Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 352 Formal succession, sorry to lose

The players of the Chinese team also paid close attention to this semi-final and watched the live broadcast in front of the hotel TV at night.

Most players, like the mainstream view, are optimistic about the German team's advancement to the final, especially those like Liang Xin who claim to be die-hard fans of the German team, and they are firmly fans of the German chariot.

However, the progress of the game also proved that the German team is indeed worthy of everyone's general optimism.They still continued their consistent strength against Argentina.Just 10 minutes into the game, Gotze sent a clever direct pass near the penalty area, passing directly between the midfielder Banega and the central defender Otamendi.

After seeing the first goal, Liang Xin immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "Gotze's goal opened the eyes of the sky, haha, and Erwa's running position, this shot is absolutely perfect."

Seeing that Liang Xin was so excited, Wen Zhihao just smiled and didn't say anything.But he knew in his heart that such an opening had set a tone for the trend of the entire game. If there were no major changes, it would be difficult for Argentina to escape the fourth consecutive defeat.

The German team had a lot of experience against Argentina. They deployed heavy troops around Messi to cut off the connection between him and his teammates. At the same time, they used high-intensity physical confrontation.

On the offensive end, the German team also has a trick to restrain Argentina. Loew sent the 1.9-meter-four Bayern high center forward Wagner in the forward position, using the high altitude advantage to bomb the Argentine goal.The effect of this trick was quickly proved. No. 205 minutes, Ozil pulled the ball to the side and made a pass. Wagner overwhelmed Rojo to rewrite the score to 2:0.

By this time, the general situation in Argentina is actually over, even if Sampaoli angrily kicks the mineral water bottle on the sidelines to vent his emotions, it is useless.

In the second half, Messi and Draxler scored a goal for their respective teams. Compared with the 1:3 result and the overall scene, Argentina's loss is actually not ugly.

Another good news for the Chinese team is that Argentina's main midfielder Banega was sent off after two yellows turned one red in the No.707 minute.

Although it is not surprising that Argentina will meet in the third place competition, Wen Zhihao feels a little regret for Messi.He has won all the honors in the club, but he has achieved nothing in his national team career so far, and has been defeated by the same team in a row.Even if he can persist until four years later, judging from the current situation of the Argentine team, no one can be his successor. It may be difficult for Messi to realize his ultimate dream of being a champion.

With the winners determined in the two semi-finals, the championship and runner-up finals and the third and fourth finals will be determined.

The third place match between the Chinese team and Argentina received limited attention except for audiences from the two countries, but the two opponents in the championship and runner-up finals were absolutely full of topics.

Spain and Germany, a pair of rivals in European football.The last time the two teams faced each other in the World Cup dates back to the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa eight years ago. At that time, with the header of central defender Puyol in the No. 803 minute, Spain beat Germany 1-0 and swept away the biggest rival that won the championship.

If you go back further, this is the second time the two teams have met in the final since the 2008 European Cup final.Times have changed, and the current German team is significantly better than the Spanish team in terms of strength and status. After all, the Spanish team has experienced a tough battle with the Chinese team in the semi-finals, while the German team won Argentina much more easily, with less energy consumption and naturally more opportunities.

According to the schedule, this World Cup will officially close on July [-]th. The day before the closing ceremony and the championship and runner-up finals, the third and fourth finals between the Chinese team and the Argentine team will be held first.

The head coaches of both sides have deployed the same 4-3-3 formation, and the change that makes the fans very happy is that the two teams did not set up a full-time defensive midfielder for the starting players of this game. The three midfielders of the Chinese team, Wen Zhihao, Hao Junmin and Zheng Zhi, stood in parallel.Although Lippi knew that it was not a wise choice to play against Argentina, he still insisted and said to the players: "In the last game, we should use active offense to draw a perfect ending."

