Portugal has finally reached the last four of the World Cup!

The last time Portugal reached the last four of the World Cup was 40 years ago, when they finished third in the world under the leadership of Panther-Eusebio.

From this point of view, the results of the England team in recent years are indeed not very good, the last World Cup fell in the group stage, and before that, it did not enter the World Cup finals for three consecutive years, but this kind of table Xiàn has been separated from the first group of teams.

And now, Portugal has once again reached the last four, which is not a historic suddenness for the team, but it is also a joy for all Portuguese fans, no matter what the media is arguing about now, but Portugal's qualification for the last four is not in doubt.

Even if Jonk didn't play, the process was quite thrilling, and Portugal's semi-finals after the penalty shootout were a matter of course.

In the other quarterfinals, France defeated Brazil 1-0, and the defending champion Brazil was eliminated outright, which surprised most people, and Zidane, who scored the only goal in the game, was called the best player by many people.

This is Zinedine Zidane's last World Cup, but it looks like the French star, who will announce his retirement after the tournament, is in better shape than most stars at the peak of their integrity.

It is worth mentioning that the fans unanimously agreed that the Brazilian team did not have a good appearance.

The Brazilian team, which has World Footballer Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, and the world's top stars Kaka, Adriano, Robert Carlos, Cafu, Emerson, etc., not only has an ugly style of play. They were also eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. After the game, Ronaldinho, the heart of the Brazilian team, was criticised for not scoring a single goal and rarely assisting his teammates to score.

In an interview with the media, Ronaldinho conceded. He and his Brazilian team-mates were bleak in this tournament and did not live up to the pre-match expectations of fans around the world. After being eliminated by France in the quarter-finals, this tournament was also a very disappointing match for them.

"People want to wait and see what the team is doing, especially for me, but people don't see that happening in the game," Ronaldinho said on his personal website. "I'm very sorry that we didn't show our ability to go home at the World Cup."

Ronaldinho has a good table at FC Barcelona. However, when it came to the World Cup, he disappointed everyone. In response, the attacking striker of the Brazilian team expressed his frustration: "Now I can't change anything in the past. I just want to say 'I'm sorry' to all the fans. ”

However, the stubborn Brazilian star has indicated that he will make a comeback with his Brazilian team at the next World Cup. 'It's not time for us to win our sixth World Cup, but with your help. We can overcome the mistakes of 2006. Aiming for a great result in the 2010 World Cup. ”

Another South American giant, Argentina, was also unexpectedly eliminated from the tournament against hosts Germany.

The hosts' match naturally attracted the attention of many fans, and the final result of the game was 5:3, with the two teams deciding the winner from penalties, and most importantly, after the game, the players of the two teams almost had a direct confrontation.

With Cambiaso's penalty missed at the end, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin boiled over as German players and members of the coaching staff rushed onto the pitch to celebrate. But at this time, the two sides suddenly broke out unpleasantly. It even developed into a physical conflict for a time.

The protagonists of the conflict are the German team leader and coaching staff, former famous striker Bierhoff and Argentine player Heinze, the two sides have a confrontation, what is being said, Heinze has the intention of rushing to the other side, if it is not for the person next to him, the two people may come together to escalate the conflict.

The ensuing scene got even more out of control. Rodriguez lunged at the German players, ignoring the obstructions of those around him, lunging at one of the German players and raising his right hand in an attempt to beat the opponent, at which point several staff members separated them and tried to pull Bierhoff away. Heinze also looked furious, throwing punches at the opposing player, and Schweinsteiger was hit in the back, but the rapid influx of staff prevented further escalation.

The last to catch up was Argentina's Ayala, but he didn't make a move, but made a gesture to Bierhoff to shut up, and Bierhoff was still talking something, and the feelings of both sides seemed more 'excited'.

In short, the losing Argentine players seemed to be trying to vent their anger, and the referee was unable to control the chaos on the scene, and both players attacked each other with fists and flying feet. The clash lasted nearly 2 minutes, and more than 70,000 ball 'fans' witnessed the occurrence of this qiē.

