Chapter 52 The quarter-final matchup is released
With the end of the last double-teeth battle, all the quarterfinals of the South African World Cup were born, namely Uruguay, Australia, Germany, Argentina, the Netherlands, Brazil, Paraguay and Spain. Shubao.com.
At the same time, the match table for the semi-finals was created. They were the Dutch national team vs. Brazilian national team at 16 pm on July 2, at Port Elizabeth; at 20 pm on July 2, Uruguay national team vs. Australia national team at Johannesburg; at 16 pm on July 3, Germany national team vs. Argentina national team at Cape Town; at 20 pm on July 3, Paraguay national team vs. Spain national team at 20 pm on July 3.
There were four teams from South America in the quarterfinals of the South African World Cup this time. Five South America teams entered the quarterfinals. Except for the Chilean team in Brazil who was eliminated in the quarterfinals, all other teams entered the quarterfinals. This is a great honor for South American football.
Some people said that if Chile did not meet Brazil, five teams in South America might have entered the final quarterfinals. This World Cup South American team was a big surprise.
In the quarterfinals, there are only three European teams, six teams entered the quarterfinals, and half were eliminated. Only three teams qualify for the quarterfinals. European teams have come the most, but not the most, and it is really unreasonable.
The remaining teams in the quarterfinals come from Asia, the Australian team in Asia. Three Asian teams appeared in the quarterfinals of 16 teams in this World Cup. Although only one team entered the quarterfinals of 8, the results are also very good for Asian teams.
Now that the quarterfinals are over, his family is now preparing for the upcoming quarterfinals.
But at this time, the English Sun obtained first-hand information and reported an extremely shocking incident. Their title was: Fifa was stolen by seven copies of Hercules Cups, suspected of doing it by insiders.
They wrote in the article: On the afternoon of June 30, South Africa, the Associated Press reported that seven copies of Hercules Cup were stolen in the FIFA office building in Johannesburg. The vicious theft incident has been confirmed by South African police.
On the morning of the 30th, South African police director Becky Sele revealed in an interview with the Associated Press that seven Hercules Cup replicas were stolen, and the uniforms of FIFA officials were also included in the lost items. "At present, we have confirmed that theft cases occurred in the FIFA office, and the replicas of the seven Hercules Cup were stolen."
Sele also said that the police launched an investigation into the case. At present, the police suspected that the perpetrators should be very familiar with the FIFA office environment. According to the Associated Press, the FIFA office building in Johannesburg is located in the northern suburbs of Shanteng, which is a region where South Africa's wealthy people live and the safest area in Johannesburg.
At present, FIFA notified the South African government to ask the local police to solve the case as soon as possible, because after the World Cup finals on July 11, a World Cup copy will be issued to the champion team. According to South African police, after the start of the World Cup in South Africa, 316 people have been arrested for various crimes, of which 207 criminals are natives of South Africans.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time the World Cup trophy was lost. During the 1966 World Cup in England, the name of the World Cup trophy was still called the Remitt Cup. The organizer of England made a mistake and the Remitt Cup was stolen by a thief. Later, a puppy discovered that the World Cup was successfully carried out. Unfortunately, the Remitt Cup still failed to escape the "club" of the thieves. In 1983, the Remitt Cup had been occupied by the Brazilian team. In a theft case in Rio de Janeiro, the trophy disappeared. To date, the Remitt Cup has nowhere to be found. It is reported that the trophy has been melted into gold nuggets by the thieves.
The replica of Hercules Cup was suddenly stolen, which shocked everyone. Although this is not the first time that the World Cup trophy was stolen, it still shocked everyone. However, at this time, FIFA officials said that FIFA is still preparing for the replica of Hercules Cup, so that all teams can rest assured, and they will solve the case as soon as possible.
Once this news came out, it did not affect the preparations of each team. No team would be affected by this news. They were for the final World Cup championship. They also believed that when they stood on the highest podium, FIFA would not give them trophys. Now what they had to do was to keep their form and strive to achieve better results.
After one day off, the German national team started actively preparing for the game. After returning to the training ground, the German players were not tired at all. They were full of energy in the training, as if they were not affected by the arrival of the war.
During the training, the German players were full of smiles and no worries. Although the opponent in the next game is the Argentine national team, which is in a hot state and has superb strength, the Germans are not afraid at all. They seem to be looking forward to the arrival of this game.
During training, Löw said that they must win this game and win it. The German team should win the championship four years ago, and this time they will never let the opportunity slip away from the bottom of their hands.
Although the 8th-finals of the South African World Cup ended, some of the problems that emerged in the 8th-finals did not break up. Countless media have discussed the issue of referees who qualified in the South African World Cup, especially La Leonda and Rossetti, which have almost become the negative example of referees in the South African World Cup.
