Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 299 The transfer period is open, Paris offers 2 million euros to Lin Quan!
After the game against Mexico, Bosque gave the team two days off as usual, so that the players can go out and relax before the quarter-finals.

According to the schedule, the quarter-finals will start a week later.

Taking advantage of the rest time of the players, the coaching staff seized the time to collect intelligence on other opponents.

Although their opponents in the quarter-finals are not very strong, it is not uncommon for the weak to defeat the strong on the World Cup stage.

Costa Rica's ability to win the first place in the group must have its own advantages.

The Greek team once counterattacked all the way without being favored by the outside world, and won the European Cup when surrounded by strong European teams.

Even if these two teams are not as strong as Spain, they should not be underestimated too much.

Spain's goal is to defend the World Cup title, and they are now only three games away from achieving this goal, so it is even more important not to take it lightly.

Therefore, Bosque made a special trip to take coach Tony to watch the quarter-finals between Costa Rica and Greece.

Before the game, the outside world was more optimistic about Costa Rica, thinking that their chances of winning would be greater.

Judging from the situation of the game, it seems that this is indeed the case.

Costa Rica played very proactively in this game and once had a great advantage.

In the 52nd minute of the second half, Costa Rica's No. 10 player Brian Ruiz scored the first goal and rewritten the score to 1:0.
This goal seems to mean that Costa Rica will break into the quarterfinals of the World Cup in history.

However, the Greek team deserves to be the team that once created a dark horse miracle.

They played with great resilience. Not only were they not overwhelmed by the opponent's goals, but they became more proactive.

In the 66th minute, Costa Rica's defender Duarte brought down Greece's Hollebas in defense and was shown a second yellow card by the referee.

Two yellows turned into one red. This young defender who played for the same club as Wang Shangyuan paid the price for his reckless behavior.

This red card made the situation of the game more complicated and confusing. Costa Rica, who was forced to fight with 10 people, gradually lost control of the situation on the field.

The Greek team began to take the initiative and launched round after round of fierce attacks.

In the 67th minute, Hollebas made a free kick, and Samaras' header went slightly wide of the right post.

In the 69th minute, Christodopoulos volleyed from the top of the arc and missed the goal.

During this period, the offensive quality of the Greek team has improved, and every time they hit the goal, the fans of Costa Rica feel terrified.

Although they are still in the lead in the score, but under the opponent's fierce attack, no one knows how long this lead can be maintained.

Under the opponent's high-pressure attack, the fouls of the Costa Rica players suddenly increased.

In the 70th minute, Ruiz brought down Samaras and was shown a yellow card. Two minutes later, Manolas shoveled Joel Campbell and was also shown a yellow card.

In order to control the situation of the game, Costa Rica put on Acosta to defend with all his strength.

Greece, on the other hand, replaced the meritorious veteran Kachulanis to strengthen the offense.

Both sides are now desperately defending, and the other is desperately attacking. The game has gradually become a half-court offensive and defensive drill.

This made the game extremely intense. In the final stage, almost all the fans of both sides watched the game standing up.

The Greek team launched the most violent attack at the end of the game. In the 80th minute, Karagunis fired a direct free kick 25 meters away from the goal and fired an anti-aircraft gun.

In the 82nd minute, Greece dropped a free kick into the penalty area, and Manolas' header from 6 meters away from the goal was over the crossbar.

The Greek team is on the offensive, and the goal seems to be getting closer.

Seeing that the situation of the game was not good, the players were overwhelmed and breathless.

The coach of Costa Rica immediately made the last substitution adjustment. They replaced Brenes and replaced the exhausted Bolaños.

Bolaños dawdled when he left the field, deliberately delaying time, which made the players of the Greek team very dissatisfied.

In the 87th minute, Christodopoulos broke through from the right and then passed to the center. Samaras, who was outflanking the goal, would be single-handed as long as he received the ball!

At the critical moment, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Navas made a contribution.

He hugged the ball before Samaras and resolved this extremely threatening attack.

However, luck always runs out.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Jekas' volley from 1 meters from the goal was saved by Navas again.

Navas dropped the ball and the ball was still in Costa Rica's penalty area.

Greek defender Papastathopoulos, who played for Werder Bremen with Lin Quan, scored with a supplementary shot, 1-1!

Greece lore tied, this is the first goal of the Greek team in the World Cup knockout match in history, and it is also the first goal of Papastathopoulos in 51 national team games!
This golden goal brought the Greek team back from the abyss of elimination!
"Is the Greek team going to enter the quarter-finals?"

Seeing the lore of the Greek team, Coach Tony said with surprise on his face, it is indeed a team that has created a dark horse miracle, this toughness is too strong!

"It's very possible that the game will soon enter overtime. The Greek team has the advantage in numbers, and their morale is also ahead of their opponents. Their chances of winning are greater!"

