Chapter 369 Reborn Octopus Emperor

Italy VS Romania, Turkey VS Portugal, Netherlands VS Yugoslavia, Spain VS France, this is the table of the quarter-finals of the European Cup.

In addition to Spain and France, the strength and weakness are clear, and the strength of the World Cup champion France is also stronger than Spain. As a result, there is no surprise. Italy and Portugal beat Romania and Turkey with a score of 2:0. Although Spain is stubborn, the French bald Zidane is here. The game shined, scoring a free kick and a penalty in the 117th minute of overtime, knocking out Spain 2:1. Real Madrid's idol Raul and Zidane became mortal. Raul, who was psychologically poor, had a chance to save Spain at the last minute of the game, but he lost the penalty.

The match between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia, if you are more serious, can also be regarded as a surprise, because the Dutch 6:1 sweep of Yugoslavia, one of the representatives of European Latinism, surprised almost everyone. For a while, the Netherlands, which already had the benefit of the host, immediately became the biggest to win the championship. Popular, even France was left far behind by the Netherlands, and Italy, the rival of the Dutch semi-finals, was basically ignored. The vast majority of people, including gambling companies, thought that the Netherlands would win the European Cup for the second time after winning the championship in 1988.

At this time, the media got a shocking news from the famous betting company Libo. Alkmaar's head coach guessed all the 28 European Cup matches he bought, without any mistakes. Libo's staff revealed that although Jiang Mu did not guess the score, such accuracy is absolutely amazing. It can be said that only the octopus emperor of later generations can be comparable.

Such a divine prediction naturally caused a sensation. When the reporter interviewed Jiang Mu and asked him who would advance to the finals, Jiang Mu did not have a popular Netherlands in the answer. Jiang Mu thought that France and Italy would advance to the finals, but refused to reveal the final winner.

Jiang Mu's prediction has caused a split in the Dutch media. Some reporters believe that the Netherlands will have high morale, strong strength, and home advantage. Except for the World Cup champion France, no team can block the way forward of the Netherlands. Jiang Mu said that it is impossible for the Netherlands to even enter the finals. Some media believe that Jiang Mu can predict 28 consecutive games without making a mistake, which is enough to show the accuracy of his observation and judgment of the game and the team. The Netherlands is likely to be overheated.

Out of respect for Jiang Mu's reputation and fear of God's prediction, Ricard called Jiang Mu again and asked Jiang Mu why he predicted that the Netherlands would lose to Italy.

When Rijekad was a player, he was known as the Dutch Three Musketeers and won the 88 European Cup as the absolute main force. However, he is still a relatively humble coach. Jiang Mu has no bad feelings for him. Even if Rije Cald's dissatisfaction last time was due to the interests of the team, Rije Cald took the initiative to call. By the way, Jiang Mu didn't keep talking about the problems of the Dutch team. In fact, this is also the problem that the Dutch team has been around for a long time, that is, the problem of black players and white players in the team. When the game is smooth, everyone can work together to enjoy the victory together, but when they are lagging behind or deadlocked, black Human players and white players can't understand and trust each other, so even if they are stronger than their opponents, they often fall down one step away from the final victory.

And the psychology of the Dutch team is also a big problem. Jiang Mu motioned Ricard to practice more penalty before the game and send players with good psychological quality to take the penalty. Because Italy's defensive ability is very strong, although the Dutch team is very aggressive, it may not be able to break through Italy's. The gate.

Rige Calder said on the phone that he accepted Jiang Mu's suggestion, but in fact, what will happen? Jiang Mu is not clear how much impact his little butterfly from the era can have on this era. Maybe it can change the final outcome of the European Cup. Maybe nothing can be changed, but Jiang Mu If it's not the head coach of this Dutch team, that's all he can do for his favorite Dutch football.

On June 28, the game was held at the Amsterdam Stadium. Jiang Mu, like all Dutch fans, came to the ordinary fan stands to watch the game between the sharpest spear and the strongest shield.

Although Jiang Mu predicted that Italy would advance to the finals before the game, and the Netherlands was very hot, the Italian fans did not have such a chance. Many fans watched it as the last game. Some famous Italian celebrities and celebrities also came to the scene one after another. The reporter's camera lens was thrown into the stands from time to time. The VIP box.

However, the most eye-catching audience is Jiang Mu, who gives a close-up of Jiang Mu almost every few minutes, and the commentator keeps repeating Jiang Mu's prediction of the game. It was not until the players from both sides appeared that the focus returned to the field.

