Chapter 293: The Son of God
In the second half, the Belgian team attacked more resolutely, while the Swiss team did not let go more, and the two sides went back and forth, playing unrestrainedly.
In the seventy-second minute, it was Lichtsteiner again, and he received a pass from a defender in midfield, a pass like a guided missile, which went directly to the feet of striker Hramy.
Hrami calmly made a change and the ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the net from the interception gap between the two defenders.
Goalkeeper Pfaff's view was blocked, and by the time he saw the football, the ball had rolled up the net and swirled in the frame.
The goal conceded made the Belgian even more determined. They used up three substitutions at once, bringing on two defenders, a striker, two midfielders and a striker.
The formation of the team became the popular two-three-five formation eighty years ago, with two defenders, three midfielders, five forwards, or five midfielders, three forwards.
The Belgian team is known as the Red Devils, mainly because they have been habitually in a three-four-three formation, which is a crazy attacking formation.
And now, if they lose, they have to say goodbye to the field, and having lost two goals, they are starting to fight hard.
With two goals in hand, the Swiss team started to swing the bus.
Only three players were left in midfield, with the rest of the players setting up tight defence in their own penalty area.
The last 20 minutes were 20 minutes of Jonas playing perfectly, and he flew and moved, blocking left and right, but he didn't give the Belgian a chance.
When the final whistle blew, Jonas did not rejoice in his escape, but felt that he had played a hearty game, which was too enjoyable.
At the end of the game, all the players couldn't help but gather around, and they set up Jonas, the biggest hero of the game, and began to celebrate wildly.
The Belgians, on the other hand, could only leave with regret.
The semi-finals of the World Cup are the best record of the Swiss team, and their best result in the previous World Cups has only been the quarter-finals.
Jonas they made new history......
And this achievement is not the end, how can they not go crazy?
After Jonas went crazy, he waved to his grandmother and Nicole who were sitting in the box and ran to the audience on the sidelines.
Neuer lay on the railing and beckoned desperately to Jonas, and he was about to hug Neuer, but was hugged by his brother-in-law Rolf. "Jonas, you are a hero, you are a hero to all our Swiss!"
Not only did the bastard hug him, but he kissed him several times on his sweaty face, not disgusted by Jonas's sweaty face.
But Jonas was disgusted, and he gave Rolf a blank look, picked up his clothes and wiped his face.
Neuer was also dissatisfied, and slapped his brother a few times, pushed him away, and hugged Jonas.
Jonas picked her up, then lifted her up and put her on his neck.
Neuer rode around Jonas's neck, and he carried him all over the field, smiling like a flower.
In the box, Nicole couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when she watched this scene.
Catherine smiled and asked, "Do you regret it?"
Nicole smiled wryly. "There are gains and losses, and compared to this scene, what makes me more distressed is that I can't be by Sophia's side to watch her grow up. ”
Catherine comforted: "Now that you have chosen your own path in life, even if you are on your knees, you have to finish it." ”
Switzerland reached the semi-finals and will next play their next game back in Mexico, where they will face Argentina for a chance to reach the final at the 110,000-capacity Azteca Stadium.
The game was just three days away, so after the press conference, the team headed straight to the airport and flew back to Mexico City.
The best player of the match was not Jonas, who excelled in the closing stages, but the Swiss team's victory was based on Lichtsteiner's excellent performance.
Lichtsteiner was definitely the biggest surprise of the Swiss team at this World Cup, and he was not conspicuous in the team when he was not in good physical condition.
In the Bundesliga team Hamburg, he is also only a midfielder at the back, and his performance is average.
However, after he was adjusted forward by Enzel and turned into an attacking midfielder, he immediately released his energy and became an important node in the connection between the front and back courts.
Both of Switzerland's goals today were related to him and his performances are definitely commendable.
At the press conference, captain Jonas was unhesitant to praise his performance and look forward to him continuing to play his best in the next two games.
Jonas is a goalkeeper, no matter how good he is, it is difficult to win, and with a good attacker, the team will go more smoothly.
The Swiss team departed from Puebla to Mexico City on a private jet from Venus.
The seats on private jets are all spacious first class cabins, which are of course much more comfortable than those on business flights.
On the plane, Jonas and Neuer became the object of everyone's ridicule, but Neuer, a little girl, was shy, but she enjoyed the teasing.
