If the final between China and Brazil is the first of the World Cup, then the third and fourth place matches between Germany and England are not even foreplay.

If you compare the World Cup to a martial arts ring, heroes from all walks of life will sing and I will appear on the stage, with only one purpose, to become the leader of the martial arts alliance, commanding the world, but I am the only one. However, the elders who organized the ring battle preferred to let the two heroes who had already been knocked out of the ring re-enter the ring before the decisive battle, and then compete. And these two, the alliance leader is hopeless, and sees the wound with blood, just wants to lick the wound in the arms of relatives, friends and beauties, how can they have the heart to fight for what to explore the flowers, so, comfort game, friendly match, chicken rib battle, the most miserable and inhumane game...... These have become synonymous with the battle for the third place in the media.

Due to the three or four finals, there is no difference in bonuses, it is more like an honorary surname, which may be a bit interesting in the past when it comes to the competition for the top scorer, but in this World Cup, there is no suspense in the battle for the top scorer, and Li Huan scored 13 goals and no one can surpass it, so this game is not concerned by fans and players.

But when there are competitions, there is income, and the more competitions, the greater the benefits. In this World Cup, FIFA's revenue is as high as 10 billion US dollars, and based on the average of 64 games, the revenue per game is as high as more than 150 million US dollars. The huge commercial interests have made FIFA reluctant to cancel the third and fourth place finals.

Of course, for the fans of the German team and the British team, they still want to be able to watch one more game of their favorite team, after all, the World Cup only comes once every four years, and for the national team, the third and fourth place finals of the World Cup are better than friendly matches.

The third and fourth place finals start at 17:oo on July 18. The shirtless English macho men were singing "God Save the Queen" waving the St. George Cross flag, and the German fans with the surname Li were also enthusiastic, with black and white oil paint on their faces, singing "The German Song", but in two days, the fans healed their psychological wounds and began to enjoy the game.

Because this is a chicken rib game, winning is also 30 million bonuses, losing is also 30 million bonuses, not to mention that there are three or four World Cup curses waiting there, so England and Germany teams do not have much meaning to win, and almost all the players have been replaced.

Because there was no pressure, both teams played very openly, many of the substitutes on both teams didn't even play for a minute, it was like being abstinent for a month, and now they finally got the opportunity, one by one like a tiger coming down the mountain, thrusting violently, sprinting back and forth, the attacking players don't care about defense, the defensive players don't think much about assists, their goal is to show their level and strength, let their coaches know that their choice is wrong, and at the same time sell themselves to the agents who come to the World Cup to pick people.

As soon as the game reached the 8th minute, the German team scored, announcing the retirement of Lahm broke through the bottom of the wing, and the beautiful curling ball opened the scoring for the German team, but 5 minutes later, England equalized the score, and Gerrard, who also announced his retirement, received the ball from the hand of goalkeeper Foster, strode and ran with a meteor, and after playing a one-two with his teammates, he scored from a distance of 30 meters from the goal.

The two goals opened Pandora's box, with both players playing in an attacking veil and goals pouring in, first with England taking the lead and then Germany with silver boot hopes for Muller equalising. Four goals were scored in the first half. Muller's goals also reached seven.

In the second half, it was easy to play again.

It was Germany who scored first, with Marin stabbing the score in the 50th minute after receiving a cross from the side of the box to make it 3-2.

England then launched an onslaught, and in terms of the quality of their substitutes, they had the upper hand and beat the Germans back, but the Germans' stubborn will kept them in the last line of defence, and their goalkeeper Schaefer showed great courage to keep the English attack.

In the 80th minute, England equalised again thanks to midfielder Rodwell's header from a corner.

3:3 Then both sides didn't want to play extra time to torture themselves, they were already tired, playing 90 minutes was already very helpless, who would want to play another 30 minutes of extra time, in case of injury, it would be very detrimental to their development in the club.

In the 85th minute, the German team played a quick and sharp counterattack, after a series of passes, Schweinsteiger passed in succession on the right side of England, burst into the penalty area and crossed in front of the goal, Germany's striker Muller scored another goal, the score became 4:3, and Muller's goal tally equaled Pato's eight.

The battle for third and fourth place once again ended with a victory for Germany, with two ambitious teams unable to claim the title but they did provide the fans with a brilliant goal battle that made the battle of chicken ribs shine.