In this game, Italy and the Netherlands sent their strongest lineup. The Dutch team at home played very actively and completely suppressed Italy, while the Italian scene was passive, and the defensive counterattack also turned into a defensive counterattack.

At the 30th minute of the game, left winger Cenden turned to get rid of Zambrota and tripped over Zambrota. As a result, Zambrota got the second yellow card and was sent off.

Originally, the Dutch players were still a little afraid. Jiang Mu's prediction cast a shadow in their hearts, but after Merck sent off Zambrotta, the Dutch players had no more scruples and bombarded Italy indiscriminately, and the possession rate of the ball even reached more than 80%. Italy was miserable and could only rely on fouls. Solve the Dutch offensive.

At this time, no one believed Jiang Mu's prediction. No one believed that Italy could turn over. Reporters also pointed the camera at Jiang Mu again intentionally or unintentionally, which was quite a little gloating. The commentators also believed that Jiang Mu predicted that the record of the whole middle school would be broken for the first time, and used probability and Jiang Mu. The prediction of the Champions League championship is wrong to prove that the success rate of the prediction will never be 100%.

Five minutes later, the Italian team with one less person made it worse. Dutch winger Martian Ovimas made a cross from the right, and Cruyvit received a right pass in the penalty area. Nesta behind her pulled her and was sentenced to death by German referee Merck. At this time, many people have begun to observe silence for Italy.

Because the current Italian goalkeeper is not their main Buffon, because Buffon was injured, the substitute goalkeeper Toldo became the main goalkeeper of Italy.

Although Toldo is a substitute, his goalkeeping skills are not bad. He is agile, has a steady high-altitude ball, and has a good sense of ball. In any other country, Francisco Tordo must be the absolute main goalkeeper of his national team, but in Italy, he can only be Buffon's substitute, if not Buffon is not injured. He didn't even get a chance to play for a minute. Although Tordo was not bad, the Italian fans trusted Buffon more, but at this time, the substitute Tordo began to go crazy. Dutch captain Frank de Boer took the penalty. He shot hard with his left foot to the right side of the goal. Toldo made the right judgment and he fell to the ground and saved the ball out of the right bottom line.

In the 61st minute, Davis broke through with the ball on the left side. When he first entered the penalty area, he was tackled by defender Juliano. Merck awarded a penalty again. This time, Rigecard accepted the lesson and changed the penalty to striker Cruyvit. This time, Tordo threw in the wrong direction, but God now Helping Italy, Cruyvette shot the ball on the left post like a ghost.

The Italian team survived. Although the Dutch team, whose morale was hit, still had a clear advantage, the attack had lost its edge. The side attack was mostly cut off by Cannavaro and Maldini. Nesta and Yuliano in the middle were very calm, dissolved the Dutch team's offensive one by one until the end of overtime. Italy There was no more chance for the Dutch team to score, and the two sides began to take a penalty kick.

Italy lost all four previous penalty kicks, including the last three World Cups, and the Netherlands was not much better. It also did not win in three penalty kicks (1998 World Cup, 1992 and 1996 European Cup). However, because the Netherlands did not score two penalty kicks in the game, The pressure is all on the Dutch side.

At this time, when the commentator talked about Jiang Mu again, he was like talking about monsters. Although the game was not over, the balance of victory had fallen to Italy, and everyone felt that the victory was most likely to be the Italian who had been ** for 120 minutes.

In the order of penalty kicks, Ricard didn't know what the reason was. De Boer and Cruyvit, who lost the penalty in the game, were in the five-man list, and De Boer was also the first penalty.

De Boer still kicked to the right side of the goal, but Toldo judged the right direction again, and he saved De Boer's penalty out of the bottom line again. So far, no one believes that the Dutch team can advance to the finals again.

Subsequently, Stam and Bosvelt lost the penalty. Only Cruyvit scored the penalty, while Italy only Maldini lost the penalty. In the end, Italy finally eliminated the Netherlands with a dripping defense and tenacious spirit. .

In the face of a dramatic victory, Zoff was still expressionless after the game. A reporter asked him to smile, but he did not succeed. The head coach of the Dutch team, Ricard, resigned immediately after the game, becoming the fourth head coach to leave during this European Cup after Ribeck, Denisli and Coelho. -< /P>

Jiang Mu's prediction was so magical that the Italian commentator said in surprise, "Today, San Tordo and Shen Jiang Mu defeated the powerful Dutch team together."

When the reporter wanted to interview Jiang Mu, who became a magical predictor after this game, he found that Jiang Mu, who was originally in the fan stands, had magically disappeared. Some fans confirmed that Jiang Mu was invited to leave before the end of the penalty, but no one knew where he had gone.