Chapter 185 Sadness Czech
The Geneva Stadium has finally calmed down after 90 minutes of noise. The machete star and moon flag is still waving in the stands. The Turkish face is full of joy, while the Czech Republic is full of sadness.
Cech sat on the court and buried his head deeply between his legs. Up to now, he still can't believe what he has done. As one of the top three goalkeepers in the world, he actually collapsed in front of the Turkic iron horse.
Rosicy lay on the ground, looking up at the Geneva sky with tears on his face. His European Cup is over and over.
In the stands and in front of the TV, people who like Czech football are equally disappointed. A game witnessed the end of an era.
Think about the Czech team that was born in England in 1996 has now become a memory. The Czech team, which died tragically in the group stage in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2000, has fallen. The Czech team in Portugal in 2004 bloomed at the end**, to today's 2008 European Cup, early The aging Eastern European iron riders are no longer invincible. When the Turks use the Jedi counterattack to squeeze out the old Czech Republic from the top eight, the former Czech golden generation will also completely bid farewell to the historical stage. The heavy rain falling on the Geneva Stadium may be a sad song for them.
Although the four colds and heat of time can change a lot of things, when Bruckner led an almost identical Czech team from Portugal to Switzerland and Austria, people had to lament that the Czech Republic was really old. In the first round, facing the powerful host Switzerland, Bruckner sent a defense 45 1. When 35-year-old Jankole wasted good opportunities in the game, and when 35-year-old Galasek made two big mistakes in a row in the game, people had to lament the oldness of the Czech team and the unforgiving years.
The 35-year-old Galasek and Jankel are the last representatives of the Czech golden generation. In the 2007/2008 season, the Bundesliga Nuremberg, where the two veteran players played, were relegated. Their downturn has been seen. However, due to Nedvid's withdrawal from the national team, the veteran Brückner did not Don't put much hope on the two. Their experience is the key to the possibility of the Czech team to break out from the group. In the life-and-death battle with Turkey, they did once be young, but in the end, their old bodies fell under the machetes of the Turkish people.
Before the start of this European Cup, Yankele admitted that he would retire after the cup. He looked forward to a perfect end to his career in Switzerland and Austria. The group qualifying may be the lowest goal set by the boss, and Jankel did perform well in the competition. His height advantage The power of the header has stirred up Turkey's defense.
Height 202cm and weighing 103kg, Jankler is definitely the first giant in football in the past 10 years, and the Czech team's attack strategy today is also quite clear, that is, to seize the Turkish team's counterattack and use the speed of both wings to hit Yangkoler's head. Although this move seems simple, however Who can prevent Yankole on the green field?
In the 33rd minute of the game, Galasek intercepted the ball in the backcourt and gave a long pass to the right wing Grigra, who took the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Although the ball passed behind Kohler, the Czech giant still jumped high in front of the small penalty area and pressed Altentop's header. The ball hit the crossbar and counterattacked. It bounced into the net. This is the 35-year-old veteran Jankel's third goal in the European Cup and the Czech team's third goal in this European Cup.
In the 60th minute of the game, the Czech team attacked with a long pass in the backcourt. After Jankel successfully turned offside, he formed a one-on-one with Demirell in the penalty area, but the Czech giant's shot slightly missed.
However, Prahill's goal one minute later made people briefly forget the opportunity that Jankler wasted. However, after the whole game, Kohler's kick was destined to be mentioned repeatedly.
If Yankele could score that goal, would the result be different?
If Kohler used a goal in the game to prove that his sword is not old, then the old elephant of Galasek is too sad.
If the first two goals of the Turkish team have nothing to do with Galasek, part of the responsibility for the third goal lost by the Czech Republic must be borne by the 35-year-old.
In the 89th minute of the game, the Turkish goalkeeper opened the ball to the front court. Galasek was completely at a disadvantage when he competed with Tonghai. When Altentop pushed the ball from the middle, Galasek, who was only three meters away from him, was unable to make a quick recovery. The 35-year-old veteran was indeed very tired. The exhausted legs were exhausted at this time, and Galasek could only watch Altentop send a wonderful direct pass and then kill his beloved Czech national team.
2:1!
The Czechs won the game, but can only accept the fate of a group out. Just because of the loss of the goal at the last moment, the Czech Republic, Belgium and Turkey are also two wins and one loss, but one goal is enough to kill them.