To this day, many people still propose to use high-tech referees, especially the players of England and the full English general manager. They are still cursing La Leonda.
Argentina national team goalkeeper Sergio Romero said on the 30th that although there have been many controversies in the referee's penalty since the start of the World Cup, he opposes using technological means to judge controversial goals.
According to local media reports, "Football is a sport full of aura," Romero said at a press conference that day. "If you put a chip in the football and see where the ball is kicked, it will erase the aura of the football. Football is full of life, not simple technology."
Romero also said that although Argentina's defense has been criticized repeatedly, he believes that Argentina's defense has been quite good so far. He needs to save two to three dangerous balls in each game, and the pressure is not too great.
Romero gave a positive comment on Argentina's opponent in the quarter-finals. He said that Germany is a world-class team and the game will definitely be full of difficult challenges. Argentina's defense will also be hit by the strong impact of German players. However, Argentina has confidence in its strength and will take the initiative to attack to reduce the pressure on defense through offense.
After defeating their respective opponents, Germany and Argentina secured two places in the quarterfinals of the South African World Cup on July 3. Such a scene seems familiar. As early as the German World Cup four years ago, these two teams with thousands of fans around the world met in the quarterfinals. They are still here, but the location is changed to South Africa, the coaches are changed to Love and Maradona, and the battle of words is changed to temporary pleasure. Time seems to flow back, and it seems that there is no...
Four years ago, Germany and Argentina met in the quarterfinals of the German World Cup. Before the game, the Germans and the Argentines set off a lively "war of words" before the game. Both the team, fans and the media rushed to throw out their passion in advance.
First, there was a provocation between the players on both sides. At the beginning, German captain Barack said politely, "We are 60% sure." Then, Argentine striker Tevez responded rudely, "I wish I could hit the German goalkeeper's head with a revolver. If it was a penalty, I would shoot at Lehman's head. He had no choice, either I would be kicked down or let the ball enter the net!"
Fans and media also faced each other in tit. During training, a German rock band deliberately "camped" 30 meters from the Argentine training ground to create a noisy training environment for their opponents. An Argentine reporter at a press conference
The top of the game started with Klinsmann’s joke: “What do you think about the game? The pope is German, but God is Argentinian!”
Four years ago, the German team and Argentina team had a one-to-one civil war in 120 minutes, and finally had to enter the penalty shootout. In the end, the Germans defeated their opponents four-to-two and advanced to the semi-finals.
The penalty shootout ended with Germany's victory, but the smoke of gunpowder did not dissipate quickly after the game. A mysterious note viewed by the German goalkeeper during the penalty kick became the focus of frequent discussion after the game.
In the penalty shootout, the magical Lehmann judged all four penalty shots correctly. After the game, the German Bild explained to the world the "way to success" of Lehmann - the note in his hand was the rule of some Argentine players when they were penalized by the German coach. However, interestingly, not all the free throw players were in the note, so Lehmann's action of watching the note on the court also became a "psychological weapon" that disrupted the opponent's thoughts to a large extent. After the game, the German team was described as a team full of wisdom, while the Argentine could only accept the defeat.
Since then, a German energy company bought this "penalty note" for one million euros and lent it to a contemporary history museum for a long time.
A classic German-Arc battle ended up being ugly with the conflict between the two sides at the last moment on the court. Including German assistant coach Bierkhov, Argentina's Heinze, Maxi Rodriguez, Ayala and Kufrey all acted uncool. In the end, Kufrey, who did not play in this game, was directly shown a red card by Slovak referee Michel for playing for the man.
After the penalty kick sent by Cambiaso was blocked by Lehmann, the German team had already defeated Argentina and won. 72,000 fans were in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, but there was a surprisingly chaotic scene in the field. German team assistant coach Bierkhov was in a confrontation with Heinze, and both sides were saying something. Due to the many players and staff on the field, the two failed to form a direct physical conflict. However, Maxi Rodriguez then launched a "shock" at Bierkhov again and swung his hand to attack Bierkhov. After being separated by the crowd, Maxi remained unyielding. In the chaos, Heinze hit Schweinsteiger in the crowd.
After the game, Bierkov said in an interview with German TV that the conflict was caused by an Argentine substitute player (Kufrey) who stomped on the German defender Mertesak who stayed on the court without the ball, and the latter fell to the ground. The media's view was that after the German team won, Borowsky made a quiet gesture to the Argentine players, which aroused the opponent's anger. When Cambiaso's penalty was saved, several Argentine players immediately "snatched" at Borowsky, and at the same time Kolocini was preparing to go to Neuville to argue.
Chapter completed!