In any case, it is an indisputable fact that this battle, which should have been a 3-3 draw in history, completely changed its final result because of Li Zhao's goal at the last moment.

But these are no longer important. The other two opponents in Group B are now more than one level behind the two traditional strong teams in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of overall strength and foundation.

The Portuguese team, which won its first victory in the group stage, is almost certain to advance to the top 16.

Compared with the Portuguese team, which can easily prepare for the next game, the promotion situation of the Spanish team, which has just lost this heavyweight contest, has become extremely serious. Although the opponents in the next two games are indeed much easier to beat, if you want to

The only way to advance regardless of the Portuguese team's face is to ensure victory in the remaining two games, and you can imagine how difficult this is.

Originally, Li Zhao and Lionel should have nothing to do with each other after this battle, but by chance, the two met unexpectedly again at the entrance and exit of the stadium.

"Congratulations, Richard! I hope your team can be invincible in future games and continue to win." Lionel sent a congratulatory message as soon as he saw the other party. On the other hand, he also

She sincerely hopes that the Portuguese team can continue to win, and only in this way can the Spanish team's hope of promotion be increased by one point, and this is another purpose of her words.

"Although I don't know how our coach will arrange the following games, at least my attitude towards every game will be that I will go all out, and I would like to thank you again for your good wishes!" Li Zhao naturally learned from Lionel's words.

He could hear this hidden selfishness, but his quality as a professional athlete did not allow him to choose to deliberately let slip at this time, so there was no need to deliberately point it out. It would be better to make a promise on this.

You can gain favor from the other party.

"I hope we will have another chance to meet in the future, and then... we will compete again." What Lionel originally wanted to say in the second half of his sentence was actually "I won't be so entangled by then."

But when the words came to his lips, he changed his words temporarily.

"I hope so! This time I still couldn't fully display it. If there is a next time, I will definitely show my full strength without reservation." Li Zhao seemed to understand what Lionel said.

The implication was general, but he still didn't point it out, but followed her words.

The communication time between the two people was also not long, and after saying these words, the two people did not say anything more. They just looked at each other and smiled in a tacit understanding, as if everything was understood. But Ibi

The desire of the two national teams from the Peninsula to compete again during the World Cup was ultimately not realized, and the next meeting between the two will have to wait until the Champions League quarter-finals the following year.

Although he only had two brief contacts with Lionel, this little Loli princess still left a deep impression on Li Zhao. At least her cuteness and affinity were very to his liking. But it was only

That's all, Li Zhao doesn't have any more thoughts about such a princess who is still a child. Maybe they can become good friends in the future, but it will be difficult for them to have more interactions. In fact, they will be quite good in the future.

For a long period of time, the two of them just maintained a relationship as ordinary friends. It was not until the detection sensor was opened again four years later that it was predicted that Lionel was the one who had mastered the seventh magnetic key.

The relationship was able to take a step further, and all this is a thing for the future.

After saying goodbye to Lionel, Li Zhao returned to the team. However, despite the victory in the first game of the group stage, coach Santos still saw many problems in the team. These problems are placed in the current group stage.

It may not be a big deal in the first stage, but if it cannot be solved in the knockout stage, it will be more troublesome, and it may even be exploited by the opponent and become a major factor in their final loss.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to solve these problems. He believed that with his newly formulated training plan, it should be solved in a short time. Therefore, Santos did not allow the players to relax after the game.

request, but after learning that the next match against Morocco would be at the Luzhniki Stadium for the World Cup opener, he took the Portuguese team back to the station in the small town of Kratovo that day. And before the next match day arrived,

, the team members will conduct more targeted daily training here according to his arrangements.

During this period, the first rounds of the remaining group matches of the World Cup were also completed one after another, and the actual results were basically consistent with the original historical results. Among the traditional strong teams, except France and England, which still won steadily, others such as Argentina,

Brazil and Germany both experienced upsets, and Germany's 0-1 loss to Mexico was the most surprising.

Time soon arrived on June 20. In the two Group A games that had been played earlier, the host Russia defeated the Egyptian team 3-1, thus becoming the first team to qualify for the group stage of this World Cup.

Team. In the latter game, the Uruguay team also won its opponent Saudi Arabia 1-0, and became another team to qualify. The following night, Portugal will play Morocco at 6 o'clock.

This game will truly test their training results over the past few days.

When Li Zhao first arrived at the stadium, he specifically looked at several stands in the stadium. Naturally, his purpose of doing so was to find his mentor Xu Genbao, whom he had known since the last game.

