Chapter 238 The Plain World Cup

The world's first competition day is somewhat calm.

There will be three games the next day.

The first game was the South Korean team's game against Greece.

The last metaphor was far beyond all expectations. With the quick goals of Lee Jung-soo and Park Ji-sung in the first and second half, South Korea defeated Greece 2-0 and took the lead in getting 3 points in Group B of the World Cup in South Africa, with an extremely favorable qualifying situation.

Only 7 minutes in the first half, the South Korean team scored with a set-piece. Although subjectively, the whole process can be attributed to Charistias's defensive mistakes and ignoring the defense of Lee Jong-soo at the back point; however, from objective analysis, this goal reflects a lot of inevitability, from the growth of players in the whole South Korean football to the current South Korean team's understanding and implementation of the tactical system. Leading position in Asia. Park Ji-sung scored quickly in the second half, also in the near 7th point, and the goal was a sharper quick counterattack. Two goals are enough to prove that the South Korean team does not rely on luck and chance to play football, but there must be some internal factors worth pondering.

There is a folk song in South Korea, "If you marry a wife, you want to marry Da Changjin, and if you marry a man, you want to marry Park Ji-sung", which fully reflects Park Ji-sung's reputation in South Korea. So is Park Ji-sung favored in South Korea because he is handsome or plays for the top giants in Europe? No. There is a past that can illustrate this point.

Three years ago, I saw a Korean football magazine with a friend. It is said to be a famous magazine in South Korea. The cover is a scarred right foot, which is Park Ji-sung's foot. That magazine once set a record for sales in South Korea. Koreans advocate the hard work experience of football players in their careers, and the scarred feet are the most beautiful. This kind of spiritual thing affects all South Korean players today, whether they are younger than Park Ji-sung, including Lee Jung-soo, Park Joo-young and others, who are inspired by this spirit to fight for their football career.

In addition to the personal fighting spirit of South Korean players, their understanding and application of the tactical system are also worthy of our deep consideration. The South Korean team did a very good job in defense in today's game. Their defense is not like the intensive defense and gunshot tactics adopted by the Chinese national football team when they defeated the French team 1-0 in the warm-up match, but to give full play to the synergy of the two defense lines. The two defenses of the South Korean team advance and retreat in an orderly manner. The reference bodies when they advance and retreat are Ceoris and Yekas, which grabbed the fate of the Greek team to launch the attack and grasped the initiative on the field.

Don't forget that in the warm-up match before the World Cup, the Greek team once defeated the Chinese Hong Kong team with a big score of 3:0. According to common sense, there is no way to be able to lead the South Korean team all the way in the Asian team in the Asian region. How can this happen in the actual game? Such a big contrast.

Even the Greek team members who participated in the game said after the game that the game was much more difficult than what they prepared.

The Greeks are careless. It is not the scheme of the Koreans, but the success of the Chinese Hong Kong team.

When watching South Korea celebrate the victory, some media also began to pay attention to the actual combat strength of Huaxia Hong Kong. Take the South Korean team as an example, the Huaxia Hong Kong team once defeated South Korea by a big score. Compared with the two, the previous performance of the Huaxia Hong Kong team was very abnormal.

However, the media's doubts did not attract too much attention, including the Brazilian team. Now all eyes are paying attention to the upcoming Argentine team's game.

In the first round of Group B of the World Cup in South Africa, Argentina defeated Nigeria 1-0 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg and won the first match. In the 6th minute, Peron took a free kick and headed for the only goal in the game.

Under the leadership of Maradona, Argentina's promotion to South Africa is extremely difficult. Despite this, the Blues and Whites are still regarded as one of the favorites to win the Cup. For Maradona, how to activate the strength of Messi, the World Footballer of the Year, will be the key to Argentina's good results. Argentina and Nigeria have had three confrontations in history, and Argentina has been unbeaten with 2 wins and 1 draw. In the 1994 World Cup group stage, Argentina won 2-1; in the 1995 Confederations Cup group stage, Nigeria drew 0-0 with Argentina; in the 2002 World Cup group stage, Argentina defeated Nigeria 1-0.

Today, Argentina formed 343 formations, with Messi, Tevez and Iguain. In terms of midfield, Peron became the core of the attack, Gutierrez and Di Maria were active on both sides, and Mascherano was the midfielder. On the guard line, Heinze, Demichelis and Samuel are lined up, and the goalkeeper is Romero.

Argentina's attack power is so strong that it only scored one goal.

At the beginning of the game, the performance of the traditional strong team has been somewhat disappointing, and the big score has never appeared.

Like eight years ago, Argentina captured Nigeria in the first game, and the opponent's score was the same. The difference is that this time Maradona has the world's first star that Belsa has never had.

In the end of the season, Messi played 63 games, but he was heartbroken for Maradona. "He played for a year and was very tired, but he had a positive attitude and was in the best physical and technical condition. I tried to give him a chance to save strength." However, Barcelona's ace himself was eager to fight and trained well, not at all. Like what physical coach Signorini said about "deep-rooted injuries", Lao Ma also said, "He has never had any physical problems. Don't forget that he kicked me a lot (in training)."

