Chapter 126 Those who want to win should fight

Belgium defeated Ukraine 4-0 in the first round for a perfect start. Next, they will face the challenge of the 2004 African Cup champion Tunisia. Belgium can qualify as long as it wins this game.

In this game, Belgium maintained the first lineup of the first victory over Ukraine, and Digan still served as the single arrow on the front line.

At the beginning of the first half, Belgium quickly used ball control to grasp the rhythm of the game. In the second minute, Degan took Simmons' right corner kick and shook his head to the top of the goal.

Four minutes later, Gul made an accurate long pass from the backcourt to the front of the penalty area. Degan's header would do it. Buffer plugged it in and shot with his right foot 20 meters in front of the goal. The ball hit the side net and missed the bottom line.

However, although Belgium's offensive was very fierce, it also made frequent mistakes, and the players on the field seemed to be very inattentive. Perhaps it was Ukraine, the strongest opponent in the first round of the victory group, which made them despise Tunisia.

In the eighth minute of the game, when Simmons broke through with the ball from the left, he was cut off by a Tunisian defender and passed it directly to the front court. Jaziri broke through the defense of Companidel from the right rib and broke into the penalty area. He faced the defense of Van den Borre and Van Bitten in the penalty area and used his personal skills to pass the ball to the middle. After Mnari received the ball and dodged Gul's sliding shovel, his right foot push shot was blocked by Proto, but Mnari reacted quickly and followed the right foot to make up the shot. Although Proto's fingertips touched the ball, the ball still flew into the net.

The unexpected fall behind made the whole Belgian team stunned and immediately launched a big counterattack, but their impatience made their mistakes more frequent. Degan kept shouting to keep his teammates calm, but the effect did not seem obvious.

The Tunisian team, which took the lead, fully withdrew its defense and seized Belgium's mistakes from time to time and made several high-quality counterattacks.

In the 18th minute, Namuhi hit behind the midfielder, and Jazili suddenly launched an anti-offside success. Fortunately, Proto decisively blocked the ball to resolve the dangerous situation.

In the 30th minute, the number one star in the Tunisian team, Trabelsi, who played for the Eerste Divis, scored a ball and was directly tackled by Van Biten. As a result, Van Biten was warned by a yellow card, Ayali took a free kick and was held out of the bottom line by Proto's single palm.

In the first half of stoppage time, Mnari took advantage of the corner kick and headed the goal, which was cleared by Van Bitten. In the first half of the game, Belgium trailed Tunisia 0:1 into a half-time break.

Bang!

In the Belgian locker room, Digan kicked out a depression in the cabinet and looked at his teammates angrily. The atmosphere in the locker room instantly became tense.

In the 45-minute game in the first half, he was basically in a lonely state in the front court and failed to get several support.

Especially after the team was scored, he failed to receive a pass from his own. The only corner shot was also that after he grabbed it in the midfield, he went all the way to the front of the penalty area in Tunisia. Under the three-pack, he barely missed the shot.

"Do you think that after defeating Ukraine, we are already world champions!"

Degan roared loudly. Among his teammates, even old players such as Simmons, Gul and Van Bitten looked chilly in the face of Degan's anger.

"Look at our performance in the first half, we are like eleven beaches of shit piled up on the court. We came here to moisten the turf of the court! Gentlemen! Now I want to ask another question, do you think you have achieved your goal by winning a victory, or do you think that there is only one Ukraine against our World Cup!?

No one speaks!

What did they perform in the first half? Everyone knows it clearly!

"I don't want to say anything superfluous. I just want to tell you one thing. I'm here to win the championship, not to score a goal, draw a game, win a game, a group or something, only the champion! If you think I'm delusional, you can continue your bad performance in the second half. I will only take those who want to win to the game. If you don't want to win, get out of here! I'm not allowed to sleepwalk my teammates on the court!"

If it was someone else who said this, his hot temper like Van Bitten would have exploded long ago, but in the face of Digan, he could not even say a word to defend himself.

After the opening of the second half, Belgium significantly strengthened its midfield control, and the players were scolded by Degan in the locker room and calmed down.

In the 48th minute, Digan returned from the penalty area, and Gul followed up with a strong shot with his right foot and was bravely blocked by Tunisian goalkeeper Bumnigel.

Four minutes later, Van Bitten suddenly stepped forward to the Tunisian half. After receiving a pass from Degan, a strong shot outside the penalty area was blocked from the bottom line by Bumnigel's fists.

After regaining its calmness, Belgium also played more and more fiercely, with a wave of offensive and a wave of attack, while Tunisia fully retracted its defense, hoping to hold the lead of a ball.