This incident also made the big battle between Germany and Argentina second only to the competition between England and Portugal.

There were clashes in both games, except that the clash between England and Portugal took place on the pitch and the clash between Germany and Argentina took place off the pitch.

The last game looked inconsequential, because the Italian team, which was favored by most people, met the underdogs Ukraine, so the former won the game cleanly 3-0.

Germany's World Cup semi-finals were announced: England, France, Germany and Italy.

The fact that UEFA is happy to see four European teams in the last four is a clear indication of the rapid pace of development of European football, which has surpassed South American football to become the strongest in the world.

Portugal's semi-final opponent is France, who have just beaten Brazil, and the match will be played on 6 July, and the smoke of gunfire is already in the air, as the match date is only three days away.

Team France.

Including this World Cup, France has participated in the World Cup finals 12 times, with the best result being the 1998 World Cup championship won by France's golden generation.

At the very beginning of the World Cup, France participated in the first three tournaments. However, none of them achieved satisfactory results. It wasn't until the 1958 World Cup in Sweden that France, with the legendary goalscorer Fontaine (the previous top scorer in the World Cup and scored 13 goals in a World Cup), made it all the way to the last four. In the end, he finished third, and Fontaine also set a supremacy record with 13 goals in a single tournament, which was also the first time that France left its own glorious mark in the history of the World Cup.

In the 80s, with the emergence of a number of superstars such as Platini, the French team entered the second peak in the history of the World Cup, and in the 1982 and 86 World Cups, the French team reached the last four in a row. Finishing fourth and third respectively, it is worth mentioning that Platini's generation of France has been firmly crushed by their arch-rivals Germany. Both tournament semi-finals were knocked out by the Germans.

After two consecutive years of missing out on the finals (1990 and 1994), the rise of a new batch of superstars finally pushed France to the highest peak in World Cup history. The golden generation, led by Zinedine Zidane, dominated on home soil at the 1998 World Cup in France. It was also the first time that France had won the World Cup.

And now this team is made up of the remnants of the golden generation and a new breed of talented superstars. There was a lot of media debate before the start of the World Cup.

From the perspective of the lineup, the French team has all kinds of problems, the first is that the French team is really 'too old' In the warm-up match before the start of the World Cup, the average age of the French team's starting lineup was as high as 30 years old and old, not only reflected in the intuitive numbers of age, but also the state of the players on the field to be amplified.

In warm-up matches against Mexico, Denmark and China before the World Cup matches. Zidane has already 'revealed' such a message, and he seems to be unable to become the engine of the whole team's attack, more often than not. He had to drop back into midfield and rarely repeated his magical dribbling once he got the ball.

Zinedine Zidane, who is approaching the age of 34, has repeatedly claimed that he is fully in shape, but there is clearly a clear gap between his aspirations and reality.

Historical numbers show that with the exception of Brazil in 1962, no other team has been able to rely on a group of 30-year-olds to win the World Cup. After head coach Jacques, the successors Lemaire and Santini both looked to the 1998 champions as the core of the team.

As a result, the average age in France was almost 30 years old, which became the "peak" period of the average age in France after the Second World War.

But these days, the average age of a good, mature team should be between 25 and 27 years old. And how can France, with such a high average age, do well in Germany?

Polls in the French media show that 70% of French people are not optimistic about France's good results in this World Cup.

Not only that, but the French team also suffered a crisis in the forward line.

In the group stage of the Tongguò World Cup, as well as various qualifiers, warm-up matches and other matches, it can be seen that although France's goals are not many, the role of the striker players is not outstanding.

Domenech may be to blame for this, as the much-questioned manager has not yet been sure whether the team will play a single arrow or a double striker. According to Domenech's own ideas, he prefers to use Arsenal's super 'goalscorer' Thierry Henry as a central striker and then let Cisse break through on the flanks to create chances. It's a pity that Cisse was injured in the warm-up match with China and directly missed the World Cup in Germany, so Domenech had to change his formation.

