Another day later, the knockout round of the 16th and 8th rounds of the World Cup started again, and the first game at 5 o'clock in the evening was the battle between France and Argentina at the Kazan Arena. This was a battle between two strong contenders for the championship.

The battle was as good as Mars hitting the Earth, which brought the fans who came to watch the game and the popularity online to reach an unprecedented new height. Play

Although it would be the Portuguese team's turn to play in four hours, most of the Portuguese team's teammates still did not want to miss the rare opportunity to watch in front of the screen. After many requests and oaths, they finally got the coach.

Li Zhao was extremely generous in this matter. In order to allow all the team members to watch the game in time, he contacted the person in charge of the Fisht Olympic Stadium in advance and dispatched capable men to follow up on the matter.

Before they arrived at the stadium, they had adjusted the channels in the lounge in advance to ensure that the team members could watch the live broadcast of the game in time.

The actual process of this game was as intense as people expected. Shortly after the game started, Mbappe, a newly rising star in the French team, showed his strong forward impact and scored in the 11th minute of the game.

In a quick counterattack, one person broke through Argentina's entire defense. Although he eventually fell in the penalty area due to the reach of Rojo who was following him, he also won a valuable penalty kick opportunity for the French team. He then served as the No. 1 penalty kick.

Griezmann didn't waste this rare opportunity. He deceived the opponent's goalkeeper with his feet and hit the ball steadily.

However, Argentina's offense was also extremely fierce and subsequently threatened the opposite goal. The French team's one-goal lead was lost before the end of the first half. In the 40th minute of the game, Messi was on the right side.

The corner kick was cleared by the French defender and went to the other sideline. Then Argentina's quick sideline ball found Banega, and he passed the ball to Di Maria who was following up in the middle outside the penalty area. The latter was

After a slight adjustment, he blasted the French team's door open with a powerful long-distance volley.

However, Argentina's goals were not over yet. Less than two minutes into the second half, they got a free kick on the left side of the French team's penalty area. When the free kick reached the goal, it was pushed out of the penalty area by the defensive player on the spot.

, but Messi, who was ambushing outside the penalty area, arrived immediately and shot the ball directly. The ball hit Mercado's back heel midway and then suddenly refracted, flying into the middle under the helpless eyes of the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the net on the other side of its defensive area.

Although Argentina successfully achieved a lead in the score, their joy did not last long because their lead was quickly lost.

In the 57th minute of the game, Lucas Hernandez's pass from the left side was passed outside the penalty area. Pavar Benjamin quickly followed up and caught the ball, and then made a round kick with a round foot.

Bo, even though Argentina goalkeeper Almani made a flying save, he was unable to prevent the goal.

However, France was obviously not satisfied with just equalizing the score, and the successive attacks continued, and the subsequent explosion of Mbappe really made the Argentinians feel scared.

In the 63rd minute, Pogba passed a diagonal pass to Lucas on the left side of the frontcourt, who then passed the ball into the penalty area. Although Mbappe received the ball, his first shot was blocked, but his reaction

But it was very fast, and he quickly followed up and hit the goal again and finally succeeded, allowing France to achieve another lead in the score.

Just four minutes later, France's backcourt counterattack was successful again. Matuidi went straight into the opponent's frontcourt, and Giroud's breakthrough goal was also just right. This time, it was Mbappe who made the difference, and he followed up.

His push shot once again broke through the gate of the Argentine team guarded by Armani. He scored twice and helped France expand the score 4-2.

After scoring the goal, Mbappe may have felt that there seemed to be a special gaze staring at him, and then his eyes drifted to a camera facing him somewhere. At this moment, he seemed to be able to sense through the screen, including Li Zhao.

The Portuguese players inside are watching his average performance. And many people know that Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portuguese team is his childhood idol. He must also hope that this idol can be on the screen at this moment.

He was watching his game before, and then he turned his head away with a smile and returned his attention to the game.

At this time, Li Zhao couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. It seemed as if he was sitting in the stands of the stadium and looking at his hands, and there was really a big wave in his heart.