Bosque nodded seriously, the Greek team is indeed a tenacious team.

Winning the European Cup ten years ago is the best evidence.

Not only the two Spanish coaches feel that the Greek team is going to win, but even the Greek fans are so optimistic.

However, the Greek team seemed to have used up their luck after equalizing the score.

Costa Rica's goalkeeper Keylor Navas seemed to be on the hook. He made four consecutive key saves in stoppage time and overtime, shutting out all the attacks of the Greek team.

The 10-man Costa Rica defended until the last moment, and the game was dragged into a brutal penalty shootout.

This is the second penalty shootout in this World Cup.

In the 3 knockout games so far, there have been 2 penalty shootouts, and the frequency of penalty shootouts is getting higher and higher.

This also proves how difficult it is to defeat an opponent in the knockout stage.

Both sides scored the first three goals of the penalty shootout, but in the fourth penalty kick, No. 17 Yekas of the Greek team was saved by Navas.

With this key save, Costa Rica defeated their opponent in a thrilling penalty shootout and reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup with a record in team history.

They are also sure to face the powerful defending champion Spain in the quarter-finals!
In this game, Navas won the best player of the game without any suspense.

The Greek team completed a total of 27 shots in this game, with 13 shots on target, 4 of which were almost must-goal opportunities.

But Navas saved these shots one by one, saving Costa Rica from the fire and water again and again.

This made him remembered by many fans and even scouts of top giants!

With the opening of the transfer period, more and more giants have begun to send scouts to Brazil to observe the players they are looking for up close!
In the case of frequent penalty shootouts in the World Cup, some powerful goalkeepers took the lead to stand out.

For example, Navas, for example, Bravo and so on.

With their outstanding performance, these two goalkeepers were quickly favored by wealthy clubs.

Just when Barcelona and Bravo's agent were in contact, Real Madrid also planned to make an offer to Levante to bring Navas back to the Bernabeu to replace the aging Casillas.

However, this transfer may not be so smooth, because while Real Madrid took a fancy to Navas, another club also took a fancy to him!
This club is none other than Manchester City, the new champions of the Champions League!

Manchester City's head coach Manuel Pellegrini is not very satisfied with the team's current main goalkeeper Joe Hart. He feels that his ability is not strong enough and his state is not stable enough.

Pellegrini had long wanted to replace Joe Hart, but he hadn't been able to find a suitable candidate before, and the performance of the promoted second class was even worse, so he could only hold his nose and make do with it.

However, after Manchester City won the Champions League, they have a higher pursuit of the team lineup for the new season.

If Joe Hart's defensive instability can be ruled out, it's better to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Pellegrini wants to introduce an excellent goalkeeper with stronger ability and style that is more suitable for Manchester City, so as to further improve Manchester City's defense.

In addition to introducing goalkeepers, he also plans to investigate excellent defenders. If there is a suitable candidate, he will shoot without hesitation.

This season, Mansour's investment in Manchester City is still very large, and he has no intention of reducing his investment just because Manchester City has won the Champions League.

On the contrary, Mansour intends to take advantage of Manchester City's opportunity to win the championship, to build Manchester City into a top team in one go, and establish a rich background.

There is a huge gap in influence and reputation between a real wealthy family and an upstart.

What Manchester City lacks most now is the background. A Champions League trophy can only temporarily get rid of their image as nouveau riche, but there is still a certain distance from becoming a real rich.

Therefore, he wants to make persistent efforts and let Manchester City try to defend the Champions League. If they can achieve the feat of defending the title that no one has ever been able to accomplish before, then Manchester City will completely get rid of the image of nouveau riche and truly become a top giants up.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of hosting the World Cup, Pellegrini came to the scene in person to inspect the players recommended to him by the scouts, and closely observed those players who did not enter the inspection list.

The players who can participate in the World Cup are basically the top players on the planet.

Therefore, every World Cup year is a good time for many clubs to sign up.

On the stage of the World Cup, those capable players are more likely to seize the opportunity to stand out and win the favor of wealthy clubs.

Moreover, the gold content of the World Cup is high enough. Players who perform well in such high-intensity competitions are basically not parallel imports, so there is no need to worry about wasting money.

Because of Lin Quan's relationship, Pellegrini watched more Spanish games. In the group stage, he was very impressed with Chile's goalkeeper Bravo.

Bravo's advantages are very prominent, with a large defensive coverage area and good at attacking and intercepting.

In addition, his reaction speed is fast, his foot skills are delicate, and his ability to play the ball is strong. He can calmly participate in backcourt passes and cuts and launch long passes at the right time.

These are all in line with the requirements of passing to Barcelona. They need this kind of delicate footwork and can act as a goalkeeper at the point of delivery.

