Chapter 364 Hot before the game

In the first minute, Uruguay's midfielder made a pass error, and Park Ji-sung dribbled the ball ** to the penalty area, but the final goal was not interrupted by Lugano in time.

In the 4th minute, M-Pereira fouled in the backcourt. Park Zhouyong's 25-yard free kick hit the goal with his right foot. The ball drew a wonderful arc around the wall and hit the outside of the neutral post!

In the 6th minute, Fran's low shot from the edge of the penalty area was obtained by Zheng Chenglong. Uruguay took the lead in the 8th minute. Fran attracted the defensive ball. Cavani's right instep shifted. Fran's left side buckled Jin Zhengyou's oblique pass in front of the goal. Chenglong fell to the ground and did not touch it. The unmarked Suarez scored an empty goal, 1-0.

Uruguay's multi-point attack has achieved results, leading South Korea 1:0.

Li Yu found a problem in it. After the South American team Uruguay advanced to the knockout match, there was no sign of conservative tactics. On the contrary, the attack made people feel stronger. Will the Chilean team do the same?

It was not until the 68th minute that the South Korean team equalized the score on the court. Lugano fouled in the backcourt, and Ji Chengyong's free kick went to the penalty area. Victorino's header was not far away. Li Qinglong grabbed the front header from Lugano and Muslera, 1-1!

Who would have thought that the leading Uruguayan would become a little less able to play football. At the beginning of the second half, South Korea became more and more brave. Under the pressure of the score, it has been suppressing Uruguay to attack.

The gap between the two teams is not as big as the opening. The South Korean team is back, but Uruguay is a little suspense. At this time, it was equalized.

Uruguay locked the victory in the 80th minute. Fran opened the right corner, and the South Korean defender was not far away. Suarez made a wonderful arc on the edge of the penalty area, and the ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the gate, 2-1! Suarez scored twice, which was also his third goal in this World Cup.

The final score was also fixed at 2:1. Uruguay defeated the South Korean team with the performance of individual stars. This is the general view of all members of the Huaxia Hong Kong team watching the game.

With the three long whistles of German referee Stark, Uruguay's 2-1 victory over South Korea was fixed. It rained heavily, but the scene of Uruguayans running wildly in the rain still shocked the world. Uruguayans have been waiting for this day for 40 years! They spent many years in humiliation, and finally on this day, 40 years of hard work finally bear fruit.

In fact, Uruguay has also been the top team in the history of the World Cup. Uruguay has won the World Cup twice: in the first World Cup in 1930, the host Uruguay won all four games, sweeping Romania, Yugoslavia, Argentina and other teams to win the championship. Twenty years later, Uruguay participated in the World Cup again and defeated Spain and Sweden one after another. In the final match, it defeated Brazil 2-1 and won the second World Cup championship. After two competitions and two championships, Uruguayan football has shown its strength to the world.

But in this world, there are three most painful people: a once gorgeous beauty, but now an old beauty; a rich man who used to be extremely rich, but now he lacks food and clothing; a champion who used to be proud of the world, but now everyone can bully. Uruguay is the two-time world champion, and its results are only inferior to Brazil, Italy, Germany and other countries. Even the so-called originator of football such as England needs to be looked up. However, the glory of Uruguayans is too long, far beyond the age of most fans! Nowadays, when great powers such as England and Spain are sought after all over the world, Uruguayans can only recall the glory of the past, silently hiding in the corner to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity. How can this kind of humiliation and this kind of pain be said in a few words?

Uruguay reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 1954. In a group with Czechoslovakia, Austria and Scotland, Uruguay won the whole game and defeated England 4-2 in the 1/8 final. Unfortunately, at 8-4, Uruguay lost to Hungary in overtime.

In 1970, Uruguay hit the World Cup again. In a group with Italy, Sweden and Israel, Uruguay ranked second and defeated the Soviet Union in a match of 8 to 4. In the semi-finals, Uruguay lost to Brazil and only finished fourth.

These two top four experiences turned out to be the best results of Uruguay, a declining aristocrat, over the years! Since 1970, the top 8 has been an unattainable dream for Uruguay. In 1974, Uruguay fought in the World Cup, losing to the Netherlands, Sweden and Bulgaria, and the group bottom failed to qualify; in 1978 and 1982, Uruguay was unable to participate. In Mexico in 1986, although Uruguay qualified from the difficult group (the opponents in the same group were Denmark, Germany and Scotland), it lost to Argentina in the 1/8 final. In 1990, Uruguay qualified again in the group (equite with Spain, Belgium and South Korea), but lost to Italy in the 1/8 final.

Since the 1990s, Uruguay has entered a 16-year downturn. In 1994, Uruguay was absent from the World Cup; in 1998, Uruguay was out again. In 2002, Uruguay was forced into the World Cup qualifier play-offs. They reluctantly defeated Australia to enter the World Cup, but failed to qualify in the group stage with 2 draws and 1 losses, losing to Denmark, France and Senegal. In the 2006 World Cup, Australia once again entered the World Cup qualifiers play-offs, but this time, Uruguay lost to Australia...

