Nine Hundred and Thirty-Seven Full-Scale War
937 All-out War
Brazil!
Rio de Janeiro.
Today is June 13th!
In Brazil, a country that belongs to football!
The highest level game in the world of football!
The World Cup will start today!
In the whole of Brazil, almost all Brazilians are wearing the yellow uniforms of the Brazilian national team, and almost all Brazilians are looking forward to their ability to hold the World Cup in their home country and raise the Cup of Life! !
Brazil is without a doubt the most World Cup-worthy national team in the world.
They have won the World Cup five times in total, and the five-star Brazil is currently the team with the most championships.
And their own strength is also strong enough. They have Neymar, who is called Pele's successor, and a large number of stars.
Although before the opening of this World Cup, Brazil's forward configuration was called the weakest in history.
Especially the owner of Brazil's No. 9 jersey.
Compared with the previous Ronaldo, Adriano and other big names who have worn this jersey.
in this World Cup in Brazil.
The number nine that Scolari chose is a name that fans don't hear very much....Fred.
However, with Neymar there, the Brazilian team will not worry about their offense.
Therefore, the media also generally regard Brazil as the favorite team to win the World Cup this time.
As the match day approached, Gao Bo did not arrange for the players to do too much training.
In the morning, I just stay in the gym to keep my body in shape, and the afternoon is a pass training that is not too exhausting.
The total time is three hours.
So the players will have a lot of rest today.
but,
When the morning practice was over, the players mostly gathered in the conference room of the training base.
On the huge screen in the conference room, the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Brazil is being played.
The dance full of samba style did not attract the attention of the players.
What the players are waiting for is the first game of this World Cup.
Host Brazil, against Croatia.
"There should be no suspense in this match."
Rooney leaned back in his chair and said.
"Not necessarily, Wayne!"
Gerald shook his head.
"Croatia are not weak teams, they have players like Modric and Mandzukic!"
Gerald said.
"Yes, Rakitic and Perisic are also not to be underestimated."
Gerrard's younger brother Henderson came over at this time and added.
"I agree with Wayne, this game is Brazil's home ground after all."
Lampard also made comments. This is actually quite normal, after all, generally speaking, the host loses in the opening game has basically never appeared in the World Cup, and this time it is still a strong Brazil team.
Other players have also expressed their views on this upcoming game.
The reason why England's players care about this game is because they already regard Brazil as their opponent.
In the past 20 days, Gao Bo has constantly emphasized the team's goals. Although some players did not think England could achieve it at first, after 20 days of "brainwashing", they gradually began to believe that under the leadership of Gao Bo, Maybe they really have a chance to win the World Cup!
While the players were chatting.
The first match of this World Cup has begun.
Although the scene has completely become a sea of Brazilian fans, the Brazilian team seems to be a little too nervous.
Croatia is on the contrary.
They played better than the home team in the first ten minutes.
Moreover, in the eleventh minute of the game, Croatia made a cross from the left, creating an own goal from Brazil's left back Marcelo!
Croatia is ahead!
This situation surprised many people.
While Croatia is not a weak team, neither should Brazil's performance.
Especially at home.
However, after conceding the ball, the Brazilian team seemed to be woken up, and their offense became active.
In the end, in the 29th minute of the game, after some indiscriminate bombing, the Brazilian team equalized the score by Neymar in the 29th minute!
In the end, the Brazilian team did not score at their home until the 71st minute, and Neymar overtook the score. In the 90th minute, Oscar completely sealed the victory for the team, 3:1, Brazil won the first game of this World Cup with some difficulty.
That's the end of the first match day of the World Cup.
Brazil got what they had to win and laid a good foundation for qualifying from the group.
The next day is the day when the World Cup starts in full swing.
At one o'clock at noon on June 14th, the second group match of Group A began, Mexico vs. Cameroon. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Spain kicked off the strong dialogue against the Netherlands in Group B. At seven o'clock in the evening, Australia and Chile in the second group match of Group B made their debut.
The game between Mexico and Cameroon did not attract much attention. This game was an early game. Mexico finally defeated Cameroon 1-0.
At this time, the points of Group A also came out. Brazil, which defeated Croatia 3:1, ranked first, Mexico was second, and Cameroon was third. Croatia was at the bottom because of the least goal difference.
The match between Spain and the Netherlands was the first heavyweight conversation of the World Cup.
It was almost a repeat of the last World Cup final.
Before this game, before this game, the Spanish national team was the pinnacle of world football, and they monopolized the past three World Series titles, including two European Cups and a World Cup. Although they lost 0:3 to Brazil in the final of the Confederations Cup last year, the Confederations Cup has always been used for training, and it does not explain any problems.
Before the game, everyone was looking back at the final four years ago, the kick that De Jong gave Xavi Alonso in the chest, the lore of Iniesta, and the wonderful saves of Casillas.
Before this game, Casillas had maintained a World Cup record of 433 minutes without conceding a goal. In the last World Cup in South Africa, Spain conceded only two goals in seven games, and all came from the group stage. Casillas has kept a clean sheet in all four knockout matches. Facing the Netherlands in this game, as long as he keeps the first 85 minutes without conceding a goal, he will set a new record, surpassing the legendary Italian goalkeeper Zenga who has not conceded a goal for 517 consecutive minutes.
And when the first half of the game was about to end, England had just finished the afternoon training and returned to the base residence.
At this time, the TV in the hotel lobby was playing this game.
The score at this point was one to zero.
And when England players walk into the hotel lobby in twos and threes, on TV.
The Dutch team's Blind suddenly launched a long diagonal pass from the left!
The football flew more than 50 meters in the air and flew into the Spanish penalty area.
"Oh oh oh! God!!"
Rooney exclaimed!
Only to see on the TV screen, his old teammate Van Persie rushed to the scene.
From a very long distance, he chose to jump to the top, which was completely unexpected. The football flew over Casillas, who was in the front, and crashed into the goal behind him! The Netherlands equalized the score!
"this is okay too!"
"This guy... is too powerful?!"
England's players exclaimed.
At this time, Gao Bo also walked in, just to see the scene of Van Persie's goal.
"This ball, Casillas's position is too high! He seems too relaxed!"
Gao Bo said.
"This definitely gives us a warning. At the World Cup, the best players in the world come together, especially strikers like Van Persie, who can strike at any moment! ! "
"Focus!!!"
Gao Bo pointed at his head with both hands.
"Focus on the game!!"
Gao Bo emphasized.
The players nodded.
In the tournament system, a simple mistake may ruin the entire team.
So... don't be careless!