caesar took the initiative to hug Ramirez, and then said in his ear: "Take good care of your injuries, Juan, you can come back in four years."

Ramirez didn't respond immediately, so Caesar asked: "What? Don't you believe you can still participate in the World Cup in four years?"

Ramirez shook his head: "That's not..."

Then he sighed: "Thank you, Caesar. I also wish you go further in the World Cup."

Caesar whispered in his ear: "Tell you a news, Juan. My knee is also injured. I don't know how far I can go in the World Cup. Maybe every game will be my last." field."

Ramirez looked at Caesar with wide eyes.

They heard about Caesar's injury before the game, but because of the "lessons" from the second group match, Ramirez thought it was just a smoke bomb set by the Italian team.

Unexpectedly, Caesar was really injured.

He lowered his head and sighed: "I'm not as good as you..."

Caesar shook his head: "No, Juan. Our situation is different. I don't have to think about the future, because I have no future. So I can go all out in the World Cup, even if it takes my entire career. But you can't, You are still young and you have to continue playing football."

"Am I still young?" Ramirez suddenly wanted to laugh, but he quickly realized that he was indeed still young in front of the thirty-eight-year-old Caesar.

Finally, Caesar patted Ramirez on the shoulder: "Come on, Juan, you still have a long career."

Then he said goodbye to Ramirez.

Ramirez stood there and looked at Caesar's back. The man's walking posture was indeed a little limp, as if one of his legs was struggling.

But during the game, he didn't notice it at all.

No, maybe no one in the Spanish team noticed this.

Therefore, we did not lose unjustly...

Ramirez thought to himself, before walking to his next teammate to comfort them.

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The entire Crown Stadium was engulfed in huge emotions of grief and anger.

But at the match between the Chinese team and Nigeria, there was more of a joyful atmosphere.

The Nigerian players who lost the game collapsed on the court, sad that they were eliminated.

But they can't change the overall atmosphere of this stadium, because in this stadium, Chinese fans have an absolute advantage.

In order to witness the historic moment of Chinese football, countless Chinese fans flew from China to Spain, almost turning this stadium into the home stadium of the Chinese team.

Nigerian football fans appear to be alone...

Now these Chinese fans are waving the national flag vigorously, singing and cheering loudly, venting their excitement.

Amid their cheers, the Chinese players ran and jumped on the court to celebrate qualifying.

"Congratulations to the boys of the Chinese team! Congratulations to every Chinese fan! This is a historic moment for Chinese football! The Chinese men's football team finally reached the knockout rounds of the World Cup! On the premise of participating in the World Cup finals for the second time in history, We made it to the top 16! This is an amazing victory!”

He Feng, who was in the commentary box, said loudly and excitedly.

Although most of his commentary before the end of the game referred to the game between Spain and Italy - that game was indeed more suspenseful than the game at hand.

But after the final whistle of the game was blown, he quickly returned to the emotions of a Chinese commentator.

Yan Kang beside him was even more excited. He shouted almost at the same time as the final whistle:

"We qualified! We qualified! This time we qualified in the group stage! The Chinese team is in the top 16 of the World Cup! Audience friends! We have witnessed history together!"

When He Feng heard what Yan Kang said, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "In recent years, we have witnessed a lot of history!"

Yan Kang looked at him and smiled: "We will witness more! Every next step is making history!"

After speaking, the two fell into a brief silence.

Because they all set their sights on the court.

There were Chinese players hugging each other.

In fact, when the final whistle was blown, the Chinese substitute players who had been waiting on the sideline rushed into the court to celebrate with their teammates.

"In the last group match four years ago... we drew 3:3 against the mighty Brazilian team, and when the whistle blew at the end of the game, that's how we celebrated. It looked like we were the best team from that group. It’s like qualifying..."

Looking at the Chinese team players celebrating wildly, He Feng said with emotion.

"But actually we were going home. Have you ever seen someone so excited about being eliminated? It's incredible to think about it now, but at that time, none of us realized there was anything wrong with it. We drew in the group stage Brazil! This Brazil finally reached the World Cup finals, but lost to Spain... In other words, we tied with the runner-up of that World Cup! We remained undefeated in the three group matches of that World Cup, so The performance makes us talk about it...

"I still remember how many people went to the airport to welcome the boys from the national team when they returned home. It was as if they were not losers, but had brought us the World Cup trophy... But then, Wang Guangwei When being interviewed, he said that he now thinks of that passionate scene, but feels ashamed. Because they are losers... He also promised everyone that when the next time they participate in the World Cup, the Chinese team will perform better than last time. ...Now they have fulfilled their promise! This time, we don't have to go home happily after three group matches, we will continue to stay on the World Cup stage! Our final moment...has not yet come! "

As he spoke, He Feng's voice was choked with sobs.

As a Chinese football commentator, most of his memories related to Chinese football in his previous career were painful and angry.

No matter how excited and excited he is when commentating on the World Cup, he still feels lonely deep inside.

Because on the huge World Cup stage, he could not find a familiar figure.

Finally, four years ago, that changed.

For the first time, there is a Chinese men's football team on the World Cup stage.

The Chinese fans at that time were so tolerant that the Chinese team returned home after playing three group matches and received an overwhelming welcome.

Yes, being able to stand on that stage, even in the corner, is enough to make us happy for a long time...

Just four years later, who would have thought that we would take a few steps forward from the edge of the stage and step into the spotlight?

In these few short steps, we have gone four years, and so many players and coaches have put in so much hard work to achieve today’s celebration...

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On the last day of the World Cup group stage, the last two games of Group H also ended.

After both games, some people cried.

But the same tears represent different joys and sorrows.

Some people laughed until they cried, and some cried until they were heartbroken.

The sad and joyful stories about football and the World Cup continue...

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