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Chapter 299 The Red and Black Years Knockout Tournament

The Italian team, according to today's schedule, watched the first match of the knockout round in the conference room of the hotel where they stayed, Portugal VS Chile...

In the group stage, Cristiano Ronaldo's performance was like a roller coaster. In the first round of the group stage, Cristiano Ronaldo was the most star-studded star on the match day, leading Portugal to a 5-0 victory over Tunisia; however, on the second match day Portugal's number seven sleepwalked against England... Real Madrid's star bounced back against Costa Rica on matchday three...

However, despite this, Cristiano Ronaldo's remarks before the game still made Portuguese fans see a confident Ronaldo... Of course, the Real Madrid star also angered the Chileans...

The progress of the game left the Italian stars dumbfounded——
Just in the 6th minute of the game, after Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic dribbling breakthrough, he shot the goal and blasted away the Chilean goalkeeper Bravo's handle. Portugal led 1:0...

Maybe it was a premature lead that made the game lose passion. In the next 80 minutes of the game, the game became flat. The Portuguese coach seemed to be satisfied with a 1:0 lead, and although the Chilean team wanted to counterattack, they were helpless. Strength is really limited...

The game reached its climax in the 83rd minute of the game. Chilean midfielder Vidal took a long shot about 35 meters away from the goal, and the ball hit Pepe's calf for a refraction. Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo stretched out his hand to block it, the ball hit the post, but Suarez made a tackle and shot the ball into the net...

At this moment, Xiang Nan and his teammates could clearly see the face of Portuguese coach Queiroz through the TV screen, which was not much better than a piece of rotten pig liver...

Next, the 90-minute game ended, and the two sides still scored 1:1. In the 30-minute overtime game, there were no more goals... In the first knockout match of the 2010 World Cup, there was a penalty shootout——
Chile's goal hero Suarez's penalty was saved by Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo...

Portugal's tough promotion! !
In the words of the Portuguese domestic "Echo" after the game, "Our players made a game that should have ended early... almost become Waterloo..."

"Queiroz was too conservative... After leading 1-0, Portugal was too careful..." Ambrosini said.

"The pressure of the knockout round...is still too great..." Zambrotta sighed...

Xiang Nan nodded, he finally understood what is meant by the knockout round of the World Cup. In such a fate-determining match, strength is no longer the only factor that determines the outcome of the match...

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After the match between Chile and Portugal, England VS Cameroon also kicked off the quarter-finals. In the end, the England team relied on central defender Rio Ferdinand's header in the 31st minute of the first half, 1: 0 A small victory over Cameroon and advanced to the top 8. In the game, Eto'o once faced an empty goal, but kicked the ball on the post, wasting Cameroon's best scoring opportunity in the game...

In this way, England and Portugal, who also came out of Group B, advanced to the top 8 on the first day of the eighth-finals, while the host South Africa's Group A was completely wiped out. It was not wasted before the opening of this World Cup. Evaluation of the 'weakest team' with...

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On June 6, against Slovakia, the opponent in the quarter-finals, the Italian team conducted targeted training...

Slovakia is an out-and-out new World Cup team. This is the first time Slovakia has entered the World Cup after its independence. Before that, it won the European Cup once and was runner-up in the World Cup twice. This is the achievement of Czechoslovak football.

For Slovakia, a newcomer to the World Cup, being able to reach the top 16 is already a great achievement. Although no one will be so optimistic in the face of Italy, the defending champion facing south, but in the past few international competitions, Eastern European teams Can always play the role of giant killer, such as Bulgaria in the 1994 World Cup, the Czech Republic in the 1996 European Cup, Croatia in the 1998 World Cup and Russia in the 2008 European Cup, why can't Slovakia perform miracles?

In 2009, when stepping on the body of the big brother Czech to enter South Africa, the Slovaks were ecstatic about qualifying. At that time, more than 20 fans were locked up in the squad room because they were too excited and behaved too aggressively.The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Fico, invited the national team to visit the Prime Minister's Office.

