After the closing ceremony, many fans were still thinking about the program performed by artist China just now.
However, the Spain National Team and Argentina National Team players who came out of the tunnel to warm up immediately made them forget everything.
The deafening cheers made the entire Lusail Iconic Stadium feel like an erupting volcano, and the air began to heat up.
Li Mingyu was wearing a red training suit and was conducting warm-up training with his teammates on one side of the court.
Spain National Team's warm-up training has become a beautiful scenery.
The quick short passes, precise movements, and mechanical perfection make those with obsessive-compulsive disorder happy to watch.
During the warm-up, Li Mingyu ran actively, trying to make his body forget the fact that he was sick, hoping that his body could recover quickly.
The camera has been chasing Li Mingyu. Although Li Mingyu behaved very calmly, his slightly sweaty forehead and abnormal face also attracted the attention of many people.
However, everyone thought that this was Li Mingyu's first time participating in World Cup's finals, and the discomfort was caused by nervousness. No one dared to imagine that Li Mingyu was sick.
Enrique stood on the sidelines, looking at Li Mingyu intently, worried all the time, fearing that something might happen to Li Mingyu.
However, during the half-hour warm-up training, Li Mingyu performed very stably, with no mistakes or weak feet.
Players from both sides returned to the locker room and made final preparations for the final.
At this time, the head coach usually won't say anything else.
The final depends on the performance of the players on the field. Everything the head coach can do has been done before.
In the next game, we can only look at the players' state on the court.
Of course, there is also a certain amount of luck.
Li Mingyu sat on his chair, took a deep breath slowly, and adjusted his breath.
The short half-hour warm-up training just now made Li Mingyu sweat a lot. Although it took away a lot of viruses in his body, it also consumed a lot of his physical energy.
Li Mingyu feels that he is not as uncomfortable as he was at the beginning, but when he breathes, his chest is still a little tight, and when the breath passes through the nasal cavity, he can feel waves of heat.
After the team doctor performed physical cooling on Li Mingyu again, he measured his body temperature.
38 degrees.
Li Mingyu's body temperature did not drop significantly.
Enrique was a little hesitant, but Li Mingyu's firm eyes made him unable to say no.
Enrique shook his head and said, "Li, I will always pay attention to your condition. If I find that you can't persist in the game, I will replace you as soon as possible!"
Li Mingyu raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile, "Boss, it will be okay. Maybe after I play, I will become more lively!"
Li Mingyu looked at the unused props in his system space with a wry smile on his face.
There are many one-time props here that you got when you signed in before, and there are also many healing props, but they are all for injuries, and none can get rid of cold viruses.
However, Dragon-Vigor Card (disposable card): Using this card, the host's physical strength and condition can reach peak within a quarter of an hour.
Li Mingyu is not sure whether this card can keep him away from viruses in a short period of time.
Fifteen minutes is enough for you to do a lot of things.
The staff knocked on the door and came in, indicating that they were about to appear.
The Spain players walked out of the locker room one after another and came to the players' tunnel.
Players from both sides stand on both sides of the tunnel.
This is the second time the two teams have met in this World Cup.
The first game of World Cup, the last game of World Cup.
It was like a fateful encounter, destined to be an unusual final.
Messi, Argentina Representative of football, five-time World Cup, just for this FIFA World Cup Trophy.
Due to Busquets's injury, Li Mingyu once again took on the captain's armband. He and Messi stood side by side at the front of both sides.
According to the custom of Spain National Team, Li Mingyu is not qualified to wear the captain's armband at all, because the tradition of Spain is to select the captain based on the number of games he has played for the national team.
However, the strength and temperament shown by Li Mingyu in this World Cup made Enrique determined to let Li Mingyu take the lead earlier.
Moreover, this decision was unanimously approved by Spain generals.
Although Li Mingyu and Messi are good friends, they did not have any communication when faced with this life-and-death World Cup final.
Both of them looked very hot, because looking out from the players tunnel, FIFA World Cup Trophy was placed outside the players tunnel.
The human figure with hands raised on FIFA World Cup Trophy turned into himself in the eyes of Messi, and turned into him in the eyes of Li Mingyu.
FIFA World Cup Trophy, this is the highest pursuit of every football player in his life.
However, I don't know how many outstanding players have been unable to touch this coveted gold cup in their lifetime.
Today, Argentina National Team, led by Messi, once again appeared on the final court, competing with Spain National Team, led by Li Mingyu, for this FIFA World Cup Trophy.
Whether Messi can get his wish, or whether Li Mingyu can make his dream come true, all the eyes of fans around the world are focused on this.
Lusail Iconic Stadium, which can accommodate 86,250 spectators, once again burst into trembling cheers.
Players from both sides entered the court.
"Viewers, welcome to watch the last game of Qatar World Cup in 2022 brought to you by Tencent Sports. We once again come to Lusail Iconic Stadium to watch the championship competition of this year's World Cup."
"Like a fateful battle, Argentina National Team and Spain National Team were on this field in the first game of their group stage, and the last game of this year's World Cup was still on this field. The two sides of the game have not changed at all. They are still Argentina and Spain."
"This World Cup is destined to be a great competition, and Li Mingyu's name is destined to be remembered by fans all over the world. With 14 wonderful goals, he has become the player with the most goals in a single World Cup. And this is not his limit. We look forward to his performance in the finals."
"Currently, World Cup's total scorer list is only preceded by Klose with 16 goals and Ronaldo with 15 goals. If Li Mingyu can complete a hat trick in the final, he will become an eternal legend."
"You know, in the entire ninety-two-year history of World Cup, only England World Cup in 1966, England forward Hurst, has accomplished such a miracle."
