On TV, the Korean and Italian teams had already appeared, and the KBS commentator was introducing the lineups of both teams. The camera stayed on Park Ji-sung for two more seconds. Koreans obviously regarded Park Ji-sung as a savior, hoping that he could replicate Portugal's magic touch against the strong opponent Italy.

The chairman of the Korean Football Association, Zhou Mengzhun, also appeared on the field and shook hands with the players from both sides. Chen Zaican looked at the strong Italian team and asked Song Yi unconfidently, "Song Yi, do you think the Korean team can win?"

Song Yi looked at Zhou Mengzhun meaningfully, "This depends on Uncle Mengzhun. He has the 'Hand of God' just like Maradona. Maybe he can bring us a surprise."

Cui Shanji chuckled, "President Zhou is not playing on the field, how can an off-field person influence the game on the field?"

South Korea coach Hiddink kept the same lineup as the one used against Portugal, while Italy's world-class central defenders were forced to reorganize, which also gave South Korea a glimmer of opportunity.

Nesta, who played with an injury in the group stage, can no longer play, and Cannavaro will also miss the knockout stage due to two yellow cards.

In the knockout stage of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, the South Korean team met Italy, Spain and Germany in succession. As a result, these three teams won the World Cup championships in 2006, 2010 and 2014 respectively. It has to be said that there is a bit of metaphysics in this.

As a last resort, Italian coach Trapattini asked Maldini to play as a central defender. Juventus central defender Juliano, who had never played before, also made his debut. Del Piero, who helped Italy score the equalizer in the group stage, also entered the starting lineup again. Inzaghi returned to the bench. Coco also replaced Maldini's previous position.

The referee of this game was Moreno from Ecuador. After the game, fans all over the world remembered this person's name.

The game officially began amid the roar of tens of thousands of Korean fans at Daejeon Stadium. Chen Zaican picked up a beer and drank one with Song Yi first, "If I had known earlier, I would have gone to watch the game with Tae Hyun and the others."

Song Yi glanced at Cui Shanji unnaturally. Cui Shanji was dressed very coolly today. She was wearing a black silk suspender nightgown. The color of the nightgown formed a sharp contrast with her fair skin, and the whiteness of the neckline was somewhat dazzling.

If Chen Zaican wasn't at home, he would be embarrassed to come to Choi Sun-hee to watch the game alone. But Choi Sun-hee probably couldn't stay at home alone, maybe she would go to the New Asia Building to watch the game with Song Yi? Choi Sun-hee noticed Song Yi's eyes, she didn't avoid it, and handed the roasted pork belly to Song Yi, "Song Yi, you men just can't keep watch. Before, you said you stayed in Seoul to spend a weekend with me, and now you regret not going to Daejeon to watch the game."

Chen Zaican was not embarrassed and took a sip of beer happily. "Isn't Song Yi here? The weekend for the two of us has turned into a happy time for the three of us to have dinner together. Isn't that great?"

In the third minute of the game, the situation on the field had changed. Park Ji-sung was trying to break through Coco in the frontcourt, but Coco made a sliding tackle and knocked Park Ji-sung to the ground.

Chen Zaican couldn't help cursing when he saw this scene, and Song Yi smiled. Moreno blew the whistle, giving the Korean team a free kick in the front court, and also gave Coco a yellow card. The next game became more and more magical. Song Zhongguo stood in the front court and took the free kick. He kicked the ball into the penalty area, and the Korean player Xue Qixuan fell to the ground in the penalty area.

The referee Moreno determined that Xue Qixuan was pulled down by Panucci, so he decisively blew a penalty.

Slow motion showed that Seol Ki-hyeon was more like being pushed out than being pulled down, but Panucci did pull Seol Ki-hyeon's jersey, and Seol Ki-hyeon fell to the ground. Although there was suspicion of diving, Moreno's penalty was reasonable.

"Well done! Come on! Ahn Jung-hwan!" Chen Jae-chan was very excited. He didn't expect that the South Korean team would have a chance to take the lead as soon as they came on the court.

The penalty taker for the South Korean team was Ahn Jung-hwan, who is currently playing for the Italian club Perugia. He has played against Italian goalkeeper Buffon many times.

Ahn Jung-hwan shot at the left corner, but his shooting route was seen through by Buffon, who rejected the penalty kick like a god. Hiddink looked regretful outside the field. If the South Korean team could score the penalty kick, it would be a dream start.

Chen Zaican also looked regretful, "Oh!" But Cui Shanji did not forget to comment on Buffon's appearance, "This Italian goalkeeper is so handsome."

