The 2014 Brazil World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup. The competition was held from June 12 to July 13 in 12 cities in the football kingdom of Brazil.
This is the second time the World Cup has been held in Brazil since 1950, and the fifth time the World Cup has been held in South America since the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
In the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, the Brazilians won the championship at home, with the cheers of 200,000 home spectators in Maracanã, despite leading by one goal, but were defeated by the Uruguayans.
This has become an eternal pain in the hearts of Brazilians.
The 2014 World Cup is coming to Brazil again. All Brazilians are united in their determination to avenge their previous defeat and take advantage of their status as the host country to win the championship.
Among them, Neymar, who is hailed as the successor to the king of football, is the leader of the Brazilian team and is highly expected.
On June 12, the world's most anticipated 20th FIFA World Cup 2014 held its opening ceremony in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The opening ceremony lasted 25 minutes before the opening match began.
The opening match will be between Group A host Brazil and Croatia.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 3-1, Brazil won, and Neymar scored twice, which caused cheers from all Brazilians.
The next day, the World Cup group stage kicked off.
In the second match of the first round of Group A, Mexico beat Cameroon 1-0 and narrowly won 3 points.
Next, it is the turn of Group B, which is the group where the Chinese team is located.
The first game is between the defending champion and the uncrowned king, the Netherlands.
The whole world thought that this was a battle of equal strength.
As a result, after 90 minutes, the whole world was stunned by the score on the field.
5-1!
The world's top goalkeeper, Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas, was completely defeated, and the Orange Tulip Netherlands team beat the Spanish matadors 5-1.
The defending champions were slaughtered, and the Spanish dynasty that had won three consecutive World Series titles collapsed.
In particular, Van Persie's graceful and stunning long-range diving header conquered audiences all over the world and made countless viewers who watched a football match for the first time fall deeply in love with football.
At the end of the game, the Spanish team's distraught expressions were deeply imprinted in everyone's eyes.
After being placed in Group B with Spain and the Netherlands, the Chinese team, which had no confidence in qualifying, suddenly woke up.
After Spain was slaughtered 5-1 by the Netherlands, their mentality must have collapsed and they are no longer in good shape. Does the Chinese team have a chance to defeat Chile and Spain to qualify
Spain's crushing defeat gave the Chinese team hope of qualifying, and everyone was greatly encouraged.
The first condition for qualifying is to defeat Chile and then fight hard against Spain.
On the evening of June 13, 2014, the Cuiaba Pantanal Arena was packed with Chinese fans and overseas Chinese occupying the majority of the seats. Even though Chile is located in South America and playing at half home, they were no match for the Chinese fans in terms of numbers.
In the stands, stimulated by Spain's 1-5 defeat, Chinese fans, like the national football team players, saw hope of qualifying and were greatly encouraged. Before the game even started, they kept singing the national anthem, "Five-Star Red Flag" and other songs to create a home atmosphere for the Chinese team.
At home, at least 500 million Chinese people were watching the live broadcast, which is more than the number of viewers for the China VS Brazil match in the 2002 World Cup.
Because of Lu Wenbin's presence and the team's outstanding performance in last year's Confederations Cup, Chinese audiences have more expectations for the outcome of the game.
Everyone is waiting for the Chinese men's football team's first goal and first victory in the World Cup.
Among them are not only football fans, but also countless students, women and ordinary audiences.
Some companies, institutions and schools even gave people a holiday so that they could watch the Chinese national football team's World Cup matches and cheer for the Chinese team.
At 19:00 in the evening, with the referee's whistle, the second group match of the first round of Group B of the Brazil World Cup between China and Chile officially began.
The Chinese team plays in a 4321 formation, which can be changed according to the game situation.
When defending, Lu Wenbin is the central midfielder, using his superhuman stamina and physique, positioning, and defense to defend the middle and command the back line. The two forwards can also retreat to participate in the defense.
When attacking, Lu Wenbin can act as the attacking midfielder in advance, with two full-backs following up to assist, and two forwards reaching the forward line in advance, waiting for Lu Wenbin to deliver the ammunition, or making distraction runs and providing cover for Lu Wenbin's breakthrough and shooting.
Standing on the defensive midfielder line, Lu Wenbin can truly attack and defend, fully exerting his all-round offensive and defensive abilities.
The Chinese players, including Lu Wenbin, thought that Chile was the soft persimmon in this group and that China had a chance to win and then strive to defeat or draw with Spain to qualify.
But how can Chile be a soft persimmon
In the FIFA world rankings in May 2014, the Chilean team ranked 13th in the world, higher than many strong teams such as the Netherlands, France, the United States, Mexico, and Croatia.
The fact that they were able to beat Uruguay in the South American qualifiers and advance together with Argentina and Colombia has nothing to do with being a weakling.
The scenario that the Chinese team's media, fans and players had imagined, of easily defeating Chile and then competing with Spain to qualify, did not come true so easily.
As soon as the game started, Chile launched a massive attack on the Chinese team.
Lu Wenbin's ability to counterattack in mobile warfare and score goals directly from free kicks and corner kicks has always been a sword of Damocles hanging over Chile's head.
Therefore, the Chilean team must score a goal first to have more room for maneuver.
The Chinese team, led by Lu Wenbin, maintained a solid defense and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.
But before Lu Wenbin's counterattack could take effect, China's defense was broken by the Chilean team.
In the 12th minute, Chile played an excellent combination in the frontcourt.
Midfielder Aranquez and forward Sanchez made a wall pass to break through Lu Wenbin's defense and entered the penalty area, dribbled past the attacking goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, and then passed the ball across the goal.
Another forward Vargas and center back Wang Qiang rushed towards the ball at the same time, but neither of them touched it and the ball rolled past them.
After making a wall pass with Aranquez, Sanchez ran two steps sideways and followed up at the back post. He fell to the ground and shot the ball into the goal before central defender Zhao Peng cleared the ball.
The Chilean team scored the first goal and took a 1-0 lead over the Chinese team led by world superstar Lu Wenbin.
The Chinese team was reprimanded, while the Chileans cheered wildly, with the Chilean players running on the field to celebrate.
I didn't expect the Chilean team's attack to be so sharp.
South American teams are indeed all technical. Even with Lu Wenbin at the back, the opponent's technical attack still broke through the defense.
It seems that it is not easy to defeat Chile and get a chance to qualify.
Seeing that his teammates were a little distracted, Lu Wenbin quickly clapped his hands and yelled at his teammates to cheer up. There was still early time and the Chinese team still had enough time to equalize and reverse the game.
Encouraged by Lu Wenbin, the morale of his teammates was slightly boosted, and the silent Chinese fans in the stands began to applaud and shout slogans again, cheering for the Chinese team.