Chapter 151 The Great War Is Coming
Chapter 151 The Great War Is Coming
The Belgian team broke into the final, bringing new surprises to the World Cup. Now, two teams have been born in the World Cup final, namely the Netherlands and Belgium.
In 13 World Cups, Belgium has never had the experience of winning the cup. The best result is that it reached the final in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, but because of Digan, the European Red Devils were hated in Germany. It is the third time to enter the finals, but in the first two times, they lost to the hosts Argentina and Germany respectively, and missed the championship. Now the whole world is looking forward to the birth of a new World Cup champion team. The championship throne is close at hand.
In the previous World Cup history, only Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France have won the championship. Now the Netherlands or Belgium will become the eighth World Cup king in history.
The Oranje team's star tactics and the European Red Devils' best style of play, the duel between the two will sing the last poem in South Africa, anticipation, excitement, tension, sadness, ecstasy, the World Cup that inspires all human emotions, finally enters the final stage" Gaochao".
Belgium vs. Netherlands, on this night, the eighth king in the 80-year history of the World Cup is destined to be born. After this night, the chest of the new king will be embroidered with the same shiny pattern as Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, England, and France. star of the championship.
Whether it is the Oranje or the European Red Devils, they will take home the 10th championship for Europe. The balance of the World Cup will tilt again. The "10 Cups" of Europe will overwhelm the "9 Cups" of South America. Winning the World Cup once on another continent, European teams have turned the World Cup into the "European Cup".
The last time the Dutch reached the World Cup final was in Argentina in 1978. At that time, they fell at the feet of the host. 32 years later, the Dutch were so strong that it was frightening. The Dutch looked forward to their first world championship. The perfect, 100 percent Hercules Cup.
Facing the upcoming finals, Van Persie, the main center of the Dutch team, said: "I am used to watching other teams' finals, but now I will be in it. I don't know what it feels like to win the World Cup, but my family There is a picture of Maradona holding up the World Cup, it is an incredible picture, Maradona is sitting on the shoulders of his teammates with a smile on his face and lifting the trophy, if we win, I want a picture like this photo!"
Today, Van Persie is only one victory away from his dream, but their opponents are equally fierce. The Belgians won the European Cup in 2008, and the Belgians made the whole world look at their bloody football. Now in South Africa in 2010, From the beginning of the group stage, the Belgians let those guys who are not optimistic about them see their strength, 6:0 Nigeria, 6:0 South Korea, 1:1 Argentina, 3:1 Mexico, 3:2 Germany, 3:0 0 Spain, the powerful attack power made opponents fall at their feet.
The number one star in the team, Degan, recorded his name in the history of the World Cup with 27 goals in the World Cup, and I am afraid it will never be erased.
If the Belgian team can finally win the championship, they will successfully break the "curse of the European Cup". In history, only one team successfully won the European Cup and the World Cup. In the world, the opponent of the German in the final at that time was the Dutch.
As for the French, they won the World Cup first and then the European Cup!
The World Cup final affects the hearts of fans all over the world. People want to know what will happen in the World Cup final when Belgium, the bloodiest player, meets the most "ugly" pragmatist Netherlands?
No matter who wins the Hercules Cup, it means that a new king will be born.
Belgium is currently recognized as the most versatile team in world football. They can use chain defense to make the Spanish team surrender, or they can use pass-and-control play to make the Mexicans helpless. They pay attention to the whole, but they also highlight the individual. But the only thing that remains the same is their bloody football that mixes blood and fire. Even the German team admitted after losing to Belgium in the quarter-finals: "The Belgians have the toughest nerves in world football. One can break them down mentally!"
Although Dutch coach Van Marwijk basically coaches in the Netherlands, his Dutch team has abandoned tradition and prevailed with utilitarian football and effectiveness. Looks good" is very different.
After a lapse of 32 years, the Dutch team broke into the World Cup final for the third time, but this time they were not accompanied by the reputation and admiration of the world, nor the obsession and obsession with orange football, nor Cruyff, Bass Instead of adoration and following of such geniuses as Teng, they ridicule, sarcasm, accusation and attack.
Because the Dutch team played "too ugly", it was "lucky" to reach the final.
Did the Dutch team play beautifully?
Yes, today's Dutch team is not as invincible as Ajax in the Cruyff era, and it does not have the sharpness of the Three Musketeers era. It cannot even replicate Kluivert, Bergkamp, Overmars and Zenden's sexy back in 1998.
In this World Cup, under the situation that almost all teams are pursuing conservative and recycling, the Dutch team can still score 12 goals in six games, and firmly control the possession of the ball at their feet in every game. The Dutch team, no matter how you look at it, shouldn't be the best spokesperson for ugly football.
The Dutch team played too lucky?