Moreover, the advantage of being good at attacking also makes it easier for Barcelona to end the opponent's attack when facing the opponent's counterattack.

Therefore, Barcelona immediately made an offer to Real Sociedad, intending to bring it back to Camp Nou.

If he hadn't seen Navas' outstanding performance in this game, Pellegrini might consider taking a shot against Bravo.

After all, Pellegrini and Bravo are both Chileans. Buying a player from their own country will give them better control in the locker room.

However, after watching the game, he felt that Navas was also very good.

If you can't buy Bravo, then you have to buy Navas.

Although Real Madrid also intends to buy Navas, their main goalkeeper Iker Casillas is currently in good condition. After Navas goes, he will temporarily compete for posts.

Casey's age of 33 is not particularly high. For a goalkeeper, it is not uncommon for a goalkeeper to be 36 and still playing for top giants.

For example, Buffon, now 36 years old, is still the absolute main force of Juventus and the Italian national team.

There is also former Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar, who was 35 years old when he transferred to Manchester United, and played for Manchester United until he was 40 years old before retiring.

With Casillas' current state, it is no problem to play for Real Madrid for a few more years, unless Real Madrid takes the initiative to clean him.

In view of this, Pellegrini is full of confidence. After all, if Navas goes to Manchester City, he will be the absolute main force of Manchester City.

But if he goes to Real Madrid, he is likely to sit on the bench in the new season, and when Casillas is injured or his condition declines, he will have a chance to play.

On the one hand, he takes a high salary as the absolute main force, and on the other hand, he takes a lower salary and acts as a substitute. Unless he has a very special feeling for Real Madrid, otherwise, he should choose to join Manchester City.

Pellegrini moved very quickly. Immediately after the game ended, he asked the club's people to make an offer to Levante, and first tested the offer of 800 million euros to see if the other party could sell it.

If the other party is not satisfied with the price, he can continue to increase the price.

However, Manchester City's current signing strategy has also changed, and it is not as blindly buying at high prices as before.

In the past, they paid high prices because they had no background, no honor, and could not attract outstanding players.

But now, they hold a Champions League champion and are extremely competitive in the league, making it much easier to attract high-level players.

So when they buy people, they don't need to use high premium strategies to impress each other!
Of course, Manchester City is not short of money, so Pellegrini can accept an offer of up to 1500 million euros.

If it exceeds this price, he will have to reconsider.

After the game between Costa Rica and Greece, Pellegrini went to another stadium non-stop to watch the game between Colombia and Uruguay.

This is a civil war in South America. Both teams are very strong. Colombia has remained unbeaten in nearly ten games, but their most recent loss was to Uruguay.

Therefore, many people were more optimistic about Uruguay before the game, because from the perspective of paper strength, Uruguay is stronger.

Because of the presence of a large number of top stars in this game, it attracted a large number of spectators and scouts to watch the game.

The scouting coefficients of giants like Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Manchester United and so on are present.

The head coaches of Bayern and Manchester City even appeared in the stands in person, and Pellegrini came with his assistant.

And Guardiola came to watch the game with Lin Quan.

In this game, there are three main people who deserve the most attention: Ronaldo, Suarez, and Cavani.

The outside world has spread news that Liverpool's leading striker will leave Anfield this season.

And the team he is most likely to defect to is La Liga giants Barcelona.

In order to observe Suarez's state, Barcelona sent senior scouts to watch the game live.

But to their disappointment, before the game, FIFA announced the punishment for Suarez.

Suarez was banned by FIFA for four months for biting Chiellini in a match against Italy.

Now, Suarez's World Cup trip is over, and if anyone buys him, he will not be able to play at least 9 games in the new season.

If he continues to stay in the Premier League, the number of games suspended will reach 19 games, and he will not be able to play for half a season.

In view of this, Arsenal, which was originally interested in Suarez, directly withdrew from the competition, and the professor was not even willing to give an offer of 4000 million and 1 pounds.

Without Suarez, this game lacked a lot of highlights, but Ronaldo used his outstanding performance to firmly attract everyone's attention.

When Monaco spent 4500 million to bring him from Porto to Ligue [-] last summer, the outside world generally felt that the Monaco was cheated by this old black shop in Porto.

Because of the language, the Portuguese Super League is the first stop for many South American players to land in Europe.

Relying on such advantages, some teams in the Portuguese Super League started the business of buying low and selling high.

Among them, Porto is the most famous.

Among the players they have sold in recent years, almost every transaction has made a lot of money!

The most famous of them is Carvalho, who joined with zero transfer fee and sold to Chelsea for 3000 million euros!

Falcao was introduced for 400 million euros and sold to Atletico Madrid for 4000 million euros!
Ronaldo bought for 700 million euros and sold to Monaco for 4500 million euros!

