Chapter 318: Worthy of 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, it is like a pre-match ceremony, indispensable.
Listening to samba music in the dressing room before the game, and twisting the waist to the rhythm of the music, seems to be able to become more flexible during the game and feel better under the feet.
In the music, some people change clothes, some are playing ball barefoot, and others are praying to God.
In general, the dressing room has a harmonious and relaxed atmosphere.
This of course has something to do with their opponents in this game.
Algeria, the new World Cup team, ranks third in strength in this group. In other words, this is the second weakest team from the bottom.
Although they played well against the Chinese team in the first group match, their good performance in front of the Brazilian team is not worth mentioning.
The Brazilian team not only has to win Algeria, but also to win a big score, so that it will be convenient to compete with Russia for the first place in the group.
As a result, at this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from the noisy locker room:
"Russia did not win the Chinese team!"
The intense samba music seemed to pause for a while.
Someone turned to look at the teammate who made this exclamation, it was the main goalkeeper Victor Lemos.
After he made such a voice, it attracted the attention of others in the locker room.
"Don't be funny, Victor. How can Russia not even win the Chinese team?" Some of his teammates didn't believe him and said half-jokingly, "The Chinese team is just a Hu. Who else is there besides them? I know. You played against Hu in the Premier League, but you don't have to brag for him..."
"Shut up, Lima!" Lemos waved his cell phone to his teammate Lima Bidou, who was teasing him: "Believe it or not, wouldn't you turn on your phone and take a look?"
In fact, he does not need to say that, some of the teammates have already pulled out their mobile phones, ready to search for the results of the Russian and Chinese teams.
When they looked down at their mobile phones, Kendor Kabangka stood up to testify for Lemos: "Victor was right. Russia was tied 1:1 by the Chinese team."
Lemos is usually used to joking, and everyone will conditioned to think that he is pranking. But Kabangka said so...
Some fast-moving people have seen the game results refreshed on their mobile phones:
Russia 1:1 China
"God! It turned out to be true!" Exclaimed one after another in the locker room.
"To be honest, although I know that Russia's current strength is not as good as before, but I never thought that they would not even be able to win the Chinese team..."
"How did such a team tie us in the first round of the group stage?"
"Isn't that good? Our group is first stable."
"Yes, yes, this is good news!"
After the initial shock in the dressing room, the atmosphere became cheerful again.
The samba music continued, and the Brazil internationals continued to dance.
When seeing the results of the group draw, the Brazilian players knew that the only group that could threaten them was Russia.
Not to say how strong Russia is, but Russia’s football style is a headache for the Brazilian team.
The first group match also proved this. The two teams fought 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 unacceptable to this result. After all, their respective strongest opponents played in the first round, and the remaining two rounds of the group stage opponents are not as strong as their own, and they are entirely the object of their goal difference.
Whether it is Algeria or the Chinese team, it is not difficult to score three points.
So the key to deciding who the two teams can get the first in the group and who is second in the group lies in who can win a few more goal differences on these two weak teams.
In the case of all seven points, whoever has the most goal difference will get the first place in the group. Promoting to the knockout round as the first in the group, there is a greater chance of encountering a less powerful opponent in the eighth-finals, so that you can go further in the World Cup...
As a result, Russia has basically given up the first place in the group ahead of schedule because of the tie between Russia and China.
As long as the Brazilian team defeated Algeria and China, they could become the first in the group with seven points.
And Russia's best result is nothing more than five points ranked second.
This is absolutely good news for the Brazilian team.
In an atmosphere of renewed joy, Rafael Fonseca looked down at the latest game on his mobile phone. He remembered a conversation he had with Kabangka a few days ago at about five in the morning, about the Chinese team.
This team even drew Russia to a draw... You know, our Brazil team has not been able to win Russia. Then round up, isn't the Chinese team roughly equal to us?
If we were also tied by the Chinese team...Fonseca thought about the situation and found it hard to imagine what would happen. The Brazilian media and fans would drown them with saliva, right?
"Russia must be underestimating the enemy?" He asked the most likely possibility.
"It should be like this, otherwise, how could it be impossible to win the Chinese team?"
"I can't think of any other reasons..."
Teammates who hadn't watched the game gave him affirmative answers one after another.
Because this is indeed the only possible reason.
With the characteristics of Russia, how can it be impossible to win against the Chinese team, which is not outstanding in physical confrontation?
Failure to win can only be because Russia is proud and underestimates the enemy.
But Kabangka suddenly said: "Russia does not underestimate the enemy, it is the Chinese team that played well."
Someone asked him in surprise: "Kendall, you actually watched the live broadcast of the Chinese team?"
"I just took the time to watch some clips, and I didn't watch it in full. But just like the video of the game between them and Algeria that we have seen before, this team is a whole. It is on this point that they tied Russia. Yes. Oh, Hu didn't score a goal this time." The young Kabangka introduced to his teammates very seriously.
Because of the need to face Algeria, the coaching staff of the Brazil team previously let all players pass the video of the game between Algeria and China to get to know these two opponents at once.
So everyone can see that the overall tacit degree of the Chinese team is relatively high.
