At the pre-match press conference in Côte d'Ivoire, coach Ramsey was very low-key and kept complimenting the Chinese team.

"After Klauchen was the head coach of the Chinese team, they made great progress. They left very good results in 8 years. Until now, their game performance has been very good. Today will be a very difficult game. It is not easy to win the game. The Chinese team has a very high tactical level and fast speed, and players can strictly abide by tactical discipline. This is definitely a difficult game. I hope we can cause trouble for the Chinese team."

"What we worry most is undoubtedly Dong. He is an incredible player. We will try our best not to let him shoot. I think Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure want to do this. In their opinion, Dong is the most difficult player in the world, and they are eager to participate in this battle."

"I can tell you that all our players are ready, and their physical and mental health are the same. Although some people may not be in 100% state and there are a few people who don't have time to recover, but all of us can play 100%." ​​Ramsey's meaning is self-evident, that is, Yaya Toure's injury has been completely recovered, and he will definitely play in the game against China today.

Despite the strong Chinese team, Ramsey is still confident in the game. He said: "We have strong opponents in 2006 and 2010 World Cups. In the same group, there were Netherlands and Argentina, and in 2010, Portugal and Brazil. This is incomparable to our group opponents in 2014. I don't mean that there is no respect for China, Greece and Colombia. We have top superstars like Yaya Toure and Drogba. The whole Africa is paying attention to our performance. We must show ourselves well in our first game today."

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In the player channel, Ivorian No. 1 star Drogba and Dong Fangzhuo embraced. The two of them fought in the game, which dated back to the first half of 2007, when Dong Fangzhuo was still at Manchester United. The relationship between the two was not very good at that time, and there were frictions in the game. At that time, Drogba wanted to bully Rooney and Ronaldo, and Dong Fangzhuo stood up.

After so many years, these are already the past. Drogba is now 36 years old.

Then, Dong Fangzhuo met his old rival Krottore again.

"Hey,"

"You're going to suffer again today."

Looking at the serious face of Kloro Toure, Dong Fangzhuo joked. Kloro Toure suffered too much in the Premier League. Every time he confronted Arsenal, Kloro Toure was basically in charge of the defense line, but almost every time Dong Fangzhuo laughed to the end.

"Dong,"

"I won't let you win this time."

"You'll feel lonely in front of you."

Krotoure stretched out his right hand and held it with Dong Fangzhuo's right hand.

"Try it, I guess you think so every time you do, but the result is the opposite..."

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"We got the starting list of the Chinese team."

"The goalkeeper is Zeng Cheng, the right guard is Zhang Linpeng, the center guard Dewey, Feng Xiaoting, the left guard Zhu Ting, the midfielder Huang Bowen, Zheng Zhi, Zhao Xuri, forward Hao Junmin, Dong Fangzhuo, and Feng Renliang. This lineup has almost not changed from four years ago, but the right guard and the center guard have changed two people."

"There are veterans Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi and the others on the bench. Compared with four years ago and four years later, our strength has not declined, but the new ones have replaced the old ones."

"It's a bit surprising to Côte d'Ivoire. Drogba didn't start."

"Goale: Bari; defenders: Aurier, Bamba, Zokora, Boca; midfielder: Yayatoure, Tiot, Kalu, Diye, Gervinho; striker: Boni."

"Well, even without Drogba, their lineup looks strong. Côte d'Ivoire is probably the strongest team in Africa right now."

"Ivoire's 4231 formation is arranged in this game. Boni serves as a single forward, Kalu, Gervinho and Diye form the second attacking echelon, and Tiot and Yaya Toure are both midfielders. For the Chinese team, possession of the ball is very important. If the rhythm enters the foot of Ivoire, the game will be very difficult to play."

The fans on the scene were full. Except for most Brazilian fans, the rest were basically Chinese fans, and there were not many fans in Côte d'Ivoire. After all, it costs a lot to come to Brazil to watch the game. The Chinese are rich. Nearly 20,000 fans on the scene explained everything.

"At this moment, in our country, there are nearly 500 million fans watching the game in front of the TV. Four years ago we were one step away from the finals, and four years later, we made a comeback. Today, this is the first step!"

Beep—

The whistle sounded and the war began.

Both sides played very cautiously at the beginning, and they were fighting wildly for the ball in the midfield a few minutes. Although the Ivorian players had the advantage in their bodies, the Chinese players' pressing tactics throughout the game also made Ivorian at a loss.

The first game of the World Cup is always so difficult to play, and no one wants to lose the ball, so there will be basically no big score in the first game of each group unless another team is defeated.

The Chinese team is an experienced team, and it is even more impossible for African blacks to play again. Soon Zhao Xuri defeated the tall Yaya Toure near the midfield, not afraid of them at all.

"Tactical foul."

"Zhao Xuri's foul is good."

"I'm very experienced, so I can't let them rush up."

However, after the set ball was taken, Côte d'Ivoire still got a chance on the left. Feng Renliang was escaped by Gervinho in the confrontation and then made a direct pass. Boni inserted into the penalty area and shot and was blocked by Feng Xiaoting from the baseline.

