Chapter 145: The Ball King's Curtain Call

In the semi-finals between the Netherlands and Argentina, when the 90-minute match is over, I believe that fans who have been expecting this big game will be surprised.

3:0!

The Dutch won without pressure, while the Argentines had to say goodbye to South Africa in tears!

Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Van Bronckhorst each scored a goal, Sneijder and Robben are both super attackers, and there is nothing surprising about their goals, but it is surprising that Van Bronckhorst, a thousand-year-old tree, actually blossomed in the game against Argentina.

And also scored a super long-range goal that was no less exciting than Alihan's 1978 stunner against the Italian team, so that Van Bronckhorst was also able to be included in the Dutch team's World Cup goal honor list, and his goal opened the door to victory for the Dutch team to enter the World Cup final for the third time in history, and his achievements are enough to be praised by posterity for a long time.

In the 1998 World Cup in France, Van Bronckhorst wore the number 19 shirt and was selected, but Hiddink did not give him a second chance from the beginning to the end, Van Bronckhorst became a standard spectator, and he could only watch his team lose to Brazil in a penalty shootout when they were so close to the final.

In the 2006 World Cup, Van Bronckhorst became the absolute main force, although he played well in the group stage, he completely "fell" in the "Nuremberg Battle", after the flying red and yellow cards, the Dutch team went home, and he himself carried a red card.

The past is unbearable, and now the Dutch soldiers have washed away all kinds of shame with a victory, but the complex that has haunted the hearts of the Dutch people for many years.

Yes, reaching the final may be just a passing standard for the Brazilian team, but for the Dutch team, for the 35-year-old Van Bronckhorst, it is not a historic victory!

Even fans who are familiar with La Liga and the Premier League have very few times to see Van Bronckhorst score a goal, and even if they happen to see him, they have never seen him put on such a world-class performance. Carlos was also not seen in the heyday of his career.

30 meters away direct left foot heavy artillery, not to mention any arc angle, a straight line persistently towards the right post, the Argentine goalkeeper had to tear himself in half to save, but the ball went directly to the dead end, smashed the post in, high-tech weapons precision strike, nothing more than that.

Van Bronckhorst's goal, mentally speaking, let all the Dutch players who played very depressed immediately return to their positions, feeling greatly invigorated, tactically speaking, his pressing attack, greatly surpassed Van Marwijk's basic tactical concept, perhaps the coach himself did not expect that Van Bronckhorst originally cut into the overall attack, but it was just a pass, an assist, but with a classic long-range shot super value to return the coach's tactical arrangement, usually the offense is not obvious, occasionally exposed, the whole world is trembling.

In today's game, Van Bronckhorst's contribution to the whole team, not to mention a goal, in the 51st minute, Messi's long-distance empty goal, if Van Bronckhorst did not return to the defense for the first time to push the ball out, this game may be a lot more entangled.

In the 68th minute, it was his 50-meter long pass that allowed Van der Vaart and Robben's continuous attacks, and finally Robben knocked on the door of Argentina!

Throughout the game, the whole stadium was racing, and the veteran showed no signs of being unable to support it, and his 105 national team appearances ended in a perfect ending.

The last game will definitely be Van Bronckhorst's 106th international match, no need to think about the two regrets of his predecessors, the old demon captain has opened a door for the Dutch team with his golden left foot, why can't he lead the team to personally open the door that symbolizes entering the highest hall of honor?!

A 3:0 victory, so that the Dutch team reached the World Cup final for the third time in history, but also to Argentina, a country with a long history of football, the history of the World Cup has filled in a record of fiasco, in the history of Argentine football World Cup fiasco, in 1930 2:4 lost to Uruguay, 1958 1:6 lost to the Czech Republic, 1974 0:4 lost to the Netherlands, and now facing the Netherlands, the Argentines lost a 0:3, Argentina's shorts were ripped off by the Dutch, Poor defense, still inefficient attack, Maradona's team has to be unwhole, individual and not individual, and finally even the spirit is crushed by the Dutch, what is left of this team? NOTHING!

Before the start of the game, Maradona cheered for the players, but his personal rendering could not save the team, let alone change the fact that Argentina had no ideas, messy attack and shoddy defense after the start of the game.

Argentina could not fully control the ball and could only test the Dutch defence through individuals, and Messi was locked in the cage. After 0:2, Argentina is like a person who is about to be drowned, and he will only flutter blindly, replacing Pastore, replacing Aguero, but not replacing Veron, once again proving that Maradona is only suitable to be a player, and should not be a coach at all.

In the last Cup, 6:1 defeated Serbia and Montenegro, Argentina made people feel invincible for a while, this time it is not the same, the group stage was smooth, easy to qualify, and then defeated Uruguay and Ghana, which made them full of confidence, Maradona even said: "Now Argentina can defeat all opponents!" ”

But soon, the harsh reality made the Argentines pour cold water on their heads.

0:3 to the Netherlands!

From beginning to end, it has been proved that Argentina is a pseudo-strong team.

After the start of the World Cup, Maradona has been paralyzing the players with the spirit of Ah Q of the spiritual victory method, and his lack of technical and tactical skills and command ability on the field have been fully exposed.

German football emperor Beckenbauer is right, this Argentina is a plate of scattered sand, it will only rely on individuals, there is no whole, Messi, Higuain, Tevez, Di Maria, Milito on the bench, Aguero which is not a wrist, but in the lack of reasonable planning, such Argentina's combat effectiveness is okay to pinch South Korea and Nigeria, and it is still far from dealing with the Netherlands.

