Chapter 40 Destiny

The match between the Chinese team and Portugal has ended, and the two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes and ended the game 1:1.

Since there were not many fouls on both sides during the Sino-Portuguese battle, the injury time was only one minute, and during the game, there was no longer any time due to injury to the player.

But the match between the United States and Poland is not over yet, and there are still two minutes left.

Now the players from China and Portugal are on the court, and everyone is waiting for the news from the fans to come from the next stadium.

Ling Feng, who was with Figo and Rui Costa, was grinning and patiently, and he was so desperate that he stood between the two of them, with Figo and Costa on the left, both of them bit their lips nervously, and they kept pinching Ling Feng's arm with their hands.

Ling Feng grinned in pain, but he didn't dare to let one of the farts go. He looked at the other teammates next to him, and they kindly comforted the Portuguese players, and none of them suffered as much as he did.

Ling Feng really wanted to cry, who would he provoke whom he had?

The last two minutes seemed so long. I don’t know how the game between the United States and Poland was. Can the US team win the score in these last two minutes?

"The ball is in! The ball is in!" The Chinese audience suddenly burst into neat shouts, and they were all using various communication tools to learn about the game at another venue.

Their shouts in unison immediately shocked the Portuguese players!

Rui Costa pinched Ling Feng's neck tightly and shouted: "Has the ball entered? Who entered? Who entered? Talk! You are talking!"

Ling Feng was so angry that he was pinched by him that he could not imagine that Rui, who usually looked polite, would be

Costa actually had such a rough side. God testified. At this time, he had a thought in his mind: "What do you want me to say when you pinch my neck?"

Fortunately, Rui Costa's hand strength was much worse than Ling Feng, and he was soon subdued by Ling Feng. Ling Feng, who originally wanted to curse or play Portuguese player, felt soft for no reason when he saw the painful begging in Rui Costa's eyes.

He looked into Rui Costa's eyes and said word by word: "Listen, Poland has scored another goal, and now they are leading 2:0!"

"That means..." Figo murmured from the side, he felt a little unbelievable.

"That is to say, there is still one minute left for the Polish team to win." Ling Feng added with a smile: "That means that our two teams will qualify together!"

"Vida longa!" Long live the Portuguese language sounded on the court. The Portuguese players were excited to hug whatever they saw. Poor Ling Feng was once again pressed to the grass by Figo and Costa.

Looking at the tears in the eyes of the two, Ling Feng had to sigh in his heart that as long as they were players, their biggest dream was to be able to perform themselves in the World Cup, even the World Footballer was no exception.

For Chinese and Portugal players and fans, this game was a happy ending. Ling Feng broke the record of 14 goals in the World Cup, and Portugal also qualified with China.

The most thanks to the Polish team is of course the Polish team.

At the last moment, the Americans with low morale conceded another goal, and Poland defeated their opponent 3-0, giving Portugal a chance and also creating an upset.

Ten goals were lost in the first two games, and the Poles proved themselves in the last game. They saved their face and also made the world respect this team that was slaughtered in the first two games!

In short, this is a happy ending except for Team USA.

Now, I'm waiting for the G Group game to end and see if China and Italy are qualifying first in the group.

The final round of the Group e game.

There is no big suspense in these two games. Germany defeated Cameroon 2:0, Ireland defeated Saudi Arabia 3:0, and the two teams joined hands to advance to the quarterfinals.

Group f.

The most suspenseful Death Group F match.

Argentina led by Lao Ma made a big splash against Sweden 3-0 in the last game. The little rabbit Saviola scored two goals alone, and Crespo, who came on as a substitute, also scored a goal.

England defeated Nigeria 2:1. In this case, the two enemies teams qualify together, while Sweden and Nigeria will go home with hatred.

Group F, Argentina won two wins and one draw in seven points, England won two draws and five points, Sweden won one draw and one loss three points, while Nigeria lost all three games, and ended with a bitter end.

Group G, undoubtedly a game in Group G is the most concerned thing about the Chinese team, that is the game between Italy and Mexico.

Both teams won all the first two games, which means that the last game is the game that determines the group ranking.

Since the Chinese team's group D has been settled, the Chinese team has determined to qualify first in the group. That is to say, the result of this game is directly related to who will play the eighth final with the Chinese team!

Whether it is China or Portugal, we do not want to meet Italy.

Similarly, Mexico and Italy do not want to meet China - although Portugal is also a strong team, compared with China and China's home court advantages, it is undoubtedly much easier to choose Portugal.

Since Italy has the advantage in goal difference, as long as they do not lose in this game, they will be the first in the group.

To put it bluntly, there is no simpler team among the teams around the world than Italian Baoping.

If Italy wants to defend, Brazil may not be able to attack.

Although Mexico's strength is pretty good in the world, it is still a gap compared to the top ones. I expected that Italy will not have any problems in this game, so the result will not be too big.

But something happened to Italy!

No one expected it, no one expected it, even the Mexicans themselves!

They only started five minutes into the game, and center Bogti scored with a shot from the chaos.

Just five minutes into the game, Italy fell behind with one goal.

The loss of this ball is indeed a bit depressed, but no matter how depressed it is, as a traditional strong team, it can quickly stabilize the morale of the army and launch a new counterattack.

However, the Italian team's counterattack is not very effective now.

The Mexican must have done a lot of research on Italian tactics before the game. Toti and Piero know a lot thoroughly. Trapatoni still put Baggio on the bench. I don’t know if he plans to use Baggio as a surprise or still doesn’t like Baggio so much.

