Chapter 398: The Dutch laughed, and the Brazilians went home!
Portugal was eliminated by Spain, Ronaldo was not satisfactory, and the anti-Tang alliance brought up the old matter, thinking that it had a lot to do with Tang Jue.
Le Monde Sport commented: Portugal is gone, and the Portugal captain has only scored one goal in three games, which is a strong contrast to his bravery in La Liga. You must know that in the season that has just ended, Ronaldo is the top scorer in La Liga.
We had a bold guess before the start of the World Cup, and the goal was to score fewer goals than Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga last season, and the purpose was to prepare for the World Cup. Now it seems that this guess was correct!
Cristiano Ronaldo's passion is all used in La Liga, and he is tired by the World Cup, so he is not concentrating on the field and does not show the level he should have. And the ball bully quietly led the French team to move forward and approach the Hercules Cup. This is the trick that the ball boss has calculated a long time ago!
What a powerful trick, I have to admire!
This is the same as the Champions League final a year ago, when he set a trap and made a bet with Cristiano Ronaldo to not only win the Big Ears Cup, but also earn a Cristiano Ronaldo who can share the burden of his goalscoring efforts. Perhaps at that time, the football tyrant was already preparing for this year's World Cup!
When it comes to the big picture, the ball boss is superhuman. How many people can be like him, planning for the World Cup a year in advance? There is no one else but him!
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Obviously, Johansen is trying to provoke new contradictions, on the one hand, he is trying to provoke Portuguese fans to hate Tang Jue, and on the other hand, he wants to sow the seeds of contradictions in the Real Madrid dressing room.
Cristiano Ronaldo certainly does not agree with this view, saying in an interview with the newspaper As: "Some people say that I put all my energy into the club game. This is the reason why my national team table is not good. I don't agree with this view at all. ”
"No one can resist the allure of the World Cup, as long as he is a professional footballer, he dreams of the moment when he lifts the Hercules Cup. I'm also eager to lead the team to the final, but not everything will work out. ”
"Football is not a one-person game, it requires the whole team to work together. To tell you the truth, Portugal don't have what it takes to win the title and we've done our best. ”
"Someone is trying to use this incident to sow discord between me and Tang, which is wishful thinking. As for the Champions League final a year ago, I said it a long time ago. That's a fair bet. And if Real Madrid loses the game, Don will also be saddled with treacherous infamy. ”
"How many people have the courage of him? Have the courage to put your life on the line? ”
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After playing the quarter-finals on June 26, France will not play the quarter-finals until July 2, which is almost a week in between. Undoubtedly. The schedule gave Tang time to recover.
Over time. With superhuman recovery abilities. France's number one star began training on June 30. This boosted the morale of the whole team, and laughter returned to the training ground.
Domenech focused his efforts on restoring the fitness of the players and relaxing the mentality of the players. The training is mainly carried out in the form of a game. There are also some simple tactical exercises mixed in. Ghana are not a traditional powerhouse and the French team is confident of progressing to the semi-finals.
On June 30, the quarter-finals are over and the World Cup will be suspended for two days before the semi-finals are rekindled.
All eyes were on the defending champions, and all sorts of news appeared in the media.
"Don is starting to train with the team and there's a good chance he'll be in the starting line-up against Ghana!"
"The ball bully is really talented, and he began to recover from training three days after the injury, and it is said that he is in good shape!"
"The French fans rejoice, their king will appear in the quarter-finals against Ghana!"
"Henry has made a bold statement that he must beat Ghana and reach the semi-finals!"
"Ghana striker Gian thinks Ghana have the ability to pull off an upset, knock out the defending champions and reach the semi-finals!"
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At 4 p.m. on July 2, the quarter-finals were first played between the Netherlands and Brazil. They will compete for a ticket to the semi-finals at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
It was a conversation between the powerful and the powerful, attracting the attention of the media and fans around the world.
The two sides have met nine times in history, with Brazil having a slight advantage with 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats, and the Netherlands only won the group stage in 1974 when they met three times in the World Cup finals, and then Brazil went through the knockout stages twice, one of which was a penalty shootout.
Once the game started, both sides played very carefully, trying to control the game by controlling the midfield. Therefore, the midfield becomes the key to the contention between the two sides.
At the beginning of the game, it was in a state of stalemate, and the fierce scramble became the main theme.
The two sides frequently used fouls to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, in the eighth minute, the Brazilian team took the lead, Fabiano made a direct pass, Alves received a direct pass and burst into the left side of the penalty area with a diagonal pass, Robinho pushed the empty goal into the net!
The Brazilian fans were excited, however, their joy waned as the referee declared the goal offside and the goal was disallowed.
The Brazilians weren't deterred, and in the 10th minute, Melo made a direct pass, the Dutch centre-back had a fatal gap, and Robinho scored with a one-handed shot from the edge of the box!
The score became 1-0!
Brazil leads!
ESPN exclaimed: "The Brazilian team under Dunga's coach, the previous 15 games scored by Robinho have won all 15 games, which indicates that Brazil will win this game!" ”
The deadlock was broken, and the competition on the field became more intense. With the score behind, the Dutch team stepped up their attack,
In the 11th minute, Van Persie passed the ball and Kuyt's powerful shot from 18 meters on the left side of the penalty area was saved by Cesar in the near corner.
In the 16th minute, Kuyt tackled a cross from the left flank, but the Brazilian defender managed to clear it.
In the seventeenth minute, Bastos fouled Robben and Van Persie's free-kick from 28 yards went straight high.
