green star

Chapter 874 Great influence
England, which got the right to qualify in advance, is the darling of the media. Not only Li Rui and Beckham are surrounded by the media, but other players are also the same, even Gareth, who was not on the bench, was surrounded by the media.Barry was also besieged by the media. In England, there is no more focus than the England team at the moment.

It's no wonder, looking at the top [-] of the World Cup in South Africa now, although Argentina had won both games before, but because the situation in that group was still unclear, Argentina did not qualify ahead of schedule, only England qualified ahead of schedule with a two-game win, which can be described as The record is brilliant and dazzling.

Among other powerful players, France, the runner-up of the last World Cup, has [-] draw, [-] loss and [-] point, and is on the verge of being eliminated. The last runner-up, Italy [-]:[-] Uruguay, Spain [-]:[-] Switzerland, and England's mortal enemy Germany won [-] [-] loss, so England's performance is still quite eye-catching. In the words of the "Guardian", it is "worthy of being a European champion!" '

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The players got rid of the entanglement of the media, and when they returned to the locker room, everyone was in a good mood, hugging each other and celebrating the victory.

Gerald also took the initiative to find Li Rui, and congratulated Li Rui on wearing the captain's armband. At this moment, Gerrard has fully recognized Li Rui's captain's armband, not only because Li Rui was in the first game against the US team. Rui assisted him to score, but also because of the confidence and exemplary role that Li Rui brought to the team.

And the other Lampard, who could have won the second captain's armband, has nothing to say at the moment. In today's game, Li Rui assisted Lampard to score a goal, fulfilling Lampard's dream of scoring in the World Cup. Just now When returning to the locker room, Lampard found Li Rui again and thanked him for his assist.

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Just when everyone was talking about something happily, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and the head coach Mourinho walked in.

Seeing the boss enter the house, they all cast their eyes over.They beat their opponents [-]:[-], advanced to the top [-] ahead of schedule, and successfully qualified. Everyone wants to hear the compliments from the head coach.

Mourinho didn't let them down. Seeing everyone there, he said with a smile on his face: "Well done, guys. You played a beautiful game!" He shrugged and said, "We entered the round of [-]. , the Algerians have gone home."

Mourinho's words made the players burst into laughter.They have no enmity with Algeria, and they shouldn't have ridiculed the Algerians like this. It's just that kicking others home will make them more or less complacent.

It is true that the smile of the winner is always based on the pain of the loser.

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"Now you can relax, we have a holiday tomorrow! But I remind you..." Mourinho's expression became serious, and he wanted to vaccinate everyone in advance, "The last game against Slovenia is not Dispensable, this has a great impact on our knockout rounds, so I don’t want anyone to have a problem with their state in the match against Slovenia... You know, our goal is the championship. If we don’t win the championship trophy Before, no one can relax!"

Naturally, the crowd agreed wholeheartedly. Now they all want to relax, and their minds have already flown to one side.

Mourinho also understands the players. Players are also human beings. After a fierce game, they want to relax. Mourinho is not the kind of unreasonable head coach. He also ended the lecture with a smile , clapped his hands: "Okay, now pack up and go back to the hotel by yourself. You can sleep well tonight, heroes of England!"

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England's 10:[-] Algeria is the game with the largest point difference since the start of this World Cup. It can be said to be a hearty victory.This is something that many people did not expect before the game. Although Slovenia is the weakest team in this group, it is not so weak that it can be slaughtered. After all, from Algeria's first game to today's game Judging from the first two and [-] minutes of the game, Algeria's intensive defense was quite successful.

Therefore, Fleet Street immediately unified their views, since it is not that Algeria is too weak.Then the England team is really too strong.

The whole British peninsula is happy at the moment.

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Especially Li Rui, as the second round of the group stage, has scored [-] goals. The world's number one football star has not disappointed his fans. He has become the most well-deserved focus of this World Cup!

This World Cup is also considered to be the one with the most super teams. Ronaldo of Portugal, Messi of Argentina, and Li Rui of England, these three players are recognized as the greatest football stars in the world today, and they have helped Li Rui, who won the [-] European Cup in England, is more convincing than Ronaldo and Messi.

So far in the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal [-]:[-] Côte d'Ivoire in the first match, Portugal's No. [-]'s performance can only be said to be average; Argentina's first match [-]:[-] Nigeria, the second match [-]:[-] South Korea, but Messi did not score a goal.On the contrary, Li Rui's club teammate Higuain scored a hat-trick in the game against the South Korean team, and he was very popular for a while.

