Chapter 1,258: The Opening of the World Cup

In the summer of 2018, perhaps the most lively place in the world was Russia.

The opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup in Russia was officially staged at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. This is a feast for fans all over the world. The appearance of the alien Ronaldo, the personal visit of the President of FIFA, the arrival of heads of state from various countries, and the beautiful music and dance. This exciting opening ceremony made everyone excited.

For fans, the real starting point of the World Cup is the start of the first game.

The opening match of this World Cup is between host country Russia and Asian powerhouse Saudi Arabia.

Before this game, the matchup between these two teams was dubbed the weakest opening game in history.

These two teams are in the bottom two of the 32 World Cups that have appeared, with Saudi Arabia ranked 67th and Russia ranked 70th. Both teams are "three deficiencies" teams that lack returning players, lack big-name stars, and lack arrogant records.

But the final result of this game was beyond everyone's expectations.

What was originally a close game turned out to be a one-sided outcome for Russia.

The score of 5-0 made the whole city of the host country celebrate and eclipsed the Saudi fans.

Jin Taige did not arrange for the players to watch this game together, but moved freely. Because according to the course of history, these two teams should not meet their own teams. To say the least, even if they do, the England team will not be afraid of them at all.

Despite this, the players gathered in the room in twos and threes to watch the game.

During the game, Jin Taige was also watching alone in the room. When he saw the score of 5-0, he nodded with peace of mind.

It seems that the progress of the game is as I imagined, so I feel relieved.

The reason why Jin Taige is concerned about the outcome of this game is, on the one hand, because he wants to see if the game process has changed. It seems that there should be no problem now. If this is the case, then he can make targeted arrangements and use Experience in previous lives determines game tactics.

As for the other ulterior secret, Jin Taige told no one except Wen Na.

The secret is-Kim Tiger bought a lot of lottery tickets!

When Jin Taige first traveled through time, his desire for money was not particularly strong. This is also because his income at Manchester United is very high, so Kim Tiger has lost interest in pursuing more money.

Therefore, in the past 2014 World Cup and 2016 European Cup, Jin Taige did not adopt the speculative method of buying lottery tickets.

But things are different now. Jin Taige has a company called "Devil Sports".

Now the company is expanding rapidly, the expansion speed is beyond his imagination, and many places require huge capital investment. For this reason, Wen Na has traveled all over Europe to get loans from major banks, which is very hard.

Seeing this situation, Jin Taige became serious. He used the memory of his previous life to buy a lot of World Cup lottery tickets in one go. Because he was worried about changes, Kim Tiger just invested in the World Cup semi-finals lottery.

France, Belgium, Croatia and England.

If nothing else, these four teams didn't run away.

However, Jin Taige still made multiple preparations. Because some club teams were strong last year, Jin Taige was still worried about special circumstances and purchased some other possibilities.

For example, Jin Taige believes that Spain is very likely to undergo a major reversal.

If not, we can win against Russia and then meet Croatia in the quarter-finals. By then it will be hard to say whether we will win or lose.

So Kim Tiger added another top four: France, Belgium, Spain and England.

In fact, there is another team that is a pity, that is Germany. In the previous World Cup in Russia, Germany finally performed abnormally and was eliminated from the group, continuing the curse of the previous World Cup champions being eliminated from the group.

But things are different now. In the past year, German players have performed extremely well in their respective clubs. In the Champions League knockout match between Manchester United and Bayern, the powerful Bayern once made it very difficult for Manchester United. The German team, led by Bayern, may be able to break the curse this time and advance smoothly.

In addition, the two German players Kroos and Kimmich in the Manchester United team have already become superstars, and they will also help the German team a lot.

Another variable is Sane's selection.

In the previous life of the German team, due to some special reasons, Sane was not able to enter the German team. However, through the experience of losing the World Cup group, many people attribute one of the problems to the German team's lack of creativity and explosive points, and an energetic player like Sane is the best complement to the German team. It was also because of Sane's outstanding performance at Manchester United that Loew finally made up his mind and took Sane to Russia.

In this way, Jintiger believes that the German team is very likely to qualify from the group this time, and even have a chance to win the first place in the group.

Despite this, Kim Tiger still doesn't think the German team will go very far.

If the German team enters the top half, they will meet the Brazilian team. Even if they defeat Brazil, they will also meet Belgium in the quarter-finals. Kim Tiger doesn’t think the German team has the strength to defeat Belgium.

If the German team enters the bottom half, they will likely play against England. Against this German team with Bayern as its team, Jintiger still has a certain degree of confidence.

Therefore, Jin Taige analyzed the situation of the semi-finals of the World Cup. Perhaps Spain is the biggest variable. Based on the paper strength and competitive state, it is reasonable for Spain to win the championship.

The big-scoring opening match on June 14 announced the official start of this World Cup.

The following games followed one after another, and the first round of the group stage was in full swing.

In a classic match in the first round, Portugal and Spain tied 3-3, and Ronaldo dragged Portugal forward alone.

France, Croatia, Belgium and other strong teams passed the test one after another, successfully won their first victory in the group stage and gained precious three points.

South American powerhouses Brazil and Argentina both suffered draws. No one expected that they would be forced into draws by Switzerland and Iceland respectively. The two teams' Dangas stars Neymar and Messi did not perform at the king level, and the two popular teams were questioned.

Japan and Iran from Asia both achieved victory. After Saudi Arabia was bloodbathed by Russia, these two teams maintained the dignity of Asian teams.

In the first round of the group stage, the scores of almost all teams were exactly the same as what Kim Tiger remembered in his previous life, except for the German team.

And all this also confirmed what Jin Taige had guessed before. This German team is indeed much stronger than the previous one...