It was a great thrill for the Portuguese fans in China who entered the top 8 teams of the World Cup, and more Portuguese fans poured into South Korea in droves to cheer for the team's next matches. The previous best result of the Portuguese national team was back in England's World Cup in '66, when the legendary Eusebio led Portugal to a third-place finish in the World Cup. Nearly half a century later, Portugal has not achieved anything better. Portugal's performance in this year's World Cup has given people great expectations, and they hope that the golden generation can lead Portugal to new heights and create an era that belongs to Portugal.

A further leap past Spain would see Portugal reach the last four, where they will have a chance to complete the historic feat of breaking through and even the golden Hercules Cup. Portugal fans are confident of this, and so are the predictions from the outside. Judging from the previous games, Spain's strength and state are indeed one level lower than Portugal's, especially when Spain's main striker Raul is injured, the gap has become even bigger. The outside world is generally optimistic that Portugal can settle the battle in 90 minutes, and the bookmakers are also offering higher odds for Spain than Portugal.

Amid the chorus of good songs, Oliveira warned his players to stay calm and not show any dismissiveness. To this end, he also deliberately cited some examples of careless Jingzhou in the World Cup to warn the Portuguese players of the consequences of underestimating the enemy. Although Oliveira said this, he also felt in his heart that Spain was easier to deal with than Italy, after all, Spain's style of play was what Portugal liked, and he thought he would not look down on anyone when he played against Portugal.

The World Cup has been carried out until now. Speculation about the winner of the title is becoming clearer, with Brazil and Portugal considered the favourites. Unlike Portugal, which was favored from the start. This year's Brazilian team started their World Cup journey without being favored. Even if there is Rivaldo, Ronaldo and other big-name stars. But the poor performance in the qualifiers made them not favored. However, after the start of the World Cup, with the 3R combination in the front court, Brazil played a magical samba football and became a big hit again.

The rest of the traditional powerhouses, such as Germany, England and Spain, are seen as slightly weaker than these two teams. Lao Lei also received a call from Ronaldinho and Kaka in the past two days, and neither of the two sides was soft on the phone, and finally agreed to meet on the stage of the World Cup final. Now that the appointment has been made, Lao Lei doesn't want to lose face in front of his friends. I was eliminated halfway through, and I trained harder.

Seeing Lao Lei's training, if it weren't for the guarantee of the physical fitness coach, Oliveira would have wanted to forcibly stop Lao Lei's training. Portugal's fitness coaches are the busiest these days, and they have done everything they can to adjust the fitness of the players while maintaining their condition. After a series of big battles, the players' fitness has more or less gone wrong, and in just a few days, they have to recover to the best condition possible, which presents a big problem for the fitness coach.

Looking at Lao Lei's training. Rui Costa and others on the side couldn't help but sigh and envy, such a body is the envy of all football players. What they don't know is that this is thanks to the existence of the system, otherwise how could Lao Lei be so energetic and strong. Know that the road is in Leiria. Lao Lei almost didn't have a good rest, and played the whole season.

Before the start of the Portugal vs Spain match, Brazil. The four teams of England, Germany and South Korea will have to start the quarter-finals first. And before the start of the game. The question of the referee is still the focus of discussion. And the news that Beckenbauer represented Germany to force FIFA some time ago is still being talked about by fans and reporters. Whether it's true or not. In the match between Germany and South Korea, whether the referee will "help" South Korea again has also become a major attraction.

Oliveira led the Portuguese team to a match between Germany and South Korea that night, and the winner between them will be Portugal's next hand. Of course, before the game, the South Korean team still said very hard that they did not rely on the referee to win, and we can beat any opponent on our own soil. And these words became empty talk in front of the German tank, and South Korea, which could run, met the Germans who could run even more, and was superior to the Germans in South Korea in all aspects.

Without the "help" of the referee, the South Koreans finally couldn't hold on for 60 minutes in front of the Germans. First of all, Ballack helped Germany take the lead with a header in the 60th minute. After forcing the South Korean team to press out and attack, the impact of the German tank completely crushed the Asian Red Devils. In the 70th minute, in a quick counter-attack, Klose received a pass from Ballack and headed home again. It was his sixth goal of the tournament and the German striker continued his frenzied performance. This temporarily overtook the alien Ronaldo's 5 goals in the scorer list and topped the list.

