Although Portugal's qualification journey is more convincing than Zidane's France, the two teams are evenly matched in the pre-match speculation about the outcome of this game. Such a result, although somewhat unexpected and abnormal, is not without reason, and the numbers 7 and 31 are the best answer to this.

In football, the formation of all kinds of curses and grievances is separated from the accumulation of historical records and time. The same is true of the feud between France and Portugal. The record of 7 consecutive defeats, although it does not seem too exaggerated, after all, Portugal's status in European football has always been lower than that of the French army. But if you add the terrifying historical time of 31 years behind these 7 consecutive defeats, the result is completely different.

It is the charm of time that can make anything small or great that anything can be great. And in the very evil football world, this is even more so. Brazil and Sweden, for example, and Real Madrid's Riazo curse, these are vivid examples of a phenomenon in life. And if it is Portugal's turn, it is France, the bitter master of 31 consecutive years, who is the most prominent.

In the past 31 years, although the two teams have only met seven times, Portugal has not won each time. Not to mention the friendly matches, just talking about the record of losing to France in the semi-finals of the European Championship twice in 84 and 00 can't help but make everyone think that France is Portugal's natural enemy. In addition, both times were the fact that Portugal lost by one goal after the overtime battle, and France was born to defeat Portugal's heresy. It seems to make more sense.

In addition, Zinedine Zidane, who is suddenly about to retire, has shown a surprising rejuvenation performance in this World Cup. Portugal is about to lose again to France, and it seems that it is about to repeat itself in front of the world again. In fact. Strictly speaking, this is just a collection of historical data, plus unfounded speculation. But I have to admit that this is very marketable. At least, it is very attractive to many people who gamble and buy balls.

In addition, the French media constantly use these things to promote and fuel the fire, and for a time the market share of this opinion and opinion is really very objective. So much so that Portugal can't take advantage of it, at least in terms of pre-match predictions and support ratings. In response to this, the Portuguese media is not without fighting back, but without solid historical data to back them up, they really do not have much credibility in what they say.

Even if the Portuguese players of the generation of Lao Lei and Ronaldo have indeed played a more dazzling light than the French, in the football world that believes in evil, this is at most a dispute with the historical data of the French. "The French curse of the Portuguese", such a saying. For a while, it was prosperous in world football.

In the end, so much so that some influence was formed within the Portuguese team. After all, if you want to say that the most evil people in football, it is none other than this group of stars. Spread in football. And the most well-known allusions with "superstition * belief" colors, the protagonists are almost all the players themselves. Just that, you can imagine. How much do these people believe in this thing?

Of course, this does not include Lao Lei. Even if he himself has personally experienced the mythical grotesqueness of soul crossing. He only thinks that this is not some kind of scientific phenomenon that cannot yet be explained. As a soul who grew up under the red flag, his materialist ideas are still very strong. Besides. Even when it comes to something like a soul, which is reminiscent of a ghost, who knows exactly what a soul is, isn't it true that even science has not proven whether the soul exists or not? Or perhaps, the soul is just like thunder and lightning, and the human beings themselves have demonized things?

As a staunch supporter of materialism, Lao Lei himself may not know the right answer, but his tendencies are very obvious. At this time, it was the day of the match, and the Portuguese players were also gathering in the lobby of the hotel, ready to take the bus to today's big stadium, the Allianz Arena in Munich. As a result, in this spare stall, many Portuguese players are talking about the very hot topic of magic now.

In this regard, Lao Lei naturally did not participate except for giving a disdainful look. However, he did not dissuade him, because he knew that people with such ideas could not be changed by listening to a few words. For example, no matter what you say to those old rural ladies who believe in Buddhism, don't they still burn incense and chant Buddha? Therefore, in order not to be out of sight and not upset, Lao Lei directly brought up the headphones in advance and listened to Avril's new song.

He looked like an old god who didn't care about anything, and soon attracted the attention of Maniche and other discussants. After looking at each other hesitantly for a few times, Kostiani, who had been partnering with Lao Lei for the longest time in the national team, was pushed out and walked towards Lao Lei. It's not that they're curious, they just want to get some comfort from Old Lei, some comfort that can remove the spell in their hearts. As for why they want to get such comfort from Lao Lei, firstly, it is because of Lao Lei's status, and secondly, Lao Lei is now sharp, with a murderous temperament, don't you know that he doesn't care about this statement at all.

