Chapter 1959 Chinese team, come on!

Hu Lai followed his teammates out of the locker room, and when he walked into the player tunnel, he felt someone watching him from a long distance away.

He followed his gaze and saw Pete Williams.

So he grinned and went forward.

"Yo, Pete, long time no see!"

He also offered to reach out to Pete Williams.

Pete seemed to have anticipated Hu Lai's move, and did not escape, but shook hands generously in return.

"How are you and Delphine? Ahh, congratulations on qualifying for next season's Champions League, I'm looking forward to meeting you in the Champions League. I haven't been back to Leeds for a few years, it's a miss. How is the boss? Hasn’t Charlie found a girlfriend yet? The Chili Peppers update menu hasn’t…”

After shaking hands, Hu Lai did not let go, but continued to hold Pete's hand, chattering about homework.

Zhou Zijing saw Pete Williams resisting in the distance, and at the same time he kept pulling his hand, trying to pull it out but couldn't do it, so he couldn't help feeling: "It's good to be thick-skinned...as long as I don't embarrass myself , the embarrassing ones are others!"

Because he played in Leeds, he actually has acquaintances in the England team.

But he never thought of running to greet his acquaintances in the England team before such an important game.

Zhou Zijing felt that he still had to show some face, he couldn't do such a thing.

Seeing that he couldn't take his hand out, Pete said helplessly to Hu Lai: "Okay, Hu, everyone has known you for so many years, and you all know what you think. I'm also very happy to meet you at the World Cup—we never After the group results come out, I am looking forward to this game."

A surprised expression appeared on Hu Lai's face: "Really? That's great!"

Then he said to Pete: "Then let us go all out and leave no regrets!"

After speaking, he finally let Pete Williams go, turned and walked back to his team.

Of course, he did not forget to say hello to Jay Adams who just came over when he left: "Hi, Jay. See you in the game!"

Before Adams could return the salute, Hu Lai walked back.

So Adams turned around and asked Pete, "What did he tell you?"

Pete looked at Hu Lai's back and said, "I was talking nonsense. Then he said let's do our best and leave no regrets."

Adams smiled: "No need for him to say, we will go all out."

After Hu Lai greeted the English players, there was no communication between the players on both sides.

They stand in their own ranks, waiting for the referee team to come and take them out.

The televised camera pans over the faces of the main players in turn, giving them close-ups.

The expressions of the players on both sides in the camera are very calm.

Seeing this scene, He Feng and Yan Kang breathed a sigh of relief in the commentary booth:

"The players of the Chinese team look very relaxed, which is a good thing! The knockout round of the World Cup is a brand new experience for our national football boys. We lack relevant experience and cannot imagine in advance that we will meet in the game. In this case, the mentality is very important. A stable and relaxed mentality helps players to give their best performance in the game. Nervous and too excited will greatly reduce the performance...”

"There is nothing wrong with saying this, but the problem is that it also applies to the England team!"

Yan Yan, who watched the live broadcast, complained.

Because in the close-up shots, the relaxed and calm expressions are not only the Chinese team players, but also the England team players!

What does this mean?

It shows that the mentality of the English players is also very good!

In the case of a strength gap between the two sides, many Chinese fans are counting on England to underestimate the enemy a little bit...

As a result, it seems that they have prepared for this game very seriously, and the players attach great importance to the Chinese team.

Then there should be no "accidents" in favor of the Chinese team in this game.

Let's do our best on both sides.

This is giving me a bit of a headache...

The quarter-finals of this World Cup were generally uneventful, and the stronger teams basically won.

In addition to the German team, they lost to Uruguay 1:2 in the quarter-finals and were eliminated.

There is no suspense for the rest of the game.

Portugal drew 1:1 with Croatia in 120 minutes, and they narrowly won 5:4 in the final penalty shootout.

France defeated Morocco 4:2, and the African teams in this World Cup were wiped out.

Brazil beat Norway 3:2.

The first knockout game in the second half is Argentina vs Switzerland.

In this game, although Switzerland defended all the lines and hoped to drag it to a penalty shootout, Argentina still relied on their super attack power to win the opponent 3:0. Meli scored a goal and assisted once in this game. Very eye-catching.

Many people are optimistic about Meli's breakthrough in this World Cup.

Although his performance in the club this season is not satisfactory. But the poor performance of the club does not mean that the national team is not performing well.

There is often no positive correlation between the World Cup and the status of the club. Some players perform very badly in the club, but when they come to the World Cup, they are like a godsend.

There are also players who are like gods in the club, but because they came out too early, they withered when the World Cup came.

So how far a player can go in the World Cup has nothing to do with his performance at the club.

Meli has lost all four players in the club this season, and has been scolded a lot.