Chen Zaican criticized Cui Shanji with a serious face, "In a crucial game related to national honor, you actually praised the opponent of the South Korean team. You are shaking the morale of the army. In ancient times, you would be beheaded!"

Cui Shanji, however, did not indulge Chen Zaican. "If war still requires us women to go to war, then it would not be a pity if this country was destroyed, right?"

Song Yi laughed beside him and handed Cui Shanji a piece of watermelon. "Sister Shanji, just be a spectator. It's easy to get angry when watching football. Let's eat more watermelon to cool down."

In 2002, due to the continuous decline in the birth rate of Koreans, the country has become the developed country with the lowest birth rate. In order to make up for the lack of military strength, the South Korean military has begun to study the possibility of having Korean women serve in the military.

When Cui Shanji heard Song Yi say this, she sat next to Song Yi and deliberately grilled meat for Song Yi instead of Chen Zaican. If you didn’t know, you would think Cui Shanji was Song Yi’s wife.

Chen Zaican felt a little jealous when he saw Cui Shanji's behavior, but he was too proud to give in to Cui Shanji. Song Yi looked at Cui Shanji's white thighs, but he didn't dare to be too intimate with Cui Shanji. If Chen Zaican was stimulated and got drunk, coupled with the alcohol effect of beer, the two men would fight in the house for Cui Shanji, which would be a joke.

Italy, which had escaped the disaster, gradually regained the initiative on the field and launched fierce attacks on the South Korean team. Chen Zaichan's expression was very solemn, and he had not touched the beer in his hand for a long time. In the 17th minute of the game, South Korean player Kim Tae-young kicked Zambrotta from behind and was warned by Moreno with a yellow card.

Piero's subsequent free kick was saved by Li Yunzai and flew over the crossbar, and Italy got another corner kick opportunity on the left side.

Totti kicked the ball into the penalty area, causing chaos in front of the South Korean team's goal. At this time, Vieri showed his ability as a strong center forward, forcing Cui Zhenzhe, who was guarding him one-on-one, to score with a powerful header!

After scoring the goal, Vieri made a shut-up gesture to the tens of thousands of Korean fans in the stands. This was also Vieri's fourth goal in this World Cup.

Chen Zaican was so angry that he slammed the table, "This Vieri is so ungentlemanly!" Song Yi looked at the score of 1-0, but he was very happy in his heart.

Chen Zaican sat in front of the table, facing the TV in the living room, watching the game intently. Song Yi and Cui Shanji sat in the back, and the two of them chatted from time to time.

"By the way, Jaechan said you also bought a ball. How many did you buy?" Cui Shanji was actually not very interested in football. If it weren't for accompanying Song Yi, she would rather go back to the bedroom to watch TV series.

"Eighty million." Song Yi said.

"Eighty million US dollars?" Cui Shanji asked subconsciously.

Song Yi was shocked. How did Choi Sun-hee guess that? "How is that possible? 80 million won! Where did I get 80 million dollars to buy the Korean team to win?" But Song Yi was telling the truth. He personally spent 80 million won to buy the Korean team to win.

Chen Zaican was also shocked when he heard Song Yi say this. 80 million Korean won is equivalent to 480,000 RMB. He didn't expect Song Yi to buy so much. No wonder Song Yi said he was a little nervous and wanted to find someone to watch the game together.

He felt relieved instantly. If the South Korean team lost, he would lose at most 2 million won, while Song Yi would lose 80 million won. It was equivalent to Song Yi losing three Hyundai cars at once.

Cui Shanji was a little bit unconvinced. Liao Yu and Jin Taixi sisters spent a lot of money when shopping in the mall. The three of them spent more than 80 million won. They said that this money was the shopping fund awarded by Song Yi. How could Song Yi only spend 80 million won to buy a ball?

But she also didn't believe that Song Yi would spend 80 million US dollars to bet on the South Korean team's victory. After all, this number was too shocking. Cui Shanji held Song Yi's left hand with both hands and patted the back of Song Yi's hand, "Don't worry, the game is not over yet, you still have a chance."

Song Yi pulled his hand out unnaturally. Although Chen Zaican was watching the game with his back to Song Yi and Cui Shanji, Cui Shanji's behavior was too bold. However, Song Yi felt a little itchy in his heart. Could it be that Chen Zaican really acquiesced to Cui Shanji's kindness to him?

