Chapter 1983 "Teammate Derby"

After coach Dillon returned to the locker room after attending the post-match press conference, the atmosphere has returned to normal.

The coaches and players celebrated again.

Dillon congratulated the whole team for reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup and praised the performance of everyone in the team.

Then tell everyone not to think about the next game, take a good rest, and wait until tomorrow when you open your eyes to talk about anything.

When they came out of the locker room, they found that there were still many Chinese fans around the bus.

They've been waiting for the team to show up.

Seeing the players of the Chinese team appearing at the entrance of the passage, everyone cheered.

"The Chinese team is awesome!"

Someone shouted first.

So it was like a pot exploded, and more people began to shout:

"Awesome! Awesome!"

"The national football team is doing well!"

"Qing Huan Qing Huan I love you!"

"Xingzi is the most handsome!"

"Long live Akai!"

"Holly! Holly!"

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Almost every Chinese player got an exclusive cheer.

But Wang Guangwei got the loudest.

"King team—!"

"Come on, Captain!"

"You are the best captain ever!"

"Hero! Wang Guangwei!"

The enthusiastic cheers made Wang Guangwei almost unable to move, and he had to stop frequently to wave to the fans.

A reporter at the scene made a video of this scene and posted it on social media, with the text:

"Don't pay attention to those controversial voices, the fans have made their own choices. A great hero, for the country and the people, Wang Guangwei is a real football hero!"

Finally, Wang Guangwei boarded the car. He stood at the door of the car and waved goodbye to the fans for the last time.

Then, amid deafening cheers, he turned and hid in the carriage.

Wang Guangwei sat next to Luo Kai again, the same as when he came to the game.

After Luo Kai got up to offer his seat for him, he sat down again, turned his head and said: "There is more than one knockout match."

Wang Guangwei looked at him.

He said: "This is what you told me before, and now I give it to you, Team Wang."

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"You all know the result of the other game, right?"

The head coach of the Dutch national team Josef Drost pointed to the door of the dressing room.

Everyone knew which game he was talking about, so they nodded.

They came to the stadium nearly two hours early to prepare for the match against Belgium. At that time, the match between the Chinese team and the England team was still in the second half.

A group of people were changing clothes in the locker room while watching the live broadcast of the game on the TV in the locker room.

Then they saw Wang Guangwei's handball foul and Pete Williams' penalty kick...

There was an explosion in the locker room at that time - when they saw Pete Williams lob the empty goal, they thought the Chinese team was eliminated.

As a result, Wang Guangwei threw the football out with his hands...

Seeing the England team win a penalty, they think the Chinese team should be eliminated this time, right?

As a result, Lin Zhiyuan made an unbelievable two consecutive dives and rejected the penalty kick!

Many Dutch players held their heads with their hands, as if their penalty kick had been saved, their eyes widened in disbelief.

When it was overtime, they left the locker room to warm up, but many people still have that game in their hearts.

Fortunately, the big screen in the competition venue was also broadcasting the live broadcast of that game.

Many fans who came to the stadium in advance and waited can also learn about the situation of the other game through this attention.

So the players on both sides who were warming up also saw the scene of Johnson Law being sent off with a red card and Hu Lai killing England.

It's not easy for them to miss these wonderful shots-every time there will be huge screams and cheers on the court to remind the players on both sides who are warming up on the court that there is something good to happen in another game.

Especially after Hu Lai's lore, all the fans at the scene stood up and cheered and applauded.

It can be seen that England's popularity in Europe is really bad enough...

Of course, they cheered and perhaps felt that it was a good thing to meet a remnant Chinese team in the quarter-finals.

"The result of that game told us that there are no underdogs in the World Cup. No opponent is easy to deal with in the knockout stage. So this quarter-final must go all out, don't think about the quarter-final How about, try your best to reach the top eight first!"

With almost the same meaning, the head coach of Belgium also said it to his players.

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Danny Drew and Belgium centre-back Eric Jacobs tangled as he wrapped his arms around each other.

Center back Jacobs, who plays for the Stan Park Rangers, reached out and tried to push Drew away.

The referee blew a quick whistle to stop the game, then ran up to the two men and gave them a verbal warning to stop the game.

"In the 118th minute of the game, the score was still 0:0! Now the Belgian team got a free kick in the front court, and their central defenders all came to the Dutch team's penalty area... Players from both sides were in the penalty area The competition was so fierce that the referee had to pour some water on them to put out the fire."

"This game is the seventh-ranked Netherlands in FIFA against the eighth-ranked Belgium. It can be said to be a close match...The process of the game is also the same as the ranking of the two teams. There is still a tie! Now that Belgium has won a free kick in the frontcourt, do they have a chance to beat the Netherlands like the Chinese team did in the previous game?"

"Compared to the exciting and intense game, which produced seven goals and several famous scenes, the contest between the Netherlands and Belgium is much more dull. Both sides pay attention to defense and are cautious in offense and dare not invest too much In 90 minutes, neither side has made any achievements. Now the 30-minute overtime game is coming to an end soon, so it depends on whether we can score goals..."

Today's two quarter-finals are indeed in stark contrast.

The match between the Chinese team and the England team was full of passion, and it can be called the most exciting game in this World Cup.

The match between the Netherlands and Belgium, against the backdrop of the last game, seemed particularly dull and silent.

Fortunately, this boring battle is finally coming to an end.

Whether the goal is scored or not, it will be over.

Either Belgium beat the Netherlands, or the game was dragged into a penalty shootout.

And the penalty shootout was exciting.

