The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 133 Columbia
This time Brazil did not disappoint the tens of thousands of Brazilian fans.

In the end, after 90 minutes of confrontation, Brazil defeated the Netherlands 2-1. Neymar's lore in the 87th minute helped Brazil get the tickets for the quarter-finals. Sadly, he went back home.

Although the score in this game was very close, Brazil had an advantage in various statistics throughout the game. This game also rekindled many Brazilian fans' hopes for the team.

"We did encounter a lot of problems in the group stage. Our players were under a lot of pressure from the outside world in the local games. Of course, now they have learned how to deal with these pressures. Everyone has returned to the team again. They are on the right track, and I believe they will perform better and better in the next games.” Scolari was also very happy after the game.

Four hours after the end of this powerful dialogue, the fourth quarter-finals of this World Cup kicked off at the Pernambuco Arena.

The biggest dark horse, Costa Rica, thoroughly deduces the true colors of the dark horse to the end.

In fact, Costa Rica's opponent Greece in this game is strictly speaking a dark horse. What Greece really remembers in European football is the European Cup in 04. That time the great Rehhagel led Greece to create a myth.

But in the history of the World Cup, Greece has entered the World Cup more often than Costa Rica. This World Cup is the third time that Greece has entered the top 32 of the World Cup, while Costa Rica is the fourth time.

Similarly, this World Cup is the first time that Greece has reached the top [-] of the World Cup. The previous two times they failed to qualify in the group, and this World Cup is the second time that Costa Rica has reached the top [-] of the World Cup.

It was such a dark horse vs. dark horse game. In the end, the two sides fought hard for 120 minutes. After regular time and overtime, the two sides drew 1-1 and finally entered the first penalty shootout of this World Cup.

In the end, in this cruel penalty shootout, Costa Rica succeeded in continuing the true qualities of the dark horse. It defeated Greece 5-3 on penalty kicks, so Costa Rica also reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time.

They will face host Brazil in the next quarter-finals.

It was such a game that seemed to open the door to a defensive battle in the World Cup. Among the four quarter-finals that followed in the other half, except for the game between France and Nigeria, all were resolved within regular time. The other three games were all inconclusive within regular time.

France defeated Nigeria 2-0 and successfully won a ticket to the quarter-finals.

In a game closely related to them, Germany played against Algeria. The two sides tied 90-0 in 0 minutes of regular time. However, in overtime, the two sides scored three goals in 30 minutes of overtime. In the end, Germany defeated Algeria 2-1 and thus met the French team in the quarter-finals.

On July 7, local time, the last two quarter-finals were played one after another.

The final two games were decided in overtime.

Argentina played against Switzerland. In the 118th minute, Messi assisted Di Maria and scored a lore goal. Argentina eliminated Switzerland 1-0.

Belgium played against the beautiful country. In the end, with the money of De Bruyne and Lukaku in overtime, Belgium sent the beautiful country back to its hometown 2-1, thus meeting Argentina in the quarter lore.

With the end of this game, the top eight teams of the 20th World Cup are also released. The eight teams of Wales, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Argentina, and Belgium have become the top eight teams of this World Cup. .

According to the schedule of the game, the quarter-finals between Wales and Colombia will officially start at 7 pm local time on July 4th.

Before that, the duel between Germany and France will start first.

As time passed by little by little, the day of the game finally came.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the match between Germany and France kicked off at the Maracana Stadium.

Both Germany and France performed very well in this World Cup. So far, both teams are the favorites to win this World Cup. Both teams appeared in the group stage with two wins and one draw. , France scored one more goal than Germany, and both teams conceded two goals.

This strong dialogue game will be a very anxious game in the eyes of many people.

After the game started, no one expected that the French team would lose the ball very early. In the 13th minute of the game, Hummels helped the German team get a goal lead.

And this goal eventually became the only goal of the game. Although the German team faced the crazy attack of the French team in the next game, they finally kept the lead.

In the end, Germany defeated the French team 1-0 and successfully entered the semi-finals of this World Cup.

Colombia actually does not have a good reputation among the traditional strong teams in South America. For a long time, as long as everyone talks about South American teams, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil are the top three in South America that everyone will often mention, and Colombia's results have always been better. Worse than these three teams.

The 90s and 90s of the last century should be Colombia's most glorious period. The emergence of stars such as Valderrama and Higuita made Colombian football achieve very good results. It reached the top [-] for the first time in the [-] World Cup. .

But after these stars faded out one after another, Colombia's football returned to mediocrity again. The only good result was winning the America's Cup in 01.

This World Cup is the first time Colombia has entered the World Cup finals after 16 years, and it is the second time after 90 years that Colombia has reached the top [-] of the World Cup.

The star player in the team is Ronaldo.

Before the start of the group stage, Colombia was not favored because the team's main striker, Falcao, was injured. However, in the group stage, Colombia faced Greece, Côte d'Ivoire and Neon, but it played a dominant level. In the game, they won all three games, scored 9 goals and conceded 2 goals. They became one of the four teams with complete victories in the group stage together with the Netherlands, Belgium and Argentina.

This also gives Colombian fans enough confidence.

Especially in the quarter-finals, facing Uruguay, also a South American team, Colombia defeated Uruguay with a score of 2-0, which gave Colombian fans hope.

(End of this chapter)