Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 353 World Cup Champion and Awards Ceremony
On the night of July [-]th, before the finals officially start, according to the usual practice, the closing ceremony of this World Cup will be held first.

Russian national characteristics, elegant and unique ballet and football symbolize blood and passion blend together. For audiences who pursue artistic beauty, this experience is more visually enjoyable than the combination of samba and football in the last World Cup.

Like the opening ceremony, the performance time of the closing ceremony was less than 10 minutes, followed by the championship and runner-up finals that football fans all over the world were looking forward to. This is the dinner that everyone is looking forward to.

Wen Zhihao's treatment for watching this game was very good. Since he was one of the protagonists of the awards ceremony after the final, he was directly arranged by the organizing committee to watch the game in a box in the stands.

Sitting in the box for the first time, Wen Zhihao admitted that the condescending feeling of watching the game is much better than that of ordinary stands, especially he also has special expectations for this game. Although the Chinese team was blocked from the final by the Spanish team, he still hopes that his two Atletico Madrid teammates Gabi and Saul can reach the top and touch the Hercules Cup.Before the game, he was not stingy, and had an online exchange with the two of his feelings about facing the German team in the group match.Hope this helps both of you.And his selfless behavior also made Gabi and Saul send him countless thumbs up emojis.

However, Wen Zhihao's expectations for this game seemed a bit unorthodox. Most of the media and fans were more optimistic about the German team becoming the third team in the history of the World Cup to successfully defend the title.

In the long history of the previous 1934 World Cups, Italy was the first team to successfully defend their title. After they won the second World Cup in 1938, they won the third World Cup in [-] again.

The second team to successfully defend the title is Brazil, the kingdom of football. They achieved two consecutive World Cup titles in 1958 and 1962, breaking the situation where the Italian team exclusively enjoyed this honor.

For more than half a century since then, no team has been able to defend the title in thirteen consecutive World Cups.

In fact, not to mention defending the title, in the past two or three World Cups, there was a curse specifically for the defending champion: the first World Cup champion could not even get out of the group stage in the next World Cup!

It sounds unbelievable, but the German World Cup champion Italy and the South African World Cup champion Spain have been recruited one after another. This also has a lot to do with their replacement after winning the championship, the aging of their core players and their fading out of the national team.As the World Cup champion in Brazil, the German team not only successfully broke the curse, but also now has the opportunity to win the cup again, which also proves that the German team's age structure is reasonable and its overall strength is strong.

The Chinese fans almost one-sidedly supported the German team defending the title. The reason is naturally very simple. The Spanish team swept the Chinese team out, not to mention their enemies, but they also had grievances with the Chinese fans. Many fans are looking forward to using the German team to achieve revenge against Spain.

The referee of this final is the Serbian referee Madzic.

At eleven o'clock in the evening on July [-]th, BJ time, Breher blew the whistle for the start of the finals on time.The Spanish fans and the German fans who formed a rivalry in the stands burst into loud shouts.

"Friends from the audience, what we are broadcasting for you is the ultimate gluttonous feast of this World Cup. The final contest between Spain and Germany will determine who will be the champion of this World Cup." He Wei said.

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The starting formations of the two sides are somewhat different. The Spanish team insisted on a 4-3-3 formation. Compared with facing the Chinese team in the semi-finals, Lopetegui made three adjustments. Gabi and Saul both started the game, and the other midfielder was Barcelona's iron waist Busquets.What is surprising is that Lopetegui left Iniesta as the most important backer in this final and temporarily put him on the bench, waiting for instructions to play.

The Spanish team faced an opponent with a higher strength, and Lopetegui chose to change.Two Atletico Madrid midfielders were entrusted with important tasks.Obviously, Lopetegui took a fancy to the running ability of the two in the midfield and the advantages of being good at confrontation. Facing a team with iron-blooded tactical discipline like the German team, Lopetegui needs the two to maximize their advantages.

In addition, Morata replaced Nolito and returned to the striker.In the championship contest where the winner is king, Lopetegui still unconditionally trusts the team's top scorer.