However, Belgium, which has recovered its state, obviously cannot be blocked by strict defense. When the game went on to the 71st minute, Gul's midfielder made a diagonal pass to the right side, Buffer took the ball and made a cross pass. Van der Hegel deliberately missed it. Gul made a long shot, and the ball was blocked by Bomniger. Digan inserted it in time and shoveled in Trabelsi. In defense, he made a clever shot to equalize the score, which was also Degan's fourth brother's goal in this World Cup.

In the 76th minute, Belgium made a comeback. Gul's midfielder made an exquisite long pass to the ground. Digan obliquely inserted into the penalty area and saw Bumnigel attack and shot the empty goal with the back of his right foot to overtake the score.

In just five minutes, Belgium scored two goals in a row, surpassing the score. Lemaire was also a little panicked and quickly ordered the team to attack, but after defending for so long, it was not easy to attack.

When the game reached the 90th minute, Belgium locked the victory, and it was Degan who scored. Simmons made a diagonal pass from the far point on the left. Degan still jumped up and threw his head and scored another goal in two consecutive games, completing a hat-trick in two consecutive games.

In the final game, with Digan's three goals in the second half, Belgium finally reversed Tunisia 3:1 and advanced a round, becoming the eighth team to advance to the top 16 of the World Cup.

In another match in the same group, Ukraine, led by nuclear warhead Shevchenko, swallowed four eggs in the first round, but with a 4-0 attack on Saudi Arabia in this round, the team's prospects for qualifying suddenly became bright.

After two rounds, Belgium won two games, conceded 7 goals and conceded 1 goal to advance one round earlier. Ukraine ranked second with 1 win, 1 loss and 3 points. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia both have 1 draw and 1 point. Because Tunisia has 2 more goal difference than Saudi Arabia, it occupies the third place. Saudi Arabia is temporarily at the bottom.

In addition to Belgium's early qualifying, the other three teams also have a chance to advance. In the third round, Belgium played against Saudi Arabia and Tunisia against Ukraine. Judging from the current situation, Ukraine is the best.

If Ukraine beats Tunisia, their points will also reach 6 points. Since Belgium currently has 6 goal difference and Ukraine's current goal difference is 0, in fact, as long as Belgium is not defeated by Saudi Arabia, they will definitely qualify as the top of the group, and Ukraine will The second promotion of the group.

If Ukraine draws with Tunisia, then Ukraine's points will reach 4 points. At this time, it is necessary to see the results of another game to decide whether Ukraine can advance. If Saudi Arabia can defeat Belgium, their points will also reach 4 points, and the two teams need to compete for a goal in two rounds. After that, Ukraine's goal difference is 0, and Saudi Arabia's goal difference is -4, which means that Saudi Arabia must beat Belgium by five goals to beat Ukraine.

If Ukraine loses to Tunisia, Tunisia's points will reach 4 points. Similar to the situation in the second article, whether Tunisia can advance depends on the results of Saudi Arabia and Belgium. If Saudi Arabia wins, the two teams will score 4 points. Now Tunisia's goal difference is -2 and the goal difference is -4. Saudi Arabia also needs to beat Belgium.

In short, Belgium basically locked the top position in the group after two rounds of Group H, and Ukraine can basically ensure a pass as long as there is a draw. As for Saudi Arabia, not only is the fate of qualifying out of its own hands, but the requirements for qualifying may also be almost harsh. It is cruel to say that Saudi Arabia can already The return ticket is ready.

Although the group appeared in advance, after the game, Degan, the core player of Belgium, severely criticized the whole team, saying that there was a loose situation after the team won the first game with a big victory, which he could never allow.

I will only fight with those who want to win!

Digan issued an ultimatum directly to his teammates.

Although Digan's qualifications are the shallowest in the current Belgian team, his strength and reputation are obviously higher than that of his teammates. In addition, as the captain of the Belgian national team, no one dares to refute this.

Angienis, the head coach of the Belgian national team, was also dissatisfied with the progress of the game at the post-match press conference: "I expected this to be a very difficult and complicated game before the game. Tunisia scored in the first half, and then they defended with all their strength. We really didn't have much choice. In the face of such a situation, we must make adjustments to change it. In the second half, we made adjustments to the players, gradually began to control the initiative of the game, paid more attention to using the pass to pull the ball, and emphasized the breakthrough of the two wings and the cross, and then we found a chance to score. Fortunately, Rod seized the opportunity, successfully equalized the score, and then helped the team overtake and finally locked in the victory. Bureau. However, we only played a good ball in the first half today. Our performance in the first half was very bad. Most of the players were not in good shape, and after losing the ball, they looked very impatient. This is what we need to improve in the future! Although we were lagging behind soon after the opening, we have been trying to win the score and finally got a reward. We have completed a wonderful reversal. The game was very difficult, but the three points scored were the most important for us. After such a game, I think it's time for the players to calm down. If we want to go further in the World Cup, the first thing we need is to face ourselves!"

