The last day of June.

The first round of knockouts started between France and Iceland.

One is recognized as the favorite to win the championship, and the other is the strongest dark horse in this competition. This game seems to be without suspense.

But the Gaul Rooster is like the "Pampas Eagle" Argentina. He is in a dentist, MV director, worker, chef, CS player, MBA graduate student, rugby enthusiast, and a man who dreams of being a pilot... These people are in a hard battle in the Icelandic team!

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the score was surprisingly 2-2!

The 19-year-old demon forward Mbappe, who shined in this World Cup, took advantage of his nearly abnormal breakthrough speed to win two consecutive games for the French team in the first half. Deschamps, who originally thought he was sure to win, suffered heavy blows in the second half!

The tenacious Iceland first regained a ball with the heavy artillery of the "Icelandic Sniper" Sigurdson, and then relied on the only corner kick opportunity in the game to knock the ball into the goal in chaos!

No one expected that the French team with Griezmann, Pogba, Mbappe, Kante, Giroud, Matuidi, Varane, Umtiti, Dembele, Lemar, Fekier, Toliso, Mendy, Lucas Hernandez (Atletico full-back) would be dragged into overtime by Iceland!

You know, the number of French shots in 90 minutes is 8 times that of the opponent!

16-2!

The Iceland team only had two shots, but they continued to get involved with the favorites who won the championship with two opportunities!

The 30-minute overtime game made the gap in strength of both sides undoubtedly. French coach Deschamps also sent three new forces to further strengthen the offensive.

The Iceland team's substitute players and main players are obviously not at the same level, not to mention that they are busy running all the game, and they are always on the verge of collapse, both physically and mentally.

At the end of the overtime game, the 22-year-old French defender Paval became a surprise player. The full-back who was originally just a choice on the edge made a volley to rewritten the score to 3-2, allowing the French team to advance to the quarterfinals!

When the final whistle sounded, two Atletico players, Griezmann and Hernandez, supported each other and walked to the sidelines.

Griezmann shook his head and breathed a long sigh:

"Lucas, I feel like I haven't played such a difficult game in a long time!"

His club and national teammates are also exhausted:

"Yes, Anthony, at the club...whether it's the King's Cup or the Champions League, when did we play overtime!"

Not only did they not play overtime, but even when the game just started ten minutes, they had already set the tone of winning the entire game!

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France narrowly defeated Iceland 3-2 overtime, making the first round of knockout more intense and exciting.

In the next three days, the remaining 14 teams fought against each other, and there was also a fierce battle.

Following closely behind was the match between Uruguay and Croatia. They also won no chance of winning in 90 minutes. The Grid Army had a more delicate and tacit cooperation, but Uruguay, which had two golden partners in the defense, Suarez, Cavani, and Godin and Jimenez, did not lose the upper hand. Until the last second of injury time, the score was still 2-2.

The first penalty shootout of this World Cup is coming like this.

The first four Croatians shot all the shots, but Uruguay's third man was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Cavani, who was the fourth appearance, had a heavy burden on his shoulders, but kicked the ball into the stands!

The penalty shootout ended early, and Suarez, who was supposed to be the fifth penalty kick, didn't even have a chance to play!

Also not playing were Suarez's club teammate, Croatian captain Modric, but unlike Suarez, he had already celebrated with his national teammates in the shouts of thousands of fans!

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In other games, there was no stalemate showdown:

The host Russia lost 1-3 to Spain, Sweden defeated Switzerland 2-1, Brazil defeated Mexico 2-0, and Belgium defeated Japan 4-1. Even England, the "Three Meows Legion" who has always been unpopular, stubbornly defeated Colombia, which is ranked higher than itself.

As for the Chinese team's game... do you still need to watch it?

Wake up and there was another big victory!

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"Friends of the audience, in the just-concluded 2018 Russia World Cup, the Chinese team swept the Nordic Denmark team with a score of 20-2 and entered the quarterfinals.

During the game, the Chinese team head coach and captain Chen Hao scored 18 goals and contributed 2 assists. One person participated in all the goals, making him a well-deserved ace player.

Five days later, the Chinese team will usher in the quarterfinals. The opponent in this round is the 2010 world champion, the Spanish team of the Bullfighters Army. We look forward to the Chinese team and Chen Hao bringing us a more exciting game!"

In China, thousands of miles away, the commentator's voice on the TV was not over yet, and the man from northern Shaanxi dialed his exclusive phone number:

"Appoint me somewhere. I will visit the Bear Country in a few days. Yes, just these few days!"

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An organization under FIFA often announces its latest national team rankings in the early part of each month, and July is no exception.

Half a year ago, when the World Cup draw was drawn, the Chinese team ranked 18th.

When the World Cup opened a month ago, the Chinese team had already risen to 13th place with a winning streak in the warm-up match.

On July 6, when the World Cup reached the quarter-finals, the Chinese team entered the top ten in the world for the first time in history!

They rank 4th in this list!

Germany, which had previously occupied the first place, gave up its throne, and the five-star Brazil returned to the top after many years.

Portugal and Argentina, which failed in the group stage, fell to about ten places respectively, and France and England exchanged positions with them.

The top ten are now ranked 1 Brazil, 2 Belgium, 3 France, 4 China, 5 England, 6 Spain, 7 Germany, 8 Portugal, 9 Uruguay, 10 Croatia.

The "Asia England" Chinese team surpassed the "European Chinese team" in ranking for the first time!

From then on, the east wind overwhelms the west wind!

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He entered the quarterfinals and ranked fourth. Such a result has already made Chen Hao a hero in the entire country - although he has been there for a long time.

His reputation in China also continued to soar with the journey of the World Cup!

After all, even if he wins repeatedly in European football and even covers the sky, those who don’t care about football will still not pay attention to his deeds.

But the World Cup stage is different. When the World Cup comes a month, the only hot spot is left on the entire earth. The stars who have scandals, divorces and albums seem to be quiet.

This is the highest stage to transcend sports!

His fame and reputation reached a new peak in four games!

Cai Zhonghua, the chairman of the Football Association who went to Russia, was even more fortunate that he made the most correct choice in the most difficult time and hugged the thickest thighs!

According to reliable information, the organization is particularly satisfied with his political achievements in recent years, and even appoints him more important tasks soon!

How could he not be proud and full of redness? It seemed as if he was twenty years younger!!
Chapter completed!