But the situation on the field is very obvious now, and the Mexicans are fighting with them in a colorful way!

Piero's shot was shot away, Toti's wonderful breakthrough was saved by the goalkeeper. After Vieri's heavy tank lacked firepower support, it could not form a threatening attack.

What disappointed Italian fans was Toti's performance.

As the leader of the new generation of Blue Legion, Toti bears the hope of the whole of Italy. Although the old Baggio is brave, he is just the bright sunset. Piero's condition is sometimes good and sometimes bad, but when it is bad, it is hard to reuse it in major competitions.

Totti's performance in Roma has surpassed Baggio's limelight at that time. He is known as Rossi and the Golden Boy after Piero. Last season, he played 26 games for Roma, scoring 11 goals. In addition, he has strong assist ability and helped his opponent score many times.

This allows people to see the shadow of Baggio back then, and there are even more people who compare him with Ling Feng in the same position.

In this World Cup, Trapatoni completely replaced Piero and Baggio with Toti. In the first game against Ecuador, both Piero and Baggio were arranged on the bench, and in the second game against Croatia, Toti and Piero were arranged to play at the same time, but Baggio was placed on the bench.

When Baggio proved to people that his sword was not old, Totti felt even more uncomfortable. As a prince of Rome, he didn't want to be under the shadow of anyone, but when it comes to young players of this generation, the first thing people think of is Ling Feng, Ronaldo, etc.; when it comes to the Italian national team, Baggio is more thought of.

Living in the shadow of another player is the biggest pain in the heart of a top player. No one is willing to be the second-rate. Even Maradona said that the person who takes over my class is himself, not Maradona.

But the more impatient he is, the less he is unable to perform. People can only see Totti keeps stroking his long hair with his hands, but he cannot create a good chance to score.

Compared with Baggio's power in the last moment of the last game, people couldn't help but sigh that Totti is really not as good as Baggio.

Many Italian fans have already started to shout Baggio's name. The melancholy prince glanced at Trapatoni and did not see him having the idea of ​​letting him do warm-up exercises. He buried his face in his hands, leaving only a pair of blue eyes for the camera.

Baggio really envies Ling Feng.

His youth, his excellence, and his power in the national team!

No top player is willing to sit on the bench, especially when he is in good shape and has enough strength.

But Baggio was not liked by the coach, so he accepted Ling Feng's invitation to go to Florence and enjoy unrestrained football.

He succeeded, winning the triple crown for two consecutive years, and Baggio's club career reached its peak!

However, he owe himself a World Cup.

That scene from eight years ago often appeared in my mind.

Before the World Cup, Baresi found him. Two superstars who missed penalty kicks in the 1994 World Cup had a good conversation. No one could understand the content of the conversation that night, but a week later, Trapatoni announced the decision to recruit Baggio, and Baggio also said that he announced his retirement after the World Cup.

In fact, what the two of them said was very simple that day, that was... let go.

Let go of the immense obsession in my heart and end the player's life with the last struggle in my career. No matter what the outcome is, I have worked hard on myself.

Baggio, Piero, Totti...

A cycle of reincarnation...

Mexico led by one goal in the first half, and before Italy launched a counterattack in the second half, Mexican midfielder Morales' free kick got into the goal guarded by Buffon in a terrible way. 2:0, Italy was completely out of a disadvantage!

In this world, there are countless players who can score with free kicks, and the details depend on the individual performance during the game.

Morales is a good free kick player in Mexico's own league, but he really can't believe the goal he scored just now.

2:0! Things are not good in Italy!

In the stands, both Italian and Chinese fans were shouting a name - "Baggio" at this time!

Trapatoni looked at the situation on the court, turned to the veteran who was eager to try on the bench and said, "Go and warm up."

Baggio started jogging on the sidelines. This move made the atmosphere on the court suddenly liven up. The fans shouted Baggio's name, and countless little girls screamed loudly. Piero is handsome, and Totti is also good, but compared to Baggio, how can he look less of that melancholy temperament...

According to statistics, there are about 15,000 Chinese fans who came to watch this game, one-third of which is absolutely surrounded by Baggio. In other words, Baggio supports them, not the Italian national team, and more than 60% of the fans fall in love with the Italian national team because of Baggio.

Piero and Toti on the court were both worried that they had run more intensely during this period. If Baggio appeared, the replacement would definitely be one of the two, and no one wanted to be substituted, especially at this time. If Baggio performed well in the next game, he would never be able to get rid of this shadow!

The fourth official raised the sign...No. 10, Totti!

It seems that Trapatoni still gave Piero a chance. As for Toti, the number ten successor, it seems that he still cannot replace the king Baggio.

Although he was relieved, Piero was still very depressed. Baggio, Baggio, in the hearts of the fans, he will never be as good as Baggio!

Why is there a gap? When he first debuted, he was so popular. At that time, people called him the second generation of Zebra Prince and Baggio's successor. He was not at all unhappy. In his heart, Baggio, who had long become famous, was his idol and his goal. He also had confidence to surpass Baggio and surpass his predecessors.

In the end, Baggio left Juventus, and the fans of the melancholy Prince pointed the arrow at him. Piero was very wronged and he did nothing, but the fans said that they snatched Baggio's position.

Baggio didn't say anything because he knew that it was not something that a player could steal his position. Whether it was the national team or the club, the one who really didn't like him was the head coach and the ruling class.
To be continued...