Chapter 630 Spain VS Croatia

The eight games in the top 16 are moving forward at the rate of two games per day.

Before July 4, the results of all eight games have been released.

Judging from the list of those who have advanced to the quarter-finals, this year is another year of great success for European teams.

Including defending champion Spain, a total of 6 European teams have advanced to the quarterfinals.

All African teams have been eliminated in the group stage. Japan, the only Asian team, also lost to the European red devil Belgium 2:3.

At this point, there are only 6 European teams and 2 Latin American teams left on the World Cup stage.

Although the remaining two teams in Latin America, Brazil and Colombia, are traditional strong teams with good strength.

But the outside world is generally not very optimistic about them, because in this World Cup, the teams in Europe are generally very strong.

Needless to say, the defending champion Spain, the Gallic Roosters, the Three Lions, the European Red Devils and the Grizzlies, are not easy to mess with.

Among the top eight, the weakest European team is probably the Swedish team.

However, according to the rules of the World Cup, Sweden's opponent in the next round is England, and the Latin American duo failed to pick up this soft persimmon.

The Uruguayans were the most unlucky. Their next opponent was the advancing French team.

With the French team's current momentum, the outside world is generally more optimistic about them. Including football commentators and football celebrities, more than 80% of people are optimistic about the French team's victory over Uruguay.

The French team did not disappoint. With Griezmann's pass and shot, they easily defeated Uruguay 2:0 and became the first team to advance to the semi-finals of this World Cup.

The Brazilian team had slightly better luck. Their opponent was the European red devil Belgium.

The Brazilian team is stronger than Uruguay, and the Belgian team is weaker than the French team.

In this way, the Brazilian team's hope of defeating the Belgian team is at least much higher than that of Uruguay.

After the game started, five-star Brazil quickly launched a fierce attack on Belgium.

Neymar, Jesus, Coutinho, Paulinho, Willian and others took turns to attack the opponent's defense.

The Brazilian team's offensive was very fierce, and it once formed an absolute suppression of Belgium on the scene.

In the 8th minute of the game, Thiago Silva's shot hit the post, and the Brazilian team got closer and closer to the goal.

Just when Brazilian fans were looking forward to their first goal, reality hit them hard.

In the 12th minute of the game, the Belgian team took advantage of a corner kick and caused Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho to score an own goal, taking the lead in scoring.

The score became 1:0.

This result left Brazilians stunned!

After reacting, the Samba Army launched a more ferocious counterattack.

But unfortunately, they had the upper hand but couldn't score.

Sora had dozens of shots, but could not score.

In the 30th minute of the first half, after Belgium successfully resolved the opponent's corner kick, Lukaku quickly advanced with the ball in the middle.

Later generations of fans jokingly called Inter Milan's forward combination of Lautaro and Lukaku a combination of one high and one fast.

Lautaro, who is only 1.74 meters tall, is responsible for height, and Lukaku, who is over 1.9 meters tall, is responsible for speed.

But one thing is that for this long-distance run with the ball, Lukaku was indeed very fast. The Brazilian midfielder could not effectively intercept him. He rushed into the frontcourt and passed the ball to Germany on the right. Browne.

De Bruyne continued to take a few steps forward, and then suddenly took off his foot and shot.

This shot was not only sudden, but also at an extremely tricky angle. The most fatal thing was that the ball was also very fast.

Although Brazil's goalkeeper Alisson had already reacted to the save immediately, he was still half a beat too late. The football was like a heavy artillery shot and blasted into the Brazilian team's goal.

The score became 2:0.

What's worse than this score is that Belgium played the effect they wanted.

The Brazilian team proved by conceding the ball this time that their defense could not stop the opponent's quick counterattack.

This undoubtedly caused trouble for the Brazilian team's offense, as they no longer dared to attack their opponents with large numbers of troops.

The Brazilian team took a lot of shots in this game, but most of them were long shots from the outside. Although they looked threatening, they did not score any goals.

