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Chapter 610 Battlefield!

"Come on! Come on! The defeated player is still talking so confidently! In this game, I must score a goal! Teach that guy a good lesson!" Rooney jumped up and down, looking furious.

"There's no need to wait for the match." Li Rui fanned the flames, "Go ahead, go to the Spanish team and give that guy a left uppercut... Don't worry, Wayne, I'll help you watch the wind."

"At that time, if we win them one more time, nothing will happen." Walcott stood up and said, "Little Tiger" performed very well in this European Cup, which also greatly strengthened himself self-confidence.

"Ambition." Li Rui gave a thumbs up, and then he looked at the time, "I only know that if we don't go to the meeting room to watch the game, the boss will not let us go."

Then there was a flurry of flying dogs and dogs, and they ran towards the conference room. Tonight is the day of the first semi-final match between Germany and Turkey. Mourinho specifically asked the whole team to watch it together, because once England eliminated Spain, In the final, they will face off against the winner of this game.

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Before the start of this semi-final, BEIN announced the latest winning odds. Germany was listed as the favorite to win the championship at 1 to 1.5, followed by England at 1 at 1.58, Spain at 1 at 1.62, and Turkey at 1. Odds of 12 are seriously underestimated. Among the semi-finals, three teams have such close odds, which also shows that this year's championship competition will be quite fierce.

No wonder BWIN looked down on Turkey. Seeing Turkey's starting lineup for today's game on the big screen, and the 3 lonely substitute players on the bench, the England players couldn't help but feel that Germany and Turkey are really in this game. Strong and weak 'ah! !
The reason for saying this is not only because the overall strength of the German team is slightly better, but also because Turkey is facing a serious personnel crisis, and only 14 players are left to play!
After 120 minutes of hard work against Croatia, A. Emre, Arda and Tuncaj all received their second yellow cards.The main goalkeeper Vulkan was shown a red card and suspended for two games in the last group match against the Czech Republic when he pushed down the opponent's striker Kohler.The Turkish Football Federation lodged an appeal, which was rejected by UEFA. B. Emre, Nihat, Servet and G. Emre were unable to play due to injuries. There will be only three players left on the Turkish bench, including No. [-] goalkeeper Tolga.

So much so that Turkish coach Trim even told the media with a wry smile that he even considered that he himself could come off the bench if necessary!

This scene seemed familiar to Turkey's opponents, the Germans, because before the 1996 European Cup final, the German team was also prepared to play other positions because of the personnel crisis.At that time, UEFA also licensed the German team to recruit Todt of Freiburg, but he did not play in the end.This time UEFA do not want to make an exception, Trim can only encourage players to 'work hard to complete the impossible task'.

The German team no longer has personnel troubles. Even Frings, who suffered a broken rib in the last game of the group stage, has participated in all the training in the last two days, which can be described as a strong team.

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However, the progress of the match between Turkey VS the strong and well-organized German team, which almost attacked with a broken formation, was more or less unexpected.

Turkish midfielder Kazim hit the goal frame at the beginning of the game, and then he hit the crossbar again. Boral made a supplementary shot and scored his first goal for the national team. Turkey led 1-0, but Schweinsteiger immediately scored Scored his second goal of the tournament, 2.

In the second half, Klose overtook the score, Germany 2:1 Turkey.

Before the end of the game, Semih chased to 86-2 in the 2th minute. However, when the game progressed to injury time, Ram exceeded the score again, 3:2!

In the end, in the previous games, Turkey, which had staged reversals many times, was reversed and won by the Germans and was eliminated.The Germans advanced to the finals first.

Even so, I also saw Li Rui and others in front of the TV sighing for a while. The performance of Turkey, which played with a semi-disabled lineup, won everyone's respect.

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The hotel business in Vienna has improved, and it is simply impossible to book any vacant rooms at this time.The main reason for this is the fanaticism of England fans.

Because the England national team reached the semi-finals of the European Cup again after 1996 years after the local European Cup in 12. The fans are crazy about it, and now, the whole of England is moving around the European Cup.

This made many England fans who did not plan to come to the European Cup to watch the game pack their bags and fly to Vienna.

Tickets for the semi-finals and Spain have long been hard to come by, but the English still hope to encounter refunds outside the Ernst Happel Stadium.

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In addition, the more critical issue is that the hotel rooms in Vienna have almost been booked long ago.