"Without further ado, players from both sides have begun to enter the stadium. Let's take a look at the lineups of both sides."
"The lineup of Spain National Team wearing the red jersey is still the classic 4-4-2, which can also be said to be 4-2-2-2."
"The goalkeeper is De Gea, the four defenders are the central defender partner of Laporte and Eric Garcia, the left defender is Alba, and the right defender is Azpilicueta. This defense line is both offensive and defensive, and it is the strongest defense line that Spain National Team can send."
"As for the lower back, due to Busquets's thigh strain, World Cup has already said goodbye this time, so the head coach Enrique still sent out The double midfielder partnership of Rodri and Koke, both of them are very fierce in defense, and their ability to assist forward is very strong, which makes up for the lack of Busquets very well."
"The two attacking midfielders are Li Mingyu and Pedri. Needless to say Li Mingyu, Pedri has been thoroughly experienced in Barcelona in the past few years and has become an indispensable frontcourt general for Barcelona and Spain National Team."
"The two forward players are Morata and Fati. It seems that Fati has already won the favor of Enrique. He started three consecutive games. In the first two games, Fati scored goals against Japan and Brazil, and his performance was very good."
"Spain National Team's lineup has been tempered for thousands of years. It is both offensive and defensive. On the offensive end, it has a killer like Li Mingyu. If nothing unexpected happens, Spain National Team will have a greater chance of winning."
"Looking at Argentina National Team's lineup again, their head coach has not made any major changes to the lineup. It is still the same 4-3-3 offensive lineup."
"The goalkeeper is Damian-Martinez who plays for Premier League Aston Aston Villa. Romero, who played brilliantly in the last game, was put on the bench by the head coach."
"The four defenders are the central defender partners of Otamendi and Cuarta, and the two full-backs are Tagliafico who plays for Ajax and River Plate who plays for Montiel. These two full-backs are different from the full-backs when they faced Spain National Team for the first time. This substitution shows that Argentina coach Scaloni is preparing to play mainly on the wing."
"There are no changes to the three midfielders, Paredes, Lo Celso and Palacios."
"On the forward line, Lautaro-Martinez, who plays for Inter Milan, replaced Dybala, who was suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, and played as a center, playing for Stuttgart's Nick Russ-Gonzalez replaced Di Maria's left winger position, and the right winger position is naturally Messi, which everyone is familiar with."
"The lineups of both sides have not changed much from the first time they played against each other. However, the coaches of both sides have already known how to face each other in so many games. In this final, it seems that the coaches of both sides do not want to play conservatively. Fans are in for a treat!"
After all the red tape was over, the players from both sides came to their own half, looked at the whistle in the head coach's mouth, and waited for the exciting whistle to blow.
At 18:00 on December 18, 2022, the referee blew the whistle to start the game on time.
Fans all over the world cheered involuntarily.
After waiting for a month, I finally got to wait for this crucial game.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in Lusail Iconic Stadium, and congratulations to the host for obtaining the talent skill of Argentina midfield master Riquelme: Hidden Killing Intent.]
Riquelme, he is the last classical midfielder in world football, he is the last old-fashioned organizer under the modern football system, a stubborn and willful "slow" traveler.
Under the increasingly utilitarian football system and in the pursuit of faster and more efficient game modes, Argentina people are like a clear lake, retaining the purity and nature of football.
God has given Riquelme the most creative and imaginative talent, and also given him the heart to stick to himself. Riquelme has never followed the crowd because of the surrounding environment. Perhaps this is a football artist.
Riquelme's skills should be the midfield master with the most gorgeous footwork and the most comprehensive skills after Maradona.
But his style that is incompatible with the modern fast pace has kept him on the fringes of top teams and the national team.
However, there is no doubt about Riquelme's strength. What he is best at is delivering a stunning kick in seemingly nonchalant ways.
[Hidden Killing Intent: When the host slows down the pace of the game, it will receive bonuses from passing, dribbling, passing and other attributes, improving the success rate of the last pass!]
Li Mingyu felt the hot air in his chest coming out of his nose, and showed a happy smile.
This talent came at just the right time.
In today's game, Li Mingyu is destined to be unable to use his constant running positions to connect the game as before. Lowering the rhythm and intensity of the game is what Li Mingyu has to do today.
I am a pseudo-core today, and most of the organized attacks require two midfielders and Pedri to complete the joint effort.
However, after acquiring this talent, Li Mingyu felt that he could not make some contributions in this game.
The game started, Spain National Team kicked off first.
Morata passed the ball back to Pedri. No one could notice this small detail.
Because in the previous kick-off, Morata passed the ball directly to Li Mingyu.
Only Messi's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light.
After Pedri received the ball, facing Argentina's high defense at the beginning, he did not rush the ball forward, but continued to pass the ball to the midfielder Rodri.
Rodri distributed the ball to Azpilicueta on the wing, and Spain National Team hoped to pull out Argentina National Team's formation.
Football has been playing in Spain National Team's midfield and backfield, and Argentina's players have slowly pushed up their formation.
However, what makes many fans strange is that today's Li Mingyu seems to be an outsider. In the first three minutes, Li Mingyu only touched the ball three times, and they were all one-touch passes, and they were all back passes.
This is very different from the previous performance of Li Mingyu.
Did Spain National Team change tactics?
This is also what Argentina people think.
Spain National Team's strange behavior suddenly made Argentina people alert.
What the hell is going on!
Pedri has retreated to his own 30-meter area to catch the ball, while Li Mingyu is still slowly strolling around the midfield, as if today's game has nothing to do with him.