In fact, the South Korean team was not without chances, and in the 75th minute they created a one-on-one chance. It's a pity that in front of Kahn, who is at his peak, Ahn Jung-hwan's shot is as weak as being scared and weak, and Kahn easily defuses the crisis. If this goal is scored, South Korea may be able to rely on their morale to fight for the best of their lives. And this single knife does not advance, and it seems that they have also beaten their most reluctant spirit. In the 85th minute, Germany's veteran centre-forward Bierhoff, who came off the bench, scored again with a header against South Korea, adding another goal to his own scoring record.

3:0, the Germans completely crushed the South Koreans with 3 headers and 3 bombings and advanced to the top 4. It will be the opponent of the semi-finals between Portugal and Spain, the winner. After watching the game, Oliveira drove the players back to their rooms and took time to rest and prepare for tomorrow's game. After the departure of the players, Oliveira couldn't help but think of the German team's performance, and he was amazed by the German team's ability to play high balls. Although the German's skills are not very good, they can't stand up to the good body, and the impact is too strong, especially the defense line led by Kahn is simply impregnable. It's a tough opponent to play against, Oliveira thought to himself.

Shaking his head, Oliveira chuckled and said, "Thinking too much, let's get past Spain first." Again, consider this German tank. Oliveira went back to his room and once again simulated in his mind what he might expect to do tomorrow and try to be foolproof. Oliveira has decided to resign after the World Cup, and the pressure on the position of head coach of the national team is too great for him to bear. Before leaving, though, Oliveira wanted to make his mark on the history of the Portuguese national team.

The match between Portugal and Spain will be played at the Gwangju World Cup Stadium in South Korea. Today the stadium is red inside and out, one is the bright red cloth of the matadors, representing passion and bravery, and the other is the colorful dance clothes of the dancers, representing elegance and calmness. For this game, some Portuguese media put up a slogan "Drive the Spaniards home", and these words on the page were reflected with a bloody feeling, which was quite a feeling of war.

There is also a history of Spanish occupation of Portugal for 60 years from the 16th to the 17th centuries. The purpose of these media outlets is to motivate players and fans to play such slogans. Of course, I don't know what the effect is, after all, this is all a matter of rotten grain.

Before the game, Portugal got good news that Raul, the prince of Espanyol, was sure to be unavailable for this game. Raul's unavailability would greatly reduce the pressure on Portugal's backline. Raul's form has been excellent in recent years, and his performances at club level are among the best in the world. The thin Real Madrid striker does not play fancy, but he has an indescribable spirituality in the penalty area, and he has made an artistic sense of simple actions such as catching, getting rid of, and shooting in a small area. His temperament is like a dashing white-clothed swordsman, with a flash of sword light, the enemy is dead and I hide.

The superstar's absence has raised Portugal's chances of winning once again. Portugal's players are more confident. The Portuguese players sitting in the bus were all in a good mood, smiling brightly and waving to the fans who were driving with them. And due to Lao Lei's phenomenal performance in the last game, his number of fans has increased significantly, and many fans are holding banners with Godzilla and waving at Lao Lei.

It is conceivable that no matter how Portugal ends in this World Cup, Lao Lei's football career has taken another step forward. Through this World Cup, Lao Lei has also completely made a name for himself in the world of football. As for this result, Bartolomeu, the chairman of Leiria, was in tears, saying that it was cheaper to buy, and I thought it was a big bargain, but I didn't expect it to become a fire sale. Looking at the intention quotations in front of him, Bartolomeu is dumb and can't say what he suffers from. In the current situation that the back is becoming more and more important, I think that the high-quality young back is very sought-after, especially in the World Cup.

The clock was fast approaching the last hour before the game, and Spain's starting line-up was in Oliveira's hands. Not surprisingly, Raul was replaced by Bellerón from Deportivo La Coruna, known as the "Spanish Zidane". He is a master of passing and playmaking, but because Raul has to pull back to the midfield position a lot of the time, he has little chance of playing for the national team.

His weakness is also obvious, that is, his lack of confrontation ability. In response to this, Oliveira has already made targeted arrangements. He took Spain's starting line-up and said in the dressing room: "In this game, we have to control the football. Since Spain's technique is good, we have to make it impossible to get the ball. I want you to start pressing the ball as soon as you lose the ball in front of the court, so that they can't control the football. Then Reima, this game I need you to focus on one player. ……………….“

At 19:30, this 1/4 final started on time. (To be continued......)