Volume 2 University See the Dragon in the Field Chapter 85 The King of Shamelessness
The eyes of the world are focused on the field of South Korea and Japan, a wonderful goal, a comical pass, a successful defense, a ups and downs, wonderful game, are all the talk of the fans.
During this period of time, the Emperor of Balls and Brother Golf have emerged in people at all levels. And the football commentators on TV are even more numerous. The quadrennial World Cup has benefited many people, and some have become rich overnight.
The quarterfinals, which are the round of 16. Sweden were beaten by Senegal, the dark horse who is playing in the World Cup for the first time, and the big dark horse followed England to reach the quarter-finals for the second time.
The third game of the round of 16 is a civil war in Europe, Spain, known as the matador, vs. Ireland, after 120 minutes of hard fighting, the two sides draw, through penalties, the matador had the last laugh and got the third ticket to the quarterfinals.
The fourth is the civil war in North and Central America, the US imperialists vs Mexico, which belongs to the dialogue between neighbors. In the history of football, Mexico, which has a weak national power, has a much stronger record than the United States. But in this match, the US finally showed the demeanor of the world's number one power, defeating its neighbor Mexican 2-0.
The fifth and sixth games are Brazil vs Belgium and Turkey vs Japan in the same group as the Chinese team. The European Red Devils Belgium met the Brazilians, who were in good form and lost two goals to nothing to say, normal performance. Japan, one of the hosts, also made a breakthrough and entered the knockout stage for the first time, making history with the advantage of playing at home under the leadership of top star Hidetoshi Nakata. But in this 16-8 game, he still couldn't go further and stopped in the round of 16. Narrowly won 1-0 by Turkey.
In the seventh game, South Korea, one of the hosts, played against the world powerhouse Italy. South Korea also took advantage of the home advantage this time to break through the history of never breaking through in the group stage and entered the knockout stage for the first time. This year's South Korean team is still characterized by full physical strength and tough style. Their star of the game is Perugia, the top league of rival Italy.
Before this match, I am afraid that 99% of the world's fans thought that the Italian team would win easily. This Italian team is really starry. Vieri, Piero, Inzaghi, Totti, Montella, Tomasi, Del Vecchio, Gattuso, Zambrotta, Nesta, Maldini, Cannavaro, Buffon. The value of Vieri or Totti alone is more than the combined value of the entire South Korean team. No matter in terms of defense, offense, experience, personal ability, tactics and other aspects, the Italian team has an overall advantage.
At the beginning of the game, both teams fielded the best line-up of the whole team, but this referee was a bit strange. As the most important World Cup match in football, and it was the round of 16, a little-known Ecuadorian Moreno was arranged.
Shortly after the start of the game, South Korea won a free kick from a 45-degree angle on the side, and as soon as the ball was sent out, referee Moreno's whistle blew and awarded a penalty to the host country, South Korea. The reason is that the Italian team has committed a foul in the penalty area? It's far-fetched, this Ecuadorian really dares to brag.
South Korea's star Ahn Jung-hwan stood in front of the penalty spot without giving in, I don't know if it was because he felt a little weak about this decision, or because the Italian team's goalkeeper Buffon was in a brave state, this penalty that was too easy to come by, the South Koreans did not score, and the score was still 0-0.
As the game progressed, it became more and more dire. The host South Korean team made up for the gap in skill by running all over the field. It's just that their defensive moves are getting rougher and rougher, and strangely enough, the referee, Ecuadorian Moreno, doesn't see it.
What is amazing is that the defender of the Italian team, Koko, was kicked on the head by the South Korean team players, and his face was covered with blood, and the referee Moreno still did not say anything.
Prince Totti of Rome was tripped by a member of the South Korean team, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't punish the Korean team for fouling, but instead showed a second yellow card to the sad Prince of Rome, on the grounds that Totti faked a fall, and the two yellows turned into one red, just like that, the Roman prince was tragic and was sent off. Italy could only face 10 men.
Finally, the goal appeared. Italy seized the opportunity to counter-attack with a goal scored by Roma star Tomasi. It's a good ball, it's beautiful. At this time, the damn whistle sounded again, and everyone looked at it, hey, strange, it didn't point to the middle circle. Instead, it was ruled that the Italian team was offside. Hey, Nima, it's all right, this Ecuadorian has something, cattle batch Raspura. The hosts, South Korea, escaped again.