After England's [-]:[-] victory over Algeria, Messi said in an interview with the Argentine "Clarion": "I have given up competing for the title of top scorer in this World Cup. As long as the team can win the final championship, I am satisfied."

Higuain, who had just scored a hat-trick against the South Korean team, was asked who will be the top scorer in this World Cup, "The top scorer? In my opinion, there is no doubt that it should be Lee, (I Although) performed a hat-trick, but I don’t think I will pose any threat to Li, now I expect that the top scorer will go to Li Rui, and the Hercules Cup belongs to Argentina, haha.”

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England's [-]:[-] Algeria match caused a sensation after the match, not only because of this big victory, and Li Rui scored twice to score the fourth goal of the World Cup.

In the game, he took over the captain's armband from Beckham, who was replaced by a cramp, and became England's captain on the field in the World Cup, and finally led England to score another goal and beat the opponent. the focus of media attention.

This kind of attention has even risen to a high level. It is said that Cameron, the new prime minister of England, also mentioned this game and Li Rui when he talked to the Chinese Communist Party for the first time after taking office.The two heads of state praised Li Rui as a model of China-UK friendship. . .Even the "People's Daily" reported on the matter.

In a word, it can be said to have a major impact.

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Although the security of the England team's resident Royal Banfalcon Gardens is still strict, don't underestimate the strength of the paparazzi. The number of journalists has increased exponentially, not only from England and Europe, but also from Asia, the Americas and South Africa.

They are like flies, waiting there, and if there is any fishy smell, they will surround them.

This caused Li Rui to go back to the hotel where Jessica was staying at the end of the game, but he could only find the doorman, dressed up in disguise, and was about to leave.

However, he was recognized by the sharp-eyed reporters. The reason why the reporters recognized Li Rui was very simple. They had already remembered the appearance of the two bodyguards from the "Blackwater Company" beside Li Rui in the past two days Clearly, these two bodyguards, one was protecting Jessica, and the other drove to pick up Li Rui from the hotel where Jessica was staying. They were immediately recognized by the reporters. These reporters were all cunning and cunning. Pretending not to recognize the bodyguard, he waited there. Sure enough, after a while, Li Rui, who was disguised and wearing a baseball cap and wide toad glasses, came out of the hotel. He was immediately surrounded by the media.

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"Li, what do you think of Maradona's remarks?" a reporter from the England team asked.

During Argentina's 1986-[-] South Korea match, Maradona held a newspaper in his hand on the sidelines. It was the number of the Argentine newspaper on the day his team won the World Cup in [-]. The headline read: "World Champion!"

When asked about the topic of this newspaper, Maradona said unabashedly after the game that he would prefer to show the English people this newspaper when they meet England in the knockout round.

This immediately aroused the anger of the English people. Almost all the English media fired at Maradona. For the ridicule and sarcasm of the English people, Maradona was very happy. He was England's sworn enemy, so he wouldn't mind it. He It is so reckless, the hostility between Argentina and the United Kingdom is not just talk.

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When Li Rui heard the reporter from England ask this question, he replied, "I respect Maradona, but if I really meet Argentina, I will let him taste the taste of failure."

In fact, Li Rui really likes Maradona. He is a fan of Diego between the Argentine football champion and the Brazilian football champion. Maybe he doesn't like being too bureaucratic with senior FIFA officials. Pele, the reason why he appreciates the willful Diego more.

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However, even though he likes Maradona, Li Rui had to answer the reporter's question in this way, responding tit-for-tat to the Argentine champion. This is because England and Argentina are feuds both in history and in football. Although Li Rui Rui is not from England, but he is a member of the England team, so he must act like he is also facing this feud, which will help England fans accept him and win the trust of his teammates.If he ignores this feud, then his prestige in this team will not be established, teammates will treat him as an outlier, and fans will criticize him.

It's like when the Chinese team is playing against the Japanese team, any player in the Chinese team must show a good mental outlook and declare that they want to beat Japan and Japan, even though everyone knows that the Chinese team can't win , however, this attitude is a must!

Because, this is a feud!
Of course, the level of feud between England and Argentina cannot be compared with that between the Chinese team and Japan.

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Sure enough, the English reporters were extremely excited when they heard what Li Rui said. Some people were still applauding loudly.

Seeing the excited looks of the reporters and the increasing number of microphones being handed over, Li Rui hurriedly got into the car with the help of the bodyguards and walked away.