This was the first shot from both sides.

"Feng Renliang still needs to strengthen his defense."

"He plays in La Liga and may not have enough understanding of defense."

"If it were Hao Junmin, Hao Junmin would not make Gervinho so relaxed. Bundesliga players and La Liga players have different concepts on defense."

"It's a corner kick in Côte d'Ivoire now, so you must keep an eye on the people. We don't have a height advantage."

"They have several places to land, and we have to focus."

"Dong Fangzhuo is back, his bounce is a magic weapon for the Chinese team."

The corner kick was taken and the ball fell directly into the middle of the Chinese team's penalty area.

Dong--

The one who landed was Yaya Toure. They couldn't waste Yaya Toure's highest point. Sure enough, Dong Fangzhuo was still here to solve the problem.

When the two of them took off at the same time, Dong Fangzhuo's judgment of the landing point was more accurate.

"If Yaya Toure was replaced by Drogba, it would be hard to say..."

Feng Renliang got the ball in the middle and tried to drive the ball to rush to the left, but Tiot directly stretched out his legs and tripped him, not allowing him to rush up at all. The Ivory Coast players are also very experienced.

The Chinese team's fast break was not done, but the Ivorian player just stepped back when Dong Fangzhuo rushed up and knocked the ball to Feng Renliang again. Feng Renliang was doing it back, and Dong Fangzhuo drove the ball through the midfield.

It was like a tiger going down the mountain. Seeing Dong Fangzhuo driving the ball through the midfield, Bamba and Zokora closed the ball directly to defend, but Dong Fangzhuo passed the ball first, and Hao Junmin on the right quickly inserted it!

"Hao Junmin!"

"Oh, speed is a weakness..."

The counterattack failed, Hao Junmin's sprint was too slow and the ball was intercepted.

Huang Jianxiang commented: "Although the counterattack was not made, the Chinese team's offensive ideas are quite clear. It's just that, and they are very patient."

The Ivorian goalkeeper got the ball in the backcourt and sent it forward with a big foot to the Chinese team's penalty area. Boni and Feng Xiaoting fought each other and barely pushed the ball back to Yaya Toure. Yaya Toure did not make any adjustments and directly shot a long shot.

With a buzzing sound, the ball roared into the sky, and Manchester City midfielder failed to suppress the ball. His long shot was actually famous in the Premier League, but it does not mean that he had a shot as soon as he shot.

"This shot is very beneficial. Zheng Zhi should have blocked it faster just now. He can't give Yaya Toure too many such shot opportunities."

It was the Chinese team's turn to attack. Zheng Zhi took the ball in the backcourt and spread the ball across to Huang Bowen. Huang Bowen passed it to Zhao Xuri again, but the ball was not in a hurry to pass it up.

Boni and the others immediately rushed up and tried to put pressure on the Chinese team in the backcourt. However, after Zheng Zhi received the ball again, he gave the ball to Dong Fangzhuo who was retreating. It was like eyes were growing behind him. Dong Fangzhuo did not stop the ball, but directly rubbed the ball to Feng Renliang on the left, quickly turned around and escaped from Yaya Toure behind him, and then continued to run towards Feng Renliang and get the ball back.

Zheng Zhi came up, Dong Fangzhuo did it again, and ran up the right.

No matter this, Dong Fangzhuo is just not sticking to the ball.

Zheng Zhi blocked the left side, Feng Renliang held his breath and rushed forward with the ball. Facing Aurier, Feng Renliang quickly changed to the middle side, like lightning!

"Ah! Beautiful!"

Aurier was directly pulled more than two meters away and broke through!

Click!

Kalu came from the side and pried Feng Renliang over. Feng Renliang was caught off guard and rolled directly on the turf.

Kalu also received a yellow card.

"It's cruel enough!"

"I'm so ruthless!"

"But Dong Fangzhuo can hit it."

"Although the angle is not very good, it is definitely a threat to draw the ball into the penalty area."

It was indeed Dong Fangzhuo who took the penalty for the set ball on the left side.

The Ivorian player used several tallest players to line up three people's walls to try to block the route.

"Will this ball shoot directly?"

Dong--

Dong Fangzhuo quickly gave the answer, pulled out an elevator ball arc with his right foot and directly knocked the ball towards the goal.

No angle!

The ball fell in the middle of the penalty area, so straight that it could not be straight.

Bang!

The ball bounced up near the penalty spot. Zheng Zhi stretched out his right leg but did not touch it. The ball flew past his eyes. Hao Junmin at the back point flew and missed the ball.

"Good ball."

"This ball may fly into the goal even if someone touches it. What a pity, it's such a pity."

"The free kicks are of too high quality."

Côte drew through a thrilling disaster, and then they slowed down the pace of the offense. It was unlikely to use blitz to solve the problem.

After the pace slowed down, the Chinese team's backcourt pressure also decreased a lot, but no one dared to relax. Kalu on the right took the ball and played a wall-to-walk cooperation with Yaya Toure, Zhu Ting's figure emerged.

boom--

Kalu tried to break through Zhu Ting with speed, but Zhu Ting directly hit him with his body.
To be continued...