There was no one in Italy who was not excited, and the old coach Trapattoni was quite crazy after the game:

'We created more chances to score and unfortunately we lost the game in the end, but the South Korean team gave it their all and it was a good game.

'I think the winner tonight will be Italy, but everybody knows what's going on.

"There have been so many misfortunes for the Italian team in this World Cup, I have witnessed a lot of unexplained things happening and in the end the Italian team has been devastated. We played well today and we're going to leave the World Cup with our heads held high, but some things are so bitter in retrospect. ”

'We had one of us sent off and I don't understand why.

Cannavaro said angrily: "This is simply the biggest scandal in the history of the World Cup!" ”

The reporter of Italy's "All Sports" blocked Cannavaro who was angrily walking to the lounge after the game, and in the face of the reporter's question about the referee, Cannavaro's answer was simple, "Shame on you!" ”

When the reporter asked for further interviews, Cannavaro said that it was not appropriate to talk about these issues in South Korea, and that everything would be discussed until he returned home. However, Cannavaro still couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, he may have been angry, and instead of pointing the finger at the referee and the South Koreans, he accused the Italian Football Federation of incompetence, "Is the Italian Football Federation going to resign?" That's how we were eliminated, their work was not represented. ”

Totti, who was sent off with a red card, was even more furious:

'When we first came on the pitch and shook hands with them before the game, the referee Moreno acted indifferent to us and didn't want to talk to our players, and the referee behaved as I expected; Sure enough, just five minutes into the game, they awarded a penalty to South Korea. And I was sent off later which also made me feel ridiculous, he came to give me a very strange expression, after five or six steps he hesitated for a moment, and then he probably remembered that I already had a yellow card, and then he came over and gave me another yellow card and sent me off. ”

Totti also disputed the penalty that the South Korean team won shortly after the start of the game: "Xue Qixuan deliberately fell to cheat the penalty, and the referee's decision was too annoying!" They are trying to drive the Italians out of the World Cup! ”

Panucci: "We don't understand who is blowing the game, we were in good form until they scored the draw...... Maybe that's fate. But what is happening on the pitch today is humiliating, and for a player who has dreamed of the World Cup since he was a child, they have driven him away from the World Cup in this way. ”

Panucci continued: "Today was an ugly thing, we lost the game in a dishonorable way, maybe our leaders over there will hear more explanations and then we will start complaining again...... Today, Corina performed very well as an international referee on the field. ”

Vieri said to Milan Sports Newspaper with a look of regret: "Zheng Zhi called us before the game and warned us, but unfortunately we didn't take it to heart, I really regret it now!" I didn't expect Koreans and referees to be so shameless! ”

After Italy's exit, the European media also generally considered the result to be unbelievable.

The German "Kicker" believes that the referee made sense to award a penalty, and the fake fall decision that sent Totti off was too far-fetched, and Tomasi's goal was indeed a misjudgment, and many good goals of the Italian team in this tournament were stifled by wrong decisions. These two decisions will always be controversial, and the Italians will have to say goodbye to the World Cup with sadness.

The French newspaper "Team" believes that "South Korea has sent Italy home, which is another big upset", and another big favorite left prematurely. Italy had the upper hand for a while, but was unable to extend the gains. South Korea then staged a dramatic reversal. Italy's Tomasi's goal was denied, and Totti's red card was too hasty. It's just that Trapattoni thought after the game that tonight's football had changed its flavor.

Spain, who are about to play South Korea, lamented Italy, who beat Italy with a golden ball and a controversial referee. According to Marca, the match contained everything about football: penalties, red cards, misjudgements, terrible mistakes by strikers. The Italians continued to show their time-wasting skills after taking the lead, but the South Koreans were astonishing. The newspaper expressed concern about the referee, as the referee of the match helped the home team on several occasions, and the penalty, Totti's red card, and Tomasi's goal were all blown by him rashly.

According to the Spanish newspaper As, the Italian team reproduced the scene of the defeat by the North Korean team in 1966, and the South Koreans relied on non-stop attacks to break down the Italian defensive line. The article argues that the results, while incredible, are facts. The Italians themselves beat themselves. Regarding the referee's question, the newspaper believes that Italy has suffered such retaliation because of the feud between the upper echelons and Blatter, so the referee may be fairer in the match between South Korea and Spain.

