Chapter 945 It’s Brazil
In the locker room of the Brazilian national team, the players have just arrived and they will prepare for the next game against Algeria.
Someone turned on the Bluetooth speaker and played enthusiastic samba music.
For the Brazilian team, this is like a pre-match ritual, indispensable.
Listening to samba music in the locker room before the game and twisting your waist to the rhythm of the music seems to make you more flexible during the game and have a better feel for the ball under your feet.
Amidst the music, some people were changing clothes, some were playing ball with bare feet, and some were praying to God.
Overall, the atmosphere in the locker room was harmonious and relaxed.
This is of course related to their opponents in this game.
Algeria, a newcomer to the World Cup, ranks third in this group. In other words, this is the second-worst team.
Although they played well against the Chinese team in the first group match, their good performance in front of the Brazilian team was not worth mentioning at all.
The Brazilian team not only needs to win against Algeria, but also strives to win by a large margin so that it can compete with Russia for first place in the group.
As a result, at this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from the noisy locker room:
“Russia didn’t win against the Chinese team!”
The intense samba music seemed to pause for a moment.
Someone turned to look at the teammate who made this exclamation, it was the main goalkeeper Victor Lemos.
After he said this, he attracted the attention of others in the locker room.
"Don't be ridiculous, Victor. How is it possible that Russia can't even win against the Chinese team?" Some of his teammates didn't believe what he said and said half-jokingly, "The Chinese team is just a fool, who else do they have? I know. You and Hu have played against each other in the Premier League, but you don’t need to brag for him..."
"Shut up, Lima!" Lemos waved his cell phone to his teammate Lima Bidu, who was teasing him: "If you don't believe it, don't you turn on your cell phone and go online to take a look?"
In fact, he didn't need to say so. Some of his teammates had already taken out their mobile phones, preparing to search for the results of the Russian and Chinese teams.
While they were looking down at their phones, Kendall Kabangka stood up and testified for Lemos: "Victor is right. Russia was tied 1:1 by the Chinese team."
Lemos was used to making jokes, so everyone would reflexively think that he was playing a prank. But Kabangka said so...
Some fast-moving people have already seen the game results refreshed on their mobile phones:
Russia 1:1 China
"God! It's true!" Exclamations echoed in the locker room.
"Honestly, although I know that Russia's current strength is not as good as before, I didn't expect that they can't even win the Chinese team..."
"How did such a team draw with us in the first round of the group stage?"
"Isn't this great? Our team is ranked first."
"Yes, yes, this is good news!"
After the initial shock, the atmosphere in the locker room became cheerful again.
The samba music continued to play, and the Brazilian international players continued to dance.
When they saw the group draw results, the Brazilian players knew that the only person in this group that could threaten them was Russia.
It's not that Russia is strong, but that Russia's football style is a headache for the Brazilian team.
The first group match also proved this. The two teams fought fiercely for ninety minutes, each scored a goal, and then shook hands to make a draw.
Because it was the first group match, the two teams were not unable to accept this result. After all, their respective strongest opponents were played in the first round, and their opponents in the remaining two rounds of group matches were not as good as themselves, and they were completely targeted for goal difference.
Come to think of it, whether it is Algeria or the Chinese team, it will not be difficult to score three points.
Therefore, the key to deciding which of the two teams will be first in the group and which is second in the group lies in who can win more goal differentials against these two weak teams.
With both teams accumulating seven points, whoever has the higher goal difference will be ranked first in the group. If you advance to the knockout rounds as the first in the group, you will have a greater chance of meeting a less powerful opponent in the quarter-finals, so that you can go further in the World Cup...
As a result, now that Russia and China are tied, they have basically given up the fight for first place in the group ahead of time.
Brazil only needs to defeat Algeria and China to top the group with seven points.
The best result for Russia is nothing more than ranking second with five points.
This is absolutely good news for the Brazilian team.
In the renewed cheerful atmosphere, Rafael Fonseca looked down at the latest game results on his mobile phone. He remembered a conversation he had with Kabangka at around 5 a.m. a few days ago, about the Chinese team.
This team actually tied Russia... You know, our Brazilian team also failed to win against Russia. Rounding it off, wouldn’t it mean that the Chinese team almost tied us?
If we were also tied by the Chinese team... Fonseca thought about that situation and thought it was unimaginable what would happen. The Brazilian media and fans would drown them with spit, right?
"Russia must have underestimated its enemy, right?" He found the one with the highest probability and asked.
"That should be it. Otherwise, how could we not win against the Chinese team?"
"I can't think of any other reason..."
Teammates who had not watched the game all gave him an affirmative answer.
Because that's really the only possible reason.
With Russia's characteristics, how could it not win against a Chinese team whose physical capabilities are not outstanding?
If it doesn't win, it can only be because Russia is proud and underestimates its enemy.
But Kabangka suddenly said: "Russia did not underestimate the enemy, it was the Chinese team that played well."
Someone asked him in surprise: "Kendor, you actually watched the live broadcast of the Chinese team's game?"
"I only took the time to watch some clips, not the whole thing. But just like the video of their match with Algeria that we watched before, this team is a whole. This is how they drew with Russia. "Oh, Hu didn't score this time," the young Kabangka introduced to his teammates seriously.
Because they were going to face Algeria, the Brazilian team's coaching staff showed all the players the video of the match between Algeria and China to get to know the two opponents at once.
So everyone can see that the overall tacit understanding of the Chinese team is relatively high.
This is actually easy to understand. After all, only two players of the Chinese team play abroad, and the rest play in their home leagues. Naturally, they are more familiar and can cooperate better.