In the past 16 years, Uruguay has been absent from the World Cup three times, and one group has been unable to qualify. It can be said that Uruguayan football has fallen to the lowest point in history. This is mainly because Uruguay's football talents have been cut off: old stars such as Franciscoli and others are getting old one after another, new players such as Fran and others are immature, and mesozoic players such as Rekoba and others are injured.

But it is also because of these 16 years of humiliation that Uruguayan players have accumulated their own strength. Fran, Suarez, Cavani, Muslera and other players have been fully trained and more mature in Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and other leagues. It can be said that it was the humiliation of the past 16 years that stimulated the Uruguayans to sleep and finally found the hope of reviving the team.

Judging from the regional situation, after Uruguay's promotion, it will meet the winner between the United States and Ghana in 8 to 4 games, and Uruguay is fully capable of fighting against each other. If it can enter the top 4 again, Uruguay will not only equal the best record in 60 years. At that time, the opponent may be Brazil or the Netherlands, which not only proves the status of Uruguayan football in international football, but also an opportunity to reproduce the glory of the past!

After the game, there was a loud bragging voice. The Huaxia Hong Kong team completely ignored such a voice, but the heavy rain gave the Huaxia Hong Kong team a reminder. The weather of the game was a big factor affecting the final outcome. Eriksson told the players to be prepared for the rain battle, and in the training the next day, they also made a corresponding The training content.

The game between Ghana and the United States is missing a lot of spectators.

In the end, the Americans failed to perform a miracle and were eliminated 2-1 by the Ghanaians. Ghana also defended the honor of the African team and advanced to the top 8 knockout stage.

Ghana reached the top 8, although this record is not a record for European, South American teams, and even Asian teams. But for Africa, this achievement is already equal to the best in history. As we all know, there is never a shortage of stars in African football, but before, the best World Cup record of African teams was only the top eight, which was achieved by Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002. Now, Ghana should also be written in the name of history - and don't forget that Ghana still has the opportunity to continue to refresh history. After all, their quarter-final opponent Uruguay is a team that makes them "think".

The world is asking why Ghana can be this honor? Why can Ghana be the best team in Africa? To figure out this problem, we must first understand: where are the advantages and weaknesses of African teams?

The advantages of African teams are obvious: all teams generally have excellent physical fitness, specifically, extremely fast speed (such as Etoo), super physical confrontation ability (Droba), and bounce power and explosive power are also superior (such as Chabarara). Moreover, almost every African team has some stars competing in Europe's top leagues and top giants, such as two-time Triple Crown winner Eto'o, such as New England Premier League double champion Drogba, such as Yaya Toure, Montari and so on.

But the weakness of African teams lies in three points: first of all, they play too unrestrainedly, the offense is very **, but they do not pay attention to defense (for example, South Africa, Nigeria and other teams have scored more goals than Ghana, but the defense is a set of scattered sand). In addition, the team is not coordinated, and there are often some infighting scandals (such as the Cameroon team, the locker room gang broke up, and mutiny before the life-and-death battle). The third point is that the choice of game strategy is wrong. It is too conservative when it is time to make progress, and it is too aggressive when it is time to make progress.

Attack, strong and weak defense, internal discord, and improper strategy are the common problems of African teams. Six African teams came out. South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria and Idywa are all out of the group stage, and most of the mistakes made are these three points. And these three points are exactly the best thing Ghana has done!

Ghana's attack power is not strong. It only scored 2 goals in the third group stage, which is not even as good as many unqualified teams. However, Ghana's defense is excellent, conceding only 2 goals in the third group stage, especially against Australia, Serbia and the United States. Ghana relied on solid defense and sharp counterattack to find victory.

Ghana is also relatively united. As we all know, before this World Cup, three teams, including Idym d'Ivoire, South Africa and Nigeria, were changing their coaches, which led to some internal problems. The Ghanaian team has no doubt about the use of people. Rajvac has been in a stable position in the past two years, emphasizing discipline, and big cards like Montari have been punished by team rules, which has led to the Ghanaian team's military discipline, which is one of the best among African powers.

Of course, the Ghana team's most successful thing is its tactics. Rajvac chose the counterattack tactic of solid defense and quickly passing through the midfield, emphasizing the fierce interception of the midfield and the choice of the line in the counterattack. Against Serbia and the United States, Ghana took the initiative to choose the defensive position and relied on the clear line to quickly counterattack the bloody assault opponents, which has a wonderful effect.

Pay attention to internal unity, create strict military discipline, stabilize defense, and emphasize counterattack... These are the basis of Inter's success in the past season. Today, Ghana uses the same way to build a team to defend the dignity of the African Army Group in the World Cup.

The first day of the World Cup knockout match has passed, and the teams that played are less attractive than neutral fans.

The next day was different, the Anglo-German war, Argentina vs. Mexico.

The field is wonderful and attracts people's attention.

How much attention is it, especially the Anglo-German war?

"Please ask the media to cooperate with the police and call on fans who have not come to come again." This is what Brudeli, the commander-in-chief of the Blue Fontaine Police District of the World Cup, emphasized in an interview last night.

Although Bloom Fontaine is the judicial capital of South Africa, it has a population of only 500,000. For a world-renowned Anglo-German war, it is really difficult to bear.

