Chapter 62 The 2000 European Cup

On June 11, the 11th European Cup was officially unveiled at the Kings Boduane Stadium in Belgium!

The predecessor of Kings Baudouen Stadium was the Brussels Heisel Stadium where the famous Heisel Massacre occurred. It is the largest stadium in Belgium.

Obviously, the Belgians hope to use the opening ceremony of the European Cup to wash away the pain caused to the stadium by the Heisel tragedy.

After a simple but grand opening ceremony, the opening match of this European Cup was played between Belgium and Sweden, one of the two hosts!

With the cheering of nearly 50,000 host fans in the game, the Belgian team, which is not as strong as an excellent player, defeated the traditional European powerhouse Sweden 2-1!

For the first time, Tang Feng appeared in the stands of a large-scale event like the European Cup, and at this time he temporarily forgot his identity as a coach, transformed into a 100% fan, cheering for every exciting shot on the court!

After experiencing the excitement of the opening ceremony and the opening match, Tang Feng and Tang Sen headed straight to Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Because Spain's first European Cup group match will be held in Rotterdam!

Spain is divided into Group C, with Yugoslavia, Norway and Slovenia in the same group.

Just looking at the opponents in the group, the Spanish team still drew a good draw. But Tang Feng, as a veteran, knew that the Spanish team had a difficult time playing in this group.

Before the start of the group C game, the two groups a and b were the first to play the first round.

The host Belgium was in Group B. In another game in Group B, Italy defeated Türkiye 2-1.

Group a is the most famous group of deaths in this European Cup, Germany, Romania, Portugal and England are fighting each other.

In the first match between Germany and Romania, the German team, as the winner of the three World Cup champion, was tied by the Romania team, which was a big and small unpopularity.

Another game in this group was even more exciting. The Portuguese team led by Figo, Ruista and other Portugal's golden generation were two goals behind the Three Lions in less than 20 minutes of the game, completing a crazy big reversal!

Among them, Figo's shocking long-range shot made fans all over the world know this Portuguese superstar!

After the results of the first two groups came out, Tang Sen also began to realize that something was wrong, because he found that the results of the game seemed to be developing towards the results predicted by Tang Feng.

On the evening of the 13th, the Spanish team ushered in the first group match of this European Cup, with the Nordic team Norway.

Uncle and nephew Tang Feng also visited the scene to watch the football.

"Xiaofeng, what do you think of this game? In the face of Norway, Spain should always be able to start a good start, right?" Tang Sen asked in the stands.

After living in Spain for so many years, and the Chinese team is not strong enough, it is difficult to see them in the World Championships, which also made Tang Sen start to regard the Spanish team as a team he supports.

"I think the players of the Norwegian team are tall and have a tough style, while the Spanish team is relatively soft, so I'm afraid they won't get any advantage!" Tang Feng analyzed. In his impression, the Spanish team seemed to have capsized on the Norwegian team.

"No, right? Although Spain is known as the European Latinists, their health is not bad. They are not Brazilian team, and Brazil often suffers losses in Norway team!" Tang Sen obviously doesn't believe Tang Feng's analysis.

"Haha, I'll know when I watch the game later!" Tang Feng said with a mysterious smile.

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The subsequent game really confirmed Tang Feng's statement that the Spanish team could not get any advantage when facing the tough Nordics. On the contrary, the Norwegian team frequently used their simple but practical offensive tactics to impact the Spanish team's defense line.

Finally, after more than an hour of the game, Norwegian center Flo received a cross from his teammate and completed a header. This powerful header caused Spanish goalkeeper Molina to save the ball and lose his hand. Norwegian Everson followed up with a supplementary shot and scored, helping Norwegian team take the lead!

The Spanish fans who Tang Feng and Tang Sen were in the stands instantly burst into sighs.

Soon, many Spanish fans began to curse Molina who was snatching the ball and losing her hand.

Tang Sen also looked regretful. This kind of supplementary shot is obviously frustrating.

Tang Feng performed relatively casually. He is not a fan of the Spanish national team. More importantly, he has predicted the result of this game. Therefore, he is naturally more able to remain calm.

In fact, after watching most of the European Cup so far, Tang Feng can confirm that the changes caused by the arrival of his little butterfly have not spread to this European Cup. At least, there has not been any so far!

After the game started again, the lagging Spanish team launched a crazy counterattack!

The Norwegian team was obviously very satisfied with the score of 1-0, and they began to retreat completely.

In the end, until the end of the game, the score of 0 to 1 was not rewritten again.

The Spanish team, which was highly anticipated, once again disappointed the Bullfighters fans.

Molina, who made a fatal mistake in this game, became a sinner in Spain, and the front line composed of Raul and Urses was also questioned.

After the game, Tang Sen had to admit that Tang Feng was much better than him in predicting the game, and he was simply "predicting things like a god."

In another match in the same group, Yugoslavia and Slovenia played a big fight in the game, which ended 3-3.

After one round of competition, the Spanish team ranked last in the group!

In the following days of the game, another group of death also started. The three strong teams in France, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic also appeared one after another. These teams can be said to be happy and sad.

The French team showed their strength, sweeping the weakest Denmark team in the group 3-0. The host Netherlands defeated the Czech Republic 1-0.