The Czech European Cup is over. After the summer in Switzerland and Austria in 2008, a large number of Czech internationals will say goodbye to the national team. Bruckner will lead the golden generation to collectively bid farewell to the historical stage. From 1996 to 2008, they have created countless classics and miracles in the green field, but heroes But there is always a time to leave.
After a dramatic game, Turkey finally laughed to the end with the advantage of a goal difference. Plahir, the hero who scored a goal for the Czech Republic, could only watch the opponent score the fatal goal at the last minute on the bench.
To taste the bitter taste of being eliminated with the team, I'm afraid that Czech coach Brukner, who stands beside Prashir, will also regret changing the adjustment of this Czech iron waist in advance.
Plahir's performance today did not disappoint. He is one of the hardest players on the field tonight and the most threatening player in the Czech team. He has instigated many threatening attacks, making Turkey dangerous in front of the goal.
Of course, Prahill's most outstanding moment was when he received a wonderful pass from Sionco and shoveled the net to help the team expand the score to 2:0. Plahir's goal seemed to let people see that the qualifying quota was within reach.
But Plahir was replaced in the 80th minute, which became a turning point in the game. At this time, Bruckner replaced Plahir with Cadlek, intending to strengthen the defense and better preserve Plahil's physical strength.
But he didn't want his opponent to score that goal at the end, and Bruckner didn't expect that perhaps because of a goal, he and his team would say goodbye to the European Cup.
At the last moment, a very important reason why Turkey dares to attack was the end of Plashill, causing the pressure on their defense to suddenly ease, and the inexperienced Cadlek was difficult to intercept the opponent's offensive as effectively as Plashear, and finally there was powerless to stop it. He blocked the opponent's goal and was out of the group.
This European Cup is the second European Cup that Plashir participated in. Compared with the still young newcomer in the last European Cup, he has experienced the baptism of two European Cups in Portugal and the German World Cup. Now Plashir is more mature, and he, known as the "New Nedved", has also stabilized the team. Main position.
The fierce and well-conscious Plashil is also becoming more and more important to the Czech national team, and after an excellent performance in this European Cup, Plashil has further established his position in the team.
Unfortunately, Prahill left the field too early. If he could stay on the court, maybe the result would be completely different.
With the tears of the Czechs, the Turks laughed to the end. Under the unfavorable situation of two goals behind, the Star and Moon Legion, with Nihat's goal at the last moment, they still lost the game 1:2, but got the right to qualify.
After the game, Turkish coach Trim looked very happy: "I am very proud to have such a group of players. They understand that the football game will never end until the referee whistles. We have proved to fans all over the world what kind of team we are. I We once said that we came here to fight until the last moment, and we are now working hard to realize this dream.
Compared with Trim's brief speech, Altentop, the Turkish captain who plays for Bayern Munich, is more talkative: "To be honest, we did a bad performance in the first half. Even when the team is behind 0:2, no one will believe that anything else will happen. We are just there. The game continued, but you have to admit that the head coach made a great adjustment. He put me in the midfield position, and our organization began to become very efficient. Then we ushered in a turnaround, which should be mainly due to the recovery of the two wings. We played more passes, which I think is decisive. After that, we noticed that the confidence of the Czech team was gradually collapsing, and we successfully seized this advantage.
People often say that as long as there is a 1% possibility, 100% effort should be made.
But this sentence is just in the mouth, that's all.
But the Turkish team did this in this game. In the case of falling behind by 0:2, they staged a shocking reversal at the last moment. The existence of the Turkish team is a blessing for the European Cup.
It was another heavy rain and an incredible game. A few days ago, in a heavy rain, the Turkish team scored two goals in injury time and completed the final kill and eliminated the host Switzerland. Today's game is more dramatic, and the goal at the last moment eliminated the Czech Republic.
The Czechs had the upper hand in this game, and the first half belonged to Jankole. The 202CM giant proved his value, active defense, wide-range running, and unparalleled header technology that made his opponent invincible. Grigra's assist and Jankel's header copied the moment of scoring against the United States in the first game of the World Cup two years ago.
Although compared with two years ago, the Czech Republic has no Nedvede and the midfield organization has less impact, but with excellent defense and two big men in the front and back fields, Jankole and Cech, their steady kicking still has the upper hand. Plashill's goal seemed to have left no suspense in the last 15 minutes, but the Turks didn't think so.
