After 22 days of fierce battles, the top team in the group, Brazil, the first place in Group E, Germany, the top of Group B, England, and the first Chinese team in Group F, became the last four lucky winners.

Among the semi-finals, the favorite to win the championship played heartily in the host Brazil team is naturally a fool can predict, the group stage and the knockout stage of the extremely stable German team is the least unexpected, the World Cup winning history can be traced back to 40 years ago England team fell off the chain in the competition, only the strength on paper, but their quarter-final opponent is the more unreliable Nigeria, and there is no suspense in qualifying.

So the most suspenseful thing is, of course, that the championship can be traced back to the battle between Uruguay in the 50s of the last century and the Chinese team before the start of the World Cup. However, after 90 minutes of play, the world was full of eyeballs and broken spectacle lenses. originally thought that the semi-finals were ironclad South America against Europe, but now the Chinese team unexpectedly eliminated Uruguay, intervening in the middle of the World Cup rivals of Europe and the United States, making the semi-finals of this World Cup less boring and cliché.

As Brazil's Globo Sports put it, "Maybe the Chinese team is just a dark horse, maybe they don't have the possibility to create a myth like Greece and Denmark, but their promotion to the semi-finals has made the boring confrontation between Europe and the United States rich and interesting, and Uruguay hit four goalposts in the quarter-finals, which is deliberately arranged by God, because at this time, God is also a fan who likes the new and hates the old." ”

"São Paulo Follet" exclaimed after the game: The young Chinese team is the biggest surprise in this World Cup, and it is also a team that attracts attention. They drew with Spain in the group stage and beat Sweden and Uruguay in the knockout rounds to become the biggest dark horses of this World Cup, and now Brazil and China will meet in the final, which can only happen in China, is now a reality. Uruguay's "El Nacional" lamented: "The Uruguayan team, which has an absolute advantage in any aspect, can only sit in front of the TV to watch the semi-finals and finals, except for Li Huan and the luck against the sky, the Chinese team, which has nothing but good luck, can celebrate the victory after the game, the weak will not necessarily lose, the strong may not win, this is football, this is why football has become the world's number one sport."

"Our players are fighters, they deserve respect, they didn't lose to China, they lost to bad luck, now let's congratulate England, they not only avoided Uruguay, but also got a Chinese team that lost Li Huan," said Athletic Sport Uruguay. "The British fans and media were naturally overjoyed after the match between China and Uruguay, and the lively atmosphere was not much worse than that of the Chinese team. Of course, when the media reports, gentlemanly demeanor is still indispensable.

"The Sun" said: "Congratulations to Li Huan's Chinese team for reaching the semi-finals, they are the biggest surprise of this World Cup, Li Huan once again performed his magic, with Li Huan, there is no impossible." Of course, it is a pity that Li Huan may miss the game against England due to injury. But we must not be careless, because five games have proved that Li Huan is also a talented coach, even if he stands on the sidelines, he can cause a lot of problems for England. The post-match headline in The Times was "Li Huan is injured!" The Chinese team entered the semi-finals tragically": In the last game of the World Cup, the fans of the Chinese team fell into the two heavens of ice and fire, reaching the semi-finals for the first time in history, becoming the best team in Asia in the World Cup. With Li Huan, they can continue to dream, and without Li Huan, they may only stop in the top four. "Every Post" said a little mean, but it is also in line with the psychology of the vast majority of European and South American fans, "Now the whole world is sorry for Li Huan, in fact, even if Li Huan is intact, the Chinese team will not be able to break through England, Li Huan's injury just makes this semi-final a little less suspenseful." In a sense, Li Huan's injury is more beneficial to him, so that he is not out of the game as a loser. The Chinese media also did not know the news of Li Huan's fraudulent injury, and they built momentum for Li Huan to be crowned king after the Chinese team lost Li Huan and had no hope of the final.

China's most authoritative state media "曰[***]" issued a long comment after the game, "...... This is one of the greatest victories in the history of sports in New China, it is comparable to China's first total number of gold medals in the Olympic Games, the Chinese team led by Li Huan played the confidence of Chinese, shattered the fallacy that Chinese cannot play football, the Chinese team reached the top four in the world is not only the pride of China, but also the pride of playing Asian football, Li Huan and the Chinese team will be forever engraved in the history of Asian football. It is a pity for all Chinese and Asians that Li Huan is injured and may miss the semi-finals, but we believe that even if the Chinese team misses the finals, Li Huan can become a convincing third king with his magical performance in the World Cup,......" Jia Lei, a reporter from the front of the "Ball Daily", commented: "The semi-finals! This is the best record of an Asian team in the World Cup, the Chinese team has equaled history, and it is the undisputed final four, compared to the South Korean team back then, the Chinese team has performed so that the opponent and other teams have no words.

