1199 Rio de Janeiro, here we come!
The referee finally blew the whistle to the end of the game.
The game time lasted for 95 minutes, two more minutes of overtime than expected.
But in the end, it finally ended.
At the last moment, although the Chinese team had exhausted all their strength, even at the moment when the whistle sounded, almost all Chinese players collapsed on the court, but the Argentine players were not much better.
They also tried their best.
Although they were as lazy as ever and their offenses were still unable to form a whole, they really fought hard.
Especially Messi, he is 27, and he is 31 in the next World Cup.
More importantly, he lost to Yang Yang again.
This is his first time meeting Yang Yang in a national team competition. He originally thought he should be able to defeat his opponent because the Chinese team has no strength in the world football world. As the world's largest population and the second largest economic power, their football is simply vulnerable.
Of course, Asian football is also vulnerable.
But in such a seemingly strong and weak match, the Chinese team dragged the game to the end with a goal in the first half, dragged Argentina into the quagmire of fighting and consumption, and finally relied on their tenacious fighting spirit to save the advantage of one goal and another upset broke out.
One to zero, the score remained until the end.
In the last few minutes of the game, more than 10,000 Chinese and Chinese fans stood up from their seats, sang the Chinese national anthem, cheering the players on the court. The spectacular scene was extremely inspiring and seemed to inject a force into the shaking Chinese players.
Messi was standing on the court and felt weak.
He wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry.
Losers cannot cry because they will not get any sympathy.
He had thought about what if he lost to Yang Yang again, but before the game, he felt that the possibility was too small.
If Yang Yang is not counted, Argentina will just take out a star in the frontcourt, which is worth the total value of the Chinese team. It can be seen that the gap between the two sides is really huge, whether it is fame or strength.
But even with this huge advantage of being weak and strong, Argentina still failed to defeat China.
Messi was completely unable to describe his mood at this moment. He just felt very irritable, sad, painful, and wanted to vent.
He didn't cry, but his teammate Mascherano cried.
Argentina knelt on the court, hugged her head, and cried bitterly, unable to suppress her tears at all.
He is thirty years old and this will be the last World Cup of his career.
He could not imagine what kind of state he could maintain in four years, but he would definitely not be as high as he is now. If he missed this time, he would have no future.
He really wants to find out all his teammates and ask them one by one. How do he view this game?
In the locker room before the game, both of them were so optimistic, as if they were sure to win, but what about now?
Why are you all confused? You are all mute? You don’t dare to speak anymore?
Mascherano has never been a good person. He also has his own personality and temper, but now he can only endure it.
Losing is never a responsibility of one person, but the whole team, including himself.
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Yang Yang struggled to stand up from the grass.
His feet were trembling due to excessive consumption, and his body was extremely weak and tired, but his heart was extremely excited.
World Cup finals!
The Chinese team reached the World Cup final!
As soon as he thought of this, he really had the urge to whistle to the sky, and he was filled with strength.
This is something he dared not imagine before the World Cup.
Looking at the teammates around me, everyone was like him, exhausted because of all his strength, but his expression was extremely excited.
They can no longer care about how to play in the finals, because for them, being able to enter the finals is already a miracle and a victory.
Yang Yang slowly walked towards his teammates step by step, pulled them up one after another from the ground, greeted them together, and came to the stands where Chinese and Chinese fans were located, all standing in a row, and even the bench and the teammates who were replaced ran over.
A row of more than twenty people, shoulder to shoulder, holding hands, stood in a row against the fans in the stands.
In the stands, countless fans were moved.
In fact, they had been very moved.
It should have been a very happy thing to celebrate the team's advance to the World Cup final, but they cried unscrupulously, and they cried loudly, especially when they saw this group of miserable "warriors" in front of them.
Four days later, Rio de Janeiro, the World Cup final, will play China's national anthem for the first time.
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Amid the cheers of the fans of the audience, Yang Yang left the queue and slowly walked towards the coach's seat.
Before he could walk back, Real Madrid arranged for him to come over. Michelle, a team doctor who followed Yang Yang to compete in the World Cup, was already waiting there anxiously, and as soon as he saw him, he immediately came forward.
"Oh God, Yang, let me see your left shoulder."
"It's nothing." Yang Yang smiled and let Michelle check it out.
"How could it be fine? You haven't gotten so well before, but now you hit the pillar again. Damn, you must listen to me and follow me to the hospital for a check-up. Please, you can't make me embarrassed."