South Korea missed a penalty and conceded a goal to Italy. The morale on the field couldn't be lower. However, the conservative Italian team did not pursue the victory, but played their specialty of defensive counterattack, and actively handed the ball back to South Korea. South Korea's ball possession rate once reached 60%. Italy's shrinking formation gave South Korea a chance. In the 22nd minute of the game, Totti and Kim Nam-il were competing for a header in the center circle, and Totti's elbow hit Kim Nam-il's face. Moreno gave Totti a yellow card and did not listen to his explanation.

In the 37th minute, the Italians' defensive counterattack worked again. Totti received Tommasi's header and cleverly passed the ball into the penalty area. Tommasi had already caught up with the ball, but his shot on the ground was blocked outside the goal by Li Yunzai who acted in time, thus disrupting the attack.

Song Yi breathed a sigh of relief. If Tommasi scored this time and Italy led 2-0, then Song Yi's $80 million bet would be wasted. If the South Korean team fell behind 0-2 to the defensive Italian team, they would be doomed to miss the quarterfinals.

The Koreans' actions became more and more exaggerated. In the 42nd minute of the game, Song Jong-guk took a corner kick. Yoo Sang-tie and Coco were entangled in the penalty area. Yoo Sang-tie hit Coco in the face with his left elbow, and Coco's left eyebrow was bleeding, but the referee turned a blind eye to this action.

According to the previous penalty standards, Liu Xiangtie would at least start with a yellow card. Moreno's penalty also made the Italian players very dissatisfied. Trapattini signaled Materazzi on the sidelines to start warming up.

Song Yi looked at Materazzi and recalled the 2006 World Cup final, when Zidane knocked Materazzi over with his head and missed his second World Cup title. Later, this famous scene was made into a statue, which was bought by Materazzi himself.

At the end of the halftime match, the Korean team was still trailing 0-1, and Chen Zaican went to the bathroom. Only Song Yi and Cui Shanji were left in the living room.

Cui Shanji said to Song Yi: "I heard from Xiyuan that you can read palms, how about you help me read my palms?"

Song Yi couldn't refuse, so he held Cui Shanji's fingers and said, "There are three lines in palmistry, one for career, one for love, and one for life. What do you want to see?"

Song Yi lied seriously, "Sister Shan Ji, you see your love line is very long, which means you and Brother Zaican can be together for a lifetime, for a long time. There is a fork in the middle, which means someone intervened in your relationship and there were some twists and turns, but the two of you got back on track and lived a happy life."

Cui Shanji put her hand on Song Yi's thigh. Due to the line of sight, if Chen Zaican came out of the bathroom, he could only see Song Yi and Cui Shanji chatting together, but could not see what Cui Shanji was doing with her hand.

"Is there someone interfering in the relationship? Song Yi, tell me, is it Chen Zaican who cheated on me, or do I have someone else outside? I originally wanted to be a good wife and mother, but last time someone flirted with me in the porch and then ran away. Isn't that too irresponsible? I was thinking about him all the time, but he distanced himself from me as if nothing had happened." Cui Shanji's little hands were not honest.

Song Yi quickly explained, "Didn't Brother Zai Can catch you cheating last time? I tried to avoid being alone with you to reduce misunderstandings. After all, it's hard to avoid suspicion when you are in a melon field."

Cui Shanji smiled and said, "Then why did you dare to come to my house again today? Are you still thinking about me? Why don't you stay overnight and I will come to see you in the evening."

Song Yi felt even more uncomfortable, "Brother Zaichan is still at home."

Cui Shanji looked at Song Yi's fair face and couldn't help but kiss him. "It's okay. He and I have been sleeping in separate rooms these days. I don't care about the little goblin he keeps in the company. Even if he sees me coming out of your room, he will pretend not to know."

Song Yi felt that he was about to be eaten by Cui Shanji. At this time, it was the halftime break and the players from both sides came on the court again. Song Yi hurriedly sat aside and said, "The game has started, let's watch it!"

Cui Shanji snorted, put the watermelon into her mouth, and took a big bite, as if she was taking revenge on the watermelon as if it were Song Yi.

Chen Zaican returned to the living room and asked Song Yi, "The score hasn't changed, right?"

Song Yi has already sat down, keeping his distance from Choi Sun-hee, "It's still 0-1. The Korean team doesn't have many good opportunities at the moment."

The atmosphere of the game in the second half became increasingly weird. In the 49th minute of the game, Piero and Kim Tae-young were entangled in the penalty area. Piero pulled his jersey and Kim Tae-young elbowed Piero, but the referee Moreno only judged that Piero committed a foul.

