Chapter 197 1/8 Final

The group stage was all over, followed by the 1/8 final. The first to play was Brazil and Chile, the South American combination. In terms of strength, Brazil should have a lot of advantages, and it is also a local battle. In addition, in the last group stage, Kaka's performance was excellent, which also made Scolari platooned. There are more options for array.

But Chile can't be underestimated. They also showed great strength in the group stage.

In the end, the two sides fought secretly for 90 minutes and ended up with a 1:1 draw. In the subsequent overtime, the two teams that had exhausted their strength had no achievements, and the two sides could only decide the outcome through penalty kicks.

In the penalty match, Cesar became the hero of Brazil. He saved the penalty from Chile's number one star Sanchez to help Brazil defeat its opponent and advance to the next round.

Kaka still failed to enter the starting list in this game and did not appear until the end of the second half. In the penalty, he was the first to play and steadily scored the ball, which also contributed to the Brazilian team's promotion.

In the subsequent game, Colombia played against Uruguay. Without Suarez, Uruguay stopped moving forward. 35-year-old Fran ushered in his second start in this World Cup, which was also his World Cup farewell match. As a result, he failed to contribute any goals, assist data, and a life-and-death battle with Colombia. Fran has no highlights except for a conflict with his opponent defender Yepes, which is also a "old age" conflict. After all, double The age of Fang has reached 73 years old.

Four years ago, in the World Cup in South Africa, Uruguay reached the semi-finals without being favored. Fran was the chief hero and became Mr. Silverball of that World Cup.

But since the end of the World Cup, his career has also begun to enter the twilight years, and then joined Sakura Osaka of Japan. In the Japanese league, Fran is not in good shape, but because of his experience and the appeal of the national team, he still made him on the 23rd place in Uruguay.

In the first game against Costa Rica, without Suarez, Fran started, but the 35-year-old veteran no longer has the ability to turn the tide. His existence can only drag down the team's attack.

After the game, the media's evaluation of Fran was: "Uruguay without Suarez seems to have fallen into the whirlpool, and the omnipotent Fran four years ago also lost his spirituality, which is the cruelty of time."

Tonight against Colombia, the team did not have Suarez again. Fran ushered in his 112th national team game, but unfortunately, in front of younger opponents, the former World Cup silver boots are quite old. Uruguayan fans said: Fran is a legend, but Uruguayan coach should not arrange He started in such a game, and he could no longer move and effectively hit his opponents.

Fran's only highlight of the game was in the 37th minute. Uruguay's left cross. Fran fell in the penalty area and Jepesca. After the two had a quarrel, Fran hit Jepes with his shoulder behind his back, who raised his hand to fight back and did not hit Fran.

After the referee rushed over and pulled the two away, but the two were still scolding each other. Fran could not threaten his opponents on the court or effectively retreat to respond. Finally, he was replaced by Stuani in the 53rd minute.

This is Fran's last World Cup trip. Although Fran does not lack ambition, it is difficult for him to contribute to the team. In this era when it is easy to throw people away, 35-year-old Fran is already unable to do it, so he can only say goodbye to the World Cup. But as Uruguayan fans said, he is a legend. The light that led the team to the top four years ago is always bright.

In sharp contrast to the old Fran is the Colombian new star James. Rodriguez scored five goals in four games, and Rodriguez has become a front-tier star equal to Messi and Neymar. Some media even described him as Degan's successor. In an interview after the game, Rodriguez said, "Yes, I'm very excited now. I'm so happy. We have never Having achieved such a good result, this is the result of our efforts. Of course, there will be more difficult games waiting for us in the future, so we still need to continue to work hard. It is a great honor for me to say that I am Degan's successor. He is a real champion player, and I have a big one now. Gap, but I will regard your evaluation as a great encouragement and work hard for such a goal!"