Belgium's final group appeared, and Degan naturally contributed. After this game, around Degan's future next season, it caused a new round of heated discussion in European football.

Degan is strong and skilled. He is a rare comprehensive center. He can shoot with his left and right feet, and the header is his strength. In the other party's forbidden area, he has extraordinary calmness. Once he has a chance to appear, he can always catch up with a sword to seal his throat as soon as possible. It is because he has all the qualities of an excellent striker that he quickly stood out in this World Cup and became the most popular candidate for the best scorer with six goals.

When Digan talked about his performance after the game, he also expressed basic satisfaction: "The victory of today's game came very difficult. The most important thing for the team is to believe in its own style and keep calm all the time. We made a lot of mistakes in the first half. Fortunately, we corrected it in time in the second half, and finally scored the goal also came. . We know that sometimes the game will be very simple and sometimes very difficult, such as today. But this is the World Cup, and we must be prepared for all kinds of psychology. There is nothing to show off about scoring. I hope my teammates can score goals. It would be better if one of us can be the best scorer, because it indicates that Belgium can go far.

Belgians can celebrate the victory, but for Tunisians, the game is full of bitterness. They led by one goal in the first half and were reversed by their opponents in the second half. Tunisian coach Lemaire was obviously disappointed by this score.

In the first half, Tunisia performed very well. It took the next city first and did not give the Belgian team too many opportunities, but in the second half, the team did not resist the Belgian attack and was finally reversed.

Lemaire told reporters after the game: "I am very disappointed, especially the team's performance in the second half. We made a careful arrangement before the game, and I asked the players to defend with all their strength, but some mistakes destroyed us throughout the game.

Lemel said that Degan's goal to equalize the score was the turning point of the game: "It's too difficult to completely defend Degan in a game. Fortunately, we haven't been out yet, but the situation is not good for us. The group's last game against Ukraine is decisive, and it will certainly not be easy. The game, but we still have a chance, and we hope to win.

Tunis's core player Mnari also told reporters after the game: "We performed very well most of the game. We didn't let Belgium play its own characteristics. Belgium tried to take the initiative in controlling the game with speed, but our defense was very good. But unfortunately, we didn't stay focused throughout the game, and we were scored two goals in a row by Belgium in five minutes. We will definitely do our best in the next game against Ukraine.

Belgium appeared smoothly, but faced the next Saudi Arabia with a more relaxed attitude. Everyone who has seen Belgium's previous two games knows that it is basically a fantasy that Saudi Arabia wants to defeat Belgium.

In the last round of the group stage, Antiennis rotated most of the players, and Degan also sat on the bench, with the Mponsa brothers partnering at the front line.

In the final game, Belgium defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 with a goal from Mponsa Jr.

In another competition of Group H, Ukraine defeated Tunisia with Shevchenko's second mark and advanced to the last 16 as the second in the group.

After this group stage, the 16 teams advancing to the knockout stage will fight, among which the host Germany will face the Nordic pirates Sweden, and the South American giant Argentina will face Mexico from North America. England, which is always the platinum generation, will compete face to face with Ecuador. Portugal and the Netherlands will be strong. Italy has to face Australia from Oceania, Switzerland and Ukraine, the defending champion Brazil has to face the challenge of Ghana, and Belgium, which appears as the top of the group, has to face France.

There has been nothing strange about this World Cup so far. South Korea's shameless efforts in the semi-finals of the last World Cup are useless. After the group stage, they went back to their home for plastic surgery.

Ghana, the only dark horse, is expected to be more or less auspicious against the defending champion Brazil in the first round of the knockout.

At the same time, this cup also once again verified the mouth of Pele, the king of the ball. Before the game, he said that it would surprise the world football. As a result, it caused a lot of mourning in the country. After the group stage, Cote d'Ivoire was eliminated, and Pele's law is still continuing. It is a team that has advanced to the top 16 and is now praying at home, hoping that the stinky mouth of Beiqiu Wang will not pronounce his name.

In the scorer list, Degan, who was truce in the last round of the group stage, still ranked first with six goals, followed by four goals by Klose and Shevchenko. If there is no accident, the best scorer in this World Cup is already Degan's bag.

However, it seems that it is still difficult to surpass Fontaine's record of 13 goals in a single World Cup. After all, once it comes to the knockout stage, there will be basically no weak team, and it will become more and more difficult for Degan to score goals.

In particular, it is not easy for Degan to challenge the strong enemy France they will face next and challenge Tulam's leading defense line.

And according to the memory of the previous life, although this French team is far from comparable to the luxury lineup in 1998, after the end of this World Cup, a large number of talented young people will emerge in France, among which Ribery, Abidal and Maluda are the best. Belgium wants to continue to step on France. It seems difficult to move forward.