To see how big a city is, just look at the width of the road leading to it. The road leading from all directions to Bloom Fontaine only has two lanes in both directions. The black drivers who drove laughed and said that in fact, in South Africa, Bloom Fontaine is known as the "country capital".

More than 30 hours before the Anglo-German War, the road from Joburg to Brom Fontaine was already bustling, and cars flying German and English flags could be seen everywhere. From the ID card on the driver's chest, it can be seen that many reporters from various countries drove to Brom Fontaine by themselves. Therefore, there are often cars running to the opposite lane of Bloomberg Fontaine, which is really dangerous.

Just entering the boundary of Bloom Fontaine, a dark green tank was prominently parked on the roadside, and the severe scene before the war began.

Entering the city, you can see British and German fans everywhere. Waving your own national flag and singing songs that demean each other, you will know which country this group is from if you listen carefully.

On the way to the court, there have been isolation fences and cement baffles used by the police. With the World Cup interview certificate, the car taken by the reporter was able to successfully enter the Free State Stadium after repeated police interrogations.

Outside the gate of the stadium, the commander-in-chief of the police district, Brudley, was interviewed by reporters. Due to the code of work, we can't disclose how much police force there will be in this game, but it can be said that it must be more than any previous game held here. Moreover, in response to this important event, the police will allocate an additional 3,000 police force to support. We will strictly follow the protection rules of the World Cup, close martial law 24 hours in advance, and conduct strict security searches. We must ensure that everything is foolproof.

In all venues of the World Cup in South Africa, fans can freely buy beer and other drinks in the on-site store. But in this Anglo-German war, no alcoholic drinks will be sold on the venue.

Brudeley said: "We know very well that fans in both England and Germany like to drink beer and watch football, and we also know that it is easy to get out of trouble after drinking. In order to ensure the progress of this game and the flow of people after the game, we will take strict measures to prohibit fans from drinking before and during the game.

As the judicial capital, the crime rate in Bloom Fontaine is one of the lowest in South Africa. But local residents are already very worried about whether the fans who sing and dance on the street will make trouble under the stimulation of alcohol. Residents who live very close to the stadium have set up some eye-catching signs outside their houses to persuade fans not to break the law.

This quiet town is looking forward to and worried about the war.

The war is approaching, and there is always a scene of mountains and rain coming. As the most eye-catching battle since the start of the World Cup in South Africa, although the British and German teams have not yet officially played against each other, they have "collide" with dazzling sparks. Even the heads of the two countries are in a posture of drawing a clear line.

From Barak's transformation into an "intelligence spy", to whether Schwein Steger played, to the "infighting" between Capello and Pierce in England, before the Anglo-German war began, all kinds of rumors have been cloudy, which is quite reminiscent of an intelligence war before the Allied landing in Normandy. However, this time, the Germans obviously have more means.

Just after England and Germany decided that they would meet in the one-eighth final, "Piggy" Schwein Steger once heard that he could not play due to injury, but according to the latest news from the German team's training camp, "Piggy" participated in the German team's training class on the eve of the Anglo-German War. From the training situation, Schweinsch Tiger's thigh injury is fine.

If the news of the comeback of Piggy's Line of Fire is not enough to flash England, then Loeb's "disappearance" is sinister enough. At the German team's regular pre-match press conference yesterday, local time, head coach Löf was absent, and this disrespectful move also aroused the anger of the English reporters present.

Regarding the neglect of the German team's coaching staff, a British reporter criticized: "Our head coach of the England team just flew from Rustenburg to the game site and attended the press conference non-stop, and patiently accepted our questions. Where are the others?" Several British reporters saw the goalkeeper coach Kopke attend instead of Loeb, so they asked him why Loeb didn't come.

Kopke shifted the responsibility to FIFA, claiming that it was because of FIFA's improper arrangement that Loeb could not take into account both attending the press conference and leading the team for training. However, imagining the angry face of the English reporter, Lorev may be having fun on the training ground at this moment.

The Anglo-German war not only excited the fans of the two countries, but also the heads of the two countries were involved. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Cameron, who are attending the G20 summit in Toronto, expressed their views on the Anglo-German war.

As the number one fan of the German team, Merkel met with the players at the first time to express her respect when the German team was eliminated by Italy and won the third place in the last World Cup. Before the German team went to the World Cup, Merkel also went to the base to pay a visit. Although she was busy with her business during the Cup, Merkel expressed her expectations for the performance of the German team in the World Cup at a news conference in Toronto. She said that she would watch the German team's game live on TV to cheer for the team.

Merkel wants to watch the ball, and Cameron, as the British Prime Minister, will naturally not lag behind. Moreover, because the leaders of both countries are in Toronto, it also triggers speculation about whether the two leaders will watch the game together. In the face of this proposal, British Prime Minister Cameron gently refused. In an interview with British TV, he said that it was better for him and Merkel to watch the game separately. This kind of occasion is really not suitable for the two leaders to watch the game together, so as to suppress their respective emotions. It seems that even as a prominent political figure, it is difficult to maintain enough reason and posture in the face of the Anglo-German war.