In the subsequent game, the South Korean team's defensive actions intensified, and all kinds of rough foul actions emerged one after another, but the referee, Ecuadorian Moreno from the South American Football Confederation, seemed to be blind, and he couldn't see it, and labor and management just couldn't see it. Looking at the Italian players struggling on the field, fans all over the world felt sad for them, oh, I'm afraid I have to exclude the Korean fans.
In this way, in this game, the South Korean team finally eliminated the bitter powerhouse and the favorite Italian team with such a game process through a goal from their number one star Ahn Jung-hwan.
From the course of the game, many fans saw that there was a problem, and the referee was obviously biased in favor of the host South Korean team.
The South Korean team squeezed into the top 8 for the first time in history, a result that 99.999% of people could not have imagined before the start of the World Cup. But do you think that's the end of the Korean team?
The first match of the quarter-finals is Brazil vs. England. This game has attracted the attention of countless fans, and it is probably the duel with the most well-known stars on the field after the start of the World Cup. In every position of these two teams, there are famous stars in the team. England's chasing teenager Michael Owen missed the ball, Brazil's main central defender Lucio stopped the ball and made a mistake, Owen seized the opportunity to take the lead, and England led the mighty Brazilian team 1-0.
In stoppage time of the first half, Brazilian Ronaldinho, receiving the ball from the midfield, broke through to the penalty area with the ball, and distributed the football to Rivaldo in the right position, Rivaldo aimed at the far corner, and a push shot pierced Seaman's ten fingers. In the first half, Brazil and England were tied.
In the second half, it was Ronaldinho again. Brazil were given a free-kick on the right side of the pitch from 10 metres from the penalty area, a position where it was too far to shoot. However, what no one expected was that Ronaldinho observed that the opposing goalkeeper Seaman was standing a little bit forward.
Ronaldinho whipped in a high-pitched free-kick that went over the goalkeeper's guard and into the top right-hand corner of the net. It's an amazing lob shot, the ball speed and power are not too great, but it is surprising and the angle is very tricky.
The Brazilians had the last laugh, beating England 2-1 and the British fantasies were shattered.
The second of the quarterfinals was a conversation between two old rivals from World War II, the United States of America vs Deutsche Tank. The slightly aging German charioteers won by a single goal and won another 1-0 victory.
The third match was a matador from the European continent vs. South Korea from East Asia. I don't know if it was the pressure of public opinion before the game, or the change of tactics, in this game, the South Korean team was not as rough as in the last game against Italy.
However, the protagonist of this game is still the referee, of course, this time there is another person, not which South American Ecuadorian Moreno, the referee of this game is Gandur. Blown-out blow away two Spanish goals. The South Korean team was able to drag it to the penalty shootout, and in the penalty shootout, the Korean team had the last laugh and won the game.
South Korea won two highly controversial matches to advance to the semi-finals. It's really unprecedented, and from the two games in the knockout stage of the Korean team, everyone can see the problem. It can be said that the referee escorted the host South Korean team to the semifinals.
It's a shame to win in this way. But for all kinds of sticks that are endlessly operating, it's also a convention. They finally claimed to be king in a certain field, and they claimed to be second, and no one dared to claim first, even their neighbors, the Yamato nation, had to bow down. Yes, they were crowned, King of Shameless.
These two games have become the focus of heated discussions in recent times. The principle of fairness in sports competition has been trampled on to the ground, and there are many shameless people, but this is the first time I have seen such a shameless practice. What's more, this is still happening in the world's most prestigious, the most watched and the most fans participating in the World Cup, this time the ugly practice of the stick was shown to the world through live broadcast.
When everyone was discussing whether South Korea would go black to the end and keep the World Cup in Asia by bribing the referee, in the semi-finals, the German team finally ended the Shameless King's advance 1-0 in the way they are best at in this cup.
The other semi-final was a clash between two old rivals, with Turkey losing to Brazil in the group stage. It was the Brazilian's final victory, reaching the final of the World Cup for the third time in a row.
Ronaldo was the top scorer with five goals before this game, and it was he who opened the door to victory for Brazil in this game, which was the fewest goals of the tournament for Brazil, with only one goal.
The final will be between Brazil and Germany, while Turkey and South Korea will be in the battle for third or fourth place. Turkey now belongs to UEFA, but its territory is actually in Asia, and before joining UEFA, Turkey was a member of the AFC. The battle for third and fourth place can also be seen as a battle between Asian teams, which is the first time in the long history of football.