Chapter 291: The Final Four

On 13 June, Group E played its final round of group games, in which Scotland drew with Uruguay, while Denmark unexpectedly beat Germany 2-0 to top the group.

The result was a dream result for the Swiss team, as it avoided the West German team, which the Swiss team feared most.

If the Swiss team beat Brazil and beat Spain, then the Swiss team's style was overcome by England, who are good at long passes.

However, the Swiss team is most afraid of the West German team, which has almost the same style.

Against the West German team, the Swiss team has always had a feeling of being a little brother.

Almost all of Switzerland's top players play in the Bundesliga, second-rate in their home league and third-rate in the Bundesliga.

Other countries are not familiar with the Swiss players, but the German team is very familiar.

The style of the players is the same, but West Germany has more talented players than Switzerland, so in regular tournaments, Switzerland have hardly beaten West Germany.

The Swiss team was outnumbered by England in terms of technique and tactics, but they were not afraid of it.

Against West Germany, the momentum will be three points weaker.

The group stage of Group E is also the final round of matches, and after their results are out, the results of qualification will also be in.

Argentina and Italy in Group A.

Mexico and Paraguay in Group B.

Group C: USSR, France.

Brazil and Switzerland in Group D.

Denmark and West Germany in Group E.

Group F: Morocco, England.

The twelve teams qualify directly, with an additional four third-place finishers to be chosen.

Group A third-place Bulgaria has two points, Belgium in Group B has three points, Hungary in Group C has two points, Spain in Group D has three points, Uruguay in Group E has two points, and Poland in Group F has three points.

Belgium, Spain, and Poland qualified, while Bulgaria, Hungary, and Uruguay were compared by goal difference, goals scored, and even red and yellow cards.

As a result, Bulgaria lost two goals on goal difference and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Jonas has not yet figured out which team Switzerland has replaced in the World Cup and which team has been replaced in the quarter-finals.

Anyway, the current history is not the same as the original history.

On June 15, the first round of the tournament began, with Mexico and Bulgaria, the Soviet Union and Belgium taking the lead in finishing the group stage.

Among the Mexican teams, the most famous player is Milu, who later led the Chinese football team into the world, and in the cheers of the home fans, they cleanly defeated Bulgaria 2-0.

The Soviets had a strong start to the group stage, but after the group stage, their spirits seemed to be gone.

After 120 minutes of a duel with Belgium, the two sides played a penalty shootout. Belgium had the last laugh and reached the quarter-finals with a score of 4-3.

The two matches on June 16, Brazil vs. Poland, were the least suspenseful, and the Brazilian stars played a hearty game to advance to the quarter-finals with a score of 4-0.

And in Argentina's match against Spain, the Spaniards put a lot of pressure on the Argentines.

Spain scored first in the first three minutes, and it wasn't until the 69th minute of the second half that Argentina equalized.

The equaliser brought the Spanish team to a collapse after 70 minutes, conceding two goals in a row and losing the game in the final 20 minutes.

Maradona was average in this match, and Jonas wondered if he would put all his passion into the next game, as he had done in history.

June 17. Germany against Morocco. In this game, the German stars were still very flat, relying only on a corner kick to win 1-0.

The second match was France vs. Italy. The French stars led by Platini can hardly play a group of Italian stars out of the half, no matter how good Italy's defense is, you can't attack at all, there will always be accidents.

Truth be told, defending champions Italy were not even as good as Spain without stars, and a large group of stars were pressed to the ground by the French team.

The match ended 2-0 and the defending champions went home.

June 18. The last two matches are played between England and Paraguay, Switzerland and Denmark.

England and Paraguay played first, and Lineker played a magical game in this game.

It should be said that in this World Cup, Lineker's performance is amazing, and the England team is almost carried forward by himself.

In the group stage, his three goals brought England a win, a draw and a place in the round of 16.

In this game, he scored twice to give England a crisp 3-0 to enter the quarterfinals.

Switzerland's match against Denmark was the final quarter-of-eight match, and after five days of waiting, the Swiss team was in full spirit.

The Danes, on the other hand, seem to have lost their spirits after a surprise win over West Germany.

In this game, against Switzerland, who have the same style as the West German team, they were very passive.

