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Chapter Thirteen Opening Ceremony and Opening Game

The World Cup is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere in Russia has become increasingly passionate.

There are a large number of fans reveling every night, which has also led to the expulsion of many drunken and troublesome fans.

But these still cannot stop the wave of carnival in the World Cup.

The long-awaited event finally arrived on June 14, which is the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup.

Held at the Luzhkini Stadium in Moscow.

Even though it was five o'clock in the afternoon, the entire sky was extremely bright.

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Russia has entered a period of extreme darkness, and this has also made the atmosphere of the fans even more exciting.

Under the hot sunshine, it gives people the illusion that it is still noon, and the atmosphere remains high.

There are live broadcast helicopters hovering in the sky. Through the helicopter's bird's-eye view, you can see that the entire Luzhkini Stadium has been plunged into jubilation.

Fans from all over the world gathered here, and they dressed up carefully in front of the camera to express their enthusiasm for the World Cup.

The time slowly approached, and finally at 17:30 Moscow time, with fans all over the world waiting in front of the TV, the curtain finally kicked off.

Once the camera appears, it shows the entire Luzhkini Stadium overlooking the scene.

But the camera quickly changed.

I saw a space scene on the TV. In a space station, an astronaut dropped a black and white balloon into the earth.

The camera turned to show a child on the ground catching the ball and dribbling it forward.

Along with the passionate music, the fans are gradually making noise in their hearts.

This idea has fans all over the world applauding.

"CCTV, CCTV, the official match ball of this World Cup landed in Moscow after traveling through space. Today we are in Moscow, the capital of Russia, at the Luzhkini Stadium to provide you with the commentary for the opening ceremony."

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The scene shifted to the Luzhini Stadium again, and violent cheers came through the camera. This cheer seemed to convey the passion very well. All the fans watching this live broadcast felt a sense of scalp. A tingling feeling.

This is the World Cup held every four years!

This is a football carnival that happens every four years!

How could this moment not be exciting?

In a hotel in Nizhny Novgorod, the Chinese team also gathered to watch the opening ceremony.

I didn't feel anything big before.

But looking at the stimulating music and enthusiastic cheers on the TV, every player seemed to have a fire burning in his heart, and the less, the more powerful.

At this moment, they finally felt the enthusiasm from the World Cup.

As a player who is about to appear on the World Cup stage, I am not only excited at this moment, but also accompanied by a trace of nervousness.

Especially for those young players, they clenched their fists and looked nervous but excited.

Obviously, at this moment, they had been completely infected by that atmosphere.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the opening ceremony without blinking.

The entire opening ceremony is divided into several stages.

As the theme song of this World Cup, "liveitup" is widely sung. Unlike the previous two World Cups, the popularity of this theme song is very low.

I can’t say it sounds bad, but it’s just not that catchy.

But these are not important. Football is the eternal topic in the World Cup.

Retired world superstar Ronaldo made an appearance, which also brought a moderate climax to the opening ceremony.

The entire opening ceremony lasted nearly 20 minutes. After the opening ceremony, it directly switched to the opening match of the day.

The host country Russia plays against Saudi Arabia.

As the host country, the Russian national team plays at home, so they are working hard to perform well.

Compared to Russia, Saudi Arabia, as a sparring partner, is a little nervous.

There is a gap in strength, and they are playing against the host country, so they will inevitably have a lot of pressure.

When the starting lineups of both sides were announced, many people couldn't help but grin.

"Saudi Arabia is rare and doesn't have buses?"

Chen Man said.

Liu Kairui on the side laughed and said: "As the opening match, Saudi Arabia sets up a bus. The match is long and smelly. How can we show the intensity of the match? I guess we have communicated with it in advance!"

Saudi Arabia is also a frequent visitor to the World Cup.

Although the record in the World Cup was not very good, it still left a strong impression on people.

That is the ‘bus team’ or ‘4-4-1-1’ professional accounts, etc.

On the World Cup stage, you can always see Saudi Arabia setting up buses.

Even in the last game, they were still setting up the bus.

For this reason, many people ridiculed that the Saudis set up the bus to indicate in advance that they would be eliminated.

It is a tradition in Saudi Arabia to have buses.

But in this game, Saudi Arabia actually adopted a 4-1-4-1 formation.

Compared with the bus, some positions have been changed, but it still gives people an inseparable connection between them and the bus.

On the other hand, Russia's side is a normal 4-2-3-1.

The entire formation needs to be more offensive. It is obvious that the Russians are determined to win this opening game.

The starting lineups of both sides are as follows:

Russia (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Akinfeev.

Defenders: Fernandez, Kutepov, Ingnashevich, Zhirkov.

Midfielder: Samedov, Gasinski, Dzagoev, Zobnin, Golovin.

Forward: Smolov.

Saudi Arabia (4-1-4-1):

Goalkeeper: Mayov.

Defenders: Shahrani, Osman, Hausawi, Black.

Midfielder: Dawasari, Faraj, Otaif, Asim, Shehri.

Forward: Sahrawi.

The game had already started, and there was a commotion at the scene.

Saudi Arabia took advantage of Russian full-back Zhirkov's mistake and cut inside. Shehri passed the ball across to assist Sahrawi to score the first goal.

Just five minutes into the game, Saudi Arabia scored.

This goal immediately stunned everyone.

The Russian fans at the scene were also stunned.

Even Lucai, who was watching the live broadcast, looked confused.

In his memory, Russia should have defeated Saudi Arabia with a clean sheet.

But what's going on?

Could it be that Saudi Arabia did not give face to the host country in the first game and just showed off its Herma style?

In the end, it turned out that Lucky still thought too much.

Saudi Arabia seized the opportunity and scored a goal to teach Russia a harsh lesson.

But after that, Russia quickly completed adjustments and continued to increase its offensive intensity.

Finally, in the 15th minute, Gasinski's header equalized the score.

After the equalizer, the Russian fans finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere at the scene returned to enthusiasm.

In the 24th minute, Russian midfielder Garglov was injured and Zagoev came on as a substitute.

At the end of the first half, Cheryshev helped Russia expand the score again.

This also brought the entire stadium into a climax.

In the second half, Russia opened up completely.

The offensive weight was constantly increased, perhaps because the goal conceded at the beginning angered this group of fighting people, and their offensive was extremely fierce.

In the 71st minute, the substitute center, who came on as a substitute for just one minute, received a pass from his teammate and volleyed through the Saudi Arabian goal from the back point to extend the score to 3:1.

In the 85th minute, Golovin, who had two goals and assists, completed a wonderful extraordinary show on the wing. After practicing with two people, he entered the penalty area and a shot from behind brought the score to 4:1.

The Russians who scored four goals were still not reconciled.

With the Saudi players in a frustrated state, they stepped up their game again.

In stoppage time, Dzyuba assisted Cheryshev and scored another goal, the score was 5:1.

Two minutes from goal, at the last minute of the whistle.

Golovin once again completed a world-wide kick outside the penalty area that penetrated the goal!

The score was expanded to 6:1!

The Russian fans in the audience were excited.

They beat Saudi Arabia 6-1 in the opening game.

And this score also made the Russian fans extremely excited.

The whole place started chanting ‘Ula! Ula’ cheers.

In the end, the score was fixed at 6:1.

Russia won its first victory in the opening match.

In Saudi Arabia, the first game ended in disgrace.