July 6, 2018, in the eyes of many Chinese people, it is a good day for sacrifices and blessings; of course, in the eyes of fans, this is also the most glorious day for Chinese football.

Before the World Cup started, people never thought that the Chinese men's football team could enter the quarterfinals. Everyone's goal was to not want to be beaten up like in 2002.

Now, the team has entered the quarterfinals of the World Cup. On Friday, most fans across the country and people who are joining in the fun gather in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the game.

Tonight, the food stalls, bars and public screens in almost every city are locked on CCTV Sports Channel on the ups and downs of the river, on both sides of the Yangtze River. Among hundreds of millions of families, the originally popular variety shows such as Running Man were also thrown away by fans. Everyone just wanted to see the wonderful performance of the men's football team in the World Cup.

In order to meet the audience's requirements, the Sports Channel began to switch the signal to the front two hours before the game began, watching the players take buses from the hotel and head to the game venue.

At the same time, the studio in Peking also invited all the football players to talk about the development of Chinese football with the host Zhang Wenwu. Although the planning is not very creative, it is full of sincerity.

Especially those older fans, I was quite moved to see the group of national football players appearing together after 16 years in 2002.

In the past 16 years, some of these players have been jailed for counterfeit football, some have successfully retired and become coaches, and some have not been happy for various reasons, which fully reflects the impermanence of life. No matter what, these players have brought happiness to Chinese fans. Even if the final circle of the 2002 World Cup was embarrassing to the whole world, they are still heroes in the hearts of fans.

In fact, the cutest fans in the world are Chinese fans. No matter how the Chinese men's football team's record is, they keep scolding each other, but they still can't help turning on the TV and paying attention to the Chinese men's football team's games.

Before this World Cup, the Chinese men's football team won the Asian Cup for the first time, which has given Chinese fans the biggest surprise, allowing more people to start paying more attention to the Chinese men's football team.

This time, the Chinese men's football team simply released a super satellite, not only standing out in the "Death Group", but even defeated the former Spanish Invincible Armada and successfully entered the quarterfinals.

Although the Chinese men's football team's promotion path stumbled this time, and even defeated the opponent through the flash of inspiration from talented players in the team, this is enough.

Due to various factors, the support rate of the Chinese men's football team in China has soared. Not only does Li Yan, the core has become the idol of many young fans, but even the number of fans of several players who play on the bench has been rising steadily.

According to CCTV's real-time rating monitoring data, when the team boarded the bus and left the hotel to go to the competition venue, the ratings had reached 20%, accounting for more than one-third of the share of the collection on Friday night. It can be foreseen that as time goes by, by the time the game officially begins, this number may even double.

In the history of CCTV's broadcasting, only the ratings of the Peking Olympics can meet this standard, which also makes the channel staff feel like they are injected with chicken blood and are emitting wind under their feet.

The domestic ratings were transmitted to the front in real time. Duan Xuan, who was in charge of the on-site commentary, was also encouraged. The extreme fatigue caused by overwork in recent days was also wiped out.

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When Xiao Feng and his party arrived at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, the players from both sides were already warming up on the court, and less than twenty minutes were left before the start of the game.

Although Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao entered the stadium through a special passage, they did not sit with the leaders of the two countries, but instead mingled into the square of Chinese fans.

In the past two days, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao accompanied the Chairman's all trips in Moscow, and promised to provide the emperor with the "Space Spirit Spring" and various top organic ingredients and high-end medicinal materials, successfully completing their tasks.

Because of Xiao Feng, a large number of cooperation agreements were signed between the Chinese Empire and the Russian Empire, from economic and trade, military technology to equipment imports, etc., covering civil and military purposes. The total order amount exceeded 200 billion pounds, which was also the largest order signed by the Chairman's visit to Europe.

The total amount of contracts signed by the Chairman during this trip to Europe exceeded US$1,000 billion, which fully demonstrated the economic strength of the Chinese Empire to the world.

These days, the richest ones are the masters. The 40-year reform achievements of the Chinese Empire are undoubtedly revealed at this moment, greatly enhancing international influence.

Xiao Feng, who had successfully retired, was not used to the encirclement of a large number of media reporters and the heavy protection of the security forces, so he was still more relaxed and comfortable to escape.

In this way, Xiao Feng did not appear in the No. 1 box to accompany the leader to watch the game, but instead sneaked into the fan phalanx, preparing to put down his identity and support the team with the pure performance of a fan.

At the beginning, the fans did not recognize Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao, who had Chinese flags on their cheeks, but they felt that the temperaments of these two fans were a little different.

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At 17:00 local time, that is, 22:00 Beijing time in China, the first quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia officially kicked off.

From the Apennine Peninsula, the blue-clad army with concrete chain defense, Italy met the challenge from the Chinese men's football team. This game also attracted many attention.

In the previous one-eighth game, because the European Bocai Group underestimated the strength of the Chinese men's football team and unanimously determined that the Chinese men's football team would be easily defeated by the Spanish Legion, so major companies offered odds of more than 1:8.

Even though the strength is very different, it still cannot stop the betting enthusiasm of Chinese fans. The 30,000 Chinese fans who remain in Russia have bet on major blogs and lottery platforms.

In this way, in the last Chinese men's football match, major bookmakers lost a total of 800 million US dollars. Although they did not hurt their worries, they could be considered a big defeat.

This time, the Chinese men's football team challenged the Italian Legion. Although the strength of the two sides is still far apart, the gambling group did not dare to take it lightly, but only offered an odds of 2:2.5, which is a huge difference from the previous game.

The ultra-low odds made Chinese fans boring. As of half an hour before the start of the game, according to statistics from European media, the number of bets received by major platforms by Chinese fans shall not exceed 10 million US dollars.

