Chapter 805: Fight to Fame
The long-awaited World Cup finally kicked off at the Maracanã in São Paulo.
Unlike sitting at home in his previous life, guarding the TV and watching live TV, this time, Yang Huan is holding the tickets of the senior VIP guests of the World Cup Organizing Committee and sitting in the main stand with the best view.
And in his previous life, he was alone, but now, Zhuang Ziqing, Zhang Ning and Lin Yuner are all there.
It's just that the group of them are all disguised, so they shouldn't be recognized.
It has been four years now, and Yang Huan has a vague impression of the World Cup in his previous life.
However, the opening match of this World Cup was quite spectacular.
Brazil vs. Croatia, the two sides played in full swing, and finally ended with Brazil beating Croatia 3-1.
Brazilian star Neymar, who moved to Barcelona from Southampton last summer, was thrilled in the opener, not only scoring his first goal of the tournament, but also scoring a brace.
After the game, Neymar was also voted Man of the Match.
Southampton midfielder Oscar also started in this game, serving as the core of the midfield, passing and shooting, and was second only to Neymar in the whole game, which was very impressive.
But Oscar is not only eye-catching on the offensive end, but also quite aggressive defensively, and the counter-attack is also very effective.
After the game, Oscar won the praise of the media and fans, and many even believed that he was the main contributor to Brazil's victory in this game, because Neymar's first goal came from a beautiful assist from him.
Croatia's performance was generally sluggish, and Modric was one of the few bright spots, and a shot on goal before the end of the game saved Croatia's face, but it couldn't prevent Croatia from losing.
Saints midfielder, talented youngster Mateo Kovacic also qualified to start, but his performance was mediocre and he was substituted halfway through.
It is worth mentioning that Yang Huan's Brazilian international Bernard, who was brought in from Shakhtar Donetsk, also came off the bench in this game, but did not perform, while Danilo and Alex Sandro did not make the squad.
After watching the first group game between Brazil and Croatia, Yang Huan and others immediately rushed to the next game.
The next day, he appeared in the stands of the match between Spain and the Netherlands.
Interestingly, in the last World Cup, Spain lost an unexpected 0-1 to Heathfield's Switzerland in their first game, but went on to win the World Cup.
And this time, Spain's first game was a surprising 1-5 defeat to Van Gaal's Dutch team, which directly shocked everyone's jaws, and I am afraid that many people are shouting that it is match-fixing.
This also made Yang Huan look disappointed, because Bosque was obviously resting on his laurels.
Four years ago, it lost to Switzerland, and four years later it is still the same, what is this?
This is the typical lying on the merit book waiting for death!
The midfield is still the same midfield, and the defense line has basically not changed, the goalkeeper is still Casillas, at most the striker, and the starting point is Atletico Madrid's striker Diego Costa.
But such a set of tactics was figured out by Switzerland four years ago, and it was used to fight Van Gaal's Netherlands four years later.
As the main central defender of the Saints and the core of the Champions League championship, Xavi Martinez can't compete with Ramos and Pique, which really makes Yang Huan feel speechless.
On the contrary, Cesar Azpilicueta started at right-back, but alone, where can he stop the rout of the whole team?
Cesc Fabregas, Fernando Torres and Pedro came off the bench after 60 minutes of the second half, while the likes of Javi Martinez, Juanfran and Cork simply did not even get a chance to play.
This also made Yang Huan feel very disappointed, and he was clearly aware of one point.
The defeat of Spain is a lesson for Southampton!
Why did Bosque lose?
Because he stubbornly defended the Spanish set of tactics, even if Xavi, Iniesta, Xavi Alonso and others are old, he still insists on playing like this, because he doesn't have the courage to change his life!
This world is like this, if you don't dare to change your own life, then let others cut your life!
Southampton won the Premier League title before, and last season was the double of the Premier League and Champions League, and the Saints team has reached the peak, especially with the technical double of Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, and the tactics of the front-court partner Ibrahimovic have basically reached the limit.
In this case, either take your own life or wait for someone else to cut your life!
Yang Huan has never been a passive, he likes to take the initiative.
It's a bit like giving gifts, after watching a disappointed Spain vs. Netherlands match, Yang Huan received three big gifts in succession.
In Chile against Australia, Colombia against Greece and England against Italy, Sanchez, James Rodriguez and Sturridge all scored, and Verratti also contributed an assist for the Italian national team.
This also made Yang Huan quite happy to watch.
After that, France, Argentina, Germany, Belgium and other national teams appeared successively, but as long as there are international players under Yang Huan's team, or Yang Huan is interested in the game, he will go to the scene to watch the game in person.
This allowed Yang Huan to shuttle back and forth between the major World Cup cities in Brazil in the next time.