Turks never lack **, but they often survive in times of adversity, relying not only on **. During the game, one detail of Nihat left a deep impression on people.
At that time, after a round of Turkey's attack, young player Kachim hurriedly set foot. Kachim was given high expectations by Trim, but he lacked experience in the competition. Today, the substitute played like a panicked deer, bumping around and wasting a lot of opportunities.
But at this time, Nihat did not choke his wrists or shout, but made a gesture of pressing down Kathim with both hands, which means, don't worry, little brother, we still have plenty of time to calm down.
The calmness and winning belief of the Turks made them laugh to the end.
Yes, Cech's low-level mistake was the turning point of the game, but when Altentop passed the ball, Nihat was originally behind Uyfarusi and the opponent stopped, but Nihat still insisted on rushing forward, which seized this opportunity. If he had given up earlier, there would have been no fatal blow. .
In fact, the Turkish team did not play well most of the time. The midfield organization Aurelio did not play well and did not organize any decent offensive. But in this game, the performance of the Turks told people all over the world that victory in football depends not only on technology, stars, tactics, but also psychology, perseverance and spirit.
They proved with their actions that as long as there is 1% hope, 100% effort must be made.
Football is a sport for men, and the spirit of the Turkish people fighting to the end proves that they are real men. Now, who else will underestimate them?
Turkey laughed with iron and blood to the end, and the Czechs could only say goodbye sadly, because the Belgians won another game at the same time.
Before the start of the game, the Swiss team publicly said that even if they had been eliminated early, they would do their best to defend the dignity of the host in the last game, but the Belgians did not give them this opportunity.
Fellaini, who finished the suspension, returned to the field. He was surrounded by captain Gul and Na England, who performed well in the last game. Antienis gave up two sidelines and played a double forward formation. Miralas and Bolette played together for the first time.
The first half of the game belonged to the host. They did fulfill their promise before the game, tried their best, and created many scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, in the face of the united Belgian defense, there was a lack of a key figure, which became a hard injury for the Swiss team.
When entering the break, the two sides were still 0:0. At that time, on another field, the Czechs led Turkey. If the game ended like this, Belgium would not avoid the fate of being eliminated.
This time, Degan was also anxious. During the break, he broke directly into the locker room, grabbed Gul's neckline, and shouted at the Belgian football hero.
Gur is not angry. He can understand Degan's mood. He knows very well that this young superstar does not want to be a spectator on his first trip to the European Cup.
"We will win!"
This is a man's promise to a man, which calms Degan down in an instant.
"I'm sorry, I just hope you can give me a chance to appear!"
At this moment, Degan regretted it for the first time. He took action in the face of accompanying provocation. If he had been calm at that time, he would not have had everything now. He was confident that he could lead his team to sweep any opponent in the group, but now, he can only give this trust to his teammates. .
At the beginning of the second half, Belgium scored, and the young Miralas scored his first goal for the national team. The header in the penalty area opened a door for Belgium to victory.
The next game completely entered the time of Belgium. Although the Swiss team, which had exhausted their efforts in the first half, still resisted, the gap in strength made them unable to resist the ravages of the European Red Devils.
After Plashir scored the Czech team's second goal on another court, Fellaini's goal allowed Belgium to expand its lead to two goals.
Then, when the Turks began to fight back, the old captain Gul's goal helped the Belgian team secure the victory.
In the next game, there was no suspense. The Turk completed a shocking reversal, and Belgium miraculously climbed to the first place in the group.
After three rounds of the group stage, except for the Swiss team, which was out early, the other three teams were also two wins and one loss. In terms of goal difference, Belgium got three goal difference with the last big victory, two Turkey and one Czech team, and were finally eliminated.
"I want to thank all the players!" At the press conference after the game, Antiennis couldn't even suppress his excitement and his voice was a little choked. "We won, yes, we won. After a difficult period, Belgium is back on track!"
People know what Antienis means and get back on track. Yes, Degan is back, and he will shoulder the responsibility of leading the European Red Devils to the top of Europe again.
Without Degan's Belgium, the Turks can be wild in front of them, and the Czechs can force them to a desperate situation, but what happens when Degan comes back?
Perhaps the most important thing to worry about now is Croatia and Germany in Group B. No one wants to face Belgium with Degan. Even the arrogant Germans want to avoid it. The only way to avoid it is to get the first place in Group B and then challenge Turkey.