In fact, even the most optimistic Chinese fans would not think that their team could defeat Italy and enter the semi-finals. Since the possibility of winning the game is slim, everyone would at most symbolically bet a little to support the Chinese men's football team. No one is a fool, throwing the money into the water and listening to the sound.

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After the game began, the Italian Legion made a full-game press against the Chinese men's football team as soon as it came up, striving to burn the war to the opponent's half and even the penalty area.

Although the Italian men's football team is known as the "chain defense expert", not every game they focus on defensive counterattacks, and the changes in their playing style also depend on their opponents.

If you encounter a world powerhouse like Germany and Brazil, the Italian male model team will naturally not attack easily, but will wait patiently for the opportunity.

As for the Chinese men's football team, Italy also knows that the opponent's defense can be done, but its offensive ability is almost zero, so the suppression at the opening is crucial.

In this way, after the opening, the audience saw that the ball had been in the half-court of the Chinese men's football team, and the Italian back line almost hit the center line.

In the face of the skillful skills of the Italian players, the technical disadvantages of the Chinese men's football team are undoubtedly revealed, and they are mobilized by the opponent and run around the field and are exhausted.

The head coach of the Chinese men's football team, Gao Bo, couldn't help but sigh. In the four games, the weaknesses of the Chinese men's football team were already seen thoroughly by the opponent. They used this method to crush them upright, and the Chinese men's football team was unable to resist.

On the football field, overall strength is the basis for victory. Relying on tactics and the inspiration of one or two talented players is not enough to achieve long-term glory.

Portugal is the best example of this situation. Even though they remembered Ronaldo's outstanding performance and overall efforts to win the 2016 European Cup, they still fell outside the quarterfinals in this World Cup.

The situation of the Chinese men's football team is similar to that of Portugal. Having a superstar like Li Yan gives the Chinese men's football team the ability to change the situation at critical moments, but once the opponent takes it seriously, the Chinese men's football team may not get such opportunities.

At this time, Gao Bo had turned his attention to four years later, because a group of players have made their mark in the European League. Perhaps the Qatar World Cup is the best opportunity for the Chinese men's football team to create glory.

At present, Xiao Dayi, the fourth generation of the Xiao family, has served as the main striker and captain in the Newcastle United youth team. He has broken the England Youth League goal record and is said to appear in the first team of Newcastle United next season.

It can be foreseen that once Xiao Dayi grows up, his frontcourt cooperation with Li Yan will become an important reliance for the Chinese men's football team to attack the city and capture the village.

Facing the team's disadvantage on the court, Gao Bo is really powerless. He can only boost morale as much as possible, let the players work hard to defend, strive to avoid conceding goals, and wait for the second half to see if there is a turning point?

This group of young Chinese national football players also knew that the situation was urgent. They had given up their offense and devoted themselves to the defense. Whether it was flying around or sliding on the ground, everyone was trying their best.

Li Yan also tried to make some counterattacks to relieve the pressure on the defense, but he found that the support his teammates could provide was quite limited and he felt a little powerless to turn things around.

He never experienced this feeling in Newcastle United. After all, Newcastle United gathered the best group of players in the world. Their cooperation with Li Yan complemented the situation, which is the basis for Newcastle United's invincibility.

At this time, Li Yan was extremely eager for righteousness and other young Chinese players to grow up as soon as possible. The feeling of being beaten by others was too frustrating.

Fortunately, it seems that the god of luck is on the side of the Chinese men's football team. Even though the Italian army had a storm in the first half, with more than 60% possession rate and 12 shots (8 shots are within the range of the goal frame), there is still no goal. Among them, three players, including Pelle, hit the goal frame 4 times in total, allowing the Chinese men's basketball team to escape from death!

At the end of the half-time game, the Chinese men's football team scored very few times into the Italian penalty area, and the only four shots were long shots outside the penalty area, which did not have much impact on the Italian goal.

The Italian team also knew that Li Yan's free kick skills were very good, and he was very decisive in fouls. He fouled fifteen meters away from the penalty area, leaving Li Yan with no use of his skills.

Whenever a free kick with a distance of more than 40 meters and a bad angle appears, Li Yan misses Brooklyn very much, because when he was at Newcastle United, this kind of ball was the best memory for the two of them to match!

In the first half, the Chinese men's football team members almost tried their best. Everyone's jerseys were covered with green grass juice, and even four players paid the price of yellow cards, which barely stopped Italy's attack.

When the players walked out in a mess, more than 28,000 Chinese fans gave the warmest applause to the heroes in their minds.

In the eyes of Chinese fans, although the national team was suppressed by Italy, the players' fighting spirit and attitude towards the game moved them.

We can be defeated, but we cannot be defeated!

This kind of spirit is rarely seen in the previous games of the Chinese men. Everyone has become accustomed to scenes such as ‘5?19’ and ‘1:5 defeat to the Thai team’, which makes the fans angry.

However, since Li Yan joined the national team two years ago and became the main sponsor of the national team, the Chinese men's football team's mental outlook has undergone earth-shaking changes. On the court, the Chinese men's football team still loses and is still beaten so hard that it is impossible to find the north, but the image of the players running to the last moment has gradually been established.

In the face of Italy with higher strength and better physical fitness, although the Chinese men's football team was passive in the scene, they were all focused and successfully used their own efforts to keep the score at 0:0!

Just for this, the Chinese men's football team deserves applause!

Xiao Feng, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but shake his head and sigh as he looked at the Chinese national football team members running around on the court.

With Li Yan alone as a super star, it is too difficult for the team to continue moving forward. After all, football is a collective event of 11 people.

Xiao Feng knew that if no miracle happened, it would be inevitable that the team would collapse in the second half, and perhaps this was something that this young team must go through during their growth.
Chapter completed!