That night, Tang Jue did not return to the hotel where the team was staying. In order to relieve the pressure in the players, Domeneke announced on the night before the game that players could not go back to the hotel at night. The players shouted long live. After taking a shower, most of the players went to the hotel where the wife group checked in.

That night, Tang Jue and Alice were very affectionate, saying: This was a drill before the war.

Since this is the case, Tang Jue, who had been tolerating for several days, fought bravely in bed and killed Alice so hard that she collapsed on the bed. After the battle, Alice and Tang Jue quickly fell asleep. The next morning, at 7:30, after getting up, Tang Jue was energetic.

After washing up, he left Alice a note: Dear, I'm going to fight the enemy bravely! Wait for my good news!

When Tang Jue left Alice, he gently kissed her smooth forehead, for fear of waking her up.

...

July 1st is the second and last day of the quarterfinals. Two games in the second half will be held in the afternoon and evening. England and Portugal will be held at 5 pm at Gelsenkirchen to Schalke Stadium. Brazil and France will be held at 9 pm at Frankfurt Commercial Bank Stadium.

England and Portugal played first, and before the game, players from both sides expressed their views on the upcoming game in front of the media.

Gary Neville, the main right-back who is currently recovering from injury, calls on his teammates to seize the opportunity to advance to the semi-finals. He said: "We have Terry, Beckham and Rooney, and we certainly have confidence."

Neville also said there would be no excuse if England lost the game. And the World Cup will be held in South Africa in four years. The temperatures there are higher and England may also enter a death group, so this opportunity is the best.

In Portugal, striker Pauletta said they were ready. He also pointed out incisively that England goalkeeper Robinson will be the team's weakness.

England captain Beckham swore: "England will not repeat the mistakes of the 2002 Korean and Japanese World Cup and the 2004 European Cup, and will definitely defeat Portugal in tonight's game and enter the semi-finals." If England can reach the semi-finals, then Beckham will be the third England captain to lead the team to advance to the semi-finals of the World Cup after Bobby Moore in 1966 and Peter Hilton in 1990.

Four years ago, England lost to Brazil in the quarterfinals, which 10 people fought. Two years ago, England lost to the host Portugal in the quarterfinals and missed the European Cup championship.

Beckham said: "Every time we are eliminated at this stage, it is very painful. If this happens twice with Portugal, they will be very sad. But we cannot always think about what happened in the past, we must look forward. We must believe that we can defeat Portugal! We don't want to lose again at this stage, and we are determined to do better. It is always very difficult to be eliminated, your heart is hurting, that is very sad!"

Beckham admits that he occasionally swears during the game, but stressed that playing against Portugal is “a big game for everyone, and we must be prepared physically and mentally, and we must be fully prepared from the start of the game.”

Compared with England's pre-match practice of penalty kicks, the Portuguese had no such thing as having any worries about the possible penalty shootout. Captain Louis Figo threatened that they could eliminate England within the legal time to advance. In the 2004 European Cup, Portugal relied on goalkeeper Ricciardo's outstanding performance to eliminate England with penalty kicks.

This is also the third time England has fallen in front of the penalty shootout since the 1996 European Cup and 1998 World Cup. In addition, in the warm-up match before the World Cup, England's Lampard and Crouch missed penalty kicks one after another. Therefore, Portuguese star Figo believes that the result will be the same even if he plays the penalty this time. He said: "So far, we have not practiced penalty kicks. I would rather beat England within 90 minutes, and even if the game requires overtime, it is not a problem for us."

"It also depends on luck. We hope we have better luck than England," continued Figo. "In this competition, I think we have shown strong spiritual strength, and we will beat England no matter what method we use."

English fans are eager to avenge the team's defeat in Lisbon two years ago. Figo pointed out: "Everyone still remembers the past games, but that didn't help us. The outcome of such games usually depends on the details, so the most important thing is to focus on the game and not make mistakes."

In addition, due to injury in the red and yellow card battle against the Netherlands, Ronaldo had trained with the team yesterday, so whether he could participate in the quarter-finals with England was questioned. Figo said on Tuesday, "Ronaldo has improved a lot, and I hope his performance can help us play a great game against England."

Figo also added that with Deco and super midfielder Costinia, the value of a strong team will be tested when they are sent off against the Netherlands. "We have 23 players, and we currently have two players who are suspended and unable to play. But everyone in our team is important and we will do our best."

There will be war of words in every battle. The war of words between English and Portuguese players is much more elegant than that of France and Spain.

The match between England and Portugal has caused heated discussions in many media. The media called this game the focus battle. The team newspaper said this game: "This is destined to be a full of gunpowder game, because the head coaches and players of both teams are full of strong desire to win this game, and even more than usual.

At the same time, this is also the last chance for the departure of England coach Erikson to defeat Scolari after the World Cup. Otherwise, he will be defeated by his opponent three times in a row. In the previous two matches, Erikson lost to his opponent twice.

