3:1.
After France National Team got a goal back through Spain's own goal, Li Mingyu once again used his elusive movement to appear in the most unlikely position and score this key goal.
Let's review this goal that lasted only fifteen seconds.
Morata kicked off the ball and passed the ball to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu returns Rodri.
Rodri returned Eric Garcia again.
Eric Garcia passed to Alba on the wing.
Alba returns Eric Garcia again.
Eric Garcia was passed to Laporte who was on the edge.
Laporte passed to Gaya on the wing.
Gaya crosses the ball to Laporte who is running up.
Laporte passes directly to Li Mingyu in midfield.
At this time, Li Mingyu is near the middle circle.
Seconds later, he scored.
After Li Mingyu passed the message back to Gaya, he turned his back and ran forward quickly.
Because Gaya's passing target was Pedri on the wing, Pogba, who was defending Li Mingyu, did not immediately defend Li Mingyu.
And Li Mingyu's route is very strange. He does not rush directly to the penalty area, but runs towards the other side.
Li Mingyu drew an arc in France National Team's half.
Once again, France National Team's defensive players ignored his presence.
Pedri's series of actions on the wing also attracted France National Team's defense.
When Li Mingyu appeared at the edge of France National Team's penalty area, France National Team's defensive player discovered him.
But at this time, Pedri's pass arrived, and Li Mingyu suddenly started to speed, leaving France National Team's defensive players helpless.
The terrifying explosive power and speed allowed Li Mingyu to move from outside the penalty area to the small penalty area in less than a second, and rushed the football into the goal before the goalkeeper.
This goal basically pronounced France National Team's death sentence.
Lloris knelt down on the ground in disbelief.
In his sight, he did see Li Mingyu, but at that time, Li Mingyu was still outside the penalty area and just ran over slowly.
But less than a second later, Li Mingyu appeared in front of him, and scored a goal in front of him.
What the hell kind of operation is this? Will it teleport?
In fact, in the TV replay, the fans saw the entire scoring process of Li Mingyu. After the return pass from the midfield, he turned his back and ran. His wonderful movement made France National Team's defense ignore him again.
Even France National Team players are surprised, why do we ignore Li Mingyu?
This is the opponent's first threat point!
In fact, this is what Li Mingyu learned from the previous Super Brain.
Although thirty seconds of use have passed, the memory of just now is still in my mind.
Although Li Mingyu cannot accurately grasp the field of view and observation angle of the opponent's players, he uses his own speed and constant running to make himself seem to "disappear" in the eyes of the opponent's players.
This approach is easy to say, but very difficult to do.
Li Mingyu This time, many France players actually saw him, but since he didn't have the ball and his running position wasn't too dangerous, everyone didn't pay much attention.
It was at the last moment, when Pedri passed the ball, that Li Mingyu showed his fangs and bit France National Team's neck hard.
A fatal blow.
Hat trick.
Li Mingyu once again made history and became the player in the history of World Cup to complete three hat tricks in a single term of World Cup.
So scary.
Li Mingyu, who is only 20 years old, has his name engraved in the history of World Cup.
Four games, 11 goals, this number of goals has already made World Cup of Li Mingyu rank second in history in terms of goals scored in a single game, tied with the famous Hungary Kocsis in 1954.
Of course, the single World Cup scoring record is naturally the 13 goals scored by the France wizard Fontaine back then. No one has been able to break it to this day.
Not to mention breaking, since Muller scored 10 goals in World Cup in 1970, the Golden Boot winner of World Cup has not been able to score more than 8 goals in a single session.
It only took Li Mingyu four games to increase the number of goals scored by World Cup Golden Boot this year to 11 goals.
Even if Li Mingyu does not score a goal in the next game, there is a high probability that he will win Golden Boot from World Cup in 2022.
After all, the second-placed Messi only scored 5 goals.
After Li Mingyu scored the goal, after playing for two minutes, Enrique saw that France National Team had lost his fighting spirit and was afraid that Li Mingyu would be injured, so he replaced him.
When he saw the substitution sign on the side of the court raised with No. 10 written on it, Li Mingyu began to trot towards the end of the court.
All the fans in the stands, whether they were Spain or neutral fans, and even most France fans, spontaneously stood up and paid tribute to the young Spain player with applause.
Li Mingyu applauded as he walked off the court and hugged his replacement midfielder Koke.
