Chapter 60 Semifinal Opponent

"The captain of the Chinese team, Zhou Yi, was interviewed by our reporter as soon as the game was over. Regarding the Chinese team's historic entry into the semi-finals of the World Cup, it equaled the best Asian team in the World Cup created by the South Korean team. Results, he has something to say..."

Zhou Yi appeared on the screen: "It is very gratifying to be able to create history. This is the result of our team's concerted efforts. But I don't think this is an upper limit, but a brand new starting point..."

The reporter's voice was a little excited: "Does this mean we have to go further?"

"Why not?" Zhou Yi asked back.

"But the next step is the semi-finals, and if we go further, it will be the finals..." The reporter was frightened.

"If possible, who wouldn't want to enter the finals? Any team that can reach the semi-finals, I'm afraid they don't just want to stop here, do they?" Zhou Yi asked back.

The reporter recovered from the panic and had to admit that Zhou Yi was right.

"Of course, whether it can be achieved is another matter. But our whole team will definitely work towards this goal."

Zhou Yi on the TV screen was not very excited, and his tone was calm.

The reporters have interviewed several Chinese players, and Zhou Yi is the calmest one. This may be because Zhou Yi has never regarded reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup as his highest goal.

At the post-match press conference, Lippi said: "I am very happy to be able to create the history of Chinese football. I am very happy that the team can use the victory to bring happiness to the Chinese fans. But the World Cup is not over yet, and the work of all of us is also It's not over, it's not time to celebrate yet, we will seriously summarize this game and study our opponents in the next game after we go back..."

A reporter asked: "In the semi-finals, you will meet the German team, the favorite to win this World Cup. What do you think about this?"

"The German team is of course very strong.

They are the favorites to win the championship. But I believe in my players and we are also strong. This can be seen from the fact that we have beaten teams like Spain and Brazil along the way..."

Lippi seemed confident and confident in his team.

No one will laugh at and question Lippi's confidence, because the result of the game is in front of everyone. How the Chinese team has come this way can be seen as long as the eyes are not blind. Is this Chinese team strong? It is no longer a question.

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After the competition, Chinese media workers collectively entered into a high-intensity work rhythm. They must use the shortest time to return their written manuscripts to China, and at the same time, the domestic ones must also complete editing and typesetting at the fastest speed. Therefore, the traditional paper media should be delivered to the printing factory in the shortest time, and the finished product will be printed to ensure that when everyone goes to work in the morning, they can buy newspapers as fresh as ever.

Internet media are different from newspapers, but they have higher requirements for speed and timeliness than traditional newspapers, because they can immediately go online after editing for everyone to see. Whoever can seize the opportunity and take the lead will be able to attract the attention of the most people.

Workers in the TV media are also very busy. They have to cut the just-concluded games into highlights, and also make various short videos for use in different programs...

The Chinese team made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup historically, tying the best record of an Asian team created by the South Korean team, and became the focus of attention of the whole Chinese people.

This is a competition among the media, and no one wants to be left behind in this competition...

In addition to these media people, ordinary netizens and fans are also continuing their carnival online.

Because this game kicked off at 4 o'clock in the morning Beijing time, it was almost 6 o'clock after the game ended, and the sky was already bright.

The fans who stayed up all night were not sleepy at this moment. They opened the curtains, looked at the white eastern sky outside the window, stretched their waists, and then continued to pay attention to all the news about the Chinese team.

Weibo, Hupu, Zhihu, Tieba, QQ, WeChat... In all online communities, a large number of topics related to the Chinese team have emerged. "We won" is the phrase with the highest frequency.

The jokers have also been dispatched one after another, using their ingenuity on Chinese football.

It's just that they used to make up jokes that mocked and satirized Chinese football, but now they're praising and tearful jokes.

"It's time to reveal my identity as a 30-year-old Chinese fan!"

"No need to let the Korean team's disgusting 'best score in history' hang in front of your eyes anymore!"

"Just now there were two firecrackers outside our community, it's almost like Chinese New Year!"

"What's the difference twice? We still have people playing it here... It's so cool! I went out to see it just now, and the road outside the community is covered with red confetti. It's really 'Earth Red'!"

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On the extranet, in response to Zhou Yi’s previous tweet congratulating the German team on reaching the semi-finals, Mark Wagner also responded to a tweet, writing: “Congratulations, my good friend! Now we can meet in the semi-finals! At that time, I will not show mercy!"

Then he raped Zhou Yi.

Not only the Chinese media reported the Chinese team's victory, but the German media also paid attention to the news that the Chinese team reached the semi-finals.