Spain coach Camacho, who watched the game, sighed in an interview with Spain's Efe news agency, "I have already said that South Korea will be the most difficult team to deal with, and their performance today proved my words, in 90 minutes, their players can run non-stop, put pressure on the opponent, and the opponent is playing at home, we have a lot to pay attention to, including the referee!" But we still have what it takes to win the game and reach the semi-finals! ”

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Anyway, this battle was an eye-opener for the whole world.

All eighths were over, England 3:0 Denmark, Germany 1:0 Paraguay, Spain 1:1 Ireland (penalty 3-2): Senegal 2:1 Sweden (extra time), United States 2:0 Mexico, Brazil 2:0 Belgium, China 3:0 Japan, South Korea 2:1 Italy (extra time).

The next quarter-final matches are Germany vs. United States, Brazil vs. England, South Korea vs. Spain, and China vs. Senegal.

If China wins against Senegal, then China's opponent will be the winner of South Korea vs Spain......

On the 22nd, China will compete with Senegal for the place in the semi-finals.

Senegal reached the quarter-finals as a new team at the World Cup, equalling Cameroon's best result for an African team at the World Cup. Through the World Cup, Senegalese football and Senegalese players that were previously unknown have been made known to a wide range of fans, and indeed, as coach Mechu said, a great team is being born.

With Saturday's game just around the corner, Senegalese striker Diouf, who is this year's African Footballer of the Year, pointed out that three Chinese players are the ones he and his team-mates will be fighting with all their might. He told reporters at the hotel where the team was staying:

"The Chinese team is a team that deserves our respect, but we have to stick to our own style of play, and we don't ask ourselves too many questions or put too much pressure on ourselves. They have some really good players, especially Zheng Zhi, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, all of whom are playing in the world's top leagues, and they are quite good. I'm sorry that my club team-mate Van is injured and I joked with him that I would definitely get past him in the game to finish the goal, but it looks like we can't see each other on the pitch. Of course, without him, I think the Chinese team will be a lot more fragile at the back, and this is our chance. ”

Diouf also plays for Liverpool and it seems that the two men are on good terms.

Although Fan Zhiyi is injured, he has appeared on the training ground in the past few days to give advice to his teammates in the national team, and he believes that the most dangerous player in the Senegal team is Diouf, and there is no one.

In fact, there is no need for Fan Zhiyi to say, Diouf has made the world clear about his awesomeness.

High speed, excellent physical fitness, strong desire to shoot, strong explosiveness and dexterous ball control skills. This is 21-year-old Diouf.

Diouf began to shine in the opening game of the group stage against defending champions France, and it was he who cleanly stole the ball from Djokaeff's feet in the 29th minute, and single-handedly tore through the opponent's right side of the defence to provide a lethal assist for his team-mates to cause a 1-0 upset.

After that, in the group stage against Denmark and Uruguay and the 16-8 match against Sweden, Diouf was like a god in the frontcourt, and again and again dazzling dribbling breakthroughs and explosive sprints disrupted the opponent's defense. Under Diouf's leadership, the little-known African side made a shocking run to the last eight, becoming the most surprising team of the tournament.

Horton's biggest concern now is the defense, Fan Zhiyi is absent, and there is no reliable player to replace him.

Koji pine?

Zhang Enhua?

He didn't think it was okay, because the speed of the two people was too slow, and Fan Zhiyi was the most suitable, but Fan Zhiyi was injured.

What to do?

When the coaching staff had a meeting, there was a lot of disagreement.

With Qu Peng or Zhang Enhua? has their own opinions, and even said that Zheng Zhi should return to the position of central defender to keep an eye on Diouf, but Horton feels that it is not ideal, if Zheng Zhi returns to central defender, then the midfield of the Chinese team will be completely mediocre, and it is impossible to consider at all.

During training on the 20th, Horton called Zheng Zhi to the side of the court and asked for his opinion, but Fan Zhiyi was also beside him, and Zheng Zhi put forward another opinion.