But on the contrary, it helped him to let go of his burden and help him play better in the national team.

In this World Cup, Meli has scored three goals and one assist, which is a very good performance.

In the season where the King of Madrid failed, it seemed to make him more mature.

Meli, who scored three goals, also ranks second in the scorer list, behind Hou Lai who scored four goals.

Argentina, which has successfully advanced to the quarter-finals, will face Italy in the quarter-finals.

The latter eliminated Sweden 1:0 after a dull battle.

Italy's defense is really good. So far this World Cup has not conceded a goal!

They are also the only two teams so far that have not conceded a goal, one is them and the other is the Netherlands team-before Brazil and Croatia did not concede a goal in the group stage. However, after entering the knockout round, they also conceded the ball. Croatia conceded one goal against Portugal and Brazil conceded two goals against Norway. The Dutch team is because they have not yet played in the quarter-finals. Italy has played one more game than the Dutch team and has not conceded a goal. It can be said that it is even more difficult.

Albertazzi naturally performed well, but the defensive genes of the Italian team also contributed.

By the way, Caesar should definitely be injured this time, because he didn't play in the whole game against Sweden.

All six quarter-finals have been played before, and three quarter-finals have been played.

Portugal against Uruguay, France against Brazil, Argentina against Italy.

Basically, it is a dialogue between the strong and the strong - Portugal and Uruguay are also relatively close in strength - there is no situation in which one can definitely win.

For the remaining quarter-final matchup, it depends on today's two quarter-final games.

First up are China and England.

After their match, it was the final round of 16 match - Netherlands vs Belgium.

Zhong Shihao, who was watching the live broadcast, suddenly asked: "If we can eliminate England, will it be regarded as a 'big gift package' by our opponents in the quarter-finals?"

His question was met with jokes from others:

"If we can knock out England, who would dare to see us as a 'gift package'?"

With the arrival of the referee team, the players held the hands of the caddy around them one after another, and they are about to play!

The atmosphere in the stadium has already reached boiling point.

With the presence of England fans, the atmosphere of the stadium will never cool down.

Ever since the players from both sides went out to warm up, the singing in the stands has never stopped.

Most of the time it was England fans singing.

Although the Chinese fans are also very enthusiastic, they are still not as professional as the English fans in this matter.

"Players from both sides are on the field!"

During the live broadcast, He Feng shouted excitedly.

Everyone who was still discussing the previous rounds of rounds suddenly fell silent and focused on the projection screen.

The much-anticipated game is finally about to begin!

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In the coin guessing ceremony before the game, Wang Guangwei once again chose the side with the World Cup.

This has become his regular routine at the World Cup.

As long as he is asked to choose a side, he will definitely choose the side of the World Cup, unless the opponent chooses the World Cup first.

As for why I chose the World Cup...

Do you need a reason to choose the World Cup?

Is there any professional player who does not desire the World Cup?

Shouldn't this be an instinctive reaction?

After Wang Guangwei chose the side of the World Cup this time, he did not succeed in guessing.

England captain Connor Kirk did not hesitate to pick the kick-off after guessing the coin.

Since Hu Lai scored at the beginning of the game against Spain, almost all opponents of the Chinese team will choose to take the ball away first-if possible.

At the same time, the coach will also tell the goalkeeper that when the Chinese team kicks off, they must stay in front of the goal line and not go out of the small penalty area.

Because the England team took the right to kick-off, Wang Guangwei naturally had no choice but to choose sides.

He chose the half where the Chinese team was warming up.

Then the two sides shook hands with each other, then shook hands with the referee team, and finally went back to their respective homes.

After returning, Wang Guangwei gathered his teammates and formed a circle.

He has to do a simple pre-match mobilization.

"This game is definitely not easy to play. Although they say 'England is the Chinese team in Europe', it is just a joke. Whoever believes it is an idiot. England is very strong~lightnovelpub.net~We will go all out , may have to rely on luck to win. But..."

Speaking of this, Wang Guangwei looked around at his teammates, and continued: "But we are not weak! We have reached the top 16 by our own ability, and we are qualified to play against the England team. Look at them. Look, you know how strong we are, right?"

Everyone nodded, agreeing with what Team Wang said.

"So in the next game, don't think about anything, and put all your thoughts on the game itself. Go all out, without reservation!"

Having said that, Wang Guangwei stretched out his hand to the center of the circle first.

The other team members stacked their hands one after another, and they stacked more and more like this, and finally everyone's hands were heavy together.

Wang Guangwei shook his arm lightly: "One, two, three...Chinese team!"

Everyone yelled:

"come on!!"

Then they turned and left, walking to their respective positions.

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PS, the third shift starts today!

(end of this chapter)