Real Madrid, a Game of Gods and Ghosts!

Losing to the Chinese team seemed to have truly affected the England team's morale. In the subsequent World Cup Qualifiers group match, England suffered an upset loss to Ukraine, bringing their eight-game winning streak to an end.

Two consecutive defeats turned England team's Head Coach Capello into a target of public criticism, drawing blame from quite a few English fans.

Although England team had already secured a World Cup berth early under his leadership, the fans were still dissatisfied and continued to hold him responsible for the failure.

But just a few days later, news came from next door that France had suffered an upset defeat to Serbia and failed to qualify directly for the World Cup, drawing all the English attention away.

No one continued to hound Capello over the matter. The vast majority of English fans flooded the internet to mock the French.

Ever since Zidane retired and France entered its rebuilding phase, the France team's results had never been particularly impressive.

But no one had expected that they could not even compete with Serbia!

Serbia was merely a small country with a population of only a few million, with fewer players in the Big Five Leagues than a fraction of France's total.

The two teams were not even on the same level in terms of squad strength on paper and historical pedigree, yet the group winner was not the seemingly stronger France team, but Serbia, the dark horse.

Once the result was announced, it caused a huge stir throughout the European Football World.

The tag 'France team Misses World Cup#' briefly surged onto Twitter's trending list.

When those France team legends were interviewed, they were heartbroken over the team's current state, as though the world would end tomorrow.

In truth, the France team still had a breath