On the contrary, it was Belgium's counterattack. With De Bruyne, a very creative passer, he could accurately find his teammates in the shortest time every time, making the Brazilians frightened.

Coupled with the high-quality free kicks taken by De Bruyne from time to time, the Brazilian team's goal was frequently tested.

In the 75th minute of the game, Neymar's supplementary shot in the penalty area was saved again.

The score was still 2:0, and some female fans of the Brazilian team in the stands could not help covering their faces and crying.

Even Neymar failed to step up and save the team, who else can they count on?

But just when the Brazilian felt that the future was bleak, Coutinho found a gap in the opponent's defense on the left wing and hoisted the ball into the penalty area with a long pass.

Augusto, who plays for Beijing Guoan, used a wonderful header to help the Selecao regain a victory.

This goal greatly boosted the Brazilians' morale, and they launched an even more fierce attack on Belgium in the following period.

I have to say that the Brazilians' offensive ability is really strong. Under their crazy offense, they created many opportunities.

But Coutinho, Augusto and others wasted good chances to score again and again, making Brazil's attack in vain.

In the end, the Brazilians were unable to turn the tide and lost to Belgium 1:2 and were eliminated.

The result of this game was unacceptable to the Brazilians. Neymar was very dissatisfied with the referee's controversial penalties.

He believed that the opponent had fouled him in the penalty area at least three times. If the head coach had awarded a penalty, the result of the game would probably have been completely different.

But I don't know if it was because of the bad impression left by his love of diving, the referee was indifferent to his fall in the penalty area.

And it must be said that although Neymar's opponents did have the suspicion of fouls, his performance was too obvious. For a person with a history of diving, this kind of performance would make the referee more hesitant.

It can only be said that Neymar is the reason for success and failure!

With the elimination of the Brazilian team, this World Cup has completely turned into a European civil war.

The Swedish team, which played later, lost to England 0:2 as expected.

After the Three Lions failed to win a single match in the last World Cup and were humiliated and eliminated, they have changed their ways in this World Cup. Not only did they play brilliantly, but the players' mental outlook was also completely renewed.

The most terrifying thing is that this England team is not yet in full form, and they still have a lot of room for growth.

On July 8, the last match of the quarter-finals was held at the Luzhniki Stadium.

The two teams in this match are Spain and Croatia.

The last time the two teams met was in the group stage of the 2016 European Cup in France.

That time, Croatia reversed and defeated Spain, but Lin Quan did not play at that time, and this result does not really reflect the true strength of both sides.

This time, both sides played almost all the main lineups without any reservations.

Who is stronger or weaker depends on the final result of this game.

Since Spain's game in the quarter-finals ended earlier, they had one more day of rest than Croatia.

This gave them more time to rest, and also gave the coaching team enough time to study the opponent's information and find ways to target the opponent.

As for Croatia, as the favorite to win the World Cup, they naturally dare not slack off. They have already started collecting information about the Spanish game a long time ago.

So even if they have one day less preparation time than Spain, it will not affect them at all.

It has been seven days since the last game between the two teams. At this time, both sides have been resting and adjusting their physical and mental state to the best.

At nine o'clock in the evening, with the referee's whistle, this highly anticipated focus battle officially started.

Since the two teams are very familiar with each other, after the start of the game, the two sides directly skipped the stage of mutual probing and started to attack each other right away.

When the CCTV commentator was still introducing the starting list of both sides step by step, Spain's offensive had already reached the front of Croatia's penalty area.

Lin Quan passed the opponent's back waist and knocked it to Iniesta in the middle. He continued to rush forward. Iniesta passed the ball before the opponent's pressing player was in place, completing a textbook-like wall-to-wall cooperation.

Lin Quan broke into the penalty area. Croatian defenders Vida and Lorenzo tried to close the door to him, but Lin Quan predicted the opponent's response and stopped the ball and shot it through the gap between the two before the opponent closed the door.

Subasic, who performed bravely in the penalty shootout with Denmark in the last game, continued his previous excellent form in this game.

Although he did not choose a good position, he reacted very quickly. After seeing Lin Quan's lob, he quickly flew to save the ball and lifted it over the crossbar.

