Chapter 191 First Battle of North African Fox

Belgium's first opponent in the Brazil World Cup was Algeria from North Africa. Algeria, a team seems to be born with fish briskets. When it comes to the stage of the World Cup finals, it is almost a role to be slaughtered.

This statement is not groundless, although Algeria's World Cup history is not short. It entered the World Cup in early 1982, competed in the World Cup again in 1986, and was shortlisted for the third time in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and the fourth World Cup in Brazil.

But his previous record was unspeakable. In 1982, despite a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, he failed to qualify for the group due to the disadvantage of net goals. In 1986, he failed to qualify for 1 draw and 2 losses. In 2010, he drew 0-0 with England in the second game of the group stage, but lost two 0:1 to the United States and Slovenia. The group was at the bottom and out again. People are still not optimistic about Algeria in this World Cup in Brazil, especially in their first game against Belgium, the defending champion of the ball king Degan.

However, Algeria does not seem to be a football power, but it must be said that Algeria has a strong football heritage, and the "French king" Zidane is an Algerian.

Although Zidane was born in Marseille, his parents are both authentic Algerians. As an orthodox descendant of Algeria, Zidane used to attract the cheers of Algerians every time he reached the peak of world football. Not only Zidane, but also the active French international Kareem. Benzema is also Algerian, and Nasri and Ben are not included in the list. Alpha is also of Algerian descent.

Politically, Algeria was once a French colony. In terms of football, Algeria is the exporting country of France. Just because of historical origin, the superiority of the suzerain country is difficult to give up. Countless Arab youths born in France have French nationality since the cradle, and some have gone to cross the sea one after another to set foot in ancient Gaul for their personal Tenda. Therefore, although Algerian football has a boom, it is difficult to thrive.

Four years ago, Algeria did not score a goal in the World Cup in South Africa and was out of the group. However, in this time, Algeria is still facing the old problem of weak attack. In the face of European giants such as Belgium and Russia, Algeria is likely to continue to play the role of "reading with the prince".

At present, Algeria's head coach, Harry Hodzic, is one of the best Bosnian players in the 1970s and 1980s. He began to coach in the 1990s and was once awarded the title of "Devil Coach".

Harry Hojic coached Paris Saint-Germain from 2003 to 2005 and unexpectedly led the team to win the French Cup and won the second place in the league. During his coaching the IIvoire national team from 2008 to 2010, he led the team to be unbeaten in the World Cup qualifiers and entered 2010 South Africa's World Cup final, but he was fired four months before the start of the World Cup. After that, he coached Dinamo Zagreb and began to coach the Algerian national team from July 1, 2011, leading the team to the World Cup finals again.

The core of the team, Tedel, like Zidane, Benzema and others, is also of Algerian descent born in France. To be precise, his mother is an authentic Algerian. Although Tedel has been selected to the French youth teams at all levels, including U18, U19 and U20, Tedel chose Algeria instead of France in the choice of a lifelong adult national team.

For Tedel, if he chooses the French national team, he may be a marginal international all his life, but in Algeria, he is the leading midfield ace. In the Algerian national team, he is the only player who plays for the traditional European giants. As a midfielder, he is not only the team's biggest card, but also the core of the Algerian team.

In the first group match, Algeria met the morale Belgian team. Naturally, the European Red Devils will use a big victory to sacrifice the flag. If they really lose by a large score, Algeria's morale will naturally be severely damaged, and the next two games will easily be reduced to a walk-by. For Algeria, it may be able to It will be more practical to score a goal and break the embarrassment of the last zero goal.

In this game, Belgian head coach Francois did not slack off because his opponent was Algeria, the weakest in the group. He still sent the strongest lineup. The goalkeeper will be Curtua, who is currently playing for Madrid's economy, and Alderweirelde, Compani, Vermaren and Fell on the defensive line. Tongheng is in charge, and the four people are the backbone of their respective clubs' defenses. The midfield positions are De Bruyne, Hazard, Dembélé, Miralas, the forward line, and Degan partner Lukaku.

The opponent in the first round of the group stage is Algeria, which is not difficult to win, but learning from Costa Rica's reversal of Uruguay, Degan, as the core of the team, will naturally shoulder the heavy responsibility of helping the team win.

Before the game, people were unanimously optimistic that Belgium would win easily, but when the game started, people found that Algeria was not as weak as people thought.

And Belgium is extremely tired after a long season because of the late season of the players playing for Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid.

Even the core of the team, Degan, was in a "stealth" state for most of the game. On the contrary, Algeria played a tiger and firmly defended the counterattack tactics, threatening the Belgian team's goal through side attacks.

And in the 24th minute of the first half, Tedel, the core of the team, scored a goal and took the lead.

After the score, the Belgian team immediately launched a big counterattack, but their attack did not seem to be very efficient, especially Degan. He seemed to be completely out of shape. He made three shots in the first half, all of which failed to hit the target.

At the end of the first half, people were surprised to find that Belgium was one goal behind the weak team Algeria.

This reminds people of the previous giants of sailing in the gutter. Speaking of which, this is also a matter of the schedule. The World Cup in Brazil started earlier than the previous World Cups.

Most of the players from those strong teams play for big teams, and there are many more games every season. Before the start of the World Cup, they will not get a reorganized rest at all.