Many neutral fans are already looking forward to the next penalty shootout - if there is one.

After some education from the referee, the Dutch team did not calm down in front of the goal.

But anyway, there is no such thing as Drew just hugging people with both hands.

So the referee exited the penalty area and blew his whistle.

Belgium kicks the football into the box!

Danny Drew, who was defending Jacobs, suddenly dropped the opponent and rushed towards the Belgian center Ryan van den Berg who was diagonally behind him.

He realized that Jacobs should be just a bait, and what Belgium really wanted to do was to let center van den Berg grab this point!

Sure enough, the football didn't let Jacobs fly at all, but went straight to Vandenberg!

"Danger!"

In the exclamation of the Dutch TV commentator, Danny Drew jumped to the position where Van den Berg was, and threw his head towards the football vigorously!

He rubbed the football lightly before Vandenberg!

The football changed direction slightly, leaving Van den Berg empty!

"Danny Drew! He made a key header defense!"

The football that was kicked out by Drew was then cleared by the Dutch players. Belgium lost the chance to kill the Dutch team at the last moment of overtime!

Although Belgium won a throw-in, they didn't dare to go all out again, because if the Dutch team counterattacked at the last moment, wouldn't it be over?

Since they can't solve their opponents in overtime, dragging into a penalty shootout is also what they want.

After all, they have "father" Jonathan Hewell, so they should still have an advantage in hitting penalties.

The last minute of overtime was spent by the Belgian players.

The referee blows three whistles.

"Overtime is over! The second penalty shootout of this World Cup is here!"

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On the dinner table was the "celebration banquet" carefully prepared by Master Fan and his apprentices for the players of the Chinese team, but it was not finished, and there were still many dishes left on their respective plates.

Although the players sat at the table, their attention was not on eating.

It seems that no one pays for the meals that I worked so hard to cook.

But no one in Chef Fan's team was angry or sad.

Because their attention is not on it.

Instead, like the players of the Chinese team, they turned their heads to look at the TV screen in the restaurant.

It was showing the penalty shootout between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Now that they have reached the quarter-finals, it is time to care about which team will become their opponent in the quarter-finals.

Netherlands?

Or Belgium?

"Belgium's first appearance is their captain center forward Van den Berg. Beautiful! Belgium has a good start!"

"The first Dutch striker, Jaden van Bruggen... on the right! One shot! He also scored steadily!"

"Belgium's second striker Jorge Caceres, who plays for Athletic Manchester... oops! High! Caceres kicked the ball straight over the bar! What a surprise!"

"Now coming up is the Dutch midfielder Victor van der Stern, as Belgium has already missed a penalty, as long as he can kick the penalty, the Netherlands will have the advantage and take the lead... run-up! Wow! Heywell saved Van der Stern's half-high ball! The Belgian goalkeeper saved the team! The best goalkeeper in the last World Cup was the important reliance of the Belgian team in the penalty shootout!"

"Fuck!"

"I **** this... ouch fuck!"

The exciting penalty shootout made the Chinese players exclaim one after another in the restaurant.

Penalty kicks were kicked round after round amidst their exclamations.

Both third and fourth penalties were scored.

Before the final round of penalties, the score was 3:3.

If five rounds of penalty shootouts still fail to decide the winner, then it will enter into a more brutal one-on-one penalty shootout.

Belgium's fifth penalty-taker to come up was centre-back Eric Jacobs.

Although he is a central defender, he has good penalty kick skills and psychological quality. After all, central defenders have good psychological pressure resistance.

However, the penalty kick in the usual game is completely different from the penalty kick at this moment.

Facing Dutch goalkeeper Tone Schulman, Jacobs chose to push the lower left corner.

But he pursued the angle too much, and the football went straight out of the goal post!

"Ahh! Jacobs! He missed the kick! Belgium is in danger!"

In the live TV broadcast, the commentator was exclaiming, and the Chinese players in front of the TV were also exclaiming:

"I'm going! What script is this?!"

"Isn't it? Can Hywell jump out!"

Amidst everyone's exclamation, they saw a person walking out of the Dutch team.

It was Maxi Carey wearing the captain's armband.

He calmly walked towards the penalty area, his expression in the close-up shot was very calm.

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After Carey placed the football, he backed away and prepared to kick the penalty.

Facing his former club teammate Jonathan Heywell, Carey even smiled and raised an eyebrow.

Hywell's expression became serious.

Now he's in no mood to catch up and joke with Carey.

Belgium had one foot hanging off a cliff as Jacobs missed a penalty.

If he can't save Carey's ball, Belgium will be eliminated~lightnovelpub.net~ As a goalkeeper, he has no way out, and there is no such thing as "it's normal not to be able to save".

The whistle sounded, and all kinds of hustle and bustle at the scene decreased a little.

Seeing Carey start a run-up, when he ran to the football, he leaned back slightly, opened his arms, swung his right leg, and looked like he was going to volley vigorously from a certain angle.

So Hywell rushed towards the direction he guessed!

But as soon as he threw himself out, he saw that Kaili's right leg suddenly retracted when he was about to kick the football, instead of directly pulling towards the football, he raised his toes and gave it a light kick!

The football flew into his goal from the center in a parabolic manner!

"Spoon! Spoon penalty! Maxi Carey ended the choked penalty shootout in such an understated way!"

"As expected of him! Super MAX! Maxi Carey!"

"The Dutch team eliminated Belgium and entered the quarterfinals!"

"The Chinese team's opponent in the quarter-finals was born - the Dutch team led by Maxi Carey! Another 'teammate derby'!"

(end of this chapter)