In the previous game, the French team used Trezeguet and Thierry Henry to partner with two strikers, and such a forward combination has always been what the French media and fans want to see, because these two striker goalscorers are the best players in France's current forward line.

These two are like Portugal's Jonker, and Portuguese fans feel that Jonk alone can be completely equal to the power of France's two goalscorers.

In the warm-up matches for the World Cup, the French newspaper Les Les Les Régimbles concluded that France should be strong in attack, but the team has always been unable to translate those advantages into goals. Just like in the match with the Chinese national football team, France had a clear advantage in possession time throughout the game, but in the end the team only scored three goals, wasting at least three good chances to score.

With such attacking power, how can you please the fans in France?

In addition, the mass media felt that France's defense also had shortcomings.

Many French media have pointed out that the main problems of the French team today are not all on the front line, but on the defender Thuram. Now. Thuram's form is not as good as it used to be, and it is easy to imagine how much he can play, which is why the hero of France's 1998 World Cup triumph is in danger of being relegated to the bench at Italian giants Juventus.

Although no goals were conceded in the warm-up matches against Mexico and Denmark. But it was a bit of a surprise that France conceded a goal against China, who were the weakest of the three warm-up opponents. That's why AFP blames Domenech for not conceding against strong teams if Domenech doesn't restructure the team's backline.

What's more, there are many contradictions within the French team, and there is a lot of disharmony within the team. There is a lot of tension between the players, with goalkeepers Butters and Keoper Kupett being the best examples.

From the perspective of competitive form, Lyon's main goalkeeper Kupet's strength and form are obviously better than Butters. In this season's European Champions Cup final, in the match between Lyon and Real Madrid, although Kupett also conceded a few goals, his appearance is well known. The reason why there are more goals conceded is that Wang Libiao is too good.

But. In the French team, there was a problem, that is, Butters had Zidane and others "backing", so the latter sat firmly in the position of the main goalkeeper of the national team. For this reason, Kupe even left the training camp for a while, but under the persuasion of the assistant coach, Kupe returned to the French national team.

The French "Team Newspaper" once commented on this matter, saying that the French team is in charge of some veterans, but the head coach Domenech always looks at the faces of these veterans. He doesn't have his own opinions at all, which is why so many football 'fans' question Domenech.

Just ask such a "disunited" French national team. How can you do well at the World Cup in Germany?

However, France's watch Xiàn slapped all the doubters in the face after a month of competition, the French team stayed, they beat South Korea, beat Brazil, beat opponents in the group stage, and stayed in the semi-finals. France's run to the semi-finals may have something to do with the World Cup on their doorstep, but it also illustrates the strength of the French team, despite their age, their disunity and their lack of front, but they persevered until the end.

For the media, the latter is the one that will be the most interesting before the semi-finals. In a set of France's main lineup, the leading stars are undoubtedly the older generation such as Zidane, but the younger generation has the most highlights.

Let's start with the pillar of the backline: Williams. Gallas, although the French players think their pillar is the veteran Thuram, but in reality, Chelsea's backline big man William. Gallas is the real first man in the back, and most importantly he is at the peak of his age, and his role in the French backline is unquestionable.

And the Chelsea great, when he met England, he competed with many teammates, such as: Carvalho, Marchini, and Jonker are also his teammates, but they are likely to become former teammates.

This kind of confrontation can attract the attention of many fans, and when it comes to the game, it is really hard to fight, maybe the teammates of these clubs can fight directly, just like Ronaldo and Rooney in the last game.

Other headlines include veteran Claude Makelle, who is in the same situation as Gallas.

It was a difficult game for France's leading star, Zinedine Zidane, as he met Jork.

Although Zidane is France's leading striker, in Real Madrid, due to his age, his competitive form is not what it used to be, and in the team, he is only a substitute.

One of the most important roles is Arsenal's leading scorer Henry Henry the Great's strength is undoubted, although in the French team, facing a group of old people in the 98 World Cup, Henry's status is not very good, but in fact, his competitive state makes him the undoubted first striker of the French team, even if coach Domenech likes to use old people, but Henry is still undoubtedly the main striker.