After the start of the second half, Algeria strengthened its defensive tactics and set up a bus in front of the goal. Even in the first ten minutes of the second half, Algeria had nine players staying in the backcourt and did not show up.

Belgium seems to be in trouble. Algeria defends with all its strength. Although Belgium has many talented players, especially Degan, a famous world champion, there seems to be no good way to face Belgium!"

Belgium is in trouble. As a defending champion, if it loses to the weak team in the first round of the group stage, it will be a great morale blow to the team, so it is time to summon heroes again.

Degan, who was silent throughout the first half, slowly entered the state after the start of the second half. Several breakthroughs with the ball were very threatening. Although they failed to form a goal, at least added a lot of confidence to his teammates.

In the 70th minute of the game, after Digan received a pass from Hazard on the left side of the front court, he drew the ball to attract two opposing players to defend. When he knocked the ball back to De Bruyne, who received it behind him, he immediately inserted into the penalty area, which also greatly attracted the attention of Algerian defenders. De Bruyne adjusted When he sent the pass, there was not even a defensive player around him. Lukaku quickly followed up. The Algerian defenders were all around Digan. No one noticed Lukaku's position at all. Little Warcraft easily pushed the shot, but unfortunately he played too right, although Al Geria's goalkeeper stood a little off, but he still turned back in time, fell to the ground and saved it, blocking the ball, but the football he saved did not fly far. Degan has rushed into the penalty area, and reacted very quickly. He shook off the defender, jumped over, fell to the ground and shot, and scored the ball!

1:1!

Digan helped Belgium equalize the score!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!" The Belgian commentator, who was depressed for most of the game, finally had a chance to vent. His roar resounded through the sky, "Rod! Rod! Rod again! Rod scored, he helped Belgium equalize the score, and Algeria's barrel array was smashed by Rod!"

After scoring the goal, Degan also looked very excited, but instead of celebrating, he got up and rushed into Algeria's goal, picked up the ball, returned to the middle line kick-off point, put the ball away, and then urged the referee to restart the game as soon as possible.

A draw is not what Degan wants. All he wants is victory. If he even plays so hard against a fish brisket like Algeria, how can he fight with those heroes after that?

Degan equalized the score, which greatly encouraged the morale of the Belgian team, and the initiative on the field was completely under the control of the Belgian team.

In the 80th minute of the game, Belgium broke the ball in the backcourt and made a direct pass, and Hazard rushed forward with the ball on the left side to launch a counterattack. For this defensive counterattack tactic, Hazard was already well versed by Chelsea coach Mourinho's **, and in the face of Algerian players' fight and retreat, Hazard did not blindly carry the ball. , did not try to shoot. With a wide vision, he had already seen Degan plugged in at high speed, so he took the opportunity to stuff the ball to the opponent. Degan saw Hazard's pass and did not catch it directly, but quickly stepped out, knocked the ball horizontally, and then accelerated to catch up. Wipe, took the opportunity to enter the right side of the penalty area, made a slight adjustment, volleyed vigorously, and scored again, and Belgium beat the score 2:1.

After scoring, Degan rushed directly to Hazard, who gave him an assist. At the beginning, Belgium could only rely on him, but now Belgium is different. With the explosion of Belgian football talents in recent years, many outstanding players have gathered in the team.

As a famous star in Belgium and second only to Degan, Hazard scored 14 league goals for Chelsea last season, but he had zero shots on the field today, but there was Azar in the team's two goals, and he contributed an assist. With an indirect assist, Hazard had 49 passes in the whole game, of which 4 key passes were the highest on the court. In addition, he had 5 passes and 5 violations, which were the highest in the team.

It can also be seen from the hot map of players' activities in the game that Hazard's game is mainly focused on the left side of the front court and the left side of the middle, while at Chelsea, he travels back and forth between the two sides.

And today's Azar is not active and excited enough. This may also be because he has played too many games in Chelsea in recent seasons, especially after being identified as the core of the team by Mourinho last season, as long as he is not injured or suspended, Hazard basically has to play every game, which is indeed a huge test for his physical fitness.

Azar's training attitude at Chelsea was praised by Mourinho, but after the Belgian team came to Brazil, the team's coach Francois was a little dissatisfied with his training attitude. Just before this game, Francois was still "banging" Azar, asking him to sacrifice himself for the whole team: "Azar has proved that He, but he can't solve his opponent alone. Everyone in the team, including Hazard, must sacrifice himself for the whole team.

Azar responded positively to the coach's request. At a critical moment when the team was in urgent need of goals, his eyes were better teammates, rather than just aiming at the opponent's goal. Maybe such Azar is more horrible. Such Azar may not be excited enough in the game, but with a key pass, he can kill his opponent.

In addition to Azar, Dembélé, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Compani, Vermaren, Villetongen, and Fellaini and Na England, who were unable to play due to injury. Degan has so many excellent helpers around him, and he feels more relaxed when he plays football.

After overtaking the score, Belgium took full control of the game. Algeria was unwilling to fail and launched a counterattack. When Belgium attacked, it also became much easier, at least it did not have to face the siege of several players.

The final score was fixed at 2:1, and the defending champion Belgium ushered in its first victory in the Brazil World Cup.

After the game, Degan said in an interview: "This is just the beginning. I know we didn't perform well today, but everything takes a process. We're just on the road!"