Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The whole team is Southgate's collective activity for team cohesion, and although Li Qing and Alexander-Arnold's £1,000 verbal bet is not conducive to the image of the England national team, it is a very good way to do it from the perspective of the team atmosphere.

£1,000 is not enough for a day's salary for these players, taking Alexander-Arnold after the contract extension as an example, that is, less than two hours of salary income, a small gamble.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Portugal, Diego Costa equalised for Spain in the 23rd minute, and just before half-time, Ronaldo's pitch to the top of the penalty area sliced De Gea's butter hand and the ball rolled into the back of the net, making it 2:1 on the scoreboard.

In the second half, Diego Costa headed home from Sergio Busquets in the seventh minute of the second half to help Spain equalise.

The scoreboard showed that the score became 2:2, and almost all the English players in the multi-purpose room looked at Li Qing.

The corners of Arnold's mouth twitched slightly, and he said a little uneasy: "Is my £1,000 lost?"

"Of course. "

Li Qing frowned and said, "Surrender and lose half, will you come?"

"I don't believe it's 3:3!"

Alexander-Arnold held his head high, clearly not believing that this game would result in a high-scoring draw.

Two minutes later, Nacho, who had given Cristiano Ronaldo a penalty at the start of the first half, met the ball cleared by the Portuguese player and volleyed the ball through the gap, hit the far post and bounced into the net.

"Hey~"

Li Qing bumped Alexander-Arnold on his left shoulder: "Alexander, now Spain is overtaking, as long as the Portuguese players can equalize until the end of the game, I will win......"

"Portugal is obviously not as strong as Spain, what if Spain expands the score?"

"It's not out of the question. Li Qing shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't play tricks when the time comes." "

The concentration of the English players was once again put back on the huge LCD screen, and Portugal, who were behind the scoreline, consciously stepped up their attack in the restarting game, and strengthened the attack by switching to Quaresma, but the effect was not obvious.

Spain, who led the score, naturally wanted to extend their advantage, but the offensive performance was not good enough, and the game did not change until the 85th minute, and Arnold took the opportunity to say proudly: "I'll just say it...... How could the two teams be tied by a big score. "

After that, he changed his words again and returned the ridiculous words that Li Qing had originally said: "Li, do you want to ...... Surrender and lose half?"

As soon as the words fell, a piercing whistle came from the speaker, Arnold turned his head to look, only to see the referee Roki pointing in the direction of De Gea's goal, that is to say, Portugal won a direct free kick in front, and Ronaldo fell to the ground about half a meter in front of the top of the arc of the penalty area.

"Damn, Cristiano Ronaldo shouldn't have really scored a hat-trick, right?"

Arnold was incredulous.

Li Qing shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why not?"

With a whistle from referee Roki, Ronaldo helped to run and kick the ball, and the football he kicked out was different from the usual Minxian, this time the footwork used was the inside of the instep.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored the goal, spread out and ran wildly all the way, venting the ecstasy brought by the hat-trick.

Cristiano Ronaldo set multiple records by scoring a hat-trick at 33 years and 130 days, becoming the first player in La Liga to score a hat-trick against Spain and the third Portuguese player to score a hat-trick at the World Cup.

This hat-trick was the 51st of Cristiano Ronaldo's career and the 6th for the Portuguese national team.

The final score was fixed at 3:3, and Li Qing stretched out his right hand towards Arnold at the moment of the full-time whistle, palm up.

"What do you mean?"

Arnold was sloppy, and Li Qing said: "1,000 pounds, everyone can call the shots, don't cheat." "

Facing the playful eyes of his teammates, Arnold had no choice but to transfer 1,000 pounds to Li Qing through online banking, and Li Qing borrowed flowers to offer Buddha: "When the group stage with Argentina is played tomorrow, I invite you to eat top food in the hotel." "

"Mighty as you!"

Henderson gave a thumbs up.

After a brief frolic in the media room, the England players returned to their rooms to prepare for tomorrow afternoon's clash with Argentina at the Spartak Arena.

The players walked to the elevator one after another, and Southgate suddenly stopped Li Qing: "Lee." "

"Huh?"

Li Qing and the rest of his teammates looked back at manager Southgate curiously.

Southgate didn't care that the players looked back, and he asked in a joking tone: "Cristiano Ronaldo has set the record for the oldest hat-trick in the World Cup, will you set the record for the youngest goal in the World Cup tomorrow?"

Harry Kane, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Raheem Sterling, Vardy and other players all looked at Li Qing, who lowered his head in contemplation and did not answer immediately.

Southgate nodded slightly in his heart, in fact, he asked this to see if Li Qing was too proud, and now it seems that he is thinking too much.

After about ten seconds, Li Qing looked up at Southgate solemnly, then the corners of his mouth rose, and he smiled: "Boss, do you want to see a half-time hat-trick or a full-time hat-trick?"

“......"

Southgate told himself in his heart that Li Qing was indeed the sharp-edged genius boy.

But then again, such a Li Qing is the real Li Qing.

If he was as humble as the other players, would he have scored so many goals?

So Southgate already has a bottom in his heart for tomorrow's game, playing Argentina in the first round?

Must Win!

The next morning, the England squad ate at the hotel at 8 p.m. on a nutritious breakfast and carbohydrates essential for the game in preparation for the first Group D group game against Argentina at 4 p.m.

About an hour later, the whole team went to the hotel gym to adjust the state of the players' body muscles.

It may be necessary to use every muscle in a football match, but the core muscles at critical times can ensure that players can perform at a high level of performance.

At one o'clock in the afternoon local time in Russia, Group C played the first game, the most valuable and favorite France of this World Cup faced Australia at the Kazan Stadium, and after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the French team, which was not in very good shape, won the game 2:1 with Griezmann and the opponent's own goal.

As soon as the match ended, two feuding teams, England and Argentina, arrived at the Spartak Arena in their respective buses.

Many TV stations with the rights to broadcast the World Cup have been connected to the signal in advance to see the players from both sides entering the stadium to warm up.

He Wei, the commentator of Xi Tianchao Channel 5, was ecstatic: "The Anglo-Argentine war will start soon, are you ready in front of the TV?"

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