"I think you have to have an experienced player to guard him, Li Weifeng is definitely the most suitable person now, but one Li Weifeng is not enough, we need two!"

'They hit too hard and we have to be very balanced in this defence.'

Anyway, it was discussed in private, and Zheng Zhi didn't hide it.

"It's better to let Sun Jihai come to the middle lane, form a middle partner with Li Weifeng, and then let Xu Yunlong play right back. Other locations remain the same. ”

"Sun?"

"Playing at centre-back?"

Horton's eyes lit up immediately.

Moving Arsenal's right-back to the central defender position is indeed a beautiful strategy, there is no more suitable person than him, at least more reliable than Qu Peng or Zhang Enhua, right?

"It works."

"Fan, what do you think?" Horton looked at Fan Zhiyi again, and Fan Zhiyi nodded after thinking for a while.

"I also agree with this, Sun Jihai can complete the task very well, he is reassuring."

Subsequently, several bigwigs hit it off.

After this matter is over, the starting lineup of the Chinese team is about to come out. In the following days of training, Sun Jihai sat in the position of central defender and partnered with Li Weifeng......

The quarterfinals of the World Cup have also made a comeback.

At 14:30 on June 21, Beijing time, the first game of the World Cup quarterfinals blew the whistle at Shizuoka Stadium, and Brazil, which played more with less, defeated England 2:1. Owen took advantage of Lucio's mistake to take the lead, Ronaldinho set up Rivaldo to equalise, and then took a free-kick in the second half, but soon received a controversial red card, and Brazil's top contributor to the comeback will miss the semi-finals. Their semi-final opponents will be the winner of China and Senegal.

Then, the second quarter-final was played, and Germany defeated the United States 1-0 at the Ulsan Manjushri Football Stadium to become the second team to reach the semi-finals. The United States had a slight advantage after the opening period, but Germany came forward late in the first half when Ballack scored with a header. In the second half, the United States took the initiative, but the German defence, led by captain Kahn, kept the goal. In the end, 1:0 advanced to the semi-finals of the World Cup.

At 14:30 Beijing time on June 22, the third match of the World Cup quarterfinals was played at the Gwangju World Cup Stadium. Spain were eliminated 3-5 by South Korea in a penalty shootout. The referee was once again in the spotlight, playing 0-0 in the first half, and in the second half, South Korea's own own goal was ruled invalid. In extra-time, Morientes scored a goal but was misjudged to be out of bounds, and after hitting the post, Morientes' one-on-one chance was whistled for offside.

After the penalty shootout, Erguera and several other angry Spanish players laid siege to the assistant referee......

Elgra looked furious, screaming and rushing to the referee and linesman who were walking near the centre circle, angrily trying to pull the assistant referee to theorize, and a violent physical altercation ensued in the chaos. An assistant coach of the Spanish team grabbed Elgra in an attempt to calm him down, but the latter reacted violently and broke free and continued to charge towards the referee. At this time, Elgra's teammate Juan Forlan also raised his arm in anger and shouted something to the referee. It was the assistant coaches of the Spanish team who grabbed Elgra's jersey, and in the end Xavi forced him off the field, while the referee was escorted by officials outside the stadium......

The South Korean team actually reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in history!

After the game, Marca, Spain's largest newspaper, published an article titled "Robbery! The referee was attacked for the headline.

According to Marca, it was the referee Egyptian Gondol who helped the South Koreans eliminate the Spanish team, and the entire football game was stifled in South Korea today, and the Egyptian Gondol and his two assistants will be nailed to the World Cup shame post forever. The referee blew away two goals from Spain, and the victory would have been ours, but we were "robbed" by the black hands.

According to Marca, both of Spain's goals were good goals, and the decisions of the referee and assistant referee led world football to a disaster. In a lengthy post-match report, Marca newspaper used the headline "The referee gave football a fatal kick". Jose Annot, a columnist for the newspaper Marca, was clearly outraged, saying that the South Korea-Japan World Cup should simply be called the South Korean World Cup, because the South Koreans are so "powerful" that the World Cup will not leave us with any memory, except for the disgusting words "robbery and theft".

