The Chinese team's World Cup trip ended, and they took the opportunity to return to China two days later, but the World Cup continues.

Italy, which eliminated the Chinese team, did not realize their dream of winning the championship. The hard battle with the Chinese team consumed too much of their energy. In the quarter-finals, they were defeated by the French team led by Zidane and eliminated.

The French team won the same hard, but they were a little bit luckier than the Italians.

However, Brazil where Kaka is located encounters a real strong enemy. Their opponent in the quarter-finals is his old enemy - Argentina.

The game attracted the attention of more than one billion TV viewers, which was the highest level of collision. Before the game, even FIFA President Blatt lamented that the early encounter between the two teams was a loss for this World Cup: "This should be two teams that entered the finals."

Pele and Maradona also came out to support their respective teams, but the two were slightly different. Maradona firmly believed that Argentina would win the final victory. The famous "Crow Mouth" Pele was very "moderate" and believed that Argentina would win and predicted that Argentina would win the World Cup.

His prediction caused a huge panic in the hearts of Argentina fans around the world. Many Argentine fan groups even issued statements strongly condemning Pele's inhumane behavior and demanding that he withdraw his predictions of Argentina's performance.

But Pandora's magic box has been opened, how can it be easily closed?

So, following his words, Brazil defeated his old rival Argentina 3:2 in the quarterfinals to advance to the semi-finals. It maintained a 100% winning rate against Argentina in the World Series for three consecutive years. Argentina lost to Brazil again in major competitions after the Copa America and the Federation Cup.

Kaka performed very well in this game, his breakthroughs and passes caused so much trouble for the Argentine defenders that Cambiaso had to rely on fouls to stop him.

This was a very exciting offensive battle. Both sides seemed to have forgotten that this was the World Cup, put the defense aside and attacked with all their might. Five goals were scored, and the ball was wonderful.

This game became the most classic game in this World Cup and also made Kaka's position in international football. He is the best player in this star-studded game. With one goal and two assists, 70% of Brazil's offense is directly or indirectly related to him.

As a midfielder, he drove Ronaldinho to the forward line, and Adriano could only sit on the bench with depression.

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The finals were played without any suspense between the best-performing team and the most popular host.

Brazil vs Germany.

It seems to be a replica of the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, and the German media kept shouting "revenge" after learning the results of the match.

Under the training of Klinsmann, the German team has replenished fresh blood. The team's new and old combination is reasonable, which is much higher than the German team in Portugal two years ago. After training in the Federation Cup, they are indeed capable of challenging the Brazilian team.

Brazil came with the dream of a six-champion title. The whole team and the whole country seemed very confident about adding another moment to Venus on their chests. The only regret is that Kaka could not appear in the World Cup finals. Because he accumulated yellow cards in the semi-finals, he was suspended by FIFA for one game.

But Brazil also has Ronaldinho, who is a very, very outstanding front midfielder. After he retreated to play the front midfielder, Adriano started and partnered with Ronaldo with the striker.

This time Bailey also said that he was optimistic about Brazil, but no one blamed him anymore because his "curse" was invalid for his team in his motherland.

Ronaldo said long before the World Cup that this will be his last World Cup. After the World Cup, he will officially withdraw from the national team and give his position to the juniors. Therefore, the whole team hopes to use a World Cup to see Ronnie off, thanking him for everything he has done for the Brazilian team over the past twelve years.

But the impact of Kaka's absence was something no one expected before the game. Without him, the Brazilian midfielder lacked a kind of speed and strength. Ronaldinho can make the Brazilian team more artistic and beautiful. Kaka can make the team run and run at high speed, making it more impactful and aggressive.

The Germans played with a "revenge" mentality. The revenge of the Korean and Japanese World Cup and the Federation Cup will be avenged today. They are both very big and even almost rude, but the referee does not call a foul. On the one hand, the Germans have a good grasp of the position, and on the other hand, it is the so-called "home court advantage".

For Ronaldinho, who is used to playing ball in La Liga, he seems to be unable to adapt to such a fierce defense and is unable to find his form for a long time.