Of course, due to the exit of the Dutchman and the exit of the Italian, many fans from Italy and the Netherlands checked out, which were booked by the flock of England fans. However, Vienna also underestimated the England fans. Fanaticism, the number of newly added English fans is much more than the sum of these Italian fans and Dutch fans who left Vienna. This can't help but wonder if the entire English people have immigrated here! !

Accommodation has become a big problem.

However, this does not seem to be a problem for England fans. For fanatical England fans, sleeping on the street is fine in order to watch the football.Many England fans carry tents with them, as if they are going camping in the deep mountains and old forests. Therefore, on the streets of Vienna, colorful tents are often seen blooming on the streets these two days.

In the end, for the sake of safety and standardized management, the Vienna City Government had to temporarily issue an order to allow major parks to open at night for fans who did not book hotel rooms to camp.

At the same time, the Vienna City Government also mobilized some Vienna citizens to provide their own vacant rooms for these England fans to stay. Of course, they are all paid.

The England storm is coming, all of which are waiting for the semi-finals of England VS Spain! !

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On the morning of June 6, the England team had their last joint practice before the match.

During the training, Li Rui appeared to be in average condition. He scored 6 goal with 1 shots. This efficiency is really not good.

At the end of the training, Li Rui's expression was serious, and he walked towards the locker room with his head down.

When passing the mixed interview area, a reporter suddenly scratched Li Rui's arm, "Li, you met Spain again, how many goals do you plan to score?"

Li Rui was in a bad mood, he was still thinking about what happened to his state today, he broke free from the reporter's tugging angrily, and turned around and said, "100!"

Then, Li Rui walked away without looking back, but he didn't see the ecstatic expression on the reporter's face.

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In the afternoon, the press officer of the England team found Li Rui. Li Rui was a little dumbfounded when he saw the overwhelming media hype, "Li Rui threatened to score 100 goals in Spain".

At that time, he was just saying something in a bad mood, but he didn't expect to see this scene.

what to do?He published an apology in the newspaper and said that these reports were all nonsense. He was just an angry statement at the time, which was infinitely magnified by the media?
Don't be kidding, isn't this tantamount to showing weakness to the Spanish team at the most critical moment before the game?The Spaniards will definitely be very proud to accept Li Rui's sincere 'apology'!

Li Rui found that he really couldn't do anything at this sensitive time. Even if the England team issued any explanation, they could only say a few words in the name of the team, and could not write too much on this matter. many.

In short, these media reporters seem to have calculated this point, so they broke out such outrageous news at this time, without worrying that Li Rui would find fault.

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After dinner, Li Rui and his teammates waited in the lobby of the hotel, waiting to set off for the semi-final match venue, the Ernst Hapoel Stadium.

This is the same as their quarter game and the Italian game venue. This is also a good thing for the England team, at least there is no need to go back and forth to change places.

Wearing a windbreaker, walking and hunting, the very stylish Mourinho and the coaching staff appeared in everyone's sight. The head coach of the Three Lions looked at his disciples with satisfaction, and waved his hand, "Young man Let's go! For the final!"

Immediately, the hall began to get busy, with the staff busy moving players' equipment into the bottom of the bus.

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When the outside reporters saw the commotion inside, they also got excited and rushed to the bus, attacking the defense line formed by the security guards, wanting to take close-up photos of the players getting on the bus.

The England fans who had been waiting outside the hotel for a long time became excited. However, they did not hit the bus and did not cause any trouble to their heroes. The fans just shouted outside the isolation cordon: "We are Champions! We are champions! England! England! GO! GO!! GO!!!"

The fans are content to let the players know that they have their backs.

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As soon as the players walked out of the hotel gate, the flashing lights of the countless reporters who had been waiting outside the hotel seemed to be in the middle of the day, and they got into the team's bus, and there were also England fans waiting outside the hotel. Excited cheers and cheers.

The TV broadcast starts from this moment, and it will be broadcast live until the start of the game. Of course, when the players are in the locker room, it is impossible for the media to get the broadcast.

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At this moment, not only in England, but in many countries where the game is broadcast, fans can see the English players walking out of the hotel and boarding the bus on the TV screens.

Every fan was looking for their favorite star in the camera. When they found it, the fans felt happy. If they didn't find it, it's okay. Anyway, the game will start soon.

The broadcast signal followed the England bus. It started from the hotel and slowly drove to the Ernst Hapoel Stadium. Along the way, England fans followed all the way, singing and dancing, as if Vienna had been captured by the English at this moment.

Of course, the English only captured most of it, and many Spanish fans could still be seen along the way.

