The Chinese team defeated Brazil in an upset, creating the biggest upset in this World Cup so far and also changing the atmosphere of the World Cup.

The World Cup without a host always feels weird.

Fans' enthusiasm for football has also decreased.

In the next few World Cup quarterfinals, the number of fans who came to watch the game on site decreased significantly.

However, FIFA should not be dissatisfied with this. Although it lacks support from the host Brazilian fans, they have received a large amount of attention and support from fans from China. China's population is about seven times that of Brazil's population... For FIFA, it can completely make up for the reduced losses of Brazilian fans.

The Chinese team reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, which indeed set off a climax of attention to the World Cup in China.

In fact, it is already very high, but now it is higher.

There are more and more news about the Chinese team in the World Cup on TV, newspapers, radio stations and the Internet. At the same time, travel agencies in China have launched tour groups to watch football in Brazil. In fact, there are already such tour groups, and now it is equivalent to adding another wave. Coming to Brazil to watch football and travel, this is also a heart-warming agent for the Brazilian economy.

FIFA's official websites have reported in prominent positions that the Chinese team eliminated Brazil and reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and have also reported various news about the World Cup in China.

Since the enthusiasm of Chinese fans has exceeded the deadline, it has been ignored by FIFA officials. After all, there is nothing wrong with the Chinese team in every World Cup.

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After the match between the Chinese team and Brazil, Colombia defeated Uruguay 2-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. They will meet the Chinese team in the quarterfinals. I believe that after seeing the performance of the Chinese team eliminating Brazil, Colombia will definitely not take it lightly against the Chinese team. This will be a close match.

The Chinese team held two eighth-finals on the second day of the game. The Netherlands fell behind Mexico by one goal for a long time. It was not until the 88th minute that Sneider equalized the score. Just when everyone thought that the game was about to enter overtime, in the 90th minute, Robben won a penalty for the Netherlands, and Hunterlaer scored a goal to defeat Mexico for the Netherlands and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the game that was held later on the same day, Costa Rica led Greece in the 52nd minute, but in the subsequent game, Duat of Costa Rica tackled Greece's Holebas and was sent off with the second yellow card. Costa Rica, one less, equalized the score by the Greek team at the end of the game. The goal for Greece was Papastasopoulos, who played for Dortmund. The two teams tied 1:1 in regular time, and could only decide the outcome. This was the second penalty shootout in this World Cup. In the end, Costa Rica eliminated Greece 5:3 with the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Navas and reached the quarterfinals.

This is the first time Costa Rica has reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup in history. The 1990 World Cup was their first time participating in the World Cup finals. The head coach at that time was still magical coach Bora Milutinovic. The team that didn't even have a jersey sponsor finally successfully broke through the group stage and entered the quarterfinals of the quarterfinals, but lost to Czechoslovakia in the sixteenth game and missed the quarterfinals.

Later, the team reached the finals again in the 2002 World Cup and was in the same group as the Chinese team. At that time, domestic Chinese media and fans also fancied that the Chinese team could defeat Costa Rica in the first World Cup game and win the first World Cup victory in the history of the Chinese men's football team... Of course, the result was that they were slapped in the face by reality.

Now, after twenty-four years, Costa Rica has finally broken through the limit of the top 16 and created the history of their country's football.

The two teams that used to be in the same group have now created new history, which is really touching.

In the match between France and Nigeria, the French team broke the deadlock by Pogba in the 79th minute. In the 92nd minute, the game was in injury time, and France expanded the score again and finally defeated Nigeria 2:0 and entered the quarterfinals.

In another game on the same day, the German team and Algeria matched. Everyone thought that the German team would win easily. After all, it was already unexpected that Algeria could reach the top 16 of the World Cup. The strength of the two teams was huge. But who would have thought that the German team was unable to break through the Algerian team's goal. The two sides reached a 0:0 draw in the 90-minute game, and they could only play overtime.