For the German team, Loew's final formation is 4-2-3-1, goalkeeper Neuer, and the four defenders from left to right are Ginter, Hummels, Rudiger, and Kimmich.The midfielder's double defensive midfielder Tony Kroos partnered with Gundogan, the three offensive midfielders were Gotze, Muller and Draxler, and the single arrow in front was Wagner.

From the very beginning, Wen Zhihao focused on his Atletico Madrid teammates. On the one hand, there were certainly his subjective reasons. On the other hand, as a so-called expert, he knew very well that the trend of the game and the final outcome depended largely on the performance of the two.If the two can perform at their normal level in the club, Wen Zhihao feels that the Spanish team has a great chance of winning.

In the beginning, the two sides met each other in the midfield. Iniesta did not play, and the Spanish midfielder lost two points to overcome the rigidity with softness. Gabi and Saul are both tough guys with high attributes.Just 5 minutes before the opening, Gabi and Saul directly focused on Gundogan. Lopetegui grasped this point very accurately. Gundogan is indeed the weakest point on the German team. Ball protection ability, physical fitness and overall situation, there is no advantage against the three iron gates of the Spanish midfielder.

Gundogan made more mistakes in the midfield, and the German team's offense encountered a great blockage. The three forwards could not get fire support at all. On the contrary, the Spanish team counterattacked from the midfield after stealing the ball consecutively.

In fact, the performance of the German team's defensive line and offensive end at the beginning of the game is completely different. The Spanish team is not only very threatening from the wing pass, but Saul also made an imaginative back pass from behind. However, the German team's left back Ginter moved in time and blocked the pass to Morata.Solved the trouble for Neuer in advance.

The opening was suppressed for a while, and Loew quickly greeted the three offensive midfielders with a serious face to approach Kroos and Gundogan, and temporarily stabilize the midfield before making plans.

The final must be a battle of exhaustion of physical strength and willpower. Even if Love is very confident in the strength of his team, he will never dare to think of eating his opponent in one go.Hot tofu can't be eaten in a hurry, especially in the game of masters, and the impatience will show flaws instead.

The starting striker of the German team is still Bayern forward Wagner, who started in the semi-finals. He is a 1.9-meter-four striker tower. Because of his existence, the German team’s defense against the Spanish team will always be restrained.

After 10 minutes of the game, the German team gradually adapted to the intensity of Spain's scrambling. They began to take the initiative to attack and speed up the transition between offense and defense. Often Kroos was quickly handed over to Gotze or Ozil, and then Draxler quickly advanced. Using Draxler's one-on-one breakthrough ability, after breaking through the Spanish side defense, they finally returned to the middle to find a final opportunity.

This move caught Spain off guard, especially Spain's defense on the right, and Nacho was completely blown away.

No. In the 209th minute, Draxler faced Nacho, faked the first shovel, and then sent a cross with a very low arc. Wagner's header in the middle attracted Pique and Ramos.At the end, Gotze followed up and fell to the ground to shoot and score.

German commentator Marcel Leif was ecstatic in an instant: "GOOOOAL!!! Super Mario! Haha, Mario Gotze is destined to be God's favorite. He has been the absolute focus of opening the door to the championship for two consecutive World Cup finals. And the scoring methods are highly consistent."

Gotze, who broke the deadlock, ran to the sidelines for a hug surrounded by his teammates.The close-up shot first swept across Saul's face with his head down, and then the director accurately found the location of Wen Zhihao's box, and the scene of Wen Zhihao dragging his cheeks and thinking was accurately captured.He Wei's voice sounded at the right time: "Huh? Is Wen Zhihao thinking about how his Atletico Madrid teammates can restore the decline? However, Lopetegui's defense-based tactics have come to naught since this moment. Now the disadvantages are beginning to appear. The next thing is to see when Iniesta, the brain of the midfielder, comes to the rescue."

