Fight the Tiger brothers They chase their dreams in the World Cup

There is always no shortage of brothers playing together in the World Cup: in 1966, England's Charlton brothers lifted the Remet Cup together; In 1998, the De Boer twins helped the Netherlands reach the semi-finals; The Toure brothers of Côte d'Ivoire reached the World Cup finals three times in 2006, 2010 and 2014...

In this Qatar World Cup, several pairs of brothers also appeared, some fought side by side, which became a good story; Some of them are their own masters, which has become a major spectacle in the arena.

Te'o wants to win the World Cup for Lucas

In the first round of France's match against Australia, the injury of left-back Lucas Hernandez indirectly caused France to concede a goal in the 9th minute, with his younger brother Teo Hernandez coming on as a substitute. Following the 2018 World Cup, the Amrabat brothers in Morocco alternately played, and for the second time in the history of the World Cup, there was a "brother substitute". Te'o, who took over the responsibility on the left wing, went from strength to strength, offering a game-high number of successes and an assist.

After the match, the French team announced that Lucas had torn cruciate ligament in his right knee and withdrew from the World Cup early.

Lucas and Te'o are only the second brothers in the history of the French team to participate in the World Cup together, the last pair dating back to the first World Cup in 1930, when Lucien Laurent, who scored the first goal in World Cup history, was selected together with his brother Jean Laurent. The Hernandez brothers look so much that fans often mistakenly think they are twins, but Lucas was born in 1996 and Te'o in 1997.

The duo joined the Atletico Madrid Academy in 2007 and Lucas joined Bayern Munich in 2019 and is now Bayern's main defender, playing 45 club games in the past two seasons, only two of which were not as starters. At Bayern he is more present in the centre-back position, but France boss Deschamps believes he can also make a difference at left-back, so he has experimented more at the position at Bayern this season: "Completely different from playing in central defence, left-back runs more often, and I know both positions very well. Despite Romelu Lucas' confirmation of being out for up to six months, Bayern are still looking to reach a contract extension with Lucas.

It is a pity that Lucas ended his World Cup trip early due to injury, otherwise the healthy competition between the two brothers would become a double guarantee for France's left side.

Te'o is currently firmly established at AC Milan after moving to Alavés, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad. Unlike Lucas' transition from centre-back to left-back, Te'o has focused on left-back from the start, and his attacking attributes are better than his older brother's. In the second round of the group stage against Denmark, Te'o provided an assist, thus becoming the first French defender to provide consecutive assists in the World Cup since statistics began in 1966. With one goal and six assists in the first nine games for France, Te'o became the first player in the team's history to contribute seven goals in the first nine games after Zidane.

Special Olympics said at the press conference that he would talk to Lucas every day, and Lucas told Special Olympics to win the World Cup for him. And he also hopes that his brother will be stronger when he returns.

Inyaki and Nico are each their masters

The brothers Inyaki Williams and Nico Williams both play for Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, helping the team temporarily take fourth place in the league. Both have dual Ghanaian and Spanish citizenship, with older brother Inyaki choosing to represent Ghana in the World Cup and younger brother Nico choosing to play for his birthplace in Spain, becoming the first half-brothers in World Cup history to play for a different national team.

At the 2014 World Cup, the Boateng brothers represented Germany and Ghana respectively, but they were only half-brothers. Older brother Boateng Sr. is Ghana's main midfielder, and younger brother Boateng Jr. is Germany's main right-back. In the group stage, Germany, who won the title, drew 2-2 with Ghana.

The 28-year-old Inyaki is a centre-forward who played for Athletic Bilbao in 2012 and was selected for the Spanish national team in 2016, helping Spain win 3-1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly match. But he never waited for a call and only played in this senior tournament for Spain.

In July this year, the Ghana national team officially announced that Inyaki would play for the Ghana national team. My grandfather played an important role in Inyaki's move to Ghana: "It was a dream of my grandfather to see me wearing the national team shirt. He wants to see me play in the World Cup. Because of his grandfather, Inyaki followed his heart and steadfastened his choice. He was able to play consistently in Ghana, starting back-to-back games, and in the second round of the group stage against South Korea, Inyaki assisted Kudus, and Garner once again exceeded the score and maintained it until the end.