In the quarterfinals of the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, England led by Eriksen was led by Scolari and scored two goals in a row and was eliminated. In the 2004 European Cup in Portugal, Eriksen's England team lost to Portugal coached by Scolari in the quarterfinals.

For the English team members, this is their second best chance to reach the semi-finals since the 1990 World Cup in Italy, and it is also an excellent opportunity for them to avenge Scolari and Portugal. In the 2000 European Cup group stage, England was led by Portugal and scored three goals in a row and was tragically reversed.

Similarly, in the quarterfinals of the 2004 European Cup, Rooney ended up in the first half due to injury, which is considered the most fundamental reason why England lost the game. Now Rooney is standing in front of the Portuguese again. This time, Rooney has just returned from a toe bone injury. Judging from the current situation, he should be able to play at least 90 minutes of the game.

In this game, Rooney will be the single striker of England again. Because head coach Eriksson wants to continue to line up a midfield consisting of five players, just like the team eliminated Ecuador 1-0.

Gary Neville's return from injury allowed Eriksson to return to his familiar midfielder position as a midfielder. In order to curb Portugal's smooth pass, Hargreaves' active fight in the midfield will be crucial for the team's defense.

Faced with this focus battle, Scolari also had his own ideas. Two months ago, the FA invited Scolari to take over Eriksen's head coaching position after the World Cup, but he refused such a kind invitation. The outside world expressed discomfort about Scolari's resolute refusal. Now, a victory is the best defense.

Deco will be replaced by Figo. The veteran has shown his ability to tear open the opponent's defense in previous matches against England. Ronaldo has also returned from a thigh injury. He will serve as Portugal's left winger and will face his teammate Gary Neville when he was at Manchester United in the game.

How many red and yellow cards will appear in such a passionate game will depend largely on the attitude of Argentine referee Erizodo. At the World Club Championship held in 2000, he sent off Beckham, who was also playing for Manchester United at the time."

Most British media believe that due to Deco's absence, Portugal's midfield strength has been damaged. England has a slight advantage in strength. If the players can perform normally, it will not be difficult to defeat the opponent and advance to the semi-finals.

The Portuguese media believe that their team will defeat the arrogant England team and advance to the semi-finals.

At 5 pm, the game began after the whistle of Argentina referee Erizodo!

Both sides were very cautious at the beginning of the game, and did not invest too much force in the offense, but only made a tentative attack. As time passed, the pace of the game between the two sides accelerated and the scene became better. England mainly launched an attack through the right side.

England's offense focused on the right. In the 17th minute, Gary Neville threw the ball from the right side into the penalty area, and Beckhamser gave Lampard a cross from the bottom, but it was passed behind Rooney.

In the 19th minute, Figo made a long pass from the middle, Ronaldo cut into the penalty area from the left, facing the blocking of two Manchester United teammates Neville and Ferdinand, he shot with his left foot thirteen meters in front of the goal. In the 21st minute, Gerald passed the ball in the right side diagonally, and Lampard scored 9 meters in front of the goal without a direct kick, goalkeeper Ricardo confiscated the ball.

Figo returned to the middle lane from time to time to organize the dispatch. In the 39th minute, Figo cut into the penalty area from the left and drove away Lampard, and made a curve ball on the inside of his right foot 15 meters in front of the goal, slightly higher than the far corner!

In the 41st minute, Figo took a tactical corner kick from the right, Petit took the ball to the back post, and Carvalho headed the ball from 9 meters away from the goal and was about to miss the left post, but Robinson's exaggerated flying save caused him to lose his hand, fortunately, his teammates were around him.

In the 43rd minute, Beckham took a corner kick from the left, Joe Cole was tackled by Thiago on the top of the penalty area, and Thiago received a yellow card and was suspended for one game. Beckham hit a free kick with his right foot 21 meters in front of the goal. In the 45th minute, Joe Cole passed to the left rib, and Lampard's powerful shot with his right foot was confiscated by Ricardo.

At the end of the first half, neither side could break through the opponent's goal. After the half-time break, both sides entered the second half. Unexpectedly, after the ninety-minute game, the two teams were still zero to zero, so they had to enter overtime. Fans of both sides realized that the penalty kick might be a final match in this game.

English fans seemed full of confidence because their players specially conducted penalty kick training before the game. Half an hour later, the overtime game ended, and the score was still zero to zero. After yesterday afternoon, the quarterfinals again needed to use penalty kicks to decide the outcome.

Portugal laughed to the end in the penalty shootout. Lampard, Girard and Carragher lost the penalty kick. Portugal defeated England three-to-one and advanced to the semi-finals.

It was already 7:30 pm, and the French team was on their way to the Commercial Bank Stadium. Tang Jue looked at the live text broadcast on his mobile phone, breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at the tall buildings outside the window, and made a secret decision in his heart that he must defeat the powerful Brazilian team and meet with Ronaldo in the semi-finals to fulfill his promise to Ronaldo!
Chapter completed!