Croatia's first match was on June 3 against Mexico, but they lost 1-0 to their opponents, and Xiao Yu's concern of Olic was also unable to make an appearance in this game.

However, when Xiao Yu watched the game accompanied by Eva Snow, he was caught by the live camera of the World Cup, and the two frequently exchanged heads and laughs, and in this game, they were even inserted no less than five times.

As a Hollywood superstar, Eva Snow is famous in the entertainment industry, and Xiao Yu is also quite famous in the field of football, plus he is a world-renowned rich man, the relationship between the two has always received a lot of attention, obviously for the director in charge of broadcasting the World Cup, the two appeared in the stands, more interesting than the match between Croatia and Mexico.

On June 8, Croatia challenged Italy in the same group, Xiao Yu and Eva appeared in the stands again, and the camera found them for the first time.

Croatia had a terrible first half, being pressed by Italy, and although they were not scored, they were also in danger, and in the first ten minutes of the second half, Italy's midfielder Vieri was the first to break the deadlock on the field.

After falling behind by one goal, Croatia coach Mirk Jozic boldly replaced Olic as the team's striker.

When the TV commentator introduced the player when Olic came on, he said he came from the new Manchester United club in the English Second Division, and he even doubted Jozic's substitution, because he had a hard time believing that a player from a League Two team could qualify for a World Cup on the big stage.

Martin Taylor, a live commentator for Granada TV, believes that Olic is fast and hardworking on the pitch, and that his presence can activate Croatia's backwater-like situation.

Whether it was trust or doubt, Olich didn't know, he stood on the sidelines, waiting for his teammate Woogre to come off the field, after the two hugged for a while, Olic bent down and grabbed a handful of grass from the ground, put it on his chest, and prayed!

"You can do it, Ivica, you're the first World Cup international in the history of our new Manchester United, you must, you have to surprise people because you're from the Red Rebels!"

This is what Xiao Yu said when he found him a few days ago, he felt that his hope of appearing was very slim, but now, he really waited.

"Are you an all-knowing prophet, boss?" Olic looked back at the stands where Xiao Yu couldn't see where he was, "If it is, I swear, I will definitely prove your prediction, because I'm from New Manchester United!" ”

After saying that, Olic rushed to the team's forward line like a wild horse that had escaped.

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During his time at the new United, Olic has improved a lot, especially in handling the ball, his technique is more reasonable than before, and he occasionally makes his passes, but his dribbling posture is very ugly, and the new United players often joke about his dribbling.

But with Olic on the pitch, Croatia's scramble up front immediately became positive, and his relentless running, combined with his excellent fitness, allowed him to always entangle the opposition defence and cause some problems for Italy.

Even the commentators who were skeptical of Olic just now had to admit that Olich's presence did activate Croatia's front.

But no one expected that the opportunity for Olich's meritorious service would come so quickly.

In the 73rd minute, only 15 minutes before Olic came on the field, Olic suddenly made a force in the front, stealing Italy's return pass, accelerating through the entire Italian back line, driving straight into the Italian penalty area, and in the face of the attacking Buffon, Olic calmly picked up the shot and scored an equalizing goal for Croatia.

After the goal, Olic was so excited that he ran to the corner flag, fell to his knees, and stretched out his arms wildly, as if to hug something, and the fans in the stands gave him the warmest applause.

The Croatian showed great fighting spirit from the start, and his energetic run completely activated the Croatian team, and he also scored the equaliser, which was tantamount to saving the Croatian's hopes of staying in the World Cup.

In this moment, he is a hero for all of Croatia!

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After Olich's goal, the Croatian players began to recover, and they showed more initiative on the pitch, from the front to the back, every Croatian player showed high spirits.

Just three minutes later, Olic retreated to his own half, stealing the ball from the feet of Italy's No. 17 Tomasi, and then teamed up with his team-mates to reappear in the Italian half, this time, when facing Cannavaro's defense, he wisely chose to plug behind him, and assisted his teammate Lapajic in the back row to score a goal.

One pass and one shot, Olich's World Cup debut was undoubtedly perfect.

But after being overtaken, Italy was also anxious, they frantically attacked Croatia's goal, at this time, Croatia was forced to retreat across the line, and Olic frequently appeared in his own penalty area, many clearances to help the team resolve the crisis, and the score of 2:1 firmly ended the game.

