There is a dream called football

Paraguay's two forwards are very powerful. One is Valdes, who plays for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga and is about to transfer to Dortmund.

The other one is Santa Cruz who plays for Bayern Munich.

Paraguay's other players also play in Europe, but many of them are not in the five major leagues, so if you just look at the strength of the cards, Paraguay is indeed not as good as the other two opponents.

But is that real?

For example, their midfielder Paredes played in Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, which is also the club that trained Cristiano Ronaldo and is very competitive in Europe, so it is good to be a main player there.

Paraguay's head coach Ruiz was setting off smoke bombs before the game.

"I feel that in the third game of the World Cup, there is no need to be conservative anymore. The Chinese team should give us a wonderful game."

hehe.

This is the subtext in Zhu Guanghu's heart. You have been eliminated, but we still have a chance to advance. It's different...

Zhu Guanghu played Tai Chi and first praised how powerful Paraguay was.

"I know that the South American qualifiers are very long and difficult. The 10 South American countries play in a big round league, so the teams that can break through in the end are very strong, at least stronger than us."

"This may be the most difficult game. If we go home after the game, I think the boys can accept it. I am already very satisfied with their performance."

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Kaiserslautern is where the eyes from Asia and the Americas have gathered. Whether the Chinese team, representing Asia, achieves a historic breakthrough, or Paraguay, representing the Americas, saves face, all depends on this game.

The Chinese reporter asked Li Qiao to talk, but the latter wore headphones and was immersed in his own world.

Li Qiao finally understood why the players had to wear headphones when they got off the bus. Maybe it was to avoid reporters' questions.

When they came to the locker room, the Chinese team began to prepare. The atmosphere was obviously different. In the first game against Sweden, the Chinese team's mentality was to focus on participation, with no desire or desire. No one had any illusions that they could really defeat their opponents.

And the second game against England, the mentality is even more like this. Until now, the Chinese team is not focused on participation, but has the opportunity to advance, so the mentality is completely different.

Li Qiao put on the shin guards and put on the fixing tape. At this time, Gao Lin came over and said, "Brother Li, come on."

"We are about the same age, why do you call me brother?"

"We're about the same age, but you have a lot of big names, so it's okay to call you brother."

"Haha, I'm not the coach. Even if you try to flatter me, I can't play."

"It depends on what you said."

Li Qiao patted Gao Lin and said, "Thank you, but can you tell a joke to lighten the atmosphere in the locker room?"

"Forget it, even inviting Guo Degang here is of no use in this situation."

That's true, it's just like the situation in the Champions League final. Everyone's emotions will only calm down after the game.

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"The Chinese team players came out to warm up."

"Li Qiao, Hao Junmin, Lei Wen..."

"The Chinese team's starting lineup today is the same as the starting lineup. It seems that Director Zhu is very satisfied with this starting lineup."

"From the perspective of actual combat, this may also be the strongest lineup currently fielded by the national football team."

"Looking at our opponent Paraguay, in fact, in the first two games, Paraguay fought with their opponents until the end and narrowly lost by one goal."

"The game against Sweden was the most regrettable. Ljungberg scored the winner in the 89th minute."

"Yes, otherwise the right to qualify for today's game will be in Paraguay's hands."

"The strongest players on this team are of course their two forwards who play in the Bundesliga, No. 18 Valdes and No. 9 Santa Cruz."

"We are commentating on Bundesliga games, and these two players are relatively familiar. They are indeed very good. At least they will have a strong impact on the Chinese team's defense."

"Yes! In the World Cup, the Chinese team's defense was really in turmoil, so young players must work harder in the future. Otherwise, it will be too difficult for the Chinese team to participate in international competitions."

Li Qiao was also watching Santa Cruz when he was warming up and jogging. He was relatively familiar with him. He was trained by Bayern and has first-class skills. More importantly, among the most handsome stars selected by the media, Santa Cruz can actually compete with Beckham.

Same name.

To be honest, Santa Cruz is very handsome. Of course, being handsome is useless on the football field. The key is skills.

Santa Cruz plays center, so it can be imagined that his impact on the Chinese team's two central defenders will be great.

When Li Qiao was warming up, the fans of the Chinese team kept shouting. Looking around, there were many fans of the Chinese team, because there are many Chinese overseas Chinese in Germany, and there are also fans from China.

As the shouts got louder, Li Qiao waved to the fans, and the fans responded even louder.

The 30-minute warm-up was over, and the Chinese team returned to the locker room. Everyone formed a circle, with Zhu Guanghu standing in the middle.

"Kids, I don't care why you started playing football, but at this moment, I hope you can play football for your dreams."

Yes.

What does it feel like to talk about dreams?

It's exciting, but it's illusory, because dreams can't be eaten, but at this time the players really feel that their dreams are in their hands, and that feeling of being within reach is really wonderful.

When we came to the stadium and the national anthem was played, everyone felt that their hearts were about to beat. How much they hoped there could be another game. It didn't matter whether it was against Germany or Poland in Group A, they just wanted to play again.

Before the start of the game, the two sides picked sides, and the Chinese team got the right to kick off first in the first half. This may be a good sign.

Director Zhu finally called Li Weifeng over and patted him on the shoulder, "The most important thing is you. If you don't lose the ball behind you, then there will be hope ahead."

Li Weifeng nodded, "It's been so many years, believe me."

The Paraguayan players also formed a circle over there, with their biggest star, Santa Cruz, in the middle.

"For the pride of Paraguayan football, we deserve a victory."

"Beat the Chinese team."

The game was about to start, and at this time, a picture-in-picture appeared in the lower left corner of the live broadcast, which was another game between Sweden and England.

Because the two games kick off at the same time, the results of each other will affect each other. If the Chinese team defeats Paraguay and Sweden loses, then the Chinese team will advance to the second place in the group with 5 points. Of course, if England loses, the Chinese team

Also ranked second in the group.

For England, their goal is to win, no matter what the result of the Chinese team's game is, because England does not want to encounter the powerful German team in the first round of the knockout round.