When the whole world was crying out for Spain, the Chinese team also started the pre-match press conference.

While the South Koreans were cheering the whole country, Zheng Zhi also shouted for Spain in front of the media.

"It's a pity that I just watched the match between Spain and South Korea."

'Spain have done everything they can to win, it's a very difficult game, everybody has seen it, what happened to other teams has been repeated in them, they are just another victim.

Reporter: "What do you think of the referee's ruling on Spain in this game?" ”

Zheng Zhi: "I think in an important match like the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the referee should have behaved more fairly, but in the end I felt helpless. ”

"I was disappointed because Spain fought for 120 minutes and had at least four chances, they were 'playing football'. The referee should not have deprived them of two goals and I would say that the game should be decided by the feet, not the referee. ”

Reporter: "If the Chinese team also advances to the semi-finals, then you will have to face the South Korean team, are you afraid?" ”

"Scared?"

"It's them who should be afraid!"

"Give them eleven referees, and they won't win against us,"

"It's a big deal, let's play the World Cup as an Asian Cup!"

Zheng Zhi did not give face to the Koreans at all and trampled them to worthless.

"I'm sure they're ready to sit in front of the TV and pray that the opponents in the Final Four aren't us, but unfortunately, they'll be disappointed!"

"They are nothing but the referees."

After stepping on the South Korean team, I finally talked about Senegal.

"Senegal's performance so far is not as good as ours. They are one of the few teams that have good technique and competitive form. They surprised us by beating last year's champions France in the opening game, but we weren't surprised by their performance since then. They were surrounded by the likes of Uruguay and Denmark before knocking out Sweden from a group that failed to qualify for Argentina. Its strength can be imagined. ”

"They are a young team with a lot of players of a very high skill level. They are very much like Brazil in this regard. But they ran more aggressively than Brazil. The individual skills and good physical strength shown on the field made me believe that they are a team that is higher than Brazil. Brazil have shown their quality and lethality too early in many games, and Senegal's killer skills have not yet been fully revealed, so it would be a fatal mistake to underestimate Senegal. ”

"Of course, our Chinese team is also a very good team, and our performance so far has been remarkable. But to be clear, we haven't done it all so far. We made a few mistakes along the way, but we played better and better. I believe that our experience, our self-confidence, our technique and tactics and the strength to bring down any opponent will help us win against Senegal. Our goal now is to get to the semi-finals. Now I don't want to say anything about finals or anything like that, because you have to go up the stairs step by step, and you have to win the game one by one. ”

"We will do our best for the honor of the Chinese people in this battle!"

Head coach Horton is also confident: "We've had a perfect performance on the pitch and now we're going to keep it going. Now we have another opportunity before us to make history. Senegal are a fantastic team, but at the moment our form is on a rapid upward trajectory and we can overcome the odds to continue our World Cup journey. We were physically and tactically prepared for the game against Senegal. Only a team that does not make mistakes, makes fewer mistakes on the field, and can play at its true level, will have the last laugh. Against Senegal we didn't try to leave anything to chance, we will give it our all. We will be responsible for our commitments to the Chinese. Fighting for China makes us proud! ”

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At 19:30 on June 22, Beijing time.

Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan.

The temperature of the stadium is 23 degrees Celsius, the wind speed is 0.5 meters per second, the weather is sunny and the humidity is 55%.

The referee was Colombian Luiz.

Senegal starters: goalkeeper Silva; defenders Colli, Diatta, Mar Diop, Dave; midfielders Boo Diop, Dio, Cisse, Fadiga; Forwards: Hen Kamara, Diouf. ”

"The Chinese team starts: goalkeeper Ou Chuliang; defenders Xu Yunlong, Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Sun Xiang; midfielder Qu Peng, Zheng Zhi, Li Yin, Shao Jiayi; Forwards Yang Chen and Su Maozhen. Fan Zhiyi has bid farewell to the World Cup in advance because of a broken shoulder, but he still sat on the bench today to watch the game with everyone. ”

"Senegal kicked off first."

"The style of play is quite simple, just hoist the ball up with a big foot to find Diouf and Kamara."