At first, Zhuang Ziqing, Zhang Ning and Lin Yun'er followed with great interest, but later, they were all tired and simply stopped going, and more went to major tourist attractions in Brazil and South America.
Only Yang Huan is left alone, or occasionally brings Charlene Lahri, and happily shuttles through various arenas.
It was in this compact, game after game that time passed quickly.
After the group stage, it can really be described as a few joys and a few sorrows.
Some have already rolled up their bunks and gone home, but some are still preparing for the knockout round.
When it comes to the group stage, the most eye-catching star is definitely James Rodriguez.
Of the hundreds of players from all thirty-two teams, the Colombian had the highest match score.
Especially in the final game of the group stage against Japan, James Rodriguez rested after starting two games in a row.
Unexpectedly, the two sides played a 1-1 draw in the first half.
In the second half, James Rodriguez came on in place of Cuadrado, and in 45 minutes, he had two assists and a goal, which directly blinded all the fans and media around the world.
Everyone didn't have high hopes for Colombia, as the team's top scorer and biggest star, Falcao, was sidelined due to injury.
Unexpectedly, James Rodriguez suddenly stabbed out diagonally, which directly surprised everyone.
But even with the world's attention, the Saints midfield still performed eye-catching.
In the round of 16 against Uruguay, James Rodriguez scored a brace to help Colombia eliminate the traditional powerhouse Uruguay and reach the quarterfinals.
No one could have imagined that James Rodriguez would perform so well.
What's more, he's not just an eye-catcher in terms of attacking stats, he's also a great contributor in defence, and he's all-round in a variety of positions, including midfield, left and right winger, and even the middle of midfield.
But unfortunately, even though James Rodriguez single-handedly led Colombia all the way forward, he still couldn't go further.
In the quarterfinals, they lost 1-2 to the host Brazil and stopped in the quarterfinals.
But James Rodriguez has made a name for himself at this World Cup, and his fantastic performance has undoubtedly made him the brightest star.
Also in the quarterfinals, the German team eliminated the French team 1-0 with the help of Toni Kroos to assist Hummels' attack and successfully entered the semi-finals.
The central midfielder of the German team, who played all the games of the German team in this World Cup, has been quite solid and very impressive, and this assist is also his second in this World Cup.
But in the semi-finals, they met the host Brazil.
As soon as the results came up, the in-form Toni Kroos assisted Thomas Muller to break the Brazilian goal.
After that, he scored two goals in less than two minutes and scored a brace.
After that, the situation was basically one-sided, with the German team pressing the Brazilian team for a fat beating.
After the game, the score was shocking, seven to one!
In the end, Toni Kroos was voted Man of the Match in the slaughter of the hosts.
Yang Huan was sitting in the stands, and he was completely stunned.
In his previous life, he couldn't understand why and felt that he was match-fixing, but this time, he understood.
Brazil's problems are centred on the backline, with David Ruiz as a player simply not being able to dominate on his own.
When his partner is Thiago Silva, he is like a wild horse with a reins in his hands, slightly controlled, but once his partner becomes Dante and the reins are loosened, he becomes a nightmare for the team!
What's more, Germany's forward line, whether Thomas Muller or Klose, is actively and patiently running for opportunities, which has caused the Brazilian defence to make mistakes again and again.
After Tony Kroos' brace, the game was completely meaningless.
The first half hour decided the whole game.
As for whether the score is four to zero or seven to one, it is meaningless.
In Yang Huan's view, this is a game of advanced lessons and backwardness.
Although Yang Huan always believes that Loew is very soft, at least the German football he promotes is very advanced.
Scolari, on the other hand, played football from the end of the last century.
He can't play this way in the Premier League, but he can still play in the World Cup?
In the end, Germany defeated Brazil with this 7-1 victory and successfully reached the final.
Five days later, Germany were beaten in the final by Argentina, who had eliminated the Netherlands, and in stoppage time, Schurrle's cross from the left and a strike from Götze in the middle gave them a win over Argentina.
But I'm afraid few people will notice that the ball that was passed to Schurrle came from Toni Kroos.
In the World Cup final, Yang Huan accepted the invitation of the host Brazil, accompanied by Zhuang Ziqing, and appeared in the chairman's stand.
Next to him, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, presidents and leaders of Brazil, Argentina and other countries also appeared in the stands, and as the owner of the football club, Yang Huan has the responsibility of a commentator.
Fortunately, he is eloquent and his explanation is quite interesting.
However, after the World Cup, Yang Huan will not be able to leave Brazil immediately, because the domestic leaders will officially visit South America tomorrow, and the first stop will be Brazil, which will focus on cooperation in areas such as cloud computing and smart city construction.
Both Yang Huan and Zhuang Ziqing will be part of the delegation.