Chapter 644 ‘Europe Beats South America’ [1st Update]
The Spanish team has always been known for its flamboyance and fluidity.
They are the top super technical school in Europe. Many senior celebrities, including Zidane, believe that the Spanish football style represents the direction of European football development...
This statement is not unreasonable——
In recent years, with the rise of La Liga giant Barcelona as an invincible figure in Europe, the emergence of Xavi and Iniesta has given the Spanish national team's midfielder extreme dominance, and the [Angel Wings] single-handedly promoted by Madman Li Juan Mata is even more dazzling, coupled with the growth of young talents such as Xavi Alonso and Cesc Fabregas who play in the world's first Premier League, the Spanish team is full of talents, with an offensive like thunder and a defensive like Rock has both the gorgeousness and smoothness of South American teams and the rigor of European football!
Such a team, which can be called the most powerful in Spanish history, should have swept the globe and dominated world football... But for the Spanish team, the most unfortunate thing is that when they were at their strongest, they encountered a team like A man like a devil——Crazy Li! !
This man is hovering on the Spanish team's path to glory like an insurmountable Mount Everest.
In the 2008 European Cup, the Spanish team was once the number one favorite to win the championship. However, they were full of confidence and determined to reach the top of Europe. However, they suffered a blow in the group stage and were defeated by the madman Li Da, who was in the spotlight at the time. The score was ruthlessly lost, and they were finally ranked second in the group. In the knockout round, the Spanish team encountered Madman Li again. Originally, many Spanish fans were still counting on [Zhi So] Aragones to be able to win again. Without any suspense, he was destroyed by madman Li Wuqing, and he had no choice but to be eliminated early.
The existence of Crazy Li made the Spanish team helplessly look up to the sky and sigh, "How can there be a bright future when there is a good thing".
If there is love and hatred between the England team and Crazy Lee, then there is only hatred and no kindness between the Spanish team and Crazy Lee. The humiliating defeat of Switzerland in 2008 made 45 million people in Spain always waiting for this opportunity to take revenge!
But now, both sides are eyeing each other on the "top of the world" at the Football City Stadium in Johannesburg. The Spaniards feel that an opportunity has come. Isn't this a great opportunity to wipe out the previous shame?
Through the development of the past two years, the Spanish team has become much stronger than before. Defeating Crazy Li and taking revenge is just around the corner. Let me ask: What else can be better than defeating Crazy Li in the World Cup finals and stepping on Crazy Li’s The corpse lifting the Hercules Cup makes the Spaniards even crazier?
In this sense, the West-Afghan war even makes the previous Anglo-Afghan war even more crazy and exciting!
The public opinion in the entire matador country is like this. As the coach, Del Bosque certainly has reason to have the confidence to issue a declaration to defeat Crazy Li. He wants to use this method to make Crazy Li feel the pressure that is coming towards him, and also make the Spanish team's The players mustered up the confidence to win in one battle, catered to the emotions of the domestic fans, took advantage of the time, people and people, and started planning for the final victory four days before the final!
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Of course, when the whole world is hyped up about this World Cup final, which can be called the battle of the century, people have not forgotten that on the eve of the final, that is, July 17, 2010, there will be a battle for third place in Elizabeth. The Nelson-Mandela Bay Stadium in Port opens, and the two 'suffering brothers' who were frustrated in the semi-finals - [Three Lions] and [Samba] will compete for third place in the 2010 South Africa World Cup!
The third and fourth place finals are a contest between the losers and are of little significance!
But judging from the strength comparison between the two warring parties, it can be regarded as a shocking contest. The venue is the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. It is a new stadium built specifically for the World Cup in 2007 by the South African government at a cost of US$282 million. The stadium is named after Nelson Mandela, the black leader of South Africa. The stands can accommodate more than 48,000 people to watch the game on the sidelines.
The competition starts at 18:00 on July 17th.
As the penultimate game before the end of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the fans who came to watch the game also packed the stadium stands. The shirtless England hunks sang "God Save the Queen" and waved the St. George's Cross flag. The Brazilian beauties, dressed in cool outfits and wearing Brazilian flags with yellow and green oil paint on their faces, are full of enthusiasm and exude a unique and wild atmosphere of South American style!
The game was officially launched amidst overwhelming cheers and shouts!
The England team's lineup underwent a large-scale rotation. Michael Owen and Nicolas Gigi, who never got a chance to play in the semi-finals, finally got the chance to start. Rooney appeared in the attacking midfielder position. Capello adopted 4-1. -2-1-2 diamond midfield formation, with Barry as the single defensive midfielder... The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly Andy Carroll. Capello did not put the Newcastle [Bear Bears] in Among the starting lineup.