However, Sun Jihai steadily pushed the ball out of bounds. Today, Sun Jihai is a wonder soldier of the Chinese team, because Fan Zhiyi was injured, he appeared in the position of central defender, and now he calmly pushed the ball out of the boundary. ”

Bu Diop threw a throw-in from the right side and threw a depth charge directly into the Chinese team's penalty area, Heng Camara pressed Sun Jihai and touched the ball this time, but the referee's whistle immediately sounded and sentenced Camara to foul.

It seems that Sun Jihai's defense against Kamara has been successful.

Subsequently, the Chinese team was still in a defensive posture, letting Senegal attack first, which is their usual strategy, and they always stabilized their position at the beginning of the game. Sun Jihai and Li Weifeng are very flexible in marking people on the back line, and the two are not limited to who is staring at Diouf and who is staring at Kamara, but restricting them nearby.

In the first ten minutes, the Chinese team's defense was successful, and in a counterattack, Zheng Zhi used croquettes to get rid of Senegalese midfielder Dio, but was tackled to the ground by Dior, which also allowed Dior to get a yellow card.

But Sergal did not slow down the pace of attack afterwards, and still rushed fiercely, which made the Chinese team have to continue to put on a defensive posture.

"Senegal is stronger than we expected."

"The Chinese team was suppressed in the half."

'At the moment, the defense is doing quite well, but we haven't had a counter-attack ...... so far.

It is rare that Huang Jianxiang is not as passionate as he usually does in the live broadcast, after all, Senegal puts a lot of pressure on the Chinese team. Only the Chinese fans in the stands still waved the five-star red flag and cheered for the Chinese team.

Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng became the busiest two on the court, with the two constantly instructing their teammates to mark the defense. Horton on the sidelines also shouted the names of the players from time to time.

Anyway, it seems that Senegal is replacing defense with offense, and is determined to use offense to kill the Chinese team!

In the 17th minute, Kamara took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and forced it to get rid of Li Yin's tackle, and shot with his left foot from 22 meters in front of the Chinese team's goal to complete their second kick, but Ou Chuliang held the ball steadily. Ouchulian tried to launch a fast attack, the ball reached the feet of Qu Peng, but although Qu Peng unloaded the ball at his feet, he suffered in the physical contact with the Senegalese player, the ball was broken, and Senegal attacked again, the stealing Fadiga immediately transferred the ball to the right side, and Bou Diop immediately crossed on the side!

Diouf was entangled in Li Weifeng's close, but he still knocked Li Weifeng out of the gap, and then jumped directly and forcibly barbed!

Da~

The right foot and the ball passed by, but the ball still fell on the right side of the Chinese team's defense, Xu Yunlong rushed up, but was still a step faster by Fadi, Fadiga directly volleyed with his left foot!

Boom –

Ou Chuliang stood at the near post and slapped the ball out with both hands, but the ball did not roll far and flew to the line of the small penalty area, and as a result, another Senegalese striker rushed out from Sun Jihai's side!

Shoot again in the corner of the small penalty area!

Boom –

Straight to the far corner of the goal.

"Ahh

"The ball is in!"

Huang Jianxiang and the fans were instantly frightened, but they didn't expect the Chinese team to lose the ball.

After goalkeeper Ou Chuliang got up from the turf, he was also in pain and loneliness.

Beep!

The Colombian referee's whistle blew, and everyone looked at Luis in unison.

"Ah~"

"Offside Goal,"

"He was offside!"

"Oh my God! I thought it was over! Luis is not Moreno! ”

At this time, in South Korea, a large number of Korean fans are crazy.

"Referee Smecta!"

"It's a good ball Smecta!"

"Bastard,"

"Bastard!"

"But looking at this situation, the Chinese team will definitely still lose the game, Senegal is pressing them to play! It's a matter of time before a goal is scored, and the Chinese team doesn't have a shot on goal now, right? I can't even pass half time, ahahaha! It's too bad to pose any threat to Senegal. ”

"Our opponent is definitely Senegal, it can't be the Chinese team."

"Want to make history like us? Dream! ”

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