Argentina penetrated into the penalty area for the first time in this game, which was Messi's left flank. Under the attack of the four people, he still did not hesitate to cut in in a straight line. In the end, the cross was also in place. Unfortunately, Higuain was disturbed and kicked off at close range. In the 6th minute, the little flea made another breakthrough in the middle. Seeing that he cut into the penalty area and suddenly ejected his left toe at the top of the arc, he did not pursue the angle but won at the speed and suddenly. If it hadn't been for the goalkeeper Enjeama's reaction, he would have broken the goal, and this corner kick also directly brought Argentina's first goal.

After Heinze scored, Argentina's formation retreated, Messi had fewer chances to take the ball, and Beron and others had the ball and distributed it to the side as much as possible. However, Argentina's No. 10 was only one line away from the goal when he was on camera again. In the 36th minute, Messi sent a free kick from the right side and made a very creative free kick with Mascherano. With the cooperation, he rushed to the right rib of the penalty area and rubbed out the arc at the far corner, but it was Enyaama's magical flying save, pulling the ball out of the bottom line.

Argentina's lifeline is not so much that General Ma is at the helm as in the hands of Messi. His every move and his actions are of great significance to the whole team. Therefore, even if the small flea performs in the qualifiers, Diego still unswervingly prints No. 10 as a totem. "Argentina is a Rolls-Royce, and Messi sits in the driver's seat." No matter how much praise is, if Messi can really be activated, the Argentine media and fans will not mind Lao Ma's exaggerated praise.

Judging from the on-the-spot state, Messi is indeed not sick and full of physical energy. The whole audience runs and actively participates in every attack. The left, the middle, the right wing, and Argentina No. 10 is ubiquitous. In the 59th minute, Messi started from the middle line and made a high-speed breakthrough across the opponent's half-time. The left rib shot in the penalty area was stopped by two defenders. Five minutes later, the five-man combination in the front court counterattacked. Tevez knocked on the left side and missed Higuain. The small flea walked across the penalty area to open the gap, and his left foot ejected the far corner and was saved by the goalkeeper.

In the 81st minute, Messi regretted that he missed another good opportunity. After cutting his right foot in the left side of the diagonal line, he suddenly inserted it forward. Benfica winger understood that he would knock back. The little flea had shaken off all the defenders to form a single knife. Unfortunately, the adjusted angle was still not ideal. He wanted to hit the goalkeeper through the crotch and was knocked down by Enyeama. It was sealed, and the whole audience sighed. One minute before stoppage time, Messi and Milito hit the same wall on the right side, but this time the ball was too high and was poked out by the opponent.

Even so, Messi's performance is enough to satisfy Maradona: according to the data of Fifa's official website, the small flea shot 12 shots and 4 times, 84 passes in place 65 times, 7 passes and 6 times successfully, and the running distance also reached 8,351 meters. After the game, the old horse hugged Messi's neck and even kissed his lover's right face. Messi plugged in the power supply, excellent football, exciting moments, very close to the goal, he is still the best one in the Argentine team," the Ole newspaper said after the game.

The 343 formation sacrificed by Maradona to activate Messi is actually the same as the 3412 tailored for himself in 1986. Today, the brilliant performance of the new king of Argentina makes everyone see the hope of the throne of the second king of the ball. The trip to Germany in 2006 is just Messi's World Cup experience, just like the old horse in 1982. So today, four years later, can Messi turn Ellis Park Stadium into Aztec 24 years ago?

Why does the Chinese media pay so much attention to Messi's performance? Because they hope to reflect Li Yu's performance from Messi's state. Since Messi can have such a performance, Li Yu should not be too bad. In terms of state, Li Yu is only better than Messi this season and will never be worse than Messi. The only same question The question is that the two of them have played a lot of games in a season.

The last game on the second game day is also of concern to people, England vs. the United States.

But in the game, England's performance seems to confirm a spell in this World Cup, and the strong teams are all unsatisfactory.

In the first round of Group C of the 2010 World Cup, England drew 1-1 with the United States. In the 4th minute, Husky made the ball, and the new captain Gerrard broke into the penalty area and shot with his right foot. In the 40th minute, Dempsey made a long shot from the periphery, and Green took off the ball and rolled into the gate.

In a series of warm-up matches before the World Cup, the England team led by Capello performed very well and maintained a complete victory in the last four games. The two teams have played 10 games in history, and England has an advantage of 8 wins and 2 losses. The most classic confrontation between the two teams should be at the 1950 World Cup, when the unknown United States defeated England, the ancestor of modern football, 1-0, so it also made a joke that "England beats the United States 10-1".

In this game, Capello discharged the front line combination of Rooney and Hesky. Lampard and Gerrard sit in the midfield, Lennon and Milner one left and one right, Ridley King and Terry guard the defense, and Green guard the gate. In the United States, Donovan and Artidore joined the front line, and Howard guarded the door.

