The top eight teams in this European Cup are:
Portugal, Greece, France, England, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Czech Republic.
Among them are many of Deng Kai’s former teammates.
Swedish center Ibrahimovic scored three goals in the group stage, especially the goal against Italy that was crucial.
The golden generation of the Czech team is already strong. Nedved was once competing with Deng Kai for the Ballon d'Or. Forwards Jan Kohler and Baros are both good at fighting.
Now we have the best goalkeeper in the Premier League and UEFA Cup, the wall of sighs in the Czech Republic - Cech!
This is their best chance to win the championship.
The German team was directly eliminated by the Czech team 2-1. In that game, Cech made 13 saves and 12 were successful. A super triple save in the 85th minute directly plunged the Germans into despair.
A team with a weak forward has a great chance of losing when encountering the Czech Republic!
England's green and yellow team is very capable, but it lacks a mainstay.
The 18-year-old Rooney scored twice in the second game, breaking the record of the youngest European Cup goalscorer set by Cristiano Ronaldo just recently.
This supernova, who was already outstanding in the Premier League this season, became famous in the European Cup.
Many media predict that he may become this year's Golden Boy Award.
Tell a ghost story, of course.
Deng Kai is only two months older than Rooney.
Many media predict that he is very likely to win this year's Golden Globe Award again.
Rooney: MMP! Can you please stop describing Kai and me together?
Quarterfinal draw.
The French team got this big gift package from the Greek team. The two teams are not at the same level at all. There is almost no possibility of the French team losing.
The Czech team was drawn against the Danish team. According to Cech's performance, it would be difficult for a team with a poor forward to beat the Czech Republic, and the Danish team obviously does not have a top forward.
England drew Sweden.
England's chances of winning are clearly greater.
This is almost always a draw of one strong and one weak, which makes people feel bored.
But the last group is really exciting.
Portugal VS Netherlands!
These are two championship-level teams.
Meeting them so early in the quarter-finals was really unexpected.
People couldn't help but sweat for the Portuguese team.
If England's biggest discovery is Wayne Rooney.
The biggest discovery of the Dutch team is Arjen Robben.
And compared to Rooney's role in England, Robben is even more important in this Dutch team.
However, the Dutch team currently has some problems.
Fighting in the locker room during big games is an old tradition.
This time it was Sneijder who had an opinion.
In the first round of the group stage, Dutch coach Advocaat gave young people a chance to perform.
Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben and others started.
And their performance is also quite good.
But starting from the second game, except for Robben, other Dutch young talents were shelved.
In the third game, Sneijder and Van der Vaart still did not get a chance to play.
Sneijder publicly expressed his dissatisfaction after the game.
He believes that with his ability and condition, he should definitely get a starting spot.
In the end, Advocaat strongly suppressed Sneijder's rebellion, saying that in the next game, Sneijder would not get any playing time.
This has deterred new generation stars such as Van der Vaart to a certain extent.
This also established the Dutch team's next starting lineup.
In fact, it is not just the Dutch team that has this problem. Many teams in this European Cup have similar problems. It just depends on whether they can solve them well.
In the past few years, world football has been in a transition period, and it has been the largest transition period in the past two decades.
Most famous players have retired or are about to retire.
Countless geniuses emerged.
The competition between new and old players is fierce.
The Portuguese team is almost the fastest for newcomers to rise to the top. Even Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo are not only rising to the top in Portugal, they are also rising quickly in the world football star system.
This problem is very obvious in the remaining Spanish, German, Dutch and other teams.
While the French and Italian teams have more and stronger superstars, the new generation is still suppressed and unable to get up.
This trend is also seen in the Brazilian team every week. The new generation can only form a second team to play in the America's Cup.
When we actually play in the World Cup, it will probably be the same lineup as in 2002.
"The big showdown!" Locked in Portugal VS Netherlands, Manchester United's top forwards are fighting among themselves. Who should have unlimited firing rights? 》
"Ruud van Nistelrooy has been dissatisfied with Ronaldo for a long time and believes that Ronaldo has blocked his bid for the Premier League Golden Boot! 》
"Cristiano Ronaldo once hinted that Ruud van Nistelrooy lacked more changes and could not give more help to his teammates! 》
"Portuguese Super League or Eredivisie?" This battle may determine who is the fourth league in Europe! 》
"The Ligue 1 and Bundesliga collapsed in the toilet crying!" The world's new stars are coming out of the Eredivisie, and the Portuguese Super League's points in the European war have surpassed the French Ligue 1! 》
"Midfield Battle!" The Netherlands and Portugal will hoard a large number of players in the midfield, and whoever wins the midfield wins the world! 》
Soon, the Portuguese team announced their starting lineup:
Deng Kai, Ronaldo, Figo
Deco, Viana
Castinha, Maniche
Carvalho, Kirop, Pepe
Baia
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Not many changes from before, but Rui Costa was replaced by Viana.
The presence of Portugal's golden generation in this team is getting weaker and weaker.
If Figo hadn't been the symbol of Portuguese football, he might have been replaced by Quaresma.
After all, the frontcourt of this team is enough to remind people of Sporting Lisbon's miracle super lineup!
They have a chemical reaction.
On the other side, the Dutch team also announced their starting lineup:
Van Nistelrooy
Robben, Davies, Cocu, Seedorf, Van der Meyde
Van Bronckhorst, Stam, De Boer, Heitinga
van der sar
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The Netherlands has one more midfielder than Portugal.
Not to mention Robben, he performed well in this tournament.
Van der Meyde is the Netherlands' No. 7 and is regarded as the flag-bearer of the Dutch team.
He is also the core of the offense at Inter Milan.
He's been one of the best edge rushers the past two years.
Some fans even call Ribery the French Van der Meyde.
The devil's wings formed by Van der Meyde and Robben can really fly together.
Of course, Van der Meyde has not performed so well in this tournament for the time being.
His presence is far less than that of teenager Robben.
Not to mention Cocu, the core of Barcelona's defense made great contributions to Barcelona during the chaotic period.
In the past two seasons, Barcelona has seen hope of revival in Ronaldinho and is likely to complete its reconstruction this summer.
Wild Boar Davis and Seedorf, both are versatile midfielders who can do anything.
Especially when he plays for Juventus, he plays for AC Milan and was a former teammate of Viana. They know the Portuguese team's midfield quite well.
The Dutch team's defense is equally solid. Although they are a little older, the players are in good condition.
On the whole, the Dutch team is dominated by veterans and has a small number of young players.
The Portuguese team is dominated by newcomers, supplemented by veterans.
(End of chapter)