Nicole and Sophia didn't follow Jonas and them, she couldn't reveal the fact that she had given birth, and she had to keep her trip secret.
She and Hannah also flew on a private jet, but it was the Agnelli family. Umberto is also a crazy fan, and as the president of Juventus, he has persuaded Jonas to play at Juventus on more than one occasion.
However, he also knows that it is impossible for Jonas to become a professional player in the league now, and this kind of persuasion is a joke most of the time.
After arriving in Mexico City, the Swiss team stayed at the Carnival Hotel, less than five kilometers from the Aztec Stadium.
The hotel is only two kilometers from the well-connected Universidad de México training ground, and five kilometers from the Estadio Azteca, where the game is to be played, but is directly connected to the stadium by the Anilao Avenue, the widest in Mexico.
The next day, Jonas and the others woke up, and the whole world was full of praise for the Swiss team, but there was still not as much coverage of the Swiss team as there was another game.
Argentina's revenge on England on the football field, Maradona's handball, are all at the center of controversy in world public opinion.
In the post-match press conference, Maradona showed no remorse for the handball, and in the face of angry questions from English journalists, he replied: "This goal is half the hand of God and half of Maradona's head",
The implication was that it was God's punishment for the English, and thus sparked discussion around the world, and the feud between Argentina and England in football was further exacerbated.
Although the match between the Swiss team and the Belgian team was exciting, smooth and intense, there was not even a single yellow card, and naturally there was no other game to be followed.
The photo of Jonas flying to the door frame in celebration became the biggest highlight of their match, because almost no athlete could do Jonas except for the gymnast.
Many media people and experts have analyzed the difficulty of Jonas's maneuver from various angles, and believe that no one else can do this maneuver except Jonas.
The Swiss media even chose a photo of Jonas standing on the door frame and looking up with his hands raised as the front page headline, using "God descends to earth" as a compliment to Jonas.
And from this day on, Jonas added an official nickname: "es" translated into Chinese as "son of God".
This nickname is also more in line with the Swiss love for Jonas than the "door god".
During the daily recovery training on the second day, there were many more English fans outside the training ground, in addition to Swiss fans.
They held signs with slogans such as "Please help England avenge!" and "Defeat Argentina."
The English and German "Son of God" have more signs, and although Jonas was not named the best player in several games, the love of all the fans for him remains the same.
Jonas and the Swiss players have the same expectation in their hearts, and they have already reached the last four, so why can't they go further?
The Swiss team did not have all the influences off the field, they were united, and now of course they have the luxury of the Hercules Cup.
There was not much physical training for three consecutive days of training, and at such times, Nnzelle was afraid that the players would be injured in training, and it would be worth the loss.
The daily training is just to maintain physical condition, more for the Argentine lineup, for technical and tactical training.
The average height of the Argentine team is only 1.75 meters, which is not the shortest team in this World Cup, but it is relatively short.
The average height of the Swiss team is 1.85 meters, which is 10 centimeters taller than them. In view of the small and flexible nature of the Argentine team, the Swiss team carried out special technical and tactical training.
Three days passed in a flash, and on June 25, the semi-finals kicked off.
The semi-final between France and Germany kicked off at 2 p.m. at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, the stadium where Switzerland played their first match against Brazil.
The French team has the iron triangle of midfield of Platini, Giresse and Tigana, and the midfield is very strong.
But the German team is not weak at all, the coach is Beihuang: Beckenbauer, and the lineup has Mateus, Bremer, Worrall, Rummenigge, Magath and other famous players.
In the semifinals of the 1982 World Cup, France led 3-1 in extra time, but was actually pulled 3-3 by the Germans within a few minutes.
The Germans had the last laugh on the penalty.
There was also a tidbit of this game, France's Batiston was concussed by German goalkeeper Schumacher with a single goal.
Four years later, the two teams met again in the semi-finals, and with the hatred of the two countries, the French came this time with a vengeance.
However, the French team's old revenge has not been avenged, and new hatred has been added.
Germany's Bremer took a free-kick in the ninth minute and gave the French a slap that made the French dizzy.
In the first half, the French seemed to have lost their souls.
The two teams were all too familiar and the Germans' tactics of containing the French were very successful.
In the second half, the French played a good game for 20 minutes, but it was thunder and no rain, and the tenacious Germans stopped the attacking momentum.
Worrall scored another goal before the end of the game and the German had the last laugh once again.