Just 13 seconds after the start, the Spanish team completed a very threatening shot.

The audience at the scene was not ready yet, and they didn't even have time to see the whole process of this attack clearly, and the attack was over.

The fans who witnessed the attack throughout the whole process also reacted at this time and gave applause and cheers excitedly.

It was so exciting at the beginning, and this game will definitely be exciting.

As the teams of Messi and Ronaldo were eliminated one after another, Lin Quan naturally became the only superstar in this World Cup.

The huge influence brought by one World Cup, one European Cup, four leagues and four Champions League trophies has accumulated a large number of fans around the world.

In this game, many fans came to watch the game just for him.

These people are not even Spanish fans. The jerseys they wear are also varied. There are jerseys that Lin Quan wore during Werder Bremen, and more of them are his jerseys in Manchester City.

There are also some fans from Asia wearing red jerseys. At first glance, I thought they were Spanish jerseys. After a closer look, it seems to be the jersey of the national football team?

This is outrageous!

These people don’t care about winning or losing the game, they only care about whether Lin Quan performs well.

After seeing Lin Quan and his teammates complete such a wonderful offensive cooperation, these people shouted excitedly, and some fans even took their mobile phones and cameras to take pictures directly. After taking pictures, they couldn’t help but send them to the fan group to show off:

"Brothers, the front row seats have a unique view. You can appreciate all the wonderful performances of the players on both sides, especially Lin Huang, up close. How about it, are you envious?"

"It's so far away that you can't see the players' movements clearly, right?"

"There's no close-up, right?"

"There's no slow-motion replay, right?"

"The noise at the venue is so loud, it must be noisy, right?"

"It's better to be at home. We are lying comfortably on the sofa at home, eating melon seeds, drinking Coke, and blowing on the air conditioner. Not to mention how comfortable it is!"

“That’s right, the most important thing is to save money!”

"With this location, you can see that you have spent a lot of money. With this money, it is not a good idea to buy something, food, drink, clothing, or if you don't have enough money, go and have fun. By the way, brothers, who will win this time?"

"Needless to say, of course it's Spain. According to Lin Lin's law, when Lin Lin is around, buying his team is guaranteed to win."

Because whether Lin Quan is in the club or the national team, he leads the team with a very high winning rate, so over time the fans have summarized a kind of Lin Huang's law, which can be summarized in one sentence, just buy Lin Quan to win without any brain!

"But the Croatian team is very strong, and Modric is also there. I think Spain's midfielders may not be as luxurious as their opponents."

"Those who win the midfield win the world. Croatia's midfielder is a bit strong. I'm optimistic about their upset victory over Spain!"

"This is not necessarily the case. Lin Huang played in the midfield today. With Lin Huang here, Spain will not suffer in the midfield."

"If Spain really loses to Croatia, then all the three giants in football will be eliminated!"

"If this is really the case, FIFA and the event organizers will probably faint in the toilet from crying!"

A game without top stars will definitely not be as eye-catching as a game with top stars on the field.

The number of eyeballs the competition attracts is directly related to the organizer's income.

The World Cup is one of the few large-scale sporting events in the world that can still bring profits to the organizers.

Comprehensive events such as the Olympics have long ceased to be popular because they cost too much money and cannot be earned back at all.

Naturally, no one is willing to do a business that is losing money.

"Damn, you guys must have done it on purpose!"

The person who first noticed that the photos at the scene were awkward, became angry when he saw that his photos did not arouse the shock and envy of the group friends.

In fact, he didn't know that although the group friends said they were not envious on the surface, they were actually envious for a long time.

If you can go to watch the game live, who would want to stay at home?

Just because of the crazy football atmosphere and the opportunity to ask for autographs and photos with their favorite players, they were eager to take their place.

But the cost of going to the World Cup to watch the games is really high. In addition, everyone is a social worker, so we really don’t have that much time and energy to go there.

At this time, on the court, the match between the two sides was still going on intensely. (End of chapter)