On the contrary, the German team was very proactive from beginning to end. They kept pressing against Brazil to play amid the crazy cheers of tens of thousands of fans across the game. As long as the Brazilian team got the ball, they would definitely be unscrupulous booing and scolding.

This is also part of the home court advantage.

Barack said before the game that he wanted to use a goal to complete his revenge, and today he did it. Teammate Kulanyi created a penalty kick, which he took and scored in one go. When he scored the goal, the entire Berlin Olympic Stadium seemed to be shattered by the cheers.

Then, the German team maintained the advantage of this goal until the end with its tenacious defense, rough fouls, and cheers from home fans!

The Brazilian's proud offense was helpless against the eleven German defenders.

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the Berlin Olympic Stadium was in full swing. The German team defeated Brazil 1:0 with the host's advantage and won the World Cup for the fourth time!

This was a night that made the Brazilian sad. Kaka was already crying on the bench like a tearful person. He really regretted that if he had not stretched out his foot impulsively, he would not have had the yellow card, maybe this would not be the result now.

He also experienced everything Zhang Jun experienced half a month ago today. He has also personally experienced it. Since being selected for the Brazilian national team, it has been a beautiful memory. This time was the first painful failure in his national team career. And it is precisely because he did not play that this memory of failure is even more unforgettable.

But all the bystanders have reason to believe that this young player who has not played will become stronger after this failure. South Africa will definitely make a comeback in four years. At that time, the world will wait to see him engrave his name in the history of the World Cup.

The 2006 World Cup in Germany fell into the curtain amid the background music of "We Are Champions" and the Germans' sleepless cheers and celebrations.

All awards have winners.

The German team not only won the World Cup championship, but also captain Barack also won the World Cup Golden Ball Award. Brazil won the runner-up, Ronaldo, the team's top scorer, became the Golden Boot with six goals, and Kaka won his first personal honor in the World Championship - the World Cup Silver Ball Award.

The Chinese team did not receive any honors, but Zhang Jun won the Bronze Boot Award with four goals. He can still guarantee one goal in a game in the World Cup, and his goal ability is really terrifying.

These awards will be awarded together when FIFA selects World Footballer at the end of the year.

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After returning to China, the Chinese team did not disband on the spot, but instead participated in various corporate titles and sponsored celebration parties everywhere like they were on the stage. They also had to fulfill the commercial activities signed by the Football Association with some companies. The country tour generally accepted worship from fans from all over the world. This was just a group activity, not counting the various commercial and public welfare contracts signed by the players themselves, as well as the celebration banquets held by the governments of the homeland and club locations of each player.

This summer, they are never busy.

During this whole process, Zhang Jun dragged his sick body to hold on. Due to the rain on the day of the game and the excessive sadness after being eliminated, his cold worsened and his high fever did not subside. But he still had to participate in these activities, because as the World Cup bronze boots, he was the protagonist. If he didn't go, there would be rumors that he was pretending to be low and the appearance fee was too low.

In fact, since being eliminated by Italy, both the media and the fans in China have such a pretended sober voice, believing that Zhang Jun's performance is not worthy of the title of the starting striker of the Chinese team, and his performance against Italy is even worse. "The last goal was not scored against the empty goal! This reminds us of Piero at the 2000 European Championship. He failed to score in two solo scores, resulting in Italy losing the championship and being immediately defeated. Why can Zhang Jun still be worshipped by so many people? As a main striker, he wasted several times, and he was also weak. We had a great hope of entering the quarterfinals, but he ruined a bright future." - I really didn't see what he said was a bright future?

Zhang Jun didn't read it - he never read media things anymore. But Yang Pan read it, he used to reading newspapers to learn information. At that time, the newspaper was directly crumpled into a ball of waste paper and threw it out. He didn't dare to tell Zhang Jun, because he was afraid that Zhang Jun would be angry. He just called Li Yan to ask if he knew the reporter who wrote that article.

But Li Yan told him that the man was still their old acquaintance.

"Huang Deren, don't you remember? The person who revealed Sophie's identity."