South Korea got free kicks one after another, but they were too weak to seize the chance. Italy was not much better, Zanetti and Tommasi received yellow cards one after another, and Zanetti even received a yellow card just for complaining to the referee. In the eyes of referee Moreno, Zanetti's disrespect to the referee was much worse than the South Koreans' big move.

In the 61st minute, Trapattini replaced Piero with Gattuso to defend the 1-0 score, and Hiddink replaced Kim Tae-young with veteran Hwang Sun-hong to attack with all his strength. The Italian team had to defend, while the Koreans had to attack. This was also Hwang Sun-hong's 100th national team game.

The Koreans' moves became more and more aggressive, and even the tough guy Gattuso, who had just come on the field, began to doubt his life because of the Koreans' fighting.

Because of the excessive tackling, the Korean player lost Kim Nam-il, who was carried off the field on a stretcher. Hiddink replaced Kim Nam-il with Lee Chun-soo.

There was actually not much physical contact between Kim Nam-il and Zambrotta, but the petty Korean immediately retaliated. Hwang Sun-hong, who had just come on the field, fiercely tackled Zambrotta from behind as he was about to start.

Zambrotta fell to the ground in pain and could not play again. In the 72nd minute, Trapatni had no choice but to replace Zambrotta with Di Livio. Huang Shanhong's action was enough to get him a red card, but unfortunately the referee Moreno was blind and could not see it.

In the 73rd minute, Vieri received a long pass from Zanetti. There was no Korean player defending him closely, so he faced goalkeeper Lee Yun-jae and had a one-on-one chance. Unfortunately, the shot went wide. The Italian had used up all his luck.

Until the 80th minute, only Song Jong-guk of the South Korean team received the first yellow card of the second half. With only ten minutes left in the game, Hiddink replaced Hong Myung-bo with Cha Duri for a desperate fight.

Song Yi stared at the screen intently. He and Chen Zaichan had no appetite for barbecue. Although Song Yi knew the result of the game in advance, he didn't know that the game would be so tense. In the 88th minute, Panucci made a mistake in clearing the ball, and Seol Ki-hyun accepted the gift with a smile. 1:1, South Korea equalized the score at the last moment.

Song Yi no longer had the heart to watch the overtime. Whether the South Korean team won or lost in the end, it had nothing to do with him. The World Cup score prediction only counts the 90 minutes of regular time and injury time, not overtime and penalty shootouts.

When Moreno blew the whistle to end the regular game, Song Yi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his $1.08 billion was safely in his pocket.

Chen Zaican was very upset. If the South Korean team had performed better in the regular time, the 2 million won he invested would not have been lost. However, he felt a little happy when he saw Song Yi, who was sweating profusely. If the South Korean team and the Italian team tied 1:1, Song Yi would only lose more. How could he know that Song Yi actually spent 80 million US dollars to buy the South Korean team to tie 1:1 with Italy in the regular time? "If we lose money, we lose it. We should just watch the overtime and see if the South Korean team can qualify. It's a pity that the bookmaker only looks at the regular time for the win, loss and draw. If we had known earlier, we would have bought the South Korean team to draw. Alas!" Chen Zaican was very upset.

Song Yi was of course making a fortune in silence at this moment, he couldn't tell Chen Zaican that he actually bet on the score. He pretended to be very disappointed and toasted with Chen Zaican, and the two continued to watch the game.

Cui Shanji thoughtfully helped Song Yi wipe the sweat off his forehead. She boldly approached Song Yi and whispered in his ear, "It's okay. It doesn't matter if you buy the wrong ball. You can afford the loss anyway. How about I be the goalkeeper tonight? You can score as many goals as you want."

Song Yi looked at Cui Shanji with a helpless look. He originally thought that Cui Shanji would be more restrained when Chen Zaican was present, but who knew that Cui Shanji would become even more seductive.

In extra time, Lee Chun-soo received a yellow card for a foul on Gattuso, which was the Korean's second yellow card since the second half.

In the 104th minute, Totti dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Totti and Song Jong-kook collided in the penalty area and Totti fell to the ground. As a result, the referee Moreno did not award a penalty kick. Instead, he called Totti for diving and gave Totti a yellow card. Two yellow cards accumulated into a red card. Totti was sent off. The 10-man Italy team faced the 11-man South Korean team, and the Italians began to be in danger.

Chen Zaican was infected by the tense game, "Fortunately, thanks to the wise referee!" Song Yi listened to Chen Zaican's words and felt like he heard a black joke.