This point is actually well understood. After all, the Chinese team only has two players playing abroad, and the rest are playing in their home leagues. Naturally, they are more familiar and more able to cooperate.
But after listening to Kabangka’s words, it’s still hard to imagine how this Chinese team could withstand the indiscriminate bombing of the giant northern bear...
After all, no matter how high their tacit understanding is, it is impossible for a single player to suddenly become stronger!
He played so hard against Algeria and was able to tie the score entirely thanks to Hu Lai's super personal ability. If it hadn’t been for his super-world Bosen, which made all Brazilian players envious and jealous, the Chinese team’s declining morale and physical strength would have been dampened by Algeria...
Just such a team, you said he can prevent Ivan Romanov's bombing?
It's a hell!
Is their defense better than that of our Brazil team?
Even if this Brazilian team is not good at defensively, but the center-back combination composed of Luis Payson and Jose Amorim can't be the same level as the Chinese team's unknown defense line, right?
Luis Payson plays for the La Liga giants Catalonia, and Jose Amorim plays for the Bundesliga giants Ruhr Rhein. They are the absolute main players in their respective clubs and are by no means general.
But they still failed to block under Ivan Romanov's unreasonable impact and lost a goal.
If it hadn’t been for the overall level of Brazil’s team to be better than that of Russia, which would have caused Russia to pass a lot of chances, but the quality of the pass was too poor, and there were too few that could be accurately delivered to Romanov's head... Otherwise, the two central defenders would definitely do it. More embarrassed.
Now the two main central defenders looked at each other, and both saw deep doubts and a little shock in each other's eyes.
They didn't believe Kabangka's words. After all, Kabangka was not Lemos running the train with his mouth full, and he wouldn't make jokes about this kind of thing.
But the more so, the more they cannot understand how the Chinese team did it.
Their knowledge of the Chinese team is limited to Hu Lai. This is because Hu Lai helped Leeds win the Premier League title last season, and he himself won the Premier League Golden Boot. Their understanding is limited to this level of "cognition", and they have not personally played against Hu Lai.
Luo Kai, who scored in this game, had never heard of it before.
Kabangka could feel everyone's doubts and suspicions, but he did not explain further.
Anyway, before the final round of the group stage, the coaching staff will show everyone the video of the match between China and Russia to analyze the opponent.
So no matter if everyone believes it 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 believe it.
He does not worry about 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 is serious about it, the Chinese team will not be enough. Fearful thoughts.
Russia didn't underestimate the enemy in this game. Didn't it lose the ball as a result? And at the end of the indiscriminate bombing, wouldn't it be the same to take the Chinese team's defense line?
Even if the Brazil team is serious about it, these three points are not as easy to take as previously thought.
At this moment, the head coach Marcos Herner walked in with the coaching staff and was taken aback, because although there was music in the locker room, no one danced to the music...
Instead, they all looked serious.
This is a little different from the Brazilian locker room he is used to.
He smiled: "What are you doing? Knowing that Russia didn't win has put you under pressure?"
Although he didn't know what happened in the locker room, he could guess why everyone had this expression through normal logical reasoning.
"Alright. At least let you know that there is no team in the World Cup that is easy to deal with. Even if it is a new team that has never participated in the World Cup..." Herner shrugged and spread his hands. Take it seriously during the game. Remember, don't despise your opponents, even if you have never heard of them before, but when they stand in front of you, they are no longer anonymous!"
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In the Algeria locker room, head coach Jimmy Durand is telling his players about another group match that has just ended: "The Chinese team can draw against Russia under extremely unfavorable circumstances. Why can't we follow them? Draw with Brazil in the game? The Chinese team showed us the courage. Facing the impact of Romanov, their players were injured and did not give up. They successfully prevented the Russian attack...Are we worse than them? But they almost beat them! So what the Chinese team can do, we can do it too!"
The captain of the team, Iliye Saidli, stood up and shouted: "Come on! Let's show our courage and determination to the Brazilian team! Let's get rid of 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 Brazil and Algeria because the time was too late.
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, basically lined up to report to the physical therapist. The three physiotherapists from the national team are all in the battle, but they are still not in line and must wait.
Therefore, they do not have the objective conditions to gather and watch the live broadcast of the game.
Anyway, until tomorrow, the team coaching staff will let everyone watch the video of the game together.
Although the team does not organize everyone to watch the live broadcast together, there are always people who are more concerned. During dinner, they watched the live broadcast on their mobile phones.
"Fuck, Algeria is behind by three goals?!"
After turning on the live broadcast on the mobile phone, someone made such an exclamation.
"what?"
Everyone quickly gathered around ~EbookFREE.me~ The score was really 3:0, and the Brazil team led.
In fact, it is normal for Brazil to lead Algeria by three goals.
It's just that for the Chinese team players who just clung to a tie with Russia, they were a bit shocked:
We and Algeria are tied at 2:2, Brazil and Russia are tied at 1:1.
After the original draw with Russia, the players of the Chinese team were very upset and felt that they could play against the Brazil team.
As a result, we now see the Brazilian team leading the three-goal lead and their inextricable Algeria.
I can only say that it is worthy of being the kingdom of football, the favorite Brazilian team to win the championship!
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