Arriving at the Ernst Hapoel Stadium, the players stepped out of the bus and entered the locker room corridor. At this time, the broadcast signal was still following, but when the players walked into the locker room, the signal was interrupted— —

The locker room is a mysterious place that only belongs to the players!

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When England players reappeared in people's sights and they stepped into the Ernst Hapoel Stadium to warm up, the whole stadium was already packed.

England fans gave them a thunderous applause for coming out to warm up, because of their outstanding performance, this time, England fans can enjoy more happiness and passion than ever before.

The fans held various banners and portraits of the players, and the live broadcast showed a close-up shot of the stands. It can be seen that among the portraits held by the fans, the most is of course England captain David Beckham. Then there are the portraits of Wayne Rooney, the favorite of England fans, and then - Li Rui's portraits, no, it should be said that Li Rui's portraits are about the same number as Lampard's portraits, but this also shows that in England In the hearts of the fans, Li Rui's status has reached a very important position.

This is not easy for a Chinese star. These are the results of Li Rui's hard work and hard work step by step!

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"We've seen our lads on the pitch. They're warming up. Now, England's starting line-up for this game is in my hands. Spain's starting line-up, though, isn't there yet, look. Seeing that the loss to England in the group stage, Mr. Aragones still has lingering fears and can't make up his mind... Well, let's take a look first, which heroic lads will start today." Lineker's voice sounded Get up, the camera is switched to the commentary booth, above the commentary booth, you can see the flag of St. George waving in the night sky.

"The goalkeeper is still James. His performance in this cup is quite satisfactory, and he didn't make some bad mistakes, which is awesome; the left back is Ashley Cole, but Ashley has He received a yellow card. He has to be careful in today's game. The center back combination is Terry and Brown. Rio Ferdinand has been suspended for two yellow cards. This is not a small loss; the right back is Richards , the Manchester City teenager performed really poorly in the group stage match against Spain, but it seems that Mourinho still chose to believe in Richards, let's bless this young man; the midfielders are respectively, Hargreave Stevens, captain David Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard; in this game, Steven (Gerrard) came back from suspension, but Lampard has a yellow card on him, Frank must be careful ; On the front line, Mourinho still chooses Wayne (Rooney) and Li Rui to partner. In the group match against Spain, Li Rui scored a hat-trick. Praise this young man and wish him the best in this game. Bless England!"

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When the English players finished warming up and walked back to the locker room, the Spanish players came out, which immediately aroused wild cheers from the silent Spanish fans just now.

"Let's take a look at Spain's starting lineup. It seems that Mr. Aragones has finally made a decision-the goalkeeper is still Iker Casillas. The Real Madrid goalkeeper is really difficult to deal with. Good luck to our attackers; The defender is Ramos from Real Madrid, the central defender is Marchena from Valencia and the captain Puyol from Barcelona, ​​and the left back is Capdrera from Villarreal. Compared with the group stage, there is no change in the combination... In the midfield, Barcelona players Iniesta and Xavi, Arsenal players Cesc Fabregas, and Valencia players David Silva; In terms of midfield, compared with the game in the group stage, the only change is that Xavi Alonso did not qualify in the starting list; on the front line, Aragones ranked Liverpool striker Torres and Valencia striker Villa's combination..."

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When the last pre-match commercial was played on the TV, players from both sides were already standing in the player tunnel. This was the second time the two teams met in this European Cup. This is not common in cup matches, because This requires both sides to reach the semi-finals, which is not easy.

Spain and England didn't have many old grudges before, and looking at the disastrous records of the two teams in the intercontinental competition, they can be said to be brothers and sisters.

However, in the group stage, England's 5:3 victory over Spain in the classic game also made the two teams rivals. The Spanish players took a deep breath to take revenge in this game. Willing to lose to the underdogs in the group stage, in addition:

The desire for the final, the desire of the two teams, is so strong!
In addition, there was an episode where the media hyped that Li Rui threatened to "score 100 Spanish goals" in the game, which angered the Spanish players, especially the defensive players headed by Puyol.

The expression on Puyol's face was quite normal, while Ramos' face was like the frost of winter. Feeling Ramos' hostile eyes, Li Rui shook his head and ignored it. Could he run over on his own initiative? He patted Ramos on the shoulder and said, 'Dude, that's all nonsense from the media, don't take it seriously, take it easy during the game'.

Anyway, after the whistle sounded for the start of the game, the two sides were mortal enemies before the end of the game. What else is there to say? !
This game is a battlefield for both sides!

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