After the third-place match, the two teams were disbanded in place. By this time, there is only one team left in Brazil: China, who will play the host Brazil in a top-of-the-world final at the world's largest 200,000-capacity Maracanã Stadium.

The Chinese team flew to Rio de Janeiro after playing the semi-finals with England in Sao Paulo, and they had already reached an agreement with the Flamengo club in Rio de Janeiro to use their stadium for training.

After the Chinese team came to Rio de Janeiro, the training was all closed, with thick plastic sheets around the training ground, and special security personnel around it for inspection and control, and outsiders were strictly forbidden to approach.

FIFA's official website announced the training plan of the Chinese team early on, clearly marked "not open to the media". Not only foreign media, but also China's own media have been "closed-door". Even so, there are still a few tabloids and television stations like "News of the World" that do not give up, and the security guards on duty are hard at will, hoping to let them go, only to be rejected by the security guards who wave their hands again and again.

Near the Gávea base, a number of fans in white jerseys cheering on the Chinese team wandered around the school and tried to sneak through the gates, only to be asked out by the security guards. So close to their idols, the fans can only shout the names of the players through the wall to cheer, which makes the fans of the Chinese team very dissatisfied, in their opinion, the Chinese team has surpassed everyone's dreams when it reaches the finals, and the current finals are the most unburdened for the Chinese team.

In stark contrast to the Chinese team's pretenses, Brazil has given the green light to training from top to bottom, generously opening it up to the fans, and it's all free. In the view of Brazilian coach Menezes, the Brazilian team is exposed to the eyes of the media and fans all over the world every day, and they have no secrets to speak of.

At this time, the media and fans thought that the Chinese team was studying a certain tactic, or a surprise soldier, which was likely to change the situation of the game, otherwise Li Huan would not let his team train in a closed environment.

The head coach of the Chinese team, Li Huan, was full of confidence in the game when he held a press conference, and he said proudly, "Wait for a thousand years, this time the Chinese team will fight to the death and strive to be Uruguay in Maracana." Brazil doesn't have a little secret about us, and I'm still a mystery to Brazil. ”

The Chinese players also started talking about the World Cup winners, Yu Tong said: "I've always dreamed of being a hero like them, I've seen too many finals played by other teams, and now the final is in front of me, it's a dream...... Maybe when we succeed, it will be someone else's turn to listen to our story in the future. ”

Xu Yang said: "If I can score a goal in the final, I will really die happily." ”

The attitude of Li Huan and his disciples also vaguely revealed that the Chinese team had found a way to deal with the Brazilian team, which made the Brazilian media very anxious, and they wanted to send people to spy on the enemy, but they couldn't hear anything.

As everyone knows, the Chinese team did not carry out intense training, their daily training in addition to smiling and playing the game of catching circles and monkeys, is to recover physical fitness, and the training of the iron bucket formation, and the usual is not much different, if you insist on saying anything different, that is, the current iron bucket is not the same as the original, the current iron bucket is smaller, and the defense is more tight, this is Li Huan's tactics for the suspension of the two fullbacks of the Brazilian team.

The Chinese team's ordinary training requires confinement, not because they have a neurotic attack, but because Li Huan is engaged in psychological warfare with Brazil. In this game on paper, the Chinese team is at an absolute disadvantage, whether it is individual ability, overall cooperation, or actual combat experience in the finals, the Chinese team is completely vulnerable.

However, the Chinese team is not without any advantages, the advantage of the Chinese team is that they are not nervous at all, they have already completed the task, even if they lost this game in a mess and were flooded by the Brazilian team, China can also go back with their heads held high, and what awaits them must be flowers and applause.

And the Brazilian team must have a lot of psychological pressure, they are playing at home, they are five-time champions, they are stronger, they don't win the title or they lose, they have to win. This situation could have two outcomes, one is that the pressure turns into motivation and the Brazilian team plays too much, and the other is that the pressure is too much and the performance is out of order. For the Chinese team, the Brazilian team can kill them by playing normally, there is not much difference between abnormal play and normal play, and the Chinese team has an opportunity to take advantage of abnormal play. This is also the reason why the Chinese team wants to put pressure on the Brazilian team.

(To be continued)