Since there are only sixteen teams and four groups in the European Cup, the first cycle passed quickly.

With the second round of group stages starting, in order to qualify in the group, the sixteen teams also fought to the stage of bayonet success.

In Group A of Death, Portugal defeated Romania and ushered in two consecutive victories. In the famous English-German battle, England defeated Germany 1-0, retaining hope of advancement.

In Group B, the Italian team easily defeated the host Belgium, and Türkiye and Sweden competed with each other in another game. The Italian team won all the two games and locked in a group qualifying place in advance.

Group C competition will also start later!

In this round of matches, the Spanish team will welcome Slovenia, and this game is no longer a loss for the Spanish team.

However, in this European Cup, the Slovenian team led by Zahovic is not a soft persimmon that can be controlled by others!

In this game, Camacho also adjusted the two positions that performed poorly in the last group stage. Canisérez replaced Molina as the starting goalkeeper, while Betis scorer Alfonso replaced Urses and became Raul's forward partner.

Although there is a personal grudge with Alfonso, Tang Feng still hopes that he can shine in this European Cup like in history. In this way, he can sell at a higher price!

The Spanish team, who lost the last game, obviously became more serious in this game.

Just four minutes into the opening game, Real Madrid Prince Raul helped the team take the lead.

This ball really made the Spanish fans in Charleroi Stadium excited!

Tang Feng also cheered for this goal with his cousin Tang Sen. Tang Feng still admired Raul, the Lord of the Rings.

After scoring the goal, Raul also showed people his iconic kissing ring celebration.

In this era, Raul is the undisputed king of the Bullfighters!

The Slovenian team, who was behind in the score, also launched a crazy counterattack in the subsequent games. In the last game, they once chased three goals in a row while falling behind 0-3. This time, they were only one goal behind, and naturally had no reason to give up.

Finally, in the opening stage of the second half, Slovenia's number one star Zahovic helped the team equalize the score!

Although he was in the stands of Spanish fans, Tang Feng also gave applause for Zahovic's wonderful goal. However, Tang Feng felt more regretful about the Slovenian star. Because in Tang Feng's impression, although Zahovic became a big hit after this European Cup and transferred to La Liga giant Valencia, his strange character still made him fall quickly after becoming famous.

Character determines destiny!

The Slovenians' excitement lasted for less than a minute before it was extinguished.

Because, in the first attack after re-serving, Echeberia scored a goal beyond the score!

Such a dramatic change really made the Spanish and Slovenian fans in Charleroi Stadium feel the feeling of sadness and joy.

In the end, the Spanish team also defeated Slovenia with this goal and retained the hope of qualifying in the group!

In another game in this group, Yugoslavia defeated Norway 1-0 and ranked first in the group with four points.

In the last round of the game, the Spanish team will face Yugoslavia, the strongest in the group. The performance of one win and one loss in the first two rounds allows the Spanish team to defeat Yugoslavia in the last round of the group stage to obtain the right to qualify in the group!

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In the subsequent D-group match, the favorites to win the championship, France defeated the Czech Republic 2-1, achieved two consecutive victories and advanced early. In another game, the Netherlands also defeated Denmark 3-0.

As a result, the situation in Group D has become clear. France and the Netherlands have joined hands to qualify. In the last round of the game, the two teams will decide the first place in the group!

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In the last round of group stages, two confrontations in each group were played at the same time.

In the Group A game that fell down, Portugal kicked Germany out of this European Cup with a refreshing 3-0 match.

The England team, which originally only needed a draw to ensure qualifying, once again lost to Romania under the good situation, and finally lost to Romania 2-3, and "both both won" the family with his old rival German team!

In the end, in this group of death, Portugal actually advanced with Romania, which was something people did not expect before the game.

After the ending was announced, the 100-euro lottery in Tang Sen's hand was already wasted.

Tang Feng is definitely one of the few "gamblers" in Europe and even the world who guessed the situation in this group.

While Tang Sen once again sighed that Tang Feng’s predictions were as good as a god, he could only hope to win the victory among the other six teams in the next three groups!

However, in the second day's Group B game, Tang Sen was completely desperate. In this group, the teams he guessed were Italy and Sweden.

In the last round of group stage, the Italian team, which had already advanced early, still did not let Sweden go, defeating the team led by Larson 2-1. They won all three games and advanced to the quarterfinals with their heads held high!

Turkey seized its own destiny and defeated the host Belgium 2-0, qualifying as second in the group!

In this way, among the first two groups, Tang Sen had already guessed three of the four groups incorrectly. Tang Feng kept the whole game. Considering that there was no suspense in the situation in Group D in the end, it was impossible for Tang Sen to turn the tables.

Nearly half of the quarterfinals were wrong. In the quarterfinals, the finals and championships, Tang Sen's shooting percentage was naturally not high. The only thing he could expect now is that the Italian team he is optimistic about can win the championship.

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Well, the 2000 European Cup was indeed the most classic European Cup that Lien has ever seen.

Therefore, since you have traveled to this era, the lid naturally needs to review it carefully.

Of course, the lid will not spend too much on it. The next chapter will end the European Cup and return to the theme of the transfer!
Chapter completed!