Because this Chinese team has three players who play in the Bundesliga, especially Zhou Yi, who is very familiar to the German media.

Just because they are familiar with Zhouyi and know how powerful Zhou Yi is, when the Chinese team became their opponent in the semi-finals, none of the German media said that this was a good result for the German team. On the contrary, their attitude was very cautious.

"...Having Dortmund's absolute core and main winger, Schalke O4's main midfielder, Paris Saint-Germain's main forward, Inter Milan's main central defender, and Chelsea's main goalkeeper... Such a Chinese team is different from what we have seen before. The Chinese team I think is completely different. I think we should be careful. It is definitely not good news to meet the Chinese team in the semi-finals. They have already beaten Spain and Brazil, Colombia, especially the game against Brazil. , they let the proud and arrogant host taste the bitterness of failure..."

"Loew said that he has been seriously studying the Chinese team's game video, and he will find a way to deal with the Chinese team. My suggestion is that no matter what the price is, Zhou Yi must be contained. He is the brain of the Chinese team. He is very important to the Chinese team!"

"Don't ignore Yang Muge and Yan Min. One is Schalke's main defensive midfielder. In the just-concluded game, he defended James Rodriguez, who performed well in the first four games. No. Yan Min is a side attacking player with strong offensive ability..."

"In addition, I think Sun Pan will definitely become a person who will cause us great trouble. Obviously, he is a goalkeeper who is strong when he is strong. At that time, the offensive of the German team may actually arouse his state...I want to remind everyone One thing, I still remember how Dortmund was knocked out of the German Cup by a third-tier team like Offenbach Kickers-it was Sun Pan who guarded the goal for Offenbach Kickers at that time, and he helped the team After dragging the game into a penalty shootout, he used his personal ability to defeat Dortmund in the penalty shootout... I have no doubt that Lippi will refer to that game, and the Chinese team will definitely practice before the semifinals Penalty kick..."

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While happy for the Chinese team to reach the semi-finals, domestic fans also began to pay attention to the semi-finals with the German team.

Now that they have reached the top four, it is impossible to have any weak opponents.

In fact, in the list of the top four, the Chinese team may be the weakest...

Just after the match between the Chinese team and Colombia, the remaining two quarter-finals were played the next day.

With Higuain's goal in the eighth minute, Argentina finally beat Belgium 1-0 and became the third team to enter the World Cup semi-finals.

In another quarter-final match, the Dutch team drew 0:0 with Costa Rica in 120 minutes. In the last minute of extra time, Dutch coach Louis van Gaal made a substitution adjustment, replacing goalkeeper Cillisson.

This kind of substitution is very rare, because unless the goalkeeper is injured, it will not be replaced easily.

But this substitution has a very obvious purpose, that is, a penalty shootout.

Van Gaal replaced the Dutch team's substitute goalkeeper Krul.

After the substitute En will debut, he caught up with the penalty shootout between the Netherlands and Costa Rica.

In the five rounds of penalty kicks, Krull judged all the right directions, and saved two penalty kicks, and finally helped the Dutch team eliminate Costa Rica with a score of 4:3 in the penalty shootout and reached the semi-finals.

In this way, there are two European teams, one South American team, and one Asian team in the semi-finals.

Compared with world-class teams such as Germany, the Netherlands, and Argentina, the Chinese team that has historically reached the semi-finals of the World Cup is indeed the weakest, although their performance in this World Cup may not be weak...

Now facing the favorite German team in the semi-finals, fans of the Chinese team will have a lot of thoughts.

Some people may think, since we are in the semi-finals, why can't we reach the finals and create the best result of an Asian team in the history of the World Cup?

Some people think more on this basis. If we can reach the World Cup finals, why can't we think about winning the championship? The Chinese team won the World Cup! If this happened, it would no longer be a joke on the Internet to ridicule Chinese football... Such a result, really makes people feel excited just thinking about it.

But there are also people who think that the German team is too strong, and we should not put too high expectations and pressure on the Chinese team, which will actually be detrimental to the team's performance. In fact, at this point, the performance of the Chinese team has far exceeded our expectations, so everyone should relax and enjoy the game of the Chinese team, it doesn't matter whether they win or lose.

Many people supported both opinions, and the two sides quarreled online.

The latter accused the former of obscenity, and the former thought the latter was a coward who dared not even think about it...

In fact, this kind of inconsistency of thinking is not only among the fans, but also within the Chinese national team, there is a situation where everyone thinks differently...

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