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Chapter 588 The battle between cannons and iron walls! !
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5 shots in a game, 4 shots on goal frame, 3 goals.

This is the answer sheet that Li Rui handed over in the game against Spain. This data report is like a golden gilt character, highlighting a word:

Efficient killer!
When Mourinho was interviewed by the media, he also expressed his satisfaction with Li Rui, saying that Li Rui is now "more mature, smarter and more terrifying".

In this regard, Li Rui also said in an interview with the French "L'Equipe", "I told myself to cherish every offensive opportunity. As a shooter, it is shameful to waste any assists from teammates." '

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The first round of the group stage has passed, basically there is no big surprise, but France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Romania are in this death group, which is relatively chaotic. France and Romania's 0:0 tie , is the most boring game in the group stage, and the Netherlands' 3-0 victory over world champion Italy is even more unexpected to many people.

However, if you want to talk about the first round of the group stage, the most surprising and noteworthy game was England's 5:3 Spain game. Eight goals were scored in one game. It can be said to be unique. In modern football that advocates defense as the basis, the number of goals scored in this game is definitely a big exclamation point.

And the England team also relied on this game to suddenly attract the attention of those European giants who are likely to win the championship. Many team coaches who may meet the England team in the future have studied this game more than once. video.

I believe that the head coaches who have studied this game, they all come to a consensus: Li Rui is too tough, he is the engine of England's offense! !

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The head coach of the Greek team, Rehhagel, has studied the game videos of Spain and England many times. The head coach, who is known as Otto the Great, frowned.

In the last European Cup, the Greek team relied on a rock-solid defense to kill and attack all the way, killing all the giants, and finally miraculously reached the top of Europe.

However, the Greek team can be called the weakest defending champion in the history of the European Cup. This point was recognized by the media before the start of this cup.

The Greek team's first group match against Sweden seemed to prove this point. With Ibrahimovic's outstanding performance, the Swedish team won the defending champion 2:0.

This defeat also put the Greek team in a great predicament, which means that the Greek team must defeat England and Spain in the next game, so that they can take the initiative to advance to themselves hands.

However, this difficulty is too great, even comparable to the miracle of the Greek team winning the last cup!
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Rehhagel knows very well that the greatest strength of his Greek team lies in its defense. In the last cup, the reason why the Greek team was able to win the championship was their defense. Facing the concrete-like defense of the Greek team, many wealthy teams scored goals. Inexperienced, he was successfully attacked by the Greek team and had to be eliminated unfortunately.

However, if the Greek team was still mysterious in the last European Cup, in this cup, the defending champion has no secrets for other teams.

To deal with the Greek team, each team has long had a recognized plan, that is, to score a goal, and only need to advance by one goal, then the Greek team will have no chance, and the Greek team's defensive counterattack will lose when the score is behind. the greatest threat.

Of course, it is still difficult to score the goal of the Greek team. After all, the defense of this team is still very good.Although after the last European Cup, two champion players on the defensive line retired, but the Greek-style defense that Rehagel devoted himself to build is still very skillful, and this is what Rehagel is most proud of.

only--

Rehhagel looked at the black-haired star in the video of Biwho, and watched him use three ways to score goals in a game, hitting the football into the handle of Iker Casillas, one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Goal, the head coach of the Greek team feels that he has a severe headache because:

He didn't have much confidence in his team's ability to defend against Li Rui.

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On June 6th, Li Rui was wearing shorts and laying leisurely on a deck chair in the hotel swimming pool. Beside him was Jessica, while Little Jack was lying on the water bed, giggling.

In the vicinity of the hotel, there are countless shots aimed at this place. The number one European Cup star and his family had a happy family, and countless filmmakers were murdered.

Enjoying the relaxation after the big battle, Li Rui felt a burst of physical and mental happiness. He had to admit that the European Cup is indeed a wonderful stage, and he brought Li Rui an unprecedented feeling.

This is different from the feeling of the Champions Cup. On this stage, Li Rui feels more attention and greater influence, which makes him more excited and wants to show his football talent, or to use a common saying Say:

Li Rui had a great time! !