Li Huan, who has always created magic, was injured in this game and missed the next games, but he scored 10 goals in 5 games and basically locked up the Golden Boot award for the World Cup, unless Pato has a magical play. led the weak Chinese team to play such a record, Li Huan's performance was more magical than Maradona, and now many Brazilian fans have begun to call Li Huan the king of the ball, and Li Huan's performance is fully worthy of the title of the king of the ball. ”

"Weekly" focused its commentary on summarizing and celebrating, "After defeating Uruguay 3:1, the Chinese team reached the semi-finals with their heads held high, which is the second time that an Asian team has reached the semi-finals after the South Korean team reached the semi-finals in the World Cup held in Asia, and it is also the first time that an Asian team has reached the semi-finals in the World Cup outside Asia, the Chinese team has scored 16 goals and conceded 5 goals in the first five games, which is the second most goals scored in the World Cup after Brazil, and it is also the team that conceded the most goals." Among them, Li Huan alone arranged 10 of the goals, and 4 goals were assisted by Li Huan, and the remaining two goals are also closely related to Li Huan. Although Li Huan was kicked and injured in the match against Uruguay, it did not affect Li Huan's success, and he has now proven that he is a player of the same level as Pele Maradona, that is, the king of the ball. ”

After the semi-finals, who will become the new World Cup champions. This is also what fans around the world are looking forward to the most after 4 years. The media is predicting the outcome of the event, and European bookmakers have adjusted the odds to win the World Cup and the odds to win or lose in the semi-finals.

Brazil, who have the right time and place, delicate individual skills in attack, and passing and receiving skills comparable to Spain, deservedly ranked first at 1 to 2.87, and if their opponent is not Germany, Brazil's odds will be stronger.

Germany is close at 3.00 to 1. The German team that staged the storm of youth in 06 and 10 has fully matured, and their physical condition is not inferior to any German team in the past, but the technical content can be called the highest in history. Coupled with their usual tenacity, even Brazil see them as their biggest rivals. The weakness of the German tank is that there is no leader worthy of a superstar, and in a competition like the World Cup, a leader who can stand up at a critical moment is essential, and the Chinese team that reached the semi-finals is the best example. This is also the reason why the German Football Association dreams of pulling Li Huan into the German team.

England ranks third with 1 to 3.20, "the originator of modern football" England team has top attackers such as Rooney, Wilshere, and Walcott, and coach Capello plays a low-key and pragmatic defensive counterattack, although the field is "ugly", but the actual combat effect is quite good, their weakness is strength but can not be played, the big game off the chain. However, after encountering the Chinese team without Li Huan, England's odds to win the championship soared all the way to the current level.

The odds of the Chinese team winning the championship before playing Uruguay were 13.00 to 1, which was much higher than that of Nigeria, but after Li Huan was injured, the odds of the Chinese team winning the championship were like a waterfall in Lushan, flying down 3,000 feet, and it became 1 to 33.00 at once, which made people feel the great influence of Li Huan.

In the semi-finals, Germany and Brazil will play an "early final", and the winner of the match between the two teams is considered likely to dominate this World Cup. In this meeting between the two teams, Brazil is more favored by the bookmaker. According to the latest odds, the semifinals that will be held in the early morning of the 8th morning of Yanjing time, the odds of Germany to win are 2.90 to 1, the odds of Brazil to win are 2.50 to 1, and the odds of a draw between the two teams are 3.10 to 1.

The semi-finals between England and China were considered to be in suspense, with the Chinese team playing tenacious defensive football after losing Li Huan at 15.61 to 1, 13.40 to 1 for a draw and 1.50 for England to win.

In terms of top scorers, the current competition has become a competition between Li Huan and Pato. Brazil's top scorer Pato has seven goals in his account and is priced at 5.44 to 1 to win, while Chinese defender Li Huan is 2.50 to 1 with 10 goals to win the Golden Boot.

(To be continued)