The hotel where Jessica stayed was about a dozen miles away from the Royal Banfokeng Gardens. This was a luxury villa-style hotel. Li Rui booked the entire villa and asked the Blackwater Company to send more bodyguards. Responsible for the safety of Jessica and her son.

In addition, father Li Haisheng and mother Zhang Huifen have already decided that if Li Rui can lead the team to the semi-finals, they will come to South Africa to watch the game from China, which also makes Li Rui pay more attention to security issues, and Blackwater Company also The world's number one star's request is taken very seriously, and he will provide the security at the head of state level. In fact, the security for Jessica's mother and child is already top-notch.

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If the reporters were to see Li Rui's current appearance, they would definitely be surprised. In the villa, there are amusement facilities specially prepared by Li Rui for Little Jack. Although it cost a lot of money, for Li Rui now, it is possible Problems solved with money are not problems.

At this moment, he is enjoying himself playing with his children. He doesn't look like a star at all. At this moment, Li Rui is a father who plays with his children and enjoys family happiness.Li Rui has always felt that he owes his wife and children a lot, and as long as they are together, he will make up for it as much as possible.

Tired of playing, Little Jack finally fell asleep.

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Li Rui and Jessica came to the bedroom, they kissed passionately, and whispered in Jessica's ear: "Honey, the team is on vacation tomorrow, there is plenty of time, let's try what we saw in the movie... ..."

"Aren't you tired?" Jessica gave Li Rui a suggestive wink, "I'm going to take a shower."

"Ah...wait for me, let's go together..." Li Rui chuckled, and rushed into the bathroom after a while, there was a burst of screaming, followed by heavy gasps and groans. . .

The flowers bloom and fall, several times colorful. . . .

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At 01:30 on the next day, in the villa, Li Rui, who had just got up for breakfast and lunch, watched the match between the Netherlands and Japan with his wife and son. In the end, the Netherlands relied on Sneijder's goal , [-]:[-] small victory over Japan.The Dutch team also qualified one round ahead of schedule.

Although the Japanese team lost this game, because they beat Cameroon [-]-[-] in the first game of the group stage, they only needed to draw with the Danish team in the last game of the group to be able to qualify. to the round of [-].

This also made Li Rui sigh. Although he doesn't like Japan very much, he has to admit the progress of the Japanese team. Take this game against the Netherlands as an example. Although Japan lost, the scene was not at all inferior .

Although Mourinho gave the team a day off, as long as the players return to the base before [-]:[-] tonight, Li Rui still had dinner and returned to the base around [-]:[-]. He is now England's team deputy, and he must set an example.

When he returned to the station, he happened to see Beckham at the entrance of the hotel. Beckham had just returned, and they both laughed when they saw each other.

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"Tonight's game, do you predict the result?" Li Rui asked Beckham. He was talking about the game between Ghana and Australia. The result of this game will have a great impact on the German team's ranking in Group D. For Australia, then Ghana will be the top of Group D. In the last game of the group stage, as long as Ghana and Germany draw, then Ghana will become No.1 in the group, avoiding England, and The German team will meet England. Of course, if Serbia wins Australia in the last game, then Germany will even be eliminated if it cannot beat Ghana.

"Ghana should win." Beckham said, judging from the strength comparison of the two teams, Ghana is indeed stronger than Australia.

"I think the two teams will draw." Li Rui disagreed with Beckham's prediction.Although Australia was bloodbathed by the German team in the first game, Li Rui did not think that was Australia's strength.

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In the end, in the second match day of Group D at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, the Australian team tenaciously drew with Ghana [-]:[-] with one player sent off, retaining the The last glimmer of hope for qualifying from the group.

In this case, after two rounds of competition, the points situation of Group D is that Ghana has [-] win, [-] draw and [-] points, ranking first in the group, followed by Germany with [-] win and [-] loss, Serbia with [-] win and [-] loss, and [-] loss and [-] loss. In this case, the German team still has the hope of winning the first place in the group and avoiding England. As long as they win the Ghana team in the last game of the group stage, they will be able to get the first place in the group. Of course, If Serbia also wins Australia, then even if Germany wins, it can only be second in the group.

On the second day, after the training, Mourinho analyzed the current situation to the whole team, and asked the whole team not to think about it, no matter whether they will meet Germany in one-eighth of the game, they must train and compete well——

"We came to South Africa to win the championship. At this time, don't think about who our opponent will be. Just remember, no matter who is in front of you, you must kick them away! Until the championship! That's fine, What are you thinking so much about!"

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