But after everyone listened to Kabangka’s words, it was still hard to imagine how the Chinese team could withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the northern giant bear as a whole...
After all, no matter how high their tacit understanding is, it is impossible for a single player to suddenly become stronger!
They fought so hard against Algeria, and were able to equalize the score entirely because of Hulay's super personal ability. If it weren't for his super world kick that made all Brazilian players envious and jealous, which stopped the Chinese team's declining morale and physical fitness, the Chinese team would have been defeated by Algeria, who is also a new team in the World Cup...
With such a team, do you think it can withstand Ivan Romanov's bombing?
Just like hell!
Is their defense better than our Brazilian team's defense?
Even if this Brazilian team is not good at defense, the central defender combination composed of Luis Person and Jose Amorim cannot be on the same level as the unknown defense line of the Chinese team, right?
Luis Payson plays for the La Liga giants Catalonia United, and Jose Amorim plays for the Bundesliga giants Ruerrhein. They are absolute main players in their respective clubs, and they are by no means ordinary people.
However, despite Ivan Romanov's unreasonable impact, they still failed to block it and conceded a goal.
If the overall level of the Brazilian team is not better than that of Russia, although Russia has a large number of cross opportunities, the quality of the crosses is too poor and too few balls can be accurately delivered to Romanov... Otherwise, the two central defenders will definitely Even more embarrassed.
Now the two main central defenders looked at each other, and they both saw deep doubts and a little shock in each other's eyes.
It's not that they don't believe what Kabangka said. After all, Kabangka is not Lemos who talks about running things. He won't joke about this kind of thing.
But the more this happens, the more they can't understand how the Chinese team did it.
Their understanding of the Chinese team is limited to Hu Lai, and this is because Hu Lai helped Leeds City win the Premier League championship last season, and he himself also won the Premier League Golden Boot. Their understanding is limited to this level of "cognition", and they have not personally fought against Hu Lai.
They had never heard of Luo Kai who scored in this game.
Kabangka could sense everyone's confusion and suspicion, but he did not explain further.
Anyway, before the last round of the group stage, the coaching staff will definitely show everyone the video of the match between the Chinese team and Russia to analyze their opponents.
So no matter whether everyone believes it now or not, sooner or later they will know that they are right.
In fact, Kabangka didn't believe it at first, but the reality was before him and he couldn't help but not believe it.
He does not dwell on the reasons behind this. He only knows that if the Chinese team faces Brazil in this state, it will be a difficult opponent to deal with - he has changed his previous belief that as long as the Brazilian team responds seriously, the Chinese team will not be enough. fearful thoughts.
Russia didn't underestimate the opponent in this game. Didn't they concede the goal? And when they bombed indiscriminately at the end, wasn't it also impossible to defeat the Chinese team's defense?
Even if the Brazilian team takes the game seriously, these three points are not as easy to win as previously imagined.
At this moment, head coach Marcos Hoerner walked in with the coaching staff, and was stunned for a moment, because although there was music playing in the locker room, no one danced to the music...
Instead, they all looked serious.
It was a little different from the Brazilian dressing room he was used to.
He smiled: "Why? Does knowing that Russia didn't win put you under pressure?"
Although he didn't know what happened in the locker room, he could guess why everyone looked like this through normal logical reasoning.
"That's good. At least I let you know that no team in the World Cup is easy to deal with. Even if it is a new team that has never participated in the World Cup..." Hener shrugged and spread his hands, "This will help us in the match against Algeria. Take it seriously during the game. Remember, don’t underestimate your opponents, even if you have never heard of them before, they are no longer unknown when they stand in front of you!”
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In the Algerian locker room, head coach Jimmy Durand was telling his players about another group match that had just ended: "The Chinese team can draw with Russia under extremely unfavorable circumstances, why can't we follow their example in the next step?" Did the Chinese team draw with Brazil in the match? They showed courage. In the face of Romanov's attack, their players fought hard without giving up, and successfully defended against Russia's attack... Are we worse than them? We almost defeated them! What the team can do, we can do too!”
The team's captain Ilye Sedery stood up and shouted: "Come on! Let us show our courage and determination to the Brazilian team! Defeat them!!"
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The Chinese team players who returned to the hotel after the game were not arranged by the head coach to watch the live broadcast of the match between Brazil and Algeria because they did not have enough time.
When they returned to the hotel, the game had already started for almost half an hour.
In addition, everyone just played a very difficult game, everyone was very tired, and basically lined up to report to the physical therapist. Three physiotherapists from the national team came together, but they couldn't get through and had to wait.
Therefore, there are no objective conditions to gather together to watch the live broadcast of the game.
Anyway, wait until tomorrow, the team's coaching staff will let everyone watch the game video together.
Although the team does not organize everyone to watch the live broadcast together, some people still care about it and watch the live game on their mobile phones during dinner.
"Holy shit, Algeria is three goals behind?!"
After turning on the live broadcast on the mobile phone, someone exclaimed like this.
"What?"
Everyone quickly gathered around.
The score was really 3:0, with Brazil taking the lead.
In fact, it is normal for the Brazilian team to lead Algeria by three goals.
But for the players of the Chinese team, who had just fought to a draw with Russia, they were a bit shocked:
We are tied 2:2 with Algeria, and Brazil and Russia are tied 1:1.
After the draw with Russia, the Chinese players were very excited and felt that they could compete with Brazil.
As a result, we now see that the Brazilian team has a three-goal lead without any blood, and they are inextricably tied with Algeria.
All I can say is...it is indeed the kingdom of football, and the Brazilian team is the favorite to win the championship!
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