After the goal, the overall trend of the situation is [-]-[-].Saul has become the most brilliant player in the Spanish midfielder. Although his feet are not as delicate as Iniesta, his personal attack power is indeed stronger. Several strong breakthroughs from the middle have torn the German team's defense, but they failed to break through Neuer's last hurdle.

At the end of the first half, the German team maintained a one-goal advantage.

Lopetegui brought Iniesta on at the start of the second half, replacing Gabi.Strengthen the midfield combing.

Obviously, Lopetegui was anxious about the backward situation, and sacrificed the strongest nuclear weapon in the midfield in advance, trying to restore the decline as soon as possible.

With the addition of an absolute core to organize the offense, it will not be easy for the Spanish team to equalize.Even in a sense, letting Iniesta play is a double-edged sword.The offense will become more layered, that's for sure.But at the same time, the whole team must lower the rhythm and cooperate with Iniesta's running.

The deadliest way to score goals in modern football is not the scalpel pass in positional warfare.It is a quick counterattack from defense to offense, and the scoring efficiency is much higher than the slow mobilization of the organization in positional warfare.

And the German team captured this essence.With a goal advantage in hand, they took the initiative to give up part of the ball possession, tightened the defensive fence, and at the same time launched a high-intensity pressure around Iniesta in the midfield. Once successful, the three forwards did not hesitate to launch a counterattack immediately. Kroos and Gundogan quickly followed up as the second echelon.It has put a lot of pressure on Spain. As long as the ball is lost, the defense will immediately fall into a dangerous situation of defending more with less. The sharpness of the German team's counterattack is absolutely feared by any opponent. Even if Pique and Ramos are the top in the world, they are not from the same club. They only match together when they are in the national team.In other words, it is almost impossible for the two to cooperate seamlessly, and only one look is needed to achieve an intimate and tacit understanding.

And with such a problem, it is inevitable that there will be a gap between the two people.

In the No.80 and two minutes of the game, Wagner demonstrated his true value as a high center forward. He received a cross from Draxler in the counterattack, overwhelmed Ramos with a height advantage of ten centimeters, and smashed the ball into De Gea's goal from close range.

This goal finally sealed the finale for this final!

The German fans in the audience erupted with passion like a volcanic eruption, and their national team will have a fifth star printed on their jerseys!
Since then, not only five-star Brazil, but also five-star Germany!
Five-star Brazil has witnessed the historical glory of Samba football, while five-star Germany has proved with iron-like facts that the German chariot with iron-like tactical discipline is the strongest today!
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As Breher's final whistle blew, Wen Zhihao had no intention of feeling sorry for Gabi and Saul. The final ended and it was time for him to appear on the stage.Go to the stage to receive the golden boot award.

This is also the most anticipated moment for Chinese fans.When FIFA President Infantino handed over the Golden Boot model to Wen Zhihao, He Wei said loudly: "This moment has been frozen into the eternity of history. Wen Zhihao scored eight goals in this World Cup. This honor is well deserved. One more thing must be pointed out. Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history, scored a total of [-] goals. Wen Zhihao caught up with half of them in just one World Cup! Given his age, if there is no accident, he still has two or three chances to participate in the World Cup. He has a chance to hit this historical record. , It is only a matter of time before the legend is surpassed!"

Chinese fans were thrilled by He Wei's words, while Wen Zhihao's parents who witnessed this scene were already filled with pride.At this moment, the two elders also found that there was some warm and crystal clear liquid in their eye sockets.

In addition to the Golden Boot Award, Wen Zhihao also won the Best Newcomer Award. There is nothing to say about this award, and there is hardly any controversy.

In addition, the World Cup Golden Globe Award belongs to the champion member Müller, and the Golden Glove Award, which symbolizes the best goalkeeper, was also won by German goalkeeper Neuer. From the second group stage to the quarter-finals, Neuer kept the longest 270 minutes of this World Cup without conceding a goal.

And as the German team won the championship trophy, the yellow ribbon fell, and the 2018 World Cup in Russia came to a successful conclusion.

(End of this chapter)