Yes, today's Dutch team has spiritual strength and divine blessing that every previous Dutch team did not have, but don't forget that opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. The Dutch team has been "lucky" again and again Behind the "promotion" is the result of the unremitting efforts of generations of Dutch people. It is the product of the unity and high morale of this Dutch team. When people exclaim the good luck of the Dutch, they ignore the efforts of this team. And unrelenting, ignoring the efforts and transformation of the head coach Van Marwijk. Don't forget, it was thanks to Van Marwijk's efforts that the Dutch team that appeared in South Africa had no long-term internal strife, reduced the grudge between the locals and the descendants of Suriname, and the three major clubs, and was instilled into it. Similar to the tenacity of German football. Whether facing the powerful Brazil team or the shrinking Japanese team, this Dutch team was as always, without impatience, shrinking, or arrogance.
In the six games of this World Cup, the Dutch team took the lead in the first half except for the games against Cameroon and Slovakia. The other four games were either tied or behind. Efficient and sharp offense, they are always able to launch a fatal blow when others start to slack off, this is the basis for the continuous advancement of the Dutch team in front of them.
When people are disdainfully expressing the luck of the Netherlands, they seem to forget that the most important thing to win is strength?
No, definitely luck.
It doesn't matter if you have strength, even if you kick the ball into the goal, the referee can choose to be blind for an instant and blow the ball out in a daze, just like the unlucky England team.
Believe it or not, there seems to be such a thing as fate.
In South Africa, the country that was first colonized by the Dutch, the Dutch team could not run out of good use. In 1652, the first Dutch colonial governor Van Riebeck decided to establish a permanent white settlement in Cape Town. 358 years later, another Dutchman, Van Marwijk, also led the Dutch team to beat Argentina in Cape Town and reached the final of the World Cup in South Africa. The once "uncrowned king" finally got the chance to be crowned again.
Now, the Dutch are one step closer to rewriting history, and they have reached the final with a clean record, but they have been criticized by international opinion for their lackluster style.
"Atypical" and "ugly" are the attributives that go hand in hand with them. Many media have posted obituaries for "Total Football" on their headlines to prove that Dutch football is dead. The football philosophy of the Oranje that advocates freedom and offense no longer exists.
"The ugly Dutch football has taken victory as its only purpose. The epitome of this transformation is that the fierce villains like Van Bommel are reused. Even the Dutch team in 2008 was better than the current one. Van Basten's team destroyed France and Italy with the best football at the Euros, while Van Marwijk suppressed the Dutch attacking talent."
However, the Dutch players may be very happy to accept this point of view. Van Bommel, who plays for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, agrees that this Dutch team is more destructive and defensive than before. Playing football is correct: "We have all learned a truth, not conceding the ball is the most important thing."
In fact, this kind of realistic thinking does not have to be influenced by the so-called "regression of Dutch football" or even "betrayal of Dutch culture" from the outside world.
The pragmatic style has always existed in Dutch football, at least in the past three decades, it has existed more or less, lamenting the decline of Total Football, just like replacing black and white TVs with color TVs, and carriages from the market. There is no need to be sad that the center disappears, the Dutch started to change decades ago, it's just that the so-called brick people always don't notice it.
In the 1860s and 1970s, Cruyff's Ajax team created the tactical concept of total defense. Its two core concepts are the maximum oppression of the opponent's space and the different positions of one's own side. Frequent changes of positions between players, full-backs can be wingers, and forwards can also exchange positions with midfielders. In the era when man-to-man tactics were dominant and teams generally did not pay much attention to space and formation, Ajak His "thinkers" were almost invincible.
In the 1978 World Cup, the Dutch entered the finals for the second time in a row, but since then the total football has gradually been replaced by a more conservative football system. Dolph, but as football events become more intense, it becomes more difficult to maintain such a high intensity in the game.
The Dutch team won the European Cup in 1988, which is their only championship title so far. The most impressive part of that team is the striker Van Basten with outstanding personal ability and the offensive organizer and shadow striker Gullit, but Koeman, their rock-solid sweeper at the back, were overlooked and a perfect mix of elegance and violence reigned supreme.
The Dutch classic 433 formation has not changed in the past few decades, but the trend of football games is that the roles of players are becoming more and more refined, so the development direction of Dutch football is far from the original total attack and total defense style.
The Dutch team in the 1994 World Cup had many offensive talents like Bergkamp, but don't forget that they also had a ** in the midfield like Waters nicknamed the Bull. Sometimes it looks ridiculous.
Before the 2008 European Cup, the question of how much the Dutch team has changed has been aroused. Cruyff, who still considers himself the chief football thinker in the Netherlands, sharply criticized Van Basten's 4231 formation. In a TV interview, he said: "This is not the Dutch team at all. The Dutch team should always have three forwards on the field. We don't need two midfielders. Their role is to make up the number."