If the European Cup is like this, what should the World Cup feel like?Li Rui jumped into the swimming pool and stroked his back. Looking at the blue sky of Innsbruck with white clouds floating, it was very beautiful. He was thinking, the World Cup must be even more beautiful...

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In the afternoon, Li Rui and Jessica walked out of the hotel together. The two pushed the specially customized mountain bike. Little Jack wore a pair of cartoon sunglasses and looked at the world curiously.Looks like a celebrity.

I plan to go to the scenic spots deep in the foothills of Innsbruck, which is deep in the mountains of the Alps, with a magical landscape that is rarely seen elsewhere.

This can be regarded as a rare family travel activity after the game.

When they just walked out of the hotel, fans who had been waiting outside the hotel for a long time swarmed up. They held up small notebooks and asked for Li Rui's autograph. Digital cameras kept flashing. Many of them were captured by the cute little Jack attracted.

This kind of hot scene made Li Rui a little unexpected. He didn't expect that he would be surrounded by fans before he came out of the hotel. According to his idea, as long as he got into the car that Jessica flew in from Manchester , nothing will happen.

This enthusiastic scene surprised Li Rui, so he had no choice but to stop, sign and shake hands with the fans one by one, and took photos with the fans.

However, there are more and more fans, and it is about to cause riots. Li Rui and Jessica looked at each other helplessly. It seems that it is impossible to go out today, and Little Jack seems to be surrounded at this time The fans were shocked and started crying.

At this time, the security guards also arrived, so Li Rui had no choice but to return to the hotel with Jessica. It seemed that he could only stay in the hotel.The England team will go from Innsbruck to Salzburg, where the next group match will be played against Greece, tomorrow. The two want to play Innsbruck, and it is estimated that they will have to wait until next time.

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Although Mourinho asked the team to return to their respective rooms in the hotel before 10 pm, but at [-] pm, the players returned to the hotel one after another.

At 06:30 in the evening, the second match day of Group A was about to start, and the players spontaneously watched the match in front of the TV.

"They're all back?" Mourinho was watching the video of the game, even though he had watched it many times, it was the video of the game between Greece and Sweden.

"I'm back." Brito nodded. He just walked around outside and saw that the players had already returned to the hotel.

Mourinho nodded with satisfaction, and continued to meditate, thinking about the game against the Greek team.He asked the players to come back before 10:21, as long as the players come back before this time, even if someone comes back at 59:[-] in the evening, Mourinho will not be angry, but seeing the players take the initiative to come back earlier, it is possible Watching the game honestly and spontaneously, or just playing bridge in the room after returning, this also satisfies the madman, which shows that he has established prestige in this team, and the players are afraid of the head coach. It's not a good thing, but it's better than disrespecting the head coach!
What's more, 'fear', to a certain extent, means awe and respect!
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Li Rui was lying in the room, watching the TV screen, the match between Portugal and Czech Republic was about to start, and the commentator was still telling the history and origin of the battle between the two teams.

"The last time the Portuguese beat the Czech Republic was in October 1984..."

Li Rui was a little surprised when the commentator said this. In his opinion, Portugal is stronger than the Czech Republic. Unexpectedly, it has not won against the Czech Republic for more than 20 years.

Li Rui did not grow up in Europe. He is not very clear about the history of European football. In fact, the Czech Republic has always been in European football and is a force that cannot be ignored. Italy also lost to them.

At the other end of the sofa, Rooney leaned there, his mouth was not idle, the little fat man liked to eat snacks, and he had to chew something in his mouth for half an hour in the 60 minutes.

"Just eat. When the time comes, you will be overweight and the boss won't let you play. It's too late to cry." Li Rui glanced at the little fat man.

"The unlucky Czech." Rooney ignored Li Rui and pouted.This is the Czech team conceded a goal.

In the 8th minute, Deco launched an attack from the left side of the frontcourt. After C Rod got the ball, he hit the wall with Gomez. The Czech player Rozenal tackled the ball, but it was empty. With a strong shot, Czech goalkeeper Cech blocked the football, but the football fell to Deco's feet. Cech's second reaction was quick, and then he turned around and prepared to pounce from Deco's feet again. Deco shot hastily. The shot wasn't powerful, but the ball bounced off Jankulovski's heel and bounced into the net between his legs, so the little fat man muttered that the Czech was out of luck.