Li Mingyu bowed to the audience around him. Enrique came up, hugged Li Mingyu affectionately, and said in his ear, "Thank you, Li, have a good rest!"
Li Mingyu smiled slightly and said, "Boss, this is what I should do!"
Taking the water bottle and towel handed over by the staff, Li Mingyu wiped them off a little, then returned to the bench and gave each player a high-five.
These substitute players all looked at Li Mingyu like God. Even Fati, who had always been unconvinced by Li Mingyu, is now convinced by Li Mingyu.
You know, in La Masia Training Camp back then, Fati was promoted to the first team more than half a year earlier than Li Mingyu, and he almost got the Golden Boy Award in 2020, but lost to Haaland who was in full swing at the time.
Even though Li Mingyu thrived in Barcelona, Fati always believed that as long as he was given enough time, he could prove to everyone that he was stronger than Li Mingyu.
However, in this World Cup competition, Fati completely saw the gap between him and Li Mingyu.
A very real metaphor.
You may be jealous that your neighbor earns 10,000 yuan a month, which is twice as much as your 5,000 yuan.
But you will never be jealous of Bill Gates, because it is an existence that is beyond your reach.
Li Mingyu's 11 goals completely made Fati clearly see the gap between the two.
One is the core of the team and the other is the substitute.
He scored 11 goals in four games and played only 11 minutes in total.
With this huge gap, such a huge chasm, Fati had to admit that he was not as good as Li Mingyu.
While Fati was feeling sorry for himself, Enrique's voice came over.
"Ansuman, get ready to play!"
Fati couldn't help but feel startled, and hurriedly ran to Enrique, looking at him expectantly.
Enrique said calmly, "There are still ten minutes left. Go up and put pressure on the opponent from the wing. Don't let his full-back continue to attack. Can you do it?"
Ansuman Fati said firmly, "Boss, I can definitely do it!"
Enrique looked at the young man, nodded, and after another dead ball, Fati was replaced on the field.
Morata was replaced to rest.
Although Morata did not score a goal today, he did a very good job pulling the ball in the frontcourt. Li Mingyu's three goals must be attributed to Morata's movement in the frontcourt.
Although scoring goals is very important for a good forward, if he can use his threats to pull the opponent's defense and create better opportunities for the team, then he is also an excellent forward.
Morata said that this is nothing to worry about. I was used to it when I was at Juventus!
Cristiano Ronaldo: Who are you talking about?
In the end, Spain defeated France National Team 3:1 and advanced to the top 8.
Although the defending champion France National Team escaped the curse and did not fail in the group stage, they still failed to move forward when facing the powerful Spain National Team.
After the game, Mbappe's unwilling eyes left a deep impression on people.
The one who won the World Cup championship in 2018 was not yet 20 years old. Now, at the age of 24, he has finally tasted the feeling of being eliminated.
Mbappe looked at the No. 10 player who rushed onto the court and celebrated with the Spain players, with mixed feelings in his heart.
If you are born with admiration, why should you be born with yu?
Although he has never read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he still has this kind of empathy.
Originally Mbappe wanted to come forward and exchange jerseys with Li Mingyu, but Griezmann trotted all the way from the bench to Li Mingyu.
The two old friends of Barcelona hugged and exchanged jerseys with each other, leaving Mbappe standing not far away looking embarrassed.
Damn it, it's too late!
However, Mbappe hugged Li Mingyu in the end and said some cruel words after losing, but Li Mingyu didn't hear it in his heart.
In addition to the quarter-finals of Champions League last season, Mbappe has been defeated by Li Mingyu three times. For Li Mingyu, Mbappe is indeed strong, but there is a limit to how strong it can be. Compared to big guys like Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, and Lewandowski, Mbappe is still not as popular.
Spain National Team is the second team to break into the quarterfinals, and their opponent in the quarterfinals is the previously victorious Japan National Team.
Spain National Team and Japan National Team have never played against each other on the stage of World Cup. This is the first time.
After the game, Spain National Team accepted interviews with the media.
Enrique said that they are very confident about Japan National Team because their goal is to win the championship and they will not be afraid of any team.
Li Mingyu has no favorable impressions of Japan.
Because his father Li Zhenfei is of China's blood, and Li Mingyu has half Chinese blood.
