Spinach Company finally optimistic about the Chinese team. This time, the handicaps opened by major European spinach companies were the Chinese team tied and Portugal took the tie. They believed that the Chinese team had a greater chance of winning the World Cup championship.

The Chinese team will welcome the Portuguese team in the final of the World Cup in Russia. It was widely favored before the game. The odds given by the bookmaker for the Chinese team were 1.44, while the odds given for the Portuguese team were only 1.75. If it goes well, Dong Fangzhuo and his teammates will create new history and win two consecutive World Cup titles? There are only two countries that can achieve such a goal.

The first one was Italy, 1934 and 1938.

The host country of the 1934 World Cup was Italy, with 16 teams participating. In the end, the host Italy defeated Czechoslovakia 2-1 at the National Stadium of Rome and won the second World Cup championship.

The 1938 World Cup was held by France, with 15 participating teams. Italy reached the final for the second time in a row. In the end, Italy defeated Hungary 4-2 at the Olympic Stadium in White Dove City in Paris, becoming the first team to defend successfully in World Cup history.

The second one was Brazil, 1958 and 1962.

There were 16 teams participating in the Swedish World Cup in 1958. In this event, the 17-year-old Brazilian genius Pele emerged. In the end, Brazil defeated the host Sweden 5-2 in the final, winning the first World Cup championship in the history of the national team.

The 1962 World Cup was held in Chile, and Brazil and Czechoslovakia stood out among the 16 participating teams and reached the final. This was Brazil's third time to enter the World Cup final, while Czechoslovakia was the second time. In the end, Brazil reversed Czechoslovakia 3-1 at the Santiago National Stadium and became the second team to successfully defend its title in World Cup history.

Then it was Brazil. After failing to defend the title in 1998, they made a comeback in 2002. They defeated Germany 2-0. In 2006, they defeated Italy 1-0 in Germany and successfully defended the title again.

So, before 2018, only two countries achieved the title defense. Now, it is the Chinese team’s turn to have such an opportunity. Once they defeat the Portuguese team, they will successfully defend the title, which is of course an amazing achievement.

This is also the two consecutive times that Dong Fangzhuo brought the Chinese team to the finals of the competition.

In this World Cup, the Chinese team has won all the favorites to win the championship, defeated Spain in the group stage, fought Uruguay in the quarterfinals, Belgium in the quarterfinals, France in the quarterfinals, and Portugal in the finals.

Although the Chinese team lost to Portugal in the group stage, it was a strategic abandonment and did not fight with Portugal. But this final is different, it is a success and a defeat.

On the other hand, Portugal is not actually strong, they are all Sweden and Croatia. It can only be said that Portugal is very lucky and has the god-level performance of Cristiano Ronaldo. If Portugal and China switch to a half zone, perhaps the opponent of the Chinese team will not be Portugal, and they may not be able to pass so many teams. This is also the reason why Portugal strives to defeat China in the group stage, because they want that half zone, and they have also successfully done it.

There are two major factors for the Chinese team to enter the finals. The first factor is naturally stable defense and team spirit, and the second factor is god-level Dong Fangzhuo.

In fact, the characteristics of these two teams are very similar, both have solid defense and the performance of superstars.

Before the final, Dong Fangzhuo rarely accepted an interview with Italian "Milan Sports".

"If we get that star (one more star is embroidered on the jersey after winning the championship), I don't care how we play."

"I think Portugal thinks the same way. They are more urgent than us."

"Defense wins the championship, right?"

Dong Fangzhuo even chatted in a teasing tone.

"This is the final, no one dares to take it lightly. The final is unknown. I think the game on that day will definitely be boring."

From what he means, we can also know that the Chinese team will continue to focus on defensive counterattacks.

By chance, in Portugal, head coach Santos also responded to Dong Fangzhuo.

"Dong is right,"

"Defense wins the championship, but someone always has to stand up and score a goal..."

"At that time, you may see two teams leaving ten people to defend in the backcourt, and then one player looks for an opportunity to counterattack..."

"Okay, I can't imagine it either."

"But I don't think the regular time will end with a score of 0:0."

"I heard that in order to stimulate Chinese players, if anyone scores goals in the final, they will reward players who score 10 million euros? This is terrible..."

"Win a goal of ten million, win two goals of twenty million... God!"

When Santos talked about this, he could only shake his head helplessly. There is really no way to deal with the wealthy Chinese team. Compare the prize money? Portugal won the prize money at all.

In fact, there are a lot of World Cup prizes in this cup. The winning team can directly get a prize of 38 million euros, which is a huge income for any country, but the Chinese team's final goal is almost catching up...

How rich is the World Cup? A number can prove everything. The total prize money of the World Cup is as high as 791 million US dollars, while the 32 teams participating in the World Cup can split 400 million US dollars in more than a month of competition.

How to divide the World Cup prize money? There is a lot of mystery here, and the distribution method is dazzling, not a simple "big pot meal". Players who work hard on the court may get a totally different prize money than many people imagine. Among them, the champion team can eventually get a prize money of 38 million US dollars, accounting for 9.5% of the total prize money, and the runner-up team can also get a prize money of 28 million US dollars, accounting for 7% of the total prize money.

In this World Cup, FIFA invested a total of US$791 million in the prize pool. Compared with the Brazil World Cup in 2014 (US$576 million), FIFA has invested a lot. The number of prizes is astonishing. Compared with the US$150 million higher than the South African World Cup in the last Brazil World Cup, the increase has also increased significantly, increasing by nearly 40% in one breath.

The reason why FIFA has issued a large prize order is largely an intention to "wind people's hearts". In the past year, FIFA has been plagued by rumors of corruption for a long time, and many senior officials have been imprisoned. Current leaders, including Infantino, have encountered more than once attacks from law enforcement agencies. The host Russia has also been repeatedly targeted by Western countries due to various political disputes. Britain, Iceland and others have officially announced their boycott of the World Cup before the start of the World Cup. In order to save the reputation of FIFA and the World Cup, FIFA performed quite generously in this World Cup.

However, FIFA has its own confidence in boasting about Haikou. Troubled by the corruption scandal, Sony and other traditional sponsors terminated their cooperation with FIFA. However, emerging sponsors from China and Russia successfully filled their gaps and put forward conditions that were no less than their predecessors. Chinese companies such as Mengniu Group and Wanda Group have invested a lot in order to enter the international football stage. Gazpromium Co., Ltd., which has close ties with the Russian government, also generously donated to the World Cup.

Of the nearly 800 million US dollars, 209 million US dollars were used for the "club income plan". The beneficiaries of this prize are not the football associations of various countries, but the clubs where the players are participating, which are allocated according to the number of players played and the number of games. In the past, the football associations of various countries have often been in conflict with major clubs. Many clubs do not want their star players to be recruited by the national team, which will affect their status due to high-density games. However, this time, FIFA used money to settle this problem. Players can also benefit from participating in the World Cup.
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