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Before the semifinals began, France and China were the only two undefeated teams in this World Cup. In other words, neither had lost a match from the first round of the group stage through to the semifinals.
When two undefeated teams met in the knockout stage, one of their unbeaten runs was bound to end.
Unfortunately, China was the team whose run came to an end.
As the biggest dark horse of this World Cup, the China national football team had been seen as capable of creating miracles without end, because they had slapped the haters in the face again and again.
But a dark horse could not stay dark forever.
Not only was France stronger than China overall, their players' characteristics also clearly countered the China national football team.
"Do you know what China fears most?"
Right after the match ended, Li Laoba's assistant posted a video on Bilibili.
"What China fears most are players who rely on sheer speed, like Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, and Bell. Why did China beat Wales in the group stage? Wasn't it because Bell was in terrible form? Otherwise, Bell alone would have been enough to give us a nightmare!"
"Then in the semifinal against France, one speedster on the wing would have been bad enough, but France had three of them. And that Theo Hernández guy is a sports car too."
"What could they do? Some fans were even asking on Li Laoba's WeChat account what Escribá could have done. What solution could