134 The Battle of the Two Teeth

134 The Battle of the Two Teeth

The last 1/8 final of the World Cup in South Africa was staged by two teams in the Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal**, and these two teams also turned a World Cup 1/8 final into a "La Liga internal fight". ".

Of the 22 players on both sides, 16 players played in La Liga, of which Real Madrid and Barcelona contributed five and six respectively. If you calculate the 46-man roster of the two teams, there are 27 people from La Liga, accounting for nearly 60%.

Ligue 1 has left in a shameful way, the Premier League has left in disgrace, and Serie A has also left ridiculously. Only the Bundesliga and La Liga are left in the five major leagues to support the World Cup. And La Liga is undoubtedly more worth looking forward to. After quickly accumulating a large number of top football stars in the world, it has become the "world's first league".

Just look at Spain's squad to see how terrifying they are, Villa, Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Puyol and Butzquez from Barcelona, ​​Iker Casillas from Real Madrid, Ramos and Alonso.

Only two top clubs are needed to form the backbone of a national team, plus Portugal's Real Madrid generals Ronaldo and Pepe, what is this if it is not "infighting in La Liga"?

Obviously, in addition to the "Westernization" of staffing, the entire Spanish team has integrated Barcelona's style and technical and tactical play. With xavi as the core, with Puyol at the back and Villa charging at the front, the delicate passing and receiving cooperation between club teammates, smooth ground advancement, and tacit multiplayer running positions have been completely moved to the national team. Team.

After 90 minutes of the game, Ronaldo left a sad back. Portugal lost 0:1 to Spain in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup in South Africa and was eliminated.

In an interview after the game, Ronaldo appeared very sad and emotional: "You go to Queiroz to talk, I just want to say, I feel destroyed, completely destroyed, I have a huge Frustrated, I am not in the mood to explain what happened on the pitch today, of course, as the captain of the team, I should take responsibility."

Ronaldo should indeed take responsibility. Even though he won three vp trophies in a single game in South Africa, the problem of the disconnection between Golden Mauro and the Portuguese team as a whole became more and more obvious in the World Cup in South Africa. Arbitrary breakthroughs, unnecessary long shots, and stingy passes, What is the reason that turned the world's most expensive star into the first "selfish ghost"?

The first is the position of Ronaldo. From the club's r9 to the national team's r7, Ronaldo's ball holding area is much farther back. The midfield organization task involves a lot of energy for him, which weakens his direct threat to the goal.

Unfortunately, the organizational ability of the Portuguese midfielder is not as good as before. The attack lacks the combination of side and center and the sense of depth, and the lack of support for Ronaldo forces him to rely on personal breakthroughs to advance to the frontcourt. Naturally, the success rate is not high.

Secondly, Ronaldo's excessive competitiveness and sense of responsibility have overshadowed his due team awareness. Although he wears the captain's armband, Ronaldo has never been able to recognize the captain's responsibilities like Belgium's Degan. He believes that completing the shot by himself is the greatest contribution to the team.

The teammates gradually had psychological expectations for Ronaldo's assertiveness, so he was not very active in running after he got the ball. In addition, Ronaldo also arranged all the team's free kicks from the center line, no matter how far or how far. Hitting the goal directly, the Portuguese team failed to show any set-piece cooperation, and handed over an offensive weapon.

Handing the captain's armband to Ronaldo actually dragged down this offensive genius. His personal charm was far from the height of Figo, and he couldn't convince the whole team to work hard behind him.

In the end, Ronaldo was in a slump, and Queiroz could not escape the responsibility. In four games, Queiroz let him play three positions from the left, center and right. He still does not know how to exert the greatest power of Ronaldo, a genius.

Without the support of his teammates, Ronaldo can hardly become the panacea that Queiroz expects. During the competition, morale is particularly important. Queiroz's prestige in running the army is far inferior to his predecessor Scolari, so the fighting spirit of the Portuguese team only stays on the lips .

It's no wonder that after losing to Spain, Ronaldo would let the world listen to Queiroz's defense.

Although there are many stars in the team, but in the World Cup in South Africa, the Portuguese team left the deepest impression on the world are two things, but unfortunately both are negative.

First, after the first match of the group stage in Côte d'Ivoire, the core midfielder Deco bombarded coach Queiroz, questioning his replacement, and then after the loss of the Iberia Derby, the big-name Ronaldo's "saliva".

In the two civil wars, Queiroz was the protagonist, which has to make people question his ability to command the army.

Germany is fourth in the World Cup, and Portugal in the South African World Cup qualifiers only qualified through the play-offs. Queiroz's coaching ability can be seen in the end.

After the qualifiers, some players in the Portuguese team brewed "remonstrations" and asked Queiroz to dismiss get out of class, but they failed under the suppression of the Portuguese Football Association, but this paved the way for the internal strife in the Portuguese team during the World Cup.

In the first match against Côte d'Ivoire, Deco performed poorly and was replaced in the 61st minute. After the game, Deco, who was dissatisfied with his replacement, questioned Queiroz's substitution and the team's style of play. Although Deco immediately changed his words and apologized to coach Queiroz and the whole team in person, Queiroz was ruthless enough to let the wind out that Deco was injured, and he was not allowed to play for even a minute in the next three games. Deco didn't do it right, Queiroz didn't have the guts, and the coach who couldn't tolerate others eventually betrayed his relatives.