Yang Pan was stunned for a moment and remembered that there was indeed such a person. "Damn, that abuser? Okay, I know, no wonder he said that, it's impossible to spit out ivory from his mouth." It's normal for such a small character to not remember. Then, as long as he saw anything signed by Huang Deren, he would just knead it into a ball and throw it away without even looking at the main text.

Huang Deren just couldn't stand Zhang Jun for some reasons, but it is undeniable that there are some people in China who did not expect anything from the World Cup at first. When they saw that the results were good, they began to think about it, as if they didn't make it to the quarterfinals and did not make it to the quarterfinals. Some people understand football, and some don't understand football at all. Taking advantage of the World Cup craze, they followed them and hummed.

They are brainwashed by utilitarian ideas, and they will always recognize their achievements and turn a blind eye to the efforts they have put in.

Such people will never be satisfied if they eat what is in the bowl and look at what is in the pot. If the Chinese team won the championship in an uproar, they might be clamoring to defend the title again and clamoring to dominate the title - do they really think this is reading YY novels?

The existence of such a person is the deformed person who grew up in the environment of Chinese football. It is the sorrow of Chinese football.

Zhang Jun didn't want to give these deformed people a chance to gossip, so he had to stay there.

Within a month after the World Cup, he was completely haggard, which made both Sophie and her mother feel extremely distressed.

The most exaggerated and terrifying thing is the "grand occasion" when he returned home.

Due to his performance in the World Cup, he has become a big shot in this Central Plains city.

Since he got off the plane, the crowded crowds on the road have never stopped. From the airport pick-up hall, to the parking lot, and to the highway along the way, there are people slogans welcoming Zhang Jun home.

When the city government's special car drove to the entrance of the community where his home was, he almost fainted from fright.

There were already people everywhere fifty meters in front of the community gate, and some fans even climbed onto the trees. Even if the armed police maintained order, they did not send a road for the car to give up enough for them to pass.

In desperation, Zhang Jun had to get out of the car, accompanied by the municipal government officials, and then squeezed in. Along the way, people kept reaching out to pull him, greet him, and touching him. People who knew or didn't know were all on him, touching his head, and even almost reached into Zhang Jun's eyes several times. Fortunately, he wore sunglasses. In this way, when he squeezed the entire journey, the poor sunglasses had long since fallen.

Chen Huafeng also went to the scene, and he later described the scene like this:

"...People are crazy. The entire community is full of people from the door to the downstairs where Zhang Jun's house is located. There are reporters, neighbors, fans who come here to see him, and many people who don't know anything. They are just people who come to join in the fun. Of course, there are also some people of unknown origin. The flower beds in the community are crowded with people and there is no place to stay. The community is very noisy, with the sound of car horns, people shouting, girls screaming, children crying, and police scolding mixed together, which makes people feel upset. Zhang Jun was pulled and pulled around in the crowd. I feel like he is like a helpless boat in the sea, pushed by the wind and waves, as if following the crowd, as if he is with him.

The hands will fall over. I think Zhang Jun is very pitiful. Once he is famous, his body seems to be no longer his. But he is still facing everyone with a smile. Even so, there are still corners that have not been taken care of. There are a few girls around me who complain about Zhang Jun playing a big shot because Zhang Jun did not see them and deceived the feelings of the fans. Why do they represent the fans? Have they ever thought about Zhang Jun’s situation and feelings? Everyone only considers their own interests. Once their interests are not satisfied, they will put the blame on Zhang Jun. The media is like this and the fans are like this. How can they be so selfish and private?”

Even if Zhang Jun squeezed into the house, there were still people who wanted to squeeze in. Zhang Jun's mother and Sophie's parents had to block the door and advised everyone with kind words: "Zhang Jun is already very tired, can he let him rest? Please come back, please come back!"

Reporter? That's not allowed to take one step forward.

In the end, the municipal government had to transfer two police officers to stand guard at Zhang Jun's doorstep to block the crowd.