Subtly, Japan was very unbearable in the eyes of Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu made it clear during the interview that Japan National Team is not his opponent, and he wants to know who his semi-final opponent is as soon as possible!
Li Mingyu's "wild words" completely angered the Japan National Team players.
Although Japan National Team doesn't think he can defeat Spain National Team, but being despised by others makes even a dog stand up and bark twice.
Players from both sides started talking trash in the media.
But Li Mingyu, who started the trash talk, disappeared.
It's not because of anything else, it's because head coach Enrique gave Li Mingyu a gag order.
This time, Spain National Team has four days of rest to recover his strength before facing his quarter-finals.
In the next three days, the other six groups of quarterfinals also came to an end.
Some people are happy and some are worried!
The match between Argentina and Poland was inextricable.
In the first half, Messi assisted Aguero and scored a goal. In the second half, Lewandowski showed off his power and scored two goals in a row, pushing Argentina to the edge of the cliff.
In the 89th minute, Messi recreated his classic moment, passing through five players on the right wing and scoring a tying goal, pulling the two sides into overtime.
During the 30 minutes of overtime, players from both sides had problems with their physical strength. They used their willpower to exhaust the 30 minutes.
Came the brutal penalty shootout.
Unexpectedly, the first penalty shootout of World Cup in 2022 came so early.
In the first four penalty kicks, both sides scored steadily.
The whole world's breathing became quiet.
The duel between Lewandowski and Messi.
Messi stood on the penalty spot first.
Facing Premier League West Ham United's goalkeeper Fabianski, Messi calmly shot the ball into the dead center of the goal.
This time, all the pressure came to the Poland team.
Carrying the football to the penalty spot, Lewandowski looked very serious.
Poland team's World Cup results were pretty good in the last century.
But after the 21st century, it entered the main competition of World Cup four times in 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2022.
The first three times they failed to even make it out of the group stage.
Although they made it out of the group stage this time, facing Argentina led by Messi in their twilight years, they still failed to get past this level.
Lewandowski's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper with one palm.
Lewandowski squatted at the penalty spot in despair. The pain in his eyes made countless Poland fans shed tears of disappointment.
Argentina people rushed into the stadium and started celebrating crazily.
Messi did not participate in everyone's celebration. He slowly walked onto the field, came to Lewandowski's side, and gently patted Lewandowski's shoulder.
Lewandowski looked up and saw Messi, showing an ugly smile.
The two hugged each other tightly.
This scene has also become the most heartwarming scene at this World Cup.
Football is not only about victory, but also about warmth.
This year, there will be countless top stars saying goodbye to World Cup.
Luka Modric, Lewandowski, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo,... Is there any Sweden who can score World Cup? Ibrahimovic.
In another game, Belgium, ranked No. 1 in the world, faced Mexico, No. 1 in North America, and again surprisingly lost to his opponent 0:3.
As the world's number one, Belgium National Team's best result on World Cup was the third place in the last Russia World Cup.
Belgium's competition results are really not worthy of their status as number one in the world.
The first game of the semi-finals of the second half was officially announced, Argentina faced Mexico.
Showdown between North America in the south.
On December 5th, Brazil faced off against Switzerland.
Brazil National Team, who was in better shape, defeated Switzerland National Team 2:1, and Neymar scored the key goal.
Neymar, who scored five goals, is closely chasing Messi, who scored six goals.
England 3:0 defeated Russia National Team without any bloodshed.
Manchester City double stars completed all the goals.
Sterling scored twice, and Foden scored the last goal.
On December 6, the last runner-up Croatia unexpectedly lost to Denmark National Team.
The score of 0:1 made Luka Modric, who participated in World Cup for the last time, hide his face and cry.
This is football. Some people are happy, and naturally some people are sad.
The duel between Portugal and Italy became the final battle of the quarter-finals.
Both sides really deserved the audience and staged a goal-scoring battle.
Cristiano Ronaldo used a long shot and a free kick to help Portugal defeat the opponent 4:3.
One-eighth of the games are all over, and all the semi-final matchups are out.
Upper half: Spain VS Japan, Brazil VS Denmark.
Lower half: Argentina VS Mexico, England VS Portugal.
As soon as this matchup came out, fans all over the world couldn't help but want to watch the semifinals.
Although the two duels in the first half were not so bloody, the strong dialogue in the second half fully aroused everyone's taste.