If there is only one rebellion in the Portuguese team, it can be regarded as an isolated incident, but in fact, Portugal's number one star Ronaldo has long been dissatisfied with Queiroz.

The World Cup has played four games, and there is no two consecutive Portuguese teams with the same lineup. In each game, four players have been changed compared to the previous game, and several changes have not achieved the desired effect.

In the first game against Côte d'Ivoire, the "rookie" Nani and the old captain Simão were puzzling. Queiroz's incomprehensible tricks also included Ronaldo playing center forward and full-back Duda in the first game against Brazil. Playing as a winger may not be a coup for Pepe, who has been injured for more than half a year against Brazil and Spain.

After being eliminated from the World Cup, Ronaldo held back his anger, so he took all his anger on the head coach.

Queiroz may not be innocent. The match between Spain and Portugal was also considered by the media as a contest between two frustrated Real Madrid players before the game, because both Bosque and Queiroz were Florentino A victim of the rule of Real Madrid.

However, the reasons why the two were kicked out of Real Madrid were not the same. Bosque was driven out not because of performance, but because Florentino believed that Bosque's old-fashioned image did not match Real Madrid's business image of conquering the world. , while Queiroz was purely due to performance reasons. He led Real Madrid for a season, but the result was anticlimactic, and Real Madrid suffered a crushing defeat in the end.

Of course, all this has passed, and now, Real Madrid's two frustrated coaches had a contest, and in the end, Bosque, who had better results, won, which is also logical.

Portugal was passive due to Queiroz's substitution, but Spain broke the deadlock due to Del Bosque's substitution. The two former Real Madrid coaches made the difference through substitutions.

In the first half, Spain's possession rate completely dominated, however, they did not have good scoring opportunities, and the goals the team needed did not come.

In the second half, Bosque changed players. He replaced Torres, who liked to run to the wing, and replaced the high center forward Llorente, and let Llorente move in the penalty area.

Bosque's substitution was very effective, Spain's offense had a benchmark, Llorente also attracted the attention of the Portuguese defense, and Villa's goal came soon.

Llorente attracted the opponent's two central defenders, and the cooperation of Iniesta, Xavi and Villa made the opponent unable to separate. The Portuguese team lost confidence after losing the ball, because offense is not their strong point. In the next game, the Portuguese seemed helpless, and Queiroz obviously had no second plan when the team was in a passive situation.

The Madrid media commented after the game that Bosque felt that something was missing in the Spanish team, so he sent Llorente to replace Torres who couldn't feel it. Bosque is great because of this keen intuition.

And what about Queiroz?

His impromptu performance during the game was like a headless chicken.

The eight 1/8 knockout rounds are all over. The World Cup is like a forest of strong men. Those who can enter the quarterfinals are undoubtedly the top martial arts masters. At this level, although everyone's skills are similar, each hidden weapon has its own supernatural powers, and it leaves different marks on the pass to fight in the rivers and lakes.

The characteristic of the Germans is "horizontal". Australian kangaroos are not weak. Meeting Germans is like infantry encountering tanks on the battlefield. They either surrendered or were crushed into meat sauce. The Serbian's kung fu is more like a flower punch, but the upset win over the German team depends on the referee's nonsense. Encountering the British who were still pretending to be gentlemen in the knockout round, the German strongman couldn't hold back the fire. He advanced several times and wiped out his opponents who were of similar status in the world, making the English want to cry without tears.

The Spaniard played the role of a cold-faced killer this time, while quietly kicking his feet, as if he was doing daily drills at the door of his house, but in the oblique stab, he had already ambushed swordsmen in the hatchback, whether it was Villa, Iniesta Torres, who is still looking for a feeling, is very good at wielding sharp knives. When lightning flashes and thunders, he can kill with a single knife. This is how football masters Portugal and Chile died.

The performances of veterans such as Brazil and Argentina are still stable and strong. Now fans all over the world are looking forward to the meeting of these two South American powerhouses in the final, which will feast their eyes.

The Netherlands should not be underestimated at any time. The key to their victory lies in whether they can find the leader in time. If the leader roars, everyone will tremble. Now it seems that the Netherlands has at least Sneijder and Luo Ben, when it comes to winning or losing, can release the winning hand in time.

Not to mention Belgium, if you want to find a team with the most stable sidelines in the quarterfinals, it must be Belgium. The best goalkeeper in Africa, Enyeyama, was beaten into a mental illness in front of them. The powerful South Koreans were beaten back to their original form. Half of the main team played against the powerful Argentina, but they were able to retreat unscathed. Facing Mexico in the 1/8 knockout round, Belgium also easily passed.

Ghana, the only African seedling in the quarter-finals, is performing the legend of a hero from a young age. To be a strongman, you need to accumulate qualifications. The reason why Ghana has been favored in the last two World Cups is that this African football "boy" has long been in the Dominate the oiran in the youth football field.