Before Yang Yang could answer, Michelle seemed to be crying anxiously.
"Just just now, the boss called me personally to inquire about the situation. After that, the technical director Mr. Bardano, head coach Mr. Ancelotti, Mr. Zidane, and Mr. Redondo, the chief executive. In the end, even the Chairman called in person. They were all very anxious. Do you know?"
Yang Yang smiled and wanted to say, I don’t know if they are anxious, but I can be sure if you are anxious.
But he finally held back because he didn't want to tease the staff at will, especially a staff member who cared about him.
"Okay, Michelle, I know. I'll go with you right away when I clean up." Yang Yang said very cooperatively.
Michelle then breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that Yang Yang would not cooperate with his work.
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In fact, not only Real Madrid is concerned about Yang Yang's injury, but even the national team attaches great importance to it.
When I heard that Real Madrid's team doctor wanted to arrange for Yang Yang to undergo an injury examination, the national team cooperated with him and arranged for a team doctor to accompany him. I even communicated with the Brazil World Cup organizing committee through official channels to promote this matter as soon as possible.
Media and fans all over the world also attach great importance to it, and they are extremely concerned about Yang Yang's left shoulder injury.
You know, before the World Cup, Yang Yang's injury made fans very worried, and now he is injured again, how can they not worry about this?
Especially for Chinese fans, without Yang Yang, what will the Chinese team fight against Germany in the finals?
After the game, Yang Yang immediately rushed to a famous hospital in St. Paul for a detailed physical examination, especially for the left shoulder. The final report showed that the collision did make the old patient recur.
The Real Madrid team doctor also quickly informed his boss who was far away in Madrid to report on the situation on Sao Paulo.
Yang Yang also quickly called team doctor Carlos Dias, technical director Bardano, head coach Ancelotti, old friend Zidane, and club chief Manuel Redondo to inform him of his injuries.
"I know my own situation. I hope you can trust me, and this will not affect my performance in the club."
In fact, Real Madrid is very clear. Not to mention that the injury is not too serious, even if it is really serious, as long as it can still play, Yang Yang will definitely not miss the World Cup final.
Because this is likely to be the only World Cup final in his career, and at the same time, he is the only hope for the Chinese team to compete with the German team. Without Yang Yang, the Chinese team will be the lamb slaughtered by the German team.
In this case, Yang Yang must be there for himself or for the national team.
Florentino quickly called Yang Yang personally, expressing his surprise and satisfaction with his performance in the World Cup, and wishing him good luck in the next finals, but he also expressed that he hoped that Yang Yang could receive the help of Real Madrid team doctors, actively adjust and treat, and control his injuries.
"Team doctor Carlos has set off and will meet you in Rio de Janeiro. I hope he can help you. At the same time, I also hope you can understand that whether it is the Chinese team or our Real Madrid, you are the most important player and you cannot lose money."
Yang Yang expressed his understanding and promised that he would actively cooperate.
For him, the most important thing now is to adjust his condition, restore his physical fitness as soon as possible, and prepare for the World Cup final.
The German team is completely different from other teams.
German Chariot, this nickname can tell others intuitively what kind of team the German team is.
Although many people criticized the German team coached by Loew for its weak willpower, you should know that this team is very balanced, with excellent offense and defense, and strong pass-through and control skills.
The midfield consisting of Schweinsteiger and Tony Kroos has firmly helped the German team to seize the ball, and the front court offense and the back court defense are also excellent, which has made the German team's performance very stable from the beginning of the World Cup to the present.
Of course, it's just stability.
The 7-to-1 victory over Brazil was an accident, and the score did not have much reference value, but the biggest impression the German team left from the group stage to the semi-finals is that it is comprehensive and stable.
But this team has an obvious weakness, that is, its lack of explosive points.
In today's world football, it is far from enough to achieve comprehensiveness and stability. If you want to succeed, you must create your own unique advantages, especially the offensive advantages, on the basis of high-level comprehensiveness and stability, so that you can achieve results.
For example, Neymar of Brazil, Yang Yang of China and Messi of Argentina are all such powerful explosive points.
But Germany lacks such explosive points.
For the Chinese team, the huge gap in level may not necessarily capture the weakness of the German team. The excessive consumption of the previous few games may lay a dark thunder for the finals.
What's even more terrible is that facing a comprehensive and stable German team, all the previous strategies of playing against the Netherlands and Argentina were difficult to work.
Chapter completed!