The same is true for the Argentina team. Banega was unable to play this game, but it strengthened Sampaoli's determination to abandon the defensive midfielder and play against the Chinese team.Anyway, the Argentine team didn't pay much attention to the result of the third place. They simply regarded it as a game, and the "Pampas Eagle" will fully release its offensive talent in this game.

The reason why the third and fourth place finals were arranged before the championship and runner-up finals was because there was not much pressure on the results, and the game scene would be very open. Before the finale, the fans would have an appetizer.

From the starting lineups announced by both sides, experts and the media on both sides predicted that this game will definitely move towards a goal battle.But still underestimated the determination of both sides to fight firepower.

In the 3rd minute of the opening, Messi gave Argentina the lead with a direct free kick from outside the penalty area.

However, only 2 minutes later, Hao Junmin responded in the same way.He lived up to Wen Zhihao's kindness in giving him the right to take the penalty this time, and kicked the elevator ball to the Argentine goalkeeper Romero's embarrassment.He also showed off his superb footwork.

By the end of the first half, the two sides had jointly contributed five goals. Argentina led 3:2. Wen Zhihao had no goal contribution. The second goal of the Chinese team was scored by Gao Lin from the left corner.

In the 605th minute of the second half, Lippi finally thought of Zhang Xizhe, the BJ Guoan midfielder who has no record of playing in the World Cup. In the last game, the former main midfielder of the national team got a chance to express himself. As far as he is concerned, there must be a big gap in his heart, but in the national team, any player must accept the cruel competition law of "the capable go up and the mediocre go down".

When Zhang Xizhe came on the field, he was replaced by the old captain Zheng Zhi. The fans gave him warm applause, not only affirming his great performance in this World Cup, but also thanking him for his perseverance and dedication in the national team for more than ten years.

At his age of 38, no one can say whether this will be his last game in the national team - the media has revealed before that in the Asian Cup at the beginning of next year, Lippi will promote young people to the upper ranks even more for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.It also means that Zheng Zhi may be strategically abandoned...

"I really can't say goodbye, and we don't want this to be the time to say goodbye to Zheng Zhi's national team career. We would like to thank Zheng Zhi for his dedication and dedication during the lowest period of the national team. You can see the gratified smile on his face. He is very satisfied to see the national team finally see the light and reach an unprecedented peak."

Many old fans who have accompanied the national team all the way and witnessed Zheng Zhi's 20-year career in the national team had a sore nose. At this time, He Wei's words resonated with them.

Zheng Zhi is not a hypocritical person, he did not hug everyone one by one in a very provocative way, seeing that he was replaced by himself, there was a sense of ease in completing the mission on his face.After confirming with Lippi's eyes, he walked in front of Wen Zhihao, took off the captain's armband on his arm, put it on for him himself, and said appreciatively: "This armband should have been handed over to you a long time ago, you must be better than me."

Wen Zhihao's way of responding was to stretch out his hand and hold Zheng Zhi's palms. No words are more practical than actions. Feeling the strength of Wen Zhihao's palm, Zheng Zhi nodded in satisfaction. He knew that Wen Zhihao would definitely take over his class and fulfill his mission in the position of the captain of the national team, which is both the tactical core and the spiritual leader.

In the eyes of the fans, this is the handover of the times. Zheng Zhi's national team captain era has come to an end, and Wen Zhihao has become the youngest in the history of the national team, and he is destined to be the best captain at the same time.

The future Chinese team will be led by new forces.

No one questioned whether Wen Zhihao would do better in this position, but despite this, Wen Zhihao quickly gave a strong response with practical actions.

In the second minute of No.70, Wen Zhihao passed Enzo Perez and Berluski with a quick counterattack and then continued to make false shots and dunks to deceive center back Otamendi's block. Then he changed direction and broke through two steps.

After Wen Zhihao put on the captain's armband, his first goal as the captain of the national team helped the Chinese team tie the total score to 3:3!

At the same time, his personal goals reached a terrifying eight balls!