If you include Pepe, who was bought for 200 million and sold for 3000 million, and Anderson, who was bought for 500 million and sold for 3150 million, and others, the money earned by black shops in the transfer market in recent years may exceed [-] million euros up!
Porto is making a lot of money, but those clubs who buy their players are taking great risks.

Among these transactions, Quaresma and Anderson were the most controversial. One of the two was sold to Inter Milan at a high price, and the other was sold to Manchester United. Think it's a big parallel import.

Last year, Ronaldo was once questioned by the outside world.

But in his first season in Ligue [-], he dispelled doubts from the outside world with his outstanding performance.

Last season he played 37 times for Monaco, scoring 10 goals and sending 12 assists.

For an offensive midfielder, this data can be said to be quite good.

If it weren't for the existence of monsters like Lin Quan among the younger generation of players, Ronaldo could definitely get more attention by relying on these statistics.

However, it is gold that always shines.

In this World Cup, Ronaldo performed very well.

Facing Greece in the first round of the group stage, Ronaldo scored a goal for the team in stoppage time. In the second game in Côte d'Ivoire, he opened the scoring for Colombia, helping Colombia win and advance to the top 1 one round ahead of schedule.

In the last battle against Japan, Harry, who came off the bench, scored 45 goals directly in just 3 minutes to send Japan back to his hometown.

If the performance in the group stage is just an appetizer, then in the quarter-finals of this game, Ronaldo's performance can be said to be amazing.

In the 28th minute of the first half, Ronaldo pierced Uruguay's goal with a kick from the sky.

Shortly after the opening of the second half, he used another header to help the team expand the score!

Facing Uruguay, which was more optimistic before the game and had many stars such as Suarez, Cavani and Forlan in the team, Colombia defeated the opponent with only Ronaldo, and finally sent Uruguay away with a score of 2:0 , Headed into the quarterfinals.

And Ronaldo, who scored five goals, also successfully entered the scorer list, temporarily ranking No.2 in the scorer list, second only to Lin Quan, who scored 6 goals.

After watching the game live, the scouts of the major giants were shocked by Ronaldo's dominant performance!
Last year they laughed at the fact that the Monaco people were cheated by Porto because they had too much money, but now they wish they were the ones cheated!

With this game alone, Ronaldo's worth can soar to at least 5000 million euros!
If you count his outstanding performance in the Ligue 6000 and World Cup group stages, the outside world generally believes that his worth can reach at least 7000 million or even [-] million euros!
In South America, Neymar is probably the only player who can compete with him at his age!

Therefore, after the game ended, the major giants took action one after another, submitting offers to Monaco, hoping to take Ronaldo away.

Among them, Real Madrid took the lead in sending people to contact the player's agent, and offered a super high offer of 8000 million euros to Monaco.

This offer is irresistible for the people of Monaco. Last year, they only spent 4500 million euros to buy someone. They didn’t spend a penny for a year, and they made a net profit of 3500 million euros. Such a good thing is hard to find with a lantern!
However, before Monaco accepted Real Madrid's offer, Real Madrid's arch-rival Barcelona jumped out. Some rumors claimed that Barcelona was willing to spend 8800 million euros to buy Ronaldo.

Barcelona's offer has not yet been confirmed, and Manchester United also came out to join in the fun. They made an offer of 6300 million pounds and wanted to bring Ronaldo back to Old Trafford.

The Red Devils, aiming to overwhelm their rivals in the same city, Manchester City, immediately started signing in after signing Van Gaal.

Juventus midfielder Pogba, Monaco star Ronaldo and even Real Madrid's Di Maria are on their list of signings.

Manchester United have just signed a 10-year, £7.5 million sponsorship deal with Adidas.

This allows them to have sufficient funds on hand to squander in the transfer market, and Van Gaal, who holds a lot of money, will naturally not save money for Manchester United.

Manchester City won the championship by burning 10 billion pounds, and Manchester United can do the same!

Manchester United just joined the competition for Ronaldo, and the Red Army Liverpool immediately stepped up to disrupt the situation.

Seeing Suarez and Barcelona flirting, he has no interest in the team's contract renewal.

And Suarez always bites people on the field and gets suspended at every turn, which is not a problem.

Therefore, Liverpool has defaulted that Suarez will leave this summer, and once he leaves the Red Army, Liverpool urgently needs to introduce a high-level offensive player to fill the vacancy left by Suarez.

And Ronaldo, who performed well in this World Cup, is naturally the best candidate they think!
If Ronaldo was the person who attracted the most attention at the beginning of the transfer period, then following a gossip in the French newspaper L'Equipe, the entire football world was shocked!
Paris Saint-Germain offered Manchester City a price of 2 million euros, hoping to take away their No. [-] player Lin Quan!

(End of this chapter)