As a result, relying on the excellent performance of the two midfield metronomes and the application of quick counterattack tactics, the Netherlands played pleasing football in that cup.
Cruyff's nostalgia for the tactics of 40 years ago is like deceiving his ears, but he doesn't know that the best tactics should be the ones that are most suitable for his existing players.
Regarding Cruyff's accusation, Basten's explanation at the time was: "This is to make enough space for our counterattack."
In other words, Basten's coaching philosophy has completely departed from Cruyff's old theories, and is no longer limited to offense and defense.
But those cynics always claim that the Netherlands has become unrecognizable, and they even regard Dutch football as the other extreme of attacking football.
In fact, the Dutch team is no more conservative than the one of 30 years ago, they just found that teams that are not willing to attack are often more difficult to beat, so France and Italy in 2008 became the victims of the new Dutch football.
If the Dutch team can finally win, then those "obituary writers" are likely to change their tune quickly and celebrate the revival of Dutch football.
The most gorgeous offensive football has never allowed the Netherlands to win the Hercules Cup. The most famous "Three Musketeers" have never entered the final of the World Cup. Back on the stage of the World Cup finals.
Van Marwijk, the head coach who pursues utilitarian football, is not well-known, but he leads the Dutch team to play the smartest football. The low-key civilian coach subverted the traditional style of the Dutch team and brought the team into South Africa. World Cup final.
In the eyes of Van Marwijk, the style of total defense is "outdated". Modern football pays more attention to the balance of offense and defense, and now, what the Netherlands needs most is results.
Since Van Marwijk took office, he has always instilled the concept of full-court defense in the players. Sneijder often retreated to the front of the penalty area to help defend. Active defense. In the past, the Dutch team had psychological fragility, but now the improvement of defensive ability has brought victory to the Dutch team and greatly enhanced the confidence of the players.
Van Marwijk is a small man, whose name is completely out of the question compared with many of his predecessors, but it is this small man who has led the Dutch team to great success.
Looking at the coaching history of the Dutch team, which one is not a famous figure?
But no one made the Netherlands successfully crowned in the World Cup. Van Marwijk is the youngest of them. He was a player in the middle and lower reaches of the Eredivisie and only played one game on behalf of the national team.
As a coach, he did not enter the Eredivisie Feyenoord until he was 48 years old. His ordinary experience made Fan Shuai a rare "ordinary person" among Dutch coaches. Gorgeous football has never brought honor to the Dutch team. Come on, those who mocked him, can shut up now. The so-called "ugly" football is a wave of reforms started by Van Marwijk.
The brand-new Dutch team has reached the World Cup final stage, and now they have to face the dreaded European Cup champion Belgium.
Before the decisive battle was about to start, Cruyff, who had criticized Basten's Dutch team during the 2008 European Cup, jumped out again.
"This is the ugliest Dutch team I have ever seen. Such a Dutch team is not worthy of the World Cup!"
A person who was disarmed and returned to the field suddenly said and acted like this. This former celebrity, I am afraid that he has been lonely for too long, afraid of being forgotten by the public, afraid that he will no longer have the right to speak and influence in the circle, so he can't wait to jump out. Get a sense of presence.
I don't know how Van Marwijk, who has always been low-key, felt after hearing Cruyff's words?
Van Marwijk has not heard anything from it, at least until now.
In the football circle and on the green field, many things are not said by mouth, but by kicks. Van Marwijk understands all of this. Therefore, he will not stand up, nor will he refute anything. Because there is no need to argue or argue with an active coach who has been unemployed for many years and has nothing to do when he is full and can only count his feet.
Perhaps Cruyff is really old, and his ability to judge the timing is also poor. At this time, in fact, it is far wiser to say nothing than to jump out and make a high-profile statement. For those people and things that should be forgotten, no matter how much you remind them, it will be difficult to keep them, and it will be disdainful to repeat the old things over and over again.
Just the day before the decisive battle, Van Marwijk held a press conference at the Dutch team's residence. When facing reporters' questions, Van Marwijk said: "This is the third time in our history that we have reached the final. Yes, but this time will be completely different, I will not let myself deliberately avoid 1974 and 1978, because I think that is what inspired us. This opportunity is better for us than ever, can't Always comparing this current Dutch team to the Dutch team of 28 years ago, or 32 years ago, we are just playing for all Dutch people, not the predecessors from decades ago."
Regarding the opponent Belgium in the final, Van Marwijk commented: "I think Belgium beat Spain and entered the final of the World Cup as a matter of course. They played very well. In my opinion, they are the strongest team in the world. I like the way they play, we want to learn from them and use them to my advantage, we respect the Belgian team, but we are not afraid of them, although I know it is not a small challenge to play against the Belgian team and beat them, but , anything is possible."