Argentina lacked stability, let alone ideas, until the World Cup hastily determined the main lineup, and the formation also abandoned the 442 formation that had been used before, Maradona once personally brought the World Cup to Argentina, and now he has put a shame label on Argentina, which is really sad.

After Argentina was eliminated by the Netherlands 0:3, Argentine national team coach Maradona revealed his intention to resign to the people around him.

According to Maradona's own statement, he needs to discuss it with his family before making a decision, and insiders of the Football Association revealed that the top management of the Football Association is waiting for Maradona to make this step aside.

Although the Football Association has been publicly supporting Maradona's work during this time, Maradona's departure from the position of Argentine coach is inevitable.

After the game, everyone in the locker room of the Argentine team couldn't help but shed tears of disappointment, the players couldn't cry, and the old horse also comforted Messi for this, however, in the sad atmosphere of the whole team, Maradona himself couldn't help crying, he and his players were crying in the locker room, it was obvious that the big score loss and the fact that the dream was shattered made the whole Argentine team feel unacceptable.

Messi is the most disappointed person, he is very close to the final, and then such a rout, ending his World Cup journey, how can he be reconciled.

Now Messi can only watch his old rival Digan fight for a place in the final, while he can only wait for a new opponent and then fight for third place.

Messi also said in an interview after the game: "This is a disaster, I still can't believe that this game will become like this, we were beaten by the Dutchmen in the game, I can't accept this ending, it's all too painful, a game, let us lose everything." ”

The 0:3 result was obviously too big a blow to Messi.

Maradona was also not happy, in the locker room, he cried like a child, finally after controlling his emotions, in addition to thanking the players for their efforts, Maradona did not say anything to the players, and then he attended the press conference, at which Maradona expressed his resignation several times, although later he also said that whether to stay still needs to be seen, but at this point it is basically possible to make a conclusion.

At the press conference, the world seemed to see a frail, even a little pitiful Maradona for the first time, at that moment, he dispersed his aggressive rebelliousness, as if he was suddenly 10 years old, with sadness and helplessness between his eyebrows: "I can resign tomorrow, but now Argentina is moving forward on the right path." ”

Recalling that Maradona has been the same flamboyance and arrogance as Mourinho since he coached Argentina, and now the old horse is like a swordsman who is sad after defeat, without tears, without the rendering of the curtain, but it is enough to touch the softest place in people's hearts.

And behind this weakened version of Maradona for the first time in history, the old horse experienced what is undoubtedly the most painful race of his life.

During the game, when Van Bronckhorst scored for the Netherlands, the old horse kept getting up to direct the Argentine attack, anxiously and loudly cheering for the players.

He had waved his arms at Heinze, almost roaring at Tevez for his running tactics, and when Higuain's shot was denied by the post, Maradona even covered his eyes in disbelief at what was happening.

When Messi's last kick went high at the end of the first half, Maradona could only look up to the sky and sigh that his luck was not good.

At the beginning of the second half, Argentina came up to attack, and the Dutch team could only be pressed to defend in their own penalty area, and the old horses on the sidelines encouraged the whole team on the sidelines.

It's just that Argentina has no way to take the Dutch defense, and the situation of no points is still continued, and then, when Dirobben scored the second goal for the Dutch team, Argentina's momentum has gone, and the passionate and roaring Maradona was suddenly defeated, and he sat in the coach's seat in a daze, his eyes glazed, and his expression was full of helplessness and confusion.

Subsequently, Sneijder's goal made Argentina's wounds rub salt again, and the passion of the Dutch team completely extinguished Maradona's passion and anger.

In Maradona's legendary life, he was knocked down but never defeated, even when he was disqualified from the World Cup in 1994 for a drug test, and even when he wept in the face of his own Italian illegitimate son. After taking over the reins of Argentina, Maradona had been criticized by domestic public opinion due to his poor qualifying results, but he faced the pressure and fought angrily. Leaving aside Maradona's tactical rivalry in coaching Argentina, Maradona, whether as a player or as a manager, has always been like a fighter, fighting non-stop and never giving in.

Maybe Argentina's tragic situation so far is related to Maradona's tactical mistakes and his inappropriate 23-man squad, but after this gloomy back, Maradona really makes people feel that he is old.

When he lowered his unruly eyebrows at the press conference and his eyes showed helplessness, the gray beard made people feel for the first time that the years had left indelible marks on him at the age of 50.

Perhaps, due to Maradona's high demeanor and aggressive momentum, people ignored his old state, but after Argentina's 0:3 defeat, the old horse was completely defeated. After admitting that he might resign, Maradona's journey to coach Argentina to the World Cup came to a gloomy end with a weak and sad tone.

Maradona originally thought that the 2010 World Cup would be a replica of the 1986 World Cup, but in the end he found that the glory of 1986 could not be replicated.

However, when it comes to results, Argentina has done very well, after the summer of 1990 in Italy, Argentina reached the semi-finals for the first time, but analyzing the process of Argentina's qualification, it is not difficult to find that their luck is really good.

Easily defeated South Korea and Nigeria in the group stage, and faced Belgium in the last game, which played half of the main team, both played in a mess, and then faced Uruguay and Ghana in the two knockout games, respectively, which were not very strong opponents.

Until they met the Netherlands, who was attacking with all their might, the camouflage of the Argentine strong team was torn apart at once.

Maradona has one game left in the World Cup, that is, the third-place match, and Maradona still has a chance to prove himself in front of people and prove that Argentina is not a pseudo-powerhouse.

However, neither Belgium nor Spain is clearly easy to deal with.