England's goalkeeper once again staged the embarrassing time of the butter hand in the World Cup.

Gerrard's goal in the first four minutes gave the Englishman hope of winning, but then the last thing the fans wanted to see happened - goalkeeper Green's low-level mistake helped the opponent equalize the score. Perhaps people will question why Capello let Green start, and ESPN said: "Cappello should be responsible for Green's gaffe." But the Italians also have no choice. The three England goalkeepers have their own loopholes, and they may become the team's time bombs at some point.

There is no need to repeat the details of Green's mistake. After the game, the media also shouted at him. Sky Sports condemned: "Green sends a big gift to the American team." Football 365 website said: "Green's fingertips lost England's victory." Reuters said: "Green's super gift gave the United States one point." Super Sports, South Africa's largest sports television station, is also difficult to understand this mistake: "Green ruined England's victory."

In fact, before this game, England's legendary goalkeeper Banks expressed concern about the position of the goalkeeper. He even thought that the three goalkeepers of our team were not as good as American goalkeeper Howard: "I really appreciate Howard very much. I think he is better than the three goalkeepers in England." And as Banks said, Howard made a total of seven effective saves in this game. Several threatening shots from Rooney and Lampard were successfully resolved by him, while Green had only three saves in the whole game, especially he leaked Dempsey's unthreatening shot directly into the net, which became the most slippery in the game. A scene of ji.

After Green made a low-level mistake, the TV broadcast turned to Joe Hart on the bench, who performed very well in Birmingham last season. He was also selected as the best team of the season by the England Professional Players Association. In terms of stability, Joe Hart is completely better than Green and the veteran. James, but Capello is worried that he has too little experience in international competition, and there may be low-level mistakes in such competitions. Although James, who has played 50 times in the national team, is experienced, his 39-year-old is really too old. After weighing it over and over again, Capello finally chose the more compromise Green, but the latter gave the Italians a blow.

In fact, England's goalkeeper crisis is an old problem. In the 2002 World Cup, Seaman once missed Ronaldinho's free kick directly into the net. In the qualifiers of the 2008 European Championship, Carlson took the ball and missed England from the 2008 European Championship, and James's performance is often called "big" Wei-disaster-James", Robinson has also had an embarrassing scene of kicking directly when receiving the ball and causing an own goal. Although it is Green who makes a fool of himself today, the other two goalkeepers may not be able to keep the door clean.

After the game, Star Telegraph of the United States said that if the goalkeeper for England today was replaced by Banks, Ray Clemens or Pete Hilton, they would definitely not let the U.S. team get such an unexpected goal. Unfortunately, the hero is old, and now England can no longer find a world-class goalkeeper like that in those years.

Another interesting news has also been disclosed by the media.

A few hours before the start of the game, the two leaders made a special phone call to bet on the first game of their respective teams in South Africa. A White House spokesman said that Obama is confident that the team will win because the United States defeated the powerful England 1-0 in the 1950 World Cup. He believes that the team still has a chance to play a 60-year-old scene this time.

Although football is not the most popular sport in the United States, the World Cup has attracted a lot of attention. When he was invited to the opening ceremony in South Africa, Obama had planned to attend, but the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico forced him to give this opportunity to Vice President Biden. In this regard, Obama also joked that he felt very sorry.

He can't rush to the scene like Biden. Obama can only call David Cameron, who can't go to the scene to watch the game. The other party readily agreed to his bets. The Associated Press said that Obama's bet was the best beer, but the White House did not specify what brand it was.

Originally, Gerrard's 4-minute goal made Obama almost lose the beer. Fortunately, Green's butter hand helped the U.S. team win back a city, which also made the British and American leaders' bet end in a draw.

The second game day is also calm. Only the performance of the South Korean team can be eye-catching, and other teams have few highlights.

On the third day, it still continues the style of the previous two days and will be insipid to the end.

Ghana killed 10 Serbia at 1-0 points and won the first World Cup on behalf of the African team. In the 74th minute, Lukovic was sent off with two yellow cards. In the 83rd minute, Kuzmanovic's handball in the penalty area, Asamoa Gian scored a penalty. It is worth mentioning that this is the first penalty in this World Cup.

One goal is still a penalty, and the World Cup has been too bland so far.

The next game continued the 1:0 style. Slovenia defeated Algeria 1-0 at the Mokaba Stadium in Paolo Guani, winning the team's first victory in the history of the World Cup finals.

Algeria, a strong North African team, was able to reach the World Cup finals in South Africa again after 24 years, which made national fans happy. Due to the good situation in the grouping, the Algerian domestic media is looking forward to the team being able to qualify from the group.

Even Qi Zu was in the stands to cheer for his hometown team, but Algeria still lost the game.

In a plain game, I hope that the German team that will play soon will not continue the previous style and bring a trace of vitality to the World Cup!