Van Marwijk led the "atypical" Dutch team to the World Cup final for the third time in history. Facing the European champion Belgium, who had just eliminated Spain, Van Marwijk still maintained full confidence.
"Belgium deserved to win against Spain, we respect Belgium, but we will not be afraid of them, the final is a big challenge, but we will beat them, this is the third time the Dutch team reached the final, we must rewrite history , Looking back on the journey from the qualifiers all the way, it is really not easy and unbelievable, now there is only one step away from the trophy, it is time to win the championship."
It was the first time in 32 years that the Dutch team entered the final. The impressive record of the Dutch team in South Africa detonated fans in China. Many Dutch fans did not expect their team to reach the final, so they did not buy tickets for the final or even the semi-final However, the Dutch team will never have to worry about the enthusiasm of the "Orange fans". It is reported that nearly a thousand Dutch fans will charter flights from China to Johannesburg to cheer for the "Tulip".
Now the Dutch team is away from being crowned their first World Cup champion, with only 90 minutes left in the final.
"Distance to success, 90 minutes! "
The concise and powerful headline of the Dutch media said it all. After 32 years, they entered the final again. The uncrowned king, the Netherlands, is eager to take off the hat that has been worn for too long.
If the cap is successfully removed, the Netherlands will not only change its own history, but also weave the history of the World Cup. The World Cup will welcome its eighth champion!
This is the third trip of the Netherlands to the championship title. Since 1974, the Netherlands is looking forward to making the world crazy about orange. Even if it is the end of the year, it is the turn of the Netherlands. This time, many media are betting on the Netherlands. .
In a way, the world has owed the Netherlands a world champion for 36 years. The Netherlands should have been world champions in 1974. They just got what they deserved this time.
From the group stage of the World Cup in South Africa to the present, the Dutch team has entered the finals unbeaten. The Dutch team that entered the finals twice before lost to the host, but this time the host is no longer an obstacle. The Dutch players believe that they can sing their triumphant songs all the way to the end .
"This is the third time the Dutch team has reached the final. We must rewrite history. Looking back on the journey from the qualifiers, it is really not easy and unbelievable. Now we are only one step away from the trophy. It is time I won the championship," said Dutch player Kevin Dirk, looking forward to the final.
The final of the World Cup in South Africa was the last match of his career for the 35-year-old Dutch captain Van Bronhorst. In this regard, the meritorious defender expressed his confidence that he can end his football career with a perfect result. To draw a full stop: "The last game of my career happens to be the final of the World Cup. I hope it will be the most beautiful game in my life."
In anticipation of the final, coach Van Marwijk also made bold words: "We are so close to victory, I will work hard to win honor for the national team and bring home the Hercules Cup!"
Whether it is the Netherlands or Belgium winning the cup on African soil, this World Cup in South Africa is worth commemorating. The first World Cup held on the African continent has finally presented something new. Whether it is the Netherlands or Belgium winning the championship, it will be the eighth World Cup champion.
Before this World Cup, only seven countries had won the World Cup, an exclusive group, an elite club unwilling to accept new members, but this year, the Netherlands beat two-time World Cup winners Argentina and Belgium beat three-time World Cup winners Germany. Although the final has not yet been played, but one thing has been confirmed, Belgium against the Netherlands, no matter what, the eighth World Cup champion will be born.
The Netherlands entered the final stage amid mixed reputations, while Belgium's environment is much more complicated. Belgium is naturally cheering for reaching the World Cup final for the second time in a row, but people outside A bloody team with an undisguised disgust.
Originally, a "SARS" Netherlands had already eclipsed the World Cup final a lot, but with a bloody Belgium, the World Cup final seemed to be a slaughterhouse.
Now, before the game even started, someone couldn't help jumping out: "An ugly Netherlands, a muscular Belgium, the World Cup final that should have been the focus of fans all over the world, will be due to These two teams are getting boring and I can see it being an even uglier final than it was four years ago!"
For this tone, the two teams chose to be boring at the same time. What is the final? The final means the championship, which means that success and failure will be born at the same time. In the finals of the previous World Cup, there are a few games that are wonderful.
In order to please the fans, throw aside the victory of the game, neither the Netherlands nor Belgium will agree.
Belgium's captain, core, and banner Degan said in an interview: "I think the two teams will try their best to win the game. As for whether the game is gorgeous, does anyone really care about that?" Is it? Bloody Belgium? This is our greatest compliment, ugly Holland? This is ridiculous, Cruyff? That old man should have been in the coffin long ago, every word he said with Rancid smell."