There is a dream called football

Chapter 375
Paraguay's double striker is very powerful, one is Valdes who played for Bremen in the Bundesliga and is about to move to Borussia Dortmund.

The other is Santa Cruz who plays for Bayern Munich.

Other Paraguayan 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, then Paraguay is indeed inferior to the other two opponents.

But is that real?
For example, their midfielder Paredes played in Sporting Lisbon in Portugal. This is also the club that trained Ronaldo. It is very competitive in Europe, so it is good to be able to play the main players there.

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

"I think it's the third game of the World Cup, so there's no need to be conservative anymore. The Chinese team should have a wonderful game with us."

Ha ha.

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

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

"I know that the qualifiers in South America are very long and difficult. The 10 South American countries play in a big cycle 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."

*****
Kaiserslautern, where the eyes of Asia and the Americas gather, whether the Chinese team representing Asia achieves a historic breakthrough, or Paraguay representing the Americas saves face depends on this game.

The Chinese reporter pointed out the topic to Li Qiao, but the latter wore earphones and was immersed in his own world.

Li Qiao finally understood why the players wore headphones when they got off the bus, maybe it was to avoid the reporters' questions.

In 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 participate, to have no desires, no desires, and no one imagined that they could really beat their opponents.

And the second game against England, the mentality is even more so. Until now, the Chinese team is not focused on participating, but has a chance to advance, so the mentality is completely different.

Li Qiao put the leg guards, and then wrapped them with fixed tape, when Gao Lin came over, "Brother Li, come on."

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

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

"Hehe, I'm not a coach, you can't play even if you fawn on me."

"Look at what you said."

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

"Forget it, it's useless to invite Guo Degang in the current situation."

That's true, it's almost like the situation in the Champions League final. Only after the game, everyone's emotions will ease down.

*****
"The players of the Chinese team have come out to warm up."

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

"Today's Chinese team's starting lineup is the same as playing. It seems that Director Zhu is very satisfied with this set of starting lineups."

"From the perspective of actual combat, this may also be the strongest lineup that the national football team can field at present."

"Looking at our opponent Paraguay, in fact, in the first two games, Paraguay fought against the opponent to the end and lost by one goal."

"The game against Sweden was the most regrettable. Ljungberg scored the goal in 89 minutes."

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

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

"We are explaining Bundesliga games. These two players are quite familiar with each other. They are really good. At least they will have a strong impact on the Chinese team's defense."

"Yes! In the World Cup, the defense of the Chinese team is really jittery, 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 also watched Santa Cruz when he was warming up and jogging. He is familiar with him. He was trained by Bayern and has first-class skills. More importantly, among the most handsome players selected by the media, Santa Cruz can be as famous as Beckham.

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

Santa Cruz is a center forward. It is conceivable that his impact on the Chinese team's double central defender will definitely be great.

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

The shouts got louder, and Li Qiao waved his hands at 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, and Zhu Guanghu stood in the middle.

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

Yes.

How does it feel to talk about dreams?
Very exciting, but also illusory, because dreams cannot be eaten, but at this time the players really feel that their dreams are in their hands, and the feeling that they are within reach is really wonderful.

When we came to the stadium, when the national anthem was played, everyone felt their hearts were about to jump out. How much they hoped for another match, whether it was against Germany or Poland in Group A, it didn't matter, they just wanted to play another match.

Before the start of the game, the two sides chose sides, and the Chinese team got the right to kick off in the first half, which 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 in the back, then there is hope in the front."

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

The Paraguayan players over there also formed a circle, and the one in the middle was their biggest card——Santa Cruz.

"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 will affect each other. If the Chinese team beats 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 will also be 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 meet the powerful German team in the first round of the knockout round.

(End of this chapter)