Niko, 8 years younger than his brother, plays as a winger. Nico is extremely fast, can play on the left and right, can create chances by running without the ball, and quick counter-tackle after losing the ball is exactly what Spain need.

Unlike his older brother, Nico's inclusion in the Spanish national team went more smoothly. He has already made two appearances and provided one assist for Spain in the 2022 UEFA Nations League, and it is only natural that he has been named to the World Cup squad. In the group stage, Nico has already won two consecutive substitute opportunities and started the final round against Japan to help Spain reach the round of 16.

Before the start of the World Cup, Inyaki and Nico posted their jerseys on social media and took photos with the Hercules Cup. Despite the different national teams they play for, the brotherhood between the two remains the same.

The Ayow brothers made their father's dream come true

In the Ghana national team team, there are also two brothers, Andre Ayu and Jordan Ayu, who are wearing side by side. Andre and Jordan were born into a football family. His father, Abedi Ayu, was twice elected African Footballer of the Year and is one of Africa's greatest stars, as evidenced by his nickname "Abedi Pele".

It is worth mentioning that Abedi's younger brother Kwame Ayu also embarked on the road of professional football with the former's funding. In 2003, Kwamei won the last A Golden Boot with Shenyang Jinde FC, and in 2004, he moved to Shanghai International and won the Chinese Super League First Year Golden Boot. Sadly, neither Abedi nor Kwame ever set foot on the World Cup.

Fortunately, Abedi's two sons fulfilled the brothers' dreams, and this experience can also be called the inheritance of brotherhood between father and son.

Andre previously participated in the 2010 World Cup and the 2014 World Cup, and the brothers participated in this World Cup in Qatar. Andre has started all nine of the three World Cups, scoring three goals and one assist, while Jordan has yet to score a goal.

Fans who often watch the Premier League must be no stranger to his younger brother Jordan, who has performed well at Crystal Palace, and despite his 8-year Premier League career, he has scored only 9 goals in the 2019-2020 season. As a striker, he even experienced a 42-game goal drought. But he can always win the trust of the coaching team with his diligence and non-possession of the ball, and firmly occupy the main position of the team.

Andre is only a year older than his brother, but he has long faded out of the five major leagues. But in the national team, he is still a well-deserved captain that teammates can rely on.

Brothers are both frustrated World Cup

In addition, there are the long-known Hazard brothers of Belgium. Eden Hazard played for Lille, Chelsea and Real Madrid, where he won the Ligue 1 and French Cups, won the Ligue 1 Young Player and Ligue 1 Player of the Year, and led Chelsea to their first Champions League title and two Premier League titles. Although Eden lost a lot of form due to injury and weight gain after his transfer to Real Madrid in 2019, he was still an absolute workhorse in the national team, contributing one goal and one assist in the European qualifiers to help Belgium qualify for the World Cup finals.

Younger brother Sorgen is less talented than Eden, and the highlight of his career was 13 goals and 11 assists at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2018-2019 season. At Dortmund in recent years, Salgen has been the team's main rotation player. The brothers' performance in the group stage was disappointing, with the entire Belgian team scoring only one goal in three games and being eliminated in the group stage. This could be Eden Hazard's last World Cup as captain.

The Milinković Savic brothers were named Serbia's best in the first two rounds of the World Cup group stage. Just looking at the appearance, people may think that the bearded Vanya is the older brother and the handsome Sergei is the younger brother, but in fact, Vanya is only 25 years old, and Sergei is 27 years old.

Both brothers currently play in Serie A, but their positions on the pitch are very different. With a height of 2.02 meters, Vanya is the best choice for Serbia. Sergey is one of the rare excellent high schools today. Excellent direct plug, air dominance and confrontation ability made him frequently have "scandals" with major European giants, but Lazio never succeeded in asking for it.

The duo are as tough as the Serbs, and Sergei suffered an ankle injury in the first round against Brazil, but he still chose to play in the second round with an injury and scored one goal. However, in the final round of the group stage against Switzerland, Sergei did not play well due to injury, and his younger brother Vanya lost four saves and his opponent scored three goals to qualify. The first World Cup in which the Milinković Savage brothers competed ended in a group finish.

Author: Su Xing Li Zeyu

Source: Yangcheng Evening News