There are no changes in the Brazilian team. Newcastle midfielder Felipe Melo, who received a red card in the quarter-finals, replaced Ramirez. Kaka still started, Ronaldo missed the game with a knee injury, and basically everything else was the same. It’s the starting lineup for the semifinals.
This was Dunga's last game before he officially resigned, so he still took it seriously.
The game process can be regarded as ups and downs——
Brazil scored a goal in the third minute of the game with Kaka's long shot, but England quickly equalized the score - [Lightning Killer] Owen received a pass from Gigi, fell to the ground in the penalty area and scored with a tackle !
In the first half, the two sides were tied at one to one.
In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again.
It was still the Brazilian team that scored the first goal. Barcelona defender Daniel Alves scored a direct free kick in the 57th minute, rewriting the score to 2:1... However, the England team performed very tenaciously. In the 78th minute, They relied on center back Steven Taylor's header from the corner kick to equalize the score again!
The goal that decided the final result of the game occurred in the 87th minute.
This time it was the performance time of former Real Madrid [Cycling Prince] Robinho. He, Kaká and Elano played a classic Brazilian one-two in the frontcourt, tearing apart the defense led by Terry, [Cycling Prince] succeeded in pushing the shot into the lower right corner of the goal near the penalty spot!
3:2! ! !
Robinho beats England! !
After scoring this goal, the cycling prince ran around the stadium excitedly. He has performed very poorly in the Premier League in recent years. He once returned to Brazil to play in the domestic league in order to participate in the World Cup. If he still wants to return to the mainstream European leagues He must seize the ball in this World Cup. Now, he has finally shown his own characteristics, which makes him extremely excited!
The game finally ended with 3:2.
In his last game in charge of Brazil, Dunga got his wish and won.
Although Capello suffered another defeat, for him, the road to coaching the [Three Lions] is still long. He still has plenty of time to build a perfect team according to his own style. The goal set by the Football Association for him is the 2012 European Cup in Ukraine. The gentlemen of England hope that the [Three Lions] can regain their former European king's style in the European Cup!
After the third place battle ended, the two teams disbanded.
By this time, there were only the last two teams left in South Africa. All the smoke and dust before the 2010 South Africa World Cup finals had cleared away, except for the team that finally set foot on the 'top of the world' and won the Hercules Cup. Except for the fact that it has not happened, all other suspense about the outcome of the game has been 'killed'!
The final is coming soon! !
The atmosphere is getting more and more tense! !
Crowds of people are flocking to Johannesburg!
The king of the world is about to be born in front of everyone's attention.
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Both teams are actively preparing for the game.
Since Johannesburg is not far from Pretoria, the Argentine team did not go to Johannesburg in advance, but stayed at the HPC Sports Center of the University of Pretoria for training. At this point, the Spanish team suffered a small loss. Their station, Northwestern University, was relatively far away. They had to rush from Northwestern University to the competition city one day in advance, and suffered a lot of travel and travel!
Speaking of residency, there is an interesting little story here——
The two teams that finally advanced to the World Cup finals were actually the only two teams among the top 32 that chose to stay on university campuses. This made many fans and media from the eliminated countries seriously regret: What if If your own country's team also stayed on the university campus, could they also enter the World Cup finals?
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The time for the decisive battle is approaching.
Fans and media from both countries began to build momentum.
The Spanish media took the lead on the day after the third-place battle ended. They had a very clear advantage in this battle of public opinion. AS, Marca, World Sports and Daily Sports have a greater influence in the football world. Far more than the Argentinian team's "Independent" and "National".
On the morning of July 18, "World Sports News" introduced the battle for third place in a way that was almost confusing black and white. It introduced the game with the title "Europe beats South America". The Spaniard had "good reasons" and at the same time extremely Confidently predicted: "Although England lost the game against Brazil, they completely 'beat' the Brazilian team in comparison of various statistics. There is no doubt that the rigor and discipline of European football are precisely the freedom to restrain The nemesis of unorganized South American football, the English did not do well, and Spain is obviously much better than them... We have the most valuable team in the World Cup in South Africa, and we also have the most experienced head coach in today's football, so in the final Spain must defeat Argentina, and Europe must defeat South America!”
Another major Catalan newspaper, Daily Sports, listed a large amount of historical data and believed that "the historical pattern of the distribution of World Cup winning teams around the world proves that the Spanish team will definitely win!"
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First update arrived.
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Brothers, do your best!
Finally, I sincerely apologize for the mistake in that substitution. I have been so busy lately that I have lost my head. The condition is not very good either... I apologize very much!