"Reima, what do you think?" came over and patted Old Ray on the shoulder, and after seeing him take off half of his headphones, Kostiani asked. Seeing his old partner looking forward to it, Lao Lei was stunned for a moment, and then immediately smiled dumbly, knowing what they were thinking.

Looking at it again, the teammates who were faintly looking forward to their answers, Lao Lei, who was not very serious about this question, had to seriously think about how to answer this question. Originally, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now it seems that the impact of this spell statement is greater than he imagined. Therefore, in order to think about the upcoming games, he also had to think about it seriously.

"Why should I be afraid of the spell, the spell should be afraid of me, isn't it?! I remember they taught me demons. "Relaxed and confident, but not too cautious, so as not to make the Portuguese players think more, this is the answer that Lao Lei came up with after a short period of thought.

I don't know what the actual results were, but on the surface, it's pretty good. After hearing a chuckle, seeing that the atmosphere had become much lighter and more relaxed, Lao Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. When I sighed in my heart that the captain and the leader were really not good, I put on the headphones again and immersed myself in the world of music again.

"Haha, that's right, Thunder Horse is fierce, it's even more terrifying than a demon, and he still needs to be afraid of magic spells." "That's right, I agree, maybe the spell will run away first after seeing Thunderhorse." "Haha" Seeing that Lao Lei put on his headphones again, the Portuguese players did not interfere with him anymore, but joked, causing bursts of chuckles.

Among them, Ronaldo, who pretended not to pay attention to Lao Lei's speech, but was actually a little uneasy in his heart, also relaxed at this moment. However, he didn't mean to admire Lao Lei, the sense of resistance in his heart still existed, no, at this time, he pretended not to care about himself in his heart and said: "Hmph, I'm not afraid of any spells, but he's not alone." ”

Lao Lei is not clear about Ronaldo's behavior of eating and wiping clean and not admitting it, or even if he is clear, he will not care. After all, his top priority at the moment is the whole Portugal team, and Ronaldo is not in his personal affairs, which is even behind the question of how to send Zidane away.

Soon after, the entire Portuguese team was assembled. As soon as you walk out of the hotel door, the spotlights, crowds and cheers are like a tidal wave around the whole Portuguese team. The atmosphere and flavor of the big battle began to hit Lao Lei and the entire Portuguese team at this moment.

In a big scene like the World Cup, the more you get to the back, the more nervous and cautious the teams become. At this moment, in order not to disturb the current Portuguese players, even the small things such as autographs and group photos for fans have been banned by Scolari's ban announced two days in advance. Such a move may not have much practical significance, but it is the only way to reassure Scolari and his coaching staff. At this moment, even the slightest possibility of interference, which exists only in theory, will be treated as a top problem by them.

Although Lao Lei personally didn't care much about this, he didn't have any objections and agreed, after all, this is human nature. Therefore, as usual, he signed more or less for one or two fans, but honestly followed Scolari's instructions, with a cold face, and boarded the Portuguese bus without stopping. Moreover, since he didn't even pay attention to the fans, let alone the reporters who almost shoved the microphone into his mouth. Throughout the process, he maintained a cold image, quite a cold man's demeanor.

Fortunately, given the importance of the game, Portuguese fans did not express any dissatisfaction with Lao Lei's ruthless form. On the contrary, he still maintained his crazy support and worship for Lao Lei very understandingly.

When Lao Lei sat in his position and looked down through the car window, after Portugal entered the knockout round, the banner of the Portuguese fans about him, which caused a huge horizontal sound, was raised by the fans again and displayed in front of him.

"Godzilla, win the World Cup, you will be our eternal king!"

The five-meter-long banner with big squares and big characters, this is not the first time Lao Lei has seen it, but he is still very excited, just like the first time.

In my heart, the volcano called passion and blood erupted again! Burst out of hot, hot magma!!

It's crazy to be the forever king of all of Portugal!

But it's crazy enough to be pursued!!

"I'm going to the throne !!" (To be continued......)