Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 343 World War I Deposit Golden Boots!

After shaking hands with each team member, Da Da said to everyone with a friendly face: "Today, I am more of a fan who has been concerned about the development of Chinese football for a long time. I thank you all. You have played a spirit that Chinese football has not had in the past, and you have won respect for Chinese football on the world stage.

Everyone applauded again, smiling big, pressing down their hands lightly, stopping everyone's applause, and then said: "There will be more difficult games ahead, so don't delay everyone's normal preparations. Let's continue training."

After a short episode, the team's training continued, but Da Da and his party did not leave just like that, and stayed to watch the training of the Chinese team for a few minutes.

Of course, the team is also actively cooperating. Lippi specially adjusted the training subjects, and put the ornamental set-piece training before the tactical joint training.Several major set-kick kickers in the team took turns to play, and all set-kicks in the 30-meter area were handed over to Wen Zhihao alone.

Because Da Da is still watching from the sidelines, everyone wants to play their best and impress this special fan. At this moment, their psychological pressure is no less than when the score is behind at the last moment, launching the final blow against the boos of tens of thousands of fans.

However, after going through so many competitions, several core players have already learned how to perform technical moves under heavy pressure in their hearts, so the effect is not bad.

However, Wen Zhihao is never satisfied with "almost", the more he pays special attention to the situation, the more difficult and perfect he pursues.From a psychological point of view, Wen Zhihao has a strong desire to express himself. A common saying is that Wen Zhihao has a "crazy" personality.The more he is under special attention, the more he can stimulate his state, which is the fundamental reason why he can always become the focus of the audience's attention in the top-level matchups that attract much attention.

Even the training was like this. Knowing that Da Da was watching from the sidelines, Wen Zhihao used his magic weapon to press the bottom of the box in the set ball - ultra-long-distance heavy artillery bombardment.

This is one of the offensive methods he learned from Paulinho when he was still in Guangzhou Evergrande. With the improvement and enrichment of his personal comprehensive skills, he did not use this skill much in actual combat, but this does not mean that he has regressed in this skill.On the contrary, every time Wen Zhihao practices in the club, he will deliberately polish this technique. At present, he has achieved the terrifying efficiency of kicking directly 40 meters in front of the penalty area, and at least six of ten shots can hit the two absolute dead corners on the top of the goal.

In front of Da Da today, Wen Zhihao had a small trial, and the effect was very good. After the fight, Wen Zhihao deliberately looked towards the sidelines, just in time to see Da Da clapping his hands, nodded his approval, and said softly to the people around him: "As long as young people are full of self-confidence, they can change everything."

Of course, Wen Zhihao couldn't hear this comment.

What he didn't know was that due to Da Da's arrival, the national team was not closed to the media at this time. Therefore, many Chinese and foreign media poured into the previously fortified training ground to watch the training of the Chinese team. Naturally, the Belgian media took the opportunity to spy on the secrets of the Chinese team's tactics.

They were all shocked by Wen Zhihao's ultra-long set-piece stunt.Before, they only knew that Wen Zhihao's set kicks near the penalty area were a great threat, but they didn't know that Wen Zhihao had hidden secrets.

So Wen Zhihao's "new skill" was logically leaked to the Belgian coaching staff by the Belgian media, reminding Belgium to give the Chinese team less opportunities to set the ball in the frontcourt during the game. According to the original words of the Belgian media, "Any area beyond the midfield may become Wen Zhihao's attack range."

However, neither Wen Zhihao nor Lippi seemed to care about it at all. Standing on their own is fundamental.Facing any opponent, Wen Zhihao's attitude has always been clear: Offense is paramount, and he will fight as usual!
As far as Lippi is concerned, the primary means of blinding opponents by relying on smoke bombs and other blind methods has long been outdated in his opinion.In the past, the national team would mix jerseys without names in training and warm-up matches out of the need to deceive opponents, so that jersey numbers and player names did not match, so as to avoid tactical leaks.After Lippi took charge of the national team, the focus of the national team's preparations returned to the right track of running-in tactics. As for such heresies, they were all abandoned.