The overtime season started, Schulle took the lead for the German team, and then when the overtime season was about to end, Ozil scored a goal to expand the lead for the German team. But just one minute after Ozil scored, Algeria actually scored a goal, which immediately made German fans nervous again. Fortunately, there was not much time left for Algeria in the end, and they no longer had the ability to equalize the score after scoring the goal.

In the end, the German team narrowly defeated Algeria 2:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

On the last eighth-final day, Argentina and Switzerland met. The strength gap between the two teams is also very large. Argentina, which has a group of world-class stars such as Messi, Di Maria, Higuain, and Aguero, is the favorite to win the World Cup this year. After all, it was a World Cup held in South America, Argentina still has a home advantage. After Brazil was unexpectedly eliminated by the Chinese team, Argentina became the only reliance to defend the dignity of South American football.

But this game was very difficult. Argentina tried his best in 90 minutes, but still couldn't break through the Swiss goal. He was unable to score in overtime until the 117th minute. Messi dribbled the ball in a double team of five people, and then passed the football to Di Maria. Di Maria followed and shot, and the football flew into the far corner of the Swiss goal...

With this goal, Argentina struggled to defeat Switzerland and reached the quarterfinals.

The last eighth final was between Belgium and the United States. The game also went to overtime. None of the two sides scored in the first ninety minutes, and the handshake was 0:0. Three minutes after the overtime game started, Belgium broke the deadlock and took the lead. In the 105th minute, Belgium won another goal, pushing the United States to the edge of the cliff. However, the second half of the overtime game started, and the United States scored a goal. But the United States never scored again. After a fierce battle of 120 minutes, Belgium defeated the United States 2:1 and became the last quarter-finals team.

In the eighth-finals of this World Cup, except for Colombia and Uruguay, the Netherlands and Mexico, France and Nigeria, all five games played for 120 minutes, and the score gap was very small, which fully demonstrates the difficulty of this World Cup.

After the eighth-finals, the World Cup entered a one-day quit period. There were no games on this day. Whether players or fans, they could take a good rest and relax. For Chinese fans, after so many days of continuous life, they were really tired. This quit period is very precious and necessary for them.

After the day's rest, the first quarterfinals will begin on the afternoon of July 4th.

This game is a direct dialogue between the European two heroes, France and Germany. In this World Cup, France and Germany performed well, especially France. If they only lost to South Africa four years ago, France did not even qualify for the group stage, so they returned home very cowardly. Four years later, their performance was very outstanding, and they reached the quarterfinals all the way.

After the match between France and Germany, the match between China and Colombia was followed.

Needless to say, this game is the most concerned game among Chinese fans.

If the Chinese team can pass this level of Colombia, it will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, which is a peak that the Chinese men's football team has never reached in history.

Chinese fans also need to stay up late to watch this game. The kickoff was at 4 a.m. on July 5, Beijing time. However, I believe that no matter what time it is, Chinese fans cannot stop watching this game. There will even be many fans who are excited and nervous and cannot sleep at all, and wait directly in front of the TV and computer until the game begins.

There are only two games on this day. After these two games, the next day is the other two quarter-finals, with Argentina against Belgium and the Netherlands against Costa Rica.

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Although the World Cup gave everyone a day off, the Chinese team did not have a holiday because tomorrow is the game and they have to hurry up and train.

The training content on the last day was mainly based on set pieces tactics, and of course, penalty kicks are also a link that cannot be ignored.

If the training is not open to the public during this day, no reporter or fan can approach the Chinese team's training ground. They can only wait outside and wait for them to be allowed to enter before they can enter.

No Chinese media complained about such an arrangement, and everyone supported and understood Lippi's approach.

At this time, the interests of the national team are supreme, and anyone must make way for the national team in any way.

The Chinese team has never enjoyed such treatment. With their outstanding efforts and achievements in this World Cup, they have changed many people's inherent impression of Chinese football. No matter how Chinese football has been before, at least this time, they deserve the support of 1.4 billion people.
Chapter completed!