"Old spicy!" After watching the quarterfinals between France and Brazil, Lao Lei couldn't help but give Zidane such an evaluation. In terms of physical function, Zidane may have long belonged to the group of people who should retire from football. And he really can't control the situation on the field at all times like he did when he was younger, because his fitness and energy don't allow him to do so. But as long as the opportunity appears by his side, his sophisticated ability to grasp the opportunity makes the current hero a little amazed. At the same time, I can't help but agree again with the correctness of the sentence that ginger is still old and spicy.

1:0, the poor performance of the five-star Brazilian Magic Quintet made them firmly blocked from the semi-finals by the French army led by Zidane, and the defending champions of the previous edition had to pack up and go home early. Although they reached the quarter-finals, they couldn't have been better than the group stage exit of last year's defending champions, France. However, compared with France, which has only won the championship once, the Samba Army, as the only team in the world with five stars embroidered on its chest, will undoubtedly be subject to higher standards at home and even around the world. Especially, in the case that they also have a super lineup of the Magic Quintet.

Looking at Ronaldinho, who was on the TV screen, with his head down and extremely lost, and his face had lost his trademark sunny smile, Lao Lei couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart. He also doesn't know why his former friend and biggest rival has been so sluggish at this World Cup, but he can already imagine how Ronaldinho will be treated when he returns to Brazil. The higher you climb, the harder you fall. Although Lao Lei has not personally experienced the taste, he has seen a lot.

But now was not the time for him to lament the old man. Preparing for Zidane's Gallic rooster is. In addition to seizing the time to recover and reserve physical fitness, watching the video of the French team's games every day has become a must-have for Lao Lei. Moreover, the more he looked, the more Lao Lei felt that the French team was difficult to deal with.

This French team, with a group of old guys as the core, fully embodies what is called old and what is called old and spicy. This. This was particularly evident in their last-16 match against Spain, where the matador was induced by the Gallic rooster to become the bull throughout the match, and not only was he led by the nose every step of the way. And it is still falling behind at every turn. Under such circumstances, the final score of 3:1 is already a rather benevolent and restrained score in Lao Lei's opinion.

At the same time, there are only four teams left in this World Cup. Lao Lei also took time to watch the situation of the other two teams, Germany and Italy. Thereinto. The youthful storm displayed by the Germans surprised Lao Lei. The Germans' 10-year plan is about to succeed, and after comparing this German team with the German team he personally fought in 02, Lao Lei came up with this comment in his heart. A completely different lineup, a completely different style of play, and in his opinion, the German tank has been reborn.

However, he is not optimistic that the German team will reach the final. Because compared to the amazing German team. The performance of the Italian team was completely sideways for him. Just as he once made at the end of the group stage. The Italian's defensive tenacity and excellent tactical execution made their performance in the knockout rounds more than everyone expected. In other words, if it weren't for the deep heritage of the Azzurri, this Italian team would be fully worthy of the reputation of a super dark horse.

From stumbling and stumbling from the group stage to qualify, Italy's public opinion that it will not make a big difference in this World Cup because of the impact of the phone door began to be very loud. Especially when they eliminated the Australian Kangaroos in the round of 16 with only a controversial penalty, this public opinion was even more praised. Because of this point of view, there are really very good arguments, the protagonist of the phonegate is Juventus, and the protagonist of Italy is also Juventus.

Looking at it this way, it is indeed inevitable that everyone will think about it. But after Italy unexpectedly swept Ukraine with nuclear warheads 3-0 in the quarterfinals, this public opinion began to change. Italy's steely defence, which has so far conceded only one goal in the group stage, is finally starting to attract attention, although this is due to Italy's dominant schedule, unlike Portugal's back-to-back opponents. But that still can't be erased, the Italian defence has shown an astonishing level of defensive ability and tenacity under the leadership of the short, bald Cannavaro.

As a result, defense won the championship, and the truth on the football field began to prevail again. Although Italy has the highest odds to win the championship among the four semi-final teams, no one in the other three teams will underestimate the old and spicy Italy at this moment. It seems that the Italian tradition, which is accustomed to flourishing in the knockout rounds, is about to be carried forward again.

However, in addition, Lao Lei believes that there is another reason for Italy's performance so well, and that is that the mourning soldiers will win. Although he didn't know how the silver fox Lippi knew, he was sure that the old fox must have turned the negative energy that the phone door brought to Italy into a huge positive energy. Using the World Cup championship to justify the name of Italian football, although I don't know if Lippi used this excuse, Lao Lei feels that Italian players must have such an idea in their hearts, which is similar to the idea of maintaining their roots in the country's righteousness.