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In this game, since most of the players will be watching from the sidelines, many Chinese media are worried that this will become a potential hidden danger that will affect the performance of the Chinese team players. That is to say, they are worried that the players will be unnecessarily nervous and affect their performance on the field. However, as soon as this worry was mentioned, Wen Zhihao immediately gave everyone a reassurance: "How could it be? We must think about the best in everything! We have achieved the goal of this World Cup, and now every step forward is a victory. In this case, think about it, this news should be more inspiring to everyone! You have done it! Reporters for so many years, tell me, when did the national team receive this level of attention? I can tell everyone that every player has already suffocated, and we will do our best to play a game that will impress fans all over the country."

With Wen Zhihao's words, the reporters were a little relieved, because they knew that Wen Zhihao never fired empty shots, and he said yes, most of the time it would be fine.

In the preview of the mainstream European media, the real highlight of this game should be the early announcement of the suspense of the Golden Boot of this World Cup!

So far, three players have scored five goals in the World Cup scorer list, tied for first place.They are England's top scorer, Harry Kane, the Premier League Golden Boot winner for two consecutive seasons, Belgium's Lukaku, and Wen Zhihao.

And as England was knocked out by Colombia in the quarter-finals, Kane's goals will always remain at five and there will be no further growth.It is equivalent to withdrawing from the battle for the Golden Boot ahead of time, so the suspense of the Golden Boot is concentrated on Wen Zhihao and Lukaku.

In other words, the outcome of this game is not only related to which team can continue its pace in the World Cup, but also closely related to the personal honor of the two players.The probability that the top scorer of the winning side will win the Golden Boot is infinitely close to [-]%!

After all, as long as you advance to the semi-finals, no matter you win or lose, there are still two games to play (championship finals or three or four finals). With the ability of two players, the probability of not scoring a single goal in these two games is very small.

Therefore, in the boards of major gaming companies, the odds of the Russian World Cup Golden Boot and the Chinese team's odds for the match against Belgium are exactly the same.

A veritable World War I deposit gold boots!

And as I said before, several influential and well-known bookmakers are more optimistic about the Chinese team's victory, so there is another hidden message: the bookmakers are also more inclined to Wen Zhihao's aspirations for the Golden Boot of this World Cup!

The undertones of the gaming company were naturally easily discovered by contacting the Chinese media, which has always had a lot of imagination. Therefore, domestic public opinion was full of discussions about Wen Zhihao's Golden Boot.

This is also very characteristic of Chinese football. The results have not yet been released. All kinds of ghosts and snakes come to YY to their heart's content. Anyway, bragging is not enough to pay taxes.However, it will give people a feeling that the Golden Boot is already in Wen Zhihao's pocket, but in fact, it is just the media and fans standing on tiptoe with their eyes wide open and eagerly expecting it.

As for Wen Zhihao, he has no time to pay attention to all this. In his eyes, the only real priority is to help the Chinese team win against Belgium and advance to the semi-finals.

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According to the schedule of the organizing committee, the quarter-finals will be held on July [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th, BJ time. The kick-off time for the match between China and Belgium is [-]:[-] a.m. BJ time, July [-]. For Chinese fans, it’s time to stay up late to watch the game. However, the national team’s performance is so bright that everyone feels proud. Now, watching the national team’s game at any time will not feel like suffering. Many fans are in a state of excitement two days before the game.

The World Cup quarter-finals actually have the Chinese team participating!Perhaps, I dare not say that it is the only time before and after, but it is definitely the first time that the fans have been looking forward to for decades. The first time, of course, everyone will be excited.

And before this game in China, the first match day of the quarter-finals was also a very interesting game, the confrontation between the strongest dark horse in world football in recent years and a generation of dynasty teams!