There is news that Xu Genbao will bring several senior brothers to the scene to cheer him on, but he has not been able to contact him in the past few days, but at this time, he still couldn't find these people after a rough scan.

Seeing that the coach and team members were already urging him, he could only enter his own lounge with some reluctance.

But somewhere in a corner that he didn't notice, Xu Genbao and his disciples were already sitting peacefully. In fact, their group had arrived in Moscow two days ago, and they were just afraid of being disturbed.

Xu Genbao, who came to Li Zhao for training, did not have any contact with Li Zhao in advance, and also prohibited his disciples from reporting the news. For him, being able to see his most proud disciple galloping on the battlefield at the World Cup was enough

It's enough, why bother to make it known to everyone. And they also arrived at the stadium early today. It is precisely because of such low-key behavior and good confidentiality that Li Zhao is still here now.

Their existence could not be discovered.

Now Li Zhao has no time to pay attention to these anymore. At this time, he and his team members are listening attentively to coach Santos's tactical arrangements for this game, and time has passed unknowingly during Santos' explanation.

It was soon time for the players to officially take the field. At this time, Li Zhao had almost forgotten about it. It was not until he accidentally glanced at a corner of the stands after walking out of the player tunnel that he discovered Xu Genbao.

There are traces of the group. However, as the game is about to start, it is inconvenient to go to the stage to reunite with my mentor. I can only wait until there is a suitable opportunity to give him a big surprise.

In this game, the Portuguese team still continued their formation from the previous game, while the opponent's formation was 4231. Later, the referee's whistle announced the official start of the game.

Perhaps due to the victory in the first group match, the Portuguese team members played relatively relaxedly after the start of the game. It was under the influence of this good mentality that they allowed them to better control the game.

Take control and exert yourself.

But the Moroccan team, which lost in the last game, cannot be so calm. For them, even if they cannot win this game, they must not lose again. Therefore, they are eager to make contributions after the start of the game, and they appear to be more proactive.

, but the huge gap in strength did not allow them to overpower the opponent. On the contrary, the mentality of eager for quick success led to instability in the back line. Less than 4 minutes into the game, the Portuguese team seized the opportunity to score first.

The ball was scored, and the scorer was Cristiano Ronaldo, who had scored a hat trick in the previous game. In this game, he still continued his hot state from the previous game. When Li Zhao's cross pass entered the penalty area,

, he leaped high and blasted open the opponent's door with a tomahawk header.

Being one goal behind forced the Moroccan team to make even more desperate attempts in the remaining game time. Although this move once gave them hope of equalizing the score, it more often caused their defense to face more serious problems. If it weren't for Portugal

The team's last few attacks were always a bit unlucky. I'm afraid the Portuguese team had already established a three-goal lead less than thirty minutes into the game. Among those who wasted a lot of opportunities, C was also indispensable.

Luo's figure may be due to his premature out-of-form, which made him a little weak in the follow-up, so after scoring the first goal of this game, he was unable to perform any magic again.

Li Zhao naturally noticed this situation early, but he had no intention of taking over the game at first, just because he knew very well that the consequence of doing so would be to challenge Ronaldo's authority. But in his heart, he still wanted to

I wanted to perform before the end of the first half, so I took advantage of a short break from a throw-in to find Ronaldo and briefly talked about my thoughts. Fortunately, the latter seemed to understand the current situation and agreed very cooperatively.

His request even took the initiative to exchange their positions on the field, which surprised Li Zhao. And just at the 43rd minute before the end of the first half, the opportunity he was waiting for also

finally come.

This time, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who gave Li Zhao the ball. After intercepting the ball near the midfield, he rushed all the way. After attracting the attention of many defensive players on the other side, he passed the ball to the suddenly inserted goalkeeper.

At the foot of Li Zhao in the penalty area, the latter did not waste the opportunity when faced with this rare single-handed goal opportunity, and scored the ball cleanly into the lower left corner of the goal.

After scoring the goal, Li Zhao quickly ran to the side of the stand where Xu Genbao and the others were and looked upward. Then he took off his jersey, revealing the inner lining with the words "Thanksgiving Genbao" on the chest.

The live camera also turned in the direction that Li Zhao was looking at at the right time, and Xu Genbao and the others were just shown on the camera.

At this time, how could Xu Genbao not know that the whereabouts of himself and others had already been exposed, so he simply and generously stood up and waved to the disciples around him. Although Li Zhao did not express the meaning of this, he knew his growth process
Chapter completed!