Since the 1970 World Cup, Wen Zhihao is the first Golden Boot to score more than seven goals in a single session.In the previous World Cup Golden Boots, there are two with the same number of goals as him: the first World Cup Golden Boot in 1930, Argentine Guillermo Stabil and the 1958 World Cup Golden Boot, Brazilian Leonidas.

But those two were early figures in the World Cup, and Wen Zhihao lived in a different era. With the success of Italian football at the beginning of this century, the defensive theory of modern football has been perfected unprecedentedly.Especially in a strong dialogue like the World Cup, every team pays special attention to defense, and has destructive defensive tactics such as man-to-man defense, area blockade and even "cutting big trees" against the opponent's core players.

Absolute strength!
The tyrant is so cool that he can hang up to the sky!
British commentator Joe Crooka jumped up and said: "Although Wen's body size is far from Ronaldo, I really want to give him the nickname Alien. His entire performance in the World Cup, to be honest, is really not what people on earth at the same age can achieve..."

In the last period of regular time, the Argentine team slowly began to show superior overall strength and suppressed the Chinese team on offense. However, due to Yan Junling's high resistance, the Argentine team missed lore opportunities again and again in the final stage.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the two sides could only enter overtime with a 3:3 tie.

The twists and turns of the game made the fans very addicted. Now everyone is looking forward to Wen Zhihao being able to perform another magic trick when the team's physical fitness has generally reached the point of exhaustion. As long as there is another magical stroke, it is basically certain that the Chinese team will be able to stand on the podium of this World Cup.

But the reality is often cruel. Higuain scored a head-shaking goal in the penalty area in the 118th minute of overtime, and Yan Junling was beyond his reach.

3:4, the Argentine team overtook for the fourth time in the game.

After this conceded goal, all Chinese players, including Wen Zhihao, showed disappointed expressions on their faces.

Until the referee blew the final whistle, Wen Zhihao could only accept with regret that he was only one step away from the podium.In his heart, he only gave [-]% to the overall performance of the national team in this World Cup, because he lost the most critical last two games, which seemed a bit anticlimactic.

Not reconciled!Wen Zhihao asked himself that the Chinese team had a chance to win these two games.But still lost in their own lack of experience.

But even if Argentina won the game and won the No.3, no one was excited. Wen Zhihao exchanged jerseys with Messi immediately after the game and congratulated him.But Messi just responded with a forced smile.

Wen Zhihao can understand his current feelings very well. The last World Cup was almost able to win the championship. This time Messi and his Argentina team are ambitious and want to make a comeback. In the end, they not only failed to complete their revenge against their old enemy Germany, but even failed to qualify for the final.

For a top star who regards the World Cup championship as his only shortcoming, except for the championship, any ranking is not attractive to him.

However, those who are most satisfied with the results of the game are the Chinese fans and media on the losing side.He Wei concluded after the Chinese team finished the World Cup journey: "For Chinese football, this is already a perfect World Cup. The result of No.4 tied the best record in the history of Asian teams. The performance of the national team is enough to conquer the hearts of every fan."

Xu Yang nodded in agreement: "In the World Cup, facing the European and American powerhouses, the Chinese team will not fall behind. After half a year, the national team's next competition - the 2019 UAE Asian Cup, fans should have full confidence. The current strength of the Chinese team should be said to be the best in Asia! It is the most powerful contender for the Asian Cup championship!"

Xu Yang has already set his sights on the Asian Cup. His words made everyone look forward to the national team's trip to the Asian Cup half a year later.

Although all the competition tasks are over, the Chinese team is not in a hurry to return home. The team allows everyone to spend a day in Moscow freely, and wait until the World Cup final is over before returning home to disband.

Wen Zhihao was relatively less free. He had to attend the championship and runner-up finals, because at the awards ceremony after the finals, he had to hold the Golden Boot trophy in front of the cameras of the media all over the world.

(End of this chapter)