Spain VS Iceland!

At this stage, it is becoming more and more difficult to predict the outcome of the game. Although the Spanish team’s star quality and paper strength are stronger than Iceland’s, there are many voices who believe that the Matador Legion no longer has the super dominance of the peak period in the past few years. It is the thickest stroke.With such a record, even Spain dare not underestimate them.

No one wants to be killed by the Vikings without paying attention, which has achieved one of the wonderful chapters in the annotation of their "strong team killer".

The game kicked off at [-] pm BJ time and [-] pm local time in Moscow. At this time, the Chinese team had finished their afternoon training sessions. Focusing on the victory and defeat of several popular World Cup teams was already a regular program for the players in private. In addition to being players themselves, they were also fans of these world-class teams.

For example, Wen Zhihao's playing style has the shadow of Xavi and Cesc Fabregas combined, so he has a soft spot for Spanish football's pass control.

However, Wen Zhihao was more supportive of Iceland's successful counterattack in this game.Liang Xin was very puzzled by this, and felt that Wen Zhihao was a fake fan, and his position was not firm at all.He also advertised that since he fell in love with football, he only favored the German team.

Wen Zhihao said with an unteachable expression: "Even if I like Spain, I am a player of the Chinese team first. If the next game has nothing to do with us, of course I am willing to follow my heart. But Iceland is still weaker than Spain, right? If we win Belgium, and Iceland upset Spain, will it indirectly remove obstacles for us? The next challenge is always smaller, right?"

Seeing Liang Xin's stunned expression, Wen Zhihao rolled his eyes dumbfounded, and he couldn't help but have a question in his heart: With such an IQ, how did Dortmund fall in love with him?

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At the beginning of the game between Spain and Iceland, the Matador Corps firmly controlled the midfield under Iniesta's rhythm control, although the Iceland team is known for its tough style and sharp counterattack.But in the case of Iniesta's physical fitness, the Spanish team still has the control power of the peak period. The real problem is that after 10 minutes, as Iniesta's physical fitness declines, the Spanish team's back-end control power is far from the peak period.

Therefore, the two teams have completely different game strategies today. The Iceland team is based on a war of attrition and launched a siege against Iniesta to speed up the decline of Iniesta as much as possible.The Spanish coach Lopetegui is trying to focus on the first half of the game, trying to establish a sufficient advantage in the time period when Iniesta's physical fitness is still guaranteed, so that there will be more room for maneuver at the last moment.

Frankly, it was a risky strategy, but this time Lopetegui paid off.

In the 10th minute, Iniesta plugged in to pick up a leak in the penalty area and shot the goal himself to open the scoring.

After the Spanish team led 1:0, Wen Zhihao first nodded and then shook his head.He feels that this situation is in line with the strength of the Spanish team, but at the same time he is a little helpless. After all, he is more supportive of the Iceland team in this game, but now it seems that the probability of being unpopular is very low.

Falling behind early made the Iceland team more aggressive. With the strong support of the Icelandic fans "Viking Roar", the Iceland team's high-position press and quick counterattack played brilliantly in the first half.

In the second half, Spain continued to control the start. Iniesta's rich experience began to play a role, and the offensive organization became more efficient.Before No. 70 minutes was replaced, the assist Morata extended the score to 2:0.

The Iceland team tried to counterattack across the board through substitutions and adjustments after Iniesta went off the field, but in the end it was fruitless.

In the end, Spain defeated Iceland and took the lead in getting a semi-final seat.

Although the game was exciting, Chinese fans were always outsiders, and the match between the Chinese team and Belgium the next day was the highlight that was closely related to the inner feelings of every Chinese fan.

Of course, Wen Zhihao's fans are looking forward to more, and hope that Wen Zhihao can settle the suspense of the Golden Boot after the game, double happiness.

PS: [-]-word chapter, one update

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