The next day, the game continued, and the Netherlands defeated Mexico 2:1. In the game, Dos Santos took the lead for Mexico. The score remained until the end of the game. Just when people thought that the Dutch team's progress would stop, Sneder stood up at this time. He In the 88th minute, the goal helped the Netherlands equalize the score, and the morale of the Oranges was greatly boosted. Two minutes later, Huntelaar created a penalty and made a steady penalty. The Netherlands achieved an almost impossible reversal.

In another game, Costa Rica played against Greece. In the game, Ruiz, who had previously killed Italy, scored a goal in the first half. The tenacious Greeks did not give up. They were equalized by Pastassopoulos at the last moment of the game, just as people thought that the Greeks would create again. In a myth, in a penalty shootout, Costa Ricans laughed to the end and reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in history.

In another 1/8 final that followed, France convincingly defeated Nigeria 2:0. Although Benzema did not score in this game, he assisted Pogba's first goal. In the injury stoppage time of the game, Job's goal helped France secure the victory.

At the press conference before the start of the match between Germany and Algeria, Algeria's head coach Harry Hodžić looked confident: "The game will be very difficult. Germany is the three World Cup winners, and it is also one of the biggest hits of this World Cup. The German players are in good shape and their will is strong. Strong. This will be a difficult game. Germany is the more favored team in this game, but Algeria is ready to surprise and surprise everyone. We are very confident that we have nothing to lose about this game.

In the past few World Cups, the German team has been a very stable team and almost broke into the top four. Harry Hodzic said that although the German team is very strong, they will try their best: "The German team's attack speed is very fast and will not give their opponents too many opportunities. Although occasionally they are a little ups and downs, he We usually stick to the end of the game. We are the unpopular side of this game. I have told our players that this is the most important game in our career. We will do our best to give this game a better result.

When the game started, Algeria did let go of everything and enjoy the game as their coach said. Although it failed to reproduce the miracle of 1982, Algeria dragged the German team into overtime. African Fox's performance value It has to be praised.

32 years ago, Germany lost 1:2 to Algeria in the group stage of the Spanish World Cup. At that time, the German team had famous stars such as Matius, Mueller and Rummenig, and the team was still the new European champion.

In the last round, Algeria's match ended first. Germany and Austria played a tacit understanding to defeat Algeria and advance together. Because the game was in Gijon, it was called Hijón's humiliation. FIFA changed the rules in the subsequent World Cup and asked the last round of the group stage to start at the same time.

32 years later in Brazil, Germany and Algeria met again, and the score was still 2:1, but this time the winner was Germany.

Although the German team won through overtime, it is difficult for German fans to be satisfied with the game.

For a long time in the first half, Algeria even besieged the German team, and Neuer became the busiest person on the court. If he hadn't performed well, the German team might have lost the ball in the first half.

Although it was not favored, and even before the start of the World Cup, some people thought that they would be eliminated early, such a team made the German team helpless and even almost counterattacked within 90 minutes.

Although the final loss was eliminated, Algeria, which scored a goal at the last moment, was honored to be respected and should be respected, and fans should also praise this tenacious African team.

Although the opponent was eliminated and made into the quarterfinals, Germany's performance in this game was not satisfactory. They only found Algeria's defensive flaw in overtime. For this situation, in an interview with the media after the game, German coach Lev said: "Today we played very hard. Fortunately, we have tenacious willpower and confidence to win, and finally got through the test. In the first half, we didn't play well. In the second half, we made changes and the scene was gradually adjusted. After Khedira and Hüller's appearance, the team's performance improved and we finally controlled the game. Although we didn't solve the battle in 90 minutes, I was very satisfied with the final victory.

The seventh game of 1/8 was played between Argentina and Switzerland. Before the game, people naturally voted for Argentina, believing that the Pampas Eagles should naturally win under the leadership of Messi.

But the process of the game was not as easy as people thought. Messi's performance in this game was not good, even sluggish. On the contrary, the Swiss team played a lot in this game and almost broke off Argentina's front teeth.

At the most critical moment, it was not Messi who stood up, but Zemaria, who scored at the last minute of overtime and finally helped Argentina get through the barrier.