Korean Air magazine—2022 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal: Asia's lone remaining team, China, faced traditional powerhouse Netherlands.
Manchester Evening News front-page headline—The real winners? A total of ten Manchester United players featured in this World Cup's quarterfinals, including TY, Marcus Rashford, Ousmane Dembélé, de Jong, Matthijs de Ligt, Varane, and more.
Manchester Evening News's report was completely unnecessary.
Everyone said Manchester United were the greatest club in the world now. Of course they had the most players in a top tournament like the World Cup. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool—they all had to step aside!
The Netherlands also had two Manchester United players, de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt, and both were indispensable starters.
The Round of 16 had been a battle between big brother and little brother.
Now, the quarterfinal was a battle between big brother and little little brother.
The World Cup knockout-stage draw was utterly disgusting, insisting on making Manchester United brothers draw their swords against one another.
Click, click!
With their World Cup campaign over, Japan national football team players and head coach Hajime Moriyasu bid farewell to fans at the airport.
Although they had failed to reach the quarterfinals, Japanese fans were still quite satisfied with their team's performance, so there was no obvious abuse at the scene.
"Keep it up! We'll make the quarterfinals at the next World Cup too!"
"Moriyasu, keep it up!"
"Minamino!"
Click, click!
Hajime Moriyasu bowed to the cameras.
"Moriyasu, your team successfully reached the knockout stage at this World Cup. That's a respectable achievement for any Asian team..."
"Mm... it is respectable, but I don't think we achieved our goal."
There was unwillingness in Moriyasu's voice. "China reached the quarterfinals. We hoped to do the same, but we failed."
"Compared to Tang and the others, we still have