The commentator is also repeatedly lamenting the unlucky Czechs. You must know that Deco's goal is also the second goal conceded by the Czech team in the last 9 non-warm-up matches.

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"I bet the Czechs will equalize in the first half." Li Rui said to Rooney, "How about it? Bet or not?"

Looking at the next game, Li Rui noticed that although the Czech was behind, he was not too impatient, but showed good cooperation and football quality. He was idle and bored, and said to Rooney.

"How much to bet?" The little fat man suddenly regained his spirits. In the England team, Rooney and Owen are well-known "gamblers". There was a lot of trouble at the time, but because Irving did not bet on the England game, but bet on the French team's game, the English Football Association did not punish Owen in the end.

After Owen, the little fat man also took over the mantle of gambling. This guy is extremely gambling, no, when he heard Li Rui said that he wanted to gamble, his eyes lit up.

"100 pounds." Li Rui shook his finger. He was just idle and bored, and had no interest in gambling. He didn't want to gamble with the little fat man. "It's just 100. I like to gamble."

I have to admit that Rooney's gamble is really big. Although the little fat man pouted, obviously thinking that Li Rui's bet was too insignificant, he still nodded in agreement.

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In the 17th minute, the Czech team attacked. Baros, the golden boot of the last European Cup, had his shot saved by Ricardo, and the Czech team took a corner kick.

Li Rui joked to the little fat man, "Be careful, it's 100 pounds."

The little fat man rolled his eyes, "If the Czech can score with this corner kick, I will give you 1000 pounds!" Obviously, he didn't think the Czech would score with this corner kick.

You know, before the little fat man finished speaking, the Czech player Placiel took a corner kick from the right. , Sionco leaned forward beautifully at the back point. For this header, Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo did not respond at all.

The Czech team took advantage of this corner kick and really equalized the score!
Li Rui himself was also a little dumbfounded. He just teased the little fat man, but he didn't expect his character to be so good. Well, to be precise, it should be the Czechs who are really fucking saving face. Unexpectedly, they really scored a goal.

Li Rui laughed, and hugged the little fat man in his arms, "Don't forget, 1000 pounds." Li Rui's children's shoes also didn't realize that his behavior was really friendly and ambiguous '.

"Damn it!" the little fat man muttered angrily, and then continued to bet unwillingly, yelling that he wanted to bet that Portugal would win the game.

Li Rui laughed and said don't forget the 1000 pounds, but he didn't want to continue to gamble.

I only hated the little fat man's teeth itching, but there was nothing he could do.

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In the end, in this game, Portugal defeated the Czech Republic 2:1, extending the team's unbeaten record in official games (non-warm-up matches) to 13 games, and became the first team to advance to the quarter-finals. , if Turkey beats Switzerland, then Portugal will also be able to advance one round and secure the top spot in the group.

This is the 65th minute of the game, when Portugal attacked, Deco made a cross from the right, and C-Ronald scored his first goal in this European Cup with a strong low shot from the left corner of the goal from 17 meters from the edge of the penalty area. It was also his 21st national team goal.

Seeing Ronaldo scoring a goal, Li Rui is also a little happy. He and Ronaldo have competed with each other, and even had some conflicts, to cooperate on the court, and then to have a tacit understanding. The two can be said to be a little sympathetic to each other. Li Rui Those who know Ronaldo's strength are sincerely happy that he was able to score his first personal goal in this European Cup.

After seeing the end of the game, Li Rui sent a text message to Ronaldo, congratulating Portugal's advance to the quarterfinals and Ronaldo's goal.

Two hours later, in another game, the host Switzerland team lost 1:2 to Turkey. In this case, Portugal also secured the top spot in the group one round ahead of schedule.

The Swiss team also lost both games and was out of the group one round ahead of schedule. The Swiss team also became the host of the first group eliminated in the history of the European Cup.