Between the aggressive and energetic German tanks and the steel-definite Italy, Lao Lei is more optimistic about the latter. For most people, being young means the future, in other words, missing the present. Unless everyone in the world is a person who has been crossed, young and proud is destined to be a scarce commodity. Although Lao Lei himself prefers young things, to be more objective, he has to admit that Italy has a higher probability of qualifying.

However, fortunately, how to deal with Italy was also a difficult problem to be considered later, so Lao Lei only thought about it a little, then threw it aside, and focused all his attention on the French. In this state of full preparation, time always flies quickly and is very busy. During this period, Lao Lei barely talked to them even with Scidia, just to know the approximate location of them. For this reason, he also made up his mind to spend a holiday with them after the World Cup.

Pick up the remote control and turn off the TV, it's the end of another day of preparation, and there are still two days before the start of the war on July 6th. The semi-finals between Germany and Italy will be played in Borussia Dortmund tomorrow. "Hmm!" After raising his hands and stretching comfortably, he had finished washing, and Lao Lei, who was wearing pajamas, was about to turn off the lights and sleep.

"Smack." It was also a coincidence that at this moment, Ronaldo opened the door and came back. In the past few days, he has always run to Figo's room after his daily training, and he always talks until late, and he doesn't know where to get so many things for them to talk about. However, Lao Lei is not a gossip person, so he doesn't care at all.

Moreover, he was also very relieved not to think about any conspiracy theories about usurping the throne, but only thinking that Ronaldo was looking for the senior Figo to learn from him and ask for comfort. After all, to this day, the storm of "anti-Thunder Ma, anti-Ronaldo" in the British Isles has not stopped. And because Chelsea FC and the players have remained silent, it is the old Ray who is more comfortable than Ronaldo. In the past few days, Ronaldo's life has been very difficult, and after Rooney publicly shouted the phrase "I will never be teammates with him again", his life in English public opinion has been even worse.

Although Lao Lei put on a posture that it has nothing to do with him, the red lantern is hung high, and he is happy to watch the excitement on the sidelines, but he still understands Ronaldo's emotional downturn in the past few days, after all, life is not good. Through Mendes, he also knew more or less that although Ferguson firmly rejected the idea of selling Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United's American boss saw a perfect opportunity to make a fortune. If it was in the past, Ferguson's opinion would naturally make the American boss restrain his greedy thoughts, but this time they saw the opportunity to make the trip, and the little Jiujiu in their hearts naturally couldn't stop fighting.

Friends turned against each other, the club and the team's position was unstable, tsk tsk, Lao Lei, who was lying on the bed, glanced at Ronaldo, who didn't speak, and shook his head like a play, and there was a feeling in his heart that it was not a big deal to watch the excitement. However, he soon remembered that his experience did not seem to be much better, and their co-agent Mendes had been busy for the past few days for the transfer of him and Ronaldo. Damn it! Therefore, after he couldn't help scolding in his heart, he immediately closed his eyes, ready to ask Zhou Gong's daughter to dispel these troubles for himself.

However, before he could fall asleep, Ronaldo's voice came, "I heard that you are also leaving Chelsea?" "Fuck, before he could answer, Lao Lei scolded in his heart first. Originally, he didn't want to think about these headaches, but he didn't expect Ronaldo to ask first. After thinking about it, Lao Lei still opened his eyes and reluctantly prepared to answer Ronaldo's question. After all, the final two games of the World Cup are just around the corner, and he doesn't want to deteriorate the relationship with Ronaldo at this juncture, even if he doesn't change his relationship, he has to maintain his current state.

It's really mouthy. knew that Ronaldo must have learned the news from Mendes, so Lao Lei complained about Mendes in his stomach now before he said: "I'm not sure yet." However, if you really have to leave, then it's better to leave. This is just like the marriage of husband and wife, if you want to leave, you will have to leave. As for whether to remarry, that's after the divorce. ”

Lao Lei didn't answer Ronaldo's question directly, but just said a few words around the corner. Then, he didn't hear Ronaldo's answer, and the room fell silent. And Lao Lei was not curious about Ronaldo's reaction, but said in his heart: "I can finally sleep peacefully." ”

It's just that after all, his mind was provoked by Ronaldo, and he couldn't sleep for a while. As soon as he closed his eyes, Ronaldo's question jumped in Lao Lei's mind again.

Although he didn't open his eyes, in the face of this headache, he had already scolded in his heart again.

"Fuck! What the hell!! (To be continued......)