After the game, Olic was named Man of the Match, and in his post-match media interview, he thanked a lot of people, such as his teammates, head coach, parents, mentors and so on.

"But I am most grateful to the new Manchester United Football Club, to Mr. Jose Mourinho, who trusted me and treated me as an important part of the team, to all my team-mates, even though I was very bad at the technical scene and made a lot of mistakes, but they still chose to trust me and help me improve, and thank you to all the Red Rebels fans, they are the most fanatical and lovable fans in the world that I have ever met."

Speaking of this, Olic trembled a little, was very excited, and cried.

"But what I want to thank most is the owner of our club, Mr. Xiao Yu, he came to watch me play, a few days ago, he also told me, don't care what other people think of you, we are from League Two, that's a fact, but we are different from other teams in League Two, we are Red Rebels!"

Olich suddenly laughed, "Do you know what the tradition of our Red Rebels is?" ”

The reporter who interviewed him shook his head cooperatively, he really didn't know that it was just a League Two team.

"Slap the questioners, hard, hard, so that they can't refute it, the kind that has to be swallowed hard and blood when they knock out their teeth, slap them, and then proudly tell them that we are called Red Rebels!"

With that, Olich turned around and left, leaving behind a haughty back!

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After the victory over Italy, Croatia was full of confidence and said that they would definitely win Ecuador in the next do-or-die match.

Jozic also reused Olic as a starter in the final group game, and Olic lived up to his expectations, setting up a goal in the opening 13 minutes against Ecuador.

In the next game, Croatia played a defensive counter-attack, and Olich's speed was very eye-catching in the counter-attack, and he frequently threatened the Ecuadorian goal, but unfortunately he could not take advantage of the opportunity in the end.

At the other stadium, Italy beat Mexico, while Mexico's draw with Ecuador in the second round of the group stage left Croatia second in the group and heading into the round of 16.

After the draw, Croatia's opponent in the round of 16 was South Korea.

The South Korean team, known as the Taiji Tigers, showed tenacity in the quarterfinals, coupled with the referee's penalty, which made Croatia suffer a big loss on the field, but at the critical moment, Olic once again played a key role.

In the face of South Korea's stubborn play, Olic used his better running ability to assist his teammates to score twice, helping Croatia get a ticket to the quarterfinals, and Olic himself was once again voted the best player of the match.

Olic is getting better and better in the World Cup, and when facing Spain in the quarter-finals, Croatia withstood the Spanish bombardment, never gave Spain a chance to score in 120 minutes of play, and finally eliminated Spain 5-3 in the penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals.

This is Croatia's second consecutive World Cup semi-final, the hero of the last World Cup was Suker, who can play the violin with his left foot, and this World Cup is Olich, and the most coincidental thing is that both are left-footed.

However, there are also many people who disagree, believing that it is difficult for Olic to reach the height of Suker because of his poor technique, and the reason why he can play well is because of his undead physical strength and the tenacious fighting spirit he shows on the field, which can make up for his technical shortcomings to the greatest extent, which is what Croatia currently lacks the most.

After the victory over South Korea, Croatia's semi-final opponent was Germany, and although Croatia's players showed tenacity on the field, Germany finally defeated Croatia 1-0 with Ballack's goal to reach the final.

Although the team stopped in the semi-finals, Olic still performed well in this game against Germany, and his ability to run on the field was talked about by fans, and also attracted the attention of many teams, and even many experts believe that Olic is one of the best players in this World Cup and deserves to be selected for the World Cup team.

Unlike Olich's excellent performances, another player that Xiao Yu is concerned about, Brazilian Kaka, has not been able to get much of a chance to perform in this World Cup, he played 18 minutes in the third round of the group stage against Turkey, and although his performance was good, he looked extraordinarily small under the light of the 3R.

Since that game, he has not been able to get a chance to play, but he followed Xiao Yu's advice and did not lose confidence, but showed diligence in training.

Now, he finally has his chance, Ronaldinho will not be available in the semi-finals after being red carded against England in the quarter-finals, and there is a lot of talk about who will be Ronaldinho's replacement.

That's when Kaka knocked on Scolari's door!

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