They didn't even have a single dangerous shot on goal throughout the first half, while Switzerland scored a goal each in the first half thanks to Hrami and veteran captain Vargas.

In the second half, Lichtsteiner, the best performer of the Swiss team at this World Cup, finally scored a goal, and his 30-metre heavy cannon hit the Danes without a temper.

3-0, the Swiss team's performance in this game did not disappoint any Swiss fans.

On June 21, the quarter-finals began.

The host Mexican team, according to the format, left Mexico City for the first time to travel to Monterrey to challenge West Germany.

They were outstanding and were in no way inferior to West Germany in the 120 minutes of play.

However, in the penalty shoot-out, they were defeated against Germany's legendary goalkeeper Schumacher.

After four rounds of penalties, they only scored one goal, and Schumacher's performance in this game was absolutely legendary.

Mexico were defeated, but their fans were not disappointed, and this kind of play that was able to draw with West Germany in 120 minutes was enough to satisfy them.

In the other match, France traveled to Guadalajara to take on Brazil, which was the most boring match.

Whether it is the legends of the French team or the legends of Brazil, none of them seem to have woken up.

The world's most expensive star tournament was boredom spent 120 minutes on the pitch before France narrowly eliminated Brazil 5-4 in the penalty shootout.

On June 22, the game that will be remembered for generations to come, will kick off.

England and Argentina, the two countries fought one of the biggest wars in South America for the Falklands, and Argentina was captured by 10,000 people.

The two feuding countries met this time, and before the game started, sparks flew on both sides.

England were the victors, so the players were calmer, but the Argentine players all made no secret of their revenge.

While football is not politics, football is a continuation of politics. So this game is more like a continuation of the Falklands War, and Maradona and his Argentine team also came with anger to take revenge on the British.

Jonas was paying attention to the game, but he didn't have time to pay attention.

The Anglo-Argentine match starts at 2 p.m., while Switzerland vs. Belgium starts at 6 p.m., just four hours apart.

The Swiss team not only had to travel to an unfamiliar city, but also had to adapt to the venue, so there was no spare time at all.

Argentina had not been the favourites until the World Cup, but they have emerged as favourites after they beat Spain and Brazil were eliminated.

In the first half of this game, both sides showed extreme caution and both sides also ended the first half with a score of 0-0.

Throughout the first half, Maradona and his Argentine team watched their prey like beasts, then looked for opportunities to kill them.

In the 51st minute of the second half, the Argentine finally extended his God's hand.

Maradona played the ball to Baldano, whose shot was blocked by England defender Hodge before being picked up by goalkeeper Peter Hilton.

At this moment, Maradona turned into a "devil", jumped high to compete with Hilton, and smashed the ball into the gate of England with his hands.

The referee immediately raised the flag, a result that was unacceptable to the English and protested.

In this era without VAR, there is no room for redemption from the referee's decision.

Despite the protests of the English players on the pitch, the decision of the ball was not changed.

The goal was a huge blow to the English, and just four minutes later, with the eyes of the world watching, Maradona scored the greatest goal in the history of the World Cup.

Enrique played the ball through his own half to Maradona, who then turned from the devil into a god and sprinted towards England's goal 55 metres away in ten seconds.

He beat four England players halfway through: Peter Beardsley, Peter Reed, Tribucci (twice) and Trifenwick, before Maradona shook England goalkeeper Hilton behind him with a feint to score.

The previous goal was a goal from the devil, then this goal is a goal from God.

The world was stunned again, and then stood up without hesitation to applaud the genius goal.

This was undoubtedly Maradona's moment, and in less than four minutes, the Argentine fell into hell, became a devil, and then became a god again, radiant.

Lineker returned a goal to the Argentine in the closing stages, but it was too late.

The top scorer of this World Cup had to go down with regret.

Argentina lost in the Falklands, but on the football field, it came back.

The Swiss team was watching on the big screen at the Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla, and when he saw the result, Jonas was hugged and kissed by a girl who suddenly rushed into the stadium, which caused cheers from the Swiss fans in the stadium.

Jonas looked at Neuer, who was smiling like a flower in front of him, and forcibly looked back, not looking in Nicole's direction.

"Brother Jonas, I flew in the Concorde as soon as I finished the exam, and now, I walked in front of the sun to watch you play. ”

Jonas firmly promised: "I will reward you with a victory." ”