Unfortunately, in the previous game, Henry's table was not very good.

But everyone understands the reason why Henry is not good, just because he has been playing at Arsenal Arsenal football has a characteristic, that is, the speed of attack and defense is very fast, which is the tradition of Arsenal football, and it is also the signature of Arsenal's attacking football, and no team in the world can do better than them.

But when Henry returned to the French team. That's a tragedy.

With an average age of 30 years old in the French team's main squad, and Zidane's artistic football is already a bit slow, Henry is completely unable to adapt to the team's attacking rhythm in the French team. To use an analogy, after the team serves, Henry runs the opponent's goal, but the French team's football has just passed the halfway line.

How does this make Henry go about playing?

Of course, these are all issues of football play within the French team, and Henry's focus is on the entanglement between him and Jonker.

For two years, the Golden Boot in the Premier League has been oscillating between Henry and Jonker, and this year Jonk won his first Premier League Golden Boot. But Henry's Golden Boot triple is gone.

There seems to be no intersection, but the two shooters have to have some intention to compete.

Can France's forward line emerge victorious?

Henry is willing to compete!

What, the French fans are still saying that they still have Trezeguet??

You also expect a player who has only scored seven goals in a single season in the Italian league. Can you play any role in this Portuguese-French war?

It's almost impossible, and the rest of the French team's goalscorers are nothing to mention in front of the three.

Ahead of the game, there was also very bad news for the French team. That was the "phonegate" incident in Italy on the eve of the Great War.

The 'Phonegate' incident. This is the latest scandal in Italian football, the most important situation is that many clubs in Italy have been involved in a series of incidents such as bribery of referees, prosecution of match results, and participation in gambling, and the latest news has come that the Italian district prosecutor has filed charges with the court, asking Juventus to be sentenced to at least the third division.

The Juventus club's website also confirmed that manager Fabio Capello has submitted his resignation to the club.

This is also very important for the three Juventus players in the French team: Thuram, Vieira and Trezeguet. Moreover, Thuram and Vieira are also the core of the French team's defense and midfield, respectively.

Now, their minds have to be divided into half of their future paths. It is impossible for a world-class player like them to remain in the Juventus team, which has been relegated to the third division.

Thereupon. At a press conference held on the afternoon of the 4th, when a reporter asked the head coach of the French team, Domenech, whether there were any targeted protection measures, Domenech said in an unusually positive tone: "Now, they are all in the French team, and they only think about the World Cup"

But the former head coach of the French team, Santini, was worried: "The third division team is already a terrible thing, no matter how mature the player is, it is an unbearable heaviness. ”

The impact of this relegation on Juventus' trio of Thuram, Patrick Vieira and Trezeguet is self-evident, but the impact is limited. Because before this announcement, the Italian judge will definitely inform these players in accordance with the relevant procedures, so the news is not completely new to them, and they are already mentally prepared.

However, this is only Domenech's heart's desire, and whether it has an impact or not can only be seen in the great war between England and France.

Because all three players will be starters for the next game, and the starters of both teams have already been handed over to FIFA this morning, it is impossible to change the line-up on the last minute because of this incident.

Domenech can only pray that the French team will have a good performance in tomorrow's game, and maybe God and his old man can help Domenech.

On the other hand, the Portuguese team is full of morale, for no other reason, the most difficult period has passed, Deco and Jonker's return has definitely improved Portugal more than a notch, the previous squad can eliminate England, and Portugal on the upper floor can definitely beat France.

Everyone feels that the hurdle in Portugal's heart has passed safely after the England war, and then facing the French team, the Portuguese are not ordinary feet.

Because they believe that God is on their side, what the old man can bring, absolute good luck, don't underestimate luck, in the same level of competition, luck can often make the difference in the game, and the Portuguese now believe in this.

While praying, I firmly believed, where is Brother Di? We'll have to see in the game! (To be continued......)