In the 111th minute, Vieri passed the ball to Tommasi in front of him. The Korean team failed to create an offside tactic, and Tommasi got a rare single opportunity and sent the ball into the net. However, all the Korean players indicated that Tommasi was offside.

The linesman raised his flag to indicate that Tommasi was offside, blowing off Italy's wonderful goal. Chen Zaican murmured to himself, "Those who survive a disaster will surely have good fortune in the future! Korean team, please keep going!"

Cui Shanji was not interested in watching the game. She took Song Yi's hand and read his palm. She looked at Song Yi's love line and couldn't help laughing. Song Yi was really a playboy. She saw Jin Xiyuan accepting the shopping bonus given by Song Yi with peace of mind, and she had already guessed the relationship between Jin Xiyuan and Song Yi.

She knew that Kim Tae-hee was a Catholic and Kim Hee-won had already left the Catholic Church, so the relationship between Song Yi and Kim Hee-won must not be an ordinary brother-in-law and sister-in-law. She was actually wondering if Kim Tae-hee knew about the ambiguity between her sister and her boyfriend?

To be fair, although the referee's whistle in this game was a bit biased, the performance of South Korean goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae was really brave. In the 113th minute, Lee Woon-jae faced Gattuso's shot and attacked again to block the ball out of the goal.

In the 117th minute, South Korea finally got a chance. Lee Chun-soo passed the ball back to Lee Young-pyo, who lofted the ball into the penalty area. Ahn Jung-hwan headed the ball in, beating Maldini! According to the rules of the game, this was another goal-winning goal in the World Cup. The game was over. South Korea defeated Italy 2-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in an extremely dishonorable way.

"Beautiful! Ahn Jung-hwan! The winning shot!" Chen Jae-chan raised his hands to celebrate in front of the TV. He turned around and high-fived Choi Sun-hee and Song Yi one by one to celebrate the victory of the South Korean team.

Song Yi remembers that the match between South Korea and Spain also ended 0-0 until the overtime. Spain also scored two goals, which were blown off by the referee. Finally, Blatter went to South Korea and found Zhou Mengzhun, who temporarily changed the referee for the semi-final between Germany and South Korea. Germany defeated South Korea 1-0 and advanced to the final.

Among Western European countries, Koreans and Germans have a good relationship, and Germany does not require visas for Koreans. During the Miracle on the Han River, South Korean President Chung Phu-seo sent a large number of Korean workers to Germany to work, earning a lot of foreign exchange for South Korea.

Koreans working in Germany often do the lowest level jobs, such as young women working as nurses and young men working as coal miners, etc. When Zheng Puxi and his wife visited Germany, they told these workers that they had made necessary sacrifices for the country and that Korea would not forget their struggles in a foreign country.

Therefore, the Koreans still lacked confidence when facing the Germans. In addition, with Beckenbauer's efforts, Zhou Mengzhen really didn't dare to do anything. The Koreans' personality of bullying the weak and fearing the strong was fully demonstrated. Song Yi was no longer interested in watching the rest of the World Cup, but Chen Zaican was still immersed in the victory of the game. This was the first time that an Asian team advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals, just like Senegal represented Africa for the first time to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, which had a strong symbolic significance.

After the game, Chen Zaican dragged Song Yi to drink to celebrate. He no longer cared about the 2 million won he had lost. As a result, the three of them drank one glass after another, and Chen Zaican was the first to get drunk.

Song Yi and Cui Shanji dragged Chen Zaican into the bedroom with great effort. Song Yi looked at Cui Shanji and said, "Then I'll go back first. My driver is still waiting for me outside."

Cui Shanji looked at Song Yi with resentment, and did not try to stop her. She silently sent Song Yi to the entrance. Song Yi changed his shoes and turned around to say goodbye to Cui Shanji.

Cui Shanji pushed Song Yi down on the shoe cabinet, and there was a clanging sound in the entrance, which caused a huge echo in the silent villa.

Song Yi was startled. When he was about to get up and leave, Cui Shanji refused to let him go. She blocked Song Yi's mouth and the two of them had a long kiss. Cui Shanji's eyes were full of affection and her face was red. She jumped on Song Yi and put her arms around his neck. "If you don't serve me well today, I will call the police and say you molested me!"

I checked again, the World Cup betting scores only count regular time, so Song Yi bought a score of 1:1. The previous article has also been modified. I would like to correct it. Thank you all for your monthly tickets, and see you all tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)