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On the second day, the whole England team took a bus to Salzburg, Austria, where the group match and the Greek team's game venue are located.

On the morning of arriving at the hotel, the team arranged the rooms for each player. After lunch, they had a simple rest for an hour. In the afternoon, the whole England team went to the training ground for training.

After a simple group training, Li Rui asked England's substitute goalkeeper, who was his friend Carson when he was at Leeds United, to help him practice shooting.Carson is naturally willing to help his friend with this request, and to be honest, in the training with Li Rui, Carson was certainly hit hard, because Li Rui's shooting is really tricky, but this is also a practice of saving action, and even It is a good opportunity for awareness. After all, a top shooter like Li Rui is also very rare for a goalkeeper.

Time always flies when you're serious about training.At the end of the training, Carson couldn't stand Li Rui's perverted shots anymore. He didn't want to be abused any longer, so Li Rui had to play a small goal and put a lot of footballs in front of the goal to practice by himself.

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"Seven hundred and one... seven hundred and two..."

While muttering silently, Li Rui was sweating profusely.

Mourinho shouted: "Lee!"

Li Rui looked back at his coach, panting heavily.

"It's time to go back." Mourinho waved.

Only then did Li Rui see that his teammates were packing up their equipment and preparing to go back. The England training ground was owned by the Salzburg club. After training here, the whole team needed to take a bus back to the hotel where they were staying.

Although Mourinho is very satisfied and appreciates Li Rui's extra training, but Li Rui's extra training time should not be too long.Otherwise, it will affect the work and rest time of the whole team.

Li Rui agreed, and began to bend over to carry a big net bag, and put away the footballs that he kicked everywhere.

Seeing the sweat slowly sliding down Li Rui's cheeks, Mourinho also admired him in his heart. People outside said that Li Rui's achievements were envious of this young man and regarded him as an idol, but who really knew , Li Rui silently paid for this...

Li Rui really worked hard, and this is the biggest secret of his success. There are many talented players, but those who are truly successful are all willing to endure hardship and work hard.

Although you may not be able to succeed if you work hard, but if you don't work hard, you are doomed to fail. This is an eternal law! !

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That night, the entire England team watched the second round of Group B of the European Cup.

Germany, which won the first round, had a direct dialogue with Croatia. This game also attracted the attention of the entire England team, because the England team suffered a lot from Croatia in the European Cup qualifiers. Therefore, in this game, the England team subconsciously Everyone hopes that the Croatians can kill Germany. This is not only because Germany is England's deadly enemy, but also because of the childish idea that Croatia embarrasses England. If the Germans win Croatia, doesn't it mean that the Germans will step on On the head of the England team, although such an equivalent substitution is unscientific, this feeling is like this. Therefore, based on this, the English have become fans of Croatia this time!

The result of the game also made the England team happy. The result of this game was that Croatia beat Germany 2-1.

In the first half of the game, Croatian player Srna opened the scoring. In the second half, Olic scored another goal to help Croatia lead 2-0.Podolski pulled back a consolation goal for the German team, and in stoppage time, German midfielder Schweinsteiger received the first red card of the game.

In the end, Croatia achieved its first victory over Germany in 10 years.

In the ensuing match, Poland drew 1-1 with Austria, helping Croatia lock in the first place in the group ahead of schedule, and Austria also retained the last hope of advancing to the quarter-finals. In the case of the other host Swiss team being eliminated, Austria We have to carry the banner of rectifying the name of the host country! !
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Although there are still two days before England's second match in the group stage, the match against the defending champion Greece, the English media has already begun to hype the match between England and Greece.

The newspapers bought by everyone in England will remind everyone in a prominent position how many hours are left before the match between England and the defending champion, and what news has come out of the two teams...

Although the Greek team is considered by many media to be the weakest defending champion of the European Cup over the years, the Greek team is always the defending champion!
The English media and fans still have great expectations and enthusiasm for England's victory over the defending champions!

The "Times" even said directly——

This is a collision between Li Rui's core England attack line and Greece's concrete defense!

A war of cannons and iron walls! !
(End of this chapter)