When Slovakia reached the round of 16, the whole of Slovakia was boiling. According to the report of Slovakia "Herald", after Slovakia's 1-0 victory over Australia, there were about 300 fans in Slovakia, who were extremely excited and drunk and rioting. , was imprisoned in the prison cell, and for a while, the detention center in Slovakia did not even have an empty guard room...

Now the best stars of this Slovak national team are Skrtel of Liverpool and Hamsik of Naples. For Hamsik, Xiangnan and most of the stars of the Italian national team are no strangers , the latest Italian playboy Naples star, has already attracted the covetousness of European giants... AC Milan has also considered the introduction of Hamsik... However, in the face of Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan When the olive branch was thrown, Hamsik said——
"I will not leave because I love Napoli...I love everything here...Europa League? Very good!! I will play with Napoli..."

Obviously, the Slovakian's answer moved the fans of the Azure Legion very much... and Hamsik also used his outstanding performance to prove that he can also be in Naples... However, although Hamsik performed well last season Yes, but Naples has fallen into a trough. However, the former Juventus superstar Boniek publicly praised that the Slovak star is the next Kaka, calling on Juventus to win as soon as possible! ! !

In the group stage of this World Cup, the combination of Slovak striker Mintar and Hamsik, who had won the top scorer in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga, performed well. Lippi's coaching staff also believes that this game is not like As easy as the outside world thinks...

"Slovakia, it's not easy to deal with..." Lippi watched the video of Slovakia's game and said to his assistant...

However, when facing the media, 'Silver Fox' still showed strong self-confidence——
"Slovakia? They are not very easy to deal with... However, we are ready. Italy is aiming to defend the title... There is no doubt..."

Uh... the position of the head coach of Italy is not easy to sit...

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On June 6th, there will be two more rounds in the one-eighth knockout round——
In the focused confrontation between Russia and Spain, the Spaniard put one foot on the edge of the cliff shortly after the opening. In the 14th minute of the game, Pavlyuchenko's header gave Russia the lead...

However, Torres of the Spanish team and Villa's luxurious striker seemed to be misfired suddenly in this game... Whether it was Torres' strong shot or Villa's lob shot, they were all so close to the goal... …

The turning point of the game came in the 89th minute of the game. Veteran Guisa, who came on as a substitute for Villa, made an unbelievable hit from the back of his head, breaking through the goal of Russia and equalizing the score! ! !
Immediately afterwards, in stoppage time, Iniesta's long-range shot helped the Spanish Matador achieve a super reversal...

Spain tenaciously advanced to the top 8. After the game, Russian coach Hiddink still couldn't understand the team's collapse at the last moment. However, the Dutchman also admitted, "Guisa's goal changed everything..."

In another round of 90 finals, the French exposed their biggest problem since the start of the World Cup. Their offense was weak. Facing the Ukrainians, who were not very good in defense, the French fought hard for 0 minutes and won the battle with the Eastern Europeans. A 0:[-] tie! ! !
After the 30-minute overtime, the two sides still had no achievements and had to enter the penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, the former nuclear warhead Shevchenko took the penalty kick and was hugged by Kupe. Stop, missed the penalty kick, and Voronin's penalty kick flew high into the stands...

The French advanced to the top 8 in embarrassment! ! ! !

In this case, the quarter-finals, the matchup in the upper half will also come out——
Portugal VS France; this is also considered to be a direct confrontation between Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery, however, the media also pointed out that in this game, Gourcuff's performance is also decisive for the game At the same time, I believe that the performance of AC Milan's young teenager Ben Alpha is also worth looking forward to...

England VS Spain, the collision between the two teams that Bailey is optimistic about.No matter which team enters the semi-finals, it will embarrass Mr. Bailey. However, in an interview with the South African "Tribune", the Brazilian football king said that he is more optimistic about England. Why?Because England has a more reassuring head coach... Well, after hearing Mr. Bei's words, Spain's head coach Bosque even planned to send Mr. Bei a bottle of 1896 red wine to express his gratitude... and the international betting The group also quickly expressed its optimism about Spain's promotion...

Uh... Mr. Fabio Capello, the head coach of England, probably has the heart to curse...

After the quarter-finals of the first half, the second half of Italy's competition... also began...

(End of this chapter)