Although there are still about 20 minutes left before the end of the game, judging from the fact that three-quarters of the time has passed, Mbappe's performance today is already outstanding, and he has stabilized the opponent's number one

Having a star player has made many people more deeply aware of the true meaning of the saying "Each generation has talented people."

And Li Zhao also vaguely felt that the strong French team in front of him was very likely to become the final winner of this game, and face the winner of his subsequent battle with Uruguay in the quarterfinals, and Mba

Pei Ye will definitely be a strong enough opponent to be his future opponent.

Although the stage of today's era is still the main theme of the battle between the fateful rivals of Melo, they are gradually getting older. It is hard to say whether they will still be at the same level and status as they are today in four years. The next one

The main theme of the era is very likely to be the contest between him and Mbappe, the new rivals in football, and how could this be a new reincarnation of fate? Play

As for Cristiano Ronaldo, he was indeed watching the game with concentration, and secretly applauded this little fan's performance today. However, the object of his more concerned attention was still his old enemy in destiny-Messi.

However, at this moment, Ronaldo clearly felt a little disappointed. Although Messi's performance today was within his normal range, and he did not even rule out the possibility of another explosion at the last moment, judging from the situation on the field today

, the possibility of him surpassing Mbappe's performance is very low. And he still has a very bad feeling. Although the game is not over yet, there is a high probability that the result of this game will be that Argentina will be eliminated, and he

After all, the desire to compete with Messi on the stage of this World Cup is difficult to realize.

The subsequent game process also truly verified his idea. In the 72nd minute of the game, the French team had a two-on-one situation in the frontcourt. If it hadn't been for Mbappe's mistake this time and his failure to stop the ball,

Maybe the point difference will be further widened. And it wasn't until the game entered the second minute of stoppage time that the Argentine team got one back with Messi assisting Aguero's header. It was just this goal.

After all, it came too late. When the referee blew the final whistle shortly after, the score was finally fixed at 4-3.

Messi's hard work throughout the game is obvious to all, as evidenced by his two assists. However, he missed the goal today, and his brilliance was ultimately overshadowed by Mbappe, who performed more eye-catchingly.

Cover up.

Although the final elimination of the Argentina team was regrettable, Li Zhao and Ronaldo had no time to think about it at this time. The top priority now should be to win the showdown with Uruguay first, and then consider the quarterfinals.

The question of how to beat the French team.

At this time, Li Zhao suddenly remembered that before setting off a month ago, Mr. Xu calculated that the Portuguese team would fail in the first match of the knockout round. And it originated from the fact that he was on Wudang Mountain two years ago.

After asking him to calculate the fortune, Li Zhao prepared to go to him to calculate the fortune every year when he returned to China. When he returned to China last year, everything was as usual.

It's just that the World Cup happened not long after the end of this season, and after that, Min Xiaoyan couldn't live without her company during her childbirth and confinement. In addition, the new season will be approaching after that period of work, so she has no plans this year.

Go back again. Fortunately, Mr. Xu seemed to understand his difficulties, so he rushed to Bergamo a month ago to make up for himself this year's prediction in advance. Play

The great thing about Uncle Xu is that he can predict the original development trajectory of some things related to someone. For example, the calculation of the results of this World Cup is more reliable than those so-called Octopus Paul and so on, at least

This is evident from the fact that he can accurately predict the results of most of the matches that have ended so far, with the only exception being the three group matches in which Portugal participated.

Mr. Xu was quite surprised when he discovered this situation at first, but after looking at the hexagrams carefully, he quickly noticed the clues, and the key points all pointed to Li Zhao, just because he was the one who could

The only variable that changes the original historical trajectory. Therefore, the outcome of this battle may not be as predicted by Mr. Xu. The key to breaking the situation is still very likely to be Li Zhao.

Although Li Zhao was somewhat hesitant about Mr. Xu's statement, he still treated it with caution and hoped that his appearance could truly change this fate.

It’s just that things always happen unexpectedly. When Santos announced the starting lineup, Li Zhao was a little dumbfounded because he found out that he was not in the starting lineup. And when Li Zhao asked in private

The reason given by Santos was that Li Zhao was too active and enthusiastic before and did some things that should have been done by the coach himself, so as punishment he could only let him do it first.

Stay on the bench for a while.
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