Brazil, after stabilizing their defence, launched an attack on the Netherlands, hoping to widen the gap and break the Dutchman's fighting spirit.
In the 25th minute, Kaka burst into the right edge of the penalty area, and De Jong chased back in time to tackle the bottom line. Alves then took a corner and was cleared. The Barcelona wing-back shook Kuyt and continued to cross, and Juan fired the ball high from eight yards!
In the 29th minute, Oyer fouled Kaka on the side, Alves crossed a free kick from the right, and the unguarded Fabiano's header from 14 meters was high again!
In the 31st minute, Robinho passed the ball after passing on the left side, Fabiano tapped his heel, and Kaka's curling shot from 20 meters was saved by Stekelenberg in the upper right corner!
In the 32nd minute, Alves' long-range shot was again confiscated by Stekelenburg.
Brazil is on the offensive and the Dutch team can only rely on the personal table of the star. to threaten Brazil's goal. It's a pity that the Brazilian was very tight on Robben and didn't let him play his speed.
As the referee's whistle blew, Brazil took a temporary 1-0 lead and ended the first half. After a fifteen-minute break. The two sides changed sides and fought again.
The Dutch team, which was behind the score, stepped up their attack. Fiftieth minute. Van Persie passes the ball and Sneijder shoots low wide from the edge of the box.
In the fifty-third minute, the situation on the field changed abruptly. Sneijder's cross from the right flank, Cesar made a mistake and collided with teammate Melo, and the ball was headed into his own goal by Melo!
Own goal!
The Dutchman was lucky to equalise!
Merlot's mood was low, and the Dutch were excited. After the scoreline was levelised, the movements of both sides became more brutal, and people kept falling on the turf, and it was hard to imagine that these were two teams that were called the representatives of gorgeous football.
In the 68th minute, the Dutchman seized the opportunity from a set-piece to overtake the score. Arjen Robben takes a corner kick from the right, Kuyt heads back, and Sneijder scores with a header from four yards!
Sneijder, who is only 1.71 meters tall, actually scored with a header, and after the goal, the Dutch midfielder slapped his head incredibly, and it was suitable for him to score with his head!
In the ensuing game, Arjen Robben trash talked to Melo, who defended him, to provoke the Brazilian midfielder. In the seventy-fourth minute, Melo, who was unbearable to be insulted, lost control of his feelings, and after kicking Robben in a row, he trampled on his opponent very badly!
Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura showed a red card directly to Melo!
The Brazilian fans watched in shock, then they were cold, down and now with one man to play. They realize that the tide is turning, unless a miracle happens.
And the Dutch fans vented their joy with applause.
The Brazilians were getting more and more difficult, and in the ensuing matches, they had to step up their attack. In the final minutes, Brazil were almost in the swing, but their attacks came to naught in the face of the Dutchman's fierce defence.
As the referee's whistle sounded, the match between the Netherlands and Brazil came to an end, and the Dutch had the last laugh, and the Brazilians regretted to be out. After the match, the Brazilian fans shed bitter tears as their team once again fell outside the semi-finals.
Brazil's exit in the quarter-finals at the World Cup is directly linked to Melo's poor performance, with the Juventus midfielder, who has been controversial this season, conceding an own goal in two goals conceded by Brazil, while the other goal conceded by Brazil was also headed by the 1.71-meter-tall Sneijder, who was marked by him.
After the game, Melo became the culprit of Brazil's defeat and was heavily criticized by the media. Milan Sport commented:
"With an own goal and no defense against Sneijder, Melo is the sinner of Brazil's defeat. But what Melo shouldn't have been even more undue was that in the situation of falling behind 1-2, he stretched out his foot and stepped on the leg of Robben who fell to the ground when he could have avoided it, and directly 'applied' to the red card.
Anyone watching Melo play for the first time may be surprised by his shocking stupidity, but Serie A fans who are familiar with Melo should not be surprised. Because the rough-stricken, simple-minded Brazilian, who takes pleasure in fighting and makes a name for himself on impulse, perhaps he simply doesn't have the basic qualities of a player.
Before practicing football, Mellot worked on kickboxing, a ferocious combat technique that didn't even have a forbidden zone like boxing. One of Melo's famous sayings was: 'If I hadn't played, I would have fought with others on stage today.' ’
He also said that the players he defends should be prepared and when he stretches his foot out, the opponent should not expect him to take his foot back. This time, his foot was not retracted, and there was no chance to retract it.
Melo's two seasons in Serie A were also marked by a dismal record. His worst performance came on the eve of the end of the 08/09 season, when he clashed with opposing captain Andrés López in the passage during the match between Fiorentina and Cagliari. As a result, his opponent fractured his wrist, and he was sentenced to a five-match suspension.
This directly caused him to miss the crucial match for the Champions League place at Fiorentina at home against AC Milan, and in the end, Fiorentina lost 0-2 at home. It seems that this is far from the first time that Melo has hurt his team.
Juventus have also been victimized by him this season, and in addition to constant yellow cards, his rough technique has been intolerable to the media and fans in Torino. And he also had a face-to-face argument with Coach Zaccheroni.
Maybe Melo's clumsy performance disappointed Juventus, they originally hoped to sell him for a good price, but now it seems that Melo can only depreciate and depreciate, in fact, Italian reporters have not figured out for a season, how did Fiorentina general manager Corvino let Juventus buy such a clumsy player for a high price of 24.5 million? ”
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Winning the strong dialogue, the Dutch team became the "new favorite" of the three major gambling companies in Europe. There was widespread praise in the Netherlands for Van Marwijk's Dutch side, who deserved to win the game because they played smarter. (To be continued......)