Seven Crowns

In the semi-final against Brazil, Lu Wenbin had no assists, no goals, and the team did not win, let alone enter the final.

Therefore, after the competition, Lu Wenbin had no experience at all, let alone the task reward of entering the finals and winning the championship.

Before the start of the game, Lu Wenbin fantasized about winning the game, advancing to the finals, getting mission rewards, and raising his free kick skills to the master level!

Now it seems that the free kick upgrade has to wait.

After the game, because the Chinese team did not enter the final, Lu Wenbin did not even have the qualifications to compete for the championship.

Lu Wenbin's previous undefeated golden body, which could win the championship as long as he participated in the entire career, was finally broken in this year's Confederations Cup.

After the game, the global media reported on Lu Wenbin's Chinese team's stop in the semi-finals. Of course, the point is that Lu Wenbin's record of winning the championship as long as he participated in the competition was over.

In the Confederations Cup semi-finals, the Chinese team lost 1-3 to the host Brazil, and Lu Wenbin's record of winning the championship came to an end! "

"The strength of the Chinese team is weak, Lu Wenbin can't stand alone, China has lost the chance to compete for the Confederations Cup championship! "

"Lu Wenbin is finally not so perverted that he can resist the whole Brazilian team by himself. "

The defeat of the Chinese team can be regarded as reassuring to many people who were suspicious and surprised that Lu Wenbin was too abnormal.

With the strength of the current players in the Chinese team, even with Lu Wenbin leading it, it is not normal to beat the Brazilian team.

Losing to the Brazilian team, Lu Wenbin's record of winning the championship was suspended, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, June 28, Spain defeated Italy 7-6 in a penalty shootout and will compete with Brazil for the Confederations Cup championship trophy.

Although they lost in the semi-finals, the Chinese team could not go home because they still had to participate in the third and fourth finals.

The competition time for the third and fourth place finals is June 30, and the final time is July 1.

What is more beneficial to China is that the Chinese team's semi-final was played on June 27, while Italy's semi-final was played on June 28.

The Chinese team took one more day off than the Italian team, and Italy had to play three or four finals after only one day off.

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In terms of mentality, even if it is a third or fourth final, the Chinese team will definitely do their best.

For China, third runner-up and first runner-up are completely different concepts.

In the history of the World Series, South Korea once relied on the help of referees and played at home under favorable conditions to achieve fourth place in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.

This is the best result of Asian football (men's football) in the World Series. Whether everyone approves it or not, despises it or not, it is just this result.

Although the Confederations Cup does not have the authority and popularity of the World Cup, it is indeed a top world competition.

If the Chinese team can get the third place, it can surpass South Korea's best performance in the World Series and create a new height for Asian teams in the World Series.

Therefore, for the third and fourth finals, the Chinese team will still play it as a final.

For Italy, however, the importance is different.

As the team with the second most championships in the World Cup, the goal of Italy to participate in the Confederations Cup is naturally the championship.

Now that they lost in the semi-finals, did not enter the finals, and could not compete for the championship, even if they did not succeed, the players naturally had no interest in competing for the third place.

Even if they play, the emphasis on the game is far from that of the Chinese team.

In terms of physical fitness and game mentality, Italy cannot be compared with China.

The only thing stronger than the Chinese team may be that their technical and tactical strength is stronger than the Chinese team, but their physical fitness and game mentality will definitely affect their on-the-spot performance.

Under such circumstances, it is entirely possible for the Chinese team to upset Italy and take third place. No matter how small the odds are, there is always a chance.

On June 30, the Salvador New Water Stadium was full, and most of the seats were occupied by Chinese fans and overseas Chinese.

Being able to qualify in the Confederations Cup group stage, although the semi-finals failed and failed to enter the finals, it also aroused the enthusiasm of countless domestic fans to watch the game.

A lot of people came from China temporarily, just in time for the three or four finalists.

Anyway, neither the Italian team nor the fans are interested in the three or four finals, which happened to allow most fans to buy tickets and be able to enter the stadium to cheer for the national football team on the spot.

The Xinshuiyuan Stadium, which can accommodate more than 50,000 spectators, has nearly 40,000 fans of the Chinese team, and the whole stadium is red.

Chinese fans have already turned Xinshuiyuan Stadium into their home stadium. There are only a few thousand Italian fans, and the rest are local citizens and fans from other places who came to see Lu Wenbin.

At 16:00 local time, with the whistle of the referee, the third and fourth finals of the 2013 Confederations Cup between China VS Italy officially started.

The Chinese team has a formation of 4231, with goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, defenders Rong Hao, Feng Xiaoting, Zhao Peng, Zhang Linpeng, midfielders Lu Wenbin and Wang Yongpo, midfielders Yu Hai and Hao Junmin, midfielder Deng Zhuoxiang, and forward Wu Lei.

Italian formation 433, goalkeeper Buffon, defenders Maggio, Astori, Chiellini, De Sciglio, midfielders Candreva, De Rossi, Montolivo, forwards Shalawi, Gilardino , Diamanti.

Several main players in the Italian team, such as Barzagli, Bonucci, Pirlo, and Balotelli, did not play without illness or injury. From the list of appearances, it can be seen that the Italian team is absent-minded.

After the start of the game, Italy did not shrink their defense, disregarding their defensive advantages, and directly used the kick-off to attack the Chinese team.

However, Lu Wenbin intercepted the through ball that De Rossi passed to Gilardino before reaching the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team.

De Rossi underestimated Lu Wenbin's defensive positioning【 】ability.

After all, he only watched the game video or the post-match news introduction before, and De Rossi did not have a face-to-face intuitive experience of Lu Wenbin's defensive ability.

Now, he feels it.

However, De Rossi didn't care, and the Italian team didn't care too much.

Lu Wenbin's offensive and defensive all-around abnormality is well known, and it didn't just pop up today. Since Lu Wenbin is so good, it is enough for everyone to bypass him when breaking through the pass.

In the hearts of the Italian team, they didn't think that the Chinese team could cause them any trouble. After all, they lost with Spain in a penalty shootout, and Spain beat the Chinese team 4-1.

Although they don't pay much attention to the third and fourth finals, it doesn't mean that the Italians want to give up the third place.

They rotated the main players, put on a stance and stormed at the beginning, etc., just out of contempt for the Chinese team, thinking that they could beat the Chinese team casually.