Zhang Jun lay on the bed panting. He had told Yang Pan that he wanted to come back to see his mother, uncle and aunt, Lao Liang, and classmates. Now he realized that Yang Pan was the wisest. After participating in various activities, he immediately flew back to Milan. His parents also went to Milan a few days ago to wait for him. The family reunited in Italy and could have a rare quiet time to spend a holiday.

Moreover, Zhang Jun speculated that Yang Pan asked his parents to Italy this time to let them meet Yilan. Is it time for the two to meet their parents? This development speed is so fast, just as fast as his 100-meter speed...

In order not to cause more trouble for his mother and uncle, it seems that he has to go back to Italy early. It is really hard to deal with so many people from all kinds of sources when opening the door every day. Since he returned home, the phone number at home has been ringing, all from reporters or relatives and friends who are not in contact with him. The former hopes to interview, while the latter comes directly and indirectly to ask for money. The mother also talks kindly to everyone at the beginning. After Zhang Jun comes back, the first thing he does is to pull out the phone line. Ah, the world is finally quiet...

I originally wanted to stay with Sophie for a few days, but now I don’t feel like this anymore. On the way home, he tried to dial the number left by Ren Yudi when he graduated. The electronic synthesized voice inside told him gently: "Sorry, the number you dialed is an empty number. Please check the number before dialing..."

People who want to accompany you don’t dare to accompany you, and people who want to meet you can’t find them. What’s the point of living this holiday?

It was almost August. Sister Hua said AC Milan had agreed to his transfer to Florence, but they did not give up completely, but retained 50% of the ownership. Florence had no objection, so 50% would be found in two years, and they would take it back after giving some money. There was no need to bother AC Milan.

In this way, he can go back to Fiorentina to start the new season directly.

He has more expectations for the new season than anyone else. He wants to get the debt that has not been collected for the World Cup.

He looked forward to the new season with confidence, but he was completely unaware of how profound the impact this World Cup had on him. So much so that later on, he was completely at a loss.

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At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhang Jun had already washed up and stood on the balcony of the apartment and stretched his waist. The rising sun shone on Florence, warm as if butter on bread. Occasionally, pigeons flew by in the blue sky, and the green mountains in the distance were still shrouded in the mist, hazy and unsightly. All this was like a quiet and beautiful oil painting.

Florence, the European art capital, also has a very artistic atmosphere.

Zhang Jun took a deep breath of the morning air, as if there was really a milky smell inside.

He had returned to Florence from China. He had been in a hurry with his family and could not soothe his tired heart. He did not see Sophie. On the contrary, when he returned to Florence, he slept well. In the morning, he woke up by the birds outside the window, rather than being awakened by the crazy screams and roars of the fans.

He looked downstairs and saw that there were no crazy crowds, only a few tourists carrying backpacks. It is mid-August and it is still during the summer trip. I know that in September, every weekend, the leisurely tourists on this street will be replaced by enthusiastic fans.

He closed his eyes and stretched his waist very intoxicatedly.

A beautiful morning, the beginning of a new season.

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After a summer, the Fiorentine team has undergone a great change. The boss Dela Valé spent a lot of money to buy or rent a lot of people, and it turned out that many people had left the team. Only one Zhang Jun had 50% ownership, so he spent 7.5 million euros. In fact, the whole person was 15 million euros. Milan only spent 8 million euros to buy Zhang Jun. Galliani wanted people to seize Fiorentina and made a lot of money.

When he first entered Serie A, he was ambitious and wanted to do a big game. He spent money on shooting very much. He almost never bargained for players and sold them for free. In addition, Florence has a long history, and as an "old senior", he also has some reputation and the signings are quite smooth.

After two years of losses, Abu has already restrained himself a lot in buying people, so the focus of the transfer market this summer naturally became Florence, which has spent a lot of money.

From Juventus, I bought half of the ownership of midfielder Maresca and forward Mikoli, and from Udinese, I bought half of the ownership of powerful player Jorgensen. As well